2019 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season2019
Dates30 March – 9 November
ChampionsAalesund
PromotedAalesund
Sandefjord
RelegatedNotodden
Skeid
Tromsdalen
Matches played240
Goals scored722 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorerPontus Engblom
(19 goals)
Biggest home winKFUM Oslo 5–0 Jerv
(5 May 2019)
Aalesund 5–0 Tromsdalen
(16 May 2019)
Biggest away winTromsdalen 0–8 Ull/Kisa
(14 April 2019)
Highest scoringRaufoss 6–4 Tromsdalen
(2 June 2019)
Longest winning run9 games
Aalesund[1]
Longest unbeaten run18 games
Aalesund[1]
Longest winless run16 games
Tromsdalen[1]
Longest losing run7 games
Tromsdalen[1]
Highest attendance7,150
Start 3–2 Jerv
(16 May 2019)
Lowest attendance50
Tromsdalen 0–1 Aalesund
(20 October 2019)
Tromsdalen 3–0 Raufoss
(2 November 2019)
Average attendance1,434 Decrease 15.5%
← 2018
2020 →

The 2019 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

Aalesund set a new record for most points in a 1. divisjon season with 79. They surpassed IK Start's previous record of 74 points, from the 2004 season.[2]

Season summary

On 20 October, Aalesund secured both promotion and league title with three games to spare by winning 1–0 away over Tromsdalen.[3] The same day, Tromsdalen were the first team to be relegated as their defeat coincided with a victory for Strømmen. On 2 November, Sandefjord secured promotion to the first tier with one match to spare after their 1–0 win over Jerv at Komplett Arena.[4] On the same day, Skeid were the second team to be relegated as their draw against Notodden meant that survival was out of reach before the ultimate round.

Teams

In the 2018 1. divisjon, Viking and Mjøndalen were promoted to the 2019 Eliteserien, while Åsane, Florø and Levanger were relegated to the 2019 2. divisjon.

Start and Sandefjord were relegated from the 2018 Eliteserien, while Raufoss, Skeid and KFUM Oslo were promoted from the 2018 2. divisjon.

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Locations of the teams in the 2019 1. divisjon

Stadia and personnel

Team Location Arena Capacity Manager
Aalesund Ålesund Color Line Stadion 10,778 Norway Lars Bohinen
HamKam Hamar Briskeby Arena 7,800 Norway Gaute Helstrup
Jerv Grimstad Levermyr Stadion 3,300 Norway Arne Sandstø
KFUM Oslo Oslo KFUM Arena 1,500 Norway Jørgen Isnes
Kongsvinger Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion 5,824 Portugal Vítor Gazimba
Nest-Sotra Sotra Ågotnes Stadion 1,200 Norway Steffen Landro
Notodden Notodden Idrettsparken 4,000 Norway Kenneth Dokken
Raufoss Raufoss Nammo Stadion 1,800 Norway Christian Johnsen
Sandefjord Sandefjord Komplett Arena 6,582 Spain Martí Cifuentes
Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Sandnes Stadion 4,969 Norway Bengt Sæternes
Skeid Oslo Nordre Åsen1 2,000 Norway Tom Nordlie
Sogndal Sogndal Fosshaugane Campus 5,622 Norway Eirik Bakke
Start Kristiansand Sør Arena 14,448 Iceland Jóhannes Harðarson
Strømmen Strømmen Strømmen Stadion2 1,850 Norway Ole Martin Nesselquist
Tromsdalen Tromsdalen TUIL Arena 1,695 England Jonathan Hill
Ull/Kisa Jessheim Jessheim Stadion 3,500 Norway Trond Fredriksen
  • 1Skeid played their home games at Intility Arena from 25 May 2019.[5]
  • 2Strømmen played their last home game at Jessheim Stadion due to nonapproved floodlights at Strømmen Stadion.[6]

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
HamKam Norway Kevin Knappen Contract expired 11 November 2018 Pre-season Norway Gaute Helstrup 29 November 2018[7] Pre-season
Strømmen Norway Espen Olsen Contract expired 11 November 2018[8] Norway Ole Martin Nesselquist 29 November 2018[9]
Ull/Kisa Norway Vegard Skogheim Contract expired 11 November 2018[10] Norway Trond Fredriksen 7 December 2018[11]
Kongsvinger England Mark Dempsey Resigned 13 November 2018[12] Portugal Vítor Gazimba 16 January 2019[13]
Tromsdalen Norway Gaute Helstrup Signed by HamKam 29 November 2018[14] England Jonathan Hill 10 January 2019[15]
Start Norway Kjetil Rekdal Mutual agreement 2 April 2019 15th Iceland Jóhannes Harðarson[a] 3 April 2019[16][17][18] 15th
  1. ^ Harðarson was initially appointed as caretaker on 3 April 2019, and as interim head coach for the rest of the season on 10 July 2019. Harðarson was appointed as permanent head coach on 23 October 2019.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Aalesund (C, P) 30 25 4 1 67 25 +42 79 Promotion to Eliteserien
2 Sandefjord (P) 30 19 8 3 53 30 +23 65
3 Start (O, P) 30 19 5 6 54 31 +23 62 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 KFUM Oslo 30 13 9 8 58 42 +16 48
5 Kongsvinger 30 14 4 12 38 36 +2 46
6 Sogndal 30 13 6 11 51 39 +12 45
7 Nest-Sotra 30 14 6 10 43 31 +12 44[a]
8 Ull/Kisa 30 11 6 13 47 47 0 39
9 Sandnes Ulf 30 11 5 14 46 49 −3 38
10 HamKam 30 11 5 14 43 47 −4 38
11 Raufoss 30 12 2 16 47 59 −12 38
12 Jerv 30 8 9 13 34 54 −20 33
13 Strømmen 30 7 10 13 32 46 −14 30[b]
14 Notodden (R) 30 6 7 17 35 53 −18 25 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Skeid (R) 30 4 10 16 38 54 −16 22 Relegation to Second Division
16 Tromsdalen (R) 30 3 4 23 36 79 −43 13
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian), Soccerway
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 away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Nest-Sotra have been deducted a total of 4 points due to financial difficulties. They were deducted 1 point in May[19] and 3 points in October.[20]
  2. ^ Strømmen have been deducted 1 point.[19]

