2010 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season	2010
Dates	5 April – 7 November
Champions	Sogndal
Promoted	Sogndal; Sarpsborg 08; Fredrikstad
Relegated	Follo FK; Tromsdalen; Moss; Lyn
Matches played	210
Goals scored	635 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marius Helle; (17 goals)
	← 2009 2011 →

Locations of the 2010 1. divisjon clubs

The 2010 1. divisjon (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season began play on 5 April 2010 and ended on 7 November 2010.^[1]

The clubs relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2009 were Fredrikstad (after relegation play-offs), Bodø/Glimt and Lyn. HamKam, Notodden, Stavanger and Skeid were relegated to the 2. divisjon in 2009 after finishing from thirteenth to sixteenth place respectively. Strømmen, Follo, Sandnes Ulf and Ranheim were promoted from the 2. divisjon in 2009.

At the end of the season, a two-legged promotion playoff was played between the 3rd, 4th, and 5th placed teams in the 1. divisjon and the 14th placed team in the Tippeligaen, Fredrikstad won this playoff against Hønefoss, and was promoted together with Sogndal and Sarpsborg 08.

FK Lyn elected to file for bankruptcy on 30 June,^[2] following an extended period of financial distress, and formally withdrew from the league on 7 July.^[3] Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the competition, all games involving Lyn was annulled and the team placed at the bottom of the standings.

Follo did not finish their licensing application for the 2011 season before the time limit of September 15, and were thus relegated at the end of the season even though they finished outside the relegation zone. As a result of this, Sandnes Ulf, which was the best placed team of those inside the relegation zone, avoided relegation.^[4] Tromsdalen and Moss were the remaining two teams relegated to the 2011 2. divisjon.

Overview

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity	Manager
Alta	Alta	Finnmarkshallen	3,000	Aasmund Bjørkan
Bodø/Glimt	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadion	7,354	Kåre Ingebrigtsen
Bryne	Bryne	Bryne Stadion	10,000	Tommy Bergersen
Follo	Ski	Ski Stadion	2,500	Hans Erik Eriksen
Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad Stadion	12,560	Tom Freddy Aune
Løv-Ham	Bergen	Varden Amfi	1,000	Arne Sandstø
Mjøndalen	Mjøndalen	Nedre Eiker Stadion	2,600	Vegard Hansen
Moss	Moss	Melløs Stadion	3,085	Erik Holtan
Nybergsund	Trysil	Nybergsund Stadion	1,500	Ola Brenden
Ranheim	Ranheim	DnB NOR Arena	1,000	Per Joar Hansen
Sandnes Ulf	Sandnes	Sandnes Idrettspark	3,850	Asle Andersen
Sarpsborg 08	Sarpsborg	Sarpsborg Stadion	5,500	Roar Johansen
Sogndal	Sogndalsfjøra	Fosshaugane Campus	5,402	Harald Aabrekk
Strømmen	Strømmen	Strømmen Stadion	1,800	Petter Myhre Thomas Berntsen
Tromsdalen	Tromsø	Tromsdalen Stadion	3,000	Morten Pedersen

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sogndal (C, P)	28	17	5	6	51	28	+23	56	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Sarpsborg 08 (P)	28	16	6	6	54	36	+18	54	Promotion to Tippeligaen
3	Fredrikstad (O, P)	28	14	8	6	53	37	+16	50	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Løv-Ham	28	13	4	11	46	38	+8	43
5	Ranheim	28	12	7	9	37	38	−1	43
6	Bodø/Glimt	28	12	6	10	41	28	+13	42
7	Strømmen	28	12	4	12	43	42	+1	40
8	Alta	28	10	6	12	41	51	−10	36
9	Bryne	28	10	5	13	57	52	+5	35
10	Mjøndalen	28	10	5	13	41	49	−8	35
11	Nybergsund	28	9	8	11	38	47	−9	35
12	Follo (R)	28	8	8	12	35	43	−8	32	Relegation to Second Division^[a]
13	Sandnes Ulf	28	8	7	13	33	40	−7	31
14	Tromsdalen (R)	28	8	4	16	33	50	−17	28	Relegation to Second Division
15	Moss (R)	28	7	5	16	32	56	−24	26	Relegation to Second Division
16	Lyn (D, R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to Sixth Division^[b]

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

^ Follo did not finish their licensing application for the 2011 season before the time limit of September 15, and were thus relegated at the end of the season even though they finished outside the relegation zone. As a result of this, Sandnes Ulf, which was the best placed team of those inside the relegation zone, avoided relegation.^[4]
^ FK Lyn elected to file for bankruptcy on 30 June,^[4] following an extended period of financial distress, and formally withdrew from the league on 7 July.^[4] Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the competition, all games involving Lyn have been annulled and the team placed at the bottom of the standings.

