The 2025 Norwegian Second Division (referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian football third-tier league season. The league consists of 28 teams divided into two groups of 14 teams.
The league was played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams play 26 matches. The season started on 29 March 2025 and ended on 25 October 2025, not including play-off matches.
Team changes Teams INTeams OUT Promoted from2024 Third Division Relegated from2024 First Division Promoted from2024 Second Division Relegated from2024 Second Division AskerHønefossPorsRanaSandvikenTræff Levanger HøddSkeid Junkeren
Group 1 Teams
The following 14 clubs competed in Group 1: Club Municipality Stadium Capacity Arendal Arendal Norac Stadion 5,000 Brann 2 Bergen Varden Amfi 3,500 Brattvåg Ålesund Brattvåg Stadion 2,000 Eik Tønsberg Tønsberg Tønsberg Gressbane 5,500 Fløy Kristiansand Cemo Arena 2,000 Jerv Grimstad Levermyr Stadion 3,300 Lysekloster Bjørnafjorden Lysekloster Family Arena 1,500 Notodden Notodden Notodden Kunstgress 1,700 Pors Porsgrunn Pors Stadion 3,700 Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Øster Hus Arena 6,043 Sandviken Bergen Stemmemyren 1,500 Sotra Øygarden Straume Idrettspark 1,200 Træff Molde Reknesbanen 1,500 Vard Haugesund Haugesund Haugesund Sparebank Arena 8,754
League table
Results
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClub(s)Goals1 Ole Sebastian Sundgot Sandnes Ulf242 Lars Kilen Sotra163 Andreas Østerud Arendal124 Andreas Tveiten Brattvåg115 Martin Ramsland Arendal106 Jon Berisha Brann 29 Josias King Furaha Jerv85 players8
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 8 Noah Alexander Størk Jacobsen (Notodden) Sindre Lie (Sandviken) Simen Nygaard (Arendal)
Most red cards: 2 Tobias Bjørnebye (Vard Haugesund) Thorvald Sverdrup Trætteberg (Sandviken)
Club Most yellow cards: 61 Sandviken
Fewest yellow cards: 37 Brann 2
Most red cards: 5 Lysekloster
Fewest red cards: 0 Brattvåg Træff
Group 2 Teams
The following 14 clubs competed in Group 2: Club Municipality Stadium Capacity Alta Alta SmartDok Arena 1,200 Asker Asker Føyka Stadion 2,400 Eidsvold Turn Eidsvoll Myhrer Stadion 1,500 Follo Nordre Follo Ski Stadion 2,100 Grorud Oslo Grorud Arctic Match 1,700 Hønefoss Ringerike Aka Arena 4,120 Kjelsås Oslo Grefsen Stadion 2,000 Levanger Levanger TOBB Arena Levanger 2,200 Rana Mo i Rana Sagbakken Stadion 2,000 Stjørdals-Blink Stjørdal M.U.S Stadion Sandskogan 2,000 Strindheim Trondheim Leangen Bolig Arena 1,500 Strømmen Lillestrøm Strømmen Stadion 1,850 Tromsdalen Tromsø TUIL Arena 3,000 Ull/Kisa Ullensaker Jessheim Stadion 4,500
League table
Results
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClub(s)Goals1 Nikolay Jakobsen Hristov Strømmen20 Jakob Rømo Skille Ull/Kisa3 Mathias Sundberg Strømmen154 Peder Brekke Alta145 Andreas Solstrand Fossli Stjørdals-Blink13 Ole Erik Midtskogen Kjelsås7 Robin Johansen Hermanstad Stjørdals-Blink12 Christian Reginiussen Alta Emil Øverby Hønefoss10 Henrik Elvevold Hønefoss11 Magnus Tomren Solheim Stjørdals-Blink
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 8 Matias Spiten-Nysæter (Asker)
Most red cards: 1 22 players
Club Most yellow cards: 56 Follo
Fewest yellow cards: 23 Kjelsås
Most red cards: 3 Grorud Tromsdalen
Fewest red cards: 0 Alta Levanger Strømmen
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 went on to play against the 14th-placed team in the First Division for a place in the First Division next season.
Brattvåg won 4–1 on aggregate.
See also 2025 Eliteserien 2025 Norwegian First Division 2025 Norwegian Third Division 2025 Norwegian Football Cup 2025–26 Norwegian Football Cup
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