2018 Norwegian Second Division

The 2018 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	2018
Champions	Raufoss (Group 1) Skeid (Group 2)
Promoted	Raufoss Skeid KFUM Oslo
Relegated	Nybergsund Hønefoss Stabæk 2 Fløy Vålerenga 2 Vard Haugesund
Matches played	364
Goals scored	1,195 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jonas Enkerud (21 goals)
← 2017 2019 →

The league was played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams played 26 matches.

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2017 season.

Alta

Elverum

Fram

Fredrikstad

Hønefoss

Mjølner

Moss

Nybergsund

Odd 2

Raufoss

Arendal

Brattvåg

Bryne

EIK

Fløy

Hødd

Nardo

Stjørdals-Blink

Vard

Vidar

Oslo

Oslo region teams:
Asker
Bærum
Grorud
Stabæk 2
KFUM
Kjelsås
Skeid
Vålerenga 2

Locations of the 2018 2. divisjon teams.
Green: Group 1; Red: Group 2.

To 2. divisjon

Promoted from 3. divisjon

• Moss
• Stabæk 2
• Fløy
• Brattvåg
• Stjørdals-Blink
• Mjølner

Relegated from 1. divisjon

• Fredrikstad
• Elverum
• Arendal

From 2. divisjon

Promoted to 1. divisjon

• HamKam
• Nest-Sotra
• Notodden

Relegated to 3. divisjon

• Finnsnes
• Brumunddal
• Follo
• Vindbjart
• Fana
• Byåsen

League tables

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Raufoss (C, P)	26	16	5	5	64	30	+34	53	Promotion to First Division
2	Fredrikstad	26	15	7	4	53	25	+28	52	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Grorud	26	14	6	6	46	31	+15	48
4	Asker	26	14	3	9	53	31	+22	45
5	Alta	26	14	3	9	39	28	+11	45
6	Elverum	26	12	8	6	53	39	+14	44
7	Mjølner	26	13	5	8	41	41	0	44
8	Bærum	26	12	4	10	44	33	+11	40
9	Moss	26	7	9	10	37	42	−5	30
10	Fram Larvik	26	9	2	15	40	57	−17	29
11	Odd 2	26	6	4	16	35	52	−17	22
12	Nybergsund (R)	26	5	6	15	26	58	−32	21	Relegation to Third Division
13	Hønefoss (R)	26	5	5	16	38	67	−29	20
14	Stabæk 2 (R)	26	3	7	16	34	69	−35	16

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

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Skeid (C, P)	26	17	5	4	59	25	+34	56	Promotion to First Division
2	KFUM Oslo (O, P)	26	13	8	5	47	32	+15	47	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Hødd	26	13	8	5	43	30	+13	47
4	Egersund	26	12	8	6	47	28	+19	44
5	Bryne	26	11	8	7	45	38	+7	41
6	Arendal	26	10	6	10	37	34	+3	36
7	Kjelsås	26	9	8	9	38	36	+2	35
8	Brattvåg	26	11	2	13	37	51	−14	35
9	Vidar	26	10	3	13	41	51	−10	33
10	Nardo	26	8	7	11	33	44	−11	31
11	Stjørdals-Blink	26	7	7	12	39	48	−9	28
12	Fløy (R)	26	7	7	12	39	55	−16	28	Relegation to Third Division
13	Vålerenga 2 (R)	26	6	8	12	54	62	−8	26
14	Vard Haugesund (R)	26	3	5	18	31	56	−25	14

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: 2018 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, KFUM Oslo, then played against the 14th placed team in 1. divisjon for a place in the 2019 1. divisjon.

KFUM Oslo	3–0	Fredrikstad
Mawa 39' Sørås 49' Gueye 88'	Summary

3 November 2018

14:00 CET

KFUM Arena, Oslo

Attendance: 1,436

Referee: Christian Moen

Fredrikstad	1–1	KFUM Oslo
Aalbu 80'	Summary	Stavrum 88'

10 November 2018

17:00 CET

Fredrikstad Stadion, Fredrikstad

Attendance: 2,116

Referee: Sivert Øksnes Amland

KFUM Oslo won 4–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Group 1 Rank Player Club Goals[1] 1 Jonas Enkerud Elverum 21 2 Kristoffer Hoven Hønefoss 19 Anton Henningsson Raufoss 4 Marcus Mehnert Asker 15 5 Oscar Aga Stabæk 2 14 Tobias Lauritsen Odd 2 7 Tim Nilsen Fredrikstad 13 8 Mahmoud Sami Laham Fram Larvik 12 9 Vegard Braaten Alta 11 Georg Flatgård Elverum Oskar Johannes Løken Raufoss

Group 2 Rank Player Club Goals[2] 1 David Tavakoli Skeid 17 2 Mesut Can Skeid 16 Omar Fonstad el Ghaouti Bryne 4 Walid Idrissi Kjelsås 15 5 Bubacarr Sumareh Egersund 14 6 Markus Naglestad Hødd 13 Moses Mawa KFUM Oslo Sander Werni Vålerenga 2 9 Håkon Leine Brattvåg 10 Sondre Hopmark Stokke Stjørdals-Blink

References

1. "PostNord-ligaen avd 1 2018 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
2. "PostNord-ligaen avd 2 2018 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 27 October 2018.