2023 Norwegian Second Division

The 2023 Norwegian Second Division (referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian football third-tier league season. The league consists of 28 teams divided into two groups of 14 teams.

Norwegian Second Division

Season	2023
Dates	10 April – 11 November
Champions	Egersund (Group 1) Levanger (Group 2)
Promoted	Egersund Lyn Levanger
Relegated	Træff Fram Larvik Aalesund 2 Bærum Strømsgodset 2 Ullern
Matches played	364
Goals scored	1,212 (3.33 per match)
← 2022 2024 →

The league was played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams played 26 matches. The season started on 10 April 2023 and ended on 11 November 2023, not including play-off matches.^[1]

Team changes

Last season, Moss and Hødd were promoted to the 2023 Norwegian First Division, while Odd 2, Staal Jørpeland, Eidsvold Turn, Asker and Frigg were relegated to the 2023 Norwegian Third Division.

Grorud and Stjørdals-Blink were relegated from the 2022 Norwegian First Division, while Lyn, Aalesund 2, Brann 2, Fram Larvik, Junkeren and Strømsgodset 2 were promoted from the 2022 Norwegian Third Division.

Group 1

Teams

Aalesund 2

Arendal

Brattvåg

Egersund

Fløy

Fram

Notodden

Træff

Vard

Ørn

Oslo

Oslo teams:
Grorud
Kjelsås
Lyn
Vålerenga 2

Locations of the 2023 Norwegian Second Division group 1 teams.

The following 14 clubs compete in group 1:^[2][3]

Club	Municipality	Stadium	Capacity
Aalesund 2	Ålesund	Color Line Stadion	10,778
Arendal	Arendal	Norac Stadion	5,000
Brattvåg	Ålesund	Brattvåg Stadion	1,500
Egersund	Egersund	Idrettsparken	2,000
Fløy	Kristiansand	Flekkerøy Kunstgress	2,000
Fram Larvik	Larvik	Framparken	2,500
Grorud	Oslo	Grorud Arctic Match	1,700
Kjelsås	Oslo	Grefsen Stadion	2,000
Lyn	Oslo	Bislett Stadion	15,400
Notodden	Notodden	Idrettsparken	4,000
Træff	Molde	Reknesbanen	1,500
Vard Haugesund	Haugesund	Haugesund Stadion	8,754
Vålerenga 2	Oslo	Intility Arena	16,555
Ørn Horten	Horten	Lystlunden Stadion	3,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Egersund (C, P)	26	19	5	2	73	21	+52	62	Promotion to First Division
2	Lyn (O, P)	26	20	2	4	74	23	+51	62	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	Arendal	26	13	5	8	55	38	+17	44
4	Grorud	26	9	9	8	31	27	+4	36
5	Notodden	26	11	6	9	41	38	+3	36[a]
6	Kjelsås	26	9	8	9	25	28	−3	35
7	Ørn Horten	26	9	6	11	41	40	+1	33
8	Brattvåg	26	9	6	11	39	41	−2	33
9	Fløy	26	9	5	12	33	35	−2	32
10	Vålerenga 2	26	10	1	15	33	68	−35	31
11	Vard Haugesund	26	7	6	13	33	47	−14	27
12	Træff (R)	26	7	5	14	31	64	−33	26	Relegation to Third Division
13	Fram Larvik (R)	26	6	7	13	37	57	−20	25
14	Aalesund 2 (R)	26	6	5	15	29	48	−19	23

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

1. Notodden have been deducted 3 points due to financial difficulties.

Results

Home \ Away	AAL	ARE	BRA	EGE	FLØ	FRA	GRO	KJE	LYN	NOT	TRÆ	VAR	VIF	ØRN
Aalesund 2	—	1–1	3–3	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–3	0–5
Arendal	3–1	—	0–3	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–3	4–0	2–0	11–0	3–0
Brattvåg	2–1	1–3	—	1–3	4–0	4–4	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–2	0–3	3–2	2–0
Egersund	5–1	3–3	5–0	—	0–0	4–1	2–2	5–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	5–0	5–0	6–0
Fløy	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	—	5–2	0–1	1–0	1–3	4–1	1–2	0–0	1–3	0–1
Fram Larvik	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	—	1–1	0–0	0–4	3–2	3–3	1–2	3–1	2–2
Grorud	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–0	—	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	4–0	4–1	0–4
Kjelsås	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	—	0–1	4–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0
Lyn	4–0	4–3	1–0	2–1	3–1	10–1	0–1	2–0	—	4–0	7–0	2–1	4–0	2–1
Notodden	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–5	—	1–2	5–1	3–0	4–0
Træff	1–3	2–2	0–3	1–5	0–3	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–4	1–2	—	2–2	1–0	1–2
Vard Haugesund	3–1	3–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–4	3–4	3–0	—	1–2	2–2
Vålerenga 2	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–8	1–0	1–5	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	5–0	0–2	—	4–1
Ørn Horten	1–2	1–3	2–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	2–3	3–0	5–0	—

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

Group 2

Teams

Alta

Brann 2

Gjøvik-Lyn

Junkeren

Kvik Halden

Levanger

Sotra

Stjørdals-Blink

Strømsgodset 2

Tromsdalen

Ull/Kisa

Oslo

Oslo region teams:
Bærum
Strømmen
Ullern

Locations of the 2023 Norwegian Second Division group 2 teams.

