2018 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season2018
Dates2 April – 11 November
ChampionsViking
PromotedViking
Mjøndalen
RelegatedÅsane
Florø
Levanger
Matches played240
Goals scored728 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorerTommy Høiland (21 goals)
Biggest home winKongsvinger 6–0 Sandnes Ulf
(7 August 2018)
Biggest away winStrømmen 1–6 Viking
(1 July 2018)
Åsane 0–5 Strømmen
(4 November 2018)
Highest scoringUll/Kisa 4–5 Viking
(29 April 2018)
Kongsvinger 7–2 Åsane
(7 October 2018)
Longest winning run6 games
Aalesund[1]
Longest unbeaten run13 games
Mjøndalen[1]
Longest winless run20 games
Levanger[1]
Longest losing run6 games
Levanger[1]
Highest attendance15,900
Viking 3–1 Kongsvinger
(11 November 2018)
Lowest attendance100
Tromsdalen 3–1 Nest-Sotra
(27 May 2018)
Average attendance1,697 Increase 19.3%
← 2017
2019 →

The 2018 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

The season began on 2 April 2018 and ended on 11 November 2018 (not including playoff matches).[2]

Team changes from 2017

In the 2017 1. divisjon, Bodø/Glimt, Start and Ranheim were promoted to the 2018 Eliteserien, while Fredrikstad, Elverum and Arendal were relegated to the 2018 2. divisjon.

Sogndal, Aalesund and Viking were relegated from the 2017 Eliteserien, while HamKam, Nest-Sotra and Notodden were promoted from the 2017 2. divisjon.

Teams

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Locations of the teams in the 2018 1. divisjon

Stadia and personnel

Team Location Arena Capacity Manager
Aalesund Ålesund Color Line Stadion 10,778 Norway Lars Bohinen
Florø Florø Florø Stadion 2,700 Norway Terje Rognsø
HamKam Hamar Briskeby Arena 7,800 Norway Kevin Knappen
Jerv Grimstad Levermyr Stadion 3,300 Norway Arne Sandstø
Kongsvinger Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion 5,824 England Mark Dempsey
Levanger Levanger TOBB Arena 2,100 Norway Roger Naustan
Mjøndalen Mjøndalen Isachsen Stadion 4,200 Norway Vegard Hansen
Nest-Sotra Sotra Ågotnes Stadion 1,200 Norway Steffen Landro
Notodden Notodden Idrettsparken 4,000 Norway Kenneth Dokken
Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Sandnes Stadion 4,969 Norway Bengt Sæternes
Sogndal Sogndalsfjøra Fosshaugane Campus 5,622 Norway Eirik Bakke
Strømmen Strømmen Strømmen Stadion 1,850 Norway Espen Olsen
Tromsdalen Tromsdalen TUIL Arena 1,695 Norway Gaute Helstrup
Ull/Kisa Jessheim Jessheim Stadion 3,500 Norway Vegard Skogheim
Viking Stavanger Viking Stadion 15,900 Norway Bjarne Berntsen
Åsane Åsane Myrdal Gress 2,180 Norway Mons Ivar Mjelde

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Aalesund Norway Trond Fredriksen Sacked 12 December 2017[3] Pre-season Norway Lars Bohinen 20 December 2017[4] Pre-season
Viking Norway Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim (interim) End of caretaker spell 18 December 2017 Norway Bjarne Berntsen 18 December 2017[5]
Levanger Sweden Magnus Powell Contract expired 31 December 2017 Norway Roger Naustan 1 January 2018[6]
Kongsvinger Norway Hans-Erik Eriksen Sacked 30 April 2018[7] 15th England Mark Dempsey 11 June 2018 10th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Viking (C, P) 30 20 1 9 68 44 +24 61 Promotion to Eliteserien
2 Mjøndalen (P) 30 17 9 4 49 24 +25 60
3 Aalesund 30 18 5 7 58 31 +27 59 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 Sogndal 30 15 6 9 47 31 +16 51
5 Ull/Kisa 30 11 10 9 59 49 +10 43
6 Nest-Sotra 30 12 7 11 43 41 +2 43
7 Tromsdalen 30 12 7 11 43 47 −4 43
8 Kongsvinger 30 12 6 12 59 49 +10 42
9 HamKam 30 12 6 12 46 44 +2 42
10 Sandnes Ulf 30 11 9 10 43 47 −4 42
11 Strømmen 30 12 2 16 49 53 −4 38
12 Notodden 30 10 6 14 36 40 −4 36
13 Jerv 30 8 11 11 31 41 −10 35
14 Åsane (R) 30 9 6 15 38 57 −19 33 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Florø (R) 30 8 3 19 27 59 −32 27 Relegation to Second Division
16 Levanger (R) 30 3 6 21 32 71 −39 15
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Viking284422222222443324323233333211
Mjøndalen535878688544334443232322121122
Aalesund1242111111111111111111111212333
Sogndal111111754577433222232444444444444
Ull/Kisa6106566434756555556777555565655
Nest-Sotra151516161511129111311131210111112998898811910876
Tromsdalen46810101281112111312967677566777656787
Kongsvinger1616121316151615151412107910765655666888568
HamKam9141312131010141010791112121313131011108101191191099
Sandnes Ulf31133334336788688811109119977791010
Strømmen13710699131314151515161414141515141514141414131212121111
Notodden1023245766910810119910118913131313141414141312
Jerv14131514141411109685678101112121211101210101011111213
Åsane197987955891113131312910131312121112121313131414
Florø859111213151616161616151616161414151415151515151515151515
Levanger71214151116141213121414141515151616161616161616161616161616
Promotion to Eliteserien
Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2. divisjon
Source: nifs.no

