Season | 2022 |
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Dates | 2 April – 29 October |
Champions | Brann |
Promoted | Brann Stabæk |
Relegated | Grorud Stjørdals-Blink |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 789 (3.29 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Bård Finne Gift Orban (16 goals) |
Highest attendance | 16,617 Brann 3–0 Sandnes Ulf (16 May 2022)[1] |
Lowest attendance | 125 Grorud 1–1 Raufoss (3 October 2022)[1] |
Average attendance | 2,121[1] |
← 2021 2023 → |
The 2022 Norwegian First Division (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is a Norwegian second-tier football league season.
The league started on 2 April 2022, and is scheduled to end on 29 October 2022, not including play-off matches.[2]
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.
Team | Location | Arena | Capacity[3] |
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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 |
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 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round and promotion to Eliteserien[a] |
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 |
Promotion to 2023 Eliteserien | |
Promotion play-offs | |
Relegation play-offs | |
Relegation to 2023 2. divisjon |
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 round | Second round | Third round | |||||||||||
3 | Start | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | KFUM Oslo | 1 | 6 | Kongsvinger | 1 | ||||||||
5 | Sandnes Ulf | 0 | 6 | Kongsvinger | 2 | ||||||||
6 | Kongsvinger | 1 | |||||||||||
Sandnes Ulf | 0–1 | Kongsvinger |
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Report | Taylor 82' |
KFUM Oslo | 1–2 | Kongsvinger |
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Hestnes 2' | Report | Gerson 49' Andersen 89' |
Start | 0–1 | Kongsvinger |
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Report | Gerson 88' (pen.) |
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]
Skeid won 8–1 on aggregate.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[5] |
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1 | Bård Finne | Brann | 16 |
Gift Orban | Stabæk | ||
3 | Mathias Rasmussen | Brann | 15 |
4 | Vegard Erlien | Ranheim | 14 |
Aune Heggebø | Brann | ||
6 | Martin Ramsland | Sandnes Ulf | 13 |
7 | Jonatan Braut Brunes | Start | 12 |
Marcus Mehnert | Ranheim | ||
Nicolay Solberg | Fredrikstad | ||
10 | Niklas Castro | Brann | 11 |
Jónatan Ingi Jónsson | Sogndal | ||
Eirik Schulze | Start |