2022 Norwegian First Division

The 2022 Norwegian First Division (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

Norwegian First Division
Season2022
Dates2 April – 29 October
ChampionsBrann
PromotedBrann
Stabæk
RelegatedGrorud
Stjørdals-Blink
Matches played240
Goals scored789 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorerBård Finne
Gift Orban
(16 goals)
Highest attendance16,617
Brann 3–0 Sandnes Ulf
(16 May 2022)[1]
Lowest attendance125
Grorud 1–1 Raufoss
(3 October 2022)[1]
Average attendance2,121[1]
← 2021
2023 →

The league started on 2 April 2022, and is scheduled to end on 29 October 2022, not including play-off matches.[2]

Teams
Locations of the teams in the 2022 Norwegian First Division

In the 2021 1. divisjon, HamKam, Aalesund, and Jerv were promoted to the 2022 Eliteserien, while Strømmen and Ull/Kisa were relegated to the 2022 2. divisjon.

Mjøndalen, Stabæk, and Brann were relegated from the 2021 Eliteserien, while Kongsvinger and Skeid were promoted from the 2021 2. divisjon.

Stadiums and locations
Team Location Arena Capacity[3]
Åsane Bergen Åsane Arena 3,300
Brann Bergen Brann Stadion 16,750
Bryne Bryne Bryne Stadion 4,000
Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Stadion 12,500
Grorud Oslo Grorud Match Kunstgress 1,700
KFUM Oslo Oslo KFUM-Arena 2,000
Kongsvinger Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion 5,824
Mjøndalen Mjøndalen Consto Arena 4,200
Ranheim Trondheim EXTRA Arena 3,000
Raufoss Raufoss NAMMO Stadion 1,800
Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Øster Hus Arena 6,043
Skeid Oslo Nordre Åsen Kunstgressbane 2,500
Sogndal Sogndal Fosshaugane Campus 5,622
Stabæk Bærum Nadderud Stadion 4,938
Start Kristiansand Sparebanken Sør Arena 14,448
Stjørdals-Blink Stjørdalshalsen M.U.S Stadion Sandskogan 2,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Brann (C, P) 30 26 3 1 95 16 +79 81 Promotion to Eliteserien and qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
2 Stabæk (P) 30 16 10 4 62 28 +34 58 Promotion to Eliteserien
3 Start 30 16 6 8 63 38 +25 54 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 KFUM Oslo 30 15 7 8 61 48 +13 52
5 Sandnes Ulf 30 14 5 11 54 52 +2 47
6 Kongsvinger 30 13 7 10 43 37 +6 46
7 Sogndal 30 12 7 11 55 53 +2 43
8 Ranheim 30 12 7 11 49 52 −3 43
9 Mjøndalen 30 13 3 14 39 47 −8 42
10 Fredrikstad 30 9 8 13 46 51 −5 35
11 Bryne 30 9 8 13 42 52 −10 35
12 Raufoss 30 9 8 13 35 54 −19 35
13 Åsane 30 8 8 14 42 67 −25 32
14 Skeid (O) 30 8 4 18 39 54 −15 28 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Grorud (R) 30 4 8 18 34 69 −35 20 Relegation to Second Division
16 Stjørdals-Blink (R) 30 4 5 21 30 71 −41 17
Source: NFF (in Norwegian)
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 goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Brann qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as winners of the 2022–23 Norwegian Football Cup.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Brann232332211111111111111111111111
Stabæk463766443443322443454332222222
Start128653337887999999788666434443
KFUM Oslo756489775675477866543223343334
Sandnes Ulf511124554569654332335554556665
Kongsvinger138101011101011131312121111111111101099987765556
Sogndal344547868756866557866799887797
Ranheim16149898986322233224222445678878
Mjøndalen67521112223478568891010101010999989
Fredrikstad796975699101010101010101011121112121212121112111210
Bryne121516161614141412121313131313131313131313131313131313121011
Raufoss141212121011111210998548775677878101010101112
Åsane151314131314121011111111121212121212111211111111111211131313
Skeid111515151516151516161615151514141414141414141414141414141414
Grorud7911111212131314141414141415151516161616161616161615151515
Stjørdals-Blink71113141415161615151516161616161615151515151515151516161616
Promotion to 2023 Eliteserien
Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2023 2. divisjon
Source: nifs.no