The following 14 clubs compete in group 2:^[2][4]

Club	Municipality	Stadium	Capacity
Alta	Alta	Finnmarkshallen	1,200
Brann 2	Bergen	Varden Amfi	3,500
Bærum	Sandvika	Sandvika Stadion	1,500
Gjøvik-Lyn	Gjøvik	Gjøvik Stadion	3,000
Junkeren	Bodø	Nordlandshallen	5,500
Kvik Halden	Halden	Halden Stadion	4,200
Levanger	Levanger	TOBB Arena	2,200
Sotra	Straume	Straume Idrettspark	1,200
Stjørdals-Blink	Stjørdal	M.U.S Stadion Sandskogan	2,000
Strømmen	Lillestrøm	Strømmen Stadion	1,850
Strømsgodset 2	Drammen	Marienlyst Stadion	8,935
Tromsdalen	Tromsø	TUIL Arena	3,000
Ull/Kisa	Jessheim	Jessheim Stadion	4,500
Ullern	Oslo	CC Vest Arena	1,500

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Levanger (C, P)	26	22	4	0	74	17	+57	70	Promotion to First Division
2	Tromsdalen	26	15	5	6	56	29	+27	50	Qualification for promotion play–offs
3	Sotra	26	12	9	5	43	30	+13	45
4	Strømmen	26	14	3	9	39	35	+4	45
5	Ull/Kisa	26	11	8	7	43	34	+9	41
6	Alta	26	12	3	11	51	53	−2	39
7	Stjørdals-Blink	26	10	8	8	54	42	+12	38
8	Kvik Halden	26	9	4	13	43	51	−8	31
9	Brann 2	26	7	7	12	52	65	−13	28
10	Junkeren	26	6	9	11	40	54	−14	27
11	Gjøvik-Lyn	26	7	9	10	37	50	−13	26[a]
12	Bærum (R)	26	7	5	14	44	61	−17	26	Relegation to Third Division
13	Strømsgodset 2 (R)	26	5	5	16	35	57	−22	20
14	Ullern (R)	26	2	7	17	26	59	−33	13

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. Gjøvik-Lyn have been deducted 4 points due to financial difficulties.

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	BRA	BÆR	GJØ	JUN	KVH	LEV	SOT	STJ	STR	SIF	TRO	UKI	ULL
Alta	—	7–1	1–1	3–2	1–3	3–0	0–1	1–1	4–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
Brann 2	5–1	—	2–3	7–1	3–3	1–3	1–2	1–1	4–3	0–1	2–2	2–3	0–5	2–2
Bærum	4–3	1–0	—	1–1	3–3	3–3	2–6	1–2	0–3	0–1	4–0	0–2	1–3	6–1
Gjøvik-Lyn	3–2	3–3	4–2	—	0–0	2–1	0–1	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–3	3–2
Junkeren	0–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	—	3–3	1–4	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–2	0–0	2–1
Kvik Halden	1–2	4–2	3–0	2–2	3–3	—	0–4	3–1	1–3	3–1	3–2	3–2	0–1	4–1
Levanger	5–1	5–0	6–0	5–1	3–3	1–0	—	1–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	2–2	2–0	2–0
Sotra	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	—	2–2	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–1
Stjørdals-Blink	4–2	6–3	1–2	1–0	1–4	5–0	1–3	2–1	—	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3
Strømmen	1–0	1–2	3–2	0–3	3–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–1	—	1–1	5–1	1–0	2–0
Strømsgodset 2	2–3	3–2	2–4	5–1	2–3	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–3	—	0–2	1–3	5–1
Tromsdalen	5–2	0–1	0–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	5–0	4–0	—	2–1	4–0
Ull/Kisa	5–1	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–5	2–2	0–3	1–4	2–0	1–1	—	3–1
Ullern	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	—

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

Promotion play-offs

See also: 2023 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.^[5]

Lyn	1–2	Tromsdalen
Breistøl 53'	Report	Hafstad 65' Sandbukt 83'

15 November 2023

18:00 CET

Nadderud Stadion, Bærum

Attendance: 2,167

Referee: Ali al Hatam

Tromsdalen	0–2	Lyn
	Report	Olsen 1', 40'

19 November 2023

15:00 CET

TUIL Arena, Tromsø

Attendance: 1,275

Referee: Mathias Støfringshaug

Lyn won 3–2 on aggregate.