Season | 2018 |
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Dates | 2 April – 11 November |
Champions | Viking |
Promoted | Viking Mjøndalen |
Relegated | Åsane Florø Levanger |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 728 (3.03 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Tommy Høiland (21 goals) |
Biggest home win | Kongsvinger 6–0 Sandnes Ulf (7 August 2018) |
Biggest away win | Strømmen 1–6 Viking (1 July 2018) Åsane 0–5 Strømmen (4 November 2018) |
Highest scoring | Ull/Kisa 4–5 Viking (29 April 2018) Kongsvinger 7–2 Åsane (7 October 2018) |
Longest winning run | 6 games Aalesund[1] |
Longest unbeaten run | 13 games Mjøndalen[1] |
Longest winless run | 20 games Levanger[1] |
Longest losing run | 6 games Levanger[1] |
Highest attendance | 15,900 Viking 3–1 Kongsvinger (11 November 2018) |
Lowest attendance | 100 Tromsdalen 3–1 Nest-Sotra (27 May 2018) |
Average attendance | 1,697 ![]() |
← 2017 2019 → |
The 2018 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.
The season began on 2 April 2018 and ended on 11 November 2018 (not including playoff matches).[2]
In the 2017 1. divisjon, Bodø/Glimt, Start and Ranheim were promoted to the 2018 Eliteserien, while Fredrikstad, Elverum and Arendal were relegated to the 2018 2. divisjon.
Sogndal, Aalesund and Viking were relegated from the 2017 Eliteserien, while HamKam, Nest-Sotra and Notodden were promoted from the 2017 2. divisjon.
Team | Location | Arena | Capacity | Manager |
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Aalesund | Ålesund | Color Line Stadion | 10,778 | ![]() |
Florø | Florø | Florø Stadion | 2,700 | ![]() |
HamKam | Hamar | Briskeby Arena | 7,800 | ![]() |
Jerv | Grimstad | Levermyr Stadion | 3,300 | ![]() |
Kongsvinger | Kongsvinger | Gjemselund Stadion | 5,824 | ![]() |
Levanger | Levanger | TOBB Arena | 2,100 | ![]() |
Mjøndalen | Mjøndalen | Isachsen Stadion | 4,200 | ![]() |
Nest-Sotra | Sotra | Ågotnes Stadion | 1,200 | ![]() |
Notodden | Notodden | Idrettsparken | 4,000 | ![]() |
Sandnes Ulf | Sandnes | Sandnes Stadion | 4,969 | ![]() |
Sogndal | Sogndal | Fosshaugane Campus | 5,622 | ![]() |
Strømmen | Strømmen | Strømmen Stadion | 1,850 | ![]() |
Tromsdalen | Tromsdalen | TUIL Arena | 1,695 | ![]() |
Ull/Kisa | Jessheim | Jessheim Stadion | 3,500 | ![]() |
Viking | Stavanger | Viking Stadion | 15,900 | ![]() |
Åsane | Åsane | Myrdal Gress | 2,180 | ![]() |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
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Aalesund | ![]() |
Sacked | 12 December 2017[3] | Pre-season | ![]() |
20 December 2017[4] | Pre-season |
Viking | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 18 December 2017 | ![]() |
18 December 2017[5] | ||
Levanger | ![]() |
Contract expired | 31 December 2017 | ![]() |
1 January 2018[6] | ||
Kongsvinger | ![]() |
Sacked | 30 April 2018[7] | 15th | ![]() |
11 June 2018 | 10th |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Viking (C, P) | 30 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 68 | 44 | +24 | 61 | Promotion to Eliteserien |
2 | Mjøndalen (P) | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 49 | 24 | +25 | 60 | |
3 | Aalesund | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 59 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
4 | Sogndal | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 51 | |
5 | Ull/Kisa | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 59 | 49 | +10 | 43 | |
6 | Nest-Sotra | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 43 | |
7 | Tromsdalen | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 43 | |
8 | Kongsvinger | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 59 | 49 | +10 | 42 | |
9 | HamKam | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 42 | |
10 | Sandnes Ulf | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 42 | |
11 | Strømmen | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 38 | |
12 | Notodden | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 36 | |
13 | Jerv | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 35 | |
14 | Åsane (R) | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
15 | Florø (R) | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 59 | −32 | 27 | Relegation to Second Division |
16 | Levanger (R) | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 32 | 71 | −39 | 15 |
Promotion to Eliteserien | |
Promotion play-offs | |
Relegation play-offs | |
Relegation to 2. divisjon |
Main article: 2018 Eliteserien promotion/relegation play-offs |
The 3rd to 6th placed teams took part in the promotion play-offs; these were single leg knockout matches. In the first round, the 3rd placed team played at home against the 6th placed team, and the 4th placed team played at home against the 5th placed team. The two winners then played against each other in the second round, where the team with the highest table position played at home. The winner of the second round, Aalesund, advanced to play the 14th placed team in Eliteserien over two legs in the Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.
