2018 Norwegian Second Division (original) (raw)

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Football league season

2. divisjon

Season 2018
Champions Raufoss (Group 1)Skeid (Group 2)
Promoted RaufossSkeidKFUM Oslo
Relegated NybergsundHønefossStabæk 2FløyVålerenga 2Vard Haugesund
Matches played 364
Goals scored 1,195 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorer Jonas Enkerud(21 goals)
← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 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 following teams changed division since the 2017 season.

Locations of the 2018 2. divisjon teams.
Green: Group 1; Red: Group 2.

Promoted from 3. divisjon

Relegated from 1. divisjon

Promoted to 1. divisjon

Relegated to 3. divisjon

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Raufoss (C, P) 26 16 5 5 64 30 +34 53 Promotion to First Division
2 Fredrikstad 26 15 7 4 53 25 +28 52 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Grorud 26 14 6 6 46 31 +15 48
4 Asker 26 14 3 9 53 31 +22 45
5 Alta 26 14 3 9 39 28 +11 45
6 Elverum 26 12 8 6 53 39 +14 44
7 Mjølner 26 13 5 8 41 41 0 44
8 Bærum 26 12 4 10 44 33 +11 40
9 Moss 26 7 9 10 37 42 −5 30
10 Fram Larvik 26 9 2 15 40 57 −17 29
11 Odd 2 26 6 4 16 35 52 −17 22
12 Nybergsund (R) 26 5 6 15 26 58 −32 21 Relegation to Third Division
13 Hønefoss (R) 26 5 5 16 38 67 −29 20
14 Stabæk 2 (R) 26 3 7 16 34 69 −35 16

Source: nifs.no (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 away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Skeid (C, P) 26 17 5 4 59 25 +34 56 Promotion to First Division
2 KFUM Oslo (O, P) 26 13 8 5 47 32 +15 47 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Hødd 26 13 8 5 43 30 +13 47
4 Egersund 26 12 8 6 47 28 +19 44
5 Bryne 26 11 8 7 45 38 +7 41
6 Arendal 26 10 6 10 37 34 +3 36
7 Kjelsås 26 9 8 9 38 36 +2 35
8 Brattvåg 26 11 2 13 37 51 −14 35
9 Vidar 26 10 3 13 41 51 −10 33
10 Nardo 26 8 7 11 33 44 −11 31
11 Stjørdals-Blink 26 7 7 12 39 48 −9 28
12 Fløy (R) 26 7 7 12 39 55 −16 28 Relegation to Third Division
13 Vålerenga 2 (R) 26 6 8 12 54 62 −8 26
14 Vard Haugesund (R) 26 3 5 18 31 56 −25 14

Source: nifs.no (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 away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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, KFUM Oslo, then played against the 14th placed team in 1. divisjon for a place in the 2019 1. divisjon.

KFUM Oslo won 4–1 on aggregate.

  1. ^ "PostNord-ligaen avd 1 2018 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. ^ "PostNord-ligaen avd 2 2018 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 27 October 2018.