2019 1. divisjon

1. divisjon 2019
Season information
Winners	Aalesund
Promoted	Aalesund Sandefjord
Relegated	Notodden Skeid Tromsdalen
Season statistics
Matches played	240
Goals scored	722
Top goalscorer	Pontus Engblom (19 goals)
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The 2019 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

Aalesund set a new record for most points in a 1. divisjon season with 79. They surpassed Start's record of 74 points from the 2004 season in the penultimate round.

Season summary

On 20 October, Aalesund secured both promotion and league title with three games to spare by winning 1–0 away over Tromsdalen. The same day, Tromsdalen were the first team to be relegated as their defeat was coinciding with a victory for Strømmen. On 2 November, Sandefjord secured promotion to the first tier with one match to spare after their 1–0 win over Jerv at Komplett Arena. On the same day, Skeid were the second team to be relegated as their draw against Notodden meant that survival was out of reach before the ultimate round.

Teams

In the 2018 1. divisjon, Viking and Mjøndalen were promoted to the 2019 Eliteserien, while Åsane, Florø and Levanger were relegated to the 2019 2. divisjon.

Start and Sandefjord were relegated from the 2018 Eliteserien, while Raufoss, Skeid and KFUM Oslo were promoted from the 2018 2. divisjon.

Teams

Stadia and personnel

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity	Manager
Aalesund	Ålesund	Color Line Stadion	10,778	Lars Bohinen
HamKam	Hamar	Briskeby Arena	7,800	Gaute Helstrup
Jerv	Grimstad	Levermyr Stadion	3,300	Arne Sandstø
KFUM Oslo	Oslo	KFUM-Arena	1,500	Jørgen Isnes
Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger	Gjemselund Stadion	5,824	Vitor Gazimba
Nest-Sotra	Sotra	Ågotnes Stadion	1,200	Steffen Landro
Notodden	Notodden	Idrettsparken	4,000	Kenneth Dokken
Raufoss	Raufoss	Nammo Stadion	1,800	Christian Johnsen
Sandefjord	Sandefjord	Komplett Arena	6,582	Martí Cifuentes
Sandnes Ulf	Sandnes	Sandnes Stadion	4,969	Bengt Sæternes
Skeid	Oslo	Nordre Åsen	2,000	Tom Nordlie
Sogndal	Sogndal	Fosshaugane Campus	5,622	Eirik Bakke
Start	Kristiansand	Sør Arena	14,448	Kjetil Rekdal
Strømmen	Strømmen	Strømmen Stadion	1,850	Ole Martin Nesselquist
Tromsdalen	Tromsdalen	TUIL Arena	1,695	Jonathan Hill
Ull/Kisa	Jessheim	Jessheim Stadion	3,500	Trond Fredriksen

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
HamKam	Ole Kevin Knappen	Contract expired	11 November 2018	Pre-season	Gaute Helstrup	29 November 2018	Pre-season
Strømmen	Espen Olsen	Contract expired	11 November 2018	Pre-season	Ole Martin Nesselquist	29 November 2018	Pre-season
Ull/Kisa	Vegard Skogheim	Contract expired	11 November 2018	Pre-season	Trond Fredriksen	7 December 2018	Pre-season
Kongsvinger	Mark Dempsey	Resigned	13 November 2018	Pre-season	Vitor Gazimba	16 January 2019	Pre-season
Tromsdalen	Gaute Helstrup	Signed by HamKam	29 November 2018	Pre-season	Jonathan Hill	10 January 2019	Pre-season
Start	Kjetil Rekdal	Mutual agreement	2 April 2019	15th	Jóhannes Harðarson	3 April 2019	15th

League table

Template:2019 1. divisjon table

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

Main article: 2019 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 fifth-placed team played at home against the sixth-placed team. The winner of the first round then met the fourth-placed team on away ground in the second round. The winner of the second round then met the third-placed team on away ground. The winner of the third round 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

