2019 Norwegian First Division

Last updated
1. divisjon
Season 2019
Dates30 March – 9 November
Champions Aalesund
Promoted Aalesund
Sandefjord
Relegated Notodden
Skeid
Tromsdalen
Matches played240
Goals scored722 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorer Pontus Engblom
(19 goals)
Biggest home win KFUM Oslo 5–0 Jerv
(5 May 2019)
Aalesund 5–0 Tromsdalen
(16 May 2019)
Biggest away win Tromsdalen 0–8 Ull/Kisa
(14 April 2019)
Highest scoring Raufoss 6–4 Tromsdalen
(2 June 2019)
Longest winning run9 games
Aalesund [1]
Longest unbeaten run18 games
Aalesund [1]
Longest winless run16 games
Tromsdalen [1]
Longest losing run7 games
Tromsdalen [1]
Highest attendance7,150
Start 3–2 Jerv
(16 May 2019)
Lowest attendance50
Tromsdalen 0–1 Aalesund
(20 October 2019)
Tromsdalen 3–0 Raufoss
(2 November 2019)
Average attendance1,434 Decrease2.svg 15.5%
← 2018
2020 →

The 2019 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

Contents

Aalesund set a new record for most points in a 1. divisjon season with 79. They surpassed IK Start's previous record of 74 points, from the 2004 season. [2]

Season summary

On 20 October, Aalesund secured both promotion and league title with three games to spare by winning 1–0 away over Tromsdalen. [3] The same day, Tromsdalen were the first team to be relegated as their defeat coincided with a victory for Strømmen. On 2 November, Sandefjord secured promotion to the first tier with one match to spare after their 1–0 win over Jerv at Komplett Arena. [4] On the same day, Skeid were the second team to be relegated as their draw against Notodden meant that survival was out of reach before the ultimate round.

Teams

In the 2018 1. divisjon, Viking and Mjøndalen were promoted to the 2019 Eliteserien, while Åsane, Florø and Levanger were relegated to the 2019 2. divisjon.

Start and Sandefjord were relegated from the 2018 Eliteserien, while Raufoss, Skeid and KFUM Oslo were promoted from the 2018 2. divisjon.

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Locations of the teams in the 2019 1. divisjon

Stadia and personnel

TeamLocationArenaCapacityManager
Aalesund Ålesund Color Line Stadion 10,778 Flag of Norway.svg Lars Bohinen
HamKam Hamar Briskeby Arena 7,800 Flag of Norway.svg Gaute Helstrup
Jerv Grimstad Levermyr Stadion 3,300 Flag of Norway.svg Arne Sandstø
KFUM Oslo Oslo KFUM Arena 1,500 Flag of Norway.svg Jørgen Isnes
Kongsvinger Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion 5,824 Flag of Portugal.svg Vítor Gazimba
Nest-Sotra Sotra Ågotnes Stadion 1,200 Flag of Norway.svg Steffen Landro
Notodden Notodden Idrettsparken 4,000 Flag of Norway.svg Kenneth Dokken
Raufoss Raufoss Nammo Stadion 1,800 Flag of Norway.svg Christian Johnsen
Sandefjord Sandefjord Komplett Arena 6,582 Flag of Spain.svg Martí Cifuentes
Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Sandnes Stadion 4,969 Flag of Norway.svg Bengt Sæternes
Skeid Oslo Nordre Åsen 12,000 Flag of Norway.svg Tom Nordlie
Sogndal Sogndal Fosshaugane Campus 5,622 Flag of Norway.svg Eirik Bakke
Start Kristiansand Sør Arena 14,448 Flag of Iceland.svg Jóhannes Harðarson
Strømmen Strømmen Strømmen Stadion 21,850 Flag of Norway.svg Ole Martin Nesselquist
Tromsdalen Tromsdalen TUIL Arena 1,695 Flag of England.svg Jonathan Hill
Ull/Kisa Jessheim Jessheim Stadion 3,500 Flag of Norway.svg Trond Fredriksen

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTable
HamKam Flag of Norway.svg Kevin KnappenContract expired11 November 2018Pre-season Flag of Norway.svg Gaute Helstrup 29 November 2018 [7] Pre-season
Strømmen Flag of Norway.svg Espen Olsen Contract expired11 November 2018 [8] Flag of Norway.svg Ole Martin Nesselquist29 November 2018 [9]
Ull/Kisa Flag of Norway.svg Vegard Skogheim Contract expired11 November 2018 [10] Flag of Norway.svg Trond Fredriksen 7 December 2018 [11]
Kongsvinger Flag of England.svg Mark Dempsey Resigned13 November 2018 [12] Flag of Portugal.svg Vítor Gazimba 16 January 2019 [13]
Tromsdalen Flag of Norway.svg Gaute Helstrup Signed by HamKam 29 November 2018 [14] Flag of England.svg Jonathan Hill10 January 2019 [15]
Start Flag of Norway.svg Kjetil Rekdal Mutual agreement2 April 201915th Flag of Iceland.svg Jóhannes Harðarson [a] 3 April 2019 [16] [17] [18] 15th
  1. ↑ Harðarson was initially appointed as caretaker on 3 April 2019, and as interim head coach for the rest of the season on 10 July 2019. Harðarson was appointed as permanent head coach on 23 October 2019.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1 Aalesund (C, P)3025416725+4279Promotion to Eliteserien
2 Sandefjord (P)3019835330+2365
3 Start (O, P)3019565431+2362Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 KFUM Oslo 3013985842+1648
5 Kongsvinger 30144123836+246
6 Sogndal 30136115139+1245
7 Nest-Sotra 30146104331+1244 [a]
8 Ull/Kisa 30116134747039
9 Sandnes Ulf 30115144649−338
10 HamKam 30115144347−438
11 Raufoss 30122164759−1238
12 Jerv 3089133454−2033
13 Strømmen 30710133246−1430 [b]
14 Notodden (R)3067173553−1825Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Skeid (R)30410163854−1622Relegation to Second Division
16 Tromsdalen (R)3034233679−4313
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Nest-Sotra have been deducted a total of 4 points due to financial difficulties. They were deducted 1 point in May [19] and 3 points in October. [20]
  2. ↑ Strømmen have been deducted 1 point. [19]

