2022 Norwegian Second Division

The 2022 Norwegian Second Division (referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian football third-tier league season. The league consisted of 28 teams divided into 2 groups of 14 teams.

Norwegian Second Division

Season	2022
Dates	9 April 2022 – 22 October 2022
Champions	Moss (Group 1) Hødd (Group 2)
Promoted	Moss Hødd
Relegated	Odd 2 Staal Jørpeland Eidsvold Turn Asker Frigg
Matches played	338
Goals scored	1,145 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Group 1: Jens Aslaksrud & Fabian Ness (15 goals) Group 2: Sondre Sørløkk (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Ullern 8–0 Staal Jørpeland (13 August 2022)
Biggest away win	Vålerenga 2 0–7 Hødd (29 August 2022)
← 2021 2023 →

The league was played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams played 26 matches. The season started on 9 April 2022 and ended on 22 October 2022, not including play-off matches.^[1][2]

Team changes

Last season, Kongsvinger and Skeid were promoted to the 2022 Norwegian First Division, while Florø, Fløya, Fram Larvik, Nardo, Rosenborg 2 and Senja were relegated to the 2022 Norwegian Third Division.

Strømmen and Ull/Kisa were relegated from the 2021 Norwegian First Division, while Frigg, Gjøvik-Lyn, Staal Jørpeland, Træff, Ullern and Ørn Horten were promoted from the 2021 Norwegian Third Division.

Group 1

Teams

Arendal

Egersund

Fløy

Kvik Halden

Moss

Notodden

Odd 2

Sotra

Staal

Strømmen

Ullern

Vard

Ørn

Øygarden

Locations of the 2022 Norwegian Second Division group 1 teams.

The following 14 clubs compete in group 1:^[3][4]

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Arendal	Arendal	Norac Stadion	5,000
Egersund	Egersund	Idrettsparken	2,000
Fløy	Flekkerøy	Flekkerøy Kunstgress	2,000
Kvik Halden	Halden	Halden Stadion	4,200
Moss	Moss	Melløs Stadion	4,000
Notodden	Notodden	Idrettsparken	4,000
Odd 2	Skien	Skagerak Arena	11,767
Sotra	Sotra	Straume Idrettspark	1,200
Staal Jørpeland	Jørpeland	Jørpeland Stadion	1,200
Strømmen	Strømmen	Strømmen Stadion	1,850
Ullern	Oslo	CC Vest Arena	1,500
Vard Haugesund	Haugesund	Haugesund Stadion	8,754
Ørn Horten	Horten	Lystlunden Stadion	3,000
Øygarden	Ågotnes	Ågotnes Stadion	1,200

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Moss (C, P)	24	18	2	4	46	23	+23	56	Promotion to First Division
2	Arendal	24	18	2	4	55	35	+20	56	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	Egersund	24	13	6	5	51	29	+22	45
4	Fløy	24	13	4	7	46	32	+14	43
5	Kvik Halden	24	10	4	10	43	36	+7	34
6	Strømmen	24	9	4	11	36	39	−3	31
7	Sotra	24	8	5	11	46	43	+3	29
8	Ørn Horten	24	7	8	9	37	38	−1	29
9	Ullern	24	5	9	10	37	43	−6	24
10	Vard Haugesund	24	5	8	11	32	43	−11	23
11	Notodden	24	6	6	12	29	45	−16	23[a]
12	Odd 2 (R)	24	5	7	12	30	48	−18	22	Relegation to Third Division
13	Staal Jørpeland (R)	24	3	7	14	34	68	−34	16
14	Øygarden[b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
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 goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Notodden have been deducted 1 point due to financial difficulties.^[5]
2. Øygarden went bankrupt and withdrew their team on 2 June 2022. All their matches were annulled.^[6]

Results

Home \ Away	ARE	EGE	FLØ	KVI	MOS	NOT	ODD	SOT	STA	STR	ULL	VAR	ØRN
Arendal	—	1–0	1–0	5–4	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–2
Egersund	2–2	—	3–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–2	4–0	1–2	5–2	1–1	0–0
Fløy	3–1	1–1	—	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	3–2	2–2	2–3	5–1	3–2	2–0
Kvik Halden	1–3	1–4	3–1	—	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1
Moss	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	—	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–0
Notodden	2–0	3–2	0–4	2–1	1–3	—	4–0	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0
Odd 2	1–5	0–3	2–2	0–1	1–3	5–2	—	1–1	3–2	5–1	0–0	1–1	2–2
Sotra	1–2	1–2	2–0	0–3	0–1	2–2	2–3	—	4–1	2–0	1–1	5–2	4–2
Staal Jørpeland	2–6	1–4	1–2	0–4	1–4	3–3	1–0	2–6	—	2–2	1–1	6–2	0–1
Strømmen	5–0	1–3	0–2	2–2	1–3	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–2	—	2–0	0–1	1–1
Ullern	0–3	1–2	1–1	5–3	1–3	2–0	2–0	2–2	8–0	1–1	—	0–0	2–1
Vard Haugesund	0–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	3–0	4–2	—	2–0
Ørn Horten	8–1	1–1	1–5	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–4	0–0	2–0	3–3	1–1	—

Source: Norwegian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[7]
1	Jens Aslaksrud	Ullern	15
	Fabian Ness	Kvik Halden
3	Adrian Rogulj	Ørn Horten	13
4	Kristian Lien	Fløy	12
5	Adrian Bergersen	Egersund	11
	Cláudio Braga	Moss
	Mathias Johansen	Arendal
	Lars Groos Kilen	Sotra
	Abel Stensrud	Odd 2
10	Simen Hammershaug	Egersund	10

Group 2

Teams

Alta

Asker

Brattvåg

Bærum

Eidsvold Turn

Gjøvik-Lyn

Hødd

Levanger

Tromsdalen

Træff

Ull/Kisa

Oslo

Oslo teams:
Frigg
Kjelsås
Vålerenga 2

Locations of the 2022 Norwegian Second Division group 2 teams.

