2004 Norwegian First Division

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1. divisjon
Season 2004
Champions Start
PromotedStart
Aalesund
Relegated Raufoss
Haugesund
Vard Haugesund
Tromsdalen
Matches played240
Goals scored832 (3.47 per match)
Top goalscorer Paul Oyuga
(18 goals)
← 2003
2005 →

The 2004 1. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season kicked off on 12 April 2004, and the final round was played on 31 October 2004.

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Start were promoted to the 2005 Tippeligaen as First Division winners, along with Aalesund who finished second. Start will be playing in the top division for the first time since 2002. Aalesund, meanwhile, returned to the top flight after being relegated in 2003.

As in previous seasons, there was a two-legged promotion play-off at the end of the season, between the third-placed team in the 1. divisjon (Kongsvinger) and the twelfth-placed team in the Tippeligaen (Bodø/Glimt). Bodø/Glimt kept their spot in the Tippeligaen, beating Kongsvinger 4–1 on aggregate.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Start (C, P)3024247128+4374Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Aalesund (P)3021186736+3164
3 Kongsvinger 3016595342+1153Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 Sandefjord 3015696032+2851
5 Mandalskameratene 30136115155−445
6 Hødd 30142146359+444
7 Bryne 30119105445+942
8 Skeid 30126125756+142
9 Strømsgodset 30117124245−340
10 Moss 30115144847+138
11 Pors Grenland [lower-alpha 1] 30117125660−438
12 Hønefoss BK 30114155254−237
13 Raufoss (R)30107134247−537Relegation to 2. divisjon
14 Haugesund (R)30114154459−1537
15 Vard Haugesund (R)3073204383−4024
16 Tromsdalen (R)3034232984−5513
Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Pors Grenland was deducted 2 points for using ineligible players.

Results

Home \ Away AAL BRY FKH ILH HBK KIL MAN MOS PRS RIL SAN SKD IKS SIF TUIL VAR
Aalesund —1–03–21–23–23–15–21–06–01–02–13–01–23–06–04–0
Bryne 1–4—2–12–12–25–10–14–21–11–11–10–43–00–06–14–0
Haugesund 0–12–2—2–02–00–02–02–41–03–20–33–42–32–13–01–5
Hødd 1–10–05–0—2–13–24–01–03–11–20–31–31–54–07–13–0
Hønefoss 0–23–15–01–3—3–40–22–44–00–13–21–34–30–11–02–1
Kongsvinger 0–12–12–13–00–0—2–11–02–00–10–02–00–22–03–26–1
Mandalskameratene 3–20–33–05–22–30–3—5–13–21–13–21–11–41–03–03–2
Moss 2–12–42–31–24–13–00–0—2–20–00–34–00–10–01–32–1
Pors Grenland 1–20–02–34–34–33–04–02–4—3–11–11–11–14–33–05–2
Raufoss 0–11–42–22–31–33–45–23–01–1—1–02–01–31–01–10–1
Sandefjord 2–03–01–23–11–11–12–31–02–03–0—3–10–15–12–19–1
Skeid 4–14–21–03–22–23–12–20–41–31–21–2—1–23–46–02–2
Start 4–12–12–14–12–00–10–02–04–02–13–03–1—2–16–04–2
Strømsgodset 2–42–21–14–11–01–10–01–13–11–22–11–23–0—4–21–0
Tromsdalen 3–11–23–10–20–20–41–30–13–51–11–22–20–10–1—2–3
Vard Haugesund 1–22–00–25–41–34–52–11–40–24–31–10–10–30–31–1—
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Flag of Kenya.svg Paul Oyuga Bryne 18
2 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Myklebust Hødd 16
3 Flag of England.svg Ben Wright Start 15
Flag of Norway.svg Dag Roar Ørsal Hødd
Flag of Norway.svg Morten Moldskred Aalesund
Flag of Norway.svg Håvard Sakariassen Moss
7 Flag of Norway.svg John Erling Kleppe Pors Grenland 14
Flag of Nigeria.svg Bala Garba Start
9 Flag of Norway.svg Mohammed Abdellaoue Skeid 11
Flag of Norway.svg Henrik Nyhus Mandalskameratene
Flag of Norway.svg Bjørn Yngvar Kydland Bryne
Flag of Norway.svg Kim Larsen Strømsgodset

Relegated teams

These two teams were relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2003. 12th-place finishers Vålerenga defeated Sandefjord in the playoff to retain their spot in the highest division.

These four teams were promoted from the 2. divisjon in 2003:

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