2007 Norwegian Premier League
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The 2007
Tippeligaen Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...
was the 63rd completed season of top division football in
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. The season began on 9 April 2007. Originally scheduled to end on 4 November, the last round was moved to Saturday 3 November 2007, due to Rosenborg’s Champions League participation."Siste serierunde flyttet"
''NFF'', 31 August 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2007 Brann were confirmed as league champions after the 24th round of the season, after Stabæk lost away to
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. The result left Brann with an unassailable seven-point lead over Viking, with two games left to play. Brann thus claimed their first league title since 1963, and their third league title in all. Stabæk eventually finished as runners-up, their strongest performance ever, while Viking finished third.
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and Start ended the season at the bottom of the table and were relegated. The play-off spot was occupied by
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for the second year in a row. They faced Bodø/Glimt over two games for the right to play in the
2008 Tippeligaen The 2008 Tippeligaen was the 64th completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 29 March and ended 2 November. Brann were the defending champions, having won their third Tippeligaen championship in 2007. The teams promo ...
, but lost 4–2 on aggregate and were relegated, while Bodø/Glimt were promoted.


Teams

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

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2008 Tippeligaen The 2008 Tippeligaen was the 64th completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 29 March and ended 2 November. Brann were the defending champions, having won their third Tippeligaen championship in 2007. The teams promo ...
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Results


Season statistics


Top scorers

Source
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Discipline


Player

*Most yellow cards: 7 ** Lars Iver Strand (Tromsø) *Most red cards: 3 ** Frode Kippe (Lillestrøm)


Club

*Most yellow cards: 53 **Sandefjord *Most red cards: 6 **Lillestrøm


Attendances

Source
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See also

* 2007 1. divisjon


Notes

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Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...