The following 14 clubs compete in group 2:^[3][8]

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alta	Alta	Finnmarkshallen	1,200
Asker	Asker	Føyka Stadion	2,400
Brattvåg	Brattvåg	Brattvåg Stadion	1,500
Bærum	Sandvika	Sandvika Stadion	1,500
Eidsvold Turn	Eidsvoll	Myhrer Stadion	1,500
Frigg	Oslo	Tørteberg	1,200
Gjøvik-Lyn	Gjøvik	Gjøvik Stadion	3,000
Hødd	Ulsteinvik	Nye Høddvoll	4,081
Kjelsås	Oslo	Grefsen Stadion	2,000
Levanger	Levanger	TOBB Arena	2,200
Tromsdalen	Tromsø	TUIL Arena	3,000
Træff	Molde	Reknesbanen	1,500
Ull/Kisa	Jessheim	Jessheim Stadion	4,500
Vålerenga 2	Oslo	Intility Arena	16,555

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hødd (C, P)	26	18	6	2	54	15	+39	60	Promotion to First Division
2	Ull/Kisa	26	17	5	4	73	36	+37	56	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	Levanger	26	12	7	7	62	38	+24	43
4	Kjelsås	26	12	6	8	45	20	+25	42
5	Gjøvik-Lyn	26	12	4	10	43	59	−16	40
6	Træff	26	10	6	10	49	44	+5	36
7	Alta	26	10	6	10	38	45	−7	36
8	Tromsdalen	26	10	5	11	28	35	−7	35
9	Brattvåg	26	10	3	13	47	52	−5	33
10	Bærum	26	9	4	13	36	46	−10	31
11	Vålerenga 2	26	9	2	15	43	67	−24	29
12	Eidsvold Turn (R)	26	8	4	14	35	54	−19	28	Relegation to Third Division
13	Asker (R)	26	6	6	14	32	47	−15	24
14	Frigg (R)	26	6	2	18	38	65	−27	20

Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
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 goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	ASK	BRA	BÆR	EID	FRI	GJØ	HØD	KJE	LEV	TRO	TRÆ	ULL	VÅL
Alta	—	2–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	5–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–3	0–3	1–2
Asker	0–1	—	3–2	0–2	2–1	3–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–4
Brattvåg	1–1	3–1	—	3–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–5	4–2	3–0
Bærum	2–1	2–3	4–1	—	0–2	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–3	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–4	4–0
Eidsvold Turn	1–3	1–1	3–1	1–3	—	1–3	3–1	1–5	2–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–0
Frigg	2–2	0–2	3–0	4–1	3–0	—	0–1	0–3	1–2	1–4	0–3	1–3	1–3	4–0
Gjøvik-Lyn	2–0	1–0	3–6	1–1	2–2	2–7	—	1–1	1–0	1–6	1–0	4–2	4–0	3–0
Hødd	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	6–1	4–0	—	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–0
Kjelsås	0–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	6–0	1–0	4–0	0–1	—	1–1	6–0	0–2	2–2	2–0
Levanger	5–0	2–0	5–3	4–2	1–1	4–4	0–3	2–0	1–0	—	2–2	2–3	4–0	1–1
Tromsdalen	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	0–3	—	1–0	3–1	0–0
Træff	2–0	2–2	1–3	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–3	1–3	—	0–4	6–2
Ull/Kisa	4–1	4–3	3–2	4–2	5–0	8–1	6–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	—	3–0
Vålerenga 2	7–2	2–1	1–2	4–0	5–2	4–1	5–1	0–7	0–3	1–3	3–1	1–5	1–6	—

Source: Norwegian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[9]
1	Sondre Sørløkk	Ull/Kisa	20
2	Ole Erik Midtskogen	Kjelsås	18
3	Robin Hjelmeseth	Hødd	17
4	Jacob Jacobsen Bolsø	Træff	15
	Sindre Mauritz-Hansen	Asker
6	Ole Sebastian Sundgot	Ull/Kisa	14
7	Preben Asp	Levanger	13
8	Ulrik Ferrer	Frigg	12
9	Andreas Gundersen	Levanger	11
	Sami Kamel	Brattvåg
	Christian Reginiussen	Alta

Promotion play-offs

See also: 2022 Norwegian First Division § Relegation play-offs

The teams who finish in second place in their respective group qualify for the promotion play-offs, where they face each other over two legs. The winner goes on to play against the 14th-placed team in the First Division for a place in the First Division next season.

Arendal	0–1	Ull/Kisa
	Report	Byttingsvik 29' (o.g.)

26 October 2022

18:00 CEST

Norac Stadion, Arendal

Attendance: 812

Referee: Daniel Higraff

Ull/Kisa	0–3	Arendal
	Report	Jenssen 4' (o.g.) Christensen 56' Bergan 64'

29 October 2022

15:00 CEST

Jessheim Stadion, Jessheim

Attendance: 942

Referee: Harald Vollstad Sletner

Arendal won 3–1 on aggregate.