2016 Norwegian First Division

Norwegian First Division
Season	2016
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The 2016 Norwegian First Division (known as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is Norway's second-tier football league. The league will be contested by 16 teams, and the top two teams will be promoted to Tippeligaen, while the teams placed from third to sixth place will play a promotion-playoff against the 14th-placed team in Tippeligaen to win promotion. The bottom four teams will be relegated to the Second Division.^[1]

The first round of the season will be played on 9 April 2016 and will end with the last round on 30 October 2016. The playoff-tournament will be played between 6 and 21 November 2016.^[2]

Team changes from 2015

In the 2015 First Division, Sogndal, and Brann won promotion to Tippeligaen, while Follo, Nest-Sotra, Bærum and Hønefoss were relegated to the 2016 Second Division.

Mjøndalen,^[3] and Sandefjord,^[3] were relegated from the 2015 Tippeligaen, while KFUM Oslo, Raufoss, Ull/Kisa and Kongsvinger were promoted from the 2015 Second Division.

Teams

Locations of the teams in the 2016 Norwegian First Division

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity	Manager
Bryne	Bryne	Bryne Stadion	10,000	Alf Inge Berntsen
Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad Stadion	12,565	Jan Halvor Halvorsen
Hødd	Ulsteinvik	Høddvoll Stadion	3,825	Hans-Erik Eriksen
Jerv	Grimstad	J.J. Ugland Stadion – Levermyr	3,500	Arne Sandstø
KFUM	Oslo	KFUM Arena	1,500	Ståle Andersen
Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger	Gjemselund Stadion	6,700	Luis Berkemeier Pimenta
Kristiansund	Kristiansund	Kristiansund Stadion	3,000	Christian Michelsen
Levanger	Levanger	Moan Fritidspark	6,000	Magnus Powell
Mjøndalen	Mjøndalen	Isachsen Stadion	4,350	Vegard Hansen
Ranheim	Trondheim	DNB Arena	2,000	Svein Maalen
Raufoss	Raufoss	NAMMO Stadion	2,500	Espen Haug
Sandefjord	Sandefjord	Komplett.no Arena	6,000	Lars Bohinen
Sandnes Ulf	Sandnes	Sandnes Idrettspark	4,969	Bengt Sæternes
Strømmen	Strømmen	Strømmen Stadion	1,800	Espen Olsen
Ull/Kisa	Jessheim	UKI Arena	3,000	Vegard Skogheim
Åsane	Åsane	Åsane Idrettspark	3,000	Morten Røssland

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
Fredrikstad	Arne Erlandsen	Contract expired	11 November 2015^[4]	Pre-season	Jan Halvor Halvorsen	23 November 2015^[5]	Pre-season
Ranheim	Ola By Rise	Contract expired	30 November 2015^[6]	Pre-season	Svein Maalen	1 December 2015^[6]	Pre-season
Ull/Kisa	Jonas Olsson	Contract expired	3 December 2015^[7]	Pre-season	Vegard Skogheim	1 January 2016^[8]	Pre-season
Jerv	Steinar Pedersen	Start's new coach	23 December 2015^[9]	Pre-season	Arne Sandstø	15 January 2016^[10]	Pre-season
Hødd	Sindre Eid	Resigned	31 December 2015^[11]	Pre-season	Hans-Erik Eriksen	1 January 2016^[12]	Pre-season
Levanger	Andreas Holmberg	Contract expired	31 December 2015^[13]	Pre-season	Magnus Powell	1 January 2016^[13]	Pre-season
Bryne	Gaute Larsen	Resigned	14 May 2016^[14]	12th	Alf Ingve Berntsen	14 May 2016^[14]	12th

