The 2018 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.
The season began on 2 April 2018 and ended on 11 November 2018 (not including playoff matches).
Team changes from 2017 In the 2017 1. divisjon, Bodø/Glimt, Start and Ranheim were promoted to the 2018 Eliteserien, while Fredrikstad, Elverum and Arendal were relegated to the 2018 2. divisjon.
Sogndal, Aalesund and Viking were relegated from the 2017 Eliteserien, while HamKam, Nest-Sotra and Notodden were promoted from the 2017 2. divisjon.
Teams
Stadia and personnel
Team Location Arena Capacity Manager Aalesund Ålesund Color Line Stadion10,778 Lars Bohinen Florø Florø Florø Stadion 2,700 Terje Rognsø HamKam Hamar Briskeby Arena 7,800 Kevin Knappen Jerv Grimstad Levermyr Stadion 3,300 Arne Sandstø Kongsvinger Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion 5,824 Mark Dempsey Levanger Levanger TOBB Arena 2,100 Roger Naustan Mjøndalen Mjøndalen Isachsen Stadion 4,200 Vegard Hansen Nest-Sotra Sotra Ågotnes Stadion 1,200 Steffen Landro Notodden Notodden Idrettsparken 4,000 Kenneth Dokken Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Sandnes Stadion 4,969 Bengt Sæternes Sogndal Sogndalsfjøra Fosshaugane Campus 5,622 Eirik Bakke Strømmen Strømmen Strømmen Stadion 1,850 Espen Olsen Tromsdalen Tromsdalen TUIL Arena 1,695 Gaute Helstrup Ull/Kisa Jessheim Jessheim Stadion 3,500 Vegard Skogheim Viking Stavanger Viking Stadion 15,900 Bjarne Berntsen Åsane Åsane Myrdal Gress 2,180 Mons Ivar Mjelde
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table Aalesund Trond Fredriksen Sacked 12 December 2017Pre-season Lars Bohinen 20 December 2017Pre-season Viking Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim (interim) End of caretaker spell 18 December 2017 Bjarne Berntsen 18 December 2017 Levanger Magnus Powell Contract expired 31 December 2017 Roger Naustan 1 January 2018 Kongsvinger Hans-Erik Eriksen Sacked 30 April 2018 15th Mark Dempsey 11 June 2018 10th
League table
Positions by round
Results
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 3rd placed team played at home against the 6th placed team, and the 4th placed team played at home against the 5th placed team. The two winners then played against each other in the second round, where the team with the highest table position played at home. The winner of the second round, Aalesund, 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
Relegation play-offs
The 14th placed team, Åsane, took part in a two-legged play-off against KFUM Oslo, the winners of the 2. divisjon play-offs, to decide who would play in the 2019 1. divisjon. KFUM Oslo won 4-3 on aggregate and were therefore promoted, while Åsane got relegated.
KFUM Oslo won 4–3 on aggregate.
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Tommy Høiland Viking212 Hólmbert Friðjónsson Aalesund193 Sindre Mauritz-Hansen Strømmen174 Sigurd Haugen Sogndal15 Shuaibu Ibrahim Kongsvinger6 Kristoffer Normann Hansen Ull/Kisa13 Alexander Dang Nest-Sotra8 Torbjørn Agdestein Aalesund12 Johnny Furdal Nest-Sotra / Viking10 Ole Andreas Nesset Ull/Kisa11 Adem Güven Kongsvinger Vegard Lysvoll Tromsdalen
Attendances
Awards Award Winner Club Manager of the season Steffen Landro Nest-Sotra Player of the season Johnny Furdal Nest-Sotra / Viking Young player of the season Kristian Thorstvedt Viking OBOS Player of the season Hólmbert Friðjónsson Aalesund
References