2024 Norwegian First Division

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Norwegian First Division
Season	2024
Dates	1 April – 9 November
Champions	Vålerenga
Promoted	Vålerenga Bryne
Relegated	Levanger Sandnes Ulf
Matches played	240
Goals scored	766 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Hou Sæter (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Vålerenga 8–0 Sandnes Ulf (23 June 2024)
Biggest away win	Kongsvinger 0–5 Åsane (16 June 2024)
Highest scoring	Stabæk 4–5 Egersund (27 May 2024)
Longest winning run	9 matches Vålerenga
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches Vålerenga
Longest winless run	11 matches Sogndal
Longest losing run	8 matches Sogndal
Highest attendance	24,003^[a] Lyn - Vålerenga (20 April 2024)
Lowest attendance	308 Levanger - Lyn (25 September 2024)
Average attendance	2,441
← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 Norwegian First Division (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

The season started on 1 April 2024 and ended on 9 November 2024, not including play-off matches.^[1]

2024 marked Lyn's return to the second tier following an absence since 2010, coinciding with Vålerenga being relegated from the first tier. The Oslo Derby between the two at Ullevaal stadion in April notably broke the attendance record for the First Division. The previous record was 17,284, a number that was surpassed in ticket sales already two weeks ahead of the match.^[2] The final figure is disputed^[a] with the figures of 24,003 and 25,103 both being used, in either case far exceeding the former record.^[3]

Teams

Oslo

Oslo teams:
Lyn
Vålerenga

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Locations of teams in the 2024 Norwegian First Division

In the 2023 Norwegian First Division, Fredrikstad, KFUM Oslo and Kristiansund were promoted to the 2024 Eliteserien, while Hødd, Jerv and Skeid were relegated to the 2024 Norwegian Second Division.

Vålerenga, Stabæk and Aalesund were relegated from the 2023 Eliteserien, while Egersund, Levanger and Lyn were promoted from the 2023 Norwegian Second Division.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	County	Arena	Turf	Capacity
Aalesund	Ålesund	Møre og Romsdal	Color Line Stadion	Artificial	10,778
Bryne	Bryne	Rogaland	Bryne Stadion	Natural	4,000
Egersund	Egersund	Rogaland	Idrettsparken	Artificial	1,200
Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger	Innlandet	Gjemselund Stadion	Artificial	5,824
Levanger	Levanger	Trøndelag	TOBB Arena Levanger	Artificial	2,438
Lyn	Oslo	Oslo	Bislett Stadion^[b]	Natural	15,400
Mjøndalen	Mjøndalen	Buskerud	Consto Arena	Artificial	4,200
Moss	Moss	Østfold	Melløs Stadion	Natural	2,373
Ranheim	Trondheim	Trøndelag	EXTRA Arena	Artificial	3,000
Raufoss	Raufoss	Innlandet	NAMMO Stadion	Artificial	3,042
Sandnes Ulf	Sandnes	Rogaland	Øster Hus Arena	Artificial	6,043
Sogndal	Sogndal	Vestland	Fosshaugane Campus	Artificial	5,622
Stabæk	Bærum	Akershus	Nadderud Stadion	Artificial	4,938
Start	Kristiansand	Agder	Sparebanken Sør Arena	Artificial	14,448
Vålerenga	Oslo	Oslo	Intility Arena	Artificial	16,556
Åsane	Bergen	Vestland	Åsane Arena	Artificial	3,300

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aalesund	Kjetil Rekdal	Umbro	Sparebanken Møre
Bryne	Kevin Knappen	Umbro	Sparebanken Sør
Egersund	Kjell André Thu	Macron	Sparebanken Vest
Kongsvinger	Johan Wennberg	Umbro	Mapei
Levanger	Per Verner Rønning	Macron	Induform
Lyn	Jan Halvor Halvorsen	Hummel	OBOS [no]
Mjøndalen	Kevin Nicol	Umbro	Sparebanken Øst
Moss	Thomas Myhre	Select	SpareBank 1 Østfold Akershus
Ranheim	Kåre Ingebrigtsen	Umbro	SpareBank 1 SMN
Raufoss	Jörgen Wålemark	Puma	Nammo
Sandnes Ulf	Steinar Nilsen	Hummel	Øster Hus
Sogndal	Morten Kalvenes	Umbro	Sparebanken Vest
Stabæk	Bjørn Helge Riise	Nike	SpareBank 1 Østlandet
Start	Azar Karadas	Macron	Sparebanken Sør
Vålerenga	Geir Bakke	Adidas	OBOS
Åsane	Eirik Bakke	Craft	Tertnes Holding

