1996 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway

Season	1996
Men's football
Tippeligaen	Rosenborg
1. divisjon	Lyn (Group 1) Haugesund (Group 2)
2. divisjon	Sarpsborg (Group 1) Skjetten (Group 2) Runar (Group 3) Vigør (Group 4) Rosenborg 2 (Group 5) Finnsnes (Group 6)
Cupen	Tromsø
Women's football
Toppserien	Trondheims-Ørn
Cupen	Trondheims-Ørn
←  1995 1997  →

The 1996 season was the 91st season of competitive football in Norway.

Men's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Tippeligaen	Moss Skeid Strømsgodset	Hødd HamKam Strindheim
1. divisjon	Byåsen Elverum Harstad Mjøndalen Ullern Vidar	Alta Åndalsnes Mjølner Sandefjord BK Sarpsborg Vard Haugesund

Tippeligaen

Main article: 1996 Tippeligaen

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	26	18	5	3	82	26	+56	59	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Lillestrøm	26	13	7	6	54	36	+18	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Viking	26	12	7	7	50	32	+18	43	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Brann	26	11	9	6	64	50	+14	42
5	Tromsø	26	11	8	7	46	41	+5	41	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	Stabæk	26	9	9	8	47	45	+2	36	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup group stage
7	Kongsvinger	26	9	7	10	38	48	−10	34
8	Molde	26	9	6	11	45	38	+7	33
9	Skeid	26	10	2	14	33	59	−26	32
10	Bodø/Glimt	26	9	4	13	44	49	−5	31
11	Strømsgodset	26	8	5	13	40	59	−19	29
12	Moss (R)	26	7	8	11	28	47	−19	29	Relegation to First Division
13	Vålerenga (R)	26	6	10	10	30	40	−10	28
14	Start (R)	26	5	3	18	37	71	−34	18

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

1. divisjon

Main article: 1996 1. divisjon

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Lyn (C, P)	22	15	4	3	53	17	+36	49	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Odd Grenland	22	16	1	5	49	23	+26	49	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	HamKam	22	13	2	7	45	26	+19	41
4	Drøbak/Frogn	22	12	5	5	47	29	+18	41
5	Eik-Tønsberg	22	10	4	8	48	30	+18	34
6	Harstad (O)	22	9	3	10	29	47	−18	30	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
7	Jevnaker (R)	22	8	5	9	40	46	−6	29	Relegation to Second Division
8	Tromsdalen (R)	22	8	4	10	46	49	−3	28
9	Ullern (R)	22	5	7	10	29	42	−13	22
10	Elverum (R)	22	6	2	14	30	53	−23	20
11	Stålkameratene (R)	22	4	5	13	28	49	−21	17
12	Mjøndalen (R)	22	4	2	16	24	57	−33	14

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

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Haugesund (C, P)	22	14	5	3	44	21	+23	47	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Sogndal (O, P)	22	13	3	6	49	24	+25	42	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Bryne	22	10	5	7	45	41	+4	35
4	Aalesund	22	9	6	7	32	24	+8	33
5	Hødd	22	10	2	10	37	38	−1	32
6	Byåsen (O)	22	9	5	8	34	37	−3	32	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
7	Fana (R)	22	8	7	7	33	31	+2	31	Relegation to Second Division
8	Strindheim (R)	22	9	4	9	36	35	+1	31
9	Nardo (R)	22	8	4	10	32	36	−4	28
10	Vidar (R)	22	6	5	11	36	42	−6	23
11	Åsane (R)	22	5	5	12	33	50	−17	20
12	Fyllingen (R)	22	3	5	14	28	60	−32	14

