2016 Norwegian Second Division

2. divisjon

Season	2016
Champions	Tromsdalen, Elverum, Florø, Arendal
Top goalscorer	Endre Kupen (26 goals)
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The 2016 2. divisjon (referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian football third-tier league season. The league consisted of 56 teams divided into 4 groups of 14 teams.

In February 2016 it was announced a change in format, starting in the 2017 season, that would reduce the number of groups from four to two. Therefore, the winners of the four groups will be promoted to the 1. divisjon, while the bottom seven teams in each groups will be relegated to the 3. divisjon.

The league was played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams played 26 matches. The first round was be played on 9 April 2016, while the last round was played on 22 October 2016.

League tables

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tromsdalen (P)	26	21	4	1	71	19	+52	67	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Finnsnes	26	16	8	2	52	22	+30	56
3	Skeid	26	15	7	4	57	29	+28	52
4	Grorud	26	15	6	5	63	39	+24	51
5	Follo	26	12	5	9	48	39	+9	41
6	Kjelsås	26	11	8	7	38	34	+4	41
7	Alta	26	12	4	10	58	44	+14	40
8	Harstad (R)	26	8	7	11	45	51	−6	31	Relegation to 3. divisjon
9	Senja (R)	26	7	8	11	34	41	−7	29
10	Oppsal (R)	26	8	5	13	36	53	−17	29
11	Stabæk 2 (R)	26	7	4	15	37	54	−17	25
12	Ullern (R)	26	4	6	16	28	51	−23	18
13	Tromsø 2 (R)	26	5	3	18	40	68	−28	18
14	Mo (R)	26	3	1	22	31	94	−63	10

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

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Elverum (P)	26	20	4	2	68	13	+55	64	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	HamKam	26	16	8	2	63	27	+36	56
3	Hønefoss	26	12	6	8	49	35	+14	42
4	Brumunddal	26	12	6	8	32	33	−1	42
5	Nybergsund-Trysil	26	11	7	8	52	45	+7	40
6	Byåsen	26	12	4	10	44	49	−5	40
7	Nardo	26	11	6	9	28	36	−8	39
8	Stjørdals-Blink (R)	26	12	2	12	53	40	+13	38	Relegation to 3. divisjon
9	Brattvåg (R)	26	11	5	10	41	37	+4	38
10	Strindheim (R)	26	8	6	12	50	60	−10	30
11	Gjøvik-Lyn (R)	26	7	7	12	27	44	−17	28
12	Molde 2 (R)	26	6	7	13	42	49	−7	25
13	Rosenborg 2 (R)	26	6	2	18	31	66	−35	20
14	Tynset (R)	26	1	4	21	19	65	−46	7

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

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Florø (P)	26	21	4	1	78	22	+56	67	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Nest-Sotra	26	19	4	3	83	26	+57	61
3	Egersund	26	13	4	9	48	28	+20	43
4	Vard Haugesund	26	11	7	8	46	34	+12	40
5	Fana	26	10	9	7	35	29	+6	39
6	Vålerenga 2	26	11	6	9	48	45	+3	39
7	Vidar	26	12	3	11	55	60	−5	39
8	Fyllingsdalen (R)	26	9	8	9	46	38	+8	35	Relegation to 3. divisjon
9	Lysekloster (R)	26	10	0	16	40	61	−21	30
10	Lørenskog (R)	26	8	4	14	41	49	−8	28
11	Frigg (R)	26	7	5	14	37	62	−25	26
12	Stord (R)	26	6	6	14	36	65	−29	24
13	Sola (R)	26	6	3	17	27	60	−33	21
14	Førde (R)	26	4	7	15	29	70	−41	19

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

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Arendal (P)	26	19	6	1	75	24	+51	63	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Bærum	26	14	5	7	55	42	+13	47
3	Notodden	26	13	6	7	55	35	+20	45
4	Vindbjart	26	14	2	10	67	50	+17	44
5	Asker	26	13	4	9	52	44	+8	43
6	Fram Larvik	26	13	2	11	58	46	+12	41
7	Odd 2	26	12	5	9	56	51	+5	41
8	Strømsgodset 2 (R)	26	11	4	11	50	58	−8	37	Relegation to 3. divisjon
9	Kvik Halden (R)	26	10	6	10	47	50	−3	36
10	Tønsberg (R)	26	10	6	10	38	41	−3	36
11	Moss (R)	26	9	8	9	57	55	+2	35
12	Pors Grenland (R)	26	9	2	15	44	71	−27	29
13	Ørn-Horten (R)	26	3	2	21	28	78	−50	11
14	Fløy (R)	26	3	0	23	37	74	−37	9

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