2011 Norwegian First Division

The 2011 1. division (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season began play on 3 April 2011 and ended on 30 October 2011.^[1]

1. divisjon

Season	2011
Dates	3 April – 30 October
Champions	Hønefoss
Promoted	Hønefoss Sandnes Ulf
Relegated	Asker Nybergsund Randaberg Løv-Ham
Matches played	240
Goals scored	775 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vegard Braaten (18 goals)
← 2010 2012 →

Alta

Bodø/Glimt

Ranheim

Asker

Bryne

HamKam

Hødd

Kongsvinger

Løv-Ham

Mjøndalen

Nybergsund

Randaberg

Sandefjord

Hønefoss

Sandnes Ulf

Strømmen

Locations of the 2011 1. divisjon clubs

The clubs relegated from the 2010 Tippeligaen were Hønefoss (after relegation play-offs), Kongsvinger and Sandefjord. Asker, HamKam, Hødd, and Randaberg were promoted from the 2010 2. divisjon.

Following an extended period of financial distress, Lyn withdrew from the league in 2010.^[2] Follo did not finish their licensing application for the 2011 season before the time limit of 15 September 2010, and were thus relegated at the end of the 2010 season even though they finished 12th, outside of the relegation zone. As a result of this the 13th-placed team, Sandnes Ulf, avoided relegation.^[3] Tromsdalen and Moss were the remaining two teams relegated to the 2011 2. divisjon.

At the end of the season, the two best teams were promoted to the 2012 Tippeligaen, while the four bottom placed teams were relegated to the 2012 2. divisjon. There was not a two-legged promotion play-off this season.

Overview

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity	Manager
Alta	Alta	Finnmarkshallen	1,000	Rune Berger
Asker Fotball	Asker	Føyka Stadion	2,000	Gaute Larsen
Bodø/Glimt	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadion	7,400	Cato André Hansen
Bryne	Bryne	Bryne Stadion	10,000	Tommy Bergersen
HamKam	Hamar	Briskeby Arena	10,200	Vegard Skogheim
Hødd	Ulsteinvik	Høddvoll Stadion	3,120	Lars Arne Nilsen
Hønefoss	Hønefoss	AKA Arena	4,000	Leif Gunnar Smerud
Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger	Gjemselund Stadion	5,202	Tom Nordlie
Løv-Ham	Bergen	Varden Amfi	3,500	Tom Mangersnes
Mjøndalen	Mjøndalen	Nedre Eiker Stadion	2,600	Vegard Hansen
Nybergsund	Trysil	Nybergsund Stadion	1,600	Ola Brenden
Randaberg	Randaberg	Randaberg Stadion	1,033	Thomas Pereira
Ranheim	Ranheim	DnB NOR Arena	2,000	Aasmund Bjørkan
Sandefjord	Sandefjord	Komplett.no Arena	9,000	Arne Sandstø
Sandnes Ulf	Sandnes	Sandnes Idrettspark	3,000	Asle Andersen
Strømmen	Strømmen	Strømmen Stadion	3,000	Thomas Berntsen

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
Sandefjord	Patrick Walker	Sacked[4]	9 May 2011	11th	Arne Sandstø	23 May 2011[5]	11th
Løv-Ham	Arne Sandstø	Signed by Sandefjord[5]	23 May 2011	15th	Tom Mangersnes	24 May 2011	15th
Bodø/Glimt	Kåre Ingebrigtsen	Resigned[6]	26 May 2011	14th	Cato André Hansen	24 June 2011	9th
Kongsvinger	Per Brogeland	Sacked[7]	30 August 2011	11th	Tom Nordlie	1 September 2011[8]	11th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hønefoss (C, P)	30	16	9	5	61	28	+33	57	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Sandnes Ulf (P)	30	18	2	10	58	32	+26	56
3	Sandefjord	30	16	5	9	61	38	+23	53
4	Ranheim	30	15	7	8	61	39	+22	52
5	Bodø/Glimt	30	15	7	8	52	38	+14	52
6	HamKam	30	14	9	7	52	40	+12	51
7	Kongsvinger	30	14	7	9	50	36	+14	49
8	Hødd	30	13	7	10	54	42	+12	46
9	Bryne	30	11	11	8	47	36	+11	44
10	Mjøndalen	30	10	10	10	42	51	−9	40
11	Alta	30	10	9	11	45	51	−6	39
12	Strømmen	30	9	7	14	43	58	−15	34
13	Asker (R)	30	9	7	14	38	56	−18	34	Relegation to Second Division
14	Nybergsund (R)	30	6	5	19	42	72	−30	23
15	Randaberg (R)	30	4	5	21	37	87	−50	17
16	Løv-Ham[a] (R)	30	4	5	21	32	71	−39	16

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

1. Løv-Ham were deducted a total 1 points: 1 point because of lack of financial control^[9]

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	AFK	BOD	BRY	HK	ILH	HØN	KIL	LØV	MIF	NIL	RIL	RF	SF	ULF	SIF
Alta	—	3–4	3–3	0–0	1–5	2–2	1–4	2–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–1
Asker	1–4	—	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–0
Bodø/Glimt	0–0	3–0	—	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	4–2	0–2	1–0	3–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1
Bryne	2–2	2–2	1–2	—	0–3	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	7–0	3–1	2–1	3–5	5–0
HamKam	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	—	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–4	2–2	4–2
Hødd	3–0	3–0	3–0	0–1	3–1	—	0–4	0–2	3–4	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	4–0
Hønefoss BK	2–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	2–0	3–0	5–3	6–0	2–1	2–3	1–0	1–2
Kongsvinger	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	1–1	2–2	—	4–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	3–3	3–0	1–0	1–1
Løv-Ham	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	2–5	0–1	—	0–0	2–3	4–3	2–5	1–2	0–3	3–0
Mjøndalen	3–0	4–3	2–4	0–0	1–3	3–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	—	5–2	3–1	1–2	4–2	2–1	2–1
Nybergsund	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	4–0	3–5	0–5	1–0	3–1	0–1	—	3–3	1–3	4–2	2–1	2–6
Randaberg	2–2	2–4	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	0–2	0–4	4–0	1–1	3–2	—	1–4	1–5	1–2	1–2
Ranheim	1–0	4–0	3–2	2–2	1–2	2–5	2–2	4–0	1–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	—	2–1	0–1	4–1
Sandefjord	3–1	5–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	6–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	—	1–1	2–1
Sandnes Ulf	1–2	4–1	3–0	0–1	0–2	3–0	1–0	3–1	6–0	4–1	1–0	4–2	2–0	1–0	—	2–0
Strømmen	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–4	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	6–2	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	0–3	4–2	—

Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Scorer Club Goals 1 Vegard Braaten Alta 18 2 Jo Sondre Aas Ranheim 16 Michael Karlsen Hødd 4 Kamal Saaliti Sandnes Ulf 15 Morten Eriksen Sandnes Ulf 6 Adama Diomande Hødd 14 Remond Mendy Nybergsund-Trysil†/Hønefoss Robert Stene Ranheim 9 Jim Johansen Bodø/Glimt 13 10 Aksel Berget Skjølsvik Sandnes Ulf 12 Andreas Moen Strømmen Aram Khalili Bodø/Glimt †Remond Mendy scored nine goals in fifteen games for Nybergsund IL-Trysil. Source: Alt om fotball