# 1997 Tippeligaen

The 1997 Tippeligaen was the 53rd 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 has to play two qualification matches (home and away) against number three in the first division (where number one and two are directly promoted) for the last spot.

## Teams and locations

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Team | Ap. | Location | Stadium |
| Bodø/Glimt | 9 | Bodø | Aspmyra Stadion |
| Brann | 41 | Bergen | Brann Stadion |
| Haugesund | 1 | Haugesund | Haugesund Stadion |
| Kongsvinger | 15 | Kongsvinger | Gjemselund Stadion |
| Lillestrøm | 34 | Lillestrøm | Åråsen Stadion |
| Lyn | 27 | Oslo | Ullevaal Stadion |
| Molde | 22 | Molde | Molde Stadion |
| Rosenborg | 34 | Trondheim | Lerkendal Stadion |
| Skeid | 33 | Oslo | |
| Sogndal | 7 | Sogndal | Fosshaugane |
| Stabæk | 3 | Bærum | Nadderud Stadion |
| Strømsgodset | 16 | Drammen | Marienlyst Stadion |
| Tromsø | 12 | Tromsø | Alfheim Stadion |
| Viking | 48 | Stavanger | Stavanger Stadion |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rosenborg (C) | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 87 | 20 | +67 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Brann | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 59 | 37 | +22 | 50 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Strømsgodset | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 46 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | Molde | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 45 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Stabæk | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 43 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Kongsvinger | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 38 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 7 | Bodø/Glimt | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 37 | |
| 8 | Viking | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 34 | |
| 9 | Haugesund | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 32 | |
| 10 | Lillestrøm | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 32 | |
| 11 | Sogndal | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 56 | −22 | 29 | |
| 12 | Tromsø (O) | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 28 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 13 | Lyn (R) | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 28 | 58 | −30 | 17 | Relegation to First Division |
| 14 | Skeid (R) | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 27 | 72 | −45 | 13 | Relegation to First Division |
Vålerenga Fotball qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Norwegian Cup winners from a lower division.

## Relegation play-offs

Tromsø won the play-offs against Eik-Tønsberg, 6–1 on aggregate.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOD | BRA | HAU | KON | LIL | LYN | MOL | ROS | SKD | SOG | STB | STM | TRO | VIK |
| Bodø/Glimt | — | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–3 |
| Brann | 3–1 | — | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 1–4 |
| Haugesund | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–6 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Kongsvinger | 0–0 | 4–6 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Lillestrøm | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Lyn | 1–2 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | — | 1–3 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 4–4 |
| Molde | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–4 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Rosenborg | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | — | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Skeid | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–5 | — | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 1–2 |
| Sogndal | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–7 | 1–2 | — | 0–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Stabæk | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Strømsgodset | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 8–0 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| Tromsø | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 |
| Viking | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Sigurd Rushfeldt | Rosenborg | 25 |
| 2 | Harald Martin Brattbakk | Rosenborg | 23 |
| 3 | Mons Ivar Mjelde | Brann | 16 |
| 4 | Jostein Flo | Strømsgodset | 15 |
| 4 | Kjetil Løvvik | Brann | 15 |
| 6 | Odd Inge Olsen | Molde | 13 |
| 7 | Daniel Berg Hestad | Molde | 12 |
| 7 | Jahn Ivar "Mini" Jakobsen | Rosenborg | 12 |
| 7 | Stig Johansen | Bodø/Glimt | 12 |

### Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Rosenborg | 147,395 | 18,702 | 8,830 | 11,338 | +2.4%$^†$ |
| 2 | Brann | 147,221 | 18,349 | 8,519 | 11,325 | −1.7%$^†$ |
| 3 | Viking | 84,868 | 10,403 | 3,830 | 6,528 | −12.3%$^†$ |
| 4 | Strømsgodset | 72,420 | 10,063 | 3,181 | 5,571 | +50.5%$^†$ |
| 5 | Haugesund | 62,750 | 8,715 | 3,309 | 4,827 | n/a$^1$ |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 52,877 | 7,358 | 2,291 | 4,067 | −29.4%$^†$ |
| 7 | Molde | 51,551 | 8,100 | 2,005 | 3,965 | −6.6%$^†$ |
| 8 | Stabæk | 44,344 | 7,890 | 1,401 | 3,411 | +10.0%$^†$ |
| 9 | Bodø/Glimt | 43,249 | 4,448 | 1,795 | 3,327 | −16.3%$^†$ |
| 10 | Tromsø | 41,583 | 4,562 | 2,432 | 3,199 | −9.2%$^†$ |
| 11 | Skeid | 32,391 | 5,037 | 989 | 2,492 | −18.4%$^†$ |
| 12 | Kongsvinger | 31,736 | 3,813 | 1,799 | 2,441 | −1.9%$^†$ |
| 13 | Lyn | 26,187 | 5,333 | 911 | 2,014 | n/a$^1$ |
| 14 | Sogndal | 23,806 | 4,650 | 1,238 | 1,831 | n/a$^1$ |
| | League total | 862,378 | 18,702 | 911 | 4,738 | −7.5%$^†$ |
Source: nifs.no Notes: 1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.