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

2. divisjon

Main article: 1996 2. divisjon

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sarpsborg (P)	22	15	2	5	51	35	+16	47	Promotion to First Division
2	Bærum	22	12	5	5	52	29	+23	41
3	Fredrikstad	22	10	6	6	35	23	+12	36
4	Ski	22	9	8	5	47	25	+22	35
5	Frigg	22	10	2	10	39	45	−6	32
6	Ham-Kam 2	22	9	3	10	42	41	+1	30
7	Faaberg	22	9	3	10	32	43	−11	30
8	Selbak	22	7	6	9	27	43	−16	27
9	Raufoss	22	6	7	9	33	35	−2	25
10	Fossum	22	6	7	9	33	35	−2	25
11	Nybergsund (R)	22	4	7	11	29	40	−11	19	Relegation to Third Division
12	Rakkestad (R)	22	5	4	13	29	45	−16	19

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Finnsnes	22	16	2	4	68	27	+41	50
2	Gevir Bodø	22	15	3	4	71	23	+48	48
3	Skjervøy	22	13	5	4	56	24	+32	44
4	Silsand/Omegn	22	12	4	6	56	32	+24	40
5	Mjølner-Narvik	22	12	3	7	50	27	+23	39
6	Alta	22	11	5	6	41	36	+5	38
7	Sandnessjøen	22	9	2	11	45	53	−8	29
8	Fauske/Sprint	22	8	4	10	43	51	−8	28
9	Porsanger	22	7	6	9	33	42	−9	27
10	Sortland	22	4	3	15	31	71	−40	15
11	Morild (R)	22	4	2	16	23	59	−36	14	Relegation to Third Division
12	Grovfjord (R)	22	1	1	20	21	93	−72	4

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

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Skjetten	22	11	6	5	47	34	+13	39
2	Ørsta	22	11	5	6	34	26	+8	38
3	Stryn	22	12	2	8	37	34	+3	38
4	Løv-Ham	22	9	5	8	34	36	−2	32
5	Skarbøvik	22	9	5	8	33	36	−3	32
6	Lillestrøm 2	22	9	4	9	42	38	+4	31
7	Nest-Sotra	22	9	4	9	31	37	−6	31
8	Stord	22	8	6	8	36	34	+2	30
9	Åssiden	22	8	6	8	34	32	+2	30
10	Liv/Fossekallen	22	8	4	10	36	32	+4	28
11	Os (R)	22	8	3	11	27	31	−4	27	Relegation to Third Division
12	Brattvåg (R)	22	4	2	16	27	48	−21	14

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

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Runar (P)	22	14	4	4	60	29	+31	46	Promotion to First Division
2	Ørn-Horten	22	12	6	4	38	24	+14	42
3	Strømmen	22	10	7	5	40	27	+13	37
4	Abildsø	22	9	6	7	41	41	0	33
5	Holter	22	10	2	10	56	44	+12	32
6	Kjelsås	22	9	3	10	34	34	0	30
7	Sandefjord	22	9	3	10	30	37	−7	30
8	Pors Grenland	22	8	5	9	40	50	−10	29
9	Falk	22	6	8	8	44	42	+2	26
10	Grei	22	8	2	12	30	43	−13	26
11	Teie (R)	22	5	5	12	27	52	−25	20	Relegation to Third Division
12	Start 2 (R)	22	5	3	14	35	52	−17	18

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

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Vigør	22	15	3	4	48	24	+24	48
2	Eiger	22	13	6	3	41	24	+17	45
3	Vard Haugesund	22	13	4	5	42	26	+16	43
4	Vedavåg	22	9	6	7	48	36	+12	33
5	Flekkefjord	22	7	9	6	36	32	+4	30
6	Randaberg	22	8	4	10	33	41	−8	28
7	Viking 2	22	7	6	9	45	35	+10	27
8	Ålgård	22	8	3	11	36	43	−7	27
9	Kopervik	22	6	8	8	27	41	−14	26
10	Vindbjart	22	7	4	11	34	36	−2	25
11	Hana (R)	22	5	6	11	19	37	−18	21	Relegation to Third Division
12	Klepp (R)	22	2	5	15	25	59	−34	11