Results
Home \ Away BRA BRY FRE GRO KFU KON MJØ RAN RAU ULF SKE SOG STB STA STJ ÅSA
Brann — 2–1 3–0 7–0 4–1 3–0 7–0 5–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 5–0 1–1
Bryne 1–5 — 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 5–0 0–2 0–3 3–3 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1
Fredrikstad 1–3 1–3 — 3–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–4 1–2 2–0 5–2 2–4 1–0 2–2 2–2
Grorud 0–2 2–2 2–2 — 1–3 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–4 0–3 1–2 3–1
KFUM Oslo 1–5 3–3 2–1 2–2 — 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 3–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–2
Kongsvinger 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–2 3–1 — 2–1 2–2 4–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 5–0 1–1
Mjøndalen 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 — 1–2 1–2 4–1 1–0 0–4 2–4 0–0 2–1 1–1
Ranheim 0–4 1–1 3–2 2–1 4–1 0–2 2–1 — 3–2 1–2 4–0 3–3 0–1 2–2 2–1 3–3
Raufoss 0–5 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 — 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–4 1–2 2–2 1–0
Sandnes Ulf 0–3 2–1 0–4 2–4 2–2 4–1 0–2 3–2 1–4 — 0–0 6–0 2–2 3–5 0–0 6–0
Skeid 2–3 1–2 3–3 3–2 1–5 4–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 — 2–3 2–3 3–2 3–1 2–0
Sogndal 0–4 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 — 4–3 1–2 6–1 2–3
Stabæk 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 — 5–0 4–2 4–0
Start 0–2 6–0 1–0 5–0 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 3–2 5–1 0–0 — 3–1 4–1
Stjørdals-Blink 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–4 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–3 3–2 0–3 — 2–4
Åsane 0–2 1–2 4–3 3–2 0–3 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–4 1–5 1–1 —
Source: NFF (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 face the 14th-placed team in the Eliteserien over two legs in the Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.[4]

First roundSecond roundThird round
3Start0
4KFUM Oslo16Kongsvinger1
5Sandnes Ulf06Kongsvinger2
6Kongsvinger1
First round
Sandnes Ulf0–1Kongsvinger
Report Taylor 82'
Attendance: 1,518
Referee: Svein Tore Sinnes
Second round
KFUM Oslo1–2Kongsvinger
Hestnes 2' Report Gerson 49'
Andersen 89'
Attendance: 1,763
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes
Third round
Start0–1Kongsvinger
Report Gerson 88' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,621
Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team took part in a two-legged play-off against the winners of the Second Division play-offs, to decide who would play in the First Division next season.[4]

SemifinalFinal
Skeid628
Arendal033Arendal011
Ull/Kisa101
Skeid6–0Arendal
Buduson 3', 43'
Hoven 54'
Romsaas 56'
Effiom 67', 80'		 Report
Nordre Åsen, Oslo
Attendance: 552
Referee: Steinar Hauge
Arendal1–2Skeid
Johansen 79' Report Nordengen 61'
Buduson 83'
Norac Stadion, Arendal
Attendance: 519
Referee: Marius Lien

Skeid won 8–1 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[5]
1 Norway Bård Finne Brann 16
Nigeria Gift Orban Stabæk
3 Norway Mathias Rasmussen Brann 15
4 Norway Vegard Erlien Ranheim 14
Norway Aune Heggebø Brann
6 Norway Martin Ramsland Sandnes Ulf 13
7 Norway Jonatan Braut Brunes Start 12
Norway Marcus Mehnert Ranheim
Norway Nicolay Solberg Fredrikstad
10 Chile Niklas Castro Brann 11
Iceland Jónatan Ingi Jónsson Sogndal
Norway Eirik Schulze Start

Player

References
  1. "Tilskuertall 1. divisjon 2022". NIFS. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  2. "OBOS-ligaen 2022 - Terminliste". fotball.no. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  3. "2022 - Kontaktpersoner". Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  4. "Slik spilles kvalifiseringskampene". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  5. "OBOS-ligaen 2022 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort" (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
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