2012 Norwegian First Division
Season | 2012 |
---|---|
Dates | 9 April – 11 November |
Champions | Start |
Promoted | Start Sarpsborg 08 |
Relegated | Tromsdalen Bærum Notodden Alta |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 785 (3.27 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Martin Wiig (20 goals) |
Biggest home win | Ranheim 7–0 Kongsvinger (20 May 2012) |
Biggest away win | HamKam 0–5 Kongsvinger (5 August 2012) |
Highest scoring | HamKam 7–2 Tromsdalen (15 July 2012) Bærum 5–4 Bryne (9 September 2012) |
Highest attendance | 5,760, at home match of Start[1] |
Lowest attendance | 94, at home match of Bærum[1] |
← 2011 2013 → |
The 2012 1. divisjon (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season began on 9 April 2012 and ended on 11 November 2012.[2]
Two clubs, Start and Sarpsborg, were relegated from the 2011 Tippeligaen, while Notodden, Tromsdalen, Ull/Kisa, and Bærum were promoted from the 2011 2. divisjon.[3]
Asker, Nybergsund-Trysil, Randaberg and Løv-Ham were relegated to the 2012 2. divisjon
At the end of the season, the two best teams were promoted to the 2013 Tippeligaen, while the four worst placed teams were relegated to the 2013 2. divisjon.
Teams
[edit]Team | Location | Arena | Capacity | Manager |
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Alta | Alta | Finnmarkshallen | 1,000 | Rune Berger |
Bodø/Glimt | Bodø | Aspmyra Stadion | 7,400 | Cato André Hansen |
Bryne | Bryne | Bryne Stadion | 10,000 | Gaute Larsen |
Bærum | Sandvika | Sandvika Stadion | 1,500 | Morten Tandberg |
HamKam | Hamar | Briskeby Arena | 10,200 | Vegard Skogheim |
Hødd | Ulsteinvik | Høddvoll Stadion | 3,120 | Lars Arne Nilsen |
Kongsvinger | Kongsvinger | Gjemselund Stadion | 5,202 | Tom Nordlie |
Mjøndalen | Mjøndalen | Nedre Eiker Stadion | 2,600 | Vegard Hansen |
Notodden | Notodden | Notodden Stadion | 3,000 | Kenneth Dokken |
Ranheim | Ranheim | DnB NOR Arena | 2,000 | Aasmund Bjørkan |
Sandefjord | Sandefjord | Komplett.no Arena | 9,000 | Arne Sandstø |
Sarpsborg 08 | Sarpsborg | Sarpsborg Stadion | 5,000 | Roar Johansen |
IK Start | Kristiansand | Sør Arena | 14,300 | Mons Ivar Mjelde |
Strømmen | Strømmen | Strømmen Stadion | 3,000 | Erland Johnsen |
Tromsdalen | Tromsø | Tromsdalen Stadion | 3,000 | Morten Pedersen |
Ull/Kisa | Jessheim | UKI Arena | 3,000 | Arne Erlandsen |
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strømmen | Thomas Berntsen | Contract expired | 31 December 2011 | Pre-season | Erland Johnsen | 1 January 2012[4] | Pre-season |
Notodden | Brede Halvorsen | Resigned | 20 August 2012[5] | 14th | Kenneth Dokken | 24 August 2012[6] | 14th |
Bryne | Tommy Bergersen | Mutual consent | 10 September 2012 | 12th | Gaute Larsen | 10 September 2012[7] | 12th |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Start (C, P) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 71 | 35 | 36 | 66 | Promotion to Tippeligaen |
2 | Sarpsborg 08 (P) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 73 | 43 | 30 | 63 | |
3 | Sandefjord | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 29 | 15 | 55 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
4 | Mjøndalen | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 52 | 43 | 9 | 55 | |
5 | Bodø/Glimt | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 36 | 23 | 48 | |
6 | Ullensaker/Kisa | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 45 | 39 | 6 | 44 | |
7 | Ranheim | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 55 | 40 | 15 | 43 | |
8 | HamKam[a] | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 51 | 49 | 2 | 43 | |
9 | Kongsvinger | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 39 | |
10 | Bryne | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 38 | |
11 | Strømmen | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 37 | |
12 | Hødd | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 35 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b] |
13 | Tromsdalen (R) | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 35 | Relegation to Second Division |
14 | Bærum (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 49 | 73 | −24 | 22 | |
15 | Notodden (R) | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 38 | 71 | −33 | 22 | |
16 | Alta[c] (R) | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 61 | −31 | 21 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ HamKam were deducted 2 points for lack of financial control[8]
- ^ Hødd qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2012 Norwegian Cup.
