# 2017 Norwegian First Division

The 2017 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.
The first round of the season was played on 2 April 2017 and the season concluded with the last round on 5 November 2017.

## Team changes from 2016

In the 2016 1. divisjon, Kristiansund and Sandefjord were promoted to the 2017 Eliteserien, while Bryne, Hødd, KFUM Oslo and Raufoss were relegated to the 2017 2. divisjon.
Bodø/Glimt and Start were relegated from the 2016 Tippeligaen, while Tromsdalen, Elverum, Florø and Arendal were promoted from the 2016 2. divisjon.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity | Manager |
| Arendal | Arendal | Bjønnes Stadion | 1,500 | Mattias Andersson |
| Åsane | Åsane | Åsane Idrettspark | 3,000 | Mons Ivar Mjelde |
| Bodø/Glimt | Bodø | Aspmyra Stadion | 7,354 | Aasmund Bjørkan |
| Elverum | Elverum | Elverum Stadion | 1,400 | Tore Fossum |
| Fredrikstad | Fredrikstad | Fredrikstad Stadion | 12,565 | Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen |
| Florø | Florø | Florø Stadion | 2,800 | Terje Rognsø |
| Jerv | Grimstad | J.J. Ugland Stadion – Levermyr | 1,750 | Arne Sandstø |
| Kongsvinger | Kongsvinger | Gjemselund Stadion | 6,700 | Hans-Erik Eriksen |
| Levanger | Levanger | Moan Fritidspark | 6,000 | Magnus Powell |
| Mjøndalen | Mjøndalen | Isachsen Stadion | 4,350 | Vegard Hansen |
| Ranheim | Trondheim | EXTRA Arena | 3,000 | Svein Maalen |
| Sandnes Ulf | Sandnes | Sandnes Idrettspark | 4,969 | Bengt Sæternes |
| Start | Kristiansand | Sør Arena | 14,563 | Mick Priest |
| Strømmen | Strømmen | Strømmen Stadion | 1,800 | Espen Olsen |
| Tromsdalen | Tromsdalen | Tromsdalen Stadion | 3,000 | Gaute Helstrup |
| Ull/Kisa | Jessheim | UKI Arena | 3,000 | Vegard Skogheim |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
| Fredrikstad | Mons Ivar Mjelde | Resigned | 4 November 2016 | Pre-season | Andrea Loberto | 23 November 2016 | Pre-season |
| Åsane | Kjetil Knutsen | Contract expired | 1 December 2016 | Pre-season | Mons Ivar Mjelde | 1 December 2016 | Pre-season |
| Arendal | Knut Tørum | Sacked | 12 June 2017 | 16th | Mattias Andersson | 12 June 2017 | 16th |
| Start | Steinar Pedersen | Sacked | 29 September 2017 | 2nd | Mick Priest (interim) | 29 September 2017 | 2nd |
| Fredrikstad | Andrea Loberto | Resigned | 27 October 2017 | 14th | Aleksander Olsen (interim) | 27 October 2017 | 14th |
| Fredrikstad | Aleksander Olsen | End of caretaker spell | 29 October 2017 | 15th | Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen | 29 October 2017 | 15th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bodø/Glimt (C, P) | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 83 | 33 | +50 | 71 | Promotion to Eliteserien |
| 2 | Start (P) | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 55 | Promotion to Eliteserien |
| 3 | Mjøndalen | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 52 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Ranheim (O, P) | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 52 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Sandnes Ulf | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 51 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 6 | Ull/Kisa | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 48 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 7 | Levanger | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 42 | |
| 8 | Florø | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 38 | |
| 9 | Tromsdalen | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 37 | |
| 10 | Kongsvinger | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 36 | |
| 11 | Strømmen | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 36 | |
| 12 | Åsane | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 33 | |
| 13 | Jerv | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 32 | |
| 14 | Fredrikstad (R) | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 26 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Elverum (R) | 30 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 24 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 16 | Arendal (R) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 62 | −29 | 21 | Relegation to Second Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARE | B/G | ELV | FLO | FFK | JER | KIL | LEV | MIF | RAN | ULF | IKS | STR | TUIL | UKI | ÅSF |
| Arendal | — | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Bodø/Glimt | 5–0 | — | 5–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 |
| Elverum | 5–0 | 0–4 | — | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Florø | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Fredrikstad | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Jerv | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 |
| Kongsvinger | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 6–1 | — | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Levanger | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Mjøndalen | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Ranheim | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 |
| Sandnes Ulf | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 |
| Start | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Strømmen | 1–0 | 1–6 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 |
| Tromsdalen | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| Ull/Kisa | 4–2 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–3 |
| Åsane | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | — |

## Promotion play-offs

The third to sixth-placed teams took part in the promotion play-offs; these were single leg knockout matches, two semi-finals and a final. The winners, Ranheim, advanced to play the 14th placed team in Eliteserien over two legs in the Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.

### Final
## Relegation play-offs

The 14th placed team took part in a two-legged play-off against Notodden, the winners of the 2. divisjon play-offs, to decide who would play in the 2018 OBOS-ligaen.
Notodden won 5–3 on aggregate.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | Games | Average |
| 1 | Kristian Fardal Opseth | Bodø/Glimt | 28 | 30 | 0,93 |
| 2 | Amahl Pellegrino | Mjøndalen | 18 | 29 | 0,62 |
| 3 | Robert Stene | Levanger | 15 | 28 | 0,54 |
| 3 | Kent Håvard Eriksen | Sandnes Ulf | 15 | 30 | 0,50 |
| 5 | Endre Kupen | Florø | 14 | 23 | 0,61 |
| 5 | Ousseynou Boye | Mjøndalen | 14 | 25 | 0,56 |
| 7 | Ulrik Saltnes | Bodø/Glimt | 13 | 27 | 0,48 |
| 8 | Niklas Castro | Kongsvinger | 12 | 25 | 0,48 |
| 8 | Kristoffer Ødemarksbakken | Ullensaker/Kisa | 12 | 29 | 0,41 |
| 10 | Niklas Sandberg | Ullensaker/Kisa | 11 | 26 | 0,42 |
| 10 | Geir André Herrem | Åsane | 11 | 27 | 0,41 |
| 10 | Nicolay Solberg | Ullensaker/Kisa | 11 | 27 | 0,41 |
| 10 | Kjell Rune Sellin | Sandnes Ulf | 11 | 29 | 0,38 |
| 10 | Sanel Kapidzic | Fredrikstad | 11 | 29 | 0,38 |
| 15 | Steffen Lie Skålevik | Start | 10 | 11 | 0,91 |
| 15 | Adem Güven | Kongsvinger | 10 | 24 | 0,42 |
| 15 | Trond Olsen | Bodø/Glimt | 10 | 27 | 0,37 |
| 15 | Mads Reginiussen | Ranheim | 10 | 29 | 0,34 |