2025 Norwegian Second Division

Norwegian Second Division

Season	2025
Dates	29 March – 25 October
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The 2025 Norwegian Second Division (referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is an upcoming Norwegian football third-tier league season. The league consists of 28 teams divided into two groups of 14 teams.

The league will be played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams play 26 matches. The season is set to start on 29 March 2025 and will end on 25 October 2025, not including play-off matches. ^{[1] [2]}

Team changes

In the 2024 Norwegian Second Division, Hødd and Skeid were promoted to the 2025 Norwegian First Division, while Gjøvik-Lyn, Junkeren, Kvik Halden, Vålerenga 2, Viking 2 and Ørn Horten were relegated to the 2025 Norwegian Third Division.

Levanger and Sandnes Ulf were relegated from the 2024 Norwegian First Division, while Asker, Hønefoss, Pors, Rana, Sandviken, Træff were promoted from the 2024 Norwegian Third Division.

Group 1

Teams

Arendal

Pors

Brattvåg

Eik Tønsberg

Fløy

Jerv

Lysekloster

Træff

Notodden

Sotra

Vard Haugesund

Sandnes Ulf

Bergen

Bergen teams:
Brann 2
Sandviken

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Locations of the teams in Group 1 of the 2025 Norwegian Second Division

The following 14 clubs compete in Group 1: ^[3]

Club	Municipality	Stadium	Capacity
Arendal	Arendal	Norac Stadion	5,000
Brann 2	Bergen	Varden Amfi	3,500
Brattvåg	Ålesund	Brattvåg Stadion	2,000
Eik Tønsberg	Tønsberg	Tønsberg Gressbane	5,500
Fløy	Kristiansand	Cemo Arena	2,000
Jerv	Grimstad	Levermyr Stadion	3,300
Lysekloster	Bjørnafjorden	Lysekloster Family Arena	1,500
Notodden	Notodden	Notodden Kunstgress	1,700
Pors	Porsgrunn	Pors Stadion	3,700
Sandnes Ulf	Sandnes	Øster Hus Arena	6,043
Sandviken	Bergen	Stemmemyren	1,500
Sotra	Øygarden	Straume Idrettspark	1,200
Træff	Molde	Reknesbanen	1,500
Vard Haugesund	Haugesund	Haugesund Sparebank Arena	8,754

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Brann 2	2	2	0	0	8	6	+2	6	Promotion to First Division
2	Sotra	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5	4	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	Sandnes Ulf	2	1	1	0	6	4	+2	4
4	Jerv	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
4	Notodden	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
6	Brattvåg	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	3
7	Sandviken	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
8	Arendal	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
9	Pors	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
10	Træff	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	1
11	Lysekloster	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
12	Eik Tønsberg	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1	Relegation to Third Division
13	Fløy	2	0	1	1	2	7	−5	1
14	Vard Haugesund	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 April 2025. 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.

Results

Home \ Away	ARE	BRN	BRT	EIK	FLØ	JER	LYS	NOT	POR	ULF	SAN	SOT	TRÆ	VAR
Arendal	—										3–3
Brann 2		—	4–3
Brattvåg			—								2–1
Eik Tønsberg				—				1–1
Fløy					—
Jerv						—
Lysekloster							—
Notodden								—
Pors									—				1–1
Sandnes Ulf										—
Sandviken				3–1			2–1				—
Sotra					6–1							—
Træff		3–4											—
Vard Haugesund						1–2								—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 April 2025. Source: (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Teams

Alta

Eidsvold Turn

Hønefoss

Levanger

Rana

Stjørdals-Blink

Strindheim

Tromsdalen

Ull/Kisa

Oslo

Oslo region teams:
Asker
Follo
Grorud
Kjelsås
Strømmen

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Locations of the teams in Group 2 of the 2025 Norwegian Second Division

The following 14 clubs compete in Group 2: ^[4]

Club	Municipality	Stadium	Capacity
Alta	Alta	SmartDok Arena	1,200
Asker	Asker	Føyka Stadion	2,400
Eidsvold Turn	Eidsvoll	Myhrer Stadion	1,500
Follo	Nordre Follo	Ski Stadion	2,100
Grorud	Oslo	Grorud Arctic Match	1,700
Hønefoss	Ringerike	Aka Arena	4,120
Kjelsås	Oslo	Grefsen Stadion	2,000
Levanger	Levanger	TOBB Arena Levanger	2,200
Rana	Mo i Rana	Sagbakken Stadion	2,000
Stjørdals-Blink	Stjørdal	M.U.S Stadion Sandskogan	2,000
Strindheim	Trondheim	Leangen Bolig Arena	1,500
Strømmen	Lillestrøm	Strømmen Stadion	1,850
Tromsdalen	Tromsø	TUIL Arena	3,000
Ull/Kisa	Ullensaker	Jessheim Stadion	4,500

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Eidsvold Turn	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	3	Promotion to First Division
2	Kjelsås	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	Asker	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
4	Follo	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
5	Alta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Grorud	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Hønefoss	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Levanger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Rana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Stjørdals-Blink	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Strømmen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Tromsdalen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to Third Division
13	Ull/Kisa	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	0
14	Strindheim	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0

Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2025. 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.

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	ASK	EID	FOL	GRO	HØN	KJE	LEV	RAN	STJ	STN	STM	TRO	ULL
Alta	—
Asker		—
Eidsvold Turn			—
Follo				—
Grorud					—
Hønefoss						—
Kjelsås							—
Levanger								—
Rana									—
Stjørdals-Blink										—
Strindheim											—
Strømmen												—
Tromsdalen													—
Ull/Kisa														—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. "Post Nord-ligaen avd. 1 Terminliste". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 February 2025.
2. "Post Nord-ligaen avd. 2 Terminliste". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 February 2025.
3. "PostNord-ligaen avd. 1 - 2025" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
4. "PostNord-ligaen avd. 2 - 2025" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 9 February 2025.