The 2012 1. divisjon (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season began on 9 April 2012 and ended on 11 November 2012.
Two clubs, Start and Sarpsborg, were relegated from the 2011 Tippeligaen, while Notodden, Tromsdalen, Ull/Kisa, and Bærum were promoted from the 2011 2. divisjon.
Asker, Nybergsund-Trysil, Randaberg and Løv-Ham were relegated to the 2012 2. divisjon
At the end of the season, the two best teams were promoted to the 2013 Tippeligaen, while the four worst placed teams were relegated to the 2013 2. divisjon.
Teams
Team Location Arena Capacity Manager Alta Alta Finnmarkshallen 1,000 Rune Berger Bodø/Glimt Bodø Aspmyra Stadion 7,400 Cato André Hansen Bryne Bryne Bryne Stadion 10,000 Gaute Larsen Bærum Sandvika Sandvika Stadion 1,500 Morten Tandberg HamKam Hamar Briskeby Arena 10,200 Vegard Skogheim Hødd Ulsteinvik Høddvoll Stadion 3,120 Lars Arne Nilsen Kongsvinger Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion 5,202 Tom Nordlie Mjøndalen Mjøndalen Nedre Eiker Stadion 2,600 Vegard Hansen Notodden Notodden Notodden Stadion 3,000 Kenneth Dokken Ranheim Ranheim DnB NOR Arena 2,000 Aasmund Bjørkan Sandefjord Sandefjord Komplett.no Arena 9,000 Arne Sandstø Sarpsborg 08 Sarpsborg Sarpsborg Stadion 5,000 Roar Johansen IK Start Kristiansand Sør Arena 14,300 Mons Ivar Mjelde Strømmen Strømmen Strømmen Stadion 3,000 Erland Johnsen Tromsdalen Tromsø Tromsdalen Stadion 3,000 Morten Pedersen Ull/Kisa Jessheim UKI Arena 3,000 Arne Erlandsen
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTableStrømmenThomas BerntsenContract expired31 December 2011Pre-seasonErland Johnsen1 January 2012Pre-seasonNotoddenBrede HalvorsenResigned20 August 201214thKenneth Dokken24 August 201214thBryneTommy BergersenMutual consent10 September 201212thGaute Larsen10 September 201212th
League table
Promotion play-offs Start and Sarpsborg were directly promoted, and five teams entered a play-off for the last Tippeligaen spot in the 2013 season. These were: A) Sandnes Ulf (by virtue of being the 14th placed team in the Tippeligaen) B) Sandefjord (by virtue of being the third placed team in the Adeccoligaen) C) Mjøndalen (by virtue of being the fourth placed team in the Adeccoligaen) D) Bodø/Glimt (by virtue of being the fifth placed team in the Adeccoligaen) E) Ullensaker/Kisa (by virtue of being the sixth placed team in the Adeccoligaen)
The four Adeccoligaen teams first played a single game knockout tournament, with the winner (Ull/Kisa) advancing to a two-legged tie against the Tippeligaen team (Sandnes Ulf) for the 16th and final spot in the 2013 season. Sandnes Ulf retained their Tippeligaen spot with an aggregate 7–1 win over Ull/Kisa.
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoalsGamesAverage1 Martin WiigSarpsborg 0820270.742 Matthías VilhjálmssonStart18290.603 Tore Andreas GundersenHamKam16260.624 Nicolay SolbergSarpsborg 0814300.475 Øyvind HoåsSarpsborg 0813280.466 Rozhat ShaswariBærum12210.57 Olav Tuelo JohannesenKongsvinger12260.46 Håvard LysvollTromsdalen12280.439 Robert SteneRanheim11190.58 Magnus NikolaisenAlta11260.42 Ernest AsanteStart11290.38 Thomas Lehne OlsenHamKam11300.3711 Jim JohansenBodø/Glimt10240.42 Pål André HellandHødd10260.38 Vegard BraatenBodø/Glimt10280.36 Jo Sondre AasSandefjord10300.33
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