2003 Norwegian First Division

The 2003 1. divisjon season kicked off on 13 April 2003, and the final round was played on 1 November 2003.

1. divisjon
Season2003
Dates13 April – 1 November
ChampionsHamKam
PromotedHamKam
Fredrikstad
RelegatedBærum
Manglerud Star
Ørn-Horten
Alta
Matches played240
Goals scored820 (3.42 per match)
Top goalscorerMarkus Ringberg
(19 goals)
← 2002
2004 →

Ham-Kam were promoted to the 2004 Tippeligaen as 1. divisjon winners, along with Fredrikstad who finished second. Ham-Kam will be playing in the top division for the first time since 1995, while Fredrikstad returned for the first time since 1975.

As in previous seasons, there was a two-legged promotion play-off at the end of the season, between the third-placed team in the 1. divisjon (Sandefjord) and the twelfth-placed team in the Tippeligaen (Vålerenga). Vålerenga kept their spot in the Tippeligaen, beating Sandefjord 5-3 on aggregate.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 HamKam (C, P) 30 19 6 5 60 29 +31 63 Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Fredrikstad (P) 30 19 5 6 68 37 +31 62
3 Sandefjord 30 19 4 7 71 41 +30 61 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 Raufoss 30 17 5 8 75 47 +28 56
5 Hønefoss BK 30 16 7 7 55 41 +14 55
6 Haugesund 30 13 10 7 53 42 +11 49
7 Mandalskameratene 30 14 7 9 57 51 +6 49
8 Skeid 30 13 6 11 46 47 −1 45
9 Start 30 12 4 14 53 50 +3 40
10 Strømsgodset 30 10 7 13 56 58 −2 37
11 Hødd 30 9 8 13 51 54 −3 35
12 Moss 30 8 11 11 34 39 −5 35
13 Bærum (R) 30 7 6 17 34 58 −24 27 Relegation to Second Division
14 Oslo Øst[lower-alpha 1] (R) 30 5 7 18 36 67 −31 20
15 Ørn-Horten (R) 30 5 5 20 40 83 −43 20
16 Alta (R) 30 3 4 23 31 76 −45 13
Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Oslo Øst were deducted a total 2 points.

Results
Home \ Away AIF BÆR FRE HAM FKH ILH HBK MAN MOS ØST RIL SAN SKD IKS SIF ØRN
Alta — 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 4–1
Bærum 2–0 — 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 0–1 3–3 2–1 2–0 1–4 2–2 2–0 1–2 3–2
Fredrikstad 1–3 4–0 — 4–1 3–2 4–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 4–1 3–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–0
HamKam 7–2 2–0 1–2 — 2–1 2–1 4–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 4–0
Haugesund 3–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 — 1–1 3–1 4–3 0–0 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–1
Hødd 6–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–4 — 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 4–2 2–2 5–2 3–2 3–0
Hønefoss 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 4–2 — 2–1 1–1 4–1 3–5 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 6–1
Mandalskameratene 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–6 2–2 1–0 1–2 — 2–2 3–1 2–3 0–4 2–1 1–0 3–3 6–2
Moss 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 — 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1
Oslo Øst 2–0 1–1 2–5 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–3 0–0 — 1–4 2–4 0–1 5–4 0–1 1–0
Raufoss 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 4–1 5–0 2–2 1–2 0–1 5–3 — 1–2 4–1 1–3 2–2 4–3
Sandefjord 7–1 4–1 3–1 1–3 1–2 4–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 6–1 0–4 — 2–1 1–2 4–2 2–0
Skeid 4–2 2–1 4–0 1–4 3–1 1–0 1–4 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 — 1–1 1–2 6–2
Start 5–2 4–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 0–3 2–0 0–1 2–7 4–2 5–0 — 5–1 1–1
Strømsgodset 5–1 3–1 2–3 4–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–3 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 — 4–2
Ørn-Horten 2–0 4–2 0–5 1–3 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–6 2–1 2–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 5–3 —
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Norway Markus Ringberg HamKam 19
2 Norway Christian Johnsen Raufoss 17
3 Iceland Haraldur Ingólfsson Raufoss 15
4 England Ben Wright Start 13
Norway Geir Televik Hødd
Norway Tom Helge Jacobsen Sandefjord
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