The 2002 Tippeligaen was the 58th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Each team played 26 games with three points given for wins and one point for a draw. Number thirteen and fourteen are relegated, number twelve has to play two qualification matches (home and away) against number three in the 1. divisjon (where number one and two are directly promoted) for the last spot.

Teams and locations

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Locations of the teams in 2002 Tippeligaen
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location Stadium
Bodø/Glimt 14 Bodø Aspmyra Stadion
Brann 46 Bergen Brann Stadion
Bryne 16 Bryne Bryne Stadion
Lillestrøm 39 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion
Lyn 29 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion
Molde 27 Molde Molde Stadion
Moss 22 Moss Melløs Stadion
Odd Grenland 22 Skien Odd Stadion
Rosenborg 39 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion
Sogndal 10 Sogndal Fosshaugane
Stabæk 8 Bærum Nadderud Stadion
Start 30 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion
Vålerenga 42 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion
Viking 53 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rosenborg (C) 26 17 5 4 57 30 +27 56 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Molde 26 15 5 6 48 26 +22 50 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Lyn 26 14 5 7 36 29 +7 47
4 Viking 26 11 11 4 44 31 +13 44
5 Stabæk 26 12 6 8 48 34 +14 42
6 Odd Grenland 26 12 5 9 36 30 +6 41
7 Lillestrøm 26 10 6 10 37 30 +7 36
8 Vålerenga 26 7 12 7 38 31 +7 33 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
9 Bryne 26 8 7 11 38 39 −1 31
10 Bodø/Glimt 26 9 4 13 38 41 −3 31
11 Sogndal 26 8 6 12 37 51 −14 30
12 Brann (O) 26 8 3 15 35 52 −17 27 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13 Moss (R) 26 6 6 14 32 49 −17 24 Relegation to First Division
14 Start (R) 26 2 5 19 21 72 −51 11
Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Vålerenga qualified for the UEFA Cup first round as Norwegian Cup winners.

Relegation play-offs

Brann won the play-offs against Sandefjord 2–1 on aggregate.

Sandefjord0–0Brann
Report
Attendance: 6,516
Brann2–1Sandefjord
Knarvik 44'
Furuseth 72'		 Report Jacobsen 90'
Attendance: 10,788

Results

Home \ Away BOD BRA BRY LIL LYN MOL MOS ODD ROS SOG STB IKS VÅL VIK
Bodø/Glimt — 0–1 4–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–3 1–4 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–0
Brann 1–3 — 1–2 1–2 1–1 4–1 0–1 1–3 2–3 2–3 4–1 3–1 0–4 2–3
Bryne 4–3 4–0 — 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 3–3
Lillestrøm 2–0 0–1 2–1 — 0–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 7–0 1–1 2–0
Lyn 3–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 — 3–1 0–1 3–0 2–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1
Molde 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 — 5–1 0–0 1–2 3–3 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0
Moss 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–3 — 0–1 2–2 3–3 2–7 0–2 1–1 2–2
Odd Grenland 2–3 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 — 1–3 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–0
Rosenborg 4–3 4–0 3–2 3–1 5–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 — 3–0 2–1 4–2 1–1 0–2
Sogndal 0–2 2–3 3–2 5–2 2–2 2–1 0–4 1–0 2–2 — 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–2
Stabæk 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 4–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 4–0 — 5–2 0–0 1–2
Start 0–3 2–2 0–2 0–2 2–2 0–4 1–6 2–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 — 2–7 1–1
Vålerenga 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 4–0 — 0–0
Viking 2–2 4–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 4–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 3–3 4–1 4–1 —
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1 Norway Harald Martin Brattbakk Rosenborg 17
2 Iceland Tryggvi Guðmundsson Stabæk 16
3 Norway Bengt Sæternes Bodø/Glimt 12
4 Norway Erik Nevland Viking 10
5 Norway Bernt Hulsker Molde 9
Sweden Dejan Pavlovic Bryne
Germany Uwe Rösler Lillestrøm
Norway André Schei Lindbæk Molde
9 Norway Håvard Flo Sogndal 8
Norway Øyvind Storflor Moss
Norway Ole Bjørn Sundgot Lyn

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Rosenborg 190,134 20,739 9,760 14,626 +21.2%†
2 Brann 143,087 18,172 8,177 11,007 −12.6%†
3 Vålerenga 113,907 18,374 4,256 8,762 n/a1
4 Viking 97,593 11,820 5,670 7,507 −4.8%†
5 Lillestrøm 92,274 13,652 4,319 7,098 +6.3%†
6 Molde 80,511 11,167 4,303 6,193 −6.2%†
7 Lyn 73,842 20,574 2,071 5,680 +35.2%†
8 Odd Grenland 70,848 8,523 4,015 5,450 +7.9%†
9 Start 56,712 8,876 1,442 4,362 n/a1
10 Stabæk 48,744 6,177 2,738 3,750 −11.3%†
11 Bodø/Glimt 45,651 5,364 2,702 3,512 −8.4%†
12 Bryne 43,548 6,250 2,475 3,350 +13.4%†
13 Moss 39,599 4,432 1,960 3,046 +11.6%†
14 Sogndal 32,531 5,173 1,605 2,502 +9.6%†
League total 1,128,981 20,739 1,442 6,203 +11.2%†

Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Tippeligaen - 2002". WhoScored.com. WhoScored.com. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Rosenborg-Brann 4-0". nifs.no. NTB. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Start-Bodø/Glimt 0-3". nifs.no. NTB. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Tippeligaen 2003 Toppscorerliste". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Norwegian_Premier_League
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