2016 Norwegian First Division

Norwegian First Division

Season	2016
Champions	Kristiansund
Promoted	Kristiansund Sandefjord
Relegated	Bryne Hødd KFUM Oslo Raufoss
Matches played	300
Goals scored	696 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pontus Engblom (26)
Biggest home win	Ullensaker/Kisa 8–3 Hødd
Biggest away win	Fredrikstad 1–7 Ranheim
Highest scoring	Ullensaker/Kisa 8–3 Hødd
Longest winning run	10 games – Sandefjord
Longest winless run	10 games – Raufoss
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The 2016 Norwegian First Division (known as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is Norway's second-tier football league. The league will be contested by 16 teams, and the top two teams will be promoted to Tippeligaen, while the teams placed from third to sixth place will play a promotion-playoff against the 14th-placed team in Tippeligaen to win promotion. The bottom four teams will be relegated to the Second Division.^[1]

The first round of the season will be played on 9 April 2016 and will end with the last round on 30 October 2016. The playoff-tournament will be played between 6 and 21 November 2016.^[2]

Team changes from 2015

In the 2015 First Division, Sogndal, and Brann won promotion to Tippeligaen, while Follo, Nest-Sotra, Bærum and Hønefoss were relegated to the 2016 Second Division.

Mjøndalen,^[3] and Sandefjord,^[3] were relegated from the 2015 Tippeligaen, while KFUM Oslo, Raufoss, Ull/Kisa and Kongsvinger were promoted from the 2015 Second Division.

Teams

Bryne

Fredrikstad

Hødd

Jerv

KFUM

Kongsvinger

Kristiansund

Levanger

Mjøndalen

Ranheim

Raufoss

Sandefjord

Sandnes Ulf

Strømmen

Ull/Kisa

Åsane

Locations of the teams in the 2016 Norwegian First Division

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity	Manager
Bryne	Bryne	Bryne Stadion	10,000	Alf Inge Berntsen
Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad Stadion	12,565	Jan Halvor Halvorsen
Hødd	Ulsteinvik	Høddvoll Stadion	3,825	Hans-Erik Eriksen
Jerv	Grimstad	J.J. Ugland Stadion – Levermyr	1,750	Arne Sandstø
KFUM	Oslo	KFUM Arena	1,500	Ståle Andersen
Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger	Gjemselund Stadion	6,700	Luis Berkemeier Pimenta
Kristiansund	Kristiansund	Kristiansund Stadion	3,000	Christian Michelsen
Levanger	Levanger	Moan Fritidspark	6,000	Magnus Powell
Mjøndalen	Mjøndalen	Isachsen Stadion	4,350	Vegard Hansen
Ranheim	Trondheim	DNB Arena	2,000	Svein Maalen
Raufoss	Raufoss	NAMMO Stadion	2,500	Espen Haug
Sandefjord	Sandefjord	Komplett.no Arena	6,000	Lars Bohinen
Sandnes Ulf	Sandnes	Sandnes Idrettspark	4,969	Bengt Sæternes
Strømmen	Strømmen	Strømmen Stadion	1,800	Espen Olsen
Ull/Kisa	Jessheim	UKI Arena	3,000	Vegard Skogheim
Åsane	Åsane	Åsane Idrettspark	3,000	Morten Røssland

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
Fredrikstad	Arne Erlandsen	Contract expired	11 November 2015[4]	Pre-season	Jan Halvor Halvorsen	23 November 2015[5]	Pre-season
Ranheim	Ola By Rise	Contract expired	30 November 2015[6]	Pre-season	Svein Maalen	1 December 2015[6]	Pre-season
Ull/Kisa	Jonas Olsson	Contract expired	3 December 2015[7]	Pre-season	Vegard Skogheim	1 January 2016[8]	Pre-season
Jerv	Steinar Pedersen	Start's new coach	23 December 2015[9]	Pre-season	Arne Sandstø	15 January 2016[10]	Pre-season
Hødd	Sindre Eid	Resigned	31 December 2015[11]	Pre-season	Hans-Erik Eriksen	1 January 2016[12]	Pre-season
Levanger	Andreas Holmberg	Contract expired	31 December 2015[13]	Pre-season	Magnus Powell	1 January 2016[13]	Pre-season
Bryne	Gaute Larsen	Resigned	14 May 2016[14]	12th	Alf Ingve Berntsen	14 May 2016[14]	12th
Fredrikstad	Jan Halvor Halvorsen	Resigned	09 Aug 2016[15]	14th	Mons Ivar Mjelde	09 Aug 2016[16]	14th

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Kristiansund (C, P)	30	19	5	6	47	30	+17	62	Promotion to Eliteserien
2	Sandefjord (P)	30	18	5	7	54	35	+19	59
3	Jerv (Q)	30	15	8	7	47	34	+13	53	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
4	Sandnes Ulf (Q)	30	15	6	9	55	28	+27	51
5	Kongsvinger (Q)	30	14	7	9	56	42	+14	49
6	Mjøndalen (Q)	30	13	10	7	49	38	+11	49
7	Strømmen	30	13	8	9	46	45	+1	47
8	Levanger	30	13	6	11	52	46	+6	45
9	Ranheim	30	11	6	13	45	48	−3	39
10	Åsane	30	10	8	12	36	37	−1	38
11	Fredrikstad	30	8	9	13	34	48	−14	33
12	Ull/Kisa	30	8	8	14	47	50	−3	32
13	Bryne (R)	30	7	9	14	33	48	−15	30	Relegation to Norwegian Second Division
14	Hødd (R)	30	8	6	16	31	57	−26	30
15	KFUM Oslo (R)	30	6	8	16	31	48	−17	26
16	Raufoss (R)	30	6	3	21	33	62	−29	21

Source: nifs (Norwegian), Soccerway
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Promotion play-offs

The third to sixth-placed teams took part in the promotion play-offs; these were single leg knockout matches, two semi-finals and a final. The winners, Jerv, advanced to play Stabæk over two legs in the Tippeligaen play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.

