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2019 Norwegian First Division

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The 2019 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

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Aalesund set a new record for most points in a 1. divisjon season with 79. They surpassed IK Start's previous record of 74 points, from the 2004 season.[1]

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Season summary

On 20 October, Aalesund secured both promotion and league title with three games to spare by winning 1–0 away over Tromsdalen.[2] The same day, Tromsdalen were the first team to be relegated as their defeat coincided with a victory for Strømmen. On 2 November, Sandefjord secured promotion to the first tier with one match to spare after their 1–0 win over Jerv at Komplett Arena.[3] On the same day, Skeid were the second team to be relegated as their draw against Notodden meant that survival was out of reach before the ultimate round.

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Teams

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In the 2018 1. divisjon, Viking and Mjøndalen were promoted to the 2019 Eliteserien, while Åsane, Florø and Levanger were relegated to the 2019 2. divisjon.

Start and Sandefjord were relegated from the 2018 Eliteserien, while Raufoss, Skeid and KFUM Oslo were promoted from the 2018 2. divisjon.

Stadia and personnel

  • 1Skeid played their home games at Intility Arena from 25 May 2019.[4]
  • 2Strømmen played their last home game at Jessheim Stadion due to nonapproved floodlights at Strømmen Stadion.[5]

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
  1. Harðarson was initially appointed as caretaker on 3 April 2019, and as interim head coach for the rest of the season on 10 July 2019. Harðarson was appointed as permanent head coach on 23 October 2019.
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League table

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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; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Nest-Sotra have been deducted a total of 4 points due to financial difficulties. They were deducted 1 point in May[18] and 3 points in October.[19]
  2. Strømmen have been deducted 1 point.[18]

Positions by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Aalesund ...
Promotion to Eliteserien
Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2. divisjon
Source: nifs.no
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Results

More information Home \ Away, AAL ...
Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  • 1Due to a frozen pitch at Sandnes Stadion, the game was cancelled and the result was set to 0–3.[20]
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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 fifth-placed team played at home against the sixth-placed team. The winner of the first round then met the fourth-placed team on away ground in the second round. The winner of the second round then met the third-placed team on away ground. The winner of the third round 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 Kongsvinger, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 1,433
Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Second round

More information KFUM Oslo, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 1,311
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Third round

More information Start, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 2,615
Referee: Rohit Saggi

Relegation play-offs

The 14th placed team took part in a two-legged play-off against the winners of the 2. divisjon play-offs to decide who would play in the 2020 1. divisjon.

More information Notodden, 1–3 ...
Attendance: 468
More information Åsane, 2–2 ...
Myrdal Stadion, Bergen
Attendance: 802

Åsane won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Season statistics

Top scorers

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References

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