Play-offs to the Norwegian First Division

The Playoffs to the 1. divisjon in Norwegian association football took place from 1996 up to and including the 2000 season.

The playoffs were instituted because of the streamlining of the 1. divisjon ahead of the 1997 season. It was reduced from two groups to one, and thus, not all winners of the 2. divisjon groups could be promoted.

From the 2001 season, the 2. divisjon got four groups instead of eight, meaning that each of the four group winners was promoted.

A playoff system was re-introduced in the 2017 Norwegian Second Division season. The winners of the two groups are automatically promoted to First Division, while the 2nd-placed teams enter the playoff. The two 2nd-placed teams play a double leg, the winner of which plays against the 14th-placed team in the First Division, the winner of which gets promoted to or stays in First Division.

2024

Round 1

Tromsdalen0–1Jerv
Report Wilson 51'
Attendance: 664
Referee: Jørgen Haugen
Jerv2–1Tromsdalen
Seufert 41' (pen.)
Wilson 69'
Report Hafstad 73'
Attendance: 1,567
Referee: Magnus Nicolai Koløy

Jerv won 3–1 on aggregate.

Round 2

Mjøndalen2–1Jerv
Report
  • Furaha 31'
Attendance: 1,422
Referee: Stian Røvig Sletner
Jerv1–3Mjøndalen
  • Furaha 64'
Report
Attendance: 2,012
Referee: Mischa Huru Kellerhals

Mjøndalen won 5–2 on aggregate and remained in First Division for the 2025 Norwegian First Division season.

2023

Round 1

Lyn1–2Tromsdalen
Breistøl 53' Report Hafstad 65'
Sandbukt 83'
Attendance: 2,167
Referee: Ali al Hatam
Tromsdalen0–2Lyn
Report Olsen 1', 40'
Attendance: 1,275
Referee: Mathias Støfringshaug

Lyn won 3–2 on aggregate.

Round 2

Lyn3–0Hødd
Olsen 17'
Kristiansen 46'
Breistøl 60'
Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Eivind Bodding
Hødd1–2Lyn
Skeide 38' Report Breistøl 9'
Elvevold 88'
Attendance: 628
Referee: Steinar Hauge

Lyn won 5–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2024 Norwegian First Division.

2022

Round 1

Arendal0–1Ull/Kisa
Report Byttingsvik 29' (o.g.)
Norac Stadion, Arendal
Attendance: 812
Referee: Daniel Higraff
Ull/Kisa0–3Arendal
Report Jenssen 4' (o.g.)
Christensen 56'
Bergan 64'
Attendance: 942
Referee: Harald Vollstad Sletner

Arendal won 3–1 on aggregate.

Round 2

Skeid6–0Arendal
Buduson 3', 43'
Hoven 54'
Romsaas 56'
Effiom 67', 80'
Report
Attendance: 552
Referee: Steinar Hauge
Arendal1–2Skeid
Johansen 79' Report Nordengen 61'
Buduson 83'
Norac Stadion, Arendal
Attendance: 519
Referee: Marius Lien

Skeid won 8–1 on aggregate and remained in First Division for the 2023 Norwegian First Division season.

2021

Round 1

Hødd2–1Arendal
Hjelmeseth  22'
Bruun-Hanssen 59'
Report Meinseth 74'
Attendance: 954
Referee: Magnus Nicolai Koløy
Arendal2–2Hødd
Johansen 20'
Hellum 45' (pen.)
Report Wrele 13'
Løken 62'
Norac Stadion, Arendal
Attendance: 1,274
Referee: Ajdin Medic

Hødd won 4–3 on aggregate.

Round 2

Stjørdals-Blink won 5–3 on aggregate and remained in First Division for the 2022 Norwegian First Division season.

2019

Round 1

Åsane2–0Kvik Halden
Fredriksen 63'
Stava 75'
Report
Myrdal Stadion, Bergen
Attendance: 305
Referee: Daniel Higraff
Kvik Halden1–2Åsane
Krans 48' Report Hammersland 5', 74'
Attendance: 633
Referee: Marius Lien

Åsane won 4–1 on aggregate.

Round 2

Notodden1–3Åsane
Report
  • Nygard 23'
  • Hammersland 34', 54'
Attendance: 468
Åsane2–2Notodden
  • Hammersland 20', 80'
Report
Myrdal Stadion, Bergen
Attendance: 802

Åsane won 5–3 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2020 Norwegian First Division.

2018

Round 1

KFUM Oslo3–0Fredrikstad
  • Mawa 39'
  • Sørås 49'
  • Gueye 88'
Summary
Attendance: 1,436
Referee: Christian Moen
Fredrikstad1–1KFUM Oslo
  • Aalbu 80'
Summary
  • Stavrum 88'
Attendance: 2,116
Referee: Sivert Øksnes Amland

KFUM Oslo won 4–1 on aggregate.

Round 2

KFUM Oslo1–2Åsane
Summary
Referee: Marius Lien
Åsane1–3KFUM Oslo
  • Bruun-Hanssen 17'
Summary
Myrdal Gress, Bergen
Attendance: 925
Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

KFUM Oslo won 4–3 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2019 Norwegian First Division.

2017

Round 1

Raufoss2–1Notodden
Summary
Attendance: 1,070
Referee: Mads Følstad Skarsem
Notodden2–1 (a.e.t.)Raufoss
Summary
  • Senstad 90'
Penalties
5–4
Attendance: 1,277
Referee: Jan Morten Tennøy

3–3 on aggregate. Notodden won 5–4 on penalties.

Round 2

Fredrikstad0–0Notodden
Summary
Attendance: 5,340
Referee: Christian Moen
Notodden5–3Fredrikstad
Summary
Attendance: 2,105
Referee: Torkjell Trædal

Notodden won 5–3 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2018 Norwegian First Division.

2000

1999

1998

  • Reference:

1997

  • Reference: "Fotball: Kvalifisering til 1. divisjon menn" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 11 October 1997.

1996

The two number-six-teams from the two groups in the First Division, Byåsen and Harstad, were up for playoff.

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