2003 Norwegian Second Division

The 2003 2. divisjon season was the third highest football league for men in Norway.

26 games were played in 4 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Pors Grenland, Kongsvinger, Vard Haugesund and Tromsdalen were promoted to the 1. divisjon. Number twelve, thirteen and fourteen were relegated to the 3. divisjon. The winning teams from each of the 24 groups in the 3. divisjon each faced a winning team from another group in a playoff match, resulting in 12 playoff winners which were promoted to the 2. divisjon.

League tables

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Pors Grenland	26	17	5	4	69	28	+41	56	Promotion to First Division
2	FK Tønsberg	26	12	10	4	57	35	+22	46
3	Kvik Halden	26	13	7	6	52	41	+11	46
4	Tollnes	26	11	9	6	53	45	+8	42
5	Larvik Fotball	26	11	6	9	45	28	+17	39
6	Frigg	26	10	9	7	46	43	+3	39
7	Kjelsås	26	8	9	9	32	36	−4	33
8	Stabæk 2	26	7	10	9	37	32	+5	31
9	Sprint-Jeløy	26	7	9	10	42	52	−10	30
10	Odd Grenland 2	26	8	6	12	38	54	−16	30
11	Follo	26	8	5	13	36	48	−12	29
12	Jerv (R)	26	6	8	12	40	59	−19	26	Relegation to Third Division
13	Borg Fotball (R)	26	5	9	12	35	56	−21	24
14	Runar (R)	26	5	6	15	35	60	−25	21

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(R) Relegated

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kongsvinger (P)	26	22	4	0	62	23	+39	70	Promotion to First Division
2	Ullensaker/Kisa	26	22	0	4	72	24	+48	66
3	Nybergsund	26	16	7	3	74	30	+44	55
4	Byåsen	26	15	1	10	54	45	+9	46
5	Skjetten	26	14	3	9	65	43	+22	45
6	Lørenskog	26	11	2	13	48	56	−8	35
7	Eidsvold Turn	26	10	4	12	43	44	−1	34
8	Gjøvik-Lyn	26	9	6	11	56	50	+6	33
9	Lillestrøm 2	26	9	2	15	53	67	−14	29
10	Molde 2	26	7	6	13	50	53	−3	27
11	Mercantile	26	7	5	14	41	60	−19	26
12	FF Lillehammer (R)	26	7	3	16	36	66	−30	24	Relegation to Third Division
13	Averøykameratene (R)	26	7	3	16	33	68	−35	24
14	Clausenengen (R)	26	2	2	22	32	90	−58	8

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Vard Haugesund (P)	26	21	1	4	91	27	+64	64	Promotion to First Division
2	Løv-Ham	26	18	2	6	69	31	+38	56
3	Åsane	26	15	3	8	69	41	+28	48
4	Hovding	26	14	3	9	55	33	+22	45
5	Fyllingen	26	11	5	10	61	56	+5	38
6	Brann 2	26	11	5	10	50	57	−7	38
7	Ålgård	26	12	0	14	53	64	−11	36
8	Viking 2	26	8	9	9	37	37	0	33
9	Klepp	26	9	5	12	51	47	+4	32
10	Vidar	26	10	1	15	29	71	−42	31
11	Fana	26	9	3	14	41	51	−10	30
12	Nest-Sotra (R)	26	8	5	13	40	48	−8	29	Relegation to Third Division
13	Skarbøvik (R)	26	8	1	17	39	68	−29	25
14	Langevåg (R)	26	5	3	18	18	72	−54	18

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tromsdalen (P)	26	21	2	3	75	21	+54	65	Promotion to First Division
2	Strindheim	26	18	5	3	98	33	+65	59
3	Levanger	26	15	5	6	83	36	+47	50
4	Rosenborg 2	26	14	2	10	65	49	+16	44
5	Mo	26	11	7	8	53	39	+14	40
6	Lofoten	26	12	4	10	41	46	−5	40
7	Nidelv	26	11	6	9	56	51	+5	39
8	Vesterålen	26	11	2	13	58	60	−2	35
9	Narvik	26	9	5	12	46	51	−5	32
10	Skarp	26	9	4	13	57	62	−5	31
11	Steinkjer	26	9	2	15	47	65	−18	29
12	Hammerfest (R)	26	9	2	15	43	75	−32	29	Relegation to Third Division
13	Bossekop (R)	26	8	2	16	33	57	−24	26
14	Skjervøy (R)	26	1	0	25	20	130	−110	3

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion playoff

Further information: Playoffs to the 2. divisjon § 2003

Top goalscorers

Only players with more than 10 goals are listed.

Group 1

• 13 goals: John Erling Kleppe, Pors
• 13 goals: Stian Nikodemussen, Tønsberg
• 13 goals: Lasse Jørn Fredriksen, Tollnes
• 11 goals: Ole Halvor Kolstad, Pors
• 11 goals: Christian Østli, Tønsberg ^{[1] [2]}

Group 2

• 25 goals: Eirik Soltvedt, Ull/Kisa
• 24 goals: Lars Lafton, Nybergsund
• 20 goals: Vegard Svenskerud, Gjøvik-Lyn
• 19 goals: Mato Grubisic, Skjetten
• 13 goals: Einar Kalsæg, Eidsvold Turn
• 13 goals: Trygve Velten, Mercantile
• 10 goals: Andreas Walnum, Byåsen
• 10 goals: Mahmod Hejazi, Lillestrøm 2
• 10 goals: Paul Olausson, Kongsvinger ^[3]

Group 3

• 25 goals: Jarle Wee, Vard
• 19 goals: Steinar Lein, Vard
• 12 goals: Kjell Sture Jensen, Vard ^[4]

Group 4

• 33 goals: Bård Karlsen, Tromsdalen
• 30 goals: Vegard Alstad Sunde, Levanger
• 23 goals: Aslak Sokki, Skarp
• 20 goals: Kristian Selnæs, Strindheim
• 18 goals: Svein Martin Engvik, Nidelv
• 15 goals: Øystein Wiik, Nidelv
• 14 goals: Vegard Olsen, Strindheim
• 13 goals: Hans Arild Eliassen, Hammerfest
• 13 goals: Torstein Vassdal, Mo
• 13 goals: Fredrik Stoltz, Vesterålen
• 12 goals: Morten Giæver, Skarp ^[5]

References

1. Telemarksavisa 22 October 2003, p. 43
2. Tønsbergs Blad 20 October 2003, p. 16
3. Romerikes Blad 25 October 2003, p. 17
4. Haugesunds Avis 21 October 2003, p. 18
5. Nordlys 20 October 2003, p. 26

• Fixtures and table, group 1 ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
• Fixtures and table, group 2 ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
• Fixtures and table, group 3 ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
• Fixtures and table, group 4 ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}