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2021 Norwegian First Division

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The 2021 Norwegian First Division (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

Norwegian First Division
Season2021
Dates15 May – 27 November
ChampionsHamKam
PromotedHamKam
Aalesund
Jerv
RelegatedUll/Kisa
Strømmen
Matches played240
Goals scored765 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorerOscar Aga
(24 goals)
Biggest home win6–2 (1 match)
5–1 (4 matches)
4–0 (3 matches)
Biggest away winÅsane 1–6 Aalesund
(18 September 2021)
Highest scoringSandnes Ulf 5–4 Ranheim
(15 September 2021)
Longest winning run5 matches
Aalesund
HamKam
Jerv[1]
Longest unbeaten run23 matches
Aalesund[1]
Longest winless run17 matches
Strømmen[1]
Longest losing run7 matches
Ull/Kisa[1]
← 2020
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 27 November 2021.

The league started on 15 May 2021, and ended on 27 November 2021.[2]

HamKam earned promotion to Eliteserien on 6 November 2021, after a 1–0 win against Stjørdals-Blink.[3] Aalesund secured their promotion in the penultimate round.

Teams

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Locations of the teams in the 2021 1. divisjon

In the 2020 1. divisjon, Tromsø and Lillestrøm were promoted to the 2021 Eliteserien, while Kongsvinger and Øygarden were relegated to the 2021 2. divisjon.

Start and Aalesund were relegated from the 2020 Eliteserien, while Fredrikstad and Bryne were promoted from the 2020 2. divisjon.

Stadiums and locations

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Team Location Arena Capacity[4] Manager
Aalesund Ålesund Color Line Stadion 10,778   Lars Arne Nilsen
Bryne Bryne Bryne Stadion 4,000   Jan Halvor Halvorsen
Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Stadion 12,500   Bjørn Johansen
Grorud Oslo Grorud Arctic Match 1,700   Johan Gjønnes Nilsen
HamKam Hamar Briskeby Arena 7,800   Kjetil Rekdal
Jerv Grimstad Levermyr Stadion 3,300   Arne Sandstø
KFUM Oslo Oslo KFUM Arena 2,000   Jørgen Isnes
Ranheim Trondheim Extra Arena 3,000   Hugo Pereira
Raufoss Raufoss Nammo Stadion 1,800   Christian Johnsen
Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Øster Hus Arena 6,043   Bjarne Berntsen
Sogndal Sogndal Fosshaugane Campus 5,622   Eirik Bakke
Start Kristiansand Sør Arena 14,448   Sindre Tjelmeland
Stjørdals-Blink Stjørdalshalsen M.U.S Stadion 2,000   Tom Dent
Strømmen Strømmen Strømmen Stadion 2,000   Ole Martin Nesselquist
Ull/Kisa Jessheim Jessheim Stadion 4,500   Steffen Landro
Åsane Bergen Åsane Arena 3,300   Morten Røssland

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Stjørdals-Blink   Roar Vikvang Appointed head of Rosenborg's academy 31 December 2020[5] Pre-season   Tom Dent 1 January 2021[6] Pre-season
Ull/Kisa   Trond Fredriksen Mutual consent 11 January 2021[7]   Sindre Tjelmeland 12 January 2021[8]
Grorud   Eirik Kjønø Signed by Stabæk as assistant 4 February 2021[9]   Aksel Bergo 1 March 2021[10]
Start   Jóhannes Harðarson Sacked 14 June 2021[11] 7th   Sindre Tjelmeland 19 June 2021[12] 12th
Ull/Kisa   Sindre Tjelmeland Signed by Start 19 June 2021[12] 11th   Arild Sundgot 1 July 2021[13] 11th
Ranheim   Svein Maalen Mutual consent 22 June 2021[14] 15th   Hugo Pereira 7 July 2021[15] 15th
Sandnes Ulf   Steffen Landro Mutual consent 14 July 2021[16] 16th   Bjarne Berntsen 12 August 2021[17] 14th
Grorud   Aksel Bergo Mutual consent 27 August 2021[18] 16th   Johan Gjønnes Nilsen (interim) 27 August 2021[18] 16th
Ull/Kisa   Arild Sundgot Sacked 3 October 2021[19] 14th   Steffen Landro 5 October 2021[20] 14th

