1996 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season	1996
Promoted	Lyn ; Haugesund ; Sogndal
Matches played	264
Goals scored	907 (3.44 per match)
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Last updated February 16, 2021

The 1996 1. divisjon , Norway's second-tier football league, began play on 28 April 1996 and ended on 29 September 1996. The league was contested by 24 teams, divided in two groups and the winner of each group won promotion to Tippeligaen, while the runners-up played a promotion-playoff to win promotion. This was the last season that this league was divided into two groups, so bottom six teams was relegated to 2. divisjon, while the sixth-placed team place a play-off against the winners of the group-winners in the 2. divisjon.

Lyn and Haugesund won promotion to Tippeligaen as group-winners, while Sogndal was promoted after beating Odd in the promotion play-off. Jevnaker, Tromsdalen, Ullern, Elverum, Stålkameratene, Mjøndalen, Fana, Strindheim, Nardo, Vidar, Åsane and Fyllingen was relegated to the Second Division, while Harstad and Byåsen avoided relegation through after winning the playoff.

League tables

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Lyn (C, P)	22	15	4	3	53	17	+36	49	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Odd Grenland	22	16	1	5	49	23	+26	49	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	HamKam	22	13	2	7	45	26	+19	41
4	Drøbak/Frogn	22	12	5	5	47	29	+18	41
5	Eik-Tønsberg	22	10	4	8	48	30	+18	34
6	Harstad (O)	22	9	3	10	29	47	−18	30	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
7	Jevnaker (R)	22	8	5	9	40	46	−6	29	Relegation to 2. divisjon
8	Tromsdalen (R)	22	8	4	10	46	49	−3	28
9	Ullern (R)	22	5	7	10	29	42	−13	22
10	Elverum (R)	22	6	2	14	30	53	−23	20
11	Stålkameratene (R)	22	4	5	13	28	49	−21	17
12	Mjøndalen (R)	22	4	2	16	24	57	−33	14

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Haugesund (C, P)	22	14	5	3	44	21	+23	47	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Sogndal (O, P)	22	13	3	6	49	24	+25	42	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Bryne	22	10	5	7	45	41	+4	35
4	Aalesund	22	9	6	7	32	24	+8	33
5	Hødd	22	10	2	10	37	38	−1	32
6	Byåsen (O)	22	9	5	8	34	37	−3	32	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
7	Fana (R)	22	8	7	7	33	31	+2	31	Relegation to 2. divisjon
8	Strindheim (R)	22	9	4	9	36	35	+1	31
9	Nardo (R)	22	8	4	10	32	36	−4	28
10	Vidar (R)	22	6	5	11	36	42	−6	23
11	Åsane (R)	22	5	5	12	33	50	−17	20
12	Fyllingen (R)	22	3	5	14	28	60	−32	14

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Top goalscorers

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21 goals:

Vegard Berg Johansen, Tromsdalen

20 goals:

Atle Maurud, Ham Kam

15 goals:

Jo Tessem, Lyn

Kristian Klausen, Aalesund

15 goals:

Ole Halvor Kolstad, Odd

14 goals:

Tommy Nilsen, Lyn

Geir Televik, Hødd

11 goals:

Caleb Francis, Bryne

Kjell Sture Jensen, Haugesund

Tom Helge Jacobsen, Eik

Rune Lange, Tromsdalen

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References

↑ "VG-børsen". VG (in Norwegian). 30 September 1996.

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[1] "VG-børsen". VG (in Norwegian). 30 September 1996.

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