A national second tier of Norwegian league football was established in 1963.[ 1] [ 2] The league took over for Landsdelsserien , a league consisting of seven regional groups, as the second tier in the Norwegian football league system . The league was named 2. divisjon.[ 1] After the rebranding of the top tier ahead of the 1990 season, the second tier was rebranded as 1. divisjon in 1991.
Regional
1. divisjon (1948–1951)
Group winners competed in qualification play-offs for four spots in the following season's top division.
Promoted teams are shown in bold .
Teams marked with an asterisk (*) were not promoted
Landsdelsserien (1951–1962)
Winners from districts east/south and east/north were promoted to the top division. The remaining five winner qualified for promotion play-offs to compete for two spots in the following season's top division. In the 1961–62 season, only two teams promoted.
Promoted teams are shown in bold .
Teams marked with an asterisk (*) were not promoted
National
2. divisjon (1963–1990)
Teams in bold were promoted
Teams marked with an asterisk (*) were not promoted
Teams in italics were teams from Northern Norway not eligible for promotion at the time.
1. divisjon (1991–)
Teams in bold was promoted
Team marked with an asterisk (*) was not promoted
Season
Winners
Runners-up
Third (play-off)
Other play-off
1997
Vålerenga
Moss
Eik-Tønsberg *
—
1998
Odd Grenland
Skeid
Kjelsås *
—
1999
Haugesund
Bryne
Start
—
2000
Lyn
Strømsgodset
Sogndal
—
2001
Vålerenga
Start
HamKam *
—
2002
Tromsø
Aalesund
Sandefjord *
—
2003
HamKam
Fredrikstad
Sandefjord *
—
2004
Start
Aalesund
Kongsvinger *
—
2005
Stabæk
Sandefjord
Moss *
—
2006
Strømsgodset
Aalesund
Bryne *
—
2007
Molde
HamKam
Bodø/Glimt
—
2008
Odd Grenland
Sandeford
Start [ nb 5]
Sogndal *
2009
Haugesund
Hønefoss
Kongsvinger
Sogndal ,* Sarpsborg 08 *
2010
Sogndal
Sarpsborg 08
Fredrikstad
Løv-Ham ,* Ranheim *
2011
Hønefoss
Sandnes Ulf
Sandefjord *[ nb 6]
—
2012
Start
Sarpsborg 08
Sandefjord *
Mjøndalen ,* Bodø/Glimt ,* Ullensaker/Kisa *
2013
Bodø/Glimt
Stabæk
Hødd *
Ranheim ,* HamKam ,* Mjøndalen *
2014
Sandefjord
Tromsø
Mjøndalen
Kristiansund ,* Bærum ,* Fredrikstad *
2015
Sogndal
Brann
Kristiansund *
Hødd ,* Jerv ,* Ranheim *
2016
Kristiansund
Sandefjord
Jerv *
Sandnes Ulf ,* Kongsvinger ,* Mjøndalen *
2017
Bodø/Glimt
Start
Mjøndalen *
Ranheim , Sandnes Ulf ,* Ullensaker/Kisa *
2018
Viking
Mjøndalen
Aalesund *
Sogndal ,* Ullensaker/Kisa ,* Nest-Sotra *
2019
Aalesund
Sandefjord
Start
KFUM Oslo ,* Kongsvinger ,* Sogndal *
2020
Tromsø
Lillestrøm
Sogndal *
Ranheim ,* Åsane ,* Raufoss *
Number of titles
This lists national league winners only. Clubs in bold are competing in 1. divisjon as of the current season .
Overall
The winners of Landsdelsserien (1951–1962) and the district groups (1970–1976) are not included.
6 wins: HamKam , Lyn , Sogndal
5 wins: Brann , Mjøndalen
4 wins: Start , Vålerenga
3 wins: Odd , Hødd , Strømsgodset , Skeid , Molde , Moss , Bodø/Glimt , Haugesund , Viking , Tromsø
2 wins: Rosenborg , Frigg , Fredrikstad , Strømmen , Fyllingen
1 win: Sandefjord BK , Raufoss , Steinkjer , Lisleby , Pors , Sarpsborg FK , Os , Lillestrøm , Bryne , Mo , Kongsvinger , Mjølner , Strindheim , Stabæk , Hønefoss , Sandefjord , Kristiansund , Aalesund
In the current one-conference system (1997–)
2 wins: Vålerenga , Odd , Haugesund , Start , Sogndal , Bodø/Glimt , Tromsø
1 win: Lyn , HamKam , Stabæk , Strømsgodset , Molde , Hønefoss , Sandefjord , Kristiansund , Viking , Aalesund
↑ The winners of District XI were never eligible for promotion.
↑ The winners of District IX–X was not eligible for promotion in 1970.
↑ In the 1971 season, the winner of the District IX–X, Mjølner was directly promoted.
↑ 4.0 4.1 Due to the expansion of the top division from 12 to 14 teams, both runners-up were automatically promoted this season.
↑ Due to the expansion of the top division from 14 to 16 teams, the third finisher in the 2008 1. divisjon was promoted directly.
↑ No play-offs in 2011
References
Seasons
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