2005 Norwegian First Division

Norwegian First Division
Season 2005
Champions Stabæk
Promoted Stabæk
Sandefjord
Relegated Mandalskameratene
Skeid
Tønsberg
Alta
Matches played 240
Goals scored 731 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer Daniel Nannskog (27)
Biggest home win Stabæk 8-1 Pors Grenland[1]
(30 October 2005)
Biggest away win Alta 0-5 Løv-Ham[1]
(30 October 2005)
Highest scoring Tønsberg 3-6 Pors Grenland[1]
(13 August 2005)
← 2004
2006 →

The 2005 Norwegian First Division season kicked off on 10 April 2005, and the final round was played on 30 October 2005.

Stabæk were promoted to the 2006 Tippeligaen as First Division winners, along with Sandefjord who finished second. Sandefjord will be playing in the top division for the first time while Stabæk return to Premier League after being relegated in 2004.

As in previous years, there was a two-legged promotion playoff at the end of the season, between the third-placed team in the First Division (Moss) and the twelfth-placed team in the Premier League (Molde). Molde kept their spot in the Premier League, after beating Moss 5-2 on aggregate.

Mandalskameratene, Skeid, Tønsberg and Alta were relegated to the 2006 Second Division at the end of the season.

Team changes from 2004

2004 First Division champions Start and runners-up Aalesund were promoted to the 2005 Tippeligaen. They were replaced by Stabæk and Sogndal, who finished 13th and 14th respectively in the 2004 Tippeligaen season.

Four teams, Raufoss, Haugesund, Vard Haugesund and Tromsdalen, were relegated to the 2005 Second Division following the 2004-season. They were replaced by 2004 Second Division winners Tønsberg, Follo, Løv-Ham and Alta.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Stabæk (P) 30 20 7 3 63 23+40 67 Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Sandefjord (P) 30 19 5 6 58 37+21 62
3 Moss 30 17 7 6 54 30+24 58 Promotion playoffs
4 Hønefoss BK 30 17 5 8 52 41+11 56
5 Bryne 30 14 8 8 55 33+22 50
6 Pors Grenland 30 13 11 6 47 45+2 50
7 Sogndal 30 11 8 11 47 51−4 41
8 Strømsgodset 30 11 7 12 46 45+1 40
9 Hødd 30 10 7 13 53 54−1 37
10 Kongsvinger 30 11 4 15 41 48−7 37
11 Follo 30 8 10 12 40 47−7 34
12 Løv-Ham 30 9 4 17 31 47−16 31
13 Mandalskameratene (R) 30 7 8 15 41 54−13 29 Relegation to Second Division
14 Skeid (R) 30 8 5 17 39 58−19 29
15 Tønsberg (R) 30 6 7 17 36 56−20 25
16 Alta (R) 30 5 5 20 28 62−34 20

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top goalscorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Sweden Daniel Nannskog Stabæk 27
2 Sweden Andreas Tegström Sandefjord 14
3 Iceland Veigar Páll Gunnarsson Stabæk 13
4 Kenya Paul Oyuga Bryne 12
Norway Einar Kalsæg Kongsvinger 12

Source:[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ligastats 1. divisjon 2005". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Adeccoligaen 2005". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2 (Norway). Retrieved 23 May 2012.

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