The 2009 Tippeligaen was the 65th completed season of top division

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in Norway. The competition began on 15 March and end on 1 November. Stabæk were the defending champions. Odd Grenland, Sandefjord and

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entered as the three promoted teams from the

2008 1. divisjon The 2008 1. divisjon season (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) began on 5 April 2008 and ended on 1 November 2008. In 2009, the number of teams in the top tier, Tippeligaen, will expand from fourteen to sixteen. Therefore, 2 ...

. They replaced HamKam who were relegated to the

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Overview

League expansion

This was the first top division seasons where 16 teams were competing on the highest level of Norwegian football since the 1961–62 Hovedserien season. Due to the league expanding from 14 to 16 teams, three teams were promoted from the

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at the end of the 2008 season. Those teams were champions Odd Grenland, runners-up Sandefjord and third-placed

. The last spot was taken by Aalesund after winning a two-legged play-off match against Sogndal.

Summary

Stabæk was the defending champions, having won their first ever League Championship in 2008. On 27 September, Rosenborg secured the title with four rounds left to go. They won their 21st top-flight title.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

:''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Relegation play-offs

At the end of the season, the two last teams relegated directly to 1. divisjon, and were replaced by the winner and runner-up of the 1. divisjon who were directly promoted. Four teams entered a play-off for the last Tippeligaen spot in the 2010 season. These were: * A) Fredrikstad (14th placed team in the Tippeligaen) * B) Kongsvinger (Third placed team in the 1. divisjon) * C) Sogndal (Fourth placed team in the 1. divisjon) * D) Sarpsborg 08 (Fifth placed team in the 1. divisjon)

Season statistics

Top scorers

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Discipline

Player

*Most yellow cards: 7 ** Marciano (Sandefjord) ** Ebrima Sohna (Sandefjord) ** Kasey Wehrman (Fredrikstad/Lyn) *Most red cards: 2 ** Demar Phillips (Aalesund)

Club

*Most yellow cards: 54 **Strømsgodset *Most red cards: 3 **Lyn **Sandefjord **Start **Tromsø