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sandefjord	10	8	1	1	22	8	+14	25	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Kristiansund	10	7	2	1	18	9	+9	23	Promotion to Tippeligaen
3	Levanger	10	6	2	2	18	14	+4	20	Play-offs
4	Sandnes Ulf	10	5	2	3	21	13	+8	17
5	Åsane	10	5	2	3	17	9	+8	17
6	Ranheim	10	5	0	5	15	17	−2	15
7	Kongsvinger	10	4	2	4	20	16	+4	14
8	Strømmen	10	3	5	2	14	16	−2	14
9	Jerv	10	3	4	3	9	14	−5	13
10	KFUM Oslo	10	3	3	4	13	16	−3	12
11	Mjøndalen	9	2	3	4	12	20	−8	9
12	Raufoss	9	2	2	5	12	15	−3	8
13	Bryne	10	1	5	4	12	16	−4	8	Relegation to Norwegian 2nd Division
14	Hødd	10	2	2	6	9	15	−6	8
15	Fredrikstad	10	2	2	6	8	18	−10	8
16	Ull/Kisa	10	1	3	6	14	18	−4	6

First match(es) will be played on 2 April 2016. Source: nifs

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Games	Average
1	Oddbjørn Skartun	Bryne	6	6	1,00
	Daouda Bamba	Kristiansund	6	7	0,86
	Pontus Engblom	Sandnes Ulf	6	7	0,86
4	Geir André Herrem	Åsane	5	7	0,71
5	Jo Sondre Aas	Levanger	4	7	0,57
	Mats Moldskred	Kongsvinger	4	7	0,57
	Rocky Lekaj	Raufoss	4	7	0,57
	Robert Stene	Ranheim	4	7	0,57
9	Ioannis Sotiroglou	Kongsvinger	3	6	0,50
	Stian Rasch	Strømmen	3	6	0,50
	Kent Håvard Eriksen	Sandnes Ulf	3	6	0,50
	Adem Güven	Kongsvinger	3	6	0,50
	Joachim Soltvedt	Åsane	3	7	0,43
	Tonny Brochmann	Jerv	3	7	0,43
	Kjell Rune Sellin	Sandefjord	3	7	0,43
	Sanel Kapidžić	Fredrikstad	3	7	0,43
	Ole Kristian Langås	Ull/Kisa	3	7	0,43
	Erik Mjelde	Sandefjord	3	7	0,43
	Amahl Pellegrino	Mjøndalen	3	7	0,43
	Maykel	Kongsvinger	3	7	0,43
	Bendik Bye	Levanger	3	7	0,43
	Benjamin Stokke	Levanger	3	7	0,43

Most assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists	Games	Average
1	Mathias Fredriksen	Mjøndalen	4	6	0,67
1	Benjamin Stokke	Levanger	4	7	0,57
3	Kristian Lønstad-Onsrud	Raufoss	3	6	0,50
	Nicolay Solberg	Ull/Kisa	3	6	0,50
	Joachim Soltvedt	Åsane	3	7	0,43
	William Kurtovic	Sandefjord	3	7	0,43
7	Anton Henningsson	Raufoss	2	4	0,50
	Emile Noe Dadjo	Kongsvinger	2	5	0,40
	Kristoffer Ødemarksbakken	Ull/Kisa	2	6	0,33
	Stian Rasch	Strømmen	2	6	0,33
	Kent Håvard Eriksen	Sandnes Ulf	2	6	0,33
	Håvard Nome	Raufoss	2	7	0,29
	Mustapha Achrifi	Strømmen	2	7	0,29
	Jo Sondre Aas	Levanger	2	7	0,29
	Mads Reginiussen	Ranheim	2	7	0,29
	Bojan Zajić	Sandnes Ulf	2	7	0,29
	Aksel Berget Skjølsvik	Sandnes Ulf	2	7	0,29
	Martin Ellingsen	Kongsvinger	2	7	0,29
	Jørgen Richardsen	Komgsvinger	2	7	0,29
	Erik Mjelde	Sandefjord	2	7	0,29
	Victor Demba Bindia	Sandefjord	2	7	0,29
	Maykel	Kongsvinger	2	7	0,29
	Pontus Engblom	Sandnes Ulf	2	7	0,29
	Bendik Bye	Levanger	2	7	0,29

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Norwegian Football 2016
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2016 Norwegian First Division

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Season statistics

Top scorers

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