Season 2007 Location Norway | Dates 9 Apr 2007 – 4 Nov 2007 | |
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The 2007 Norwegian First Division season (known as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) began on April 9, 2007 and concluded on November 4, 2007. It was the tenth and final season in which teams competed for two automatic promotion spots and one playoff spot.
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The First Division was won by Molde, who finished one point ahead of Ham-Kam. Both clubs were relegated from the Norwegian Premier League in 2006 and were promoted back to the highest level after only one season. Bodø/Glimt finished third and defeated Odd Grenland in the playoff to earn promotion.
Of the four teams promoted from the Second Division in 2006, only Notodden managed to hold on to their spot. They played in the First Division for the first time in their history, finishing in ninth place (Snøgg and Heddal, the club's predecessors, have both played in the second tier, last in 1967 and 1961 respectively).
Raufoss returned to the First Division after being relegated in 2004 and were able to finish in eleventh place. However, due to financial problems and failure to meet demands on infrastructure, the Football Association of Norway decided not to award Raufoss the required license for play in the top two divisions. Raufoss were demoted to the Second Division and their place given to Sparta Sarpsborg, who finished in thirteenth place.
Mandalskameratene and Skeid were relegated to the Second Division after one season. They were joined by Tromsdalen, who survived for two seasons.
League table
Source: speaker.no (Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
The winner and runner-up in the First Division are automatically promoted to the Norwegian Premier League. The third-placed team in the First Division and the 12th-placed team in the Premier League meet in a playoff at the end of the season. The four teams finishing at the bottom of the table are automatically relegated to the Second Division.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
To read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Relegated teams
These two teams were relegated from the Norwegian Premier League in 2006:
Promoted teams
These four teams were promoted from the Second Division at the start of the season: