2017 Norwegian First Division

The 2017 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

1. divisjon

Season	2017
Dates	2 April – 5 November
Champions	Bodø/Glimt
Promoted	Bodø/Glimt Start Ranheim
Relegated	Fredrikstad Elverum Arendal
Matches played	240
Goals scored	736 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kristian Fardal Opseth (28 goals)
Biggest home win	Ullensaker/Kisa 7–1 Jerv
Biggest away win	Strømmen 1–6 Bodø/Glimt
Highest scoring	Ullensaker/Kisa 7–1 Jerv
Longest winning run	5 games Bodø/Glimt
Longest unbeaten run	15 games Bodø/Glimt
Longest winless run	11 games Arendal
Longest losing run	4 games Fredrikstad
Average attendance	1,422 4.9%
← 2016 2018 →

The first round of the season was played on 2 April 2017 and the season concluded with the last round on 5 November 2017.^[1]

Team changes from 2016

In the 2016 1. divisjon, Kristiansund and Sandefjord were promoted to the 2017 Eliteserien, while Bryne, Hødd, KFUM Oslo and Raufoss were relegated to the 2017 2. divisjon.

Bodø/Glimt and Start were relegated from the 2016 Tippeligaen, while Tromsdalen, Elverum, Florø and Arendal were promoted from the 2016 2. divisjon.

Teams

Arendal

Åsane

Bodø/Glimt

Elverum

Fredrikstad

Florø

Jerv

Kongsvinger

Levanger

Mjøndalen

Ranheim

Start

Sandnes Ulf

Strømmen

Tromsdalen

Ull/Kisa

Locations of the teams in the 2017 OBOS-ligaen

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity	Manager
Arendal	Arendal	Bjønnes Stadion	1,500	Mattias Andersson
Åsane	Åsane	Åsane Idrettspark	3,000	Mons Ivar Mjelde
Bodø/Glimt	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadion	7,354	Aasmund Bjørkan
Elverum	Elverum	Elverum Stadion	1,400	Tore Fossum
Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad Stadion	12,565	Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen
Florø	Florø	Florø Stadion	2,800	Terje Rognsø
Jerv	Grimstad	J.J. Ugland Stadion – Levermyr	1,750	Arne Sandstø
Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger	Gjemselund Stadion	6,700	Hans-Erik Eriksen
Levanger	Levanger	Moan Fritidspark	6,000	Magnus Powell
Mjøndalen	Mjøndalen	Isachsen Stadion	4,350	Vegard Hansen
Ranheim	Trondheim	EXTRA Arena	3,000	Svein Maalen
Sandnes Ulf	Sandnes	Sandnes Idrettspark	4,969	Bengt Sæternes
Start	Kristiansand	Sør Arena	14,563	Mick Priest
Strømmen	Strømmen	Strømmen Stadion	1,800	Espen Olsen
Tromsdalen	Tromsdalen	Tromsdalen Stadion	3,000	Gaute Helstrup
Ull/Kisa	Jessheim	UKI Arena	3,000	Vegard Skogheim

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
Fredrikstad	Mons Ivar Mjelde	Resigned	4 November 2016[2]	Pre-season	Andrea Loberto	23 November 2016[3]	Pre-season
Åsane	Kjetil Knutsen	Contract expired	1 December 2016		Mons Ivar Mjelde	1 December 2016
Arendal	Knut Tørum	Sacked	12 June 2017	16th	Mattias Andersson	12 June 2017	16th
Start	Steinar Pedersen	Sacked	29 September 2017[4]	2nd	Mick Priest (interim)	29 September 2017	2nd
Fredrikstad	Andrea Loberto	Resigned	27 October 2017[5]	14th	Aleksander Olsen (interim)	27 October 2017	14th
Fredrikstad	Aleksander Olsen	End of caretaker spell	29 October 2017[6]	15th	Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen	29 October 2017	15th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bodø/Glimt (C, P)	30	22	5	3	83	33	+50	71	Promotion to Eliteserien
2	Start (P)	30	16	7	7	57	36	+21	55
3	Mjøndalen	30	15	7	8	56	37	+19	52	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Ranheim (O, P)	30	15	7	8	48	39	+9	52
5	Sandnes Ulf	30	14	9	7	44	39	+5	51
6	Ull/Kisa	30	15	3	12	61	55	+6	48
7	Levanger	30	10	12	8	39	36	+3	42
8	Florø	30	10	8	12	42	46	−4	38
9	Tromsdalen	30	9	10	11	43	43	0	37
10	Kongsvinger	30	10	6	14	47	46	+1	36
11	Strømmen	30	9	9	12	39	47	−8	36
12	Åsane	30	7	12	11	38	56	−18	33
13	Jerv	30	8	8	14	44	59	−15	32
14	Fredrikstad (R)	30	5	11	14	33	51	−18	26	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Elverum (R)	30	4	12	14	29	51	−22	24	Relegation to Second Division
16	Arendal (R)	30	5	6	19	33	62	−29	21

