2012 Norwegian First Division (original) (raw)

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Football league season

1. divisjon

Season 2012
Dates 9 April – 11 November
Champions Start
Promoted StartSarpsborg 08
Relegated TromsdalenBærumNotoddenAlta
Matches played 240
Goals scored 785 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorer Martin Wiig(20 goals)
Biggest home win Ranheim 7–0 Kongsvinger(20 May 2012)
Biggest away win HamKam 0–5 Kongsvinger(5 August 2012)
Highest scoring HamKam 7–2 Tromsdalen(15 July 2012)Bærum 5–4 Bryne(9 September 2012)
Highest attendance 5,760, at home match of Start[1]
Lowest attendance 94, at home match of Bærum[1]
← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 1. divisjon (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season began on 9 April 2012 and ended on 11 November 2012.[2]

Two clubs, Start and Sarpsborg, were relegated from the 2011 Tippeligaen, while Notodden, Tromsdalen, Ull/Kisa, and Bærum were promoted from the 2011 2. divisjon.[3]

Asker, Nybergsund-Trysil, Randaberg and Løv-Ham were relegated to the 2012 2. divisjon

At the end of the season, the two best teams were promoted to the 2013 Tippeligaen, while the four worst placed teams were relegated to the 2013 2. divisjon.

Locations of the teams in the 2012 1. divisjon

Team Location Arena Capacity Manager
Alta Alta Finnmarkshallen 1,000 Rune Berger
Bodø/Glimt Bodø Aspmyra Stadion 7,400 Cato André Hansen
Bryne Bryne Bryne Stadion 10,000 Gaute Larsen
Bærum Sandvika Sandvika Stadion 1,500 Morten Tandberg
HamKam Hamar Briskeby Arena 10,200 Vegard Skogheim
Hødd Ulsteinvik Høddvoll Stadion 3,120 Lars Arne Nilsen
Kongsvinger Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion 5,202 Tom Nordlie
Mjøndalen Mjøndalen Nedre Eiker Stadion 2,600 Vegard Hansen
Notodden Notodden Notodden Stadion 3,000 Kenneth Dokken
Ranheim Ranheim DnB NOR Arena 2,000 Aasmund Bjørkan
Sandefjord Sandefjord Komplett.no Arena 9,000 Arne Sandstø
Sarpsborg 08 Sarpsborg Sarpsborg Stadion 5,000 Roar Johansen
IK Start Kristiansand Sør Arena 14,300 Mons Ivar Mjelde
Strømmen Strømmen Strømmen Stadion 3,000 Erland Johnsen
Tromsdalen Tromsø Tromsdalen Stadion 3,000 Morten Pedersen
Ull/Kisa Jessheim UKI Arena 3,000 Arne Erlandsen
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Strømmen Thomas Berntsen Contract expired 31 December 2011 Pre-season Erland Johnsen 1 January 2012[4] Pre-season
Notodden Brede Halvorsen Resigned 20 August 2012[5] 14th Kenneth Dokken 24 August 2012[6] 14th
Bryne Tommy Bergersen Mutual consent 10 September 2012 12th Gaute Larsen 10 September 2012[7] 12th
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Start (C, P) 30 20 6 4 71 35 +36 66 Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Sarpsborg 08 (P) 30 19 6 5 73 43 +30 63
3 Sandefjord 30 16 7 7 44 29 +15 55 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 Mjøndalen 30 16 7 7 52 43 +9 55
5 Bodø/Glimt 30 13 9 8 59 36 +23 48
6 Ullensaker/Kisa 30 14 2 14 45 39 +6 44
7 Ranheim 30 11 10 9 55 40 +15 43
8 HamKam[a] 30 13 6 11 51 49 +2 43
9 Kongsvinger 30 12 3 15 44 48 −4 39
10 Bryne 30 10 8 12 41 53 −12 38
11 Strømmen 30 10 7 13 39 51 −12 37
12 Hødd 30 10 5 15 43 52 −9 35 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
13 Tromsdalen (R) 30 10 5 15 51 62 −11 35 Relegation to Second Division
14 Bærum (R) 30 5 7 18 49 73 −24 22
15 Notodden (R) 30 6 4 20 38 71 −33 22
16 Alta[c] (R) 30 4 10 16 30 61 −31 21

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

  1. ^ HamKam were deducted 2 points for lack of financial control[8]
  2. ^ Hødd qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2012 Norwegian Cup.
  3. ^ Alta were deducted 1 point for lack of financial control[8]

Promotion play-offs

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Start and Sarpsborg were directly promoted, and five teams entered a play-off for the last Tippeligaen spot in the 2013 season. These were:

The four Adeccoligaen teams first played a single game knockout tournament, with the winner (Ull/Kisa) advancing to a two-legged tie against the Tippeligaen team (Sandnes Ulf) for the 16th and final spot in the 2013 season. Sandnes Ulf retained their Tippeligaen spot with an aggregate 7–1 win over Ull/Kisa.

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

Rank Player Club Goals Games Average
1 Norway Martin Wiig Sarpsborg 08 20 27 0.74
2 Iceland Matthías Vilhjálmsson Start 18 29 0.60
3 Norway Tore Andreas Gundersen HamKam 16 26 0.62
4 Norway Nicolay Solberg Sarpsborg 08 14 30 0.47
5 Norway Øyvind Hoås Sarpsborg 08 13 28 0.46
6 Norway Rozhat Shaswari Bærum 12 21 0.57
Norway Olav Tuelo Johannesen Kongsvinger 12 26 0.46
Norway Håvard Lysvoll Tromsdalen 12 28 0.43
9 Norway Robert Stene Ranheim 11 19 0.58
Norway Magnus Nikolaisen Alta 11 26 0.42
Ghana Ernest Asante Start 11 29 0.38
Norway Thomas Lehne Olsen HamKam 11 30 0.37
11 Norway Jim Johansen Bodø/Glimt 10 24 0.42
Norway Pål André Helland Hødd 10 26 0.38
Norway Vegard Braaten Bodø/Glimt 10 28 0.36
Norway Jo Sondre Aas Sandefjord 10 30 0.33

Source: Alt om fotball

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  3. ^ "Skrev fotballhistorie med mål nummer 100". vg.no (in Norwegian). VG. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
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