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); (Group 6); Strindheim (Group 7); Lofoten (Group 8)
Cupen	Vålerenga
Women's football
Eliteserien	Trondheims-Ørn
	Trondheims-Ørn

The 1997 season was the 92nd 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	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 1. divisjon
14	Skeid (R)	26	3	4	19	27	72	−45	13	Relegation to 1. divisjon

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

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

1. divisjon[]

Pos	Team v t	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 2. divisjon
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) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

2. divisjon[]

3. divisjon[]

Norwegian Cup[]

Final[]

26 October 1997

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

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 22,678

Referee: Roy Helge Olsen (Harstad)

Women's football[]

League season[]

Eliteserien[]

Source:^[1]

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Trondheims-Ørn	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	18	2	2	14	15	78	-63	8
10	Verdal	18	1	0	17	25	88	-63	3

Relegated to the First Division

Norwegian Women's Cup[]

Final[]

Trondheims-Ørn 6–1 Klepp^[2]

UEFA competitions[]

UEFA Champions League[]

Qualifying rounds[]

Second qualifying round[]

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

Group stage[]

Group D[]

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

Source: UEFA

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup[]

First round[]

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

Second round[]

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

UEFA Cup[]

Qualifying round[]

First qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	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.	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.	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:^[3]

Results[]

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

Norway women's national football team[]

Results[]

References[]

^ "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.

External links[]

[1] "Women Premier division 1997". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

[2] "Norway - List of Women Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

[3] "Norway national football team match-by-match record in 1997". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

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