2021 2. divisjon

2. divisjon

Season	2021
Dates	19 June 2021 – 14 November 2021
Champions	Kongsvinger (Group 1)
Promoted	Kongsvinger
Relegated	Senja Florø Rosenborg 2
← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 2. divisjon (referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is a Norwegian football third-tier league season. The league consists of 28 teams divided into 2 groups of 14 teams.

The league is played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams play 26 matches. The season began on 19 June 2021 and will conclude on 14 November 2021. ^{[1] [2]}

Kongsvinger earned promotion from group 1 on 23 October 2021, three rounds before the end of the season. ^[3]

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2020 season.

To 2. divisjon

Relegated from 1. divisjon

• Kongsvinger
• Øygarden

From 2. divisjon

Promoted to 1. divisjon

• Bryne
• Fredrikstad

Group 1

Teams

Alta

Brattvåg

Eidsvold Turn

Florø

Hødd

Kongsvinger

Kvik Halden

Moss

Senja

Tromsø

Tromsø teams:
Fløya
Tromsdalen

Oslo

Oslo region teams:
Asker
Bærum
Vålerenga 2

Location of the 2021 2. divisjon group 1 teams.

The following 14 clubs compete in group 1: ^{[4] [5]}

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alta	Alta	Finnmarkshallen	1,200
Asker	Asker	Føyka Stadion	2,400
Brattvåg	Brattvåg	Brattvåg Stadion	1,500
Bærum	Bærum	Sandvika Stadion	1,500
Eidsvold Turn	Eidsvoll	Myhrer Stadion	1,500
Florø	Florø	Florø Stadion	2,800
Fløya	Tromsø	Fløya Arena	1,500
Hødd	Ulsteinvik	Nye Høddvoll	4,081
Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger	Gjemselund Stadion	5,824
Kvik Halden	Halden	Halden Stadion	4,200
Moss	Moss	Melløs Stadion	4,000
Senja	Silsand	Senja Stadion	1,500
Tromsdalen	Tromsø	TUIL Arena	3,000
Vålerenga 2	Oslo	Intility Arena	16,555

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Kongsvinger (C, P)	23	20	2	1	80	21	+59	62	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Hødd	23	15	6	2	57	16	+41	51	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	Asker	23	14	3	6	53	31	+22	45
4	Tromsdalen	23	11	5	7	45	31	+14	38
5	Brattvåg	23	11	4	8	48	42	+6	37
6	Alta	23	10	5	8	40	41	−1	35
7	Eidsvold Turn	23	10	5	8	41	43	−2	35
8	Kvik Halden	23	10	4	9	41	45	−4	34
9	Moss	23	8	5	10	43	46	−3	29
10	Bærum	23	9	2	12	38	42	−4	29
11	Vålerenga 2	23	6	4	13	38	58	−20	22
12	Fløya	23	2	8	13	27	63	−36	14	Relegation to 3. divisjon
13	Senja (R)	23	2	5	16	22	57	−35	11
14	Florø (R)	23	3	2	18	23	60	−37	11

Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2021. Source: NIFS (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 goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	ASK	BRA	BÆR	ETF	FLO	FLØ	HØD	KIL	KVH	MOS	SEN	TRO	VIF
Alta	—	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	3–0		1–4	2–3	4–3	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2
Asker	1–2	—		3–0	4–2	2–0	3–2	2–2		3–1	2–1	4–1	3–2	1–2
Brattvåg	2–0	0–2	—	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	0–4	3–1	3–3		3–2	5–0
Bærum	3–2	1–2	1–3	—	3–0	3–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	6–2	4–1	2–0	2–0
Eidsvold Turn	4–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	—	4–1		0–4	1–4		2–2	2–1	2–2	3–2
Florø	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–1		—	1–1	1–4	0–5	0–1	0–2	3–0		1–2
Fløya	2–4	1–4	4–3	1–2	0–3		—	2–6	0–3	1–1	2–5	1–1	1–1	1–1
Hødd	1–1	1–1	1–0		2–0	7–1	1–0	—	0–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	4–0	7–1
Kongsvinger	3–2	3–1	5–4		6–0	4–0	4–1	1–0	—	7–0	5–1	5–0		2–0
Kvik Halden	0–0	1–2		1–0	3–1	3–2	2–2	0–1	3–2	—		5–1	3–1	5–1
Moss	3–0	0–4	1–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	6–0		0–4	0–2	—	4–0	4–0	2–5
Senja	0–1		2–3	4–1	1–1	1–2	1–1		3–3	2–3	0–0	—	1–3	1–0
Tromsdalen		2–0	2–2	4–1	2–1	3–0	6–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	—	4–1
Vålerenga 2		0–5	6–2	2–3	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–3	2–3	1–1		5–1	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2021. Source: Norwegian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 27 October 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [6]
1	Adem Güven	Kongsvinger	18
	Didrik Sereba	Asker
3	Martin Hoel Andersen	Kongsvinger	15
4	Oskar Løken	Hødd	14
5	Sondre Sandnes Beite	Brattvåg	12
6	Morten Gamst Pedersen	Alta	11
	Ole Andreas Nesset	Eidsvold Turn
	Brage Berg Pedersen	Kongsvinger
9	Robin Hjelmeseth	Hødd	10

