2015 Tippeligaen

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	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2016–17 1. divisjon

Tippeligaen
Season	2015
Champions	Rosenborg
Relegated	Mjøndalen; Sandefjord
Champions League	Rosenborg
Europa League	Strømsgodset, Stabæk and Odd
Top goalscorer	Alexander Søderlund (22)
Biggest home win	Molde 6–1 Sandefjord; (30 May); Bodø/Glimt 6–1 Stabæk; (8 November)
Biggest away win	Haugesund 0–6 Rosenborg; (12 April); Tromsø 0–6 Strømsgodset; (2 August)
Highest scoring	Tromsø 4–5 Vålerenga; (12 May); Mjøndalen 3–6 Odd; (2 August)
Longest winning run	6 games; Bodø/Glimt; (9 August 2015)
Longest unbeaten run	11 games; Strømsgodset; (8 November 2015)
Longest winless run	15 games; Sandefjord; (2 August 2015)
Longest losing run	8 games; Sandefjord; (6 June 2015)
	← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 Tippeligaen was the 71st season of top-tier football in Norway. The competition began on 6 April 2015, one week later than in the previous season. A short summer-break in June was scheduled between the rounds played on 12 July and 26 July, and the decisive match was played on 8 November 2015.^[1] Molde were the defending champions.

The league was contested by 16 teams: the 13 best teams of the 2014 season; the two teams who won direct promotion from the 2014 Norwegian First Division, Sandefjord and Tromsø; and Mjøndalen, who won the promotion/relegation play-off finals against Brann.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Locations of the teams in 2015 Tippeligaen

Team	Location	Arena	Turf	Capacity
Aalesund	Ålesund	Color Line Stadion	Artificial	10,778
Bodø/Glimt	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadion	Artificial	7,354
Haugesund	Haugesund	Haugesund Stadion	Natural	8,754
Lillestrøm	Lillestrøm	Åråsen Stadion	Natural	12,250
Molde	Molde	Aker Stadion	Artificial	11,800
Mjøndalen	Mjøndalen	Isachsen Stadion	Artificial	4,350
Odd	Skien	Skagerak Arena	Artificial	12,500
Rosenborg	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion	Natural	21,166
Sandefjord	Sandefjord	Komplett.no Arena	Natural	6,000
Sarpsborg 08	Sarpsborg	Sarpsborg Stadion	Artificial	4,700
Stabæk	Bærum	Nadderud Stadion	Natural	7,000
Start	Kristiansand	Sør Arena	Artificial	14,563
Strømsgodset	Drammen	Marienlyst Stadion	Artificial	8,935
Tromsø	Tromsø	Alfheim Stadion	Artificial	6,859
Viking	Stavanger	Viking Stadion	Natural	16,600
Vålerenga	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion	Natural	28,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Aalesund	Trond Fredriksen (interim)	Umbro	Sparebanken Møre
Bodø/Glimt	Jan Halvor Halvorsen	Diadora	Sparebank 1 Nord-Norge
Haugesund	Jostein Grindhaug	Macron	Sparebanken Vest
Lillestrøm	Rúnar Kristinsson	Legea	DNB
Molde	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	Nike	Sparebanken Møre
Mjøndalen	Vegard Hansen	Umbro	Sparebanken Øst
Odd	Dag-Eilev Fagermo	New Balance	Skagerak Energi
Rosenborg	Kåre Ingebrigtsen	Adidas	SpareBank 1 SMN
Sandefjord	Lars Bohinen	Macron	Jotun
Sarpsborg 08	Geir Bakke	Select	Borregaard
Stabæk	Bob Bradley	Adidas	Sparebank 1 Oslo Akershus
Start	Bård Borgersen (interim)	Umbro	Sparebanken Sør
Strømsgodset	Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen	Diadora	DNB
Tromsø	Bård Flovik (interim)	Select	Sparebank 1 Nord-Norge
Viking	Kjell Jonevret	Diadora	Lyse
Vålerenga	Kjetil Rekdal	Adidas	DNB

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
Aalesund	Jan Jönsson	Mutual agreement	30 November 2014^[2]	Pre-season	Harald Aabrekk	1 January 2015^[3]	Pre-season
Lillestrøm	Magnus Haglund	Mutual agreement	30 November 2014^[4]	Pre-season	Rúnar Kristinsson	1 January 2015^[5]	Pre-season
Sarpsborg 08	Brian Deane	Mutual agreement	30 November 2014^[6]	Pre-season	Geir Bakke	1 January 2015^[7]	Pre-season
Aalesund	Harald Aabrekk	Sacked	28 April 2015^[8]	16th	Trond Fredriksen (interim)	28 April 2015	16th
Strømsgodset	David Nielsen	Mutual agreement	26 May 2015^[9]	9th	Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen	26 May 2015^[9]	9th
Molde	Tor Ole Skullerud	Sacked	6 August 2015^[10]	7th	Erling Moe (interim)	7 August 2015^[11]	7th
Molde	Erling Moe	Caretaker period ended	21 October 2015^[12]	7th	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	21 October 2015^[12]	7th
Tromsø	Steinar Nilsen	Sacked	18 August 2015^[13]	15th	Bård Flovik (interim)	18 August 2015^[14]	15th
Start	Mons Ivar Mjelde	Mutual agreement	7 September 2015^[15]	13th	Bård Borgersen (interim)	7 September 2015^[15]	13th

