2018 Norwegian First Division

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

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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[citation needed]
Longest unbeaten run13 games
Mjøndalen[citation needed]
Longest winless run20 games
Levanger[citation needed]
Longest losing run6 games
Levanger[citation needed]
Highest attendance15,900
Viking 3–1 Kongsvinger
(11 November 2018)
Lowest attendance100
Tromsdalen 3–1 Nest-Sotra
(27 May 2018)
Average attendance1,697 19.3%
2017
2019
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The season began on 2 April 2018 and ended on 11 November 2018 (not including playoff matches).[1]

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

Stadia and personnel

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Aalesund Norway Trond Fredriksen Sacked 12 December 2017[2] Pre-season Norway Lars Bohinen 20 December 2017[3] Pre-season
Viking Norway Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim (interim) End of caretaker spell 18 December 2017 Norway Bjarne Berntsen 18 December 2017[4]
Levanger Sweden Magnus Powell Contract expired 31 December 2017 Norway Roger Naustan 1 January 2018[5]
Kongsvinger Norway Hans-Erik Eriksen Sacked 30 April 2018[6] 15th England Mark Dempsey 11 June 2018 10th
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League table

More information Pos, Team ...
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
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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

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

Results

More information Home \ Away, AAL ...
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
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Source: Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian), NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

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Promotion 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

More information Aalesund, 1–0 ...
Aalesund1–0Nest-Sotra
  • Guèye 52'
Summary
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Attendance: 3,102
Referee: Tommy Skjerven
More information Sogndal, 1–0 ...
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Attendance: 1,902
Referee: Trygve Kjensli

Second round

More information Aalesund, 3–1 ...
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Attendance: 3,458
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Relegation 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.

More information KFUM Oslo, 1–2 ...
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Referee: Marius Lien
More information Åsane, 1–3 ...
Åsane1–3KFUM Oslo
  • Bruun-Hanssen 17'
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Myrdal Gress, Bergen
Attendance: 925
Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

KFUM Oslo won 4–3 on aggregate.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

Attendances

More information Pos, Team ...
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%
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Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Eliteserien.
2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.

Awards

More information Award, Winner ...
Award Winner Club
Manager of the season Norway Steffen Landro[8] Nest-Sotra
Player of the season Norway Johnny Furdal[9] Nest-Sotra / Viking
Young player of the season Norway Kristian Thorstvedt[9] Viking
OBOS Player of the season Iceland Hólmbert Friðjónsson[10] Aalesund
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