1997 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	1997
Men's football
Tippeligaen	Rosenborg
1. divisjon	Vålerenga
2. divisjon	Kjelsås (Group 1); Raufoss (Group 2); Ullern (Group 3); Vidar (Group 4); Fana (Group 5); Kolstad (Group 6); Strindheim (Group 7); Lofoten (Group 8)
Cupen	Vålerenga
Women's football
Toppserien	Trondheims-Ørn
Cupen	Trondheims-Ørn

The 1997 season was the 69th season of competitive football in Norway.

Men's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Tippeligaen	Lyn Haugesund Sogndal	Moss Start Vålerenga
1. divisjon	Runar Sarpsborg	Jevnaker Tromsdalen Ullern Elverum Stålkameratene Mjøndalen Fana Strindheim Nardo Vidar Åsane Fyllingen

Tippeligaen

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	26	18	7	1	87	20	+67	61	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Brann	26	15	5	6	59	37	+22	50	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Strømsgodset	26	14	4	8	58	44	+14	46
4	Molde	26	13	6	7	47	36	+11	45
5	Stabæk	26	13	4	9	33	35	−2	43	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
6	Kongsvinger	26	11	5	10	43	48	−5	38	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
7	Bodø/Glimt	26	10	7	9	39	34	+5	37
8	Viking	26	8	10	8	42	34	+8	34
9	Haugesund	26	9	5	12	31	38	−7	32
10	Lillestrøm	26	9	5	12	34	43	−9	32
11	Sogndal	26	8	5	13	34	56	−22	29
12	Tromsø (O)	26	6	10	10	37	44	−7	28	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	Lyn (R)	26	4	5	17	28	58	−30	17	Relegation to First Division
14	Skeid (R)	26	3	4	19	27	72	−45	13	Relegation to First Division

Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Vålerenga Fotball qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Norwegian Cup winners from a lower division.

1. divisjon

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Vålerenga (C, P)	26	19	3	4	70	21	+49	60	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Moss (P)	26	19	2	5	52	27	+25	59	Promotion to Tippeligaen
3	Eik-Tønsberg	26	11	7	8	43	34	+9	40	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Start	26	11	7	8	41	44	−3	40
5	Odd Grenland	26	11	6	9	39	36	+3	39
6	Byåsen	26	11	4	11	42	36	+6	37
7	Hødd	26	11	3	12	35	40	−5	36
8	HamKam	26	9	8	9	40	34	+6	35
9	Bryne	26	10	5	11	46	42	+4	35
10	Aalesund	26	11	2	13	36	36	0	35
11	Runar (R)	26	10	4	12	35	45	−10	34	Relegation to Second Division
12	Drøbak/Frogn (R)	26	6	6	14	21	47	−26	24
13	Harstad (R)	26	4	8	14	21	52	−31	20
14	Sarpsborg (R)	26	5	3	18	19	46	−27	18

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

2. divisjon

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kjelsås (P)	22	13	6	3	41	17	+24	45	Promotion to First Division
2	Skjetten	22	12	6	4	40	22	+18	42
3	Lillestrøm 2	22	12	5	5	76	30	+46	41
4	Fredrikstad	22	10	8	4	41	21	+20	38
5	Ski	22	10	5	7	58	37	+21	35
6	Østsiden	22	10	2	10	46	34	+12	32
7	Råde	22	9	3	10	47	48	−1	30
8	Strømmen	22	8	4	10	36	40	−4	28
9	Sprint-Jeløy	22	8	4	10	40	60	−20	28
10	Lørenskog^[a]	22	8	2	12	34	50	−16	26
11	Frigg (R)	22	5	5	12	26	64	−38	20	Relegation to Third Division
12	Selbak (R)	22	0	4	18	14	78	−64	4	Relegation to Third Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Lørenskog survived as the best tenth-place team, since Stålkameratene was removed.^[1]

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Raufoss (P)	22	13	6	3	53	27	+26	45	Promotion to First Division
2	Faaberg	22	13	2	7	54	27	+27	41
3	Grei	22	11	4	7	42	35	+7	37
4	Liv/Fossekallen	22	10	5	7	43	23	+20	35
5	Årvoll	22	10	5	7	43	36	+7	35
6	Elverum	22	10	3	9	48	50	−2	33
7	Jevnaker	22	8	6	8	37	35	+2	30
8	Gjøvik-Lyn	22	7	8	7	40	39	+1	29
9	Ham-Kam 2	22	8	4	10	26	44	−18	28
10	Eidsvold Turn (R)	22	6	4	12	31	42	−11	22	Relegation to Third Division
11	Mercantile (R)	22	5	6	11	26	50	−24	21
12	Holter (R)	22	4	1	17	23	58	−35	13