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Aalesund 323111111111111111111111111111
Sandefjord 312332222322222223233332222222
Start 1164795333234333332322223333333
KFUM Oslo 1115141184854453665544444444444644
Kongsvinger 388568586646556777777667677575
Sogndal 713791213111313111081098666656556866756
Nest-Sotra 161491310111311111212118810998888885555467
Ull/Kisa 73147374777777910101191010121212111099108
Sandnes Ulf 710106117978999910788910111110991012121089
HamKam 1161212131212101010111212121111111212121211101012910111110
Raufoss 29117464655654444555657787888911
Jerv 145229699881011111212121011999111191111121212
Strømmen 101113141415151515141414151514141414141515141514141413131313
Notodden 111215151514141414151515141415151515151313131313131314141414
Skeid 35610510101212131313131313131313131414151415151515151515
Tromsdalen 151616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Promotion to Eliteserien
Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2. divisjon
Source: nifs.no

Results

Home \ Away AAL HAM JER KFU KIL NSO NOT RAU SAN ULF SKE SOG IKS SIF TUI UKI
Aalesund —5–24–02–11–02–03–13–13–13–14–23–12–13–15–01–0
HamKam 1–2—2–24–42–03–21–21–21–02–32–10–04–01–22–12–0
Jerv 0–01–0—2–20–20–13–11–00–20–05–11–11–71–11–02–0
KFUM Oslo 2–42–05–0—0–12–14–12–13–33–02–11–01–21–01–15–1
Kongsvinger 1–12–11–10–0—1–01–01–02–31–20–23–04–23–23–21–2
Nest-Sotra 0–12–04–12–23–0—2–11–21–13–02–11–00–11–12–02–0
Notodden 0–11–21–11–12–02–3—0–10–20–41–11–30–23–03–30–0
Raufoss 2–11–24–21–00–02–11–4—0–22–54–51–11–21–06–44–2
Sandefjord 1–12–01–01–01–02–13–01–0—3–11–00–30–02–01–03–2
Sandnes Ulf 1–20–22–32–31–20–01–03–12–4—3–20–12–00–313–22–0
Skeid 0–11–00–01–10–21–22–22–32–20–0—2–21–11–13–01–2
Sogndal 2–33–04–04–22–10–14–11–31–11–14–2—0–14–25–23–0
Start 0–14–13–20–03–12–00–32–12–23–22–01–0—4–02–02–1
Strømmen 1–20–03–10–32–00–21–12–12–30–01–12–00–0—0–41–1
Tromsdalen 0–12–51–32–31–32–20–23–03–31–41–00–11–30–2—0–8
Ull/Kisa 2–20–01–04–20–21–13–15–10–22–13–23–00–22–22–0—
Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

The 3rd to 6th placed teams took part in the promotion play-offs; these were single-leg knockout matches. In the first round, the fifth-placed team played at home against the sixth-placed team. The winner of the first round then met the fourth-placed team on away ground in the second round. The winner of the second round then met the third-placed team on away ground. The winner of the third round advanced to play the 14th-placed team in Eliteserien over two legs in the Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.

First round

Kongsvinger 1–0 Sogndal
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 Report
Attendance: 1,433

Second round

KFUM Oslo 2–0 Kongsvinger
Report
Attendance: 1,311

Third round

Start 1–0 KFUM Oslo
Report
Attendance: 2,615
Referee: Rohit Saggi

Relegation play-offs

The 14th placed team took part in a two-legged play-off against the winners of the 2. divisjon play-offs to decide who would play in the 2020 1. divisjon.

Notodden 1–3 Åsane
Report
Idrettsparken , Notodden
Attendance: 468
Åsane 2–2 Notodden
Report
Myrdal Stadion , Bergen
Attendance: 802

Åsane won 5–3 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [22]
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Engblom Sandefjord 19
2 Flag of Chile.svg Niklas Castro Aalesund 17
3 Flag of Norway.svg Adem Güven Kongsvinger 15
4 Flag of Norway.svg Kent Håvard Eriksen Sandnes Ulf 14
5 Flag of Senegal.svg Pape Habib Guèye Aalesund 13
Flag of Iceland.svg Aron Sigurðarson Start
7 Flag of Norway.svg Sivert Gussiås Strømmen 12
Flag of Norway.svg Simen Nordli HamKam
Flag of Norway.svg Martin Ramsland Start
10 Flag of Norway.svg Torbjørn Agdestein Aalesund 10
Flag of Norway.svg Sigurd Hauso Haugen Sogndal
Flag of Nigeria.svg Kachi Sandnes Ulf
Flag of Norway.svg Moses Mawa KFUM Oslo
Flag of Norway.svg David Tavakoli Skeid/KFUM Oslo

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