2009 Norwegian First Division Explained

The 2009 1. divisjon (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season began play on 5 April 2009 and will end on 1 November 2009.

The club relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2008 was Ham-Kam. Sandnes Ulf and Hødd were relegated to the 2. divisjon in 2008 after finishing in fifteenth and sixteenth place respectively. Tromsdalen, Stavanger, Mjøndalen, and Skeid were promoted from the 2. divisjon in 2008.

At the end of the season, a two-legged promotion playoff will be played between the 3rd, 4th, and 5th placed teams in the 1. divisjon and the 14th placed team in the Tippeligaen.

League table

Promotion play-offs

See main article: 2009 Eliteserien promotion/relegation play-offs. The two winning sides from the first round, Sarpsborg 08 and Kongsvinger, took part in a two-legged play-off to decide who would play in the 2010 Tippeligaen.

First leg

Second leg

Kongsvinger won 5–4 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2010 Tippeligaen.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Thomas Sørum	Haugesund	24
2	Lars Lafton	Hønefoss	21
3	Vegard Braaten	Alta	18
4	Martin Wiig	Sarpsborg 08	15
5	Marius Helle	Bryne	14
Kenneth Kvalheim	Moss
Kim Ojo	Nybergsund
8	Tore Andreas Gundersen	Nybergsund	13
9	Erik Midtgarden	Mjøndalen	10
Magnus Sylling Olsen	Kongsvinger
Kamal Saaliti	Hønefoss
Nikola Đurđić	Haugesund
Øyvind Hoås	Sarpsborg 08

Last updated: 1 November 2009
Source: NRK Sport

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