2025 Norwegian First Division

Norwegian First Division

Season	2025
Dates	31 March – 8 November
← 2024 2026 →

The 2025 Norwegian First Division (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is a Norwegian second-tier football league season. The season started on 31 March 2025 and is scheduled to end on 8 November 2025, not including play-off matches. ^[1]

Teams

Aalesund

Egersund

Hødd

Kongsvinger

Lillestrøm

Mjøndalen

Moss

Odd

Ranheim

Raufoss

Sogndal

Stabæk

Start

Åsane

Oslo

Oslo teams:
Lyn
Skeid

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Locations of teams in the 2025 Norwegian First Division

Lyn

Skeid

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Locations of teams in the 2025 Norwegian First Division in Oslo

In the 2024 Norwegian First Division, Vålerenga and Bryne were promoted to the 2025 Eliteserien, while Levanger and Sandnes Ulf were relegated to the 2025 Norwegian Second Division.

Lillestrøm and Odd were relegated from the 2024 Eliteserien, while Hødd and Skeid were promoted from the 2024 Norwegian Second Division.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	County	Arena	Turf	Capacity
Aalesund	Ålesund	Møre og Romsdal	Color Line Stadion	Artificial	10,778
Egersund	Egersund	Rogaland	B&G Parken	Artificial	1,200
Hødd	Ulsteinvik	Møre og Romsdal	Høddvoll	Artificial	4,081
Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger	Innlandet	Gjemselund	Artificial	5,824
Lillestrøm	Lillestrøm	Akershus	Åråsen	Natural	12,250
Lyn	Oslo	Oslo	Bislett	Natural	15,400
Mjøndalen	Mjøndalen	Buskerud	Consto Arena	Artificial	4,200
Moss	Moss	Østfold	Melløs	Natural	2,373
Odd	Skien	Telemark	Skagerak Arena	Artificial	11,767
Ranheim	Trondheim	Trøndelag	EXTRA Arena	Artificial	3,000
Raufoss	Raufoss	Innlandet	NAMMO Stadion	Artificial	3,042
Skeid	Oslo	Oslo	OBOS Idrettspark Nordre Åsen	Artificial	1,486
Sogndal	Sogndal	Vestland	Fosshaugane Campus	Artificial	5,622
Stabæk	Bærum	Akershus	Nadderud	Artificial	4,938
Start	Kristiansand	Agder	Sparebanken Sør Arena	Artificial	14,448
Åsane	Bergen	Vestland	Åsane Arena	Artificial	3,300

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aalesund	Kjetil Rekdal	Sten Grytebust	Umbro	Sparebanken Møre
Egersund	Endre Eide	Chris Sleveland	Macron	Sparebanken Vest
Hødd	Marius Bøe	Torbjørn Kallevåg	Puma	Sparebanken Møre
Kongsvinger	Johan Wennberg	Vacant	Umbro	Mapei
Lillestrøm	Hans Erik Ødegaard	Ruben Gabrielsen	Puma	Romerike Sparebank  [ no ]
Lyn	Jan Halvor Halvorsen	William Sell	Hummel	OBOS  [ no ]
Mjøndalen	Kevin Nicol	Vacant	Umbro	Sparebanken Øst
Moss	Thomas Myhre	Kristian Strande	Select	SpareBank 1 Østfold Akershus
Odd	Knut Rønningene	Steffen Hagen	Hummel	Skagerak Energi
Ranheim	Christian Eggen Rismark Pål André Helland	Per Ciljan Skjelbred	Umbro	SpareBank 1 SMN
Raufoss	Tom Dent	Ole Kristian Lauvli	Puma	Nammo
Skeid	Vilde Mollestad Rislaa	Per-Magnus Steiring	Adidas	OBOS  [ no ]
Sogndal	Luís Pimenta	Per-Egil Flo	Umbro	Sparebanken Vest
Stabæk	Jörgen Wålemark	Nicolai Næss	Nike	SpareBank 1 Østlandet
Start	Azar Karadas	Eirik Schulze	Macron	Sparebanken Sør
Åsane	Eirik Bakke	Vacant	Craft	Tertnes Holding

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Stabæk	Bjørn Helge Riise (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	9 December 2024	Pre-season	Jörgen Wålemark	9 December 2024 [2]
Raufoss	Jörgen Wålemark	Contract expired	31 December 2024 [3]		Tom Dent	1 January 2025 [4]
Sogndal	Morten Kalvenes	Contract expired	31 December 2024		Luís Pimenta	1 January 2025 [5]
Lillestrøm	Dag-Eilev Fagermo	Contraxt expired	31 December 2024		Hans Erik Ødegaard	1 January 2025 [6]
Egersund	Kjell André Thu	Contract expired	31 December 2024		Endre Eide	1 January 2025 [7]
Ranheim	Kåre Ingebrigtsen	Appointed sporting director	31 December 2024 [8]		Christian Eggen Rismark Pål André Helland	1 January 2025 [9]

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2024–25 § 1.divisjon

Summer

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2025 § 1.divisjon

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Egersund	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6	Promotion to Eliteserien
2	Start	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6
3	Kongsvinger	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Aalesund	2	1	1	0	6	5	+1	4
5	Raufoss	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
6	Lillestrøm	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
7	Stabæk	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
8	Lyn	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3
9	Moss	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
10	Odd	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
11	Mjøndalen	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
12	Hødd	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1
13	Åsane	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1
14	Sogndal	2	0	0	2	4	6	−2	0	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Skeid	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0	Relegation to Second Division
16	Ranheim	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2025. Source: OBOS-ligaen (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.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Aalesund
Egersund
Hødd
Kongsvinger
Lillestrøm
Lyn
Mjøndalen
Moss
Odd
Ranheim
Raufoss
Skeid
Sogndal
Stabæk
Start
Åsane

	Promotion to 2026 Eliteserien
	Promotion play-offs
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2026 2. divisjon

Source: nifs.no

Results

Home \ Away	AAL	EGE	HØD	KON	LIL	LYN	MJØ	MOS	ODD	RAN	RAU	SKE	SOG	STB	STR	ÅSA
Aalesund	—				2–2
Egersund		—					3–2
Hødd			—
Kongsvinger				—												1–1
Lillestrøm					—
Lyn						—
Mjøndalen							—
Moss								—
Odd									—			2–1
Ranheim						0–3				—
Raufoss								3–2			—
Skeid												—
Sogndal													—
Stabæk			1–1											—
Start													2–1		—
Åsane																—

Updated to match(es) played on 1 April 2025. Source: OBOS-ligaen (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.

Relegation play-offs

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

References

1. "Her er kampene i OBOS-ligaen 2025" (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
2. "Nytt team på plass: Jörgen Wålemark ny hovedtrener" (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
3. "Jørgen Wålemark og Raufoss Fotball skiller lag" (in Norwegian). Raufoss Fotball. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
4. "Thomas William Dent (33) er vår nye hovedtrener" (in Norwegian). Raufoss Fotball. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
5. "Pressemelding: Luis Pimenta er vår nye hovudtrenar!" (in Norwegian). Sogndal Fotball. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
6. "Hans Erik Ødegaard ny LSK-trener: - Ser et veldig stort potensial her" (in Norwegian). Lillestrøm SK. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
7. "Kjell André Thu gir seg i EIK etter sesongen - Endre Eide blir hovedtrener ut 2027-sesongen" (in Norwegian). Egersunds IK. 18 September 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
8. "Kåre blir sportssjef" (in Norwegian). Ranheim Fotball. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
9. "Erstatterne klare". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). 1 November 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.