2005 Norwegian First Division

The 2005 1. divisjon (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season kicked off on 10 April 2005, and the final round was played on 30 October 2005.

1. divisjon
Season2005
ChampionsStabæk
PromotedStabæk
Sandefjord
RelegatedMandalskameratene
Skeid
Tønsberg
Alta
Matches played240
Goals scored731 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorerDaniel Nannskog
(27 goals)
Biggest home winStabæk 8–1 Pors Grenland[1]
(30 October 2005)
Biggest away winAlta 0–5 Løv-Ham[1]
(30 October 2005)
Highest scoringTønsberg 3–6 Pors Grenland[1]
(13 August 2005)
← 2004
2006 →

Stabæk were promoted to the 2006 Tippeligaen as First Division winners, along with Sandefjord who finished second. Sandefjord will be playing in the top division for the first time while Stabæk return to Tippeligaen after being relegated in 2004.

As in previous years, there was a two-legged promotion playoff at the end of the season, between the third-placed team in the 1. divisjon (Moss) and the twelfth-placed team in the Tippeligaen (Molde). Molde kept their spot in the Tippeligaen, after beating Moss 5–2 on aggregate.

Mandalskameratene, Skeid, Tønsberg and Alta were relegated to the 2006 2. divisjon at the end of the season.

Team changes from 2004

2004 1. divisjon champions Start and runners-up Aalesund were promoted to the 2005 Tippeligaen. They were replaced by Stabæk and Sogndal, who finished 13th and 14th respectively in the 2004 Tippeligaen season.

Four teams, Raufoss, Haugesund, Vard Haugesund and Tromsdalen, were relegated to the 2005 2. divisjon following the 2004 season. They were replaced by 2004 2. divisjon winners Tønsberg, Follo, Løv-Ham and Alta.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Stabæk (C, P) 30 20 7 3 63 23 +40 67 Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Sandefjord (P) 30 19 5 6 58 37 +21 62
3 Moss 30 17 7 6 54 30 +24 58 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 Hønefoss BK 30 17 5 8 52 41 +11 56
5 Bryne 30 14 8 8 55 33 +22 50
6 Pors Grenland 30 13 11 6 47 45 +2 50
7 Sogndal 30 11 8 11 47 51 −4 41
8 Strømsgodset 30 11 7 12 46 45 +1 40
9 Hødd 30 10 7 13 53 54 −1 37
10 Kongsvinger 30 11 4 15 41 48 −7 37
11 Follo 30 8 10 12 40 47 −7 34
12 Løv-Ham 30 9 4 17 31 47 −16 31
13 Mandalskameratene (R) 30 7 8 15 41 54 −13 29 Relegation to 2. divisjon
14 Skeid (R) 30 8 5 17 39 58 −19 29
15 Tønsberg (R) 30 6 7 17 36 56 −20 25
16 Alta (R) 30 5 5 20 28 62 −34 20
Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Top goalscorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Daniel Nannskog Stabæk 27
2 Andreas Tegström Sandefjord 14
3 Veigar Páll Gunnarsson Stabæk 13
4 Paul Oyuga Bryne 12
Einar Kalsæg Kongsvinger 12
6 Espen Hægeland Bryne 11
John Erling Kleppe Pors Grenland 11
Steffen Nystrøm Moss 11
Andreas Strand Follo 11
Thomas Sørum Strømsgodset 11

Source:[2]

References
  1. "Ligastats 1. divisjon 2005". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  2. "Adeccoligaen 2005". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2 (Norway). Retrieved 23 May 2012.
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