# 2023 Norwegian First Division

The 2023 Norwegian First Division (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is a Norwegian second-tier football league season.
The season started on 10 April 2023 and ended on 12 November 2023, not including play-off matches.

## Teams

In the 2022 Norwegian First Division, Brann and Stabæk were promoted to the 2023 Eliteserien, while Grorud and Stjørdals-Blink were relegated to the 2023 Norwegian Second Division.
Jerv and Kristiansund were relegated from the 2022 Eliteserien, while Moss and Hødd were promoted from the 2022 Norwegian Second Division.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Bryne | Bryne | Bryne Stadion | 4,000 |
| Fredrikstad | Fredrikstad | Fredrikstad Stadion | 12,500 |
| Hødd | Ulsteinvik | Nye Høddvoll | 4,081 |
| Jerv | Grimstad | Levermyr Stadion | 3,300 |
| KFUM Oslo | Oslo | KFUM-Arena | 2,000 |
| Kongsvinger | Kongsvinger | Gjemselund Stadion | 5,824 |
| Kristiansund | Kristiansund | Kristiansund Stadion | 4,444 |
| Mjøndalen | Mjøndalen | Consto Arena | 4,200 |
| Moss | Moss | Melløs Stadion | 4,000 |
| Ranheim | Trondheim | EXTRA Arena | 3,000 |
| Raufoss | Raufoss | NAMMO Stadion | 1,800 |
| Sandnes Ulf | Sandnes | Øster Hus Arena | 6,043 |
| Skeid | Oslo | Nordre Åsen Kunstgressbane | 2,500 |
| Sogndal | Sogndal | Fosshaugane Campus | 5,622 |
| Start | Kristiansand | Sparebanken Sør Arena | 14,448 |
| Åsane | Bergen | Åsane Arena | 3,300 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fredrikstad (C, P) | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 50 | 23 | +27 | 64 | Promotion to Eliteserien |
| 2 | KFUM Oslo (P) | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 58 | Promotion to Eliteserien |
| 3 | Kongsvinger | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 52 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Kristiansund (O, P) | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 50 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Start | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 46 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 6 | Bryne | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 44 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 7 | Sogndal | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 43 | |
| 8 | Ranheim | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 40 | |
| 9 | Raufoss | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 38 | |
| 10 | Moss | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 38 | |
| 11 | Sandnes Ulf | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 37 | |
| 12 | Åsane | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 37 | |
| 13 | Mjøndalen | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 37 | |
| 14 | Hødd (R) | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Jerv (R) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 40 | 59 | −19 | 31 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 16 | Skeid (R) | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 62 | −38 | 14 | Relegation to Second Division |

## 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Fredrikstad | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| KFUM Oslo | 6 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Kongsvinger | 12 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Kristiansund | 14 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Start | 8 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Bryne | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Sogndal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Ranheim | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Raufoss | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Moss | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
| Sandnes Ulf | 1 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| Åsane | 8 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Mjøndalen | 8 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 |
| Hødd | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Jerv | 12 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| Skeid | 16 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
* Promotion to 2024 Eliteserien
* Promotion play-offs
* Relegation play-offs
* Relegation to 2024 2. divisjon

## Results

| Home \ Away | BRY | FRE | HØD | JER | KFU | KON | KRI | MJØ | MOS | RAN | RAU | ULF | SKE | SOG | STA | ÅSA |
| Bryne | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Fredrikstad | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Hødd | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Jerv | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| KFUM Oslo | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 6–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Kongsvinger | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Kristiansund | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Mjøndalen | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Moss | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Ranheim | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 1–3 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Raufoss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Sandnes Ulf | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Skeid | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–3 |
| Sogndal | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Start | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Åsane | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | — |

## 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 | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round |
| | | | | | | 3 | Kongsvinger | 2 |
| | | | 4 | Kristiansund | 1 (4) | 4 | Kristiansund | 4 |
| 5 | Start | 0 | 6 | Bryne | 1 (2) | | | |
| 6 | Bryne (w/o) | 3 | | | | | | |

#### Third round
### Relegation play-offs

The 14th-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.
| Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | Hødd | Hødd | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lyn | Lyn | 1 | 2 | 3 | Lyn | Lyn | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Tromsdalen | Tromsdalen | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 12 November 2023
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Benjamin Stokke | Kristiansund | 16 |
| 2 | Samuel Pedro | Jerv | 14 |
| 3 | Tommy Høiland | Sandnes Ulf | 12 |
| 4 | Jóannes Bjartalíð | Fredrikstad | 11 |
| 4 | Joacim Holtan | Kongsvinger | 11 |
| 4 | Adem Güven | Kongsvinger | 11 |
| 7 | Kristian Lien | Mjøndalen | 10 |
| 7 | Cláudio Braga | Moss | 10 |
| 7 | Johannes Nuñez | KFUM Oslo | 10 |
| 7 | Mame Mor Ndiaye | Åsane | 10 |

## League attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Fredrikstad | 72,745 | 7,479 | 3,063 | 4,850 | +26.3%$^†$ |
| 2 | Start | 67,243 | 7,276 | 3,273 | 4,483 | +5.5%$^†$ |
| 3 | Kristiansund | 48,691 | 3,788 | 2,964 | 3,246 | −14.4%$^1$ |
| 4 | Sandnes Ulf | 28,755 | 4,037 | 943 | 1,917 | −3.9%$^†$ |
| 5 | Kongsvinger | 27,890 | 3,482 | 1,423 | 1,859 | +37.6%$^†$ |
| 6 | Sogndal | 26,729 | 4,089 | 1,456 | 1,782 | +4.6%$^†$ |
| 7 | Moss | 25,805 | 2,775 | 1,401 | 1,720 | +106.7%$^2$ |
| 8 | Jerv | 24,023 | 2,625 | 1,228 | 1,602 | −35.6%$^1$ |
| 9 | Mjøndalen | 18,738 | 2,765 | 967 | 1,249 | +3.1%$^†$ |
| 10 | Ranheim | 18,006 | 1,692 | 813 | 1,200 | +6.5%$^†$ |
| 11 | Hødd | 17,908 | 1,730 | 948 | 1,194 | +11.4%$^2$ |
| 12 | Bryne | 17,852 | 1,835 | 930 | 1,190 | +17.9%$^†$ |
| 13 | KFUM Oslo | 16,340 | 2,449 | 684 | 1,089 | +12.0%$^†$ |
| 14 | Raufoss | 12,593 | 1,305 | 450 | 840 | −4.5%$^†$ |
| 15 | Skeid | 10,964 | 147 | 432 | 731 | −12.7%$^†$ |
| 16 | Åsane | 10,022 | 1,688 | 415 | 668 | −27.5%$^†$ |
| | League total | 444,304 | 7,479 | 147 | 1,851 | −12.7%$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 14 November 2023 Source: Notes: 1: Team played last season in Eliteserien. 2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.