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Kongsvinger	Magnus Erga Johan Wennberg (caretakers)	End of caretaker spell	23 December 2023	Pre-season	Johan Wennberg	23 December 2023^[6]
Sandnes Ulf	Bjarne Berntsen	End of contract	31 December 2023		Thomas Pereira	1 January 2024^[7]
Start	Sindre Tjelmeland	Mutual consent	9 January 2024^[8]		Azar Karadas	8 February 2024^[9]
Aalesund	Christian Johnsen	Sacked	18 June 2024	16th	Sindre Eid (caretaker)	18 June 2024^[10]
Aalesund	Sindre Eid (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	30 June 2024	15th	Kjetil Rekdal	30 June 2024^[11]
Åsane	Morten Røssland	Mutual consent	30 July 2024	13th	Eirik Bakke	30 July 2024^[12]
Sandnes Ulf	Thomas Pereira	Mutual consent	5 August 2024	16th	Arturo Cleveland (caretaker)	5 August 2024^[13]
Sandnes Ulf	Arturo Cleveland (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	11 August 2024	16th	Steinar Nilsen	11 August 2024^[14]
Stabæk	Bob Bradley	Mutual consent	22 September 2024	7th	Bjørn Helge Riise	22 September 2024^[15]
Sogndal	Tore André Flo	Mutual consent	30 September 2024^[16]	10th	Morten Kalvenes	1 October 2024^[17]

Transfers

Winter

Summer

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Vålerenga (C, P)	30	21	6	3	82	31	+51	69	Promotion to Eliteserien
2	Bryne (P)	30	18	4	8	50	29	+21	58	Promotion to Eliteserien
3	Moss	30	16	5	9	54	41	+13	53	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Egersund	30	14	5	11	57	56	+1	47
5	Lyn	30	12	10	8	56	40	+16	46
6	Kongsvinger	30	11	11	8	47	50	−3	44
7	Stabæk	30	12	6	12	57	59	−2	42
8	Raufoss	30	11	8	11	34	35	−1	41
9	Aalesund	30	12	4	14	45	49	−4	40
10	Ranheim	30	10	9	11	48	46	+2	39
11	Åsane	30	10	7	13	46	52	−6	37
12	Start	30	9	8	13	45	57	−12	35
13	Sogndal	30	9	7	14	34	40	−6	34
14	Mjøndalen^[c] (O)	30	8	8	14	38	50	−12	31	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Levanger (R)	30	6	11	13	47	51	−4	29	Relegation to Second Division
16	Sandnes Ulf (R)	30	4	5	21	26	80	−54	17	Relegation to Second Division

Source: OBOS-ligaen (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Team ╲ Round
Vålerenga	7	5	8	9	11	7	6	8	7	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Bryne	2	9	11	6	4	6	4	5	5	3	6	5	6	6	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Moss	1	10	4	7	8	10	10	7	8	5	4	6	4	3	2	2	2	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Egersund	3	1	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	2	5	3	5	3	5	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	6	5	5	4
Lyn	16	13	7	8	7	8	7	6	6	8	8	7	9	9	8	8	6	7	7	8	7	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5
Kongsvinger	4	5	6	4	2	3	5	4	2	2	1	1	1	5	6	7	7	8	8	6	6	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	6
Stabæk	7	7	2	1	2	1	2	2	4	7	5	3	5	4	4	6	8	6	4	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	5	6	6	7
Raufoss	11	11	15	16	13	8	9	12	11	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8
Aalesund	7	3	8	12	15	14	15	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	12	13	14	15	13	13	14	14	13	12	10	10	9
Ranheim	14	8	10	10	9	11	12	13	10	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	9	10	11	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10
Åsane	5	11	13	13	12	15	11	14	14	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	11
Start	15	16	16	14	16	16	16	15	15	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	14	15	14	12	11	10	10	11	11	12
Sogndal	7	3	5	3	6	5	3	3	3	6	7	8	7	7	7	5	4	5	6	7	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13
Mjøndalen	12	14	14	15	14	13	14	11	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Levanger	5	2	1	5	5	4	8	9	9	10	10	9	8	8	10	9	10	9	10	11	10	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	15
Sandnes Ulf	13	15	12	11	10	12	13	10	12	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Promotion to 2025 Eliteserien
	Promotion play-offs
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2025 2. divisjon

