2022 Norwegian First Division

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Norwegian First Division
Season 2022
Dates2 April – 29 October
Champions Brann
PromotedBrann
Stabæk
Relegated Grorud
Stjørdals-Blink
Matches played240
Goals scored789 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorer Bård Finne
Gift Orban
(16 goals)
Highest attendance16,617
Brann 3–0 Sandnes Ulf
(16 May 2022) [1]
Lowest attendance125
Grorud 1–1 Raufoss
(3 October 2022) [1]
Average attendance2,121 [1]
← 2021
2023 →

The 2022 Norwegian First Division (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

Contents

The league started on 2 April 2022, and is scheduled to end on 29 October 2022, not including play-off matches. [2]

Teams

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Oslo
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Oslo region teams:
Grorud
KFUM
Skeid
Stabæk
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Locations of the teams in the 2022 Norwegian First Division

In the 2021 1. divisjon, HamKam, Aalesund, and Jerv were promoted to the 2022 Eliteserien, while Strømmen and Ull/Kisa were relegated to the 2022 2. divisjon.

Mjøndalen, Stabæk, and Brann were relegated from the 2021 Eliteserien, while Kongsvinger and Skeid were promoted from the 2021 2. divisjon.

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationArenaCapacity [3]
Åsane Bergen Åsane Arena 3,300
Brann Bergen Brann Stadion 16,750
Bryne Bryne Bryne Stadion 4,000
Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Stadion 12,500
Grorud Oslo Grorud Match Kunstgress 1,700
KFUM Oslo Oslo KFUM-Arena 2,000
Kongsvinger Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion 5,824
Mjøndalen Mjøndalen Consto Arena 4,200
Ranheim Trondheim EXTRA Arena 3,000
Raufoss Raufoss NAMMO Stadion 1,800
Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Øster Hus Arena 6,043
Skeid Oslo Nordre Åsen Kunstgressbane 2,500
Sogndal Sogndal Fosshaugane Campus 5,622
Stabæk Bærum Nadderud Stadion 4,938
Start Kristiansand Sparebanken Sør Arena 14,448
Stjørdals-Blink Stjørdalshalsen M.U.S Stadion Sandskogan 2,000

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1 Brann (C, P)3026319516+7981Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round and promotion to Eliteserien [lower-alpha 1]
2 Stabæk (P)30161046228+3458Promotion to Eliteserien
3 Start 3016686338+2554Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 KFUM Oslo 3015786148+1352
5 Sandnes Ulf 30145115452+247
6 Kongsvinger 30137104337+646
7 Sogndal 30127115553+243
8 Ranheim 30127114952−343
9 Mjøndalen 30133143947−842
10 Fredrikstad 3098134651−535
11 Bryne 3098134252−1035
12 Raufoss 3098133554−1935
13 Åsane 3088144267−2532
14 Skeid (O)3084183954−1528Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Grorud (R)3048183469−3520Relegation to Second Division
16 Stjørdals-Blink (R)3045213071−4117
Source: NFF (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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Brann 232332211111111111111111111111
Stabæk 463766443443322443454332222222
Start 128653337887999999788666434443
KFUM Oslo 756489775675477866543223343334
Sandnes Ulf 511124554569654332335554556665
Kongsvinger 138101011101011131312121111111111101099987765556
Sogndal 344547868756866557866799887797
Ranheim 16149898986322233224222445678878
Mjøndalen 67521112223478568891010101010999989
Fredrikstad 796975699101010101010101011121112121212121112111210
Bryne 121516161614141412121313131313131313131313131313131313121011
Raufoss 141212121011111210998548775677878101010101112
Åsane 151314131314121011111111121212121212111211111111111211131313
Skeid 111515151516151516161615151514141414141414141414141414141414
Grorud 7911111212131314141414141415151516161616161616161615151515
Stjørdals-Blink 71113141415161615151516161616161615151515151515151516161616
Promotion to 2023 Eliteserien
Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2023 2. divisjon
Source: nifs.no

