2025 Norwegian First Division

The 2025 Norwegian First Division (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is a Norwegian second-tier football league season. The season started on 31 March 2025 and is scheduled to end on 8 November 2025, not including play-off matches.^[1]

Norwegian First Division

Season	2025
Dates	31 March – 8 November
Matches played	136
Goals scored	316 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lucas Haren (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Kongsvinger 6–0 Moss (21 April 2025)
Biggest away win	Mjøndalen 0–6 Lillestrøm (24 May 2025)
Highest scoring	Sogndal 3–4 Aalesund (5 April 2025) Egersund 4–3 Skeid (21 April 2025) Egersund 3–4 Ranheim (15 June 2025) Raufoss 6–1 Hødd (21 June 2025)
Longest winning run	4 matches Egersund Lillestrøm Lyn
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches Lillestrøm
Longest winless run	11 matches Skeid
Longest losing run	5 matches Lyn Mjøndalen Skeid
Highest attendance	10,225 Aalesund - Hødd (16 May 2025)
Lowest attendance	322 Åsane - Ranheim (25 May 2025)
Average attendance	2,241
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 7 August 2025.

Teams

Aalesund

Egersund

Hødd

Kongsvinger

Lillestrøm

Mjøndalen

Moss

Odd

Ranheim

Raufoss

Sogndal

Stabæk

Start

Åsane

Oslo

Oslo teams:
Lyn
Skeid

Locations of teams in the 2025 Norwegian First Division

Lyn

Skeid

Locations of teams in the 2025 Norwegian First Division in Oslo

In the 2024 Norwegian First Division, Vålerenga and Bryne were promoted to the 2025 Eliteserien, while Levanger and Sandnes Ulf were relegated to the 2025 Norwegian Second Division.

Lillestrøm and Odd were relegated from the 2024 Eliteserien, while Hødd and Skeid were promoted from the 2024 Norwegian Second Division.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	County	Arena	Turf	Capacity
Aalesund	Ålesund	Møre og Romsdal	Color Line Stadion	Artificial	10,778
Egersund	Egersund	Rogaland	B&G Parken	Artificial	1,200
Hødd	Ulsteinvik	Møre og Romsdal	Høddvoll	Artificial	4,081
Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger	Innlandet	Gjemselund	Artificial	5,824
Lillestrøm	Lillestrøm	Akershus	Åråsen	Natural	12,250
Lyn	Oslo	Oslo	Bislett[a]	Natural	15,400
Mjøndalen	Mjøndalen	Buskerud	Consto Arena	Artificial	4,200
Moss	Moss	Østfold	Melløs	Natural	2,373
Odd	Skien	Telemark	Skagerak Arena	Artificial	11,767
Ranheim	Trondheim	Trøndelag	EXTRA Arena[b]	Artificial	3,000
Raufoss	Raufoss	Innlandet	NAMMO Stadion	Artificial	3,042
Skeid	Oslo	Oslo	OBOS Idrettspark Nordre Åsen	Artificial	1,486
Sogndal	Sogndalsfjøra	Vestland	Fosshaugane Campus	Artificial	5,622
Stabæk	Bærum	Akershus	Nadderud	Artificial	4,938
Start	Kristiansand	Agder	Sparebanken Norge Arena Kristiansand	Artificial	14,448
Åsane	Bergen	Vestland	Åsane Arena	Artificial	3,300

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aalesund	Kjetil Rekdal	Paul Ngongo	Umbro	Sparebanken Møre
Egersund	Endre Eide	Chris Sleveland	Macron	Sparebanken Norge
Hødd	Marius Bøe	Torbjørn Kallevåg	Puma	Sparebanken Møre
Kongsvinger	Johan Wennberg	Andreas Dybevik	Umbro	Mapei
Lillestrøm	Hans Erik Ødegaard	Ruben Gabrielsen	Puma	Romerike Sparebank [no]
Lyn	Magnus Aadland	William Sell	Hummel	OBOS [no]
Mjøndalen	Kevin Nicol	Erik Midtgarden	Umbro	Sparebanken Øst
Moss	Ole Martin Nesselquist	Kristian Strande	Select	SpareBank 1 Østfold Akershus
Odd	Knut Rønningene	Steffen Hagen	Hummel	Skagerak Energi
Ranheim	Christian Eggen Rismark Pål André Helland	Philip Slørdahl	Umbro	SpareBank 1 SMN
Raufoss	Tom Dent	Ole Amund Sveen	Puma	Nammo
Skeid	Vilde Mollestad Rislaa	Per-Magnus Steiring	Adidas	OBOS [no]
Sogndal	Luís Pimenta	Per-Egil Flo	Umbro	Sparebanken Norge
Stabæk	Jörgen Wålemark	Nicolai Næss	Nike	SpareBank 1 Østlandet
Start	Azar Karadas	Eirik Schulze	Macron	Sparebanken Norge
Åsane	Eirik Bakke	Kristoffer Barmen	Craft	Tertnes Holding

