2019 1. divisjon


The 2019 1. divisjon 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 Start's record of 74 points from the 2004 season in the penultimate round.

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 was coinciding 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.

Stadia and personnel

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

League table

Positions by round

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

Second round

Third round

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.
Åsane won 5–3 on aggregate.

Results

Top scorers

Top assists

Attendances