2017 Eliteserien promotion/relegation play-offs

The 2017 Eliteserien Promotion/Relagetion play-offs was the 44th time a spot in the Eliteserien was decided by play-off matches between top tier and second level clubs.

At the end of the 2017 season, Aalesund and Viking were relegated directly to 2018 OBOS-ligaen, and were replaced by Bodø/Glimt and Start who were directly promoted.

Background

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The play-offs between Eliteserien and OBOS-ligaen have been held every year since 1972 with exceptions in 1994 and 2011. They take place for the two divisions following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the fourteenth-placed club in Eliteserien and the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places in OBOS-ligaen. The fixtures are determined by final league position – the first to knockout-rounds begins with the four teams in the OBOS-ligaen: 3rd v 6th and 4th v 5th, and the winner then play each other to determine who meet the Eliteserien club in the final.

Qualified teams

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Five teams entered a play-off for the last Eliteserien spot for the 2018 season. These were:

The four OBOS-ligaen teams first played a single game knockout tournament, with the winner (Ranheim) advancing to a two-legged tie against the Eliteserien team (Sogndal) for the 16th and final spot in the 2018 Eliteserien season. Ranheim won promotion to Eliteserien with a 1–1 on aggregate and a 5–4 win on penalties against Sogndal.

Matches

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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, Ranheim, advanced to play the 14th placed team in Eliteserien over two legs in the Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.

First round

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Mjøndalen3–1Ull/Kisa
Gauseth   13' (pen.)
Fredriksen   21'
Pellegrino   40'
Report Aalbu   38'
Attendance: 1,723
Ranheim1–0Sandnes Ulf
Lillebo   77' Report
Attendance: 585
Referee: Trygve Kjensli

Second round

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Mjøndalen1–2Ranheim
Pellegrino   61' Report Karlsen   16'
Reginiussen   80'
Attendance: 1,748
Referee: Sigurd Kringstad

Final

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The 14th-placed team in Eliteserien, Sogndal, played a two-legged play-off against Ranheim, the winners of the OBOS-ligaen promotion play-offs, to decide who will play in the 2018 Eliteserien.

Sogndal1–0Ranheim
Report
Attendance: 4,531
Ranheim1–0 (a.e.t.)Sogndal
Karlsen   88' (pen.) Report
Penalties
5–4
Attendance: 1,343
Referee: Tore Hansen

1–1 on aggregate. Ranheim won 5–4 on penalties.

Bracket

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First roundSecond roundFinal round
3Mjøndalen3
14Sogndal1
6Ullensaker/Kisa1
3Mjøndalen14Ranheim (pen.)0
4Ranheim2
4Ranheim1
5Sandnes Ulf0