2015 Norwegian First Division
Season | 2015 |
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Champions | Sogndal |
Promoted | Sogndal Brann |
Relegated | Follo Nest-Sotra Bærum Hønefoss |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 702 (2.93 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Pontus Engblom (17 goals) Robert Stene (17 goals) |
Biggest home win | Sandnes Ulf 6–1 Fredrikstad |
Biggest away win | Bærum 0–5 Sogndal |
Highest scoring | Sandnes Ulf 6–1 Fredrikstad Bærum 5–2 Nest-Sotra |
Longest winning run | 7 games Sogndal |
Longest unbeaten run | 14 games Brann |
Highest attendance | 17,284 Brann 2–2 Nest-Sotra (16 May 2015) |
Average attendance | 1,998 |
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The 2015 Norwegian First Division is Norway's second-tier football league. The league is contested by 16 teams, and the top two teams are promoted to Tippeligaen, while the teams placed from third to sixth place play a promotion-playoff against the 14th-placed team in Tippeligaen to win promotion. The bottom four teams are relegated to the Second Division.[1]
The first round of the season was played on 6 April 2015 and ended with the last round on 1 November 2015. The playoff-tournament was played between 7 and 21 November 2015.[2]
An agreement with Oslo's housing cooperative OBOS was signed on 15 January 2015, branding the league as OBOS-ligaen until 2021.[3]
Team changes from 2014
In the 2014 First Division, Sandefjord,[4] Tromsø[4] and Mjøndalen[5] won promotion to Tippeligaen, while Alta, HamKam, Tromsdalen and Ull/Kisa were relegated[4] to the 2015 Second Division.
Sogndal,[6] Sandnes Ulf[6] and Brann,[5] were relegated from the 2014 Tippeligaen, while Follo, Jerv, Levanger and Åsane were promoted[7] from the 2014 Second Division.
Teams
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
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Bærum | Morten Tandberg | Resigned | 20 Nov 2014[35] | Pre-season | Roar Johansen | 1 Jan 2015[36] | Pre-season |
Nest-Sotra | Ruben Hetlevik | Stepped down to become assistant | 26 Nov 2014[25] | Pre-season | Michael Schjønberg | 26 Nov 2014[25] | Pre-season |
Sandnes Ulf | Tom Nordlie | Mutual consent | 17 Nov 2014[37] | Pre-season | Bengt Sæternes | 19 Nov 2014[29] | Pre-season |
Sogndal | Jonas Olsson | Mutual consent | 1 Jan 2015[31] | Pre-season | Eirik Bakke | 1 Jan 2015[31] | Pre-season |
Fredrikstad | Håkon Wibe-Lund | Sacked | 7 May 2015[38] | 13th | Jan Tore Ophaug Aleksander Olsen (interim) |
7 May 2015 | 13th |
Nest-Sotra | Michael Schjønberg | Sacked | 13 May 2015[39] | 15th | Ruben Hetlevik Steffen Landro (interim) |
13 May 2015 | 15th |
Fredrikstad | Jan Tore Ophaug Aleksander Olsen (interim) |
End of the interim | 20 May 2015 | 14th | Arne Erlandsen | 20 May 2015[40] | 14th |
Ranheim | Trond Nordsteien | Sacked | 27 May 2015[41] | 14th | Svein Maalen | 27 May 2015 | 14th |
Brann | Rikard Norling | Sacked | 27 May 2015[42] | 9th | Lars Arne Nilsen | 29 May 2015[43] | 9th |
Ranheim | Svein Maalen | End of the interim | 8 June 2015 | 13th | Ola By Rise | 8 May 2015[44] | 13th |
Nest-Sotra | Ruben Hetlevik Steffen Landro (interim) |
End of the interim | 16 July 2015 | 15th | Petter Fossmark | 16 July 2015[45] | 15th |
Table
Template:2015 Norwegian First Division table
Season statistics
Top scorers
Source:[46] Most assists
Hat tricks
References
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