2013 Norwegian First Division


The 2013 1. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football league season. The season began on 7 April 2013 and was concluded on 3 November 2013. The league was contested by 16 teams. The top two teams were promoted to the Tippeligaen, while the teams placed from third to sixth place played a promotion-playoff against the 14th-placed team in Tippeligaen to win promotion. The bottom four teams were relegated to the 2. divisjon.

Background

From the 2012 1. divisjon, Start and Sarpsborg 08 won promotion to Tippeligaen, while Stabæk and Fredrikstad were relegated to the First Division.
Tromsdalen, Bærum, Notodden and Alta were relegated from the 2012 1. divisjon, while Elverum, Kristiansund, Vard Haugesund and Follo were promoted from the 2012 2. divisjon.

Summary

At the end of the season Bodø/Glimt and Stabæk won promotion to the 2014 Tippeligaen, while Vard Haugesund, Kongsvinger Elverum and Follo was relegated to the 2. divisjon.

Teams

TeamLocationArenaCapacityManager
Bodø/GlimtBodøAspmyra Stadion7,354Jan Halvor Halvorsen
BryneBryneBryne Stadion10,000Gaute Larsen
ElverumElverumSentralidrettsplassen2,000Kevin Knappen
FolloSkiSki Stadion2,500Hans Erik Eriksen
FredrikstadFredrikstadFredrikstad Stadion12,560Lars Bakkerud
HamKamHamarBriskeby gressbane10,200Vegard Skogheim
HøddUlsteinvikHøddvoll Stadion3,120Lars Arne Nilsen
KristiansundKristiansundAtlanten stadion4,000Geir Bakke
KongsvingerKongsvingerGjemselund Stadion5,202Stian Aasen
MjøndalenMjøndalenMjøndalen Stadion2,100Vegard Hansen
RanheimTrondheimDNB Arena2,000Trond Nordsteien
SandefjordSandefjordKomplett.no Arena9,000Arne Sandstø
StabækBærumNadderud Stadion7,000Petter Belsvik
StrømmenStrømmenStrømmen Stadion1,800Erland Johnsen
Ull/KisaJessheimUKI Arena3,000Roar Johansen
Vard HaugesundHaugesundHaugesund Stadion8,800Flemming Christensen

League table

Top scorers

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