2017 Eliteserien

Eliteserien 2017
Season information
Winners	Rosenborg 25th title
Relegated	Sogndal Aalesund Viking
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Rosenborg
Europa League	Molde Sarpsborg 08 Lillestrøm
Season statistics
Matches played	240
Goals scored	682
Top goalscorer	Nicklas Bendtner (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Brann 5–0 Stabæk (19 June 2017)
Biggest away win	Viking 1–7 Vålerenga (22 October 2017)
Highest scoring	Viking 1–7 Vålerenga (22 October 2017)
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The 2017 Eliteserien was the 73rd season of top-tier football in Norway.

The 2017 season saw the name of the league change from Tippeligaen (named after sponsor Norsk Tipping) to Eliteserien, a non-sponsor affiliated name controlled by the Football Association of Norway.

The season began on 1 April 2017 and ended on 26 November 2017, not including play-off matches.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team	Ap.	Location	Arena	Turf	Capacity
Aalesund	16	Ålesund	Color Line Stadion	Artificial	10,778
Brann	59	Bergen	Brann Stadion	Natural	17,686
Haugesund	11	Haugesund	Haugesund Stadion	Natural	8,754
Kristiansund	1	Kristiansund	Kristiansund Stadion	Artificial	4,000
Lillestrøm	53	Lillestrøm	Åråsen Stadion	Natural	12,250
Molde	41	Molde	Aker Stadion	Artificial	11,800
Odd	36	Skien	Skagerak Arena	Artificial	12,500
Rosenborg	54	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion	Natural	21,405
Sandefjord	21	Sandefjord	Komplett.no Arena	Natural	6,582
Sarpsborg 08	6	Sarpsborg	Sarpsborg Stadion	Artificial	4,700
Sogndal	17	Sogndal	Fosshaugane Campus	Artificial	5,539
Stabæk	21	Bærum	Nadderud Stadion	Natural	7,000
Strømsgodset	30	Drammen	Marienlyst Stadion	Artificial	8,935
Tromsø	29	Tromsø	Alfheim Stadion	Artificial	6,859
Viking	68	Stavanger	Viking Stadion	Natural	16,300
Vålerenga	56	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion	Natural	28,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Aalesund	Trond Fredriksen	Umbro	Sparebanken Møre
Brann	Lars Arne Nilsen	Nike	Sparebanken Vest
Haugesund	Eirik Horneland	Macron	Haugaland Kraft
Kristiansund	Christian Michelsen	Umbro	SpareBank 1 Nordvest
Lillestrøm	Arne Erlandsen	Legea	DNB
Molde	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	Nike	Sparebanken Møre
Odd	Dag-Eilev Fagermo	New Balance	SpareBank 1 Telemark
Rosenborg	Kåre Ingebrigtsen	Adidas	SpareBank 1 SMN
Sandefjord	Lars Bohinen	Macron	Jotun
Sarpsborg 08	Geir Bakke	Select	Borregaard
Sogndal	Eirik Bakke	Umbro	Sparebanken Vest
Stabæk	Antoni Ordinas	Macron	SpareBank 1 Østlandet
Strømsgodset	Tor Ole Skullerud	Puma	DNB
Tromsø	Bård Flovik	Select	Sparebanken Nord-Norge
Viking	Ian Burchnall	Diadora	Lyse
Vålerenga	Ronny Deila	Umbro	DNB

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
Viking	Kjell Jonevret	Mutual agreement	14 November 2016	Pre-season	Ian Burchnall	24 November 2016	Pre-season
Tromsø	Bård Flovik	Sacked	26 June 2017	15th	Simo Valakari	12 July 2017	15th
Viking	Ian Burchnall	Sacked	9 November 2017	16th	Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim (caretaker)	9 November 2017	16th

League table

Template:2017 Eliteserien table

Relegation play-offs

Main article: 2017 Eliteserien Promotion/Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team, Sogndal took part in a two-legged play-off against Ranheim, the winners of the OBOS-ligaen promotion play-offs, to decide who will play in the 2018 Eliteserien.

29 November 2017 18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sogndal	1–0	Ranheim	Fosshaugane Campus, Sogndal Attendance: 4,531 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen
	Rindarøy  53'	Summary

2 December 2017 18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ranheim	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Sogndal	EXTRA Arena, Ranheim Attendance: 1,343 Referee: Tore Hansen
	Karlsen  88' (pen.)	Summary
		Penalties
	Reginiussen Kvande Barli Witry Karlsen	5–4	Teniste Soltvedt Mandić Schulze Hovland