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

Group 5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Rosenborg 2	22	13	5	4	53	24	+29	44
2	Verdal	22	12	2	8	39	21	+18	38
3	Stjørdals-Blink	22	12	2	8	45	33	+12	38
4	Steinkjer	22	12	2	8	44	34	+10	38
5	Orkanger	22	10	3	9	42	51	−9	33
6	Kolstad	22	9	4	9	41	36	+5	31
7	Molde 2	22	8	3	11	35	29	+6	27
8	Nationalkam	22	6	9	7	32	32	0	27
9	Åndalsnes	22	7	4	11	32	40	−8	25
10	Namsos	22	7	4	11	32	55	−23	25
11	Orkdal (R)	22	7	3	12	28	53	−25	24	Relegation to Third Division
12	Melhus (R)	22	6	5	11	27	42	−15	23

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

3. divisjon

Main article: 1996 3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 1996 Norwegian Football Cup

Final

Main article: 1996 Norwegian Football Cup final

27 October 1996

13:15 CET (UTC+1)

Tromsø	2–1	Bodø/Glimt
Årst 79' Rushfeldt 90'	Report	R. Berg 55'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 22,683

Referee: Terje Hauge (Lyngbø)

Women's football

League season

Toppserien

Main article: 1996 Toppserien

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Trondheims-Ørn (C)	18	16	1	1	85	20	+65	49
2	Sandviken	18	12	2	4	43	19	+24	38
3	Asker	18	10	1	7	41	27	+14	31
4	Kolbotn	18	8	4	6	41	40	+1	28
5	Klepp	18	7	6	5	30	31	−1	27
6	Sprint/Jeløy	18	6	5	7	26	31	−5	23
7	Bøler	18	4	5	9	23	42	−19	17
8	Setskog/Høland	18	5	2	11	35	57	−22	17
9	Haugar (R)	18	4	4	10	18	36	−18	16	Relegation to First Division
10	Gjelleråsen (R)	18	0	6	12	22	61	−39	6

Source: ^[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Norwegian Women's Cup

Main article: 1996 Norwegian Women's Cup

Final

• Trondheims-Ørn 3–0 Klepp ^[2]

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying round

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Champions League qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panathinaikos	1–3	Rosenborg	1–0	0–3 (aet)

Group stage

Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League group stage

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		POR	ROS	MIL	GÖT
Porto	6	5	1	0	12	4	+8	16			3–0	1–1	2–1
Rosenborg	6	3	0	3	7	11	−4	9		0–1		1–4	1–0
Milan	6	2	1	3	13	11	+2	7		2–3	1–2		4–2
IFK Göteborg	6	1	0	5	7	13	−6	3		0–2	2–3	2–1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Qualifying round

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shelbourne	2–5	Brann	1–3	1–2

First round

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cercle Brugge	3–6	Brann	3–2	0–4

Second round

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brann	4–3	PSV	2–1	2–2

Quarter-finals

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brann	1–4	Liverpool	1–1	0–3

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Cup qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Beitar Jerusalem	2–7	Bodø/Glimt	1–5	1–2
Dinamo Tbilisi	2–1	Molde	2–1	0–0

First round

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Cup first round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bodø/Glimt	2–5	Trabzonspor	1–2	1–3

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Group stage

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nantes	4	3	1	0	12	7	+5	10
2	Lillestrøm	4	3	0	1	11	4	+7	9
3	Heerenveen	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4
4	Kaunas	4	1	0	3	4	10	−6	3
5	Sligo Rovers	4	0	2	2	3	8	−5	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

National teams

Norway men's national football team

Main article: Norway national football team

Source: ^[3]

Results

Spain   v   Norway

7 February 1996 Friendly	Spain	1–0	Norway	Las Palmas, Spain
CET (UTC+1)	Kiko 44'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Insular Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Marcello Nicchi (Italy)

Norway women's national football team

Main article: Norway women's national football team

References

1. "Women Premier division 1996". 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 1996". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

External links

• Norge Menn Senior A, Football Association of Norway 1908–present
• RSSSF.no – National team 1996