1996 in Norwegian football

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

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
Eliteserien	Trondheims-Ørn
Cupen	Trondheims-Ørn
← 1995 1997 →

Men's football

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

Pos	Team	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 1. divisjon
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) Champion; (R) Relegated.

1. divisjon

Group 1

Pos	Team	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 2. divisjon
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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Group 2

Pos	Team	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 2. divisjon
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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

2. divisjon

3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Final

27 October 1996

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

Eliteserien

Source:[1]

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Trondheims-Ørn	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	18	4	4	10	18	36	−18	16
10	Gjelleråsen	18	0	6	12	22	61	−39	6

Relegated to the First Division

Final

• Trondheims-Ørn 3–0 Klepp[2]

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying round

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

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:

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Qualifying round

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

First round

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

Second round

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

Quarter-finals

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

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	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

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

Intertoto Cup

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:

National teams

Norway men's national football team

Source:[3]

Results

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

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