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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.
| Season |
|---|
| 2 April – 29 October |
| Brann |
| BrannStabæk |
| GrorudStjørdals-Blink |
| 240 |
| 789 (3.29 per match) |
| Bård FinneGift Orban(16 goals) |
| 16,617Brann 3–0 Sandnes Ulf(16 May 2022) |
| 125Grorud 1–1 Raufoss(3 October 2022) |
| 2,121 |
| ← 2021 2023 → |
The 2022 Norwegian First Division (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is a Norwegian second-tier football league season.
The league started on 2 April 2022, and is scheduled to end on 29 October 2022, not including play-off matches.
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.
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Match Kunstgress | 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 Kunstgressbane | 2,500 |
| Sogndal | Sogndalsfjøra | Fosshaugane Campus | 5,622 |
| Stabæk | Bærum | Nadderud Stadion | 4,938 |
| Start | Kristiansand | Sparebanken Sør Arena | 14,448 |
| Stjørdals-Blink | Stjørdalshalsen | M.U.S Stadion Sandskogan | 2,000 |
| Promotion play-offs |
| Relegation play-offs |
| Relegation to 2023 2. divisjon |
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 face the 14th-placed team in the Eliteserien over two legs in the Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.
First round
Second round
Third round
The 14th-placed team took 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.
Skeid won 8–1 on aggregate.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bård Finne | Brann | 16 |
| Gift Orban | Stabæk | ||
| 3 | Mathias Rasmussen | Brann | 15 |
| 4 | Vegard Erlien | Ranheim | 14 |
| Aune Heggebø | Brann | ||
| 6 | Martin Ramsland | Sandnes Ulf | 13 |
| 7 | Jonatan Braut Brunes | Start | 12 |
| Marcus Mehnert | Ranheim | ||
| Nicolay Solberg | Fredrikstad | ||
| 10 | Niklas Castro | Brann | 11 |
| Jónatan Ingi Jónsson | Sogndal | ||
| Eirik Schulze | Start |
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Most yellow cards: 9
- Jakob Lindström (Fredrikstad)
- Ole Amund Sveen (Mjøndalen)
- Erik Tønne (Ranheim)
-
Most red cards: 2
- Nicolai Fremstad (Raufoss)
- Isaac Twum (Mjøndalen / Sogndal)
- Morten Strand (Stjørdals-Blink)
- Curtis Edwards (Stabæk)
- David Paulmin (Stjørdals-Blink)
| Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month | Young Player of the Month | References | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June | Not awarded | Mathias Rasmussen | Brann | Nicolas Pignatel Jenssen | Stabæk | ||
| July | Eirik Horneland | Brann | Gift Orban | Stabæk | Emanuel Grønner | Sogndal | |
| August | Jørgen Isnes | KFUM | Robin Rasch | KFUM | Petter Nosa Dahl | KFUM | |
| September | Eirik Horneland | Brann | Mathias Bringaker | Kongsvinger | Gift Orban | Stabæk |
| Award | Winner | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Coach of the Year | Eirik Horneland | Brann |
| Player of the Year | Mathias Rasmussen | |
| Young Player of the Year | Gift Orban | Stabæk |
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