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ullern (P)	22	14	5	3	41	17	+24	47	Promotion to First Division
2	Bærum	22	13	5	4	52	30	+22	44
3	Sandefjord	22	14	1	7	43	30	+13	43
4	Ørn-Horten	22	12	3	7	56	37	+19	39
5	Jerv	22	11	6	5	44	26	+18	39
6	Larvik Turn	22	11	5	6	45	34	+11	38
7	Pors Grenland	22	11	5	6	38	29	+9	38
8	Mjøndalen	22	7	5	10	35	32	+3	26
9	Åssiden	22	5	3	14	30	43	−13	18
10	Falk (R)	22	4	6	12	22	43	−21	18	Relegation to Third Division
11	Vindbjart (R)	22	4	2	16	15	59	−44	14
12	Stokke (R)	22	3	0	19	21	62	−41	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Vidar	22	16	2	4	60	19	+41	50
2	Fyllingen	22	15	1	6	64	30	+34	46
3	Vard Haugesund	22	13	4	5	50	30	+20	43
4	Randaberg	22	10	4	8	35	32	+3	34
5	Flekkefjord	22	9	2	11	39	42	−3	29
6	Eiger	22	8	5	9	26	31	−5	29
7	Sola	22	8	4	10	39	45	−6	28^[a]
8	Vedavåg	22	8	4	10	39	45	−6	28^[a]
9	Ålgård	22	7	6	9	28	31	−3	27
10	Vigør (R)	22	5	7	10	32	48	−16	22	Relegation to Third Division
11	Viking 2 (R)	22	7	1	14	24	53	−29	22
12	Kopervik (R)	22	4	4	14	27	53	−26	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b It seems unlikely that Vedavåg and Sola would have an identical record (including goals) but this is how it is printed in the source.

Group 5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Fana	22	18	3	1	56	18	+38	57
2	Åsane	22	15	3	4	46	21	+25	48
3	Brann 2	22	10	5	7	47	28	+19	35
4	Nest-Sotra	22	11	1	10	48	42	+6	34
5	Volda	22	7	10	5	27	26	+1	31
6	Stryn	22	8	5	9	37	38	−1	29
7	Førde	22	8	5	9	32	35	−3	29
8	Stord	22	6	7	9	28	42	−14	25
9	Skarbøvik	22	7	3	12	27	44	−17	24
10	Løv-Ham (R)	22	6	3	13	35	44	−9	21	Relegation to Third Division
11	Trott (R)	22	5	4	13	26	47	−21	19
12	Ørsta (R)	22	6	1	15	29	53	−24	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated

Group 6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Kolstad	22	13	6	3	42	20	+22	45
2	Nardo	22	11	6	5	40	23	+17	39
3	Ranheim	22	12	3	7	37	26	+11	39
4	Abildsø	22	11	4	7	40	34	+6	37
5	Molde 2	22	9	4	9	45	37	+8	31
6	Træff	22	8	7	7	46	39	+7	31
7	Averøykameratene	22	8	7	7	33	33	0	31
8	Nationalkam	22	7	8	7	42	49	−7	29
9	Fossum	22	7	5	10	35	40	−5	26
10	Åndalsnes^[a]	22	6	7	9	28	30	−2	25
11	Orkanger (R)	22	4	5	13	31	52	−21	17	Relegation to Third Division
12	Nidelv (R)	22	4	2	16	22	58	−36	14	Relegation to Third Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Åndalsnes survived as the second best tenth-place team, since Narvik/Nor was disestablished.^[1]

Group 7

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Strindheim (P)	22	17	0	5	80	29	+51	51	Promotion to First Division
2	Rosenborg 2	22	15	1	6	79	28	+51	46
3	Verdal	22	14	0	8	44	31	+13	42
4	Mosjøen	22	12	5	5	50	32	+18	41
5	Stålkameratene^[a] (R)	22	13	1	8	56	39	+17	40	Relegation to Third Division
6	Gevir Bodø	22	9	6	7	68	38	+30	33
7	Steinkjer	22	10	3	9	42	46	−4	33
8	Stjørdals-Blink	22	9	5	8	47	52	−5	32
9	Mo	22	9	1	12	55	46	+9	28
10	Namsos (R)	22	5	4	13	43	70	−27	19	Relegation to Third Division
11	Sandnessjøen (R)	22	2	2	18	33	113	−80	8
12	Fauske/Sprint (R)	22	1	4	17	25	98	−73	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Stålkameratene was forcibly relegated for cheating by using ineligible players.^[1]