Semi-finals

Sandnes Ulf v Kongsvinger

5 November 2016 18:00 CET (UTC+1)

Sandnes Ulf	0–2	Kongsvinger
	Report	Güven  9', 90+3'

Sandnes Idrettspark, Sandnes Attendance: 1,262 Referee: Rohit Saggi

Jerv v Mjøndalen

19 November 2016^[A] 12:00 CET (UTC+1)

Jerv	2–1	Mjøndalen
Haugstad  9' Brochmann  60'	Report	Sylling Olsen  57'

Levermyr Stadion, Grimstad Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

1. ^ The match began originally on 5 November 2016, but was suspended in the 45th minute at 1–0 to Jerv, due to heavy rain; remaining minutes were played on 19 November 2016.

Final

Jerv v Kongsvinger

26 November 2016 12:00 CET (UTC+1)

Jerv	2–1	Kongsvinger
Andersen  32' Brochmann  38'	Report	Maikel  16'

Levermyr Stadion, Grimstad Attendance: 1,370 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

Season statistics

Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals Games Average 1 Pontus Engblom Sandnes Ulf 26 30 0,87 2 Daouda Bamba Kristiansund 20 28 0,71 3 Robert Stene Ranheim 18 30 0,60 4 Geir André Herrem Åsane 14 22 0,64 Adem Güven Kongsvinger 14 25 0,56 Kjell Rune Sellin Sandefjord 14 30 0,47 Benjamin Stokke Levanger 14 30 0,47 8 Kent Håvard Eriksen Sandnes Ulf 13 25 0,52 9 Sanel Kapidžić Fredrikstad 12 28 0,43 Robin Shroot Hødd 12 30 0,40 11 Mats Moldskred Kongsvinger 11 25 0,44 Nicolay Solberg Ull/Kisa 11 28 0,39 Most assists Rank Player Club Assists Games Average 1 Christoffer Aasbak Hødd 9 27 0,33 2 Liridon Kalludra Kristiansund 8 26 0,31 3 Håvard Storbæk Sandefjord 7 25 0,28 Erik Mjelde Sandefjord 7 28 0,25 Pontus Engblom Sandnes Ulf 7 29 0,24 Benjamin Stokke Levanger 7 29 0,24 7 Joachim Soltvedt Åsane 6 26 0,23 Markus Brændsrød Strømmen 6 27 0,22 Nicolay Solberg Ull/Kisa 6 27 0,22 Kristoffer Ødemarksbakken Ull/Kisa 6 27 0,22 Tonny Brochmann Jerv 6 28 0,21 References "2014 Bestemmelser om KM, opp- og nedrykk" [Rules for promotion and relegation, 2014] (PDF). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 20 January 2016. "Hovedterminliste menn 2016" [Main schedule men's football 2016] (PDF). fotball.no. Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 20 January 2016. "Tabell Tippeligaen 2015" [Final table Tippeligaen 2015]. Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 20 January 2016. "Arne Erlandsen og FFK avslutter samarbeidet". www.fredrikstadfk.no (in Norwegian). Fredrikstad FK. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016. "Velkommen, Jan Halvor!". www.fredrikstadfk.no (in Norwegian). Fredrikstad FK. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016. "Ny hovedtrener på plass". www.ranheimfotball.no (in Norwegian). Ranheim Fotball. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016. "Tusen tack för ett fantastiskt år". www.ullkisafotball.no (in Norwegian and Swedish). Ullensaker/Kisa IL. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016. "Vegard Skogheim er Ull/Kisas nye hovedtrener". www.ullkisafotball.no (in Norwegian). Ullensaker/Kisa IL. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016. "Steinar Pedersen ferdig i FK JERV". www.fkjerv.no (in Norwegian). FK Jerv. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016. "Arne Sandstø ny hovedtrener i FK Jerv!". www.fkjerv.no (in Norwegian). FK Jerv. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016. "Pressemelding". www.hodd.no (in Norwegian). IL Hødd. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016. "Hans-Erik Eriksen blir ny hovudtrenar". www.hodd.no (in Norwegian). IL Hødd. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016. "Powell og Toresen nye trenere". www.levangerfotball.no (in Norwegian). Levanger FK. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2016. "Pressemelding". www.brynefk.no (in Norwegian). Bryne FK. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016. "Pressemelding". www.fredrikstadfk.no (in Norwegian). Fredrikstad FK. 9 Aug 2016. Retrieved 16 Nov 2016. "Mons Ivar Mjelde inn". www.fredrikstadfk.no (in Norwegian). Fredrikstad FK. 9 Aug 2016. Retrieved 16 Nov 2016.