2007 Norwegian First Division

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Tromsdalen

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Skeid

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Løv-Ham

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Molde

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Ham-Kam

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Bodø/Glimt

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Sogndal

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Moss

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Bryne

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Haugesund

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Kongsvinger

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Hønefoss

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Notodden

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Raufoss

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Sparta Sarpsborg

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Mandalskameratene

The 2007 Norwegian First Division season (known as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) began on April 9, 2007 and concluded on November 4, 2007. It was the tenth and final season in which teams competed for two automatic promotion spots and one playoff spot.

The First Division was won by Molde, who finished one point ahead of Ham-Kam. Both clubs were relegated from the Norwegian Premier League in 2006 and were promoted back to the highest level after only one season. Bodø/Glimt finished third and defeated Odd Grenland in the playoff to earn promotion.

Of the four teams promoted from the Second Division in 2006, only Notodden managed to hold on to their spot. They played in the First Division for the first time in their history, finishing in ninth place (Snøgg and Heddal, the club's predecessors, have both played in the second tier, last in 1967 and 1961 respectively).

Raufoss returned to the First Division after being relegated in 2004 and were able to finish in eleventh place. However, due to financial problems and failure to meet demands on infrastructure, the Football Association of Norway decided not to award Raufoss the required license for play in the top two divisions.^[1][2] Raufoss were demoted to the Second Division and their place given to Sparta Sarpsborg, who finished in thirteenth place.

Mandalskameratene and Skeid were relegated to the Second Division after one season. They were joined by Tromsdalen, who survived for two seasons.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Molde (P)	30	22	3	5	62	28	+34	69	Promotion to the Tippeligaen
2	Hamarkameratene (P)	29	20	5	4	82	36	+46	65
3	Bodø/Glimt (P)	30	17	4	9	66	39	+27	55	Qualification to the Tippeligaen
4	Kongsvinger	30	16	5	9	56	42	+14	53
5	Moss	30	15	8	7	46	37	+9	53
6	Bryne	30	14	7	9	57	38	+19	49
7	Sogndal	30	13	5	12	48	44	+4	44
8	Haugesund	30	10	9	11	49	52	−3	39
9	Notodden	30	11	3	16	49	54	−5	36
10	Hønefoss	30	8	11	11	34	52	−18	35
11	Raufoss (R)	30	10	5	15	37	61	−24	35	Relegation to the Second Division
12	Løv-Ham	30	9	6	15	39	44	−5	33
13	Sarpsborg Sparta	30	8	8	14	50	52	−2	32
14	Tromsdalen (R)	30	7	8	15	37	56	−19	29	Relegation to the Second Division
15	Skeid (R)	30	4	8	18	32	60	−28	20
16	Mandalskameratene (R)	30	4	7	19	43	92	−49	19

Source: speaker.no (Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The winner and runner-up in the First Division are automatically promoted to the Norwegian Premier League. The third-placed team in the First Division and the 12th-placed team in the Premier League meet in a playoff at the end of the season. The four teams finishing at the bottom of the table are automatically relegated to the Second Division.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

To read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	B/G	BFK	HAM	FKH	HBK	KIL	LØV	MAN	MFK	MOS	NFK	RIL	SKD	SDL	FKSS	TUIL
Bodø/Glimt	XXX	2-0	6-1	3-0	3-1	1-1	3-1	8-1	1-2	1-2	2-0	5-0	4-1	2-0	2-0	2-1
Bryne	0-2	XXX	3-0	4-2	0-0	1-2	1-1	3-0	2-0	1-2	3-2	6-0	3-0	2-1	3-1	4-0
Ham-Kam	2-3	2-1	XXX	3-3	2-0	4-0	1-1	6-0	0-2	1-1	3-1	5-0	5-1	3-0	2-0	5-0
Haugesund	2-1	2-2	2-4	XXX	0-0	2-2	3-0	2-1	2-4	2-2	2-1	1-2	1-1	3-1	2-1	4-1
Hønefoss	0-0	1-4	2-2	1-1	XXX	0-5	1-0	2-1	0-3	0-1	4-1	1-0	4-3	0-0	2-2	2-2
Kongsvinger	1-4	0-0	0-1	0-2	3-0	XXX	0-1	3-2	1-2	2-1	2-1	2-1	2-0	2-4	3-0	4-1
Løv-Ham	4-0	2-1	1-3	4-1	3-1	1-2	XXX	4-0	0-1	1-2	5-2	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-2	3-2
Mandalskameratene	3-3	1-2	0-3	1-3	2-2	2-0	3-0	XXX	0-3	3-3	4-3	2-3	1-1	2-2	1-2	1-3
Molde	4-2	3-2	0-2	3-1	1-1	0-2	4-1	12-1	XXX	3-0	1-0	0-2	0-0	2-1	1-0	1-0
Moss	0-1	4-0	0-0	2-1	1-1	1-3	1-0	3-0	0-0	XXX	3-1	2-0	2-0	2-1	2-1	1-1
Notodden	2-3	1-0	0-1	3-1	4-0	0-3	3-0	3-1	2-0	0-2	XXX	2-2	4-3	0-1	1-0	3-1
Raufoss	3-1	1-1	1-4	2-1	0-2	2-4	0-0	1-4	1-2	2-0	1-2	XXX	2-1	3-2	1-1	1-2
Skeid	1-0	1-2	0-4	1-1	0-3	1-3	1-0	2-2	0-1	2-2	1-1	4-1	XXX	0-2	1-3	4-0
Sogndal	2-0	1-2	3-4	1-2	4-1	3-0	0-2	3-2	2-3	2-0	1-1	2-1	2-1	XXX	1-1	2-1
Sparta Sarpsborg	4-1	3-3	2-4	0-0	3-0	2-2	3-1	6-1	1-2	1-2	2-5	1-2	3-1	2-2	XXX	0-1
Tromsdalen	0-0	1-1	3-5	1-0	1-2	2-2	1-1	1-1	1-2	5-1	2-0	1-1	2-0	0-1	0-2	XXX

Top goal scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Kenneth Kvalheim	23	Notodden
Thiago Martins	17	Bodø/Glimt
Oluwasegun Abiodun	15	Ham-Kam
Håvard Flo	15	Sogndal
Bjørnar Johannessen	15	Sparta Sarpsborg
Roman Kienast	14	Ham-Kam
Peter Samuelsson	14	Kongsvinger
John Pelu	12	Kongsvinger
Allan Borgvardt	11	Bryne
Trond Olsen	11	Bodø/Glimt
Kjetil Ruthford Pedersen	11	Mandalskameratene
Samir Šarić	11	Løv-Ham

Relegated teams

These two teams were relegated from the Norwegian Premier League in 2006:

• Ham-Kam
• Molde

Promoted teams

These four teams were promoted from the Second Division at the start of the season:

• Mandalskameratene
• Notodden
• Raufoss
• Skeid

See also

• Norwegian Premier League 2007

References

1. ^ "Club licenses for 2008". Football Association of Norway. http://www.fotball.no/table.asp?p=53186&cat=51834&x=1&a=211775&TournamentId=277213. Retrieved 2007-12-11. 
2. ^ "Raufoss' appeal dismissed". Football Association of Norway. http://www.fotball.no/table.asp?p=53186&cat=51834&x=1&a=213663&TournamentId=277213. Retrieved 2007-12-11. 

External links

• Norwegian First Division 2007 on NRK Sport: Fixtures and results - Top scorers, Yellow cards, Red cards - Final standings