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	30	21	6	3	73	27	+46	69	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Strømsgodset	30	17	6	7	67	44	+23	57	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Stabæk	30	17	5	8	54	43	+11	56	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Odd	30	15	10	5	61	41	+20	55
5	Viking	30	17	2	11	53	39	+14	53
6	Molde	30	15	7	8	62	31	+31	52
7	Vålerenga	30	14	7	9	49	41	+8	49
8	Lillestrøm^{[lower-alpha 2]}	30	12	9	9	45	43	+2	44
9	Bodø/Glimt	30	12	4	14	53	56	−3	40
10	Aalesund	30	11	5	14	42	57	−15	38
11	Sarpsborg 08	30	8	10	12	37	49	−12	34
12	Haugesund	30	8	7	15	33	52	−19	31
13	Tromsø	30	7	8	15	36	50	−14	29
14	Start (O)	30	5	7	18	35	64	−29	22	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
15	Mjøndalen (R)	30	4	9	17	38	69	−31	21	Relegation to Norwegian 1st Division
16	Sandefjord (R)	30	4	4	22	36	68	−32	16	Relegation to Norwegian 1st Division

Source: nifs, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (between two teams).^[17]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Since the winners of the 2015 Norwegian Football Cup, Rosenborg, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Europa League second qualifying round) is passed to the second-placed team, Strømsgodset, and the spot for the third-placed team (Europa League first qualifying round) is passed to the fourth-placed team, Odd.
↑ Lillestrøm started the season with a one point deduction due to poor financial reporting.^[16]

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Team \ Round
Rosenborg BK	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Strømsgodset	14	11	12	10	12	13	9	11	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	3	3	3	2	2	2
Stabæk	7	12	9	5	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Odd	9	2	1	2	4	5	5	3	5	6	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Viking	12	9	10	12	9	7	7	7	4	4	6	6	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5
Molde	8	7	4	4	2	4	3	5	6	5	4	4	5	5	4	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6
Vålerenga	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Lillestrøm	16	10	11	13	10	11	13	10	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8
Bodø/Glimt	13	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	13	12	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	10	9
Aalesund	15	13	15	16	15	10	8	9	11	12	10	10	10	11	10	10	12	10	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	10
Sarpsborg 08	5	6	8	9	6	6	4	6	7	7	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Haugesund	6	14	14	14	13	9	12	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	12	12
Tromsø	11	15	13	11	14	15	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13
Start	10	4	6	8	11	8	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	10	9	9	10	12	13	13	13	13	15	13	13	13	14	14	14	14
Mjøndalen	4	5	7	7	8	14	10	8	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Sandefjord	2	8	5	6	7	12	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Updated to games played on 8 November 2015
Source: nifs.no

Results

Home ╲ Away	AaFK	BOD	HAU	LSK	MFK	MIF	ODD	RBK	SF	S08	STB	IKS	SIF	TIL	VIF	VIK
Aalesund		2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	4–2	1–3	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–4
Bodø/Glimt	1–0		1–2	0–3	1–3	5–1	2–4	1–0	2–1	3–1	6–1	5–1	3–5	1–0	1–1	0–3
Haugesund	3–1	2–4		3–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–6	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	4–0	0–1	0–1	0–2
Lillestrøm	3–1	3–0	2–0		2–1	3–0	1–1	0–5	3–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1
Molde	5–1	1–2	0–1	2–2		3–1	1–2	1–0	6–1	0–0	3–3	4–0	3–1	4–0	0–0	4–1
Mjøndalen	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–4	0–3		3–6	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–4	1–1	2–4	4–3	0–1	1–0
Odd	1–1	2–1	0–0	5–0	2–2	2–2		1–2	0–3	1–1	2–0	3–3	2–0	3–2	1–2	1–0
Rosenborg BK	5–0	1–1	4–3	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–0		5–1	3–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0
Sandefjord	1–3	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–4	2–1	0–1	1–2		1–0	2–4	4–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–2
Sarpsborg 08	3–1	2–2	3–0	1–3	1–4	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–1		0–1	3–1	1–6	1–0	1–1	0–2
Stabæk	1–4	3–2	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–3	4–0	0–0		3–2	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–0
Start	3–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	0–3	1–1	0–4	0–4	2–1	1–2	4–1		0–1	3–1	2–3	0–3
Strømsgodset	3–1	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–3	3–2	1–1	0–2	2–1		2–1	2–2	4–1
Tromsø	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	0–6		4–5	3–1
Vålerenga	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	4–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–0		2–4
Viking	4–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–4	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	3–4

