# 1999 Tippeligaen

The 1999 Tippeligaen was the 55th completed season of top division football in Norway.
Each team played 26 games with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number thirteen and fourteen are relegated, number twelve had to play two qualification matches (home and away) against number three in the 1. divisjon (where number one and two were directly promoted) for the last spot.

## Teams and locations

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Team | Ap. | Location | Stadium |
| Bodø/Glimt | 11 | Bodø | Aspmyra Stadion |
| Brann | 43 | Bergen | Brann Stadion |
| Kongsvinger | 17 | Kongsvinger | Gjemselund Stadion |
| Lillestrøm | 36 | Lillestrøm | Åråsen Stadion |
| Molde | 24 | Molde | Molde Stadion |
| Moss | 19 | Moss | Melløs Stadion |
| Odd Grenland | 19 | Skien | Odd Stadion |
| Rosenborg | 36 | Trondheim | Lerkendal Stadion |
| Skeid | 34 | Oslo | Voldsløkka Stadion |
| Stabæk | 5 | Bærum | Nadderud Stadion |
| Strømsgodset | 18 | Drammen | Marienlyst Stadion |
| Tromsø | 14 | Tromsø | Alfheim Stadion |
| Vålerenga | 40 | Oslo | Ullevaal Stadion |
| Viking | 50 | Stavanger | Stavanger Stadion |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rosenborg (C) | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 75 | 33 | +42 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Molde | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 50 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Brann | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 49 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Lillestrøm | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 48 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Stabæk | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 46 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Tromsø | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 70 | 46 | +24 | 44 | |
| 7 | Odd Grenland | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 39 | |
| 8 | Viking | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 36 | |
| 9 | Bodø/Glimt | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 34 | |
| 10 | Moss | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 29 | |
| 11 | Vålerenga | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 28 | |
| 12 | Strømsgodset (R) | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 13 | Skeid (R) | 26 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 36 | 75 | −39 | 23 | Relegation to First Division |
| 14 | Kongsvinger (R) | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 34 | 59 | −25 | 20 | Relegation to First Division |
* ↑ SK Brann qualified as the runner-up of the 1999 Norwegian Football Cup.

## Relegation play-offs

* Start won the play-offs against Strømsgodset 3–2 on aggregate.
Start won 3–2 on aggregate and was promoted to Tippeligaen. Strømsgodset was relegated to 1. divisjon.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOD | BRA | KON | LIL | MOL | MOS | ODD | ROS | SKD | STB | STM | TRO | VÅL | VIK |
| Bodø/Glimt | — | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Brann | 0–2 | — | 5–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Kongsvinger | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 |
| Lillestrøm | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 |
| Molde | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 3–4 |
| Moss | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Odd Grenland | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 |
| Rosenborg | 6–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–5 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 |
| Skeid | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 3–5 | 0–6 | 3–1 | 1–7 | — | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Stabæk | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 5–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Strømsgodset | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–3 | — | 3–6 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Tromsø | 5–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 8–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Vålerenga | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | — | 4–2 |
| Viking | 3–3 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Rune Lange | Tromsø | 23 |
| 2 | Andreas Lund | Molde | 21 |
| 3 | Jostein Flo | Strømsgodset | 18 |
| 4 | Ríkharður Daðason | Viking | 17 |
| 5 | Heiðar Helguson | Lillestrøm | 16 |
| 5 | Bengt Sæternes | Bodø/Glimt | 16 |
| 7 | Sigurd Rushfeldt | Rosenborg | 15 |

### Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Rosenborg | 173,665 | 19,514 | 9,236 | 13,359 | +1.5%$^†$ |
| 2 | Brann | 135,180 | 16,477 | 7,703 | 10,398 | +15.8%$^†$ |
| 3 | Molde | 93,122 | 12,914 | 4,500 | 7,163 | −15.9%$^†$ |
| 4 | Vålerenga | 86,138 | 12,231 | 3,481 | 6,626 | −15.8%$^†$ |
| 5 | Viking | 79,408 | 12,501 | 4,137 | 6,108 | +7.3%$^†$ |
| 6 | Odd Grenland | 61,777 | 7,493 | 2,525 | 4,752 | n/a$^1$ |
| 7 | Lillestrøm | 58,306 | 6,571 | 2,585 | 4,485 | +14.0%$^†$ |
| 8 | Tromsø | 54,936 | 6,286 | 3,023 | 4,226 | +20.2%$^†$ |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 51,430 | 7,316 | 1,665 | 3,956 | −9.3%$^†$ |
| 10 | Stabæk | 48,974 | 6,126 | 2,722 | 3,767 | +10.9%$^†$ |
| 11 | Bodø/Glimt | 43,146 | 5,966 | 1,910 | 3,319 | −5.0%$^†$ |
| 12 | Moss | 37,663 | 3,666 | 1,844 | 2,897 | +0.3%$^†$ |
| 13 | Kongsvinger | 31,059 | 4,025 | 1,222 | 2,389 | −4.6%$^†$ |
| 14 | Skeid | 22,932 | 5,714 | 665 | 1,764 | n/a$^1$ |
| | League total | 977,736 | 19,514 | 665 | 5,372 | +2.0%$^†$ |
Source: nifs.no Notes: 1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.