Source: nifs.no

Results

Home \ Away	AAL	BRY	EGE	KON	LEV	LYN	MJØ	MOS	RAN	RAU	SAN	SOG	STB	STR	VÅL	ÅSA
Aalesund	—	1–2	2–3	4–4	4–3	0–3	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–4	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	4–1
Bryne	2–0	—	2–1	1–1	0–1	5–3	1–0	3–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–0
Egersund	3–1	0–2	—	0–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–2	0–2	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–0
Kongsvinger	1–5	3–1	3–3	—	3–3	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	3–0	2–2	0–5
Levanger	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	—	1–3	1–1	5–0	2–2	0–1	4–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–4	2–3
Lyn	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	—	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	5–0	1–2	7–1	2–2	1–1	3–1
Mjøndalen	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	2–0	1–2	—	1–2	3–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	5–3	2–1
Moss	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	5–1	3–0	1–0	—	2–1	3–2	6–1	3–0	3–3	2–1	0–2	1–1
Ranheim	0–1	1–4	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	—	1–0	3–1	3–0	3–0	2–3	1–3	2–2
Raufoss	0–2	0–1	4–1	1–1	0–3	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	—	1–1	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0
Sandnes Ulf	0–2	2–1	3–4	0–2	2–2	0–1	2–3	3–3	2–6	2–0	—	1–0	1–3	0–4	0–2	0–3
Sogndal	0–1	2–3	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	5–1	—	2–3	4–0	0–3	0–2
Stabæk	1–4	1–0	4–5	5–0	1–0	2–2	4–2	1–4	3–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	—	2–3	1–2	1–1
Start	1–3	2–1	4–3	1–4	1–1	1–4	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	4–3	—	1–2	3–1
Vålerenga	4–1	1–0	4–0	0–2	3–1	4–2	4–2	5–1	3–1	3–0	8–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	—	5–0
Åsane	2–0	2–5	1–2	2–1	2–2	3–2	5–0	1–4	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–5	—

Source: OBOS-ligaen (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

The teams from third to sixth place will take part in the promotion play-offs; these are single leg knockout matches. In the first round, the fifth-placed team will play at home against the sixth-placed team. The winner of the first round will meet the fourth-placed team on away ground in the second round. The winner of the second round will meet the third-placed team on away ground. The winner of the third round will face the 14th-placed team in the Eliteserien over two legs in the Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.


First round			Second round			Third round



						3	Moss	3

			4	Egersund	1	6	Kongsvinger	2

5	Lyn	1	6	Kongsvinger	2

6	Kongsvinger	2

First round

17 November 2024

14:00 CET

Lyn	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Kongsvinger
Þorkelsson 38' (o.g.)	Report	Lysgård 85' Kapskarmo 100'

KFUM Arena, Oslo

Attendance: 2,509

Referee: Marius Lien

Second round

23 November 2024

14:00 CET

Egersund	1–2	Kongsvinger
Sleveland 17'	Report	Grundt 7', 22'

Idrettsparken, Egersund

Attendance: 1,190

Referee: Jan Morten Tennøy

Third round

1 December 2024

14:00 CET

Moss	3–2	Kongsvinger
Grundt 7' (o.g.) Pedersen 46' Holmé 56' (o.g.)	Report	Haren 52' (pen.), 65'

Melløs Stadion, Moss

Attendance: 3,709

Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team will take part in a two-legged play-off against the winners of the Second Division play-offs, to decide who will play in the First Division next season.


