1. divisjon
Season1996
PromotedLyn
Haugesund
Sogndal
Matches played264
Goals scored907 (3.44 per match)
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The 1996 1. divisjon, Norway's second-tier football league, began play on 28 April 1996 and ended on 29 September 1996. The league was contested by 24 teams, divided in two groups and the winner of each group won promotion to Tippeligaen, while the runners-up played a promotion-playoff to win promotion. This was the last season that this league was divided into two groups, so bottom six teams was relegated to 2. divisjon, while the sixth-placed team place a play-off against the winners of the group-winners in the 2. divisjon.

Lyn and Haugesund won promotion to Tippeligaen as group-winners, while Sogndal was promoted after beating Odd in the promotion play-off. Jevnaker, Tromsdalen, Ullern, Elverum, Stålkameratene, Mjøndalen, Fana, Strindheim, Nardo, Vidar, Åsane and Fyllingen was relegated to the Second Division, while Harstad and Byåsen avoided relegation through after winning the playoff.

League tables

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Lyn (C, P) 22 15 4 3 53 17 +36 49 Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Odd Grenland 22 16 1 5 49 23 +26 49 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 HamKam 22 13 2 7 45 26 +19 41
4 Drøbak/Frogn 22 12 5 5 47 29 +18 41
5 Eik-Tønsberg 22 10 4 8 48 30 +18 34
6 Harstad (O) 22 9 3 10 29 47 −18 30 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
7 Jevnaker (R) 22 8 5 9 40 46 −6 29 Relegation to Second Division
8 Tromsdalen (R) 22 8 4 10 46 49 −3 28
9 Ullern (R) 22 5 7 10 29 42 −13 22
10 Elverum (R) 22 6 2 14 30 53 −23 20
11 Stålkameratene (R) 22 4 5 13 28 49 −21 17
12 Mjøndalen (R) 22 4 2 16 24 57 −33 14
Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Haugesund (C, P) 22 14 5 3 44 21 +23 47 Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Sogndal (O, P) 22 13 3 6 49 24 +25 42 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Bryne 22 10 5 7 45 41 +4 35
4 Aalesund 22 9 6 7 32 24 +8 33
5 Hødd 22 10 2 10 37 38 −1 32
6 Byåsen (O) 22 9 5 8 34 37 −3 32 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
7 Fana (R) 22 8 7 7 33 31 +2 31 Relegation to Second Division
8 Strindheim (R) 22 9 4 9 36 35 +1 31
9 Nardo (R) 22 8 4 10 32 36 −4 28
10 Vidar (R) 22 6 5 11 36 42 −6 23
11 Åsane (R) 22 5 5 12 33 50 −17 20
12 Fyllingen (R) 22 3 5 14 28 60 −32 14
Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

[1]

  • 21 goals:
Vegard Berg Johansen, Tromsdalen
  • 20 goals:
Atle Maurud, Ham Kam
  • 15 goals:
Jo Tessem, Lyn
Kristian Klausen, Aalesund
  • 15 goals:
Ole Halvor Kolstad, Odd
  • 14 goals:
Tommy Nilsen, Lyn
Geir Televik, Hødd
  • 11 goals:
Caleb Francis, Bryne
Kjell Sture Jensen, Haugesund
Tom Helge Jacobsen, Eik
Rune Lange, Tromsdalen

See also

References

  1. ↑ "VG-børsen". VG (in Norwegian). 30 September 1996.
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