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	BOD	BRY	FOL	FFK	LØV	MIF	MFK	NIL	RIL	ULF	S08	SIL	SIF	TUIL
Alta	—	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	7–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	4–4	0–1	3–1	1–2
Bodø/Glimt	2–0	—	0–5	4–0	1–2	3–0	0–2	0–0	5–0	3–1	1–2	4–0	0–1	2–0	2–0
Bryne	4–1	1–2	—	5–1	2–2	2–5	5–1	5–0	5–1	0–1	1–3	3–1	2–5	1–2	0–1
Follo	0–0	1–1	0–0	—	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–4	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–0
Fredrikstad	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–3	—	1–0	3–3	1–1	2–2	2–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1
Løv-Ham	4–2	0–1	1–2	1–3	0–1	—	0–2	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–0
Mjøndalen	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–5	0–2	—	1–3	3–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	0–1	0–0	4–0
Moss	2–0	2–1	0–3	1–2	2–5	1–3	1–1	—	0–1	1–3	1–0	0–2	1–4	2–0	0–0
Nybergsund	0–1	2–2	2–2	4–1	0–0	1–4	2–1	4–2	—	3–1	0–1	2–3	0–2	0–2	1–0
Ranheim	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	1–0	0–2	—	3–1	0–3	2–2	0–0	2–2
Sandnes Ulf	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–2	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	—	2–3	0–0	0–1	2–1
Sarpsborg 08	4–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–2	1–0	4–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	—	4–0	0–3	1–0
Sogndal	2–1	1–0	2–2	4–3	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	—	5–1	5–0
Strømmen	6–1	2–1	6–3	0–2	3–2	2–3	1–2	2–2	1–3	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	—	2–2
Tromsdalen	0–2	1–2	5–0	0–2	2–5	2–0	5–3	4–2	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	—

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

Promotion play-offs

The third-placed team in 1. divisjon, Fredrikstad, took part in a two-legged play-off against the 14th-placed team in Tippeligaen, Hønefoss.

First leg

21 November 2010

15:00 CET (UTC+1)

Hønefoss	1–4	Fredrikstad
Saaliti 29'	Report	Piiroja 6' Borges 16' Askar 19' Valencia 75'

Aka Arena, Hønefoss

Attendance: 2,885

Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Second leg

25 November 2010

20:00 CET (UTC+1)

Fredrikstad	4–0	Hønefoss
Borges 39', 54', 66' Piiroja 42'	Report

Fredrikstad Stadion, Fredrikstad

Attendance: 9,201

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

Fredrikstad won 8–1 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2011 Tippeligaen; Hønefoss were relegated to the 1. divisjon.^[5]

Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Marius Helle	Bryne	17
2	Andreas Moen	Strømmen	16
3	Sindre Marøy	Løv-Ham	15
4	Celso Borges	Fredrikstad	14
4	Morten Eriksen	Sandnes Ulf	14
6	Eirik Markegård	Follo	13
	Kim Ojo	Nybergsund
	Espen Olsen	Sogndal
9	Erik Midtgarden	Mjøndalen	12
10	Morten Giæver	Sarpsborg 08	11

Source: NRK Sport

References

^ "Spilleplan Adeccoligaen 2010" (PDF). Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian). 2009-12-14. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
^ "FK Lyn begjærer oppbud". FK Lyn (in Norwegian). 2010-06-30. Archived from the original on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
^ "FK Lyn har trukket seg fra Adeccoligaen". Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian). 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sandnes Ulf berget plassen i Adeccoligaen". TV 2 (in Norwegian). 2010-11-05. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
^ "Opprykkshelten Borges hulket på sportssjefens skulder". vg.no. Verdens Gang. 25 November 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2018.