2008 Norwegian First Division

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1. divisjon
Season2008
Dates5 April – 1 November
Champions Odd Grenland
PromotedOdd Grenland
Sandefjord
Start
Relegated Sandnes Ulf
Hødd
Matches240
Goals762 (3.18 per match)
Top goalscorer Péter Kovács
(22 goals)
← 2007
2009 →
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2008 Clubs

The 2008 1. divisjon season (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) began on 5 April 2008 and ended on 1 November 2008. [1]

Contents

In 2009, the number of teams in the top tier, Tippeligaen, will expand from fourteen to sixteen. [2] Therefore, 2008 was a transitional season, in which more teams were promoted to the top flight, and less teams relegated to the 2. divisjon, than usual. Automatic promotion was awarded to the teams finishing in the top three places in the standings. Only the two teams at the bottom of the standings were relegated to the 2. divisjon, as opposed to the regular four.

The three clubs relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2007 were Odd Grenland, Start and Sandefjord. At the conclusion of the season, all three had managed to secure promotion, with Odd Grenland being confirmed as champions of the 1. divisjon after defeating Start 3–2 in the penultimate round. [3]

Sandnes Ulf and Hødd were relegated to the 2. divisjon after finishing in fifteenth and sixteenth place respectively. It was Sandnes Ulf's first season at the second level since 1972. Nybergsund, who had never previously played at the second level, retained their spot, finishing in eighth place.

As in previous years, there was a two-legged promotion playoff at the end of the season, this time between the fourth-placed team in the 1. divisjon (Sogndal) and the thirteenth-placed team in the Tippeligaen (Aalesund). Aalesund kept their spot in the Tippeligaen, beating Sogndal 4-1 away, 3-1 at home, and 7-2 on aggregate. [4]

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Odd Grenland (C, P)3020557644+3265Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Sandefjord (P)3017944625+2160
3 Start (P)3017855834+2459
4 Sogndal 3015965336+1754Qualification for the promotion play-offs
5 Hønefoss 3015694733+1451
6 Notodden 30121085540+1546
7 Haugesund 30119104847+142
8 Nybergsund 30126124953−442
9 Moss 3091296354+939
10 Sarpsborg Sparta 30107134543+237
11 Bryne 30106143853−1536
12 Løv-Ham 3097143745−834
13 Kongsvinger 3086163358−2530
14 Alta 3082204966−1726
15 Sandnes Ulf (R)30510153655−1925Relegation to Second Division
16 Hødd (R)3028202976−4714
Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. The winner, runner-up and third place finisher in the 1. divisjon are automatically promoted to the Tippeligaen. The fourth-placed team in the 1. divisjon and the 13th-placed team in the Tippeligaen meet in a playoff at the end of the season. The two teams finishing at the bottom of the table are automatically relegated to the 2. divisjon.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ALT BRY HAU ILH HØN KIL LØV MFK NOT NIL ODD SF ULF SSFK SIL IKS
Alta —4–11–07–20–21–21–33–02–31–23–71–10–11–00–21–2
Bryne 3–1—2–26–10–22–11–05–51–10–30–11–34–01–00–10–1
Haugesund 5–41–1—3–10–40–12–32–23–13–11–41–12–01–22–02–2
Hødd 1–20–11–2—0–12–41–11–50–02–31–20–21–12–00–30–2
Hønefoss 2–02–01–15–1—4–01–31–01–16–11–00–02–21–00–43–3
Kongsvinger 1–30–12–21–12–1—1–00–31–20–21–30–30–02–14–32–2
Løv-Ham 3–02–10–11–11–03–1—1–13–10–02–30–21–21–20–10–0
Moss 4–21–22–42–21–21–13–1—1–12–13–33–12–42–41–14–0
Notodden 5–37–01–15–13–14–20–12–2—1–00–05–02–10–52–32–3
Nybergsund 2–04–02–04–01–02–12–20–50–1—1–31–22–02–21–12–3
Odd Grenland 2–15–11–14–02–03–03–13–21–15–1—2–13–23–24–43–2
Sandefjord 2–11–00–12–20–02–04–13–11–01–13–0—2–12–02–02–1
Sandnes Ulf 2–21–12–41–21–21–21–11–10–22–30–30–0—2–13–02–2
Sarpsborg Sparta 2–31–12–12–10–11–12–11–21–12–25–11–12–1—2–20–2
Sogndal 2–11–01–03–13–13–04–02–21–13–13–20–01–10–1—0–3
Start 2–01–22–01–13–02–03–10–01–05–21–01–25–12–11–1—
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

By finishing 4th, Sogndal competed in a two-legged relegation play-off against Aalesund, who finished 13th in the 2008 Tippeligaen, for the right to play in the 2009 Tippeligaen. Sogndal played at home first, decided in a draw held by the NFF. [5] Aalesund won 7–2 on aggregate, thereby securing a new season in the Tippeligaen. Sogndal remained in the 1. divisjon.

Sogndal 1–4 Aalesund
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Aarøy Soccerball shade.svg53'
Nadolski Soccerball shade.svg61' (o.g.)
Diego Silva Soccerball shade.svg90+4'
Fosshaugane Campus, Sogndalsfjøra
Attendance: 3,553
Referee: Roy Helge Olsen, Fløy
Aalesund 3–1 Sogndal
Aarøy Soccerball shade.svg14', 31', 43' Report Håvard Flo Soccerball shade.svg43'
Color Line Stadion, Ålesund
Attendance: 8,646
Referee: Terje Hauge, Olsvik

Aalesund won 7–2 on aggregate and remained in Tippeligaen.

Top goalscorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Flag of Hungary.svg Peter Kovacs Odd Grenland 22
2 Flag of Norway.svg Kenneth Kvalheim Moss 21
3 Flag of Norway.svg Morten Fevang Odd Grenland 15
4 Flag of Jamaica.svg Fabian Taylor Notodden 14
5 Flag of Norway.svg Vegard Braaten Alta 13
Flag of Norway.svg Martin Wiig Sarpsborg Sparta
Flag of Norway.svg Lars Lafton Hønefoss
8 Flag of Denmark.svg Allan Borgvardt Bryne 12
9 Flag of Norway.svg Geir Ludvig Fevang Start 11

Source: VG Nett [ permanent dead link ]

Relegated teams

These three teams were relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2007:

These four teams were promoted from the 2. divisjon in 2007:

References

  1. ↑ "1. divisjon - Fixtures 2008". NRK Sport. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  2. ↑ "Tippeligaen utvides til 16 lag". Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian). 2008-03-08. Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  3. ↑ "Odd ble serievinnere". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). 2008-10-25. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  4. ↑ "Beramming kvalikkamper til Tippeligaen". Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian). 2008-11-03. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  5. ↑ "Trekning kvalifiseringskamp". fotball.no. 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
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