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.

Season summary

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.

Teams

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.

2019 Norwegian First Division is located in Norway
Locations of the teams in the 2019 1. divisjon

Stadia and personnel

TeamLocationArenaCapacityManager
AalesundÅlesundColor Line Stadion10,778Norway Lars Bohinen
HamKamHamarBriskeby Arena7,800Norway Gaute Helstrup
JervGrimstadLevermyr Stadion3,300Norway Arne Sandstø
KFUM OsloOsloKFUM Arena1,500Norway Jørgen Isnes
KongsvingerKongsvingerGjemselund Stadion5,824Portugal Vítor Gazimba
Nest-SotraSotraÅgotnes Stadion1,200Norway Steffen Landro
NotoddenNotoddenIdrettsparken4,000Norway Kenneth Dokken
RaufossRaufossNammo Stadion1,800Norway Christian Johnsen
SandefjordSandefjordKomplett Arena6,582Spain Martí Cifuentes
Sandnes UlfSandnesSandnes Stadion4,969Norway Bengt Sæternes
SkeidOsloNordre Åsen12,000Norway Tom Nordlie
SogndalSogndalsfjøraFosshaugane Campus5,622Norway Eirik Bakke
StartKristiansandSør Arena14,448Iceland Jóhannes Harðarson
StrømmenStrømmenStrømmen Stadion21,850Norway Ole Martin Nesselquist
TromsdalenTromsdalenTUIL Arena1,695England Jonathan Hill
Ull/KisaJessheimJessheim Stadion3,500Norway 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.

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTable
HamKamNorway Kevin KnappenContract expired11 November 2018Pre-seasonNorway Gaute Helstrup29 November 2018Pre-season
StrømmenNorway Espen OlsenContract expired11 November 2018Norway Ole Martin Nesselquist29 November 2018
Ull/KisaNorway Vegard SkogheimContract expired11 November 2018Norway Trond Fredriksen7 December 2018
KongsvingerEngland Mark DempseyResigned13 November 2018Portugal Vítor Gazimba16 January 2019
TromsdalenNorway Gaute HelstrupSigned by HamKam29 November 2018England Jonathan Hill10 January 2019
StartNorway Kjetil RekdalMutual agreement2 April 201915thIceland Jóhannes Harðarson3 April 201915th

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1Aalesund (C, P)3025416725+4279Promotion to Eliteserien
2Sandefjord (P)3019835330+2365
3Start (O, P)3019565431+2362Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4KFUM Oslo3013985842+1648
5Kongsvinger30144123836+246
6Sogndal30136115139+1245
7Nest-Sotra30146104331+1244
8Ull/Kisa30116134747039
9Sandnes Ulf30115144649−338
10HamKam30115144347−438
11Raufoss30122164759−1238
12Jerv3089133454−2033
13Strømmen30710133246−1430
14Notodden (R)3067173553−1825Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15Skeid (R)30410163854−1622Relegation to Second Division
16Tromsdalen (R)3034233679−4313

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Aalesund323111111111111111111111111111
Sandefjord312332222322222223233332222222
Start1164795333234333332322223333333
KFUM Oslo1115141184854453665544444444444644
Kongsvinger388568586646556777777667677575
Sogndal713791213111313111081098666656556866756
Nest-Sotra161491310111311111212118810998888885555467
Ull/Kisa73147374777777910101191010121212111099108
Sandnes Ulf710106117978999910788910111110991012121089
HamKam1161212131212101010111212121111111212121211101012910111110
Raufoss29117464655654444555657787888911
Jerv145229699881011111212121011999111191111121212
Strømmen101113141415151515141414151514141414141515141514141413131313
Notodden111215151514141414151515141415151515151313131313131314141414
Skeid35610510101212131313131313131313131414151415151515151515
Tromsdalen151616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Promotion to Eliteserien
Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2. divisjon

Results

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Aalesund—5–24–02–11–02–03–13–13–13–14–23–12–13–15–01–0
HamKam1–2—2–24–42–03–21–21–21–02–32–10–04–01–22–12–0
Jerv0–01–0—2–20–20–13–11–00–20–05–11–11–71–11–02–0
KFUM Oslo2–42–05–0—0–12–14–12–13–33–02–11–01–21–01–15–1
Kongsvinger1–12–11–10–0—1–01–01–02–31–20–23–04–23–23–21–2
Nest-Sotra0–12–04–12–23–0—2–11–21–13–02–11–00–11–12–02–0
Notodden0–11–21–11–12–02–3—0–10–20–41–11–30–23–03–30–0
Raufoss2–11–24–21–00–02–11–4—0–22–54–51–11–21–06–44–2
Sandefjord1–12–01–01–01–02–13–01–0—3–11–00–30–02–01–03–2
Sandnes Ulf1–20–22–32–31–20–01–03–12–4—3–20–12–00–313–22–0
Skeid0–11–00–01–10–21–22–22–32–20–0—2–21–11–13–01–2
Sogndal2–33–04–04–22–10–14–11–31–11–14–2—0–14–25–23–0
Start0–14–13–20–03–12–00–32–12–23–22–01–0—4–02–02–1
Strømmen1–20–03–10–32–00–21–12–12–30–01–12–00–0—0–41–1
Tromsdalen0–12–51–32–31–32–20–23–03–31–41–00–11–30–2—0–8
Ull/Kisa2–20–01–04–20–21–13–15–10–22–13–23–00–22–22–0—
  • 1Due to a frozen pitch at Sandnes Stadion, the game was cancelled and the result was set to 0–3.

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

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.

First round

Kongsvinger1–0Sogndal
Skagestad 17'

Second round

KFUM Oslo2–0Kongsvinger
Brix 24' Larsen 74'

Third round

Start1–0KFUM Oslo
Lowe 32'

Relegation play-offs

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.

Notodden1–3Åsane
Tagbajumi 21'Nygard 23' Hammersland 34', 54'
Åsane2–2Notodden
Hammersland 20', 80'Bakke 6' Gustavsen 25'

Åsane won 5–3 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Sweden Pontus EngblomSandefjord19
2Chile Niklas CastroAalesund17
3Norway Adem GüvenKongsvinger15
4Norway Kent Håvard EriksenSandnes Ulf14
5Senegal Pape Habib GuèyeAalesund13
Iceland Aron SigurðarsonStart
7Norway Sivert GussiåsStrømmen12
Norway Simen NordliHamKam
Norway Martin RamslandStart
10Norway Torbjørn AgdesteinAalesund10
Norway Sigurd Hauso HaugenSogndal
Nigeria KachiSandnes Ulf
Norway Moses MawaKFUM Oslo
Norway David TavakoliSkeid/KFUM Oslo