2019 Norwegian Second Division

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

Season	2019
Champions	Stjørdals-Blink (Group 1) Grorud (Group 2)
Promoted	Stjørdals-Blink Grorud Åsane
Relegated	Vidar Sola Byåsen Elverum Oppsal Mjølner
Matches played	364
Goals scored	1,173 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gr. 1: Markus Naglestad (25 goals) Gr. 2: Håkon Lorentzen (14 goals)
← 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.

Arendal

Brattvåg

Bryne

Egersund

Fredrikstad

Hødd

Kvik Halden

Levanger

Moss

Sola

Stjørdals-Blink

Vidar

Alta

Odd 2

Elverum

Florø

Fram

Mjølner

Senja

Sotra

Åsane

Trondheim

Trondheim region teams:
Byåsen
Nardo

Oslo

Oslo region teams:
Asker
Bærum
Grorud
Kjelsås
Oppsal

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

To 2. divisjon

Promoted from 3. divisjon

• Oppsal
• Kvik Halden
• Sola
• Sotra
• Byåsen
• Senja

Relegated from 1. divisjon

• Åsane
• Florø
• Levanger

From 2. divisjon

Promoted to 1. divisjon

• Raufoss
• Skeid
• KFUM Oslo

Relegated to 3. divisjon

• Nybergsund
• Hønefoss
• Stabæk 2
• Fløy
• Vålerenga 2
• Vard Haugesund

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 First Division
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
12	Vidar (R)	26	5	6	15	32	51	−19	21	Relegation to Third Division
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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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 First Division
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 Third Division
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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (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.

2 November 2019

14:00 CET (UTC+1)

Åsane	2–0	Kvik Halden
Fredriksen 63' Stava 75'	Report

Myrdal Stadion, Bergen

Attendance: 305

Referee: Daniel Higraff

9 November 2019

13:00 CET (UTC+1)

Kvik Halden	1–2	Åsane
Krans 48'	Report	Hammersland 5', 74'

Halden Stadion, Halden

Attendance: 633

Referee: Marius Lien

Åsane won 4–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Group 1

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Markus Naglestad	Egersund	25
2	Mats Lillebo	Stjørdals-Blink	23
3	Tim Nilsen	Fredrikstad	15
	Sondre Hopmark Stokke	Stjørdals-Blink
5	Bubacarr Sumareh	Egersund	14
6	Youssef Chaib	Kvik Halden	13
	Sami Kamel	Brattvåg
8	Thomas Klemetsen Jakobsen	Vidar	12
	Henrik Kjelsrud Johansen	Fredrikstad
	Håkon Bjørdal Leine	Brattvåg

Group 2

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Håkon Lorentzen	Åsane	14
2	Joakim Vatle Hammersland	Åsane	13
	Walid Chafouk Idrissi	Kjelsås
	Magnus Solum	Elverum
5	Thierry Dabove	Grorud	11
	Tobias Lauritsen	Odd 2
	Mame Mor Ndiaye	Fram Larvik
	Guyon Philips	Alta
	Jone Rugland	Sotra/Fram Larvik
10	Lorent Callaku	Florø	10
	Oliver Valaker Edvardsen	Grorud
	Wilhelm Osman Veum-Adra	Oppsal