1993 Tippeligaen

The 1993 Tippeligaen was the 48th completed season of top division football in Norway. Each team played 22 games with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number eleven and twelve are relegated. The winners of the two groups of the first division were promoted, as well as the winner of a series of play-off matches between the two second placed teams in the two groups of the first division and number ten in the Tippeligaen.

Tippeligaen

Season	1993
Champions	Rosenborg 8th title
Relegated	Molde Fyllingen Lyn
Cup Winners' Cup	Bodø/Glimt
UEFA Cup	Rosenborg Lillestrøm
Matches played	132
Goals scored	423 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mons Ivar Mjelde (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Bodø/Glimt 8–0 Lyn[1] (20 June 1993)
Biggest away win	Lyn 0–6 HamKam[1] (29 August 1993)
Highest scoring	Brann 3–7 Lyn[1] (17 October 1993)
Highest attendance	24,844 Rosenborg 2–2 Bodø/Glimt (27 June 1993)
Lowest attendance	849 HamKam 6–0 Fyllingen (17 October 1993)
Average attendance	5,972 10.3%
← 1992 1994 →

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	Stadium
Bodø/Glimt	5	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadion
Brann	37	Bergen	Brann Stadion
Fyllingen	3	Bergen	Varden Amfi
HamKam	16	Hamar	Briskeby
Kongsvinger	11	Kongsvinger	Gjemselund Stadion
Lillestrøm	30	Lillestrøm	Åråsen Stadion
Lyn	26	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion
Molde	19	Molde	Molde Stadion
Rosenborg	30	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion
Start	25	Kristiansand	Kristiansand Stadion
Tromsø	8	Tromsø	Alfheim Stadion
Viking	44	Stavanger	Stavanger Stadion

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	22	14	5	3	47	30	+17	47	Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round
2	Bodø/Glimt	22	14	3	5	51	24	+27	45	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3	Lillestrøm	22	13	3	6	47	26	+21	42	Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round
4	Viking	22	13	2	7	38	27	+11	41
5	Ham-Kam	22	10	3	9	42	39	+3	33
6	Tromsø	22	6	8	8	25	25	0	26
7	Brann	22	7	5	10	31	38	−7	26
8	Kongsvinger	22	7	4	11	33	41	−8	25
9	Start	22	6	5	11	26	29	−3	23
10	Molde (R)	22	5	7	10	23	36	−13	22	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11	Lyn (R)	22	6	4	12	39	53	−14	22	Relegation to 1. divisjon
12	Fyllingen (R)	22	4	5	13	21	55	−34	17

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

Relegation play-offs

The qualification play-off matches were contested between Molde (10th in Tippeligaen), Strømsgodset (2nd in the 1. divisjon - Group A), and Bryne (2nd in the 1. divisjon - Group B). Strømsgodset won both their games and were promoted to Tippeligaen.

Results

• Match 1: Molde 0–2 Strømsgodset
• Match 2: Bryne 2–2 Molde
• Match 3: Strømsgodset 2–0 Bryne

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Strømsgodset (O, P)	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Molde (R)	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1	Relegation to 1. divisjon
3	Bryne	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1	Remained in 1. divisjon

Source: rsssf.no
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results

Home \ Away	BOD	BRA	FYL	HAM	KON	LIL	LYN	MOL	ROS	IKS	TRO	VIK
Bodø/Glimt	—	2–1	5–1	3–0	4–1	1–2	8–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	4–1
Brann	1–3	—	3–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–7	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–2
Fyllingen	0–0	1–6	—	0–1	5–3	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–4	3–0	0–0	2–1
HamKam	2–1	3–0	6–0	—	1–2	4–3	3–1	1–1	2–4	1–0	2–0	3–3
Kongsvinger	0–1	0–2	6–0	1–2	—	0–2	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–0	2–4	1–0
Lillestrøm	5–3	2–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	—	2–0	3–0	2–3	1–2	3–2	3–0
Lyn	1–2	5–1	3–0	0–6	1–1	1–1	—	5–3	0–1	1–3	2–0	2–3
Molde	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	6–3	—	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–2
Rosenborg	2–2	0–4	5–1	3–2	3–2	1–1	4–2	2–0	—	2–1	4–2	1–1
Start	0–1	0–0	4–1	2–0	3–0	1–5	2–2	4–0	2–2	—	0–0	0–1
Tromsø	1–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	4–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	—	2–1
Viking	3–1	1–0	1–0	7–1	2–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	—

Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mons Ivar Mjelde	Lillestrøm	19
2	Petter Belsvik	HamKam	16
	Trond Egil Soltvedt	Brann
4	Kjell Roar Kaasa	Lyn	13
5	Geir Frigård	Kongsvinger	12
6	Runar Berg	Bodø/Glimt	11
7	Egil Østenstad	Viking	10
	Harald Martin Brattbakk	Bodø/Glimt
9	Patric Karlsson	Lillestrøm	9
	Roar Strand	Molde
	Sigurd Rushfeldt	Tromsø

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Rosenborg	129,250	24,844	6,839	11,750	−13.4%^†
2	Brann	115,210	23,163	6,656	10,474	+7.3%^†
3	Viking	95,463	13,875	6,801	8,678	+11.3%^†
4	Bodø/Glimt	70,468	11,069	3,267	6,406	n/a^1
5	Lillestrøm	67,264	9,473	2,400	6,115	+20.6%^†
6	Start	66,846	10,624	2,481	6,077	+1.4%^†
7	Lyn	51,180	8,842	2,558	4,653	+18.9%^†
8	Tromsø	51,067	7,116	3,178	4,642	+20.4%^†
9	HamKam	38,910	7,612	849	3,537	+6.5%^†
10	Molde	38,724	7,029	2,005	3,520	−14.8%^†
11	Kongsvinger	37,248	5,880	2,290	3,386	+7.2%^†
12	Fyllingen	26,633	7,085	1,108	2,421	n/a^1
	League total	788,263	24,844	849	5,972	+10.3%^†

Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.

References

1. "Ligastats Tippeligaen 1993". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.