Semifinal				Final



				Mjøndalen	2	3	5

Jerv	1	2	3	Jerv	1	1	2

Tromsdalen	0	1	1

24 November 2024

18:00 CET

Mjøndalen	2–1	Jerv
Bringaker 77' Solberg 90+5'	Report	Furaha 31'

Consto Arena, Mjøndalen

Attendance: 1,422

Referee: Stian Røvig Sletner

30 November 2024

17:00 CET

Jerv	1–3	Mjøndalen
Furaha 64'	Report	Conteh 34' Bringaker 49' Brenden 72'

Levermyr Stadion, Grimstad

Attendance: 2,012

Referee: Mischa Huru Kellerhals

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Goals^[19]
1	John Hou Sæter	Ranheim	19
2	Sanel Bojadzic	Levanger, Bryne	16
2	Bassekou Diabaté	Stabæk	16
4	Andreas Helmersen	Egersund	13
	Jones El-Abdellaoui	Vålerenga
	Mees Rijks	Vålerenga
7	7 players		11

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Bendik Bye	Ranheim	Sandnes Ulf	3–1 (H)	6 April 2024
Alie Conteh	Mjøndalen	Vålerenga	5–3 (H)	28 April 2024
Andreas Helmersen	Egersund	Start	3–4 (A)	16 May 2024
Mathias Johansen	Lyn	Start	4–1 (A)	9 June 2024
Mees Rijks⁴	Vålerenga	Sandnes Ulf	8–0 (H)	23 June 2024
Muamer Brajanac	Vålerenga	Levanger	4–1 (A)	18 August 2024
Sebastian Haugland	Åsane	Lyn	3–2 (H)	2 November 2024

Note: ⁴ – player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Magnus Sjøeng	Vålerenga	9
2	Mathias Eriksen Ranmark	Moss	8
2	Lars Jendal	Sogndal	8
4	Sondre Rossbach	Stabæk	7
4	Simen Vidtun Nilsen	Ranheim	7
6	Alexander Hurlen Pedersen	Lyn	6
	Thomas Kinn	Mjøndalen
	Tor Erik Larsen	Aalesund
	Simen Lillevik Kjellevold	Åsane
	Morten Sætra	Levanger

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 8^[19]
- Andreas Dybevik (Bryne, Kongsvinger)
- Victor Fors (Bryne)
- Jamal Deen Haruna (Raufoss)
- Christian Landu Landu (Bryne)
- Erik Tønne (Ranheim)

Most red cards: 2^[19]
- Sander Kilen (Aalesund)

Club

Most yellow cards: 66^[20]
- Raufoss

Fewest yellow cards: 35^[20]
- Lyn
- Vålerenga

Most red cards: 4^[21]
- Mjøndalen

Fewest red cards: 0^[21]
- Bryne
- Lyn
- Moss
- Stabæk

League attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Vålerenga	136,402	16,556	6,711	9,093	−13.7%¹
2	Aalesund	57,299	5,412	2,944	3,820	−26.6%¹
3	Lyn	55,425	24,003^[a]	1,134	3,695	+170.9%²
4	Start	48,098	6,906	2,024	3,207	−28.5%^†
5	Stabæk	39,610	5,026	2,008	2,641	−22.2%¹
6	Sandnes Ulf	31,295	4,432	512	2,086	+8.8%^†
7	Sogndal	31,226	4,567	1,667	2,082	+16.8%^†
8	Kongsvinger	28,013	4,133	1,275	1,868	+0.5%^†
9	Moss	27,922	3,200	1,313	1,861	+8.2%^†
10	Bryne	27,867	4,750	1,115	1,858	+56.1%^†
11	Mjøndalen	22,863	2,368	1,206	1,524	+22.0%^†
12	Ranheim	19,377	2,200	1,008	1,292	+7.7%^†
13	Levanger	18,478	2,188	308	1,232	+104.0%²
14	Raufoss	15,571	3,042	715	1,038	+23.6%^†
15	Egersund	15,377	1,613	720	1,025	+79.2%²
16	Åsane	10,899	1,660	449	727	+8.8%^†
	League total	585,722	24,003^[a]	308	2,441	+31.9%^†

Source: [1]
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Eliteserien.
2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d As sections of Ullevaal were being renovated at the time the capacity was reduced for the Oslo Derby between Lyn and Vålerenga on 20 April. Lyn sponsor IT.no purchased 1100 unavailable tickets at the reduced price of 50 NOK per ticket to symbolically sell out the stadium.^[3] Sources vary on whether these 1100 tickets are counted towards the total.^[4]^[5]
^ Lyn played some home games at KFUM Arena, Nadderud and Ullevaal.
^ Mjøndalen were deducted 1 point.^[18]

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^ ^a ^b "Red cards - 1. Divisjon 2024 stats". FotMob. Retrieved 13 June 2024.

Norwegian First Division

Seasons

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First Division	1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

2024 clubs

Former clubs

Competition

Teams (winners)

Statistics and awards

Record