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; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARE	B/G	ELV	FLO	FFK	JER	KIL	LEV	MIF	RAN	ULF	IKS	STR	TUIL	UKI	ÅSF
Arendal	—	1–3	0–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–3	0–1	1–2	2–3	0–2	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–1
Bodø/Glimt	5–0	—	5–0	4–1	4–0	4–0	3–2	1–3	1–0	3–3	0–0	3–2	4–3	1–0	3–1	6–0
Elverum	5–0	0–4	—	3–4	1–1	2–3	1–2	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	0–0
Florø	0–1	1–2	1–1	—	4–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	5–0	1–1	3–1	1–4	1–5	1–1	3–1	1–1
Fredrikstad	1–1	0–1	4–0	1–2	—	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1
Jerv	2–3	1–4	2–0	0–2	2–0	—	2–2	2–2	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	6–2	1–1
Kongsvinger	2–3	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	6–1	—	0–1	3–2	0–0	2–3	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–3	2–0
Levanger	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	—	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–3	2–0	3–0
Mjøndalen	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–4	3–1	3–0	5–1	3–1	—	3–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–0
Ranheim	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	6–1	1–1	—	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–4	2–1
Sandnes Ulf	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–3	0–3	2–2	1–0	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–3
Start	3–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–2	2–1	—	0–1	2–2	3–1	4–0
Strømmen	1–0	1–6	0–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	0–4	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–3	1–2	—	1–1	3–4	2–2
Tromsdalen	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	5–0	1–4	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	—	2–3	2–0
Ull/Kisa	4–2	2–5	2–0	3–0	2–1	7–1	0–3	2–2	0–1	0–1	3–3	1–2	2–0	1–0	—	2–3
Åsane	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–1	2–2	1–3	4–0	3–2	2–2	2–2	0–3	—

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

Promotion play-offs

Main article: 2017 Eliteserien promotion/relegation play-offs

The third to sixth-placed teams took part in the promotion play-offs; these were single leg knockout matches, two semi-finals and a final. The winners, Ranheim, 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.

Semi-finals

Mjøndalen	3–1	Ull/Kisa
Gauseth 13' (pen.) Fredriksen 21' Pellegrino 40'	Summary	Andreas Aalbu 38'

11 November 2017

15:00 CET (UTC+1)

Isachsen Stadion, Mjøndalen

Attendance: 1,723

Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Ranheim	1–0	Sandnes Ulf
Lillebo 77'	Summary

12 November 2017

15:00 CET (UTC+1)

EXTRA Arena, Ranheim

Attendance: 585

Referee: Trygve Kjensli

Final

Mjøndalen	1–2	Ranheim
Pellegrino 61'	Summary	Karlsen 16' Reginiussen 80'

19 November 2017

14:00 CET (UTC+1)

Isachsen Stadion, Mjøndalen

Attendance: 1,748

Referee: Sigurd Kringstad

Relegation play-offs

See also: 2017 2. divisjon § Promotion play-offs

The 14th placed team took part in a two-legged play-off against Notodden, the winners of the 2. divisjon play-offs, to decide who would play in the 2018 OBOS-ligaen.

Fredrikstad	0–0	Notodden
	Summary

12 November 2017

18:00 CET (UTC+1)

Fredrikstad Stadion, Fredrikstad

Attendance: 5,340

Referee: Christian Moen

Notodden	5–3	Fredrikstad
Hustad 7' Jenssen 22' Holmen 24' Mbedule 28' Midtgarden 69'	Summary	Kapidžić 38' Leko 76', 83'

18 November 2017

18:00 CET (UTC+1)

Idrettsparken, Notodden

Attendance: 2,105

Referee: Torkjell Trædal

Notodden won 5–3 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Games	Average
1	Kristian Fardal Opseth	Bodø/Glimt	28	30	0,93
2	Amahl Pellegrino	Mjøndalen	18	29	0,62
3	Robert Stene	Levanger	15	28	0,54
	Kent Håvard Eriksen	Sandnes Ulf	15	30	0,50
5	Endre Kupen	Florø	14	23	0,61
	Ousseynou Boye	Mjøndalen	14	25	0,56
7	Ulrik Saltnes	Bodø/Glimt	13	27	0,48
8	Niklas Castro	Kongsvinger	12	25	0,48
	Kristoffer Ødemarksbakken	Ullensaker/Kisa	12	29	0,41
10	Niklas Sandberg	Ullensaker/Kisa	11	26	0,42
	Geir André Herrem	Åsane	11	27	0,41
	Nicolay Solberg	Ullensaker/Kisa	11	27	0,41
	Kjell Rune Sellin	Sandnes Ulf	11	29	0,38
	Sanel Kapidzic	Fredrikstad	11	29	0,38
15	Steffen Lie Skålevik	Start	10	11	0,91
	Adem Güven	Kongsvinger	10	24	0,42
	Trond Olsen	Bodø/Glimt	10	27	0,37
	Mads Reginiussen	Ranheim	10	29	0,34