The 2019 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.
Aalesund set a new record for most points in a 1. divisjon season with 79. They surpassed IK Start's previous record of 74 points, from the 2004 season.
Season summary On 20 October, Aalesund secured both promotion and league title with three games to spare by winning 1–0 away over Tromsdalen. The same day, Tromsdalen were the first team to be relegated as their defeat coincided with a victory for Strømmen. On 2 November, Sandefjord secured promotion to the first tier with one match to spare after their 1–0 win over Jerv at Komplett Arena. On the same day, Skeid were the second team to be relegated as their draw against Notodden meant that survival was out of reach before the ultimate round.
Teams In the 2018 1. divisjon, Viking and Mjøndalen were promoted to the 2019 Eliteserien, while Åsane, Florø and Levanger were relegated to the 2019 2. divisjon.
Start and Sandefjord were relegated from the 2018 Eliteserien, while Raufoss, Skeid and KFUM Oslo were promoted from the 2018 2. divisjon.
Stadia and personnel
Team Location Arena Capacity Manager Aalesund Ålesund Color Line Stadion10,778 Lars Bohinen HamKam Hamar Briskeby Arena 7,800 Gaute Helstrup Jerv Grimstad Levermyr Stadion 3,300 Arne Sandstø KFUM Oslo Oslo KFUM Arena 1,500 Jørgen Isnes Kongsvinger Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion 5,824 Vítor Gazimba Nest-Sotra Sotra Ågotnes Stadion 1,200 Steffen Landro Notodden Notodden Idrettsparken 4,000 Kenneth Dokken Raufoss Raufoss Nammo Stadion 1,800 Christian Johnsen Sandefjord Sandefjord Komplett Arena 6,582 Martí Cifuentes Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Sandnes Stadion 4,969 Bengt Sæternes Skeid Oslo Nordre Åsen1 2,000 Tom Nordlie Sogndal Sogndalsfjøra Fosshaugane Campus 5,622 Eirik Bakke Start Kristiansand Sør Arena 14,448 Jóhannes Harðarson Strømmen Strømmen Strømmen Stadion2 1,850 Ole Martin Nesselquist Tromsdalen Tromsdalen TUIL Arena 1,695 Jonathan Hill Ull/Kisa Jessheim Jessheim Stadion 3,500 Trond Fredriksen 1Skeid played their home games at Intility Arena from 25 May 2019. 2Strømmen played their last home game at Jessheim Stadion due to nonapproved floodlights at Strømmen Stadion.
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table HamKam Kevin Knappen Contract expired 11 November 2018Pre-season Gaute Helstrup 29 November 2018Pre-season Strømmen Espen Olsen Contract expired 11 November 2018 Ole Martin Nesselquist 29 November 2018 Ull/Kisa Vegard Skogheim Contract expired 11 November 2018 Trond Fredriksen 7 December 2018 Kongsvinger Mark Dempsey Resigned 13 November 2018 Vítor Gazimba 16 January 2019 Tromsdalen Gaute Helstrup Signed by HamKam 29 November 2018 Jonathan Hill 10 January 2019 Start Kjetil Rekdal Mutual agreement 2 April 2019 15th Jóhannes Harðarson 3 April 2019 15th
League table
Positions by round
Results
1Due to a frozen pitch at Sandnes Stadion, the game was cancelled and the result was set to 0–3.
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 fifth-placed team played at home against the sixth-placed team. The winner of the first round then met the fourth-placed team on away ground in the second round. The winner of the second round then met the third-placed team on away ground. The winner of the third round 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
Third round
Relegation play-offs
The 14th placed team took part in a two-legged play-off against the winners of the 2. divisjon play-offs to decide who would play in the 2020 1. divisjon.
Åsane won 5–3 on aggregate.
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Pontus Engblom Sandefjord192 Niklas Castro Aalesund173 Adem Güven Kongsvinger154 Kent Håvard Eriksen Sandnes Ulf145 Pape Habib Guèye Aalesund13 Aron Sigurðarson Start7 Sivert Gussiås Strømmen12 Simen Nordli HamKam Martin Ramsland Start10 Torbjørn Agdestein Aalesund10 Sigurd Hauso Haugen Sogndal Kachi Sandnes Ulf Moses Mawa KFUM Oslo David Tavakoli Skeid/KFUM Oslo
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