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2019 Norwegian First Division
The 2019 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.
| Season |
|---|
| 30 March – 9 November |
| Aalesund |
| Aalesund Sandefjord |
| NotoddenSkeid Tromsdalen |
| 240 |
| 722 (3.01 per match) |
| Pontus Engblom(19 goals) |
| KFUM Oslo 5–0 Jerv(5 May 2019)Aalesund 5–0 Tromsdalen(16 May 2019) |
| Tromsdalen 0–8 Ull/Kisa(14 April 2019) |
| Raufoss 6–4 Tromsdalen(2 June 2019) |
| 9 gamesAalesund |
| 18 gamesAalesund |
| 16 gamesTromsdalen |
| 7 gamesTromsdalen |
| 7,150Start 3–2 Jerv(16 May 2019) |
| 50Tromsdalen 0–1 Aalesund(20 October 2019)Tromsdalen 3–0 Raufoss(2 November 2019) |
| 1,434 15.5% |
| ← 2018 2020 → |
The 2019 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.
Aalesund set a new record for most points in a 1. divisjon season with 79. They surpassed IK Start's previous record of 74 points, from the 2004 season.
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 coincided 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.
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.
| 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 | Vítor 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 Åsen1 | 2,000 | Tom Nordlie |
| Sogndal | Sogndalsfjøra | Fosshaugane Campus | 5,622 | Eirik Bakke |
| Start | Kristiansand | Sør Arena | 14,448 | Jóhannes Harðarson |
| Strømmen | Strømmen | Strømmen Stadion2 | 1,850 | Ole Martin Nesselquist |
| Tromsdalen | Tromsdalen | TUIL Arena | 1,695 | Jonathan Hill |
| Ull/Kisa | Jessheim | Jessheim Stadion | 3,500 | Trond Fredriksen |
- 1Skeid played their home games at Intility Arena from 25 May 2019.
- 2Strømmen played their last home game at Jessheim Stadion due to nonapproved floodlights at Strømmen Stadion.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HamKam | Kevin Knappen | Contract expired | 11 November 2018 | Pre-season | Gaute Helstrup | 29 November 2018 | Pre-season |
| Strømmen | Espen Olsen | Contract expired | 11 November 2018 | Ole Martin Nesselquist | 29 November 2018 | ||
| Ull/Kisa | Vegard Skogheim | Contract expired | 11 November 2018 | Trond Fredriksen | 7 December 2018 | ||
| Kongsvinger | Mark Dempsey | Resigned | 13 November 2018 | Vítor Gazimba | 16 January 2019 | ||
| Tromsdalen | Gaute Helstrup | Signed by HamKam | 29 November 2018 | Jonathan Hill | 10 January 2019 | ||
| Start | Kjetil Rekdal | Mutual agreement | 2 April 2019 | 15th | Jóhannes Harðarson | 3 April 2019 | 15th |
| Promotion play-offs |
| Relegation play-offs |
| Relegation to 2. divisjon |
- 1Due to a frozen pitch at Sandnes Stadion, the game was cancelled and the result was set to 0–3.
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.
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.
Åsane won 5–3 on aggregate.
| 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 |
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