The 1991 Tippeligaen was the 47th completed season of top division football in Norway. 22 game-weeks were played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number eleven and twelve are relegated. The winners of the two groups of the 1. divisjon are 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 1. divisjon and number ten in the Tippeligaen.

Tippeligaen
Season1991
Dates27 April – 13 October
ChampionsViking
8th title
RelegatedFyllingen
Strømsgodset
Champions LeagueViking
Cup Winners' CupStrømsgodset
UEFA CupRosenborg
Matches played132
Goals scored345 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerKarl Petter Løken
(12 goals)
Biggest home winLillestrøm 6–1 Tromsø[1]
(6 October 1991)
Biggest away winMolde 0–7 Strømsgodset[1]
(9 June 1991)
Highest scoringRosenborg 6–2 Sogndal[1]
(18 August 1991)
Highest attendance20,454
Rosenborg 0–0 Viking
(16 May 1991)
Lowest attendance1,291
Lyn 1–1 Brann
(22 September 1991)
Average attendance5,656 Increase 13.5%
1990
1992

The season began on April 27, 1991. The season ended on October 13, 1991, with Viking claiming their eighth league title. Viking were thus the last club to win the league before Rosenborg's 13-year domination started.

Teams and locations

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Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location Stadium
Brann 35 Bergen Brann Stadion
Fyllingen 2 Bergen Krohnsminde
Kongsvinger 9 Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion
Lillestrøm 28 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion
Lyn 24 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion
Molde 17 Molde Molde Stadion
Rosenborg 28 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion
Sogndal 4 Sogndal Fosshaugane
Start 23 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion
Strømsgodset 13 Drammen Marienlyst Stadion
Tromsø 6 Tromsø Alfheim Stadion
Viking 42 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Viking (C) 22 12 5 5 37 27 +10 41 Qualification for the Champions League first round
2 Rosenborg 22 10 6 6 38 28 +10 36 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Start 22 10 4 8 31 21 +10 34
4 Lyn 22 8 10 4 26 26 0 34
5 Lillestrøm 22 9 4 9 31 27 +4 31
6 Tromsø 22 9 4 9 28 34 −6 31
7 Molde 22 7 6 9 33 38 −5 27
8 Kongsvinger 22 7 6 9 26 34 −8 27
9 Sogndal 22 7 6 9 22 31 −9 27
10 Brann (O) 22 6 8 8 22 25 −3 26 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Fyllingen (R) 22 6 7 9 21 21 0 25 Relegation to First Division
12 Strømsgodset (R) 22 5 6 11 30 33 −3 21 Cup Winners' Cup qualifying and relegation to First Division
Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BRA FYL KON LIL LYN MOL ROS SOG IKS STM TRO VIK
Brann 0–2 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–2
Fylingen 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–2 3–0 2–0
Kongsvinger 1–2 0–0 2–3 1–1 1–4 1–4 2–0 1–3 1–1 5–3 2–1
Lillestrøm 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 6–1 1–2
Lyn 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 0–4 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1
Molde 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–3 3–0 4–1 2–0 0–4 0–7 1–2 0–3
Rosenborg 4–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 6–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–0
Sogndal 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 1–1
Start 1–3 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 5–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 4–1
Strømsgodset 0–1 0–0 4–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–3 0–2 3–1
Tromsø 1–1 1–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–1
Viking 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–4 3–2 2–1 4–2 0–0 5–2 2–0
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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Brann, Bryne, and Strindheim played play-offs, Brann won and remained in Tippeligaen.

Results
  • Match 1: Bryne 0–1 Brann
  • Match 2: Brann 1–0 Strindheim
  • Match 3: Strindheim 0–2 Bryne
Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Brann (O) 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6 Remained in the Tippeligaen
2 Bryne 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3 Remained in the First Division
3 Strindheim 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source: rsssf.no
(O) Play-off winners

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Karl Petter Løken Rosenborg 12
2   Øystein Neerland Molde 11
3   Stein Berg Johansen Tromsø 10
4   Odd Johnsen Strømsgodset 9
  Morten Pettersen Start
  Gøran Sørloth Rosenborg
7   Petter Belsvik Molde 8
  Børre Meinseth Viking
  Halvor Storskogen Strømsgodset
10   Jostein Flo Sogndal 7
  Tom Fodstad Lyn
  Alf Kåre Tveit Viking

Attendances

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Brann 127,114 16,600 6,887 11,556 +33.8%
2 Rosenborg 125,961 20,454 6,959 11,451 +3.0%
3 Viking 107,129 13,402 5,168 9,739 +47.9%
4 Start 73,362 14,386 2,296 6,669 +34.2%
5 Tromsø 49,958 7,242 2,694 4,542 −11.2%
6 Strømsgodset 48,496 5,434 3,110 4,409 −16.9%
7 Lyn 46,832 10,002 1,291 4,257 n/a2
8 Lillestrøm 41,243 6,366 1,822 3,749 +20.2%
9 Fyllingen 36,950 11,033 1,742 3,359 −7.1%
10 Molde 36,273 6,258 2,108 3,298 −2.1%
11 Kongsvinger 28,929 3,385 1,782 2,630 +16.3%
12 Sogndal 24,283 3,778 1,649 2,208 n/a2
League total 746,530 20,454 1,291 5,656 +13.5%

Source: nifs.no
Notes:
2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Ligastats Tippeligaen 1991". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.