The 2005 Tippeligaen was the 61st completed season of top division football in

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. The season began on 10 April 2005, and was concluded with the last of 26 rounds played on 29 October. 3 points were given for wins and 1 for draws.

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, the winner of this year's season entered the second round of next year's Champions League qualification, while the runners-up ( Start), number 3 ( Lyn) and the

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winners enter the

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qualification round. The top four teams qualified for the 2004–05 Royal League. 1,726,145 people attended the matches, a new record for the Tippeligaen and 300,000 more than the previous year. It is also more than twice as many as in 1995, when only 841,717 attended the matches during the whole season. The 2005 season was, as of 2019, the last season where all the teams in the division played on natural turfs only.

Overview

Summary

The greatest surprises of the 2005 season were the great performance of Start, promoted to the Tippeligaen in the 2004 season and ended up winning silver, and the disappointing performance of Rosenborg which fought against relegation from the top division after winning it for 13 straight seasons. The season ended on a sad note as

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Dagfinn Enerly Dagfinn Enerly (born 9 December 1972) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a winger for Norwegian Premier League clubs Skeid, Moss, Rosenborg and Fredrikstad. In 2005, he broke his neck during a match, which left him paralyzed from th ...

got a serious neck injury in the last round match against Start on 29 October 2005, which made him a paraplegic. Start lost the game 1–3 which meant that Vålerenga secured their fifth league title with a 2–2 draw against

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. Number thirteen ( Aalesund) and fourteen ( Bodø/Glimt) were relegated to 1. divisjon, while number twelve ( Molde) had to play a two-legged play-off (home and away) against Moss, third-place finisher in

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, for the last spot in next year's season. Molde won the play-off matches 5–2 on aggregate and remained in Tippeligaen.

Teams and locations

Fourteen teams competed in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from 1. divisjon. :''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

League table

Relegation play-offs

Molde won the two-legged play-offs against Moss 5–2 on aggregate and avoided relegation. ---- ''Molde won 5–2 on aggregate and remained in Tippeligaen.''

Results

International

goes to 2006–07 UEFA Champions League qualification round * Start (2nd), Lyn (3rd) and Molde (

winner) go to 2006–07 UEFA Cup qualification round *

(1st), Start (2nd), Lyn (3rd) and

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(4th) qualify for 2005–06 Royal League

Season statistics

Top scorers

Discipline

Player

*Most yellow cards: 7 **

Runar Berg Runar Berg (born 7 October 1970) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Bodø/Glimt, Rosenborg, Tromsø, Lyn, and Venezia. Berg is brother of former Bodø/Glimt and Rosenborg player Ørjan Be ...

(Bodø/Glimt) ** Simen Brenne (Fredrikstad) *Most red cards: 1 **19 players

Club

*Most yellow cards: 47 **Odd *Most red cards: 3 **Rosenborg **Tromsø

Attendances

References

External links

Norwegian Football AssociationFixtures, results and table for Tippeligaen 2005
{{2005–06 in European football (UEFA) Eliteserien seasons 1