2012 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon

Season	2012
Champions	Start
Promoted	Start Sarpsborg 08
Relegated	Tromsdalen Bærum Notodden Alta
Matches played	240
Goals scored	785 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	Martin Wiig (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Ranheim 7–0 Kongsvinger (20 May 2012)
Biggest away win	HamKam 0–5 Kongsvinger (5 August 2012)
Highest scoring	HamKam 7–2 Tromsdalen (15 July 2012) Bærum 5–4 Bryne (9 September 2012)
Highest attendance	5,760, at home match of Start [1]
Lowest attendance	94, at home match of Bærum [1]
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The 2012 1. divisjon (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season began on 9 April 2012 and ended on 11 November 2012. ^[2]

Two clubs, Start and Sarpsborg, were relegated from the 2011 Tippeligaen, while Notodden, Tromsdalen, Ull/Kisa, and Bærum were promoted from the 2011 2. divisjon. ^[3]

Asker, Nybergsund-Trysil, Randaberg and Løv-Ham were relegated to the 2012 2. divisjon

At the end of the season, the two best teams were promoted to the 2013 Tippeligaen, while the four worst placed teams were relegated to the 2013 2. divisjon.

Teams

Alta

Bærum

Bodø/Glimt

Bryne

HamKam

Hødd

Kongsvinger

Mjøndalen

Notodden

Ranheim

Sandefjord

Sarpsborg 08

Start

Strømmen

Tromsdalen

Ull/Kisa

Locations of the teams in the 2012 1. divisjon

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity	Manager
Alta	Alta	Finnmarkshallen	1,000	Rune Berger
Bodø/Glimt	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadion	7,400	Cato André Hansen
Bryne	Bryne	Bryne Stadion	10,000	Gaute Larsen
Bærum	Sandvika	Sandvika Stadion	1,500	Morten Tandberg
HamKam	Hamar	Briskeby Arena	10,200	Vegard Skogheim
Hødd	Ulsteinvik	Høddvoll Stadion	3,120	Lars Arne Nilsen
Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger	Gjemselund Stadion	5,202	Tom Nordlie
Mjøndalen	Mjøndalen	Nedre Eiker Stadion	2,600	Vegard Hansen
Notodden	Notodden	Notodden Stadion	3,000	Kenneth Dokken
Ranheim	Ranheim	DnB NOR Arena	2,000	Aasmund Bjørkan
Sandefjord	Sandefjord	Komplett.no Arena	9,000	Arne Sandstø
Sarpsborg 08	Sarpsborg	Sarpsborg Stadion	5,000	Roar Johansen
IK Start	Kristiansand	Sør Arena	14,300	Mons Ivar Mjelde
Strømmen	Strømmen	Strømmen Stadion	3,000	Erland Johnsen
Tromsdalen	Tromsø	Tromsdalen Stadion	3,000	Morten Pedersen
Ull/Kisa	Jessheim	UKI Arena	3,000	Arne Erlandsen

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
Strømmen	Thomas Berntsen	Contract expired	31 December 2011	Pre-season	Erland Johnsen	1 January 2012 [4]	Pre-season
Notodden	Brede Halvorsen	Resigned	20 August 2012 [5]	14th	Kenneth Dokken	24 August 2012 [6]	14th
Bryne	Tommy Bergersen	Mutual consent	10 September 2012	12th	Gaute Larsen	10 September 2012 [7]	12th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Start (C, P)	30	20	6	4	71	35	+36	66	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Sarpsborg 08 (P)	30	19	6	5	73	43	+30	63
3	Sandefjord	30	16	7	7	44	29	+15	55	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Mjøndalen	30	16	7	7	52	43	+9	55
5	Bodø/Glimt	30	13	9	8	59	36	+23	48
6	Ullensaker/Kisa	30	14	2	14	45	39	+6	44
7	Ranheim	30	11	10	9	55	40	+15	43
8	HamKam [lower-alpha 1]	30	13	6	11	51	49	+2	43
9	Kongsvinger	30	12	3	15	44	48	−4	39
10	Bryne	30	10	8	12	41	53	−12	38
11	Strømmen	30	10	7	13	39	51	−12	37
12	Hødd	30	10	5	15	43	52	−9	35	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round [lower-alpha 2]
13	Tromsdalen (R)	30	10	5	15	51	62	−11	35	Relegation to 2. divisjon
14	Bærum (R)	30	5	7	18	49	73	−24	22
15	Notodden (R)	30	6	4	20	38	71	−33	22
16	Alta [lower-alpha 3] (R)	30	4	10	16	30	61	−31	21

