2020 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season2020
Dates3 July – 13 December
ChampionsTromsø
PromotedTromsø
Lillestrøm
RelegatedKongsvinger
Øygarden
Matches played240
Goals scored781 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorerHenrik Udahl
(19 goals)
Biggest home winKFUM Oslo 6–0 Øygarden
(7 December 2020)
Biggest away winUll/Kisa 0–7 Tromsø
(29 September 2020)
Highest scoringStjørdals-Blink 5–4 Sandnes Ulf
(14 September 2020)
Tromsø 5–4 Åsane
(3 October 2020)
Raufoss 5–4 KFUM Oslo
(13 December 2020)
Longest winning run8 games
Tromsø[1]
Longest unbeaten run14 games
Lillestrøm[1]
Longest winless run10 games
HamKam[1]
Longest losing run6 games
Kongsvinger[1]
← 2019
2021 →

The 2020 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

Teams

In the 2019 1. divisjon, Aalesund, Sandefjord and Start were promoted to the 2020 Eliteserien, while Notodden, Skeid and Tromsdalen were relegated to the 2020 2. divisjon.

Lillestrøm, Tromsø and Ranheim were relegated from the 2019 Eliteserien, while Stjørdals-Blink, Grorud and Åsane were promoted from the 2019 2. divisjon.

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Locations of the teams in the 2020 1. divisjon

Stadia and personnel

Team Location Arena Capacity Manager
Åsane Bergen Myrdal gress 2,180[2] Norway Morten Røssland
Grorud Oslo Grorud Matchbane 1,700[3] Norway Eirik Kjønø
HamKam Hamar Briskeby Arena 7,800 Norway Kjetil Rekdal
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 Norway Espen Nystuen (interim)
Lillestrøm Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion 11,500 Norway Geir Bakke
Øygarden1 Øygarden Ågotnes Stadion 1,200 Norway Mons Ivar Mjelde
Ranheim Trondheim Extra Arena 3,000 Norway Svein Maalen
Raufoss Raufoss Nammo Stadion 1,800 Norway Christian Johnsen
Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Øster Hus Arena 6,046 Norway Steffen Landro
Sogndal Sogndal Fosshaugane Campus 5,622 Norway Eirik Bakke
Stjørdals-Blink Stjørdalshalsen M.U.S Stadion 2,000[4] Norway Roar Vikvang
Strømmen Strømmen Strømmen Stadion 2,000 Norway Ole Martin Nesselquist
Tromsø Tromsø Alfheim Stadion 6,687 Norway Gaute Helstrup
Ull/Kisa Jessheim Jessheim Stadion 4,500 Norway Trond Fredriksen

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Sandnes Ulf Norway Bengt Sæternes Contract expired 31 December 2019 Pre-season Norway Steffen Landro 13 November 2019[6] Pre-season
Øygarden Norway Steffen Landro Signed by Sandnes Ulf[6] 13 November 2019 United States Bryant Lazaro[a] 17 February 2020[7]
Kongsvinger Portugal Vítor Gazimba Mutual consent 11 December 2019[8] Finland Mika Lehkosuo 18 December 2019[9]
Lillestrøm Norway Tom Nordlie Contract expired 11 December 2019[10] Norway Geir Bakke 1 January 2020[11]
Tromsø Finland Simo Valakari Mutual consent 20 April 2020[12] Norway Gaute Helstrup 20 May 2020[13]
HamKam Norway Gaute Helstrup Signed by Tromsø 19 May 2020[14] Norway Espen Olsen 21 May 2020[15]
HamKam Norway Espen Olsen Structural changes 7 August 2020 16th Norway Geir Frigård (interim) 7 August 2020[16] 16th
HamKam Norway Geir Frigård (interim) End of caretaker spell 15 August 2020 16th Norway Kjetil Rekdal 15 August 2020[17] 16th
Øygarden United States Bryant Lazaro Mutual consent 18 September 2020[18] 14th Norway Mons Ivar Mjelde 18 September 2020[19] 14th
Kongsvinger Finland Mika Lehkosuo Structural changes 30 September 2020[20] 16th Norway Espen Nystuen (interim) 30 September 2020[21] 16th
  1. ^ Lazaro was initially appointed as assistant coach in December 2019, but was appointed as head coach on 17 February 2020.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Tromsø (C, P) 30 19 6 5 60 29 +31 63 Promotion to Eliteserien
2 Lillestrøm (P) 30 16 9 5 49 26 +23 57
3 Sogndal 30 15 6 9 57 36 +21 51 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 Ranheim 30 13 8 9 61 41 +20 47
5 Åsane 30 12 9 9 60 48 +12 45
6 Raufoss 30 11 10 9 53 44 +9 42[a]
7 Sandnes Ulf 30 11 8 11 46 55 −9 41
8 KFUM Oslo 30 10 9 11 44 44 0 39
9 HamKam 30 10 9 11 49 52 −3 39
10 Strømmen 30 10 8 12 47 51 −4 35[b]
11 Jerv 30 9 8 13 41 57 −16 35
12 Ull/Kisa 30 10 5 15 45 63 −18 35
13 Grorud 30 9 7 14 45 56 −11 34
14 Stjørdals-Blink (O) 30 8 9 13 52 59 −7 33 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Kongsvinger (R) 30 6 10 14 35 53 −18 28 Relegation to Second Division
16 Øygarden (R) 30 6 9 15 37 67 −30 27
Source: NFF, 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. ^ Raufoss have been deducted 1 point.[22]
  2. ^ Strømmen have been deducted 3 points.[22]

