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2012 Norwegian First Division

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Season
  
2012

Start date
  
2012

End date
  
November 11, 2012

Matches played
  
240

Top goalscorer
  
Martin Wiig (20)

Location
  
Norway

Goals scored
  
785

Biggest home win
  
Ranheim 7-0 Kongsvinger(20 May 2012)

Biggest away win
  
HamKam 0-5 Kongsvinger(5 August 2012)

Highest scoring
  
HamKam 7-2 Tromsdalen(15 July 2012)Bærum 5-4 Bryne(9 September 2012)

Highest attendance
  
5,760, at home match of Start

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2013 Norwegian First Division

The 2012 Norwegian First Division season (known as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) began on 9 April 2012 and ended on 11 November 2012.

Contents

Two clubs, Start and Sarpsborg, were relegated from the 2011 Norwegian Premier League, while Notodden, Tromsdalen, Ull/Kisa, and Bærum were promoted from the 2011 Second Division.

Asker, Nybergsund-Trysil, Randaberg and Løv-Ham were relegated to the 2012 Norwegian Second Division

At the end of the season, the two best teams were promoted to the 2013 Premier League, while the 4 worst placed teams were relegated to the 2013 Second Division.

League table

Updated to games played on 11 November 2012.
Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 HamKam were docked 2 points for lack of financial control
2 Alta were docked 1 point for lack of financial control
3 Hødd is qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2012 Norwegian Football Cup.
(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.

Promotion play-off

Start and Sarpsborg were directly promoted, and five teams entered a play-off for the last Premier League spot in the 2013 season. These were:

  • A) Sandnes Ulf (by virtue of being the 14th placed team in the Tippeligaen)
  • B) Sandefjord (by virtue of being the third placed team in the Adeccoligaen)
  • C) Mjøndalen (by virtue of being the fourth placed team in the Adeccoligaen)
  • D) Bodø/Glimt (by virtue of being the fifth placed team in the Adeccoligaen)
  • E) Ullensaker/Kisa (by virtue of being the sixth placed team in the Adeccoligaen)

    • The four Adeccoligaen teams first played a single game knockout tournament, with the winner (Ull/Kisa) advancing to a two-legged tie against the Tippeligaen team (Sandnes Ulf) for the 16th and final spot in the 2013 season. Sandnes Ulf retained their Tippeligaen spot with an aggregate 7-1 win over Ull/Kisa.

    References

    2012 Norwegian First Division Wikipedia
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