Group 8

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Lofoten	22	17	3	2	66	25	+41	54
2	Tromsdalen	22	14	4	4	69	28	+41	46
3	Finnsnes	22	13	1	8	62	34	+28	40
4	Skjervøy	22	12	4	6	54	35	+19	40
5	Alta	22	11	4	7	66	44	+22	37
6	Mjølner-Narvik	22	11	2	9	65	39	+26	35
7	Narvik/Nor (R)	22	10	4	8	48	52	−4	34	Merged^[a]
8	Silsand/Omegn	22	9	5	8	46	38	+8	32
9	Polarstjernen	22	7	5	10	40	71	−31	26
10	Sortland (R)	22	5	1	16	35	56	−21	16	Relegation to Third Division
11	Porsanger (R)	22	2	4	16	26	63	−37	10
12	Tromsø 2 (R)	22	1	3	18	28	120	−92	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Narvik/Nor ceased to exist after the season because of a merger.

3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Final

26 October 1997

Vålerenga	4–2	Strømsgodset
Kaasa 4' Haug 51' Musæus 63' Levernes 65'	Report	Tanasić 53', 56'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 22,678

Referee: Roy Helge Olsen (Harstad)

Women's football

League season

Toppserien

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Trondheims-Ørn (C)	18	16	1	1	81	26	+55	49
2	Asker	18	11	4	3	48	23	+25	37
3	Klepp	18	10	3	5	33	23	+10	33
4	Kolbotn	18	9	5	4	46	21	+25	32
5	Sandviken	18	7	5	6	34	26	+8	26
6	Bjørnar	18	7	5	6	30	25	+5	26
7	Setskog/Høland	18	7	2	9	39	36	+3	23
8	Athene Moss	18	6	1	11	33	38	−5	19
9	Bøler (R)	18	2	2	14	15	78	−63	8	Relegation to First Division
10	Verdal (R)	18	1	0	17	25	88	−63	3	Relegation to First Division

Source: ^[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Norwegian Women's Cup

Final

Trondheims-Ørn 6–1 Klepp^[3]

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
MTK Hungária	1–4	Rosenborg	0–1	1–3

Group stage

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RMA	ROS	OLY	POR
1	Real Madrid	6	4	1	1	15	4	+11	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	4–1	5–1	4–0
2	Rosenborg	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	11		2–0	—	5–1	2–0
3	Olympiacos	6	1	2	3	6	14	−8	5		0–0	2–2	—	1–0
4	Porto	6	1	1	4	3	11	−8	4		0–2	1–1	2–1	—

Source: UEFA

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zagreb	5–6	Tromsø	3–2	2–4 (aet)

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tromsø	4–9	Chelsea	3–2	1–7

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vojvodina	2–2 (4–5 p)	Viking	0–2	2–0(aet)
Brann	4–4 (a)	Naftex Burgas	2–1	2–3

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Neuchâtel Xamax	4–2	Viking	3–0	1–2
Grasshoppers	3–2	Brann	3–0	0–2
Dinamo Minsk	0–3	Lillestrøm	0–2	0–1

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Twente	2–2(a)	Lillestrøm	0–1	2–1

Intertoto Cup

Group stage

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dinamo Moscow	4	3	1	0	7	4	+3	10
2	Genk	4	3	0	1	15	8	+7	9
3	Stabæk	4	1	2	1	10	6	+4	5
4	Panachaiki	4	1	1	2	8	9	−1	4
5	B36 Tórshavn	4	0	0	4	2	15	−13	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Halmstad	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	10
2	Lommel	4	1	3	0	6	5	+1	6
3	Hajduk Kula	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	6
4	TPS	4	1	1	2	5	9	−4	4
5	Kongsvinger	4	0	1	3	2	7	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

National teams

Norway men's national football team

Source:^[4]

Results

18 January 1997 Friendly	South Korea	1–0	Norway	Melbourne, Australia
CET (UTC+1)	Kim Do-Hoon 57'	Report		Stadium: Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Gerry Connolly (Australia)

Norway women's national football team

Results

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Lørenskog reddet av gongongen". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 29 October 1997. p. 35.
^ "Women Premier division 1997". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
^ "Norway - List of Women Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
^ "Norway national football team match-by-match record in 1997". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 September 2019.