2008 Tippeligaen#Relegation play-offs

Stabæk secured their first ever league championship by defeating Vålerenga 6–2 in the penultimate round. From the 2009 season onwards, the number of teams in the Tippeligaen was expanded from fourteen to sixteen.{{cite web|title=Tippeligaen utvides til 16 lag |work=Football Association of Norway |url=http://www.fotball.no/table.asp?p=53184&cat=51834&x=1&a=221127 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080804140606/http://www.fotball.no/table.asp?p=53184&cat=51834&x=1&a=221127 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-08-04 |access-date=2008-03-09 |date=2008-03-08 |language=no }} To accommodate this expansion, only one team faced automatic relegation to the 1. divisjon, as opposed to the regular two, while the three best teams in the 1. divisjon were awarded automatic promotion. As in previous years, there was a two-legged playoff at the end of the season, this time between the thirteenth-placed team in the Tippeligaen and the fourth best team in the 1. divisjon.

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Fourteen teams competed in the league – the top eleven teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from 1. divisjon.

:Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

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|team2=FFK|name_FFK=Fredrikstad

|team3=TIL|name_TIL=Tromsø

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|team5=RBK|name_RBK=Rosenborg

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|team7=LYN|name_LYN=Lyn

|team8=SKB|name_SKB=Brann

|team9=MFK|name_MFK=Molde

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|team12=LSK|name_LSK=Lillestrøm

|team13=AAL|name_AAL=Aalesund

|team14=HK|name_HK=HamKam

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|win_SIF=8|draw_SIF=5|loss_SIF=13|gf_SIF=33|ga_SIF=44

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|win_HK=5|draw_HK=6|loss_HK=15|gf_HK=22|ga_HK=50|status_HK=R

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|result1=CL2

|col_EL3=blue1|text_EL3=Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round

|result2=EL3

|col_EL2=blue2|text_EL2=Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round

|result3=EL2

|col_EL1=blue3|text_EL1=Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round

|note_res_EL1=Rosenborg, ranked second after already qualified Stabæk in the 2008 Fair Play competition{{cite web|url=http://www.fotball.no/t2.aspx?p=75429&cat=51834 |title=Stabæk vant Fair Play-konkurransen 2008 |date=11 May 2009 |publisher=www.fotball.no |access-date=2009-05-11 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} will be granted access to the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round after Norway ranked first in the UEFA Fair Play ranking.{{cite web|url=http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/news-template.html?090511|title=Norway win UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking|date=11 May 2009|publisher=Bert Kassies|access-date=2011-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831202656/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/news-template.html?090511|archive-date=31 August 2011|url-status=dead}}

|result5=EL1

|col_VIF=blue1|text_VIF=Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round

|note_res_VIF=Vålerenga qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as 2008 Norwegian Cup winners.

|result10=VIF

|col_RP=red2|text_RP=Qualification for the relegation play-offs

|result13=RP

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to First Division

|result14=R

|show_limit=5

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update=complete

|source=[https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/turnering/tabell/?fiksId=82849 fotball.no]

}}

By finishing 13th, Aalesund competed in a two-legged relegation play-off against Sogndal, who finished 4th in the 2008 1. divisjon, for the right to play in the 2009 Tippeligaen. Sogndal played at home first, decided in a draw held by the NFF.{{cite news| title=Trekning kvalifiseringskamp| url=http://www.fotball.no/table.asp?p=53184&cat=51834&x=1&a=235823| work=fotball.no| date=2008-10-08| access-date=2008-11-03}} Aalesund won 7–2 on aggregate, thereby securing a new season in the Tippeligaen. Sogndal remained in the 1. divisjon.

{{footballbox

|date = 8 November 2008

|time = 19:00 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = Sogndal

|score = 1–4

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|team2 = Aalesund

|goals1 = Bolseth {{goal|50}}

|goals2 = Arnefjord {{goal|22}}
Aarøy {{goal|53}}
Nadolski {{goal|61|o.g.}}
Diego Silva {{goal|90+4}}

|stadium = Fosshaugane Campus, Sogndal

|attendance = 3,553

|referee = Roy Helge Olsen, Fløy

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = 12 November 2008

|time = 19:00 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = Aalesund

|score = 3–1

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|team2 = Sogndal

|goals1 = Aarøy {{goal|14||31||43}}

|goals2 = Håvard Flo {{goal|43}}

|stadium = Color Line Stadion, Ålesund

|attendance = 8,646

|referee = Terje Hauge, Olsvik

}}

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Sources: [http://ekstranett.fotball.no/Tippeligaen/Statistikk/ fotball.no]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|no}}, [http://tv2.no/jsport/element.do?cmd=statistics&subCmd=goals&tournamentId=1&seasonId=330 TV 2 Sporten] {{in lang|no}}

• Most yellow cards: 7{{cite web |url=http://www.altomfotball.no/elementsCommonAjax.do?cmd=statistics&subCmd=yellowCards&tournamentId=1&seasonId=330&teamId=&useFullUrl=false |title=Tippeligaen 2008 Yellow Cards|work=altomfotball.no |language=no|access-date=22 May 2019}}{{dead link|date=June 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• {{flagicon|DEN}} David Nielsen (Strømsgodset)
• {{flagicon|NOR}} Vidar Riseth (Lillestrøm)
• Most red cards: 2{{cite web |url=http://www.altomfotball.no/elementsCommonAjax.do?cmd=statistics&subCmd=redCards&tournamentId=1&seasonId=330&teamId=&useFullUrl=false |title=Tippeligaen 2008 Red Cards|work=altomfotball.no |language=no|access-date=22 May 2019}}{{dead link|date=June 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• {{flagicon|SWE}} Abgar Barsom (Fredrikstad)
• {{flagicon|DEN}} Jan Michaelsen (HamKam)
• {{flagicon|ISL}} Kristján Örn Sigurðsson (Brann)

• Most yellow cards: 48{{cite web |url=http://www.altomfotball.no/elementsCommonAjax.do?cmd=statistics&subCmd=mostBrutal&tournamentId=1&seasonId=330&teamId=&useFullUrl=false |title=Tippeligaen 2008 Råeste lag |language=no |work=altomfotball.no |access-date=22 May 2019}}{{dead link|date=June 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• Strømsgodset

• Most red cards: 5
• HamKam

Source: [http://fotball.vg.no/bors/tilskuer_klubb.php?sesong_id=403 VG Nett]{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|no}}

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