The 2016

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was the 72nd completed season of top-tier

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. The competition began on 11 March 2016. Due to the 2016 UEFA European Championship, there was a break between the rounds played on 29 May and 3 July. The decisive matches of the home-and-away season were played on 6 November 2016. A promotion/relegation play-off between the third-from-bottom team of the Tippeligaen and the winner of the promotion play-offs of the 2016 1. divisjon was contested on 30 November and 4 December 2016. The league was contested by 16 teams: the 13 best teams of the 2015 season; the two teams who won direct promotion from the 2015 1. divisjon,

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and Brann; and

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, who won the promotion/relegation play-off finals against Jerv. The 2016 season was the last season the league was named ''Tippeligaen''. The league changed its name to ''Eliteserien'' ahead of the 2017 season, a non-sponsor affiliated name controlled by the

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Teams

Sixteen teams competed in the league – the top fourteen teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from

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Stadia and locations

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

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

Results

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team, Stabæk, took part in a two-legged play-off against Jerv, the winners of the 2016 1. divisjon

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, to decide who would play in the

2017 Eliteserien The 2017 Eliteserien was the 73rd completed season of top-tier football in Norway. The season began on 1 April 2017 and ended on 26 November 2017, not including play-off matches. This was first season of Eliteserien as rebranding from Tippeligaen. ...

. ''Stabæk won 2–1 on aggregate and retained their place in the

; Jerv remained in the

.''

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

;Notes (H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Discipline

Player

*Most yellow cards: 10 **

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(Vålerenga) *Most red cards: 2 **

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