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

1. HamKam were deducted 2 points for lack of financial control ^[8]
2. Hødd qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2012 Norwegian Cup.
3. Alta were deducted 1 point for lack of financial control ^[8]

Promotion play-offs

Start and Sarpsborg were directly promoted, and five teams entered a play-off for the last Tippeligaen spot in the 2013 season. These were:

• A) Sandnes Ulf (by virtue of being the 14th placed team in the Tippeligaen)
• B) Sandefjord (by virtue of being the third placed team in the Adeccoligaen)
• C) Mjøndalen (by virtue of being the fourth placed team in the Adeccoligaen)
• D) Bodø/Glimt (by virtue of being the fifth placed team in the Adeccoligaen)
• E) Ullensaker/Kisa (by virtue of being the sixth placed team in the Adeccoligaen)

The four Adeccoligaen teams first played a single game knockout tournament, with the winner (Ull/Kisa) advancing to a two-legged tie against the Tippeligaen team (Sandnes Ulf) for the 16th and final spot in the 2013 season. Sandnes Ulf retained their Tippeligaen spot with an aggregate 7–1 win over Ull/Kisa.

	First round					Second round					Final round
	3	Sandefjord	3
	6	Ullensaker/Kisa	4								14	Sandnes Ulf	7 (4+3)
						6	Ullensaker/Kisa	2			6	Ullensaker/Kisa	1 (0+1)
						5	Bodø/Glimt	0
	4	Mjøndalen	1
	5	Bodø/Glimt	2

Season statistics

Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals Games Average 1 Martin Wiig Sarpsborg 08 20 27 0.74 2 Matthías Vilhjálmsson Start 18 29 0.60 3 Tore Andreas Gundersen HamKam 16 26 0.62 4 Nicolay Solberg Sarpsborg 08 14 30 0.47 5 Øyvind Hoås Sarpsborg 08 13 28 0.46 6 Rozhat Shaswari Bærum 12 21 0.57 Olav Tuelo Johannesen Kongsvinger 12 26 0.46 Håvard Lysvoll Tromsdalen 12 28 0.43 9 Robert Stene Ranheim 11 19 0.58 Magnus Nikolaisen Alta 11 26 0.42 Ernest Asante Start 11 29 0.38 Thomas Lehne Olsen HamKam 11 30 0.37 11 Jim Johansen Bodø/Glimt 10 24 0.42 Pål André Helland Hødd 10 26 0.38 Vegard Braaten Bodø/Glimt 10 28 0.36 Jo Sondre Aas Sandefjord 10 30 0.33 Source: Alt om fotball See also 2012 in Norwegian football 2012 Tippeligaen 2012 2. divisjon 2012 3. divisjon References "Tilskuertall 1. divisjon 2012". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen . Retrieved 9 May 2013. "Eliteseriestart 25. mars neste år" (in Norwegian). VG. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011. "Skrev fotballhistorie med mål nummer 100". vg.no (in Norwegian). VG. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011. "Erland Johnsen blir Strømmen-trener" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 25 November 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2011. "Halvorsen gir seg i Notodden" (in Norwegian). NRK. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012. "Kenneth Dokken tar over Notodden" (in Norwegian). TV2. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012. "Gaute Larsen blir Bryne-trener fra neste kamp" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2012. "Odd og HamKam får poengtrekk" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 20 September 2012. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2012.