1–1 on aggregate. Ranheim won 5–4 on penalties.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Games	Average
1	Nicklas Bendtner	Rosenborg	19	29	0,66
2	Ohi Omoijuanfo	Stabæk	17	27	0,63
3	Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson	Molde	16	27	0,59
	Mos	Aalesund	16	30	0,53
5	Patrick Mortensen	Sarpsborg 08	12	30	0,40
6	Eirik Ulland Andersen	Strømsgodset	11	26	0,42
7	Flamur Kastrati	Sandefjord	10	25	0,40
	Thomas Lehne Olsen	Tromsø	10	28	0,36
	Bassel Jradi	Strømsgodset	10	29	0,34
	Benjamin Stokke	Kristiansund	10	30	0,33

Most assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists	Games	Average
1	Morten Gamst Pedersen	Tromsø	10	24	0,42
	Fredrik Haugen	Brann	10	29	0,34
3	Gjermund Åsen	Tromsø	9	29	0,31
4	Pål André Helland	Rosenborg	8	22	0,36
5	Luc Kassi	Stabæk	7	21	0,33
	Krepin Diatta	Sarpsborg 08	7	22	0,32
	Tortol Lumanza	Stabæk	7	28	0,25
	Robert Lundström	Vålerenga	7	28	0,25
	Mike Jensen	Rosenborg	7	29	0,24
	Bassel Jradi	Strømsgodset	7	29	0,24
8	Eirik Hestad	Molde	6	20	0,30
	Jonas Lindberg	Sarpsborg 08	6	24	0,25
	Ole Jørgen Halvorsen	Sarpsborg 08	6	27	0,22
	André Danielsen	Viking	6	28	0,21
	Anders Trondsen	Rosenborg	6	28	0,21

Hat tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Ohi Omoijuanfo	Stabæk	Aalesund	3–1 (H)	2 April 2017
Ohi Omoijuanfo	Stabæk	Sarpsborg 08	3–0 (H)	17 April 2017
Gilbert Koomson	Sogndal	Viking	4–0 (H)	13 May 2017
Erling Knudtzon	Lillestrøm	Tromsø	4–1 (H)	28 May 2017
Lars Veldwijk	Aalesund	Odd	5–1 (H)	25 June 2017
Benjamin Stokke	Kristiansund	Stabæk	4–1 (A)	25 June 2017
Simen Juklerød	Vålerenga	Viking	7–1 (A)	22 October 2017
Mos	Aalesund	Strømsgodset	4–3 (H)	26 November 2017

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Per Kristian Bråtveit	Haugesund	12
2	André Hansen	Rosenborg	11
3	Sondre Rossbach	Odd	10
	Andreas Linde	Molde	10
5	Anders Kristiansen	Sarpsborg 08	9
6	Piotr Leciejewski	Brann	8
	Ingvar Jónsson	Sandefjord	8
8	Espen Bugge Pettersen	Strømsgodset	6
	Gudmund Kongshavn	Tromsø	6
	Arnold Origi	Lillestrøm	6
	Sean McDermott	Kristiansund	6
	Mathias Dyngeland	Sogndal	6

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Rosenborg	263,892	21,112	15,271	17,593	0.00045493318168899+0.0%†
2	Brann	177,881	17,009	8,706	11,859	-0.95791599353796−4.2%†
3	Vålerenga	145,543	17,011	5,844	9,703	0.069318933215781+6.9%†
4	Molde	116,780	10,720	6,635	7,785	-0.92766920877026−7.2%†
5	Viking	110,705	9,838	6,157	7,380	-0.83739929649382−16.2%†
6	Odd	106,593	9,049	6,164	7,106	-0.88394078865531−11.6%†
7	Strømsgodset	94,078	7,706	5,575	6,272	-0.91883973044243−8.1%†
8	Aalesund	90,937	9,062	5,178	6,062	-0.95164835164835−4.8%†
9	Lillestrøm	84,430	8,552	4,280	5,629	-0.96123633879781−3.8%†
10	Sarpsborg 08	70,519	5,759	4,091	4,701	0.21253546556616+21.2%†
11	Haugesund	66,827	6,100	3,709	4,455	-0.85475825019186−14.5%†
12	Sandefjord	60,175	6,103	3,034	4,012	0.38106712564544+38.1%†
13	Stabæk	59,401	4,938	3,310	3,960	0.039642950905749+3.9%†
14	Kristiansund	57,367	4,126	3,392	3,824	0.88560157790927+88.5%†
15	Tromsø	53,947	5,445	3,068	3,596	-0.88658777120316−11.3%†
16	Sogndal	48,697	5,600	2,237	3,246	0.032771237671015+3.2%†
	League total	1,607,772	21,112	2,237	6,699	-0.96098120786114−3.9%†

Updated to games played on 26 November 2017
Source: nifs.no

2017 in Norwegian football
Domestic leagues
Eliteserien · OBOS-ligaen · 2. Divisjon
Domestic cups
Norwegian Football Cup (Qualifying Rounds · Final) · Mesterfinalen
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
National teams
Norway
2016                                                        2018