Results

Home \ Away BRA BRY FRE GRO KFU KON MJØ RAN RAU ULF SKE SOG STB STA STJ ÅSA
Brann —2–13–07–04–13–07–05–03–03–03–01–11–11–05–01–1
Bryne 1–5—0–22–11–21–12–11–25–00–20–33–30–02–00–02–1
Fredrikstad 1–31–3—3–11–20–02–11–10–41–22–05–22–41–02–22–2
Grorud 0–22–22–2—1–31–20–12–11–11–31–12–00–40–31–23–1
KFUM Oslo 1–53–32–12–2—1–03–01–21–13–23–03–20–00–13–12–2
Kongsvinger 1–32–10–12–23–1—2–12–24–13–11–00–00–12–25–01–1
Mjøndalen 3–12–12–03–02–11–0—1–21–24–11–00–42–40–02–11–1
Ranheim 0–41–13–22–14–10–22–1—3–21–24–03–30–12–22–13–3
Raufoss 0–52–02–11–10–30–12–11–1—1–11–00–30–41–22–21–0
Sandnes Ulf 0–32–10–42–42–24–10–23–21–4—0–06–02–23–50–06–0
Skeid 2–31–23–33–21–54–01–21–02–20–1—2–32–33–23–12–0
Sogndal 0–42–11–14–01–22–11–02–02–01–20–1—4–31–26–12–3
Stabæk 1–22–20–01–12–21–02–03–22–00–12–00–0—5–04–24–0
Start 0–26–01–05–03–20–11–12–12–21–23–25–10–0—3–14–1
Stjørdals-Blink 1–20–21–21–01–31–41–20–11–21–21–01–33–20–3—2–4
Åsane 0–21–24–33–20–31–23–11–21–02–13–21–10–41–51–1—
Source: NFF (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

The teams from third to sixth place will take part in the promotion play-offs; these are single leg knockout matches. In the first round, the fifth-placed team will play at home against the sixth-placed team. The winner of the first round will meet the fourth-placed team on away ground in the second round. The winner of the second round will meet the third-placed team on away ground. The winner of the third round will face the 14th-placed team in the Eliteserien over two legs in the Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season. [4]

First roundSecond roundThird round
3 Start 0
4 KFUM Oslo 16 Kongsvinger 1
5 Sandnes Ulf 06 Kongsvinger 2
6 Kongsvinger 1
First round
Sandnes Ulf 0–1 Kongsvinger
Report Taylor Soccerball shade.svg82'
Øster Hus Arena , Sandnes
Attendance: 1,518
Referee: Svein Tore Sinnes
Second round
KFUM Oslo 1–2 Kongsvinger
Hestnes Soccerball shade.svg2' Report Gerson Soccerball shade.svg49'
Andersen Soccerball shade.svg89'
Intility Arena , Oslo
Attendance: 1,763
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes
Third round
Start 0–1 Kongsvinger
Report Gerson Soccerball shade.svg88' (pen.)
Sør Arena , Kristiansand
Attendance: 6,621
Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team took part in a two-legged play-off against the winners of the Second Division play-offs, to decide who would play in the First Division next season. [4]

SemifinalFinal
Skeid 628
Arendal 033 Arendal 011
Ull/Kisa 101
Skeid 6–0 Arendal
Buduson Soccerball shade.svg3', 43'
Hoven Soccerball shade.svg54'
Romsaas Soccerball shade.svg56'
Effiom Soccerball shade.svg67', 80'		 Report
Nordre Åsen, Oslo
Attendance: 552
Referee: Steinar Hauge
Arendal 1–2 Skeid
Johansen Soccerball shade.svg79' Report Nordengen Soccerball shade.svg61'
Buduson Soccerball shade.svg83'
Norac Stadion, Arendal
Attendance: 519
Referee: Marius Lien

Skeid won 8–1 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [5]
1 Flag of Norway.svg Bård Finne Brann16
Flag of Nigeria.svg Gift Orban Stabæk
3 Flag of Norway.svg Mathias Rasmussen Brann15
4 Flag of Norway.svg Vegard Erlien Ranheim14
Flag of Norway.svg Aune Heggebø Brann
6 Flag of Norway.svg Martin Ramsland Sandnes Ulf13
7 Flag of Norway.svg Jonatan Braut Brunes Start12
Flag of Norway.svg Marcus Mehnert Ranheim
Flag of Norway.svg Nicolay Solberg Fredrikstad
10 Flag of Chile.svg Niklas Castro Brann11
Flag of Iceland.svg Jónatan Ingi Jónsson Sogndal
Flag of Norway.svg Eirik Schulze Start

Discipline

Player

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tilskuertall 1. divisjon 2022". NIFS. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "OBOS-ligaen 2022 - Terminliste". fotball.no. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  3. ↑ "2022 - Kontaktpersoner" . Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Slik spilles kvalifiseringskampene". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 "OBOS-ligaen 2022 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort" (in Norwegian). NFF . Retrieved 29 October 2022.
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