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 HamKam (C, P) 30 21 6 3 62 21 41 69 Promotion to Eliteserien
2 Aalesund (P) 30 16 10 4 68 43 25 58
3 Jerv (O, P) 30 15 9 6 49 46 3 54 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 Fredrikstad 30 15 7 8 60 42 18 52
5 KFUM Oslo 30 12 8 10 46 45 1 44
6 Sogndal 30 11 9 10 40 35 5 42
7 Åsane 30 11 7 12 44 53 −9 40
8 Sandnes Ulf 30 10 9 11 43 49 −6 39
9 Start 30 10 8 12 59 59 0 38
10 Bryne 30 11 4 15 44 48 −4 37
11 Raufoss 30 10 5 15 51 54 −3 34[a]
12 Ranheim 30 9 7 14 56 62 −6 34
13 Grorud 30 10 4 16 45 59 −14 34
14 Stjørdals-Blink (O) 30 8 7 15 32 50 −18 31 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Ull/Kisa (R) 30 7 8 15 34 50 −16 29 Relegation to Second Division
16 Strømmen (R) 30 4 12 14 32 49 −17 24
Source: Soccerway, NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Raufoss have been deducted 1 point.[21]

Results

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Home \ Away AAL BRY FRE GRO HAM JER KFU RAN RAU ULF SOG STA STJ STR ULL ÅSA
Aalesund — 2–1 2–2 6–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–2 2–2 3–0 3–2 5–1 3–2 4–2 2–0
Bryne 2–3 — 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–2 3–1 0–1 0–1 4–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1
Fredrikstad 2–2 3–1 — 2–2 0–1 4–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 5–1 3–1 2–0 2–3
Grorud 1–2 4–2 1–2 — 1–2 2–3 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–4 1–2 1–0 0–2 3–2
HamKam 2–3 3–0 1–0 2–2 — 3–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–2
Jerv 2–2 2–1 3–2 0–0 0–2 — 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 3–3 3–1
KFUM Oslo 2–4 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 4–1 — 2–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–1
Ranheim 3–3 2–4 1–1 1–0 0–4 3–4 1–3 — 4–2 4–0 0–4 1–1 1–0 5–2 5–1 2–2
Raufoss 4–2 4–1 0–1 2–4 2–1 3–0 5–1 0–4 — 1–0 1–2 1–3 5–2 4–2 0–2 1–1
Sandnes Ulf 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 5–4 1–1 — 0–2 1–2 2–1 3–2 2–1 3–2
Sogndal 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 — 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1
Start 2–0 2–3 2–6 3–0 1–4 2–4 2–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 — 4–1 3–2 1–3 1–1
Stjørdals-Blink 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 — 1–1 0–0 0–1
Strømmen 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 — 2–1 1–0
Ull/Kisa 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 4–1 0–0 — 0–1
Åsane 1–6 2–1 2–3 3–1 0–4 0–1 3–0 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–3 —
Source: Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian), NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

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Promotion play-offs

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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 advance to play the 14th-placed team in the Eliteserien on neutral ground in the Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.[22]

First roundSecond roundThird round
3Jerv (p)1 (5)
4Fredrikstad3 (4)5KFUM Oslo1 (3)
5KFUM Oslo15KFUM Oslo (p)3 (5)
6Sogndal0
First round
KFUM Oslo1–0Sogndal
Njie   51' Report
Attendance: 864
Referee: Christian Moen
Second round
Fredrikstad3–3 (a.e.t.)KFUM Oslo
Johansen   64', 88'
Maikel   112'		 Report Sanyang   27'
Njie   36', 120 3'
Penalties
Øby  
Solberg  
Hadzic  
Maikel  
Nielsen  		 4–5   Tavakoli
  Alm
  Mahnin
  Njie
  Nuñez
Attendance: 2,153
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes
Third round
Jerv1–1 (a.e.t.)KFUM Oslo
Norheim   81' Report Nuñez   50'
Penalties
Campos  
Wichmann  
Arrocha  
Norheim  
Novak  		 5–3   Tavakoli
  Alm
  Mahnin
  Njie
Attendance: 1,486
Referee: Sivert Amland

