2004 Norwegian First Division

(Redirected from 2004 1. divisjon)

The 2004 1. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season kicked off on 12 April 2004, and the final round was played on 31 October 2004.

1. divisjon
Season2004
Dates12 April – 31 October
ChampionsStart
PromotedStart
Aalesund
RelegatedRaufoss
Haugesund
Vard Haugesund
Tromsdalen
Matches played240
Goals scored832 (3.47 per match)
Top goalscorerPaul Oyuga
(18 goals)
2003
2005

Start were promoted to the 2005 Tippeligaen as First Division winners, along with Aalesund who finished second. Start will be playing in the top division for the first time since 2002. Aalesund, meanwhile, returned to the top flight after being relegated in 2003.

As in previous seasons, there was a two-legged promotion play-off at the end of the season, between the third-placed team in the 1. divisjon (Kongsvinger) and the twelfth-placed team in the Tippeligaen (Bodø/Glimt). Bodø/Glimt kept their spot in the Tippeligaen, beating Kongsvinger 4–1 on aggregate.

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Start (C, P) 30 24 2 4 71 28 +43 74 Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Aalesund (P) 30 21 1 8 67 36 +31 64
3 Kongsvinger 30 16 5 9 53 42 +11 53 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 Sandefjord 30 15 6 9 60 32 +28 51
5 Mandalskameratene 30 13 6 11 51 55 −4 45
6 Hødd 30 14 2 14 63 59 +4 44
7 Bryne 30 11 9 10 54 45 +9 42
8 Skeid 30 12 6 12 57 56 +1 42
9 Strømsgodset 30 11 7 12 42 45 −3 40
10 Moss 30 11 5 14 48 47 +1 38
11 Pors Grenland[a] 30 11 7 12 56 60 −4 38
12 Hønefoss BK 30 11 4 15 52 54 −2 37
13 Raufoss (R) 30 10 7 13 42 47 −5 37 Relegation to Second Division
14 Haugesund (R) 30 11 4 15 44 59 −15 37
15 Vard Haugesund (R) 30 7 3 20 43 83 −40 24
16 Tromsdalen (R) 30 3 4 23 29 84 −55 13
Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Pors Grenland was deducted 2 points for using ineligible players.

Results edit

Home \ Away AAL BRY FKH ILH HBK KIL MAN MOS PRS RIL SAN SKD IKS SIF TUIL VAR
Aalesund 1–0 3–2 1–2 3–2 3–1 5–2 1–0 6–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 6–0 4–0
Bryne 1–4 2–1 2–1 2–2 5–1 0–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–4 3–0 0–0 6–1 4–0
Haugesund 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–4 1–0 3–2 0–3 3–4 2–3 2–1 3–0 1–5
Hødd 1–1 0–0 5–0 2–1 3–2 4–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–3 1–3 1–5 4–0 7–1 3–0
Hønefoss 0–2 3–1 5–0 1–3 3–4 0–2 2–4 4–0 0–1 3–2 1–3 4–3 0–1 1–0 2–1
Kongsvinger 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 3–2 6–1
Mandalskameratene 3–2 0–3 3–0 5–2 2–3 0–3 5–1 3–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–4 1–0 3–0 3–2
Moss 2–1 2–4 2–3 1–2 4–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–3 4–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 2–1
Pors Grenland 1–2 0–0 2–3 4–3 4–3 3–0 4–0 2–4 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–3 3–0 5–2
Raufoss 0–1 1–4 2–2 2–3 1–3 3–4 5–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–1
Sandefjord 2–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 0–1 5–1 2–1 9–1
Skeid 4–1 4–2 1–0 3–2 2–2 3–1 2–2 0–4 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–4 6–0 2–2
Start 4–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 6–0 4–2
Strømsgodset 2–4 2–2 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 4–2 1–0
Tromsdalen 3–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 0–2 0–4 1–3 0–1 3–5 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–3
Vard Haugesund 1–2 2–0 0–2 5–4 1–3 4–5 2–1 1–4 0–2 4–3 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–3 1–1
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Paul Oyuga Bryne 18
2   Magnus Myklebust Hødd 16
3   Ben Wright Start 15
  Dag Roar Ørsal Hødd
  Morten Moldskred Aalesund
  Håvard Sakariassen Moss
7   John Erling Kleppe Pors Grenland 14
  Bala Garba Start
9   Mohammed Abdellaoue Skeid 11
  Henrik Nyhus Mandalskameratene
  Bjørn Yngvar Kydland Bryne
  Kim Larsen Strømsgodset

Relegated teams edit

These two teams were relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2003. 12th-place finishers Vålerenga defeated Sandefjord in the playoff to retain their spot in the highest division.

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These four teams were promoted from the 2. divisjon in 2003:

See also edit