2021 Norwegian First Division

The 2021 Norwegian First Division (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

Norwegian First Division
Season2021
Dates15 May – 27 November
ChampionsHamKam
PromotedHamKam
Aalesund
Jerv
RelegatedUll/Kisa
Strømmen
Matches played240
Goals scored765 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorerOscar Aga
(24 goals)
Biggest home win6–2 (1 match)
5–1 (4 matches)
4–0 (3 matches)
Biggest away winÅsane 1–6 Aalesund
(18 September 2021)
Highest scoringSandnes Ulf 5–4 Ranheim
(15 September 2021)
Longest winning run5 matches
Aalesund
HamKam
Jerv[1]
Longest unbeaten run23 matches
Aalesund[1]
Longest winless run17 matches
Strømmen[1]
Longest losing run7 matches
Ull/Kisa[1]
← 2020
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 27 November 2021.

The league started on 15 May 2021, and ended on 27 November 2021.[2]

HamKam earned promotion to Eliteserien on 6 November 2021, after a 1–0 win against Stjørdals-Blink.[3] Aalesund secured their promotion in the penultimate round.

Teams
Locations of the teams in the 2021 1. divisjon

In the 2020 1. divisjon, Tromsø and Lillestrøm were promoted to the 2021 Eliteserien, while Kongsvinger and Øygarden were relegated to the 2021 2. divisjon.

Start and Aalesund were relegated from the 2020 Eliteserien, while Fredrikstad and Bryne were promoted from the 2020 2. divisjon.

Stadiums and locations
Team Location Arena Capacity[4] Manager
Aalesund Ålesund Color Line Stadion 10,778 Norway Lars Arne Nilsen
Bryne Bryne Bryne Stadion 4,000 Norway Jan Halvor Halvorsen
Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Stadion 12,500 Norway Bjørn Johansen
Grorud Oslo Grorud Arctic Match 1,700 Norway Johan Gjønnes Nilsen
HamKam Hamar Briskeby Arena 7,800 Norway Kjetil Rekdal
Jerv Grimstad Levermyr Stadion 3,300 Norway Arne Sandstø
KFUM Oslo Oslo KFUM Arena 2,000 Norway Jørgen Isnes
Ranheim Trondheim Extra Arena 3,000 Portugal Hugo Pereira
Raufoss Raufoss Nammo Stadion 1,800 Norway Christian Johnsen
Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Øster Hus Arena 6,043 Norway Bjarne Berntsen
Sogndal Sogndal Fosshaugane Campus 5,622 Norway Eirik Bakke
Start Kristiansand Sør Arena 14,448 Norway Sindre Tjelmeland
Stjørdals-Blink Stjørdalshalsen M.U.S Stadion 2,000 England Tom Dent
Strømmen Strømmen Strømmen Stadion 2,000 Norway Ole Martin Nesselquist
Ull/Kisa Jessheim Jessheim Stadion 4,500 Norway Steffen Landro
Åsane Bergen Åsane Arena 3,300 Norway Morten Røssland

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Stjørdals-Blink Norway Roar Vikvang Appointed head of Rosenborg's academy 31 December 2020[5] Pre-season England Tom Dent 1 January 2021[6] Pre-season
Ull/Kisa Norway Trond Fredriksen Mutual consent 11 January 2021[7] Norway Sindre Tjelmeland 12 January 2021[8]
Grorud Norway Eirik Kjønø Signed by Stabæk as assistant 4 February 2021[9] Norway Aksel Bergo 1 March 2021[10]
Start Iceland Jóhannes Harðarson Sacked 14 June 2021[11] 7th Norway Sindre Tjelmeland 19 June 2021[12] 12th
Ull/Kisa Norway Sindre Tjelmeland Signed by Start 19 June 2021[12] 11th Norway Arild Sundgot 1 July 2021[13] 11th
Ranheim Norway Svein Maalen Mutual consent 22 June 2021[14] 15th Portugal Hugo Pereira 7 July 2021[15] 15th
Sandnes Ulf Norway Steffen Landro Mutual consent 14 July 2021[16] 16th Norway Bjarne Berntsen 12 August 2021[17] 14th
Grorud Norway Aksel Bergo Mutual consent 27 August 2021[18] 16th Norway Johan Gjønnes Nilsen (interim) 27 August 2021[18] 16th
Ull/Kisa Norway Arild Sundgot Sacked 3 October 2021[19] 14th Norway Steffen Landro 5 October 2021[20] 14th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 HamKam (C, P) 30 21 6 3 62 21 +41 69 Promotion to Eliteserien
2 Aalesund (P) 30 16 10 4 68 43 +25 58
3 Jerv (O, P) 30 15 9 6 49 46 +3 54 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 Fredrikstad 30 15 7 8 60 42 +18 52
5 KFUM Oslo 30 12 8 10 46 45 +1 44
6 Sogndal 30 11 9 10 40 35 +5 42
7 Åsane 30 11 7 12 44 53 −9 40
8 Sandnes Ulf 30 10 9 11 43 49 −6 39
9 Start 30 10 8 12 59 59 0 38
10 Bryne 30 11 4 15 44 48 −4 37
11 Raufoss 30 10 5 15 51 54 −3 34[lower-alpha 1]
12 Ranheim 30 9 7 14 56 62 −6 34
13 Grorud 30 10 4 16 45 59 −14 34
14 Stjørdals-Blink (O) 30 8 7 15 32 50 −18 31 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Ull/Kisa (R) 30 7 8 15 34 50 −16 29 Relegation to Second Division
16 Strømmen (R) 30 4 12 14 32 49 −17 24
Source: Soccerway, NIFS
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 away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Raufoss have been deducted 1 point.[21]

