2002 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season2002
Dates14 April – 27 October
ChampionsTromsø
PromotedTromsø
Aalesund
RelegatedÅsane
Tromsdalen
Lørenskog
Tollnes
Matches played240
Goals scored860 (3.58 per match)
Top goalscorerMorten Gamst Pedersen
(18 goals)
← 2001
2003 →

The 2002 1. divisjon, Norway's second-tier football league, began play on 14 April 2002 and ended on 27 October 2002. The league was contested by 16 teams, and the top two teams won promotion to Tippeligaen, while the third placed played a promotion-playoff against the 12th-placed team in Tippeligaen to win promotion. The bottom four teams were relegated to the 2. divisjon.

Tromsø and Aalesund won promotion to Tippeligaen, while Ham-Kam lost the promotion-playoff against Bryne. Åsane, Tromsdalen, Lørenskog and Tollnes was relegated to the 2. divisjon.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Tromsø (C, P) 30 21 4 5 78 36 +42 67 Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Aalesund (P) 30 19 7 4 77 26 +51 64
3 Sandefjord 30 18 6 6 65 38 +27 60 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 Hønefoss 30 18 4 8 64 36 +28 58
5 Strømsgodset 30 17 4 9 72 51 +21 55
6 Raufoss 30 17 3 10 71 50 +21 54
7 Hødd 30 16 4 10 50 41 +9 52
8 HamKam 30 11 8 11 60 47 +13 41
9 Haugesund 30 11 7 12 46 59 −13 40
10 Oslo Øst 30 11 5 14 59 71 −12 38
11 Ørn-Horten 30 7 8 15 38 69 −31 29
12 Skeid 30 7 7 16 31 48 −17 28
13 Åsane (R) 30 8 4 18 41 59 −18 28 Relegation to Second Division
14 Tromsdalen (R) 30 8 3 19 40 65 −25 27
15 Lørenskog (R) 30 5 5 20 31 72 −41 20
16 Tollnes (R) 30 6 1 23 37 92 −55 19
Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AAL HAM FKH ILH HBK LØR ØST RIL SAN SKD SIF TOL TUIL TRO ÅSF ØRN
Aalesund — 1–1 7–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 4–1 5–1 3–0 4–0 6–0 4–0 4–2 4–1 6–1
HamKam 1–2 — 0–1 3–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 5–3 2–2 2–2 3–1 6–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–2
Haugesund 1–3 2–2 — 0–0 2–3 1–1 4–3 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–4 4–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 3–0
Hødd 0–1 1–3 4–1 — 2–1 7–0 4–1 3–2 2–1 3–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 5–2
Hønefoss 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 — 3–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 6–3 1–1 1–0 7–2 2–0
Lørenskog 1–4 0–3 0–2 1–2 1–2 — 1–3 1–4 3–3 1–2 1–5 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1
Oslo Øst 1–2 3–1 2–0 0–2 0–3 4–3 — 2–1 0–5 1–0 1–1 5–2 3–4 2–2 3–0 5–1
Raufoss 3–3 2–1 3–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 6–1 — 0–3 1–2 3–1 4–1 1–1 4–3 2–2 3–1
Sandefjord 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 4–2 3–0 2–1 — 1–0 0–2 2–0 7–1 3–2 3–2 3–0
Skeid 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–3 2–0 0–1 — 2–0 0–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0
Strømsgodset 2–0 3–2 2–2 4–3 3–0 2–0 5–4 1–2 4–2 4–2 — 2–0 4–1 2–3 0–2 2–3
Tollnes 0–2 3–1 1–2 0–1 2–4 2–1 5–6 0–6 0–4 0–4 0–4 — 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–3
Tromsdalen 1–2 1–1 4–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–4 4–2 — 2–5 1–2 1–2
Tromsø 2–1 2–4 5–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 4–2 5–0 3–0 — 3–2 4–0
Åsane 2–1 1–4 0–4 2–4 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–3 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 — 5–0
Ørn-Horten 1–1 2–0 4–1 0–0 0–6 1–3 0–0 0–3 1–2 0–0 4–4 3–3 5–0 0–0 1–0 —
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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