2019 2. divisjon

The 2019 2. divisjon (referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian football third-tier league season. The league consisted of 28 teams divided into 2 groups of 14 teams.

2. divisjon
Season2019
ChampionsStjørdals-Blink (Group 1)
Grorud (Group 2)
PromotedStjørdals-Blink
Grorud
Åsane
RelegatedVidar
Sola
Byåsen
Elverum
Oppsal
Mjølner
Matches played364
Goals scored1,173 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorerGr. 1: Markus Naglestad
(25 goals)[1]
Gr. 2: Håkon Lorentzen
(14 goals)[2]
← 2018
2020 →

The league was played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams played 26 matches. The season began on 13 April and concluded on 26 October.

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2018 season.

Location of the 2019 2. divisjon teams.
Green: Group 1; Red: Group 2.

League tables

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Stjørdals-Blink (C, P) 26 18 6 2 69 22 +47 60 Promotion to 1. divisjon
2 Kvik Halden 26 18 4 4 57 26 +31 58 Qualification for promotion play-offs
3 Fredrikstad 26 16 5 5 52 28 +24 53
4 Egersund 26 13 6 7 60 36 +24 45
5 Levanger 26 13 2 11 38 40 −2 41
6 Arendal 26 12 3 11 49 40 +9 39
7 Hødd 26 10 5 11 40 45 −5 35
8 Moss 26 10 4 12 35 46 −11 34
9 Brattvåg 26 9 6 11 43 50 −7 33
10 Bryne 26 7 7 12 30 41 −11 28
11 Nardo 26 8 5 13 27 43 −16 27[lower-alpha 1]
12 Vidar (R) 26 5 6 15 32 51 −19 21 Relegation to 3. divisjon
13 Sola (R) 26 6 2 18 32 61 −29 20
14 Byåsen (R) 26 4 5 17 28 63 −35 17
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Nardo have been deducted 2 points due to financial difficulties.[3]

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Grorud (C, P) 26 15 6 5 47 32 +15 51 Promotion to 1. divisjon
2 Åsane (O, P) 26 15 5 6 66 31 +35 50 Qualification for promotion play-offs
3 Kjelsås 26 13 8 5 50 30 +20 47
4 Asker 26 13 7 6 39 28 +11 46
5 Fram Larvik 26 12 7 7 50 34 +16 43
6 Alta 26 12 5 9 44 41 +3 41
7 Florø 26 9 8 9 36 41 −5 35
8 Odd 2 26 10 2 14 46 45 +1 32
9 Sotra 26 8 6 12 34 37 −3 30
10 Bærum 26 7 8 11 39 55 −16 29
11 Senja 26 7 6 13 31 47 −16 27
12 Elverum (R) 26 7 5 14 34 46 −12 26 Relegation to 3. divisjon
13 Oppsal (R) 26 6 6 14 35 60 −25 24
14 Mjølner (R) 26 6 5 15 30 54 −24 23
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Promotion play-offs
See also: 2019 1. divisjon § Relegation play-offs

The teams who finished in second place in their respective group qualified for the promotion play-offs, where they faced each other over two legs. The winner, Åsane, then played against the 14th placed team in 1. divisjon for a place in the 2020 1. divisjon.

Åsane2–0Kvik Halden
Fredriksen  63'
Stava  75'		 Report
Myrdal Stadion, Bergen
Attendance: 305
Referee: Daniel Higraff
Kvik Halden1–2Åsane
Krans  48' Report Hammersland  5', 74'
Attendance: 633
Referee: Marius Lien

Åsane won 4–1 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers

References
  1. "Top scorers 2. divisjon group 1". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. "Top scorers 2. divisjon group 2". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. "Nardo trekkes to poeng". www.aftenposten.no (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  4. "PostNord-ligaen avd 1 2019 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  5. "PostNord-ligaen avd 2 2019 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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