Aalesund | 1–0 | Nest-Sotra |
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Summary |
Aalesund | 3–1 | Sogndal |
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See also: 2018 2. divisjon § Promotion play-offs |
The 14th placed team, Åsane, took part in a two-legged play-off against KFUM Oslo, the winners of the 2. divisjon play-offs, to decide who would play in the 2019 1. divisjon. KFUM Oslo won 4-3 on aggregate and were therefore promoted, while Åsane got relegated.
KFUM Oslo won 4–3 on aggregate.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[8] |
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1 | ![]() |
Viking | 21 |
2 | ![]() |
Aalesund | 19 |
3 | ![]() |
Strømmen | 17 |
4 | ![]() |
Sogndal | 15 |
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Kongsvinger | ||
6 | ![]() |
Ull/Kisa | 13 |
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Nest-Sotra | ||
8 | ![]() |
Aalesund | 12 |
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Nest-Sotra / Viking | ||
10 | ![]() |
Ull/Kisa | 11 |
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Kongsvinger | ||
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Tromsdalen |
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Viking | 118,499 | 15,900 | 6,009 | 7,900 | +7.0%1 |
2 | Aalesund | 72,177 | 5,524 | 4,362 | 4,812 | −20.6%1 |
3 | Sogndal | 31,338 | 3,113 | 1,587 | 2,089 | −35.6%1 |
4 | Mjøndalen | 27,627 | 3,630 | 1,352 | 1,842 | +8.3% |
5 | HamKam | 25,358 | 4,683 | 952 | 1,691 | +27.1%2 |
6 | Sandnes Ulf | 25,012 | 4,364 | 1,300 | 1,667 | +6.2% |
7 | Kongsvinger | 22,981 | 2,912 | 1,024 | 1,532 | +9.4% |
8 | Jerv | 18,755 | 1,705 | 985 | 1,250 | −14.8% |
9 | Florø | 14,751 | 1,586 | 610 | 983 | −20.5% |
10 | Ull/Kisa | 11,077 | 1,332 | 465 | 738 | +3.5% |
11 | Notodden | 9,997 | 1,373 | 472 | 666 | +2.3%2 |
12 | Levanger | 8,848 | 1,042 | 220 | 590 | −24.2% |
13 | Åsane | 7,557 | 1,031 | 290 | 504 | −6.1% |
14 | Strømmen | 6,144 | 739 | 190 | 410 | −6.4% |
15 | Tromsdalen | 5,803 | 1,160 | 100 | 387 | +2.9% |
16 | Nest-Sotra | 4,722 | 840 | 169 | 315 | +22.1%2 |
League total | 407,513 | 15,900 | 100 | 1,697 | +19.3% |
Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Eliteserien.
2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.
Award | Winner | Club |
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Manager of the season | ![]() |
Nest-Sotra |
Player of the season | ![]() |
Nest-Sotra / Viking |
Young player of the season | ![]() |
Viking |
OBOS Player of the season | ![]() |
Aalesund |