Relegation play-offs

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The 14th-placed team, Stjørdals-Blink, took part in a two-legged play-off against the winners of the Second Division play-offs, Hødd, to decide who would play in the First Division next season.[23]

Hødd3–2Stjørdals-Blink
Skeide   38'
Wrele   43'
Saunes   63'		 Report Bjørnholm-Jatta   7'
Lillebo   76'
Attendance: 803
Referee: Daniel Higraff
Stjørdals-Blink3–0Hødd
Bjørnholm-Jatta   4'
Lillebo   10', 75'		 Report
M.U.S Stadion, Stjørdalshalsen
Attendance: 618
Referee: Steinar Hauge

Stjørdals-Blink won 5–3 on aggregate.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[24]
1   Oscar Aga Grorud 24
2   Sigurd Hauso Haugen Aalesund 21
3   Elias Hoff Melkersen Ranheim 17
4   Eman Markovic Start 16
5   Jonas Enkerud HamKam 14
6   Kristian Eriksen HamKam 13
  Erlend Hustad Sandnes Ulf
  Taofeek Ismaheel Fredrikstad
9   Joacim Holtan Bryne 11
  Alagie Sanyang KFUM Oslo
  Nicolay Solberg Fredrikstad

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "OBOS-ligaen 2021". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Ny hovedterminliste menn 2021" (in Norwegian). OBOS-ligaen. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. ^ "HamKam vant og sikret opprykket til Eliteserien". Eurosport (in Norwegian). 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Stadiums in OBOS-ligaen 2021". Nordic Stadiums (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Vikvang blir leder av akademiet" (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Tom Dent ansatt som hovedtrener i Stjørdals-Blink" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Fredriksen og Ull/Kisa skiller lag" (in Norwegian). Ull/Kisa IL. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Her er Ull/Kisas nye hovedtrener" (in Norwegian). Ull/Kisa IL. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Kjønø er Stabæks nye assistent" (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Blir hovedtrener i Grorud" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Joey og Mattias ferdige i Start" (in Norwegian). IK Start. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Tjelmeland ny trener i Start" (in Norwegian). IK Start. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Sundgot blir hovedtrener ut året" (in Norwegian). Ull/Kisa IL. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Ranheim og Svein Maalen er enige om å avslutte et langt og godt samarbeid" (in Norwegian). Ranheim Fotball. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Velkommen, Hugo Pereira" (in Norwegian). Ranheim Fotball. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Sandnes Ulf og Landro enige om å avslutte arbeidsforholdet" (in Norwegian). Sandnes Ulf. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Bjarne Berntsen blir ny hovedtrener i Sandnes Ulf" (in Norwegian). Sandnes Ulf. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  18. ^ a b "Grorud IL og Aksel Bergo avslutter samarbeidet" (in Norwegian). Grorud IL. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  19. ^ "Ferdig som hovedtrener: – Noe måtte gjøres". Eurosport (in Norwegian). 3 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  20. ^ Fineide, Helene (5 October 2021). "Bekreftet klar for ny OBOS-klubb: – Har den galskapen som vi trenger". Eurosport (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  21. ^ "Raufoss får poengtrekk i 1. divisjon". NRK (in Norwegian). 3 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  22. ^ "Justering av kamptidspunkter for kvalifiseringsspill til Eliteserien 2022". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). 15 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
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  24. ^ "Statistikk OBOS-ligaen 2021". Altomfotball (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
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