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Stabaek claim debut crownIt was pretty much a complete changing of the standings in Norway last term. Stabaek clinched the Tippeligaen title for the first time in their history in the penultimate match of the 2008 season. Frederikstad were second, Tromso third and promoted Bodo/Glimt finished an excellent fourth just two points off a UEFA Europa League spot. Here is a short summary of the 2008 campaign:
The league expandedThe Norwegian top flight has been expanded from this season to include 16 teams, rather than 14, meaning that everyone will have four more matches to play in 2009. So, three teams were promoted from the First Division at the end of the 2008 campaign. Those teams were champions Odd Grenland, runners-up Sandefjord and third-placed Start. Ham Kam were relagated, while Aalesund remain in the Premier Division after winning a two-legged play-off tie against Sogndal. The new domestic season gets under way on March 14.
The overall number of titles for each club in Norwegian Premier Division (since 1937) and their league standings in the last five seasons. Brann appoint Steinar Nilsen as new coachAfter the 2007 crown, their first league title since 1963, Brann had a disappointing season finishing in a lowly eighth place. So, the Bergen side have appointed Steinar Nilsen as their new coach. The 36-year-old former Milan defender fills the gap left by Mons Ivar Mjelde, who resigned after a poor league campaign. Nilsen, who has signed a three-year deal, joins Brann after guiding Tromso to a surprise third-place finish and then resigning. This page contains additional information about the 2009 Norwegian Premier league season. Latest news, statistics, results and predictions you can find on our main Euro Football > Norway page. Coach Henning Berg swaps Lyn for LillestromLyn's Henning Berg takes over as Lillestrom coach in January with the 38-year-old former Manchester United defender having agreed a five-year contract. Lillestrom have been without a trainer since Tom Nordlie resigned last summer, with Erland Johnsen and Frode Grodas named as caretaker coaches until Berg arrives at the start of 2009. Lillestrom, the fourth place team in 2007, finished last season a place above the relegation play-offs, 12th in the 14-team table, while Lyn were seventh.
The final league standings for the 2008 season. Rosenborg the favorite to win titleRosenborg, who won fifteen of the previous seventeen league titles, remain clear favourite in the 2009 title-race despite a disappointing fifth place finish last term. According to online bookmakers, the nearest challengers are Stabaek, Brann and Valerenga.
The preseason odds for the outright winner of the 2009 Norwegian football league posted by online bookmakers. Norwegian Cup finals in last five seasons2004 Brann - Lyn 4:1 Valerenga won the 2008 Norwegian Cup for the fourth time after a convincing 4-1 victory over league champions Stabaek in the final, a success that will put them among the entrants for the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League. |
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key playersAalesundGoalkeeper Adin Brown (€0.6m); Defense: Jonatan Tollas (€0.7m), Enar Jaager (€0.5m), Daniel Arnefjord (€0.3m); Midfield: Jonathan Parr (€0.8m), Johan Arneng (€0.7m), Amund Robertsen Skiri (€0.4m), Demar Phillips (€0.3m); Forward: Tor Hogne Aaroy (€0.5m), Diego Silva (€0.3m), Peter Kopteff (€0.3m). Bodo/GlimtGoalkeeper Pavel Londak (€0.7m); Defense: Mounir Hamoud (€0.8m), Per Verner Vagan Ronning (€0.6m), Willis Forko (€0.4m), Alo Barengrub (€0.3m); Midfield: Christian Berg (€0.6m), Thomas Ronning (€0.4m), Runar Berg (€0.3m), Olav Rastad (€0.3m); Forward: Thiago Martins (€0.3m), Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen (€0.3m). Brann BergenGoalkeeper Hakon Opdal (€1.2m); Defense: Kristjan Orn Sigurdsson (€1m), Azar Karadas (€0.9m), Birkir Mar Saevarsson (€0.5m), Armann Smari Bjornsson (€0.5m); Midfield: Eirik Bakke (€1.5m), Jan Gunnar Solli (€1.1m), Hassan El Fakiri (€0.6m), Rudolph Austin (€0.5m), Tijan Jaiteh (€0.5m); Forward: David Nielsen (€0.5m). FredrikstadGoalkeeper Lasse