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.
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 The following teams changed division since the 2018 season.
To 2. divisjon Promoted from 3. divisjon Oppsal Kvik Halden Sola Sotra Byåsen Senja
Relegated from 1. divisjon Åsane Florø Levanger
From 2. divisjon Promoted to 1. divisjon Raufoss Skeid KFUM Oslo
Relegated to 3. divisjon Nybergsund Hønefoss Stabæk 2 Fløy Vålerenga 2 Vard Haugesund
League tables Group 1
Group 2
Promotion play-offs
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.
Åsane won 4–1 on aggregate.
Top scorers
Group 1 RankPlayerClubGoals1 Markus Naglestad Egersund252 Mats Lillebo Stjørdals-Blink233 Tim Nilsen Fredrikstad15 Sondre Hopmark Stokke Stjørdals-Blink5 Bubacarr Sumareh Egersund146 Youssef Chaib Kvik Halden13 Sami Kamel Brattvåg8 Thomas Klemetsen Jakobsen Vidar12 Henrik Kjelsrud Johansen Fredrikstad Håkon Bjørdal Leine Brattvåg
Group 2 RankPlayerClubGoals1 Håkon Lorentzen Åsane142 Joakim Vatle Hammersland Åsane13 Walid Chafouk Idrissi Kjelsås Magnus Solum Elverum5 Thierry Dabove Grorud11 Tobias Lauritsen Odd 2 Mame Mor Ndiaye Fram Larvik Guyon Philips Alta Jone Rugland Sotra/Fram Larvik10 Lorent Callaku Florø10 Oliver Valaker Edvardsen Grorud Wilhelm Osman Veum-Adra Oppsal
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