2025 Norwegian First Division (women)

The 2025 Norwegian First Division is a scheduled Norwegian second-tier women's football league season. The season is set to run from 22 March 2025 to 18 October 2025, not including play-off matches.^[1]

Norwegian First Division

Season	2025
Dates	22 March – 18 October
← 2024 2026 →

Teams

AaFK Fortuna

HamKam

Haugesund

KIL/Hemne

Molde

Odd

Start

Tromsø

Viking

Bergen

Bergen teams:
Arna-Bjørnar
Fyllingsdalen
Åsane

Locations of teams in the 2025 Norwegian First Division

In the 2024 Norwegian First Division, Hønefoss and Bodø/Glimt were promoted to the 2025 Toppserien, while Øvrevoll Hosle were relegated to the 2025 Norwegian Second Division.

Åsane and Arna-Bjørnar were relegated from the 2024 Toppserien, while Start, HamKam and Molde were promoted from the 2024 Norwegian Second Division, expanding the First Division to 12 teams.

TIL 2020 and Avaldsnes both completed mergers with Eliteserien clubs ahead of the season, becoming the women's teams of Tromsø and Haugesund respectively.^[2][3]

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	County	Arena	Turf	Capacity
AaFK Fortuna	Ålesund	Møre og Romsdal	Color Line Stadion	Artificial	10,778
Arna-Bjørnar	Bergen	Vestland	Arna Idrettspark	Artificial	1,500
Fyllingsdalen	Bergen	Vestland	Varden Amfi	Artificial	3,500
HamKam	Hamar	Innlandet	Briskeby	Artificial	7,800
Haugesund	Haugesund	Rogaland	Haugesund Sparebank Arena	Natural	8,754
KIL/Hemne	Heim	Trøndelag	Trøndelag Sparebank Arena	Artificial	500
Molde	Molde	Møre og Romsdal	Aker Stadion	Artificial	11,249
Odd	Skien	Telemark	Skagerak Arena	Artificial	11,767
Start	Kristiansand	Agder	Sparebanken Sør Arena	Artificial	14,448
Tromsø	Tromsø	Troms	Romssa Arena	Artificial	6,687
Viking	Stavanger	Rogaland	Lyse Arena	Artificial	15,900
Åsane	Bergen	Vestland	Åsane Arena	Artificial	3,300

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager(s)	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AaFK Fortuna	Karl Oskar Fjørtoft	Umbro	Sparebanken Møre
Arna-Bjørnar	Erik Mjelde	Nike	Sparebanken Vest
Fyllingsdalen	Børge Haugsdal	Umbro	Sparebanken Vest
HamKam	Nathan Flight	Puma	SpareBank 1 Østlandet
Haugesund	Per Øyvind Mortveit Ole-Petter Pedersen Bremstein	Umbro	Sparebanken Vest
KIL/Hemne	Erik Svendsen	Umbro	Trøndelag Sparebank
Molde	Kent Rudning	Adidas	Sparebanken Møre
Odd	Erik Waage	Hummel	Skagerak Energi
Start	Isabella Hayes Sunde	Macron	Sparebanken Sør
Tromsø	Mikael Raimo Johnsen	Select	SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge
Viking	Magnus Meling	Diadora	Lyse
Åsane	Miki Lladó	Craft	Tertnes Holding

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	AaFK Fortuna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Promotion to Toppserien
2	Arna-Bjørnar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Fyllingsdalen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	HamKam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Haugesund	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	KIL/Hemne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Molde	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Odd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Start	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Tromsø	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11	Viking	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to Second Division
12	Åsane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on TBD 2025. Source: (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 goals scored.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
AaFK Fortuna
Arna-Bjørnar
Fyllingsdalen
HamKam
Haugesund
KIL/Hemne
Molde
Odd
Start
Tromsø
Viking
Åsane

	Promotion to 2026 Toppserien
	Promotion play-offs
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2026 Second Division

Source: nifs.no

Results

Home \ Away	AAF	ARN	FYL	HAM	HAU	KIL	MOL	ODD	STA	TRO	VIK	ÅSA
AaFK Fortuna	—
Arna-Bjørnar		—
Fyllingsdalen			—
HamKam				—
Haugesund					—
KIL/Hemne						—
Molde							—
Odd								—
Start									—
Tromsø										—
Viking											—
Åsane												—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

The teams from scond to fifth place will take part in the promotion play-offs; these are single leg knockout matches. In the first round, the fourth-placed team will play at home against the fifth-placed team. The winner of the first round will meet the third-placed team on away ground in the second round. The winner of the second round will meet the second-placed team on away ground. The winner of the third round will face the 9th-placed team in the Toppserien over two legs in the Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.^[4]

Relegation play-offs

The 10th-placed team will take part in a two-legged play-off against the winners of the Second Division play-offs, to decide who will play in the First Division next season.

References

1. "Slik spilles 1. divisjon kvinner 2025" (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
2. "Historisk dag på Romssa Arena: Tromsø IL overtar styring av TIL 2020". NRK (in Norwegian). 18 September 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
3. "NFF har gitt grønt lys – Avaldsnes blir til Haugesund". NRK (in Norwegian). 19 September 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
4. "Slik er innstillingen på ny seriestruktur i kvinnefotballen" (in Norwegian). Sportskollektivet. Retrieved 23 January 2025.