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Stabæk	Bjørn Helge Riise (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	9 December 2024	Pre-season	Jörgen Wålemark	9 December 2024[2]
Raufoss	Jörgen Wålemark	Contract expired	31 December 2024[3]		Tom Dent	1 January 2025[4]
Sogndal	Morten Kalvenes	Contract expired	31 December 2024		Luís Pimenta	1 January 2025[5]
Lillestrøm	Dag-Eilev Fagermo	Contraxt expired	31 December 2024		Hans Erik Ødegaard	1 January 2025[6]
Egersund	Kjell André Thu	Contract expired	31 December 2024		Endre Eide	1 January 2025[7]
Ranheim	Kåre Ingebrigtsen	Appointed sporting director	31 December 2024[8]		Christian Eggen Rismark Pål André Helland	1 January 2025[9]
Lyn	Jan Halvor Halvorsen	Mutual consent	2 June 2025[10]	15th	Magnus Aadland	4 June 2025[11]
Moss	Thomas Myhre	Signed by HamKam	24 June 2025	11th	Niclas Wenderyd (caretaker)	24 June 2025[12]
Moss	Niclas Wenderyd (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	11 July 2025	12th	Ole Martin Nesselquist	11 July 2025[13]

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2024–25 § 1.divisjon

Summer

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2025 § 1.divisjon

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Lillestrøm	17	12	5	0	37	9	+28	41	Promotion to Eliteserien
2	Start	17	10	4	3	35	18	+17	34
3	Aalesund	17	7	8	2	28	21	+7	29	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Ranheim	17	8	3	6	23	24	−1	27
5	Sogndal	17	7	4	6	29	26	+3	25
6	Kongsvinger	17	6	6	5	34	27	+7	24
7	Lyn	17	7	3	7	27	20	+7	24
8	Egersund	17	7	3	7	27	29	−2	24
9	Odd	17	6	4	7	21	22	−1	22
10	Hødd	17	6	4	7	22	28	−6	22
11	Moss	17	6	3	8	26	35	−9	21
12	Raufoss[c]	17	4	8	5	27	27	0	19
13	Åsane	17	4	5	8	19	27	−8	17
14	Stabæk	17	3	6	8	22	32	−10	15	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Mjøndalen	17	3	5	9	19	39	−20	14	Relegation to Second Division
16	Skeid	17	1	7	9	20	31	−11	10

Updated to match(es) played on 7 August 2025. Source: OBOS-ligaen (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.

Results

Home \ Away	AAL	EGE	HØD	KON	LIL	LYN	MJØ	MOS	ODD	RAN	RAU	SKE	SOG	STB	STR	ÅSA
Aalesund	—		2–0	3–1	2–2		0–0	2–0	1–0		3–1			2–2	1–1
Egersund	2–2	—		2–2	0–2	0–5	3–2		1–0	3–4		4–3	0–2
Hødd		1–0	—	0–2	2–2		3–1		3–1	0–1			2–1
Kongsvinger	3–0			—		2–1		6–0	1–3		2–2		4–2		0–3	1–1
Lillestrøm		1–0		2–0	—			3–0	1–0		2–1		0–0			2–2
Lyn	2–2		0–1		0–1	—	1–3				3–2	1–1		0–1		2–1
Mjøndalen				1–1	0–6		—	2–2		1–4	1–1	1–4			2–3	2–0
Moss		2–4	3–1			2–0		—		2–0		2–1	3–1	4–2	0–3
Odd		1–1				2–1	1–1	2–0	—			2–1		2–0	2–2	1–0
Ranheim	2–1		2–1	2–1	0–4	0–3		0–0	3–1	—	1–1		1–2		0–1
Raufoss		0–1	6–1	2–2		0–3		3–2	1–1		—	1–1		1–0	0–0	3–2
Skeid	1–1		1–1	1–4	1–1		1–2			0–0		—	1–4		1–3
Sogndal	3–4		2–1			1–2	1–0		3–2		2–2	1–1	—	1–1		2–0
Stabæk	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–3		4–0	3–3		1–2		1–0		—
Start		2–1	1–2		0–3	1–1	4–0		2–0				2–1	5–1	—	2–3
Åsane	0–0	0–2	2–2		1–2	0–2		2–1		2–1		2–1		1–1		—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 August 2025. Source: OBOS-ligaen (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Lillestrøm	6	5	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Start	3	1	5	4	5	5	5	4	2	2	2	2	2
Kongsvinger	8	3	2	2	3	3	8	6	5	3	3	3	3
Egersund	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	5	7	9	6	5	4
Sogndal	14	14	11	7	6	8	6	2	3	5	4	4	5
Aalesund	6	4	7	6	4	4	3	3	6	7	9	6	6
Odd	3	10	6	8	7	6	4	7	4	4	5	7	7
Ranheim	16	16	16	13	11	9	9	12	9	6	7	10	8
Hødd	8	12	8	10	8	7	10	8	8	8	10	12	9
Raufoss	5	8	4	5	10	12	12	10	10	11	11	8	10
Åsane	8	12	14	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	11
Moss	12	9	12	9	12	10	11	9	12	12	8	11	12
Lyn	1	7	10	12	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	13
Stabæk	8	6	9	11	9	11	7	11	11	10	12	13	14
Mjøndalen	12	11	13	14	15	15	16	16	14	14	15	15	15
Skeid	14	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16

