The 2022 Norwegian First Division (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is a Norwegian second-tier football league season.
The league started on 2 April 2022, and is scheduled to end on 29 October 2022, not including play-off matches.
Teams
In the 2021 1. divisjon, HamKam, Aalesund, and Jerv were promoted to the 2022 Eliteserien, while Strømmen and Ull/Kisa were relegated to the 2022 2. divisjon.
Mjøndalen, Stabæk, and Brann were relegated from the 2021 Eliteserien, while Kongsvinger and Skeid were promoted from the 2021 2. divisjon.
Stadiums and locations TeamLocationArenaCapacityÅsaneBergenÅsane Arena3,300BrannBergenBrann Stadion16,750BryneBryneBryne Stadion4,000FredrikstadFredrikstadFredrikstad Stadion12,500GrorudOsloGrorud Match Kunstgress1,700KFUM OsloOsloKFUM-Arena2,000KongsvingerKongsvingerGjemselund Stadion5,824MjøndalenMjøndalenConsto Arena4,200RanheimTrondheimEXTRA Arena3,000RaufossRaufossNAMMO Stadion1,800Sandnes UlfSandnesØster Hus Arena6,043SkeidOsloNordre Åsen Kunstgressbane2,500SogndalSogndalsfjøraFosshaugane Campus5,622StabækBærumNadderud Stadion4,938StartKristiansandSparebanken Sør Arena14,448Stjørdals-BlinkStjørdalshalsenM.U.S Stadion Sandskogan2,000
League table
Positions by round
Results
Play-offs
Promotion play-offs
The teams from third to sixth place will take part in the promotion play-offs; these are single leg knockout matches. In the first round, the fifth-placed team will play at home against the sixth-placed team. The winner of the first round will meet the fourth-placed team on away ground in the second round. The winner of the second round will meet the third-placed team on away ground. The winner of the third round will face the 14th-placed team in the Eliteserien over two legs in the Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.
First round
Second round
Third round
Relegation play-offs The 14th-placed team took part in a two-legged play-off against the winners of the Second Division play-offs, to decide who would play in the First Division next season.
Skeid won 8–1 on aggregate.
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Bård Finne Brann16 Gift Orban Stabæk3 Mathias Rasmussen Brann154 Vegard Erlien Ranheim14 Aune Heggebø Brann6 Martin Ramsland Sandnes Ulf137 Jonatan Braut Brunes Start12 Marcus Mehnert Ranheim Nicolay Solberg Fredrikstad10 Niklas Castro Brann11 Jónatan Ingi Jónsson Sogndal Eirik Schulze Start
Discipline
Player
Most yellow cards: 9 Jakob Lindström (Fredrikstad) Ole Amund Sveen (Mjøndalen) Erik Tønne (Ranheim)
Most red cards: 2 Nicolai Fremstad (Raufoss) Isaac Twum (Mjøndalen / Sogndal) Morten Strand (Stjørdals-Blink) Curtis Edwards (Stabæk) David Paulmin (Stjørdals-Blink)
Awards Monthly awards MonthCoach of the MonthPlayer of the MonthYoung Player of the MonthReferencesCoachClubPlayerClubPlayerClubJuneNot awarded Mathias RasmussenBrann Nicolas Pignatel JenssenStabækJuly Eirik HornelandBrann Gift OrbanStabæk Emanuel GrønnerSogndalAugust Jørgen IsnesKFUM Robin RaschKFUM Petter Nosa DahlKFUMSeptember Eirik HornelandBrann Mathias BringakerKongsvinger Gift OrbanStabæk
Annual awards AwardWinnerClubCoach of the Year Eirik HornelandBrannPlayer of the Year Mathias RasmussenYoung Player of the Year Gift OrbanStabæk
References