# 2003 Norwegian First Division

The 2003 1. divisjon season kicked off on 13 April 2003, and the final round was played on 1 November 2003.
Ham-Kam were promoted to the 2004 Tippeligaen as 1. divisjon winners, along with Fredrikstad who finished second. Ham-Kam will be playing in the top division for the first time since 1995, while Fredrikstad returned for the first time since 1975.
As in previous seasons, there was a two-legged promotion play-off at the end of the season, between the third-placed team in the 1. divisjon (Sandefjord) and the twelfth-placed team in the Tippeligaen (Vålerenga). Vålerenga kept their spot in the Tippeligaen, beating Sandefjord 5-3 on aggregate.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | HamKam (C, P) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 63 | Promotion to Tippeligaen |
| 2 | Fredrikstad (P) | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 68 | 37 | +31 | 62 | Promotion to Tippeligaen |
| 3 | Sandefjord | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 71 | 41 | +30 | 61 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Raufoss | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 75 | 47 | +28 | 56 | |
| 5 | Hønefoss BK | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 55 | |
| 6 | Haugesund | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 49 | |
| 7 | Mandalskameratene | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 49 | |
| 8 | Skeid | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 45 | |
| 9 | Start | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 40 | |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 37 | |
| 11 | Hødd | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 35 | |
| 12 | Moss | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 35 | |
| 13 | Bærum (R) | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 27 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 14 | Oslo Øst (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 67 | −31 | 20 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 15 | Ørn-Horten (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 40 | 83 | −43 | 20 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 16 | Alta (R) | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 31 | 76 | −45 | 13 | Relegation to Second Division |
* ↑ Oslo Øst were deducted a total 2 points.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AIF | BÆR | FRE | HAM | FKH | ILH | HBK | MAN | MOS | ØST | RIL | SAN | SKD | IKS | SIF | ØRN |
| Alta | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 |
| Bærum | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Fredrikstad | 1–3 | 4–0 | — | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| HamKam | 7–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Haugesund | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Hødd | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Hønefoss | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–5 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 |
| Mandalskameratene | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 6–2 |
| Moss | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Oslo Øst | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 1–4 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 5–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Raufoss | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–3 | — | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–3 |
| Sandefjord | 7–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 0–4 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Skeid | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 6–2 |
| Start | 5–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–7 | 4–2 | 5–0 | — | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Strømsgodset | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 4–2 |
| Ørn-Horten | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–6 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–3 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Markus Ringberg | HamKam | 19 |
| 2 | Christian Johnsen | Raufoss | 17 |
| 3 | Haraldur Ingólfsson | Raufoss | 15 |
| 4 | Ben Wright | Start | 13 |
| 4 | Geir Televik | Hødd | 13 |
| 4 | Tom Helge Jacobsen | Sandefjord | 13 |