2019 Norwegian Second Division

The 2019 2. divisjon (referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian football third-tier league season. The league consisted of 28 teams divided into 2 groups of 14 teams.

2. divisjon
Season2019
ChampionsStjørdals-Blink (Group 1)
Grorud (Group 2)
PromotedStjørdals-Blink
Grorud
Åsane
RelegatedVidar
Sola
Byåsen
Elverum
Oppsal
Mjølner
Matches played364
Goals scored1,173 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorerGr. 1: Markus Naglestad
(25 goals)[1]
Gr. 2: Håkon Lorentzen
(14 goals)
[2]
2018
2020

The league was played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams played 26 matches. The season began on 13 April and concluded on 26 October.

Team changes

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The following teams changed division since the 2018 season.

Locations of the 2019 2. divisjon teams.
  Green: Group 1;   Red: Group 2.

To 2. divisjon

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Promoted from 3. divisjon

Relegated from 1. divisjon

From 2. divisjon

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Promoted to 1. divisjon

Relegated to 3. divisjon

League tables

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Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Stjørdals-Blink (C, P) 26 18 6 2 69 22 +47 60 Promotion to First Division
2 Kvik Halden 26 18 4 4 57 26 +31 58 Qualification for promotion play-offs
3 Fredrikstad 26 16 5 5 52 28 +24 53
4 Egersund 26 13 6 7 60 36 +24 45
5 Levanger 26 13 2 11 38 40 −2 41
6 Arendal 26 12 3 11 49 40 +9 39
7 Hødd 26 10 5 11 40 45 −5 35
8 Moss 26 10 4 12 35 46 −11 34
9 Brattvåg 26 9 6 11 43 50 −7 33
10 Bryne 26 7 7 12 30 41 −11 28
11 Nardo 26 8 5 13 27 43 −16 27[a]
12 Vidar (R) 26 5 6 15 32 51 −19 21 Relegation to Third Division
13 Sola (R) 26 6 2 18 32 61 −29 20
14 Byåsen (R) 26 4 5 17 28 63 −35 17
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Nardo have been deducted 2 points due to financial difficulties.[3]

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Grorud (C, P) 26 15 6 5 47 32 +15 51 Promotion to First Division
2 Åsane (O, P) 26 15 5 6 66 31 +35 50 Qualification for promotion play-offs
3 Kjelsås 26 13 8 5 50 30 +20 47
4 Asker 26 13 7 6 39 28 +11 46
5 Fram Larvik 26 12 7 7 50 34 +16 43
6 Alta 26 12 5 9 44 41 +3 41
7 Florø 26 9 8 9 36 41 −5 35
8 Odd 2 26 10 2 14 46 45 +1 32
9 Sotra 26 8 6 12 34 37 −3 30
10 Bærum 26 7 8 11 39 55 −16 29
11 Senja 26 7 6 13 31 47 −16 27
12 Elverum (R) 26 7 5 14 34 46 −12 26 Relegation to Third Division
13 Oppsal (R) 26 6 6 14 35 60 −25 24
14 Mjølner (R) 26 6 5 15 30 54 −24 23
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion play-offs

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The teams who finished in second place in their respective group qualified for the promotion play-offs, where they faced each other over two legs. The winner, Åsane, then played against the 14th placed team in 1. divisjon for a place in the 2020 1. divisjon.

Åsane2–0Kvik Halden
Fredriksen   63'
Stava   75'
Report
Attendance: 305
Kvik Halden1–2Åsane
Krans   48' Report Hammersland   5', 74'
Attendance: 633
Referee: Marius Lien

Åsane won 4–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers

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References

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  1. ^ "Top scorers 2. divisjon group 1". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Top scorers 2. divisjon group 2". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Nardo trekkes to poeng". www.aftenposten.no (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  4. ^ "PostNord-ligaen avd 1 2019 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  5. ^ "PostNord-ligaen avd 2 2019 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 25 April 2019.