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Tippeligaen

Season	2004
Dates	12 April – 30 October
Champions	Rosenborg 19th title
Relegated	Stabæk Sogndal
Champions League	Rosenborg Vålerenga
UEFA Cup	Brann Tromsø Viking
Matches played	182
Goals scored	531 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Frode Johnsen (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Rosenborg 5–0 HamKam (6 June 2004)
Biggest away win	Brann 1–5 Lillestrøm (27 June 2004)
Highest scoring	Odd Grenland 4–4 Sogndal (20 June 2004) Odd Grenland 3–5 Bodø/Glimt (25 July 2004)
Longest winning run	4 games Brann Bodø/Glimt
Longest unbeaten run	13 games Rosenborg
Longest winless run	9 games Sogndal
Longest losing run	5 games Sogndal
Highest attendance	23,591 Vålerenga 3–0 Stabæk (30 October 2004)
Lowest attendance	1,411 Sogndal 2–1 Molde (3 October 2004)
Average attendance	7,970 21.0%
← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 Tippeligaen was the 60th completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 12 April 2004 and ended on 30 October 2004.

Each team played 26 games with three points given for wins and one point for a draw. Number thirteen and fourteen are relegated, number twelve has to play two qualification matches (home and away) against number three in the first division (where number one and two are directly promoted) for the last spot.

Overview

Summary

Rosenborg won their thirteenth consecutive title and 19th top-flight title overall. Stabæk and Sogndal were relegated. Rosenborg, Vålerenga, Brann and Tromsø finished in the top four and qualified for the 2004–05 Royal League.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

League table

1. Brann qualified for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round as Norwegian Cup winners. Their spot in the UEFA Cup as third-place finishers was passed down to Tromsø, the first team in the table not already qualified for any European competition.
2. Viking qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round through the UEFA Fair Play ranking award.

Relegation play-offs

• Bodø/Glimt won the play-offs against Kongsvinger 4–1 on aggregate.

Kongsvinger	1–0	Bodø/Glimt
Birkeland 14'	Report

Bodø/Glimt	4–0	Kongsvinger
Ludvigsen 5' Vatshaug 18' Olsen 59' Berg 90'	Report

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers Rank Scorer Club Goals 1 Frode Johnsen Rosenborg 19 2 Alexander Ødegaard Sogndal 15 3 Olivier Occéan Odd Grenland 14 Arild Sundgot Lillestrøm 5 Raymond Kvisvik Brann 13 Robbie Winters Brann 7 Gylfi Einarsson Lillestrøm 12 8 Markus Ringberg Fredrikstad 11 Ole Martin Årst Tromsø 10 Geir Frigård Ham-Kam 9 Jan-Derek Sørensen Lyn

Attendances Pos Team Total High Low Average Change 1 Rosenborg 225,983 21,366 12,739 17,383 +9.8% 2 Vålerenga 187,100 23,591 7,520 14,392 +54.2% 3 Brann 178,925 17,677 9,821 13,763 +12.8% 4 Viking 161,855 15,300 10,041 12,450 +85.5% 5 Fredrikstad 113,047 10,498 6,044 8,696 n/a 6 Lillestrøm 92,486 11,887 3,797 7,114 +19.4% 7 Tromsø 73,470 9,435 3,566 5,652 +29.2% 8 HamKam 72,543 8,045 2,476 5,580 n/a 9 Molde 72,206 9,142 4,187 5,554 −6.6% 10 Odd Grenland 65,781 7,816 3,012 5,060 +3.2% 11 Bodø/Glimt 59,685 7,218 3,429 4,591 −12.7% 12 Lyn 58,825 16,014 1,612 4,525 +14.7% 13 Stabæk 55,505 5,736 3,273 4,270 −1.5% 14 Sogndal 33,148 4,413 1,411 2,550 −15.8% League total 1,450,559 21,366 1,411 7,970 +21.0% Source: nifs.no Notes: 1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.

References

1. ^ "Tippeligaen - 2004". WhoScored.com. WhoScored.com. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
2. "Tilskuertall Tippeligaen 2004". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
3. "Kvalifisering Tippeligaen 2004". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
4. "Toppscorer 2004". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV2. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

External links

• League table
• Fixtures
• Goalscorers

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