2019 Norwegian Second Division

2. divisjon

Season	2019
Champions	Stjørdals-Blink (Group 1) Grorud (Group 2)
Promoted	Stjørdals-Blink Grorud Åsane
Relegated	Vidar Sola Byåsen Elverum Oppsal Mjølner
Matches played	364
Goals scored	1,173 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gr. 1: Markus Naglestad (25 goals) [1] Gr. 2: Håkon Lorentzen (14 goals) [2]
← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 2. divisjon (referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian football third-tier league season. The league consisted of 28 teams divided into 2 groups of 14 teams.

The league was played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams played 26 matches. The season began on 13 April and concluded on 26 October.

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2018 season.

Arendal

Brattvåg

Bryne

Egersund

Fredrikstad

Hødd

Kvik Halden

Levanger

Moss

Sola

Stjørdals-Blink

Vidar

Alta

Odd 2

Elverum

Florø

Fram

Mjølner

Senja

Sotra

Åsane

Trondheim

Trondheim region teams:
Byåsen
Nardo

Oslo

Oslo region teams:
Asker
Bærum
Grorud
Kjelsås
Oppsal

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Locations of the 2019 2. divisjon teams.
Green: Group 1; Red: Group 2.

To 2. divisjon

Promoted from 3. divisjon

• Oppsal
• Kvik Halden
• Sola
• Sotra
• Byåsen
• Senja

Relegated from 1. divisjon

• Åsane
• Florø
• Levanger

From 2. divisjon

Promoted to 1. divisjon

• Raufoss
• Skeid
• KFUM Oslo

Relegated to 3. divisjon

• Nybergsund
• Hønefoss
• Stabæk 2
• Fløy
• Vålerenga 2
• Vard Haugesund

League tables

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Stjørdals-Blink (C, P)	26	18	6	2	69	22	+47	60	Promotion to First Division
2	Kvik Halden	26	18	4	4	57	26	+31	58	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	Fredrikstad	26	16	5	5	52	28	+24	53
4	Egersund	26	13	6	7	60	36	+24	45
5	Levanger	26	13	2	11	38	40	−2	41
6	Arendal	26	12	3	11	49	40	+9	39
7	Hødd	26	10	5	11	40	45	−5	35
8	Moss	26	10	4	12	35	46	−11	34
9	Brattvåg	26	9	6	11	43	50	−7	33
10	Bryne	26	7	7	12	30	41	−11	28
11	Nardo	26	8	5	13	27	43	−16	27 [a]
12	Vidar (R)	26	5	6	15	32	51	−19	21	Relegation to Third Division
13	Sola (R)	26	6	2	18	32	61	−29	20
14	Byåsen (R)	26	4	5	17	28	63	−35	17

Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Nardo have been deducted 2 points due to financial difficulties. ^[3]

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Grorud (C, P)	26	15	6	5	47	32	+15	51	Promotion to First Division
2	Åsane (O, P)	26	15	5	6	66	31	+35	50	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	Kjelsås	26	13	8	5	50	30	+20	47
4	Asker	26	13	7	6	39	28	+11	46
5	Fram Larvik	26	12	7	7	50	34	+16	43
6	Alta	26	12	5	9	44	41	+3	41
7	Florø	26	9	8	9	36	41	−5	35
8	Odd 2	26	10	2	14	46	45	+1	32
9	Sotra	26	8	6	12	34	37	−3	30
10	Bærum	26	7	8	11	39	55	−16	29
11	Senja	26	7	6	13	31	47	−16	27
12	Elverum (R)	26	7	5	14	34	46	−12	26	Relegation to Third Division
13	Oppsal (R)	26	6	6	14	35	60	−25	24
14	Mjølner (R)	26	6	5	15	30	54	−24	23

Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
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

Promotion play-offs

See also: 2019 1. divisjon § Relegation play-offs

The teams who finished in second place in their respective group qualified for the promotion play-offs, where they faced each other over two legs. The winner, Åsane, then played against the 14th placed team in 1. divisjon for a place in the 2020 1. divisjon.

2 November 2019

14:00 CET (UTC+1)

Åsane	2–0	Kvik Halden
Fredriksen 63' Stava 75'	Report

Myrdal Stadion , Bergen

Attendance: 305

Referee: Daniel Higraff

9 November 2019

13:00 CET (UTC+1)

Kvik Halden	1–2	Åsane
Krans 48'	Report	Hammersland 5', 74'

Halden Stadion , Halden

Attendance: 633

Referee: Marius Lien

Åsane won 4–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Group 1 Rank Player Club Goals [4] 1 Markus Naglestad Egersund 25 2 Mats Lillebo Stjørdals-Blink 23 3 Tim Nilsen Fredrikstad 15 Sondre Hopmark Stokke Stjørdals-Blink 5 Bubacarr Sumareh Egersund 14 6 Youssef Chaib Kvik Halden 13 Sami Kamel Brattvåg 8 Thomas Klemetsen Jakobsen Vidar 12 Henrik Kjelsrud Johansen Fredrikstad Håkon Bjørdal Leine Brattvåg

Group 2 Rank Player Club Goals [5] 1 Håkon Lorentzen Åsane 14 2 Joakim Vatle Hammersland Åsane 13 Walid Chafouk Idrissi Kjelsås Magnus Solum Elverum 5 Thierry Dabove Grorud 11 Tobias Lauritsen Odd 2 Mame Mor Ndiaye Fram Larvik Guyon Philips Alta Jone Rugland Sotra/Fram Larvik 10 Lorent Callaku Florø 10 Oliver Valaker Edvardsen Grorud Wilhelm Osman Veum-Adra Oppsal

References

1. "Top scorers 2. divisjon group 1". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
2. "Top scorers 2. divisjon group 2". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
3. "Nardo trekkes to poeng". www.aftenposten.no (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
4. "PostNord-ligaen avd 1 2019 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). NFF . Retrieved 25 April 2019.
5. "PostNord-ligaen avd 2 2019 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). NFF . Retrieved 25 April 2019.