2022 Norwegian First Division

The 2022 Norwegian First Division (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

Norwegian First Division
Season2022
Dates2 April – 29 October
← 2021
2023 →

The league started on 2 April 2022, and is scheduled to end on 29 October 2022.[1]

Teams
Locations of the teams in the 2022 Norwegian First Division

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.

Stadiums and locations
Team Location Arena Capacity[2]
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 Arctic Match 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 Kunstgress 2,500
Sogndal Sogndal Fosshaugane Campus 5,622
Stabæk Bærum Nadderud Stadion 4,938
Start Kristiansand Sør Arena 14,448
Stjørdals-Blink Stjørdalshalsen M.U.S Stadion 2,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Mjøndalen 5 4 1 0 8 3 +5 13 Promotion to Eliteserien
2 Sandnes Ulf 4 4 0 0 9 3 +6 12
3 Brann 4 2 2 0 9 4 +5 8 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 KFUM Oslo 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 8
5 Sogndal 4 2 2 0 5 2 +3 8
6 Start 4 2 1 1 9 5 +4 7
7 Stabæk 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7
8 Ranheim 4 2 1 1 5 7 −2 7
9 Fredrikstad 4 1 2 1 5 6 −1 5
10 Kongsvinger 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4
11 Grorud 4 0 3 1 6 7 −1 3
12 Raufoss 4 0 3 1 3 5 −2 3
13 Åsane 4 0 2 2 3 11 −8 2
14 Stjørdals-Blink 4 0 1 3 5 9 −4 1 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Skeid 4 0 0 4 6 10 −4 0 Relegation to Second Division
16 Bryne 5 0 0 5 5 10 −5 0
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2022. Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
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 goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away BRA BRY FRE GRO KFU KON MJØ RAN RAU ULF SKE SOG STB STA STJ ÅSA
Brann — 1–1 1–1
Bryne — 1–2 1–2
Fredrikstad — 1–0 2–2
Grorud 2–2 —
KFUM Oslo 2–2 — 1–1
Kongsvinger — 1–0 1–1
Mjøndalen 2–1 2–0 1–0 — 2–1
Ranheim 0–4 2–1 —
Raufoss 1–1 1–1 —
Sandnes Ulf 2–1 4–1 —
Skeid 2–3 — 2–3
Sogndal 2–1 2–0 —
Stabæk 0–1 0–0 —
Start 1–1 3–2 —
Stjørdals-Blink 1–3 1–2 —
Åsane 0–4 1–5 —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2022. Source: Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Bracket
First round Second round Third round
         
4 4th place
First round winner
5 5th place
6 6th place
3 3rd place
Second round winner

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.

First round
1. divisjon 5th placev1. divisjon 6th place
Second round
1. divisjon 4th placevFirst round winner
Third round
1. divisjon 3rd placevSecond round winner

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team will take 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.

First leg
1. divisjon 14th placev2. divisjon playoff winner
Second leg
2. divisjon playoff winnerv1. divisjon 14th place

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of 29 April 2022
Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1 Jonatan Braut Brunes Start 5
2 Herman Geelmuyden Stabæk 4
Martin Ramsland Sandnes Ulf
4 Vegard Erlien Ranheim 3
Ingvald Halgunset Sandnes Ulf
Martin Rønning Ovenstad Mjøndalen
Sondre Stokke Stjørdals-Blink

References
  1. "Summary - 1. Division - Norway - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  2. "Stadiums in OBOS-ligaen 2022". Nordic Stadiums. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  3. "Toppscorerliste 1. divisjon 2022". NIFS (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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