# 2021 Norwegian Second Division

The 2021 Norwegian Second Division (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.
The league was played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams played 26 matches. The season started on 19 June 2021 and concluded on 14 November 2021.
Kongsvinger earned promotion from group 1 on 23 October 2021, three rounds before the end of the season. Skeid secured promotion from group 2 on 6 November 2021, following a 12–0 win against Rosenborg 2.

## Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2020 season.

### To 2. divisjon
#### Relegated from 1. divisjon

* Kongsvinger
* Øygarden

### From 2. divisjon
#### Promoted to 1. divisjon

* Bryne
* Fredrikstad

## Group 1
### Teams

The following 14 clubs compete in group 1:
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Alta | Alta | Finnmarkshallen | 1,200 |
| Asker | Asker | Føyka Stadion | 2,400 |
| Brattvåg | Brattvåg | Brattvåg Stadion | 1,500 |
| Bærum | Bærum | Sandvika Stadion | 1,500 |
| Eidsvold Turn | Eidsvoll | Myhrer Stadion | 1,500 |
| Florø | Florø | Florø Stadion | 2,800 |
| Fløya | Tromsø | Fløya Arena | 1,500 |
| Hødd | Ulsteinvik | Nye Høddvoll | 4,081 |
| Kongsvinger | Kongsvinger | Gjemselund Stadion | 5,824 |
| Kvik Halden | Halden | Halden Stadion | 4,200 |
| Moss | Moss | Melløs Stadion | 4,000 |
| Senja | Silsand | Senja Stadion | 1,500 |
| Tromsdalen | Tromsø | TUIL Arena | 3,000 |
| Vålerenga 2 | Oslo | Intility Arena | 16,555 |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kongsvinger (C, P) | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 88 | 26 | +62 | 68 | Promotion to First Division |
| 2 | Hødd | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 67 | 18 | +49 | 60 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Asker | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 49 | |
| 4 | Tromsdalen | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 45 | |
| 5 | Brattvåg | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 41 | |
| 6 | Alta | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 41 | |
| 7 | Kvik Halden | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 41 | |
| 8 | Eidsvold Turn | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 39 | |
| 9 | Bærum | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 30 | |
| 10 | Moss | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 29 | |
| 11 | Vålerenga 2 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 43 | 63 | −20 | 26 | |
| 12 | Florø (R) | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 63 | −34 | 18 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 13 | Fløya (R) | 26 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 72 | −43 | 14 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 14 | Senja (R) | 26 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 65 | −43 | 11 | Relegation to Third Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALT | ASK | BRA | BÆR | ETF | FLO | FLØ | HØD | KIL | KVH | MOS | SEN | TRO | VIF |
| Alta | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Asker | 1–2 | — | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Brattvåg | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 |
| Bærum | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Eidsvold Turn | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Florø | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Fløya | 2–4 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 2–6 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Hødd | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 7–1 |
| Kongsvinger | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–4 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | — | 7–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Kvik Halden | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 |
| Moss | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | — | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–5 |
| Senja | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | — | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Tromsdalen | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | 4–1 |
| Vålerenga 2 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 6–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | — |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Adem Güven | Kongsvinger | 21 |
| 2 | Didrik Sereba | Asker | 19 |
| 3 | Robin Hjelmeseth | Hødd | 15 |
| 3 | Martin Hoel Andersen | Kongsvinger | 15 |
| 5 | Oskar Løken | Hødd | 14 |
| 6 | Brage Berg Pedersen | Kongsvinger | 13 |
| 6 | Sondre Sandnes Beite | Brattvåg | 13 |
| 8 | Morten Gamst Pedersen | Alta | 12 |
| 9 | Sigurd Grønli | Tromsdalen | 11 |
| 9 | Øystein Lundblad Næsheim | Kvik Halden | 11 |
| 9 | Ole Andreas Nesset | Eidsvold Turn | 11 |

## Group 2
### Teams

The following 14 clubs compete in group 2:
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Arendal | Arendal | Norac Stadion | 5,000 |
| Egersund | Egersund | Idrettsparken | 2,000 |
| Fløy | Flekkerøy | Arkicon Arena | 2,000 |
| Fram Larvik | Larvik | Framparken | 2,500 |
| Kjelsås | Oslo | Grefsen Stadion | 2,000 |
| Levanger | Levanger | TOBB Arena | 2,200 |
| Nardo | Trondheim | Nissekollen Idrettspark | 1,800 |
| Notodden | Notodden | Optime Arena | 4,000 |
| Odd 2 | Skien | Skagerak Arena | 11,767 |
| Rosenborg 2 | Trondheim | SalMar Banen | 1,000 |
| Skeid | Oslo | Nordre Åsen Kunstgress | 2,500 |
| Sotra | Sotra | Straume Stadion | 1,200 |
| Vard Haugesund | Haugesund | Haugesund Sparebank Arena | 8,754 |
| Øygarden | Ågotnes | Ågotnes Stadion | 1,200 |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Skeid (C, P) | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 63 | 22 | +41 | 56 | Promotion to First Division |
| 2 | Arendal | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 57 | 38 | +19 | 48 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Egersund | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 48 | |
| 4 | Levanger | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 43 | |
| 5 | Vard Haugesund | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 43 | |
| 6 | Notodden | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 39 | |
| 7 | Øygarden | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 39 | |
| 8 | Odd 2 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 34 | |
| 9 | Kjelsås | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 33 | |
| 10 | Sotra | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 33 | |
| 11 | Fløy-Flekkerøy | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 27 | |
| 12 | Fram Larvik (R) | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 27 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 13 | Nardo (R) | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 24 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 14 | Rosenborg 2 (R) | 26 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 29 | 93 | −64 | 9 | Relegation to Third Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARE | EIK | FLE | FRA | KJE | LEV | NAR | NOT | ODD | RBK | SKE | SOT | VAR | ØYG |
| Arendal | — | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 9–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Egersund | 3–0 | — | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Fløy-Flekkerøy | 2–2 | 2–4 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Fram Larvik | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 |
| Kjelsås | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Levanger | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | — | 6–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 8–0 |
| Nardo | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | — | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Notodden | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 7–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Odd 2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 2–1 | 6–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Rosenborg 2 | 0–4 | 6–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | — | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–7 |
| Skeid | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 12–0 | — | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Sotra | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Vard Haugesund | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 |
| Øygarden | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | — |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Melvin Frithzell | Notodden | 22 |
| 1 | Abel William Stensrud | Skeid | 22 |
| 3 | Arne Gunnes | Levanger | 21 |
| 4 | Andreas Hellum | Arendal | 17 |
| 5 | Erling Myklebust | Vard Haugesund | 16 |
| 6 | Johnny Buduson | Skeid | 15 |
| 7 | Patrik Johannesen | Egersund | 13 |
| 7 | Stian Michalsen | Egersund | 13 |
| 9 | Ole Erik Midtskogen | Kjelsås | 11 |
| 10 | Lars Kilen | Sotra | 10 |
| 10 | Jørgen Voilås | Notodden | 10 |

## Promotion 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 went on to play against the 14th-placed team in the First Division for a place in the First Division next season.
Hødd won 4–3 on aggregate.