Results

Home \ Away AAL FLO HAM JER KON LEV MJØ NES NOT SAN SOG STR TRO ULL VIK ÅSA
Aalesund — 4–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 4–0 0–0 2–2 4–0 3–2 1–3 1–0
Florø 1–4 — 0–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–4 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–2
HamKam 1–3 3–0 — 2–0 3–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–3 3–2 0–0 3–1 2–3 2–1
Jerv 0–3 1–0 2–3 — 1–2 0–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–1
Kongsvinger 1–3 5–1 2–1 2–0 — 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 6–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 7–2
Levanger 1–2 0–1 4–3 2–3 1–1 — 0–4 0–1 0–3 3–4 1–2 1–4 1–2 2–3 0–0 1–2
Mjøndalen 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 — 3–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–4 1–1
Nest-Sotra 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 4–1 1–2 — 1–0 2–3 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–3 5–0 1–0
Notodden 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 — 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–3 5–3 1–2 0–0
Sandnes Ulf 1–2 4–0 1–3 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 — 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–0
Sogndal 2–0 2–3 1–0 0–0 4–1 5–1 3–4 1–0 0–1 2–2 — 5–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–4
Strømmen 0–1 2–0 3–2 2–3 2–6 3–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 — 1–3 3–2 1–6 3–0
Tromsdalen 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 3–3 1–2 0–2 3–1 4–2 2–2 0–3 3–2 — 3–0 0–2 1–0
Ull/Kisa 3–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–1 4–2 — 4–5 1–1
Viking 0–2 2–1 2–0 4–1 3–1 3–0 0–2 2–3 3–1 5–2 2–0 2–0 2–4 1–0 — 4–0
Åsane 2–3 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–3 0–2 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–5 3–1 1–5 1–2 —
Source: Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian), NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

Main article: 2018 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 3rd placed team played at home against the 6th placed team, and the 4th placed team played at home against the 5th placed team. The two winners then played against each other in the second round, where the team with the highest table position played at home. The winner of the second round, Aalesund, 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

Aalesund1–0Nest-Sotra
  • Guèye 52'
 Summary
Attendance: 3,102
Referee: Tommy Skjerven
Sogndal1–0Ull/Kisa
 Summary
Attendance: 1,902
Referee: Trygve Kjensli

Second round

Aalesund3–1Sogndal
 Summary
Attendance: 3,458
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Relegation play-offs

See also: 2018 2. divisjon § Promotion play-offs

The 14th placed team, Åsane, took part in a two-legged play-off against KFUM Oslo, the winners of the 2. divisjon play-offs, to decide who would play in the 2019 1. divisjon. KFUM Oslo won 4-3 on aggregate and were therefore promoted, while Åsane got relegated.

KFUM Oslo1–2Åsane
 Summary
Referee: Marius Lien
Åsane1–3KFUM Oslo
  • Bruun-Hanssen 17'
 Summary
Myrdal Gress, Bergen
Attendance: 925
Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

KFUM Oslo won 4–3 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[8]
1 Norway Tommy Høiland Viking 21
2 Iceland Hólmbert Friðjónsson Aalesund 19
3 Norway Sindre Mauritz-Hansen Strømmen 17
4 Norway Sigurd Haugen Sogndal 15
Nigeria Shuaibu Ibrahim Kongsvinger
6 Norway Kristoffer Normann Hansen Ull/Kisa 13
Norway Alexander Dang Nest-Sotra
8 Norway Torbjørn Agdestein Aalesund 12
Norway Johnny Furdal Nest-Sotra / Viking
10 Norway Ole Andreas Nesset Ull/Kisa 11
Norway Adem Güven Kongsvinger
Norway Vegard Lysvoll Tromsdalen

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Viking 118,499 15,900 6,009 7,900 +7.0%1
2 Aalesund 72,177 5,524 4,362 4,812 −20.6%1
3 Sogndal 31,338 3,113 1,587 2,089 −35.6%1
4 Mjøndalen 27,627 3,630 1,352 1,842 +8.3%†
5 HamKam 25,358 4,683 952 1,691 +27.1%2
6 Sandnes Ulf 25,012 4,364 1,300 1,667 +6.2%†
7 Kongsvinger 22,981 2,912 1,024 1,532 +9.4%†
8 Jerv 18,755 1,705 985 1,250 −14.8%†
9 Florø 14,751 1,586 610 983 −20.5%†
10 Ull/Kisa 11,077 1,332 465 738 +3.5%†
11 Notodden 9,997 1,373 472 666 +2.3%2
12 Levanger 8,848 1,042 220 590 −24.2%†
13 Åsane 7,557 1,031 290 504 −6.1%†
14 Strømmen 6,144 739 190 410 −6.4%†
15 Tromsdalen 5,803 1,160 100 387 +2.9%†
16 Nest-Sotra 4,722 840 169 315 +22.1%2
League total 407,513 15,900 100 1,697 +19.3%†

Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Eliteserien.
2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.

Awards

Award Winner Club
Manager of the season Norway Steffen Landro[9] Nest-Sotra
Player of the season Norway Johnny Furdal[10] Nest-Sotra / Viking
Young player of the season Norway Kristian Thorstvedt[10] Viking
OBOS Player of the season Iceland Hólmbert Friðjónsson[11] Aalesund

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