Season 2016 Top goalscorer Pontus Engblom (26) Champion Kristiansund BK Goals scored 696 | Champions Kristiansund Dates 3 Apr 2016 – 26 Nov 2016 Location Norway Matches played 300 | |
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Promoted Kristiansund
Sandefjord Biggest home win Ullensaker/Kisa 8–3 Hødd Biggest away win Fredrikstad 1–7 Ranheim Relegated Bryne FK, IL Hødd, KFUM-Kameratene Oslo, Raufoss IL Similar 2016 Tippeligaen, 2013 Norwegian First Divis, 2015 Tippeligaen, 2014 Tippeligaen, 2013 Tippeligaen | ||
The 2016 Norwegian First Division (known as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is Norway's second-tier football league. The league will be contested by 16 teams, and the top two teams will be promoted to Tippeligaen, while the teams placed from third to sixth place will play a promotion-playoff against the 14th-placed team in Tippeligaen to win promotion. The bottom four teams will be relegated to the Second Division.
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The first round of the season will be played on 9 April 2016 and will end with the last round on 30 October 2016. The playoff-tournament will be played between 6 and 21 November 2016.
Team changes from 2015
In the 2015 First Division, Sogndal, and Brann won promotion to Tippeligaen, while Follo, Nest-Sotra, Bærum and Hønefoss were relegated to the 2016 Second Division.
Mjøndalen, and Sandefjord, were relegated from the 2015 Tippeligaen, while KFUM Oslo, Raufoss, Ull/Kisa and Kongsvinger were promoted from the 2015 Second Division.
Promotion play-offs
The third to sixth-placed teams took part in the promotion play-offs; these were single leg knockout matches, two semi-finals and a final. The winners, Jerv, advanced to play Stabæk over two legs in the Tippeligaen play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.