2021 Norwegian First Division
Season | 2021 |
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Dates | 15 May – 27 November |
Champions | HamKam |
Promoted | HamKam Aalesund Jerv |
Relegated | Ull/Kisa Strømmen |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 765 (3.19 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Oscar Aga (24 goals) |
Biggest home win | 6–2 (1 match) 5–1 (4 matches) 4–0 (3 matches) |
Biggest away win | Åsane 1–6 Aalesund (18 September 2021) |
Highest scoring | Sandnes Ulf 5–4 Ranheim (15 September 2021) |
Longest winning run | 5 matches Aalesund HamKam Jerv[1] |
Longest unbeaten run | 23 matches Aalesund[1] |
Longest winless run | 17 matches Strømmen[1] |
Longest losing run | 7 matches Ull/Kisa[1] |
← 2020 2022 → All statistics correct as of 27 November 2021. |
The 2021 Norwegian First Division (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is a Norwegian second-tier football league season.
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
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
Team | Location | Arena | Capacity[4] | Manager |
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Aalesund | Ålesund | Color Line Stadion | 10,778 | ![]() |
Bryne | Bryne | Bryne Stadion | 4,000 | ![]() |
Fredrikstad | Fredrikstad | Fredrikstad Stadion | 12,500 | ![]() |
Grorud | Oslo | Grorud Arctic Match | 1,700 | ![]() |
HamKam | Hamar | Briskeby Arena | 7,800 | ![]() |
Jerv | Grimstad | Levermyr Stadion | 3,300 | ![]() |
KFUM Oslo | Oslo | KFUM Arena | 2,000 | ![]() |
Ranheim | Trondheim | Extra Arena | 3,000 | ![]() |
Raufoss | Raufoss | Nammo Stadion | 1,800 | ![]() |
Sandnes Ulf | Sandnes | Øster Hus Arena | 6,043 | ![]() |
Sogndal | Sogndal | Fosshaugane Campus | 5,622 | ![]() |
Start | Kristiansand | Sør Arena | 14,448 | ![]() |
Stjørdals-Blink | Stjørdalshalsen | M.U.S Stadion | 2,000 | ![]() |
Strømmen | Strømmen | Strømmen Stadion | 2,000 | ![]() |
Ull/Kisa | Jessheim | Jessheim Stadion | 4,500 | ![]() |
Åsane | Bergen | Åsane Arena | 3,300 | ![]() |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
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Stjørdals-Blink | ![]() | Appointed head of Rosenborg's academy | 31 December 2020[5] | Pre-season | ![]() | 1 January 2021[6] | Pre-season |
Ull/Kisa | ![]() | Mutual consent | 11 January 2021[7] | ![]() | 12 January 2021[8] | ||
Grorud | ![]() | Signed by Stabæk as assistant | 4 February 2021[9] | ![]() | 1 March 2021[10] | ||
Start | ![]() | Sacked | 14 June 2021[11] | 7th | ![]() | 19 June 2021[12] | 12th |
Ull/Kisa | ![]() | Signed by Start | 19 June 2021[12] | 11th | ![]() | 1 July 2021[13] | 11th |
Ranheim | ![]() | Mutual consent | 22 June 2021[14] | 15th | ![]() | 7 July 2021[15] | 15th |
Sandnes Ulf | ![]() | Mutual consent | 14 July 2021[16] | 16th | ![]() | 12 August 2021[17] | 14th |
Grorud | ![]() | Mutual consent | 27 August 2021[18] | 16th | ![]() | 27 August 2021[18] | 16th |
Ull/Kisa | ![]() | Sacked | 3 October 2021[19] | 14th | ![]() | 5 October 2021[20] | 14th |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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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 |
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:
- ^ Raufoss have been deducted 1 point.[21]
Results
Home \ Away | AAL | BRY | FRE | GRO | HAM | JER | KFU | RAN | RAU | ULF | SOG | STA | STJ | STR | ULL | ÅSA |
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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 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Play-offs
Promotion play-offs
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 round | Second round | Third round | |||||||||||
3 | Jerv (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||||
4 | Fredrikstad | 3 (4) | 5 | KFUM Oslo | 1 (3) | ||||||||
5 | KFUM Oslo | 1 | 5 | KFUM Oslo (p) | 3 (5) | ||||||||
6 | Sogndal | 0 | |||||||||||
- First round
- Second round
Fredrikstad | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | KFUM Oslo |
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Johansen ![]() Maikel ![]() | Report | Sanyang ![]() Njie ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Øby ![]() Solberg ![]() Hadzic ![]() Maikel ![]() Nielsen ![]() | 4–5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
- Third round
Jerv | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | KFUM Oslo |
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Norheim ![]() | Report | Nuñez ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Campos ![]() Wichmann ![]() Arrocha ![]() Norheim ![]() Novak ![]() | 5–3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Relegation play-offs
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]
Hødd | 3–2 | Stjørdals-Blink |
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Skeide ![]() Wrele ![]() Saunes ![]() | Report | Bjørnholm-Jatta ![]() Lillebo ![]() |
Stjørdals-Blink | 3–0 | Hødd |
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Bjørnholm-Jatta ![]() Lillebo ![]() | Report |
Stjørdals-Blink won 5–3 on aggregate.
Season statistics
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[24] |
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1 | ![]() | Grorud | 24 |
2 | ![]() | Aalesund | 21 |
3 | ![]() | Ranheim | 17 |
4 | ![]() | Start | 16 |
5 | ![]() | HamKam | 14 |
6 | ![]() | HamKam | 13 |
![]() | Sandnes Ulf | ||
![]() | Fredrikstad | ||
9 | ![]() | Bryne | 11 |
![]() | KFUM Oslo | ||
![]() | Fredrikstad |
References
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- ^ "Ny hovedterminliste menn 2021" (in Norwegian). OBOS-ligaen. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "HamKam vant og sikret opprykket til Eliteserien". Eurosport (in Norwegian). 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Stadiums in OBOS-ligaen 2021". Nordic Stadiums (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Vikvang blir leder av akademiet" (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Tom Dent ansatt som hovedtrener i Stjørdals-Blink" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Fredriksen og Ull/Kisa skiller lag" (in Norwegian). Ull/Kisa IL. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Her er Ull/Kisas nye hovedtrener" (in Norwegian). Ull/Kisa IL. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Kjønø er Stabæks nye assistent" (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Blir hovedtrener i Grorud" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Joey og Mattias ferdige i Start" (in Norwegian). IK Start. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Tjelmeland ny trener i Start" (in Norwegian). IK Start. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Sundgot blir hovedtrener ut året" (in Norwegian). Ull/Kisa IL. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Velkommen, Hugo Pereira" (in Norwegian). Ranheim Fotball. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Sandnes Ulf og Landro enige om å avslutte arbeidsforholdet" (in Norwegian). Sandnes Ulf. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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