23 November 2019 18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kongsvinger	1–0	Sogndal	Gjemselund Stadion Attendance: 1,433 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen
	Skagestad  17'	Report

Second round

27 November 2019 18:30 CET (UTC+1)	KFUM Oslo	2–0	Kongsvinger	Intility Arena Attendance: 1,311 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes
	Brix  24' Larsen  74'	Report

Third round

1 December 2019 15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Start	1–0	KFUM Oslo	Sør Arena Attendance: 2,615 Referee: Rohit Saggi
	Lowe  32'	Report

Relegation play-offs

See also: 2019 2. divisjon#Promotion play-offs

The 14th placed team took part in a two-legged play-off against the winners of the 2. divisjon play-offs to decide who would play in the 2020 1. divisjon.

21 November 2019 19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Notodden	1–3	Åsane	Idrettsparken Attendance: 468
	Tagbajumi  21'	Report	Nygard  23' Hammersland  34', 54'

24 November 2019 14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Åsane	2–2	Notodden	Myrdal Stadion Attendance: 802
	Hammersland  20', 80'	Report	Bakke  6' Gustavsen  25'

Åsane won 5–3 on aggregate.

Season statistics

As of 9 November 2019

Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Pontus Engblom Sandefjord 19 2 Niklas Castro Aalesund 17 3 Adem Güven Kongsvinger 15 4 Kent Håvard Eriksen Sandnes Ulf 14 5 Pape Habib Guèye Aalesund 13 Aron Sigurðarson Start 7 Sivert Gussiås Strømmen 12 Simen Nordli HamKam Martin Ramsland Start 10 Torbjørn Agdestein Aalesund 10 Sigurd Hauso Haugen Sogndal Kachi Sandnes Ulf Moses Mawa KFUM Oslo David Tavakoli Skeid/KFUM Oslo

Top assists Rank Player Club Assists 1 Stian Sortevik KFUM Oslo 12 2 Niklas Castro Aalesund 11 Ingvald Halgunset Sandnes Ulf 4 Aron Sigurðarson Start 10 5 Robin Rasch KFUM Oslo 8 6 Martin Holmen Notodden 7 Tomas Kristoffersen Tromsdalen/Sogndal Davíð Kristján Ólafsson Aalesund 9 Tobias Christensen Start 6 Bjarte Haugsdal Nest-Sotra Anton Henningsson Raufoss

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Start	78,832	7,150	4,566	5,255	0.1012154233026+10.1%1
2	Aalesund	61,482	5,495	3,465	4,099	-0.85182876142976−14.8%†
3	Sandefjord	37,199	5,174	1,809	2,480	-0.79081632653061−20.9%1
4	Sogndal	26,756	2,411	1,473	1,784	-0.85399712781235−14.6%†
5	HamKam	24,270	3,142	644	1,618	-0.95683027794205−4.3%†
6	Kongsvinger	21,339	2,689	1,107	1,423	-0.92885117493473−7.1%†
7	Jerv	19,881	2,105	938	1,325	0.06+6.0%†
8	Sandnes Ulf	18,280	1,500	1,211	1,306	-0.78344331133773−21.6%†
9	Raufoss	16,676	2,157	493	1,112	0.42564102564103+42.5%2
10	Ull/Kisa	14,154	1,728	517	944	0.27913279132791+27.9%†
11	KFUM Oslo	13,513	1,701	505	901	4.63125+463.1%2
12	Skeid	9,003	1,405	274	600	0.71919770773639+71.9%2
13	Notodden	7,580	1,000	343	505	-0.75825825825826−24.1%†
14	Strømmen	5,560	556	205	371	-0.90487804878049−9.5%†
15	Nest-Sotra	4,778	602	184	319	0.012698412698413+1.2%†
16	Tromsdalen	2,610	300	50	174	-0.44961240310078−55.0%†
	League total	342,775	7,150	50	1,434	-0.8450206246317−15.4%†

Updated to games played on 9 November 2019
Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Eliteserien.
2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.

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2019 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
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