2004 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season	2004
Dates	12 April – 31 October
Champions	Start
Promoted	Start; Aalesund
Relegated	Raufoss; Haugesund; Vard Haugesund; Tromsdalen
Matches played	240
Goals scored	832 (3.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paul Oyuga; (18 goals)
	← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 1. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season kicked off on 12 April 2004, and the final round was played on 31 October 2004.

Start were promoted to the 2005 Tippeligaen as First Division winners, along with Aalesund who finished second. Start will be playing in the top division for the first time since 2002. Aalesund, meanwhile, returned to the top flight after being relegated in 2003.

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 (Kongsvinger) and the twelfth-placed team in the Tippeligaen (Bodø/Glimt). Bodø/Glimt kept their spot in the Tippeligaen, beating Kongsvinger 4–1 on aggregate.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Start (C, P)	30	24	2	4	71	28	+43	74	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Aalesund (P)	30	21	1	8	67	36	+31	64	Promotion to Tippeligaen
3	Kongsvinger	30	16	5	9	53	42	+11	53	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Sandefjord	30	15	6	9	60	32	+28	51
5	Mandalskameratene	30	13	6	11	51	55	−4	45
6	Hødd	30	14	2	14	63	59	+4	44
7	Bryne	30	11	9	10	54	45	+9	42
8	Skeid	30	12	6	12	57	56	+1	42
9	Strømsgodset	30	11	7	12	42	45	−3	40
10	Moss	30	11	5	14	48	47	+1	38
11	Pors Grenland[lower-alpha 1]	30	11	7	12	56	60	−4	38
12	Hønefoss BK	30	11	4	15	52	54	−2	37
13	Raufoss (R)	30	10	7	13	42	47	−5	37	Relegation to Second Division
14	Haugesund (R)	30	11	4	15	44	59	−15	37
15	Vard Haugesund (R)	30	7	3	20	43	83	−40	24
16	Tromsdalen (R)	30	3	4	23	29	84	−55	13

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Pors Grenland was deducted 2 points for using ineligible players.

Results

Home \ Away	AAL	BRY	FKH	ILH	HBK	KIL	MAN	MOS	PRS	RIL	SAN	SKD	IKS	SIF	TUIL	VAR
Aalesund	—	1–0	3–2	1–2	3–2	3–1	5–2	1–0	6–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	6–0	4–0
Bryne	1–4	—	2–1	2–1	2–2	5–1	0–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	3–0	0–0	6–1	4–0
Haugesund	0–1	2–2	—	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–4	1–0	3–2	0–3	3–4	2–3	2–1	3–0	1–5
Hødd	1–1	0–0	5–0	—	2–1	3–2	4–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	0–3	1–3	1–5	4–0	7–1	3–0
Hønefoss	0–2	3–1	5–0	1–3	—	3–4	0–2	2–4	4–0	0–1	3–2	1–3	4–3	0–1	1–0	2–1
Kongsvinger	0–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	—	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–2	6–1
Mandalskameratene	3–2	0–3	3–0	5–2	2–3	0–3	—	5–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–4	1–0	3–0	3–2
Moss	2–1	2–4	2–3	1–2	4–1	3–0	0–0	—	2–2	0–0	0–3	4–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	2–1
Pors Grenland	1–2	0–0	2–3	4–3	4–3	3–0	4–0	2–4	—	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–3	3–0	5–2
Raufoss	0–1	1–4	2–2	2–3	1–3	3–4	5–2	3–0	1–1	—	1–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	0–1
Sandefjord	2–0	3–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	2–0	3–0	—	3–1	0–1	5–1	2–1	9–1
Skeid	4–1	4–2	1–0	3–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–2	1–2	—	1–2	3–4	6–0	2–2
Start	4–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	3–1	—	2–1	6–0	4–2
Strømsgodset	2–4	2–2	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	—	4–2	1–0
Tromsdalen	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–1	3–5	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–1	0–1	—	2–3
Vard Haugesund	1–2	2–0	0–2	5–4	1–3	4–5	2–1	1–4	0–2	4–3	1–1	0–1	0–3	0–3	1–1	—

Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Paul Oyuga	Bryne	18
2	Magnus Myklebust	Hødd	16
3	Ben Wright	Start	15
	Dag Roar Ørsal	Hødd
	Morten Moldskred	Aalesund
	Håvard Sakariassen	Moss
7	John Erling Kleppe	Pors Grenland	14
7	Bala Garba	Start	14
9	Mohammed Abdellaoue	Skeid	11
	Henrik Nyhus	Mandalskameratene
	Bjørn Yngvar Kydland	Bryne
	Kim Larsen	Strømsgodset

Relegated teams

These two teams were relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2003. 12th-place finishers Vålerenga defeated Sandefjord in the playoff to retain their spot in the highest division.

Promoted teams

These four teams were promoted from the 2. divisjon in 2003: