The 2005 Tippeligaen was the 61st completed season of top division football in Norway. 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.
Vålerenga, 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 Norwegian Cup winners enter the UEFA Cup 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 Fredrikstad's Dagfinn Enerly 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 Odd Grenland in Skien.
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 Adeccoligaen, 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.
Team Location Stadium Aalesund 5 Ålesund Color Line Stadion Bodø/Glimt 17 Bodø Aspmyra Stadion Brann 49 Bergen Brann Stadion Fredrikstad 36 Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Stadion HamKam 20 Hamar Briskeby Lillestrøm 42 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion Lyn 32 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion Molde 30 Molde Molde Stadion Odd Grenland 25 Skien Odd Stadion Rosenborg 42 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion Start 31 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion Tromsø 19 Tromsø Alfheim Stadion Vålerenga 45 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion Viking 56 Stavanger Viking Stadion
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 Vålerenga goes to 2006–07 UEFA Champions League qualification round Start (2nd), Lyn (3rd) and Molde (Norwegian Cup winner) go to 2006–07 UEFA Cup qualification round Vålerenga (1st), Start (2nd), Lyn (3rd) and Lillestrøm (4th) qualify for 2005–06 Royal League
Season statistics Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals 1 Ole Martin Årst Tromsø162 Egil Østenstad Viking143 Thorstein HelstadRosenborg134 Arild SundgotLillestrøm115 Rob FriendMolde106 Morten BerreVålerenga9 Bengt SæternesBrann8 Marius JohnsenStart8 Robert KorenLillestrøm Olivier OccéanOdd Grenland Espen OlsenHam-Kam Markus RingbergHam-Kam Jan Derek SørensenLyn Jo TessemLyn Robbie WintersBrann
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 7 Runar Berg (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 Association Fixtures, results and table for Tippeligaen 2005