1993 Norwegian First Division

The 1993 1. divisjon, Norway's second-tier football league, began play on 2 May 1993 and ended on 3 October 1993. The league was contested by 24 teams, divided in two groups and the winner of each group won promotion to Tippeligaen, while the runners-up played a promotion-playoff against the 10th placed team in the 1993 Tippeligaen. The bottom three teams were relegated to the 2. divisjon.

1. divisjon

Season	1993
Champions	VIF Fotball Sogndal
Promoted	VIF Fotball Strømsgodset Sogndal
Relegated	Åssiden Elverum Strømmen Djerv 1919 Ski Aalesund
Matches played	264
Goals scored	881 (3.34 per match)
← 1992 1994 →

Vålerenga and Sogndal won promotion to Tippeligaen as group winners, while Strømsgodset was promoted after the promotion-playoff, where they beat Molde and Bryne. Åssiden, Elverum, Strømmen, Djerv 1919, Ski and Aalesund was relegated to the 2. divisjon.

League tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	VIF Fotball (C, P)	22	13	4	5	52	29	+23	43	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Strømsgodset (O, P)	22	12	3	7	43	37	+6	39	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Eik-Tønsberg	22	10	6	6	42	27	+15	36
4	Nardo	22	10	5	7	39	28	+11	35
5	Tromsdalen	22	8	10	4	34	30	+4	34
6	Strindheim	22	9	5	8	27	25	+2	32
7	Mjøndalen	22	9	3	10	33	40	−7	30
8	Skeid	22	7	8	7	32	34	−2	29
9	Mjølner	22	8	5	9	35	38	−3	29
10	Åssiden (R)	22	7	5	10	30	47	−17	26	Relegation to Second Division
11	Elverum (R)	22	7	1	14	28	37	−9	22
12	Strømmen (R)	22	3	3	16	31	54	−23	12

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

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Sogndal (C, P)	22	14	5	3	51	24	+27	47	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Bryne	22	12	7	3	52	25	+27	43	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Moss	22	13	2	7	53	33	+20	41
4	Drøbak/Frogn	22	13	2	7	46	29	+17	41
5	Bærum	22	10	4	8	40	41	−1	34
6	Fana	22	7	7	8	34	36	−2	28
7	Hødd	22	8	4	10	38	52	−14	28
8	Åsane	22	7	4	11	36	49	−13	25
9	Vard	22	5	7	10	29	34	−5	22
10	Djerv 1919 (R)	22	5	7	10	30	39	−9	22	Relegation to Second Division
11	Ski (R)	22	6	3	13	18	35	−17	21
12	Aalesund (R)	22	4	4	14	28	58	−30	16

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also

• 1993 Tippeligaen
• 1993 2. divisjon