The 2022 Norwegian Second Division (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 started on 9 April 2022 and ended on 22 October 2022, not including play-off matches.
Team changes Last season, Kongsvinger and Skeid were promoted to the 2022 Norwegian First Division, while Florø, Fløya, Fram Larvik, Nardo, Rosenborg 2 and Senja were relegated to the 2022 Norwegian Third Division.
Strømmen and Ull/Kisa were relegated from the 2021 Norwegian First Division, while Frigg, Gjøvik-Lyn, Staal Jørpeland, Træff, Ullern and Ørn Horten were promoted from the 2021 Norwegian Third Division.
Group 1 Teams
The following 14 clubs compete in group 1: Club Location Stadium Capacity Arendal Arendal Norac Stadion 5,000 Egersund Egersund Idrettsparken 2,000 Fløy Flekkerøy Flekkerøy Kunstgress 2,000 Kvik Halden Halden Halden Stadion 4,200 Moss Moss Melløs Stadion 4,000 Notodden Notodden Idrettsparken 4,000 Odd 2 Skien Skagerak Arena 11,767 Sotra Sotra Straume Idrettspark 1,200 Staal Jørpeland Jørpeland Jørpeland Stadion 1,200 Strømmen Strømmen Strømmen Stadion 1,850 Ullern Oslo CC Vest Arena 1,500 Vard Haugesund Haugesund Haugesund Stadion 8,754 Ørn Horten Horten Lystlunden Stadion 3,000 Øygarden Ågotnes Ågotnes Stadion 1,200
League table
Results
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Jens Aslaksrud Ullern15 Fabian Ness Kvik Halden3 Adrian Rogulj Ørn Horten134 Kristian Lien Fløy125 Adrian Bergersen Egersund11 Cláudio Braga Moss Mathias Johansen Arendal Lars Groos Kilen Sotra Abel Stensrud Odd 210 Simen Hammershaug Egersund10
Group 2 Teams
The following 14 clubs compete in group 2: Club Location Stadium Capacity Alta Alta Finnmarkshallen 1,200 Asker Asker Føyka Stadion 2,400 Brattvåg Brattvåg Brattvåg Stadion 1,500 Bærum Sandvika Sandvika Stadion 1,500 Eidsvold Turn Eidsvoll Myhrer Stadion 1,500 Frigg Oslo Tørteberg 1,200 Gjøvik-Lyn Gjøvik Gjøvik Stadion 3,000 Hødd Ulsteinvik Nye Høddvoll 4,081 Kjelsås Oslo Grefsen Stadion 2,000 Levanger Levanger TOBB Arena 2,200 Tromsdalen Tromsø TUIL Arena 3,000 Træff Molde Reknesbanen 1,500 Ull/Kisa Jessheim Jessheim Stadion 4,500 Vålerenga 2 Oslo Intility Arena 16,555
League table
Results
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Sondre Sørløkk Ull/Kisa202 Ole Erik Midtskogen Kjelsås183 Robin Hjelmeseth Hødd174 Jacob Jacobsen Bolsø Træff15 Sindre Mauritz-Hansen Asker6 Ole Sebastian Sundgot Ull/Kisa147 Preben Asp Levanger138 Ulrik Ferrer Frigg129 Andreas Gundersen Levanger11 Sami Kamel Brattvåg Christian Reginiussen Alta
Promotion play-offs
The teams who finish in second place in their respective group qualify for the promotion play-offs, where they face each other over two legs. The winner goes on to play against the 14th-placed team in the First Division for a place in the First Division next season.
Arendal won 3–1 on aggregate.
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