The 1992 Tippeligaen was the 48th completed season of top division football in Norway. Each team played 22 games 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
Season1992
Dates25 April – 18 October
ChampionsRosenborg
7th title
RelegatedSogndal
Mjøndalen
Champions LeagueRosenborg
Cup Winners' CupLillestrøm
UEFA CupKongsvinger
Matches played132
Goals scored403 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorerKjell Roar Kaasa
(17 goals)
Biggest home winLillestrøm 6–0 Tromsø[1]
(24 May 1992)
Rosenborg 6–0 Start[1]
(8 July 1992)
Rosenborg 6–0 Kongsvinger[1]
(18 October 1992)
Tromsø 6–0 Sogndal[1]
(18 October 1992)
Biggest away winMolde 0–4 Lillestrøm[1]
(31 May 1992)
Mjøndalen 0–4 Lillestrøm[1]
(14 June 1992)
Mjøndalen 0–4 Molde[1]
(16 August 1992)
Start 0–4 Rosenborg[1]
(19 September 1992)
Highest scoringLyn 7–3 Sogndal[1]
(27 September 1992)
Highest attendance24,023
Rosenborg 5–1 Sogndal
(16 May 1992)
Lowest attendance917
Mjøndalen 3–2 HamKam
(12 September 1992)
Average attendance5,416 Decrease 4.2%
1991
1993

This season was the first of a 13-year-long streak of Rosenborg victories.

Teams and locations

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Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location Stadium
Brann 36 Bergen Brann Stadion
HamKam 15 Hamar Briskeby
Kongsvinger 10 Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion
Lillestrøm 29 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion
Lyn 25 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion
Mjøndalen 18 Mjøndalen Nedre Eiker Stadion
Molde 18 Molde Molde Stadion
Rosenborg 29 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion
Sogndal 5 Sogndal Fosshaugane
Start 24 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion
Tromsø 7 Tromsø Alfheim Stadion
Viking 43 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rosenborg (C) 22 14 4 4 58 19 +39 46 Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round
2 Kongsvinger 22 12 4 6 43 27 +16 40 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Start 22 11 6 5 38 28 +10 39
4 Lillestrøm 22 11 5 6 48 28 +20 38 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
5 Lyn 22 11 4 7 33 29 +4 37
6 Molde 22 11 3 8 30 30 0 36
7 Brann 22 4 12 6 26 30 −4 24
8 Tromsø 22 6 6 10 22 37 −15 24
9 Viking 22 4 9 9 25 34 −9 21
10 Ham-Kam (O) 22 5 5 12 30 46 −16 20 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Sogndal (R) 22 5 5 12 30 53 −23 20 Relegation to First Division
12 Mjøndalen (R) 22 5 3 14 20 42 −22 18
Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs

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The qualification play-off matches were contested between HamKam (10th in Tippeligaen), Drøbak-Frogn (2nd in the First Division - Group A), and Strømmen (2nd in the First Division - Group B). HamKam won one game and drew one and remained in Tippeligaen.

Results
  • Match 1: Ham-Kam 2–1 Drøbak/Frogn
  • Match 2: Strømmen 4–4 Ham-Kam
  • Match 3: Drøbak/Frogn 2–0 Strømmen
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ham-Kam (O) 2 1 1 0 6 5 +1 4 Remained in the Tippeligaen
2 Drøbak-Frogn 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3 Remained in the First Division
3 Strømmen 2 0 1 1 4 6 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]
(O) Play-off winners

Results

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

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Kjell Roar Kaasa Kongsvinger 17
2   Frank Strandli Start 16
3   Tore André Dahlum Rosenborg 13
4   Ole Bjørn Sundgot Molde 12
  Gøran Sørloth Rosenborg
6   Stuart McManus Lillestrøm 11
  Kenneth Nysæther Lillestrøm
8   Arild Tønnessen Start 9
  Per Ivar Fornes Mjøndalen
  Stein Amundsen Lyn
  Jostein Flo Sogndal

Attendances

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Rosenborg 149,261 24,023 8,002 13,569 +18.5%
2 Brann 107,382 20,292 6,743 9,762 −15.5%
3 Viking 85,743 13,103 4,419 7,795 −20.0%
4 Start 65,960 10,253 2,902 5,996 −10.1%
5 Lillestrøm 55,760 12,652 2,830 5,069 +35.2%
6 Molde 45,465 8,099 2,450 4,133 +25.3%
7 Lyn 43,068 11,417 1,503 3,915 −8.0%
8 Tromsø 42,402 6,448 1,893 3,855 −15.1%
9 HamKam 36,515 6,344 1,738 3,320 n/a1
10 Kongsvinger 34,749 5,364 2,164 3,159 +20.1%
11 Mjøndalen 25,771 7,942 917 2,343 n/a1
12 Sogndal 22,876 3,682 1,475 2,080 −5.8%
League total 714,952 24,023 917 5,416 −4.2%

Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Ligastats Tippeligaen 1992". nifs.no. A-pressen.