1997 in Norwegian football

The 1997 season was the 92nd season of competitive football in Norway.

Football in Norway

Season	1997
Men's football
Tippeligaen	Rosenborg
1. divisjon	Vålerenga
2. divisjon	Kjelsås (Group 1) Raufoss (Group 2) Ullern (Group 3) Vidar (Group 4) Fana (Group 5) Kolstad (Group 6) Strindheim (Group 7) Lofoten (Group 8)
Cupen	Vålerenga
Women's football
Eliteserien	Trondheims-Ørn
Cupen	Trondheims-Ørn
← 1996 1998 →

Men's football

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Tippeligaen	Lyn Haugesund Sogndal	Moss Start Vålerenga
1. divisjon	Runar Sarpsborg	Jevnaker Tromsdalen Ullern Elverum Stålkameratene Mjøndalen Fana Strindheim Nardo Vidar Åsane Fyllingen

Tippeligaen

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	26	18	7	1	87	20	+67	61	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Brann	26	15	5	6	59	37	+22	50	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Strømsgodset	26	14	4	8	58	44	+14	46
4	Molde	26	13	6	7	47	36	+11	45
5	Stabæk	26	13	4	9	33	35	−2	43	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
6	Kongsvinger	26	11	5	10	43	48	−5	38
7	Bodø/Glimt	26	10	7	9	39	34	+5	37
8	Viking	26	8	10	8	42	34	+8	34
9	Haugesund	26	9	5	12	31	38	−7	32
10	Lillestrøm	26	9	5	12	34	43	−9	32
11	Sogndal	26	8	5	13	34	56	−22	29
12	Tromsø (O)	26	6	10	10	37	44	−7	28	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	Lyn (R)	26	4	5	17	28	58	−30	17	Relegation to 1. divisjon
14	Skeid (R)	26	3	4	19	27	72	−45	13

Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Vålerenga Fotball qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Norwegian Cup winners from a lower division.

1. divisjon

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Vålerenga (C, P)	26	19	3	4	70	21	+49	60	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Moss (P)	26	19	2	5	52	27	+25	59
3	Eik-Tønsberg	26	11	7	8	43	34	+9	40	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Start	26	11	7	8	41	44	−3	40
5	Odd Grenland	26	11	6	9	39	36	+3	39
6	Byåsen	26	11	4	11	42	36	+6	37
7	Hødd	26	11	3	12	35	40	−5	36
8	HamKam	26	9	8	9	40	34	+6	35
9	Bryne	26	10	5	11	46	42	+4	35
10	Aalesund	26	11	2	13	36	36	0	35
11	Runar (R)	26	10	4	12	35	45	−10	34	Relegation to 2. divisjon
12	Drøbak/Frogn (R)	26	6	6	14	21	47	−26	24
13	Harstad (R)	26	4	8	14	21	52	−31	20
14	Sarpsborg (R)	26	5	3	18	19	46	−27	18

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

2. divisjon

3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Final

26 October 1997

Vålerenga	4–2	Strømsgodset
Kaasa  4' Haug  51' Musæus  63' Levernes  65'	Report	Tanasić  53', 56'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 22,678

Referee: Roy Helge Olsen (Harstad)

Women's football

Eliteserien

Source:[1]

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Trondheims-Ørn	18	16	1	1	81	26	+55	49
2	Asker	18	11	4	3	48	23	+25	37
3	Klepp	18	10	3	5	33	23	+10	33
4	Kolbotn	18	9	5	4	46	21	+25	32
5	Sandviken	18	7	5	6	34	26	+8	26
6	Bjørnar	18	7	5	6	30	25	+5	26
7	Setskog/Høland	18	7	2	9	39	36	+3	23
8	Athene Moss	18	6	1	11	33	38	-5	19
9	Bøler	18	2	2	14	15	78	-63	8
10	Verdal	18	1	0	17	25	88	-63	3

Relegated to the First Division

Final

• Trondheims-Ørn 6–1 Klepp[2]

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
MTK Hungária	1–4	Rosenborg	0–1	1–3

Group stage

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Madrid	6	4	1	1	15	4	+11	13	Advance to knockout stage
2	Rosenborg	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	11
3	Olympiacos	6	1	2	3	6	14	−8	5
4	Porto	6	1	1	4	3	11	−8	4

Source: UEFA

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zagreb	5–6	Tromsø	3–2	2–4 (aet)

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tromsø	4–9	Chelsea	3–2	1–7

UEFA Cup

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vojvodina	2–2 (4–5 p)	Viking	0–2	2–0(aet)
Brann	4–4 (a)	Naftex Burgas	2–1	2–3

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Neuchâtel Xamax	4–2	Viking	3–0	1–2
Grasshoppers	3–2	Brann	3–0	0–2
Dinamo Minsk	0–3	Lillestrøm	0–2	0–1

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Twente	2–2(a)	Lillestrøm	0–1	2–1

Intertoto Cup

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dinamo Moscow	4	3	1	0	7	4	+3	10
2	Genk	4	3	0	1	15	8	+7	9
3	Stabæk	4	1	2	1	10	6	+4	5
4	Panachaiki	4	1	1	2	8	9	−1	4
5	B36 Tórshavn	4	0	0	4	2	15	−13	0

Source:

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Halmstad	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	10
2	Lommel	4	1	3	0	6	5	+1	6
3	Hajduk Kula	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	6
4	TPS	4	1	1	2	5	9	−4	4
5	Kongsvinger	4	0	1	3	2	7	−5	1

Source:

National teams

Norway men's national football team

Source:[3]

Results

18 January 1997 Friendly	South Korea	1–0	Norway	Melbourne, Australia
CET (UTC+1)	Kim Do-Hoon  57'	Report		Stadium: Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Gerry Connolly (Australia)

Norway women's national football team

References

1. "Women Premier division 1997". 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 1997". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

External links

• Norge Menn Senior A, Football Association of Norway 1908–present
• RSSSF.no – National team 1997