2008 Norwegian First Division

The 2008 Norwegian First Division season (known as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) began on 5 April 2008 and ended on 1 November 2008.^[1]

In 2009, the number of teams in the Norwegian Premier League will expand from fourteen to sixteen.^[2] Therefore, 2008 was a transitional season, in which more teams were promoted to the top flight, and less teams relegated to the Second Division, than usual. Automatic promotion was awarded to the teams finishing in the top three places in the standings. Only the two teams at the bottom of the standings were relegated to the Second Division, as opposed to the regular four.

The three clubs relegated from the Premier League in 2007 were Odd Grenland, Start and Sandefjord. At the conclusion of the season, all three had managed to secure promotion, with Odd Grenland being confirmed as champions of the First Division after defeating Start 3–2 in the penultimate round.^[3]

Sandnes Ulf and Hødd were relegated to the Second Division after finishing in fifteenth and sixteenth place respectively. It was Sandnes Ulf's first season at the second level since 1972. Nybergsund, who had never previously played at the second level, retained their spot, finishing in eighth place.

As in previous years, there was a two-legged promotion playoff at the end of the season, this time between the fourth-placed team in the First Division (Sogndal) and the thirteenth-placed team in the Premier League (Aalesund). Aalesund kept their spot in the Premier League, beating Sogndal 4-1 away, 3-1 at home, and 7-2 on aggregate.^[4]

Final league table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Odd Grenland !Odd Grenland (P)	30	20	5	5	76	44	+32	65	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Sandefjord !Sandefjord (P)	30	17	9	4	46	25	+21	60
3	Start !Start (P)	30	17	8	5	58	34	+24	59
4	Sogndal !Sogndal	30	15	9	6	53	36	+17	54	Qualification to Tippeligaen
5	Hønefoss BK !Hønefoss BK	30	15	6	9	47	33	+14	51
6	Notodden !Notodden	30	12	10	8	55	40	+15	46
7	Haugesund !Haugesund	30	11	9	10	48	47	+1	42
8	Nybergsund-Trysil !Nybergsund-Trysil	30	12	6	12	49	53	−4	42
9	Moss !Moss	30	9	12	9	63	54	+9	39
10	Sarpsborg Sparta !Sarpsborg Sparta	30	10	7	13	45	43	+2	37
11	Bryne !Bryne	30	10	6	14	38	53	−15	36
12	Løv-Ham !Løv-Ham	30	9	7	14	37	45	−8	34
13	Kongsvinger !Kongsvinger	30	8	6	16	33	58	−25	30
14	Alta !Alta	30	8	2	20	49	66	−17	26
15	Sandnes Ulf !Sandnes Ulf (R)	30	5	10	15	36	55	−19	25	Relegation to Second Division
16	Hødd !Hødd (R)	30	2	8	20	29	76	−47	14	Relegation to Second Division

Source: speaker.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
The winner, runner-up and third place finisher in the First Division are automatically promoted to the Norwegian Premier League. The fourth-placed team in the First Division and the 13th-placed team in the Premier League meet in a playoff at the end of the season. The two teams finishing at the bottom of the table are automatically relegated to the Second Division.
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Alta !ALT	Bryne !BRY	Haugesund !HAU	Hødd !ILH	Hønefoss BK !HØN	Kongsvinger !KIL	Løv-Ham !LØV	Moss !MFK	Notodden !NOT	Nybergsund-Trysil !NIL	Odd Grenland !ODD	Sandefjord !SF	Sandnes Ulf !ULF	Sarpsborg Sparta !SSFK	Sogndal !SIL	Start !IKS
Alta !Alta		4–1	1–0	7–2	0–2	1–2	1–3	3–0	2–3	1–2	3–7	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–2
Bryne !Bryne	3–1		2–2	6–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	5–5	1–1	0–3	0–1	1–3	4–0	1–0	0–1	0–1
Haugesund !Haugesund	5–4	1–1		3–1	0–4	0–1	2–3	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–2
Hødd !Hødd	1–2	0–1	1–2		0–1	2–4	1–1	1–5	0–0	2–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–3	0–2
Hønefoss BK !Hønefoss BK	2–0	2–0	1–1	5–1		4–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	6–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–4	3–3
Kongsvinger !Kongsvinger	1–3	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–1		1–0	0–3	1–2	0–2	1–3	0–3	0–0	2–1	4–3	2–2
Løv-Ham !Løv-Ham	3–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–1		1–1	3–1	0–0	2–3	0–2	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–0
Moss !Moss	4–2	1–2	2–4	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–1		1–1	2–1	3–3	3–1	2–4	2–4	1–1	4–0
Notodden !Notodden	5–3	7–0	1–1	5–1	3–1	4–2	0–1	2–2		1–0	0–0	5–0	2–1	0–5	2–3	2–3
Nybergsund-Trysil !Nybergsund-Trysil	2–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–5	0–1		1–3	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–3
Odd Grenland !Odd Grenland	2–1	5–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	3–2	1–1	5–1		2–1	3–2	3–2	4–4	3–2
Sandefjord !Sandefjord	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	4–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–0		2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1
Sandnes Ulf !Sandnes Ulf	2–2	1–1	2–4	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–3	0–3	0–0		2–1	3–0	2–2
Sarpsborg Sparta !Sarpsborg Sparta	2–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	5–1	1–1	2–1		2–2	0–2
Sogndal !Sogndal	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	3–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	0–1		0–3
Start !Start	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	5–2	1–0	1–2	5–1	2–1	1–1

Source: speaker.no
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top goal scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Peter Kovacs	22	Odd Grenland
Kenneth Kvalheim	21	Moss
Morten Fevang	15	Odd Grenland
Fabian Taylor	14	Notodden
Vegard Braaten	13	Alta
Martin Wiig	13	Sarpsborg Sparta
Lars Lafton	13	Hønefoss
Allan Borgvardt	12	Bryne
Geir Ludvig Fevang	11	Start

Source: VG Nett

Relegated teams

These three teams were relegated from the Norwegian Premier League in 2007:

Promoted teams

These four teams were promoted from the Second Division in 2007:

References

↑ "Norwegian First Division - Fixtures 2008". NRK Sport. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
↑ "Tippeligaen utvides til 16 lag". Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian). 2008-03-08. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
↑ "Odd ble serievinnere". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). 2008-10-25. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
↑ "Beramming kvalikkamper til Tippeligaen". Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian). 2008-11-03. Retrieved 2008-11-04.

External links

Norwegian First Division 2008 on NRK Sport: Fixtures and results - Top scorers, Yellow cards, Red cards - Standings

First Division football seasons in Norway
2. divisjon	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
1. divisjon	1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Adeccoligaen	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
1. divisjon	2014
OBOS-ligaen	2015 2016

2008 in Norwegian football
« 2007 2009 »
League competitions	Tippeligaen 1. Divisjon 2. Divisjon 3. Divisjon Toppserien (W)
Cup competitions	Norwegian Football Cup (Final)
Playoff competitions	To the 2. Divisjon To the First Division (women)
European competitions	Champions League '07–'08 '08–'09 UEFA Cup '07–'08 '08–'09
Related to national team	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA Group 9) Åge Hareide

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