The 2010

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was the 66th completed season of top division

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. The competition began on 14 March and ended on 7 November. Rosenborg was the defending champions, having secured their twenty-first league championship in 2009.

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and

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entered as the three promoted teams from the 2009 1. divisjon. They replaced

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, Bodø/Glimt and Lyn who were relegated to the 2010 1. divisjon.

Season summary

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lost 5–0 away to Odd Grenland on 26 September. This was their 23rd consecutive top flight match without winning, breaking a record of 22 set by Os in

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. The streak would continue for four matches, ending at 27 before

won in their 28th attempt on the last day of the season, beating

6–1 at home. On 31 October, Rosenborg played

to a 0–0 draw away, making 2010 the second consecutive season without away losses for Rosenborg.

and

were relegated at the end of the 2010 Tippeligaen season after finishing in the bottom two places of the league table. Sandefjord ended a two-year tenure at the highest football level of Norway, while Kongsvinger returned to the 1. divisjon after just one season. They were replaced by 2010 1. divisjon champions

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and runners-up Sarpsborg 08. Sogndal returned to the Tippeligaen after a six-year hiatus, while Sarpsborg 08 made its debut at the Norwegian top-level league.

as 14th-placed Tippeligaen team had to compete in a relegation/promotion playoff with the 1. divisjon teams ranked third through fifth (

, Løv-Ham and

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) for one spot in the 2011 Tippeligaen. This spot was taken by Fredrikstad, who defeated Hønefoss 8–1 on aggregate in the playoff finals and returned to Norway's top flight after just one season. In turn, Hønefoss had to return to the 1. divisjon, also after just one season.

Teams

and

were promoted directly from the

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at the end of the 2009 season.

defeated

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by 5–4 on aggregate in the final matches of the play-off round between the 3rd-, 4th- and 5th-placed team in the 1. divisjon and the 14th-placed team in the Tippeligaen, giving them the sixteenth and final spot.

Team summaries

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because

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was being used to host the

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Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

Relegation play-offs

At the end of the season,

and

were relegated directly to

, and were replaced by

and

who were directly promoted. Four teams entered a play-off for the last Tippeligaen spot in the 2011 season. These were: * A)

(by virtue of being the 14th placed team in the Tippeligaen) * B)

(by virtue of being the third placed team in the 1. divisjon) * C) Løv-Ham (by virtue of being the fourth placed team in the 1. divisjon) * D)

(by virtue of being the fifth placed team in the 1. divisjon)

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

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Discipline

Player

*Most yellow cards: 9 **

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(Hønefoss) *Most red cards: 1 **23 players

Club

*Most yellow cards: 47 **Brann *Most red cards: 3 **Molde **Vålerenga

Attendances

Awards

Annual awards

Goalkeeper of the Year

The Goalkeeper of the Year awarded to Anders Lindegaard ( Aalesunds)

Defender of the Year

The Defender of the Year awarded to Tom Høgli (

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)

Midfielder of the Year

The Midfielder of the Year awarded to Anthony Annan ( Rosenborg)

Striker of the Year

The Striker of the Year awarded to

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(

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)

Coach of the Year

The Coach of the Year awarded to Jostein Grindhaug (

)

References

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