2018 1. divisjon

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OBOS-ligaen 2018
Season information
Winners	Viking
Promoted	Viking Mjøndalen
Relegated	Åsane Florø Levanger
Season statistics
Matches played	240
Goals scored	728
Average	(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)
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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).

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2017 season.

To OBOS-ligaen Promoted from 2. divisjon HamKam Nest-Sotra Notodden Relegated from Eliteserien Sogndal Aalesund Viking

From OBOS-ligaen Promoted to Eliteserien Bodø/Glimt Start Ranheim Relegated to 2. divisjon Fredrikstad Elverum Arendal

Teams

Stadia and personnel

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity	Manager
Aalesund	Ålesund	Color Line Stadion	10,778	Lars Bohinen
Florø	Florø	Florø Stadion	2,700	Terje Rognsø
HamKam	Hamar	Briskeby Arena	7,800	Ole Kevin Knappen
Jerv	Grimstad	Levermyr Stadion	3,300	Arne Sandstø
Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger	Gjemselund Stadion	5,824	Mark Dempsey
Levanger	Levanger	Nye Moan Stadion	2,100	Roger Naustan
Mjøndalen	Mjøndalen	Isachsen Stadion	4,200	Vegard Hansen
Nest-Sotra	Sotra	Ågotnes Stadion	1,200	Steffen Landro
Notodden	Notodden	Idrettsparken KG	4,000	Kenneth Dokken
Sandnes Ulf	Sandnes	Sandnes Stadion	4,969	Bengt Sæternes
Sogndal	Sogndal	Fosshaugane Campus	5,622	Eirik Bakke
Strømmen	Strømmen	Strømmen Stadion	1,850	Espen Olsen
Tromsdalen	Tromsdalen	TUIL Arena	1,695	Gaute Helstrup
Ull/Kisa	Jessheim	Jessheim Stadion	3,500	Vegard Skogheim
Viking	Stavanger	Viking Stadion	16,300	Bjarne Berntsen
Åsane	Åsane	Myrdal Gress	2,180	Mons Ivar Mjelde

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
Aalesund	Trond Fredriksen	Sacked	12 December 2017	Pre-season	Lars Bohinen	20 December 2017	Pre-season
Viking	Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim (interim)	End of caretaker spell	18 December 2017	Pre-season	Bjarne Berntsen	18 December 2017	Pre-season
Levanger	Magnus Powell	Contract expired	31 December 2017	Pre-season	Roger Naustan	1 January 2018	Pre-season
Kongsvinger	Hans-Erik Eriksen	Sacked	30 April 2018	15th	Mark Dempsey	11 June 2018	10th

Table

Template:2018 OBOS-ligaen table

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

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.

First round

25 November 2018 16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aalesund	1–0	Nest-Sotra	Color Line Stadion, Ålesund Attendance: 3,102 Referee: Tommy Skjerven
	Gueye  52'	Summary

25 November 2018 16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sogndal	1–0	Ull/Kisa	Fosshaugane Campus, Sogndal Attendance: 1,902 Referee: Trygve Kjensli
	Haugen  90'	Summary

Second round

29 November 2018 18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aalesund	3–1	Sogndal	Color Line Stadion, Ålesund Attendance: 3,458 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes
	Friðjónsson  48' (pen.) Gueye  55', 90'	Summary	Fredriksen  50'

Relegation play-offs

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.

17 November 2018 13:00 CET (UTC+1)	KFUM Oslo	1–2	Åsane	KFUM-Arena, Oslo Referee: Marius Lien
	Larsen  54'	Summary	Huseklepp  74' Ogungbaro  85'

25 November 2018 13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Åsane	1–3	KFUM Oslo	Myrdal Gress, Bergen Attendance: 925 Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam
	Bruun-Hanssen  17'	Summary	Larsen  58' Mawa  73' Sortevik  81'

KFUM Oslo won 4–3 on aggregate.

Season statistics

As of 11 November 2018

Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Tommy Høiland Viking 21 2 Hólmbert Friðjónsson Aalesund 19 3 Sindre Mauritz-Hansen Strømmen 17 4 Sigurd Haugen Sogndal 15 Shuaibu Ibrahim Kongsvinger 6 Kristoffer Normann Hansen Ull/Kisa 13 Alexander Dang Nest-Sotra 8 Torbjørn Agdestein Aalesund 12 Johnny Furdal Nest-Sotra / Viking 10 Ole Andreas Nesset Ull/Kisa 11 Adem Güven Kongsvinger Vegard Lysvoll Tromsdalen 13 Nicolay Solberg Ull/Kisa 10 Niklas Castro Kongsvinger Ivar Sollie Rønning HamKam Erik Midtgarden Notodden 17 Kristian Thorstvedt Viking 9 Pape Habib Gueye Aalesund Erlend Hustad Notodden

Most assists Rank Player Club Assists 1 Johnny Furdal Nest-Sotra / Viking 14 2 Niklas Castro Kongsvinger 13 3 Aron Elís Þrándarson Aalesund 9 Kristoffer Normann Hansen Ull/Kisa Mats André Kaland Ull/Kisa Tommy Høiland Viking 7 Eric Kitolano Ull/Kisa 8 8 Zlatko Tripić Viking 7 Sondre Bjørshol Åsane / Viking Jonathan Lindseth Mjøndalen Fredrik Carlsen Aalesund 12 Lars Christian Kjemhus Sogndal 6 Zymer Bytyqi Viking Nicolay Solberg Ull/Kisa Fredrik Torsteinbø Viking Marlinho Kongsvinger Mathias Dahl Abelsen Tromsdalen Shuaibu Ibrahim Kongsvinger

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Viking	118,499	15,900	6,009	7,900	0.070460704607046+7.0%1
2	Aalesund	72,177	5,524	4,362	4,812	-0.79379742659188−20.6%1
3	Sogndal	31,338	3,113	1,587	2,089	-0.64356130622304−35.6%1
4	Mjøndalen	27,627	3,630	1,352	1,842	0.08289241622575+8.2%†
5	HamKam	25,358	4,683	952	1,691	0.27142857142857+27.1%2
6	Sandnes Ulf	25,012	4,364	1,300	1,667	0.062460165710644+6.2%†
7	Kongsvinger	22,981	2,912	1,024	1,532	0.093504639543183+9.3%†
8	Jerv	18,755	1,705	985	1,250	-0.85207907293797−14.7%†
9	Florø	14,751	1,586	610	983	-0.7946645109135−20.5%†
10	Ull/Kisa	11,077	1,332	465	738	0.035063113604488+3.5%†
11	Notodden	9,997	1,373	472	666	0.023041474654378+2.3%2
12	Levanger	8,848	1,042	220	590	-0.75835475578406−24.1%†
13	Åsane	7,557	1,031	290	504	-0.93854748603352−6.1%†
14	Strømmen	6,144	739	190	410	-0.93607305936073−6.3%†
15	Tromsdalen	5,803	1,160	100	387	0.029255319148936+2.9%†
16	Nest-Sotra	4,722	840	169	315	0.22093023255814+22.0%2
	League total	407,513	15,900	100	1,697	0.19338959212377+19.3%†

Updated to games played on 11 November 2018
Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Eliteserien.
2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.

Template:Norwegian First Division seasons

2018 in Norwegian football
Domestic leagues
Eliteserien · 1. divisjon · 2. Divisjon · 3. Divisjon
Domestic cups
Norwegian Football Cup (Qualifying Rounds · Final) · Mesterfinalen
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
National teams
Norway
2017                                                        2019