2013 Norwegian First Division Explained

Competition:1. divisjon
Season:2013
Dates:6 April – 3 November
Winners:Bodø/Glimt
Promoted:Bodø/Glimt
Stabæk
Relegated:Vard Haugesund
Kongsvinger
Follo
Elverum
Matches:240
Total Goals:720
League Topscorer:Jo Sondre Aas
(18 goals)[1]
Biggest Home Win:Bodø/Glimt 8–0 Kongsvinger[2]
Biggest Away Win:Elverum 0–5 Follo
Highest Scoring:

Bryne 3–5 Vard Haugesund
Longest Wins:12 games
Bodø/Glimt[3]
Longest Unbeaten:17 games
Bodø/Glimt
Longest Winless:11 games
Elverum
Longest Losses:6 games
Follo
Highest Attendance:5,617
Sandefjord 2–2 Elverum
(9 August 2013)[4]
Lowest Attendance:153
Vard Haugesund 2–0 Ranheim
(1 September 2013)
Prevseason:2012
Nextseason:2014

The 2013 1. divisjon (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season. The season began on 6 April 2013 and was concluded on 3 November 2013.[5] The league was contested by 16 teams. The top two teams were promoted to the Tippeligaen, while the teams placed from third to sixth place played a promotion-playoff against the 14th-placed team in Tippeligaen to win promotion. The bottom four teams were relegated to the 2. divisjon.

Background

From the 2012 1. divisjon, Start and Sarpsborg 08 won promotion to Tippeligaen,[6] while Stabæk and Fredrikstad were relegated to the First Division.[7]

Tromsdalen, Bærum, Notodden and Alta were relegated from the 2012 1. divisjon, while Elverum, Kristiansund, Vard Haugesund and Follo were promoted from the 2012 2. divisjon.

Summary

At the end of the season Bodø/Glimt and Stabæk won promotion to the 2014 Tippeligaen, while Vard Haugesund, Kongsvinger Elverum and Follo was relegated to the 2. divisjon.

Teams

TeamLocationArenaCapacityManager
Bodø/GlimtBodøAspmyra Stadion7,354Jan Halvor Halvorsen
BryneBryneBryne Stadion10,000Gaute Larsen
ElverumElverumSentralidrettsplassen2,000Kevin Knappen
FolloSkiSki Stadion2,500Hans Erik Eriksen
FredrikstadFredrikstadFredrikstad Stadion12,560Lars Bakkerud
HamKamHamarBriskeby gressbane10,200Vegard Skogheim
HøddUlsteinvikHøddvoll Stadion3,120Lars Arne Nilsen
KristiansundKristiansundAtlanten stadion4,000Geir Bakke
KongsvingerKongsvingerGjemselund Stadion5,202Stian Aasen
MjøndalenMjøndalenMjøndalen Stadion2,100Vegard Hansen
RanheimTrondheimDNB Arena2,000Trond Nordsteien
SandefjordSandefjordKomplett.no Arena9,000Arne Sandstø
StabækBærumNadderud Stadion7,000Petter Belsvik
StrømmenStrømmenStrømmen Stadion1,800Erland Johnsen
Ull/KisaJessheimUKI Arena3,000Roar Johansen
Vard HaugesundHaugesundHaugesund Stadion8,800Flemming Christensen

League table

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoalsGamesAverage
1 Jo Sondre AasRanheim18290.62
2 Ibba LaajabBodø/Glimt17260.65
Aram KhaliliBryne17290.59
Mads StokkelienStabæk17300.57
5 Oddbjørn SkartunBryne16300.53
6 Pål Alexander KirkevoldMjøndalen14250.56
Ole Kristian LangåsUllensaker/Kisa14300.47
8 Sanel KapidzicVard Haugesund13270.48
9 Kent Håvard EriksenElverum12260.46
Steevan Dos SantosUllensaker/Kisa12270.44
Papa Alioune NdiayeBodø/Glimt12270.44
Robert SteneFredrikstad12290.41
13 Jean Alassane MendyKristiansund11240.46
14 Fitim AzemiFollo10290.34
Alexander Ruud TveterFollo10300.33
16 Jim JohansenBodø/Glimt9270.33
Martin BrekkeElverum9280.32
Magnus MyklebustKongsvinger9290.31
Emil DahleHamKam9290.31

Source:[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Toppscorerliste . no . nifs.no . . 6 November 2013.
  2. Web site: Statistikk 1. divisjon 2013 . no . nifs.no . . 1 September 2013.
  3. Web site: Tabell Tippeligaen 2013 . no . nifs.no . . 6 November 2013.
  4. Web site: Tilskuertall 1. divisjon 2013. no . nifs.no . . 10 August 2013.
  5. News: Tippeligaen med avspark 17. mars i 2013 . no . TV 2 . Norwegian News Agency . 26 October 2012 .
  6. News: - Må uvikle egne spillere . no . NRK . 22 October 2012 .
  7. News: Viking sendte Stabæk ned i 1. divisjon . no . Aftenposten . Lars Martin . Gimse . 28 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121031011657/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/article255464.ece . 31 October 2012 . dead .
  8. http://www.altomfotball.no/elementsCommonAjax.do?cmd=statistics&subCmd=goals&tournamentId=1&seasonId=335&teamId=&useFullUrl=false Alt om fotball