The 2007

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was the 63rd completed season of top division

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. The season began on 9 April 2007. Originally scheduled to end on 4 November, the last round was moved to Saturday 3 November 2007, due to Rosenborg’s Champions League participation."Siste serierunde flyttet"
''NFF'', 31 August 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2007 Brann were confirmed as league champions after the 24th round of the season, after Stabæk lost away to

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. The result left Brann with an unassailable seven-point lead over Viking, with two games left to play. Brann thus claimed their first league title since 1963, and their third league title in all. Stabæk eventually finished as runners-up, their strongest performance ever, while Viking finished third.

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and

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ended the season at the bottom of the table and were relegated. The play-off spot was occupied by

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for the second year in a row. They faced Bodø/Glimt over two games for the right to play in the

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, but lost 4–2 on aggregate and were relegated, while Bodø/Glimt were promoted.

Teams

Fourteen teams competed in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from

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. :''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.''

League table

Relegation play-offs

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Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

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Discipline

Player

*Most yellow cards: 7 ** Lars Iver Strand (Tromsø) *Most red cards: 3 **

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(Lillestrøm)

Club

*Most yellow cards: 53 **Sandefjord *Most red cards: 6 **Lillestrøm

Attendances

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Notes

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