2007 Norwegian First Division

(Redirected from 2007 1. divisjon)

The 2007 1. divisjon season (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season began on 9 April 2007 and concluded on 4 November 2007. It was the tenth and final season in which teams competed for two automatic promotion spots and one playoff spot.

1. divisjon
Season2007
Dates9 April – 4 November
ChampionsMolde
PromotedMolde
HamKam
Bodø/Glimt
RelegatedRaufoss
Tromsdalen
Skeid
Mandalskameratene
Matches played240
Goals scored787 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorerKenneth Kvalheim
(23 goals)
Biggest home winMolde 12–1 Mandalskameratene
(26 August 2007)
Biggest away winHønefoss 0–5 Kongsvinger
(4 November 2007)
Highest scoringMolde 12–1 Mandalskameratene
(26 August 2007)
2006
2008

The 1. divisjon was won by Molde, who finished one point ahead of Ham-Kam. Both clubs were relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2006 and were promoted back to the highest level after only one season. Bodø/Glimt finished third and defeated Odd Grenland in the playoff to earn promotion.

Of the four teams promoted from the 2. divisjon in 2006, only Notodden managed to hold on to their spot. They played in the 1. divisjon for the first time in their history, finishing in ninth place (Snøgg and Heddal, the club's predecessors, have both played in the second tier, last in 1967 and 1961 respectively).

Raufoss returned to the 1. divisjon after being relegated in 2004 and were able to finish in eleventh place. However, due to financial problems and failure to meet demands on infrastructure, the Football Association of Norway decided not to award Raufoss the required license for play in the top two divisions.[1][2] Raufoss were demoted to the 2. divisjon and their place given to Sparta Sarpsborg, who finished in thirteenth place.

Mandalskameratene and Skeid were relegated to the 2. divisjon after one season. They were joined by Tromsdalen, who survived for two seasons.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Molde (C, P)3022356228+3469Promotion to Tippeligaen
2Ham-Kam (P)3021548236+4668
3Bodø/Glimt (O, P)3017496639+2755Qualification for the promotion play-offs[a]
4Kongsvinger3016595642+1453
5Moss3015874637+953
6Bryne3014795738+1949
7Sogndal30135124844+444
8Haugesund30109114952−339
9Notodden30113164954−536
10Hønefoss30811113452−1835
11Raufoss[b] (R)30105153761−2435Relegation to Second Division
12Løv-Ham3096153944−533
13Sarpsborg Sparta3088145052−232
14Tromsdalen (R)3078153756−1929Relegation to Second Division
15Skeid (R)3048183260−2820
16Mandalskameratene (R)3047194392−4919
Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayB/GBFKHAMFKHHBKKILLØVMANMOLMOSNFKRILSKDSDLSSTUIL
Bodø/Glimt2–06–13–03–11–13–18–11–21–22–05–04–12–02–02–1
Bryne0–23–04–20–01–21–13–02–01–23–26–03–02–13–14–0
Ham-Kam2–32–13–32–04–01–16–00–21–13–15–05–13–02–05–0
Haugesund2–12–22–40–02–23–02–12–42–22–11–21–13–12–14–1
Hønefoss0–01–42–21–10–51–02–10–30–14–11–04–30–02–22–2
Kongsvinger1–40–00–10–23–00–13–21–22–12–12–12–02–43–04–1
Løv-Ham4–02–11–34–13–11–24–00–11–25–20–10–00–12–23–2
Mandalskameratene3–31–20–31–32–22–03–00–33–34–32–31–12–21–21–3
Molde4–23–20–23–11–10–24–112–13–01–00–20–02–11–01–0
Moss0–14–00–02–11–11–31–03–00–03–12–02–02–12–11–1
Notodden2–31–00–13–14–00–33–03–12–00–22–24–30–11–03–1
Raufoss3–11–11–42–10–22–40–01–41–22–01–22–13–21–11–2
Skeid1–01–20–41–10–31–31–02–20–12–21–14–10–21–34–0
Sogndal2–01–23–41–24–13–00–23–22–32–01–12–12–11–12–1
Sparta Sarpsborg4–13–32–40–03–02–23–16–11–21–22–51–23–12–20–1
Tromsdalen0–01–13–51–01–22–21–11–11–25–12–01–12–00–10–2
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Kenneth KvalheimNotodden23
2 Thiago MartinsBodø/Glimt17
3 Oluwasegun AbiodunHam-Kam15
Håvard FloSogndal
Bjørnar JohannessenSparta Sarpsborg
6 Roman KienastHam-Kam14
Peter SamuelssonKongsvinger
8 John PeluKongsvinger12
9 Allan BorgvardtBryne11
Trond OlsenBodø/Glimt
Kjetil Ruthford PedersenMandalskameratene
Samir ŠarićLøv-Ham

Relegated teams

These two teams were relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2006:

These four teams were promoted from the 2. divisjon at the start of the season:

References