- ^ Alta were deducted 1 point for lack of financial control[8]
Promotion play-offs
[edit]Start and Sarpsborg were directly promoted, and five teams entered a play-off for the last Tippeligaen spot in the 2013 season. These were:
- A) Sandnes Ulf (by virtue of being the 14th placed team in the Tippeligaen)
- B) Sandefjord (by virtue of being the third placed team in the Adeccoligaen)
- C) Mjøndalen (by virtue of being the fourth placed team in the Adeccoligaen)
- D) Bodø/Glimt (by virtue of being the fifth placed team in the Adeccoligaen)
- E) Ullensaker/Kisa (by virtue of being the sixth placed team in the Adeccoligaen)
The four Adeccoligaen teams first played a single game knockout tournament, with the winner (Ull/Kisa) advancing to a two-legged tie against the Tippeligaen team (Sandnes Ulf) for the 16th and final spot in the 2013 season. Sandnes Ulf retained their Tippeligaen spot with an aggregate 7–1 win over Ull/Kisa.
First round | Second round | Final round | |||||||||||
3 | Sandefjord | 3 | |||||||||||
14 | Sandnes Ulf | 7 (4 3) | |||||||||||
6 | Ullensaker/Kisa | 4 | |||||||||||
6 | Ullensaker/Kisa | 2 | 6 | Ullensaker/Kisa | 1 (0 1) | ||||||||
5 | Bodø/Glimt | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | Mjøndalen | 1 | |||||||||||
5 | Bodø/Glimt | 2 | |||||||||||
Results
[edit]Season statistics
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals | Games | Average |
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1 | Martin Wiig | Sarpsborg 08 | 20 | 27 | 0.74 |
2 | Matthías Vilhjálmsson | Start | 18 | 29 | 0.60 |
3 | Tore Andreas Gundersen | HamKam | 16 | 26 | 0.62 |
4 | Nicolay Solberg | Sarpsborg 08 | 14 | 30 | 0.47 |
5 | Øyvind Hoås | Sarpsborg 08 | 13 | 28 | 0.46 |
6 | Rozhat Shaswari | Bærum | 12 | 21 | 0.57 |
Olav Tuelo Johannesen | Kongsvinger | 12 | 26 | 0.46 | |
Håvard Lysvoll | Tromsdalen | 12 | 28 | 0.43 | |
9 | Robert Stene | Ranheim | 11 | 19 | 0.58 |
Magnus Nikolaisen | Alta | 11 | 26 | 0.42 | |
Ernest Asante | Start | 11 | 29 | 0.38 | |
Thomas Lehne Olsen | HamKam | 11 | 30 | 0.37 | |
11 | Jim Johansen | Bodø/Glimt | 10 | 24 | 0.42 |
Pål André Helland | Hødd | 10 | 26 | 0.38 | |
Vegard Braaten | Bodø/Glimt | 10 | 28 | 0.36 | |
Jo Sondre Aas | Sandefjord | 10 | 30 | 0.33 |
Source: Alt om fotball
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Tilskuertall 1. divisjon 2012". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "Eliteseriestart 25. mars neste år" (in Norwegian). VG. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- ^ "Skrev fotballhistorie med mål nummer 100". vg.no (in Norwegian). VG. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ "Erland Johnsen blir Strømmen-trener" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 25 November 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ^ "Halvorsen gir seg i Notodden" (in Norwegian). NRK. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ "Kenneth Dokken tar over Notodden" (in Norwegian). TV2. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ "Gaute Larsen blir Bryne-trener fra neste kamp" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Odd og HamKam får poengtrekk" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 20 September 2012. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2012.