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Aalesund323111111111111111111111111111
Sandefjord312332222322222223233332222222
Start1164795333234333332322223333333
KFUM Oslo1115141184854453665544444444444644
Kongsvinger388568586646556777777667677575
Sogndal713791213111313111081098666656556866756
Nest-Sotra161491310111311111212118810998888885555467
Ull/Kisa73147374777777910101191010121212111099108
Sandnes Ulf710106117978999910788910111110991012121089
HamKam1161212131212101010111212121111111212121211101012910111110
Raufoss29117464655654444555657787888911
Jerv145229699881011111212121011999111191111121212
Strømmen101113141415151515141414151514141414141515141514141413131313
Notodden111215151514141414151515141415151515151313131313131314141414
Skeid35610510101212131313131313131313131414151415151515151515
Tromsdalen151616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Promotion to Eliteserien
Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2. divisjon
Source: nifs.no

Results

Home \ Away AAL HAM JER KFU KIL NSO NOT RAU SAN ULF SKE SOG IKS SIF TUI UKI
Aalesund — 5–2 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 4–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 5–0 1–0
HamKam 1–2 — 2–2 4–4 2–0 3–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–3 2–1 0–0 4–0 1–2 2–1 2–0
Jerv 0–0 1–0 — 2–2 0–2 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 5–1 1–1 1–7 1–1 1–0 2–0
KFUM Oslo 2–4 2–0 5–0 — 0–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 3–3 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 5–1
Kongsvinger 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 — 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–2 0–2 3–0 4–2 3–2 3–2 1–2
Nest-Sotra 0–1 2–0 4–1 2–2 3–0 — 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
Notodden 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 — 0–1 0–2 0–4 1–1 1–3 0–2 3–0 3–3 0–0
Raufoss 2–1 1–2 4–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–4 — 0–2 2–5 4–5 1–1 1–2 1–0 6–4 4–2
Sandefjord 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 — 3–1 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–2
Sandnes Ulf 1–2 0–2 2–3 2–3 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–4 — 3–2 0–1 2–0 0–31 3–2 2–0
Skeid 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–2 0–0 — 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–2
Sogndal 2–3 3–0 4–0 4–2 2–1 0–1 4–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 4–2 — 0–1 4–2 5–2 3–0
Start 0–1 4–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–3 2–1 2–2 3–2 2–0 1–0 — 4–0 2–0 2–1
Strømmen 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–3 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 — 0–4 1–1
Tromsdalen 0–1 2–5 1–3 2–3 1–3 2–2 0–2 3–0 3–3 1–4 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 — 0–8
Ull/Kisa 2–2 0–0 1–0 4–2 0–2 1–1 3–1 5–1 0–2 2–1 3–2 3–0 0–2 2–2 2–0 —
Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  • 1Due to a frozen pitch at Sandnes Stadion, the game was cancelled and the result was set to 0–3.[21]

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

Main article: 2019 Eliteserien promotion/relegation play-offs

The 3rd to 6th placed teams took part in the promotion play-offs; these were single-leg knockout matches. In the first round, the fifth-placed team played at home against the sixth-placed team. The winner of the first round then met the fourth-placed team on away ground in the second round. The winner of the second round then met the third-placed team on away ground. The winner of the third round advanced to play the 14th-placed team in Eliteserien over two legs in the Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.

First round

Kongsvinger1–0Sogndal
  • Skagestad 17'
 Report
Attendance: 1,433

Second round

KFUM Oslo2–0Kongsvinger
 Report
Attendance: 1,311

Third round

Start1–0KFUM Oslo
 Report
Attendance: 2,615
Referee: Rohit Saggi

Relegation play-offs

See also: 2019 2. divisjon § Promotion play-offs

The 14th placed team took part in a two-legged play-off against the winners of the 2. divisjon play-offs to decide who would play in the 2020 1. divisjon.

Notodden1–3Åsane
 Report
Attendance: 468
Åsane2–2Notodden
 Report
Attendance: 802

Åsane won 5–3 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[22]
1 Sweden Pontus Engblom Sandefjord 19
2 Chile Niklas Castro Aalesund 17
3 Norway Adem Güven Kongsvinger 15
4 Norway Kent Håvard Eriksen Sandnes Ulf 14
5 Senegal Pape Habib Guèye Aalesund 13
Iceland Aron Sigurðarson Start
7 Norway Sivert Gussiås Strømmen 12
Norway Simen Nordli HamKam
Norway Martin Ramsland Start
10 Norway Torbjørn Agdestein Aalesund 10
Norway Sigurd Hauso Haugen Sogndal
Nigeria Kachi Sandnes Ulf
Norway Moses Mawa KFUM Oslo
Norway David Tavakoli Skeid/KFUM Oslo

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