Staw (€0.8m); Defense: Raio Piiroja (€1.2m), Wallace (€0.6m), Patrik Gerrbrand (€0.4m); Midfield: Ardian Gashi (€1.1m), Kasey Wehrman (€0.6m), Abgar Barsom (€0.5m), Hans Erik Ramberg (€0.4m), Raymond Kvisvik (€0.4m); Forward: Gardar Johannsson (€0.4m), Everton Santos (€0.3m). LillestromGoalkeeper Otto Fredrikson (€0.7m); Defense: Frode Kippe (€1.1m), Vidar Riseth (€0.6m), Lars-Kristian Eriksen (€0.4m), Steinar Pedersen (€0.3m); Midfield: Khaled Mouelhi (€0.7m), Bjorn Helge Riise (€0.6m), John Anders Bjorkoy (€0.4m), Jon Midttun Lie (€0.3m); Forward: Olivier Occean (€0.9m), Karim Essediri (€0.4m). Lyn OsloGoalkeeper Johan Dahlin (€0.5m); Defense: Indridi Sigurdsson (€0.8m), Magne Simonsen (€0.6m), Shane Peter Stefanutto (€0.5m), Tommy Berntsen (€0.5m); Midfield: Theodor Elmar Bjarnason (€1m), Paul Obiefule (€0.7m), Erling Knudtzon (€0.3m), Petter Furuseth Olsen (€0.3m); Forward: Lucas Pratto (€0.5m), Kim Holmen (€0.4m). MoldeGoalkeeper Jan Kjell Larsen (€0.5m); Defense: Vegard Forren (€1.4m), Knut Olav Rindaroy (€0.6m), Oyvind Gjerde (€0.5m), Kristoffer P. Vatshaug (€0.4m); Midfield: Daniel Berg Hestad (€1.5m), Thomas Holm (€0.7m), Mattias Mostrom (€0.3m); Forward: Magne Hoseth (€0.8m), Jose Mota (€0.6m), Mame Biram Diouf (€0.4m). Odd GrenlandGoalkeeper Arni Arason (€0.8m); Defense: Anders Rambekk (€0.4m), Torjus Hansen (€0.4m), Soren Tougaard Jensen (€0.4m), Sven Fredrik Stray (€0.3m); Midfield: Tommy Svindal Larsen (€0.7m), Bentley (€0.6m), Simen Brenne (€0.4m), Morten Fevang (€0.3m); Forward: Peter Kovacs (€0.4m), Fredrik Gulsvik (€0.3m). RosenborgGoalkeeper Rune Almenning Jarstein (€1.5m); Defense: Vadim Demidov (€2.3m), Mikael Dorsin (€2m), Kris Stadsgaard (€1.5m); Midfield: Per Ciljan Skjelbred (€3.5m), Marek Sapara (€3.5m), Alexander Tettey (€2.5m), Anthony Annan (€1.4m); Forward: Steffen Iversen (€2m), Didier Yah Konan (€1.8m), Rade Prica (€1.3m). Sandefjord FotballGoalkeeper Espen Bugge Pettersen (€0.3m); Defense: Alexander Gabrielsen (€0.3m), Birger Madsen (€0.3m), Martin Jensen (€0.3m), Olav Zanetti (€0.3m); Midfield: Espen Nystuen (€0.3m), Marciano (€0.3m), Ebrima Sohna (€0.2m), Erik Mjelde (€0.2m); Forward: Admir Rascic (€0.4m), Samir Saric (€0.2m). StabaekGoalkeeper Jon Knudsen (€0.5m); Defense: Fredrik Risp (€1m), Morten Morisbak Skjonsberg (€0.8m), Pontus Segerstrom (€0.7m), Inge Andre Olsen (€0.5m); Midfield: Pontus Farnerud (€1.8m), Espen Hoff (€1.2m), Henning Hauger (€1m), Johan Andersson (€1m), Christian Keller (€0.9m); Forward: Daniel Nannskog (€1m). Start KristiansandGoalkeeper Tommy Runar (€0.3m); Defense: Branislav Milicevic (€0.3m), Bard Borgersen (€0.3m), Rolf Daniel Vikstol (€0.3m), Hunter Freeman (€0.2m); Midfield: Cristian Bolanos (€0.4m), Geir Ludvig Fevang (€0.3m), Leif Otto Paulsen (€0.3m), Morten Haestad (€0.3m); Forward: Aram Khalili (€0.4m), Ole Martin Arst (€0.2m). StromsgodsetGoalkeeper Lars Ivar Moldskred (€0.3m); Defense: Glenn Andersen (€0.7m), Joel Riddez (€0.6m), Alexander Aas (€0.4m); Midfield: Fredrik Winsnes (€0.5m), Fredrik Lund Nordkvelle (€0.3m), Komlan Amewou (€0.2m); Forward: Steffen Nystrom (€0.4m), Oyvind Storflor (€0.4m), Stian Ohr (€0.3m), Mattias Andersson (€0.3m). TromsoGoalkeeper Marcus Sahlmann (€0.6m); Defense: Tore Reginiussen (€1.5m), Miika Koppinen (€0.8m), Tom Hogli (€0.7m), Hans Age Yndestad (€0.4m); Midfield: Morten Moldskred (€0.9m), Tommy Knarvik (€0.6m), Helge Haugen (€0.5m), Douglas Sequeira (€0.4m); Forward: Sigurd Rushfeldt (€0.4m), Adriano Munoz (€0.2m). ValerengaGoalkeeper Troy Perkins (€0.7m); Defense: Allan Jepsen (€0.5m), Freddy dos Santos (€0.5m), Andre Muri (€0.5m), Jarl Andre Storbaek (€0.4m); Midfield: Daniel Fredheim Holm (€2m), Harmeet Singh (€0.8m), Martin Andresen (€0.8m), Kristofer Haestad (€0.5m); Forward: Mohamed Abdellaoue (€1.5m), Morten Berre (€0.3m). Viking StavangerGoalkeeper Thomas Myhre (€0.6m); Defense: Ragnvald Soma (€1m), Borre Steenslid (€0.8m), Trond Erik Bertelsen (€0.3m); Midfield: Alexander Odegaard (€1.2m), Jone Samuelsen (€0.9m), Tomasz Sokolowski (€0.5m), Andre Danielsen (€0.4m); Forward: Martin Fillo (€2m), Peter Emeka Ijeh (€0.6m), Mame Niang (€0.3m). |
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