2022 Norwegian First Division
| Season | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2 April – 29 October |
| Champions | Brann |
| Promoted | Brann Stabæk |
| Relegated | Grorud Stjørdals-Blink |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 789 (3.29 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Bård Finne Gift Orban (16 goals) |
| Highest attendance | 16,617 Brann 3–0 Sandnes Ulf (16 May 2022)[1] |
| Lowest attendance | 125 Grorud 1–1 Raufoss (3 October 2022)[1] |
| Average attendance | 2,121[1] |
← 2021 2023 → | |
The 2022 Norwegian First Division (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is a Norwegian second-tier football league season. The league started on 2 April 2022, and is scheduled to end on 29 October 2022, not including play-off matches.[2]
Teams
In the 2021 1. divisjon, HamKam, Aalesund, and Jerv were promoted to the 2022 Eliteserien, while Strømmen and Ull/Kisa were relegated to the 2022 2. divisjon. Mjøndalen, Stabæk, and Brann were relegated from the 2021 Eliteserien, while Kongsvinger and Skeid were promoted from the 2021 2. divisjon.
Stadiums and locations
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Åsane | Bergen | Åsane Arena | 3,300 |
| Brann | Bergen | Brann Stadion | 16,750 |
| Bryne | Bryne | Bryne Stadion | 4,000 |
| Fredrikstad | Fredrikstad | Fredrikstad Stadion | 12,500 |
| Grorud | Oslo | Grorud Match Kunstgress | 1,700 |
| KFUM Oslo | Oslo | KFUM-Arena | 2,000 |
| Kongsvinger | Kongsvinger | Gjemselund Stadion | 5,824 |
| Mjøndalen | Mjøndalen | Consto Arena | 4,200 |
| Ranheim | Trondheim | EXTRA Arena | 3,000 |
| Raufoss | Raufoss | NAMMO Stadion | 1,800 |
| Sandnes Ulf | Sandnes | Øster Hus Arena | 6,043 |
| Skeid | Oslo | Nordre Åsen Kunstgressbane | 2,500 |
| Sogndal | Sogndal | Fosshaugane Campus | 5,622 |
| Stabæk | Bærum | Nadderud Stadion | 4,938 |
| Start | Kristiansand | Sparebanken Sør Arena | 14,448 |
| Stjørdals-Blink | Stjørdalshalsen | M.U.S Stadion Sandskogan | 2,000 |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brann (C, P) | 30 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 95 | 16 | +79 | 81 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round and promotion to Eliteserien[lower-alpha 1] |
| 2 | Stabæk (P) | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 62 | 28 | +34 | 58 | Promotion to Eliteserien |
| 3 | Start | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 54 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 4 | KFUM Oslo | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 52 | |
| 5 | Sandnes Ulf | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 47 | |
| 6 | Kongsvinger | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 46 | |
| 7 | Sogndal | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 43 | |
| 8 | Ranheim | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 43 | |
| 9 | Mjøndalen | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 42 | |
| 10 | Fredrikstad | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 35 | |
| 11 | Bryne | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 35 | |
| 12 | Raufoss | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 35 | |
| 13 | Åsane | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 67 | −25 | 32 | |
| 14 | Skeid (O) | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 28 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Grorud (R) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 69 | −35 | 20 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 16 | Stjørdals-Blink (R) | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 71 | −41 | 17 |
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:
- ↑ Brann qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as winners of the 2022 Norwegian Football Cup.
Positions by round
| Promotion to 2023 Eliteserien | |
| Promotion play-offs | |
| Relegation play-offs | |
| Relegation to 2023 2. divisjon |
Results
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.[4]
| First round | Second round | Third round | |||||||||||
| 3 | Start | 0 | |||||||||||
| 4 | KFUM Oslo | 1 | 6 | Kongsvinger | 1 | ||||||||
| 5 | Sandnes Ulf | 0 | 6 | Kongsvinger | 2 | ||||||||
| 6 | Kongsvinger | 1 | |||||||||||
- First round
| Sandnes Ulf | 0–1 | Kongsvinger |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Taylor File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' |
- Second round
| KFUM Oslo | 1–2 | Kongsvinger |
|---|---|---|
| Hestnes File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' | Report | Gerson File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Andersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' |
- Third round
Relegation play-offs
The 14th-placed team took part in a two-legged play-off against the winners of the Second Division play-offs, to decide who would play in the First Division next season.[4]
| Skeid | 6–0 | Arendal |
|---|---|---|
| Buduson File:Soccerball shade.svg 3', 43' Hoven File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Romsaas File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Effiom File:Soccerball shade.svg 67', 80' |
Report |
| Arendal | 1–2 | Skeid |
|---|---|---|
| Johansen File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' | Report | Nordengen File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Buduson File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' |
Skeid won 8–1 on aggregate.
Season statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway Bård Finne | Brann | 16 |
| Nigeria Gift Orban | Stabæk | ||
| 3 | Norway Mathias Rasmussen | Brann | 15 |
| 4 | Norway Vegard Erlien | Ranheim | 14 |
| Norway Aune Heggebø | Brann | ||
| 6 | Norway Martin Ramsland | Sandnes Ulf | 13 |
| 7 | Norway Jonatan Braut Brunes | Start | 12 |
| Norway Marcus Mehnert | Ranheim | ||
| Norway Nicolay Solberg | Fredrikstad | ||
| 10 | Chile Niklas Castro | Brann | 11 |
| Iceland Jónatan Ingi Jónsson | Sogndal | ||
| Norway Eirik Schulze | Start |
Discipline
Player
- Most yellow cards: 9[5]
- Sweden Jakob Lindström (Fredrikstad)
- Norway Ole Amund Sveen (Mjøndalen)
- Norway Erik Tønne (Ranheim)
- Most red cards: 2[5]
- Norway Nicolai Fremstad (Raufoss)
- Ghana Isaac Twum (Mjøndalen / Sogndal)
- Norway Morten Strand (Stjørdals-Blink)
- England Curtis Edwards (Stabæk)
- Canada David Paulmin (Stjørdals-Blink)
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Tilskuertall 1. divisjon 2022". NIFS. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ↑ "OBOS-ligaen 2022 - Terminliste". fotball.no. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
- ↑ "2022 - Kontaktpersoner". Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Slik spilles kvalifiseringskampene". Norwegian Football Federation (in norsk). 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "OBOS-ligaen 2022 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort" (in norsk). NFF. Retrieved 29 October 2022.