2007 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season2007
Dates9 April – 4 November
ChampionsMolde
PromotedMolde
HamKam
Bodø/Glimt
RelegatedRaufoss
Tromsdalen
Skeid
Mandalskameratene
Matches played240
Goals scored787 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorerKenneth Kvalheim
(23 goals)
Biggest home winMolde 12–1 Mandalskameratene
(26 August 2007)
Biggest away winHønefoss 0–5 Kongsvinger
(4 November 2007)
Highest scoringMolde 12–1 Mandalskameratene
(26 August 2007)
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2007 Clubs

The 2007 1. divisjon season (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season began on 9 April 2007 and concluded on 4 November 2007. It was the tenth and final season in which teams competed for two automatic promotion spots and one playoff spot.

The 1. divisjon was won by Molde, who finished one point ahead of Ham-Kam. Both clubs were relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2006 and were promoted back to the highest level after only one season. Bodø/Glimt finished third and defeated Odd Grenland in the playoff to earn promotion.

Of the four teams promoted from the 2. divisjon in 2006, only Notodden managed to hold on to their spot. They played in the 1. divisjon for the first time in their history, finishing in ninth place (Snøgg and Heddal, the club's predecessors, have both played in the second tier, last in 1967 and 1961 respectively).

Raufoss returned to the 1. divisjon after being relegated in 2004 and were able to finish in eleventh place. However, due to financial problems and failure to meet demands on infrastructure, the Football Association of Norway decided not to award Raufoss the required license for play in the top two divisions.[1][2] Raufoss were demoted to the 2. divisjon and their place given to Sparta Sarpsborg, who finished in thirteenth place.

Mandalskameratene and Skeid were relegated to the 2. divisjon after one season. They were joined by Tromsdalen, who survived for two seasons.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Molde (C, P) 30 22 3 5 62 28 +34 69 Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Ham-Kam (P) 30 21 5 4 82 36 +46 68
3 Bodø/Glimt (O, P) 30 17 4 9 66 39 +27 55 Qualification for the promotion play-offs[a]
4 Kongsvinger 30 16 5 9 56 42 +14 53
5 Moss 30 15 8 7 46 37 +9 53
6 Bryne 30 14 7 9 57 38 +19 49
7 Sogndal 30 13 5 12 48 44 +4 44
8 Haugesund 30 10 9 11 49 52 −3 39
9 Notodden 30 11 3 16 49 54 −5 36
10 Hønefoss 30 8 11 11 34 52 −18 35
11 Raufoss[b] (R) 30 10 5 15 37 61 −24 35 Relegation to Second Division
12 Løv-Ham 30 9 6 15 39 44 −5 33
13 Sarpsborg Sparta 30 8 8 14 50 52 −2 32
14 Tromsdalen (R) 30 7 8 15 37 56 −19 29 Relegation to Second Division
15 Skeid (R) 30 4 8 18 32 60 −28 20
16 Mandalskameratene (R) 30 4 7 19 43 92 −49 19
Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The third-placed team in the 1. divisjon and the 12th-placed team in the Tippeligaen met in a playoff at the end of the season.
  2. ^ Raufoss were relegated after failing to obtain a license due to financial irregularities. Sarpsborg Sparta, who were relegated initially, were given Raufoss spot in the following season.[3]

Results

Home \ Away B/G BFK HAM FKH HBK KIL LØV MAN MOL MOS NFK RIL SKD SDL SS TUIL
Bodø/Glimt — 2–0 6–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 8–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 5–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–1
Bryne 0–2 — 3–0 4–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 3–2 6–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 4–0
Ham-Kam 2–3 2–1 — 3–3 2–0 4–0 1–1 6–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 5–0 5–1 3–0 2–0 5–0
Haugesund 2–1 2–2 2–4 — 0–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–4 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 4–1
Hønefoss 0–0 1–4 2–2 1–1 — 0–5 1–0 2–1 0–3 0–1 4–1 1–0 4–3 0–0 2–2 2–2
Kongsvinger 1–4 0–0 0–1 0–2 3–0 — 0–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–4 3–0 4–1
Løv-Ham 4–0 2–1 1–3 4–1 3–1 1–2 — 4–0 0–1 1–2 5–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 3–2
Mandalskameratene 3–3 1–2 0–3 1–3 2–2 2–0 3–0 — 0–3 3–3 4–3 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–3
Molde 4–2 3–2 0–2 3–1 1–1 0–2 4–1 12–1 — 3–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Moss 0–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 3–0 0–0 — 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1
Notodden 2–3 1–0 0–1 3–1 4–0 0–3 3–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 — 2–2 4–3 0–1 1–0 3–1
Raufoss 3–1 1–1 1–4 2–1 0–2 2–4 0–0 1–4 1–2 2–0 1–2 — 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–2
Skeid 1–0 1–2 0–4 1–1 0–3 1–3 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 — 0–2 1–3 4–0
Sogndal 2–0 1–2 3–4 1–2 4–1 3–0 0–2 3–2 2–3 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 — 1–1 2–1
Sparta Sarpsborg 4–1 3–3 2–4 0–0 3–0 2–2 3–1 6–1 1–2 1–2 2–5 1–2 3–1 2–2 — 0–1
Tromsdalen 0–0 1–1 3–5 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 5–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 —
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Norway Kenneth Kvalheim Notodden 23
2 Brazil Thiago Martins Bodø/Glimt 17
3 Nigeria Oluwasegun Abiodun Ham-Kam 15
Norway Håvard Flo Sogndal
Norway Bjørnar Johannessen Sparta Sarpsborg
6 Austria Roman Kienast Ham-Kam 14
Sweden Peter Samuelsson Kongsvinger
8 Burkina Faso John Pelu Kongsvinger 12
9 Denmark Allan Borgvardt Bryne 11
Norway Trond Olsen Bodø/Glimt
Norway Kjetil Ruthford Pedersen Mandalskameratene
Bosnia and Herzegovina Samir Šarić Løv-Ham

Relegated teams

These two teams were relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2006:

These four teams were promoted from the 2. divisjon at the start of the season:

References

  1. ^ "Club licenses for 2008". Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 2007-12-11.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Raufoss' appeal dismissed". Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 2007-12-11.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Raufoss rykker ned" [Raufoss are relegated]. www.vg.no. Verdens Gang. 11 December 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2019.