2016 Tippeligaen


The 2016 Tippeligaen was the 71st completed season of top-tier football in Norway. The competition began on 11 March 2016. Due to the 2016 UEFA European Championship, there was a break between the rounds played on 29 May and 3 July. The decisive matches of the home-and-away season were played on 6 November 2016. A promotion/relegation play-off between the third-from-bottom team of the Tippeligaen and the winner of the promotion play-offs of the 2016 1. divisjon was contested on 30 November and 4 December 2016.
The league was contested by 16 teams: the 13 best teams of the 2015 season; the two teams who won direct promotion from the 2015 1. divisjon, Sogndal and Brann; and Start, who won the promotion/relegation play-off finals against Jerv.
The 2016 season was the last season the league was named Tippeligaen. The league changed its name to Eliteserien ahead of the 2017 season, a non-sponsor affiliated name controlled by the Football Association of Norway.

Teams

Sixteen teams competed in the league – the top fourteen teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from 1. divisjon.

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationArenaTurfCapacity
Aalesund15ÅlesundColor Line StadionArtificial10,778
Bodø/Glimt22BodøAspmyra StadionArtificial7,354
Brann59BergenBrann StadionNatural17,686
Haugesund10HaugesundHaugesund StadionNatural8,754
Lillestrøm53LillestrømÅråsen StadionNatural12,250
Molde40MoldeAker StadionArtificial11,800
Odd35SkienSkagerak ArenaArtificial12,500
Rosenborg53TrondheimLerkendal StadionNatural21,405
Sarpsborg 085SarpsborgSarpsborg StadionArtificial4,700
Sogndal17SogndalFosshaugane CampusArtificial5,539
Stabæk20BærumNadderud StadionNatural7,000
Start40KristiansandSør ArenaArtificial14,563
Strømsgodset29DrammenMarienlyst StadionArtificial8,935
Tromsø29TromsøAlfheim StadionArtificial6,859
Vålerenga56OsloUllevaal StadionNatural28,000
Viking67StavangerViking StadionNatural16,300

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

Results

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team, Stabæk, took part in a two-legged play-off against Jerv, the winners of the 2016 1. divisjon promotion play-offs, to decide who would play in the 2017 Eliteserien.
Stabæk won 2–1 on aggregate and retained their place in the 2017 Eliteserien; Jerv remained in the 1. divisjon.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Kristoffer TokstadSarpsborg 08Start4–1 21 04 2016
MosAalesundTromsø6–0 24 04 2016
Christian GytkjærRosenborgLillestrøm4–3 06 08 2016
Espen RuudOddLillestrøm4–2 11 09 2016

;Notes
Home team
Away team

Top assists

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Gilbert KoomsonSogndal10
2 Jonas SvenssonRosenborg9
3 Fredrik HaugenBrann8
3 Trond OlsenBodøø/Glimt8
3 Espen RuudOdd8
6 Fredrik MidtsjøRosenborg7
6 Håkon SkogseidLillestrøm7
8 Gjermund ÅsenTromsø6
8 Pål André HellandRosenborg6
8 Erik HusekleppBrann6
8 Abdisalam IbrahimViking6
8 Robert LundströmVålerenga6
8 Alexander StølåsHaugesund6
8 Lars-Christopher VilsvikStrømsgodset6

Discipline

Player