Group 2

Teams

Arendal

Egersund

Levanger

Notodden

Odd 2

Fløy

Fram

Sotra

Vard

Øygarden

Trondheim

Trondheim teams:
Nardo
Rosenborg 2

Oslo

Oslo region teams:
Kjelsås
Skeid

Location of the 2021 2. divisjon group 2 teams.

The following 14 clubs compete in group 2: ^{[4] [7]}

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Arendal	Arendal	Norac Stadion	5,000
Egersund	Egersund	Idrettsparken	2,000
Fløy	Flekkerøy	Arkicon Arena	2,000
Fram Larvik	Larvik	Framparken	2,500
Kjelsås	Oslo	Grefsen Stadion	2,000
Levanger	Levanger	TOBB Arena	2,200
Nardo	Trondheim	Nissekollen Idrettspark	1,800
Notodden	Notodden	Optime Arena	4,000
Odd 2	Skien	Skagerak Arena	11,767
Rosenborg 2	Trondheim	SalMar Banen	1,000
Skeid	Oslo	Nordre Åsen Kunstgress	2,500
Sotra	Sotra	Straume Stadion	1,200
Vard Haugesund	Haugesund	Haugesund Sparebank Arena	8,754
Øygarden	Øygarden	Ågotnes Stadion	1,200

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Skeid	23	15	4	4	47	19	+28	49	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Egersund	23	15	3	5	49	26	+23	48	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	Vard Haugesund	23	12	4	7	36	27	+9	40
4	Levanger	23	12	3	8	58	36	+22	39
5	Arendal	23	10	9	4	48	34	+14	39
6	Øygarden	23	9	8	6	32	30	+2	35
7	Notodden	23	9	5	9	45	39	+6	32
8	Odd 2	23	9	4	10	27	35	−8	31
9	Kjelsås	23	7	8	8	38	37	+1	29
10	Sotra	23	8	3	12	34	44	−10	27
11	Fram Larvik	23	6	7	10	31	39	−8	25
12	Nardo	23	6	6	11	29	45	−16	24	Relegation to 3. divisjon
13	Fløy-Flekkerøy	23	3	11	9	22	36	−14	20
14	Rosenborg 2 (R)	23	1	3	19	22	71	−49	6

Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2021. Source: NIFS (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 goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARE	EIK	FLE	FRA	KJE	LEV	NAR	NOT	ODD	RBK	SKE	SOT	VAR	ØYG
Arendal	—		1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–0	9–2	2–2	4–1		3–1
Egersund	3–0	—	4–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	3–0		1–2	2–0	2–2	5–0	2–0	1–0
Fløy-Flekkerøy	2–2	2–4	—	0–0	2–2	2–3		1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–0
Fram Larvik	1–1	3–2		—	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–3	0–1	3–0		3–1	0–4	1–1
Kjelsås	2–2	1–0		1–1	—	0–1	0–1	3–2	3–2	6–1		3–1	3–1	2–2
Levanger	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–4		—	6–0	2–4	3–0	5–1	1–2	2–1	3–4	8–0
Nardo	2–2	2–3	3–2	2–0	0–0		—	0–2		3–2	0–4	3–1	0–0	2–3
Notodden	1–2	2–3	0–1	4–1	3–3		1–1	—	1–0	7–2	2–3	3–0		1–0
Odd 2		1–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–6	2–1	6–1	—	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–1
Rosenborg 2	0–4		1–1	1–2	1–3	5–2	1–3	0–2	2–3	—	0–3	0–2	0–1
Skeid	1–2	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–0		—	3–0	5–0	2–1
Sotra	4–1	4–1	0–0	3–2	3–1	3–4	3–1	0–0		5–0	1–0	—	0–2
Vard Haugesund	0–1	1–1	5–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	0–1		—	2–0
Øygarden	3–1	0–0	2–0		3–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	3–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2021. Source: Norwegian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 25 October 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [8]
1	Arne Gunnes	Levanger	19
2	Melvin Frithzell	Notodden	17
3	Erling Myklebust	Vard Haugesund	16
4	Abel William Stensrud	Skeid	15
5	Andreas Hellum	Arendal	14
6	Johnny Buduson	Skeid	12
	Patrik Johannesen	Egersund
8	Stian Michalsen	Egersund	11
9	Ole Erik Midtskogen	Kjelsås	10
10	Andreas Gundersen	Levanger	9
	Lars Kilen	Sotra

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