	Promotion to 2026 Eliteserien
	Promotion play-offs
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2026 2. divisjon

Source: nifs.no

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Aalesund	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	D
Egersund	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	W
Hødd	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	W
Kongsvinger	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	D
Lillestrøm	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	D
Lyn	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	W
Mjøndalen	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	L
Moss	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	L
Odd	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	D
Ranheim	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	W
Raufoss	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	D
Skeid	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	D
Sogndal	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	D
Stabæk	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	L
Start	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D
Åsane	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	L

Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

The teams from third to sixth place will take part in the promotion play-offs; these are single leg knockout matches. In the first round, the fifth-placed team will play at home against the sixth-placed team. The winner of the first round will meet the fourth-placed team on away ground in the second round. The winner of the second round will meet the third-placed team on away ground. The winner of the third round will face the 14th-placed team in the Eliteserien over two legs in the Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team will take part in a two-legged play-off against the winners of the Second Division play-offs, to decide who will play in the First Division next season.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 7 August 2025

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Goals[15]
1	Lucas Haren	Kongsvinger	14
2	Thomas Lehne Olsen	Lillestrøm	11
3	Mathias Grundetjern	Start	10
4	Oliver Hinsta	Sogndal	7
	Elias Myrlid	Hødd, Aalesund
	Martin Hoel Andersen	Skeid
	Håkon Lorentzen	Start
	Eirik Schulze	Start
9	James Ampofo	Raufoss	6
	Andreas Hellum	Lyn
	Markus Karlsbakk	Lillestrøm
	Sebastian Pedersen	Sogndal

Clean sheets

As of 7 August 2025

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Mads Hedenstad Christiansen	Lillestrøm	11
2	Jacob Pryts	Start	6
3	Sten Grytebust	Aalesund	5
4	Lars Jendal	Sogndal	4
	Alexander Pedersen	Lyn
6	Sondre Rossbach	Stabæk	3
	Aleksei Gorodovoy	Kongsvinger
	André Hansen	Odd
	Simen Vidtun Nilsen	Ranheim
	Andreas Hermansen	Egersund
	Mathias Enger Eriksen	Moss

Hat-tricks

As of 7 August 2025

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Lucas Haren	Kongsvinger	Moss	6–0 (H)	21 April 2025
Mathias Grundetjern	Start	Stabæk	5–1 (H)	21 June 2025

Discipline

Player

As of 7 August 2025

• Most yellow cards: 7^[15]
  • Lars Victor Fors (Raufoss)

• Most red cards: 1^[15]
  • Ryan Nelson (Raufoss)
  • Benarfa (Moss)
  • Laurent Mendy (Moss)
  • Emmanuel Danso (Stabæk)
  • Adnan Hadzic (Skeid)
  • Kristoffer Lassen Harrison (Moss)
  • Philip Aukland (Aalesund)
  • Nicolai Næss (Stabæk)
  • Nicolas Pignatel Jenssen (Egersund)
  • Kweku Kekeli (Mjøndalen)
  • Tochukwu Joseph (Mjøndalen)

Club

As of 7 August 2025

• Most yellow cards: 36^[16]
  • Egersund

• Fewest yellow cards: 19^[16]
  • Lyn

• Most red cards: 3^[17]
  • Moss

• Fewest red cards: 0^[17]
  • 9 clubs

League attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Lillestrøm	38,820	9,397	4,872	6,470	−12.2%1
2	Aalesund	34,073	10,225	3,226	4,868	+27.4%†
3	Start	26,891	6,498	3,331	4,482	+39.8%†
4	Odd	25,997	4,928	3,093	3,714	−21.5%1
5	Lyn	18,405	7,012	1,633	3,068	−17.0%†
6	Stabæk	17,628	4,321	1,834	2,518	−4.7%†
7	Sogndal	12,904	3,676	1,637	2,151	+3.3%†
8	Kongsvinger	12,238	3,164	1,240	1,748	−6.4%†
9	Moss	11,646	2,894	1,368	1,664	−10.6%†
10	Hødd	8,219	2,175	1,086	1,370	+23.1%2
11	Mjøndalen	7,364	1,676	1,008	1,227	−19.5%†
12	Ranheim	6,877	1,316	456	982	−24.0%†
13	Raufoss	6,539	1,034	756	934	−10.0%†
14	Skeid	5,571	1,600	531	929	+93.9%2
15	Egersund	5,159	982	713	860	−16.1%†
16	Åsane	2,901	625	322	484	−33.4%†
	League total	241,232	10,225	322	2,342	−4.1%†

Updated to games played on 24 July 2025
Source:
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Eliteserien.
2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.

Notes

1. Lyn played one home game at KFUM Arena.
2. Ranheim played one home game at Frøya Storhall.
3. Raufoss were deducted 1 point.^[14]