2012 Norwegian First Division


The 2012 1. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season began on 9 April 2012 and ended on 11 November 2012.
Two clubs, Start and Sarpsborg, were relegated from the 2011 Tippeligaen, while Notodden, Tromsdalen, Ull/Kisa, and Bærum were promoted from the 2011 2. divisjon.
Asker, Nybergsund-Trysil, Randaberg and Løv-Ham were relegated to the 2012 2. divisjon
At the end of the season, the two best teams were promoted to the 2013 Tippeligaen, while the four worst placed teams were relegated to the 2013 2. divisjon.

Teams

TeamLocationArenaCapacityManager
AltaAltaFinnmarkshallen1,000Rune Berger
Bodø/GlimtBodøAspmyra Stadion7,400Cato André Hansen
BryneBryneBryne Stadion10,000Gaute Larsen
BærumSandvikaSandvika Stadion1,500Morten Tandberg
HamKamHamarBriskeby Arena10,200Vegard Skogheim
HøddUlsteinvikHøddvoll Stadion3,120Lars Arne Nilsen
KongsvingerKongsvingerGjemselund Stadion5,202Tom Nordlie
MjøndalenMjøndalenNedre Eiker Stadion2,600Vegard Hansen
NotoddenNotoddenNotodden Stadion3,000Kenneth Dokken
RanheimRanheimDnB NOR Arena2,000Aasmund Bjørkan
SandefjordSandefjordKomplett.no Arena9,000Arne Sandstø
Sarpsborg 08SarpsborgSarpsborg Stadion5,000Roar Johansen
IK StartKristiansandSør Arena14,300Mons Ivar Mjelde
StrømmenStrømmenStrømmen Stadion3,000Erland Johnsen
TromsdalenTromsøTromsdalen Stadion3,000Morten Pedersen
Ull/KisaJessheimUKI Arena3,000Arne Erlandsen

Managerial changes

League table

Promotion play-offs

and Sarpsborg were directly promoted, and five teams entered a play-off for the last Tippeligaen spot in the 2013 season. These were:
The four Adeccoligaen teams first played a single game knockout tournament, with the winner advancing to a two-legged tie against the Tippeligaen team for the 16th and final spot in the 2013 season. Sandnes Ulf retained their Tippeligaen spot with an aggregate 7–1 win over Ull/Kisa.

Season statistics

Top scorers

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