2019 Norwegian Second Division Explained

Competition:2. divisjon
Season:2019
Winners:Stjørdals-Blink (Group 1)
Grorud (Group 2)
Promoted:Stjørdals-Blink
Grorud
Åsane
Relegated:Vidar
Sola
Byåsen
Elverum
Oppsal
Mjølner
Matches:364
Total Goals:1173
League Topscorer:Gr. 1: Markus Naglestad
(25 goals)[1]
[2]
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2020

The 2019 2. divisjon (referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian football third-tier league season. The league consisted of 28 teams divided into 2 groups of 14 teams.

The league was played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams played 26 matches. The season began on 13 April and concluded on 26 October.

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2018 season.

To 2. divisjon

Promoted from 3. divisjon

Relegated from 1. divisjon

From 2. divisjon

Promoted to 1. divisjon

Relegated to 3. divisjon

League tables

Group 1

Group 2

Promotion play-offs

The teams who finished in second place in their respective group qualified for the promotion play-offs, where they faced each other over two legs. The winner, Åsane, then played against the 14th placed team in 1. divisjon for a place in the 2020 1. divisjon.

Åsane won 4–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Group 1

RankPlayerClubGoals[3]
1 Markus NaglestadEgersund25
2 Mats LilleboStjørdals-Blink23
3 Tim NilsenFredrikstad15
Sondre Hopmark StokkeStjørdals-Blink
5 Bubacarr SumarehEgersund14
6 Youssef ChaibKvik Halden13
Sami KamelBrattvåg
8 Thomas Klemetsen JakobsenVidar12
Henrik Kjelsrud JohansenFredrikstad
Håkon Bjørdal LeineBrattvåg

Group 2

RankPlayerClubGoals[4]
1 Håkon LorentzenÅsane14
2 Joakim Vatle HammerslandÅsane13
Walid Chafouk IdrissiKjelsås
Magnus SolumElverum
5 Thierry DaboveGrorud11
Tobias LauritsenOdd 2
Mame Mor NdiayeFram Larvik
Guyon PhilipsAlta
Jone RuglandSotra/Fram Larvik
10 Lorent CallakuFlorø10
Oliver Valaker EdvardsenGrorud
Wilhelm Osman Veum-AdraOppsal

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Top scorers 2. divisjon group 1 . no . www.nifs.no . NTB . 25 April 2019.
  2. Web site: Top scorers 2. divisjon group 2 . no . www.nifs.no . NTB . 25 April 2019.
  3. Web site: PostNord-ligaen avd 1 2019 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort. www.fotball.no. NFF. 25 April 2019. no.
  4. Web site: PostNord-ligaen avd 2 2019 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort. www.fotball.no. NFF. 25 April 2019. no.