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Tromsø842111111111111111111111111111
Lillestrøm7334891010101076554443322222222222
Sogndal2146107333333332222233333333333
Ranheim521222222222223334444444444444
Åsane14912965444445665555555555555555
Raufoss1510131391112121212121311109988810810878108776
Sandnes Ulf35633455556444667766681010776667
KFUM Oslo6655439999101099111213111199966667888
HamKam1015151515161616161616161616161615141312121112111199999
Strømmen161616161614141414141515131413111212121414131113141414111010
Jerv121114107666668910111210101010776789710101211
Ull/Kisa177111212111111111112141210131113141313121312131312121112
Grorud131298111088885777889991111141414121213141313
Stjørdals-Blink111387587777988877667810799101111121414
Kongsvinger4811141415131313131411121315151616161616151515161616161615
Øygarden91410121313151515151314151514141415151515161616151515151516
Promotion to Eliteserien
Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2. divisjon
Source: nifs.no

Results

Home \ Away GRO HAM JER KFU KIL LIL RAN RAU ULF SOG STJ SIF TRO ULL ÅSA ØYG
Grorud — 1–2 0–3 3–0 4–0 0–1 0–2 1–6 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–4 4–3
HamKam 1–1 — 2–3 2–2 2–3 1–1 3–4 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 3–4
Jerv 2–0 3–2 — 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–6 4–2 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 4–2
KFUM Oslo 3–1 1–1 2–1 — 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 6–0
Kongsvinger 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 — 0–3 1–0 3–3 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 0–2 3–0 2–4 1–1
Lillestrøm 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 — 3–1 2–2 4–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 3–0
Ranheim 5–3 1–1 5–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 — 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 5–1 1–2 2–3 3–1 6–1
Raufoss 2–2 0–2 1–1 5–4 2–0 2–0 0–0 — 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–2
Sandnes Ulf 3–1 1–2 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 — 2–1 4–1 2–2 0–3 2–1 1–1 4–3
Sogndal 2–1 4–2 1–0 3–0 5–2 0–1 4–0 1–0 0–2 — 3–2 3–0 1–1 6–1 2–2 2–0
Stjørdals-Blink 2–3 0–1 2–2 4–1 5–2 1–4 2–3 0–2 5–4 2–2 — 2–1 4–2 1–2 2–2 0–0
Strømmen 2–1 3–0 5–2 2–1 0–0 1–4 1–1 3–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 — 1–4 3–1 0–3 2–2
Tromsø 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 5–0 2–2 4–2 1–0 — 2–1 5–4 1–0
Ull/Kisa 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–4 3–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 0–7 — 0–3 6–1
Åsane 1–1 2–2 5–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–3 0–1 4–1 1–4 2–1 1–4 0–1 4–2 — 3–1
Øygarden 1–1 1–3 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 4–4 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–4 1–1 2–1 0–2 —
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian), Football Federation of Norway (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

Main article: 2020 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 5th placed team played at home against the 6th placed team. The winner of the first round then met the 4th placed team on away ground in the second round. The winner of the second round then met the 3rd placed team on away ground. The winner of the third round advanced to play the 14th placed team in Eliteserien on neutral ground in the Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.

Relegation play-offs

See also: 2020 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 2021 1. divisjon.

Stjørdals-Blink3–0Asker
 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Marius Lien
Asker1–3Stjørdals-Blink
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Christian Moen

Stjørdals-Blink won 6–1 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[23]
1 Norway Henrik Udahl Åsane 19
2 Norway Kristoffer Hoven Sogndal 17
3 Norway Mats Lillebo Stjørdals-Blink 16
4 Norway Oscar Aga Grorud 15
5 Norway Magnus Grødem Sandnes Ulf 14
Norway Kent Håvard Eriksen Sandnes Ulf
7 Norway Erik Tønne Ranheim 13
8 Norway Håkon Lorentzen Åsane 11
Norway Kent-Are Antonsen Tromsø
Norway Eric Kitolano Tromsø

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