Season 2015 Promoted Sogndal
Brann Start date 2015 Goals scored 702 | Champions Sogndal Biggest away win Bærum 0–5 Sogndal Champion Sogndal Fotball Matches played 240 | |
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Top goalscorer Pontus Engblom (17)
Robert Stene (17) Biggest home win Sandnes Ulf 6–1 Fredrikstad Relegated Follo FK, Nest-Sotra Fotball, Bærum SK, Hønefoss BK Similar 2013 Norwegian First Divis, 2014 Tippeligaen, 2015 Tippeligaen, 2016 Tippeligaen, 2013 Tippeligaen | ||
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.
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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.
An agreement with Oslo's housing cooperative OBOS was signed on 15 January 2015, branding the league as OBOS-ligaen until 2021.
Team changes from 2014
In the 2014 First Division, Sandefjord, Tromsø and Mjøndalen won promotion to Tippeligaen, while Alta, HamKam, Tromsdalen and Ull/Kisa were relegated to the 2015 Second Division.
Sogndal, Sandnes Ulf and Brann, were relegated from the 2014 Tippeligaen, while Follo, Jerv, Levanger and Åsane were promoted from the 2014 Second Division.
Table
Updated to games played on 1 November 2015.
Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.