Season 2009 Goals scored 697 | Champions Rosenborg21st title Europa League AalesundMoldeStabæk Dates 14 Mar 2009 – 1 Nov 2009 Matches played 240 | |
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The 2009 Tippeligaen season is the sixty-fifth season of top-tier football in Norway. The competition began on 15 March and end on 1 November. Stabæk was the defending champions, having won their first ever League Championship in 2008. Due to the league expanding from 14 to 16 teams, three teams were promoted from the First Division at the end of the 2008 season. Those teams were champions Odd Grenland, runners-up Sandefjord and third-placed Start. The last spot was taken by Aalesund after winning a two-legged play-off match against Sogndal. On 27 September, Rosenborg secured the title with four rounds left to go.
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League table
Source: speaker.no (Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Aalesund are the winners of the 2009 Norwegian Football Cup competition and therefore qualify for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Source: speaker.no (Norwegian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Relegation and promotion to 2010 season
At the end of the season, the two last teams relegated directly to Adeccoligaen, and were replaced by the winner and runner-up of the Adeccoligaen who were directly promoted.
Four teams entered a play-off for the last Premier League spot in the 2010 season. These were:
Top goalscorers
Last updated: 28 September 2009
Source: AltOmFotball.no (Norwegian)
Attendances
Last updated: April 29, 2009
Source: altomfotball.no (Norwegian)