Updated to games played on 8 November 2015.
Source: Nifs.no
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Games	Average
1	Alexander Søderlund	Rosenborg	22	27	0,81
2	Adama Diomande	Stabæk	17	21	0,81
3	Olivier Occéan	Odd	15	27	0,56
4	Ola Kamara	Molde	14	29	0,48
5	Pål André Helland	Rosenborg	13	21	0,62
	Alexander Sørloth	Bodø/Glimt	13	26	0,50
	Trond Olsen	Bodø/Glimt	13	29	0,45
	Leke James	Aalesund	13	29	0,45
9	Mohamed Elyounoussi	Molde	12	28	0,43
10	Marcus Pedersen	Strømsgodset	11	10	1,10
	Veton Berisha	Viking	11	14	0,79
	Fred Friday	Lillestrøm	11	26	0,42
	Iver Fossum	Strømsgodset	11	30	0,37

Most assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists	Games	Average
1	Mike Jensen	Rosenborg	12	27	0,44
2	Yassine El Ghanassy	Stabæk	11	24	0,46
2	Ernest Asante	Stabæk	11	28	0,39
4	Christian Grindheim	Vålerenga	10	28	0,36
5	Anders Trondsen	Sarpsborg 08	9	24	0,38
6	Espen Ruud	Odd	8	26	0,31
	Gustav Wikheim	Strømsgodset	8	26	0,31
	Fredrik Midtsjø	Rosenborg	8	27	0,30
9	Pål André Helland	Rosenborg	7	20	0,35
	Per-Egil Flo	Molde	7	23	0,30
	Daniel Bamberg	Haugesund	7	24	0,29
	Olivier Occéan	Odd	7	5	0,28
	Joachim Solberg Olsen	Mjøndalen	7	26	0,27
	Bentley	Odd	7	28	0,25

Hat tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Fred Friday	Lillestrøm	Mjøndalen	4–1	30 April 2015
Tommy Høiland	Molde	Start	4–0	10 May 2015
Adama Diomande	Stabæk	Sandefjord	4–0	13 May 2015
Mohamed Elyounoussi	Molde	Sandefjord	6–1	30 May 2015
Ola Kamara	Molde	Sarpsborg 08	4–1	3 July 2015
Christian Gytkjær	Haugesund	Lillestrøm	3–3	4 July 2015
Christian Gytkjær	Haugesund	Aalesunds	3–1	9 August 2015
Alexander Sørloth⁴	Bodø/Glimt	Start	5–1	9 August 2015
Marcus Pedersen	Strømsgodset	Mjøndalen	4–2	30 August 2015
Alexander Sørloth	Bodø/Glimt	Stabæk	6–1	8 November 2015
Fredrik Nordkvelle	Odd	Lillestrøm	6-1	8 November 2015

⁴ Player scored four goals

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Rosenborg BK	249,844	21,401	13,779	17,846	0.28250089831117+28.2%^†
2	Viking	143,457	14,463	7,086	10,247	0.023471833799441+2.3%^†
3	Vålerenga	141,733	20,958	6,908	10,124	0.037720377203772+3.7%^†
4	Molde	126,055	11,113	8,141	9,004	-0.97414259439576−2.5%^†
5	Odd	110,217	9,073	6,769	7,873	0.099888236937692+9.9%^†
6	Strømsgodset	96,982	8,468	6,180	6,927	0.032647584973166+3.2%^†
7	Aalesund	92,148	8,023	5,655	6,582	-0.86582478295185−13.4%^†
8	Start	86,412	9,239	4,683	6,172	0.035223079503522+3.5%^†
9	Lillestrøm	76,828	9,071	3,881	5,488	-0.93016949152542−6.9%^†
10	Haugesund	74,418	6,634	4,533	5,316	-0.95285893529306−4.7%^†
11	Sandefjord	57,729	6,174	3,269	4,124	0.5347971715668+53.4%¹
12	Sarpsborg 08	54,500	5,137	3,151	3,893	-0.98656867714141−1.3%^†
13	Stabæk	53,637	4,938	3,293	3,831	-0.99921752738654−0.0%^†
14	Tromsø	48,672	4,507	3,080	3,477	0.25207057976233+25.2%¹
15	Bodø/Glimt	45,476	6,114	2,387	3,248	-0.96037847427558−3.9%^†
16	Mjøndalen	36,219	4,150	1,949	2,587	1.2398268398268+123.9%¹
	League total	1,494,327	21,401	1,949	6,671	−4.1%^†

Updated to games played on 26 October 2015
Source: nifs.no, fotball.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon

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