1. divisjon
Season2008
Dates5 April – 1 November
ChampionsOdd Grenland
PromotedOdd Grenland
Sandefjord
Start
RelegatedSandnes Ulf
Hødd
Matches played240
Goals scored762 (3.18 per match)
Top goalscorerPéter Kovács
(22 goals)
← 2007
2009 →
2008 Norwegian First Division is located in Norway South
Sogndal
Bryne
Hønefoss
Sarpsborg Sparta
Start
Løv-Ham
Odd Grenland
Nybergsund
Haugesund
Kongsvinger
Moss
Sandnes Ulf
Notodden
Sandefjord
Hødd
2008 Clubs

The 2008 1. divisjon season (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) began on 5 April 2008 and ended on 1 November 2008.[1]

In 2009, the number of teams in the top tier, Tippeligaen, will expand from fourteen to sixteen.[2] Therefore, 2008 was a transitional season, in which more teams were promoted to the top flight, and less teams relegated to the 2. divisjon, than usual. Automatic promotion was awarded to the teams finishing in the top three places in the standings. Only the two teams at the bottom of the standings were relegated to the 2. divisjon, as opposed to the regular four.

The three clubs relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2007 were Odd Grenland, Start and Sandefjord. At the conclusion of the season, all three had managed to secure promotion, with Odd Grenland being confirmed as champions of the 1. divisjon after defeating Start 3–2 in the penultimate round.[3]

Sandnes Ulf and Hødd were relegated to the 2. divisjon after finishing in fifteenth and sixteenth place respectively. It was Sandnes Ulf's first season at the second level since 1972. Nybergsund, who had never previously played at the second level, retained their spot, finishing in eighth place.

As in previous years, there was a two-legged promotion playoff at the end of the season, this time between the fourth-placed team in the 1. divisjon (Sogndal) and the thirteenth-placed team in the Tippeligaen (Aalesund). Aalesund kept their spot in the Tippeligaen, beating Sogndal 4-1 away, 3-1 at home, and 7-2 on aggregate.[4]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Odd Grenland (C, P) 30 20 5 5 76 44 +32 65 Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Sandefjord (P) 30 17 9 4 46 25 +21 60
3 Start (P) 30 17 8 5 58 34 +24 59
4 Sogndal 30 15 9 6 53 36 +17 54 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
5 Hønefoss 30 15 6 9 47 33 +14 51
6 Notodden 30 12 10 8 55 40 +15 46
7 Haugesund 30 11 9 10 48 47 +1 42
8 Nybergsund 30 12 6 12 49 53 −4 42
9 Moss 30 9 12 9 63 54 +9 39
10 Sarpsborg Sparta 30 10 7 13 45 43 +2 37
11 Bryne 30 10 6 14 38 53 −15 36
12 Løv-Ham 30 9 7 14 37 45 −8 34
13 Kongsvinger 30 8 6 16 33 58 −25 30
14 Alta 30 8 2 20 49 66 −17 26
15 Sandnes Ulf (R) 30 5 10 15 36 55 −19 25 Relegation to Second Division
16 Hødd (R) 30 2 8 20 29 76 −47 14
Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. The winner, runner-up and third place finisher in the 1. divisjon are automatically promoted to the Tippeligaen. The fourth-placed team in the 1. divisjon and the 13th-placed team in the Tippeligaen meet in a playoff at the end of the season. The two teams finishing at the bottom of the table are automatically relegated to the 2. divisjon.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ALT BRY HAU ILH HØN KIL LØV MFK NOT NIL ODD SF ULF SSFK SIL IKS
Alta — 4–1 1–0 7–2 0–2 1–2 1–3 3–0 2–3 1–2 3–7 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–2
Bryne 3–1 — 2–2 6–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 5–5 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–3 4–0 1–0 0–1 0–1
Haugesund 5–4 1–1 — 3–1 0–4 0–1 2–3 2–2 3–1 3–1 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–2
Hødd 1–2 0–1 1–2 — 0–1 2–4 1–1 1–5 0–0 2–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–3 0–2
Hønefoss 2–0 2–0 1–1 5–1 — 4–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 6–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–4 3–3
Kongsvinger 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 — 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–3 0–3 0–0 2–1 4–3 2–2
Løv-Ham 3–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 — 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–3 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–0
Moss 4–2 1–2 2–4 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 — 1–1 2–1 3–3 3–1 2–4 2–4 1–1 4–0
Notodden 5–3 7–0 1–1 5–1 3–1 4–2 0–1 2–2 — 1–0 0–0 5–0 2–1 0–5 2–3 2–3
Nybergsund 2–0 4–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–5 0–1 — 1–3 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–3
Odd Grenland 2–1 5–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 1–1 5–1 — 2–1 3–2 3–2 4–4 3–2
Sandefjord 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 — 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1
Sandnes Ulf 2–2 1–1 2–4 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–3 0–3 0–0 — 2–1 3–0 2–2
Sarpsborg Sparta 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 5–1 1–1 2–1 — 2–2 0–2
Sogndal 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 4–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 — 0–3
Start 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 5–2 1–0 1–2 5–1 2–1 1–1 —
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

Main article: 2008 Eliteserien promotion/relegation play-offs

By finishing 4th, Sogndal competed in a two-legged relegation play-off against Aalesund, who finished 13th in the 2008 Tippeligaen, for the right to play in the 2009 Tippeligaen. Sogndal played at home first, decided in a draw held by the NFF.[5] Aalesund won 7–2 on aggregate, thereby securing a new season in the Tippeligaen. Sogndal remained in the 1. divisjon.

Sogndal1–4Aalesund
Bolseth 50' Report Arnefjord 22'
Aarøy 53'
Nadolski 61' (o.g.)
Diego Silva 90+4'
Fosshaugane Campus, Sogndal
Attendance: 3,553
Referee: Roy Helge Olsen, Fløy
Aalesund3–1Sogndal
Aarøy 14', 31', 43' Report Håvard Flo 43'
Color Line Stadion, Ålesund
Attendance: 8,646
Referee: Terje Hauge, Olsvik

Aalesund won 7–2 on aggregate and remained in Tippeligaen.

Top goalscorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Hungary Peter Kovacs Odd Grenland 22
2 Norway Kenneth Kvalheim Moss 21
3 Norway Morten Fevang Odd Grenland 15
4 Jamaica Fabian Taylor Notodden 14
5 Norway Vegard Braaten Alta 13
Norway Martin Wiig Sarpsborg Sparta
Norway Lars Lafton Hønefoss
8 Denmark Allan Borgvardt Bryne 12
9 Norway Geir Ludvig Fevang Start 11

Source: VG Nett[permanent dead link]

Relegated teams

These three teams were relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2007:

These four teams were promoted from the 2. divisjon in 2007:

References

  1. ^ "1. divisjon - Fixtures 2008". NRK Sport. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  2. ^ "Tippeligaen utvides til 16 lag". Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian). 2008-03-08. Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  3. ^ "Odd ble serievinnere". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). 2008-10-25. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  4. ^ "Beramming kvalikkamper til Tippeligaen". Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian). 2008-11-03. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  5. ^ "Trekning kvalifiseringskamp". fotball.no. 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2008-11-03.

External links

Norwegian First Division
2008 in Norwegian football
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