Results
Home \ Away AAL BRY FRE GRO HAM JER KFU RAN RAU ULF SOG STA STJ STR ULL ÅSA
Aalesund — 2–1 2–2 6–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–2 2–2 3–0 3–2 5–1 3–2 4–2 2–0
Bryne 2–3 — 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–2 3–1 0–1 0–1 4–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1
Fredrikstad 2–2 3–1 — 2–2 0–1 4–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 5–1 3–1 2–0 2–3
Grorud 1–2 4–2 1–2 — 1–2 2–3 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–4 1–2 1–0 0–2 3–2
HamKam 2–3 3–0 1–0 2–2 — 3–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–2
Jerv 2–2 2–1 3–2 0–0 0–2 — 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 3–3 3–1
KFUM Oslo 2–4 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 4–1 — 2–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–1
Ranheim 3–3 2–4 1–1 1–0 0–4 3–4 1–3 — 4–2 4–0 0–4 1–1 1–0 5–2 5–1 2–2
Raufoss 4–2 4–1 0–1 2–4 2–1 3–0 5–1 0–4 — 1–0 1–2 1–3 5–2 4–2 0–2 1–1
Sandnes Ulf 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 5–4 1–1 — 0–2 1–2 2–1 3–2 2–1 3–2
Sogndal 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 — 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1
Start 2–0 2–3 2–6 3–0 1–4 2–4 2–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 — 4–1 3–2 1–3 1–1
Stjørdals-Blink 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 — 1–1 0–0 0–1
Strømmen 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 — 2–1 1–0
Ull/Kisa 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 4–1 0–0 — 0–1
Åsane 1–6 2–1 2–3 3–1 0–4 0–1 3–0 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–3 —
Source: Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian), NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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 advance to play the 14th-placed team in the Eliteserien on neutral ground in the Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.[22]

First roundSecond roundThird round
3Jerv (p)1 (5)
4Fredrikstad3 (4)5KFUM Oslo1 (3)
5KFUM Oslo15KFUM Oslo (p)3 (5)
6Sogndal0
First round
KFUM Oslo1–0Sogndal
Njie 51' Report
Attendance: 864
Referee: Christian Moen
Second round
Fredrikstad3–3 (a.e.t.)KFUM Oslo
Johansen 64', 88'
Maikel 112'		 Report Sanyang 27'
Njie 36', 120+3'
Penalties
Øby soccer ball with red X
Solberg soccer ball with check mark
Hadzic soccer ball with check mark
Maikel soccer ball with check mark
Nielsen soccer ball with check mark		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark Tavakoli
soccer ball with check mark Alm
soccer ball with check mark Mahnin
soccer ball with check mark Njie
soccer ball with check mark Nuñez
Attendance: 2,153
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes
Third round
Jerv1–1 (a.e.t.)KFUM Oslo
Norheim 81' Report Nuñez 50'
Penalties
Campos soccer ball with check mark
Wichmann soccer ball with check mark
Arrocha soccer ball with check mark
Norheim soccer ball with check mark
Novak soccer ball with check mark		 5–3 soccer ball with red X Tavakoli
soccer ball with check mark Alm
soccer ball with check mark Mahnin
soccer ball with check mark Njie
Attendance: 1,486
Referee: Sivert Amland

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team, Stjørdals-Blink, took part in a two-legged play-off against the winners of the Second Division play-offs, Hødd, to decide who would play in the First Division next season.[23]

Hødd3–2Stjørdals-Blink
Skeide 38'
Wrele 43'
Saunes 63'		 Report Bjørnholm-Jatta 7'
Lillebo 76'
Attendance: 803
Referee: Daniel Higraff
Stjørdals-Blink3–0Hødd
Bjørnholm-Jatta 4'
Lillebo 10', 75'		 Report
M.U.S Stadion, Stjørdalshalsen
Attendance: 618
Referee: Steinar Hauge

Stjørdals-Blink won 5–3 on aggregate.

Season statistics

References
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