The 2017 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

The first round of the season was played on 2 April 2017 and the season concluded with the last round on 5 November 2017.[1]

Team changes from 2016

In the 2016 1. divisjon, Kristiansund and Sandefjord were promoted to the 2017 Eliteserien, while Bryne, Hødd, KFUM Oslo and Raufoss were relegated to the 2017 2. divisjon.

Bodø/Glimt and Start were relegated from the 2016 Tippeligaen, while Tromsdalen, Elverum, Florø and Arendal were promoted from the 2016 2. divisjon.

Teams

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Locations of the teams in the 2017 OBOS-ligaen
Team Location Arena Capacity Manager
Arendal Arendal Bjønnes Stadion 1,500 Sweden Mattias Andersson
Åsane Åsane Åsane Idrettspark 3,000 Norway Mons Ivar Mjelde
Bodø/Glimt Bodø Aspmyra Stadion 7,354 Norway Aasmund Bjørkan
Elverum Elverum Elverum Stadion 1,400 Norway Tore Fossum
Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Stadion 12,565 Norway Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen
Florø Florø Florø Stadion 2,800 Norway Terje Rognsø
Jerv Grimstad J.J. Ugland Stadion – Levermyr 1,750 Norway Arne Sandstø
Kongsvinger Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion 6,700 Norway Hans-Erik Eriksen
Levanger Levanger Moan Fritidspark 6,000 Sweden Magnus Powell
Mjøndalen Mjøndalen Isachsen Stadion 4,350 Norway Vegard Hansen
Ranheim Trondheim EXTRA Arena 3,000 Norway Svein Maalen
Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Sandnes Idrettspark 4,969 Norway Bengt Sæternes
Start Kristiansand Sør Arena 14,563 England Mick Priest
Strømmen Strømmen Strømmen Stadion 1,800 Norway Espen Olsen
Tromsdalen Tromsdalen Tromsdalen Stadion 3,000 Norway Gaute Helstrup
Ull/Kisa Jessheim UKI Arena 3,000 Norway Vegard Skogheim

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Fredrikstad Norway Mons Ivar Mjelde Resigned 4 November 2016[2] Pre-season Italy Andrea Loberto 23 November 2016[3] Pre-season
Åsane Norway Kjetil Knutsen Contract expired 1 December 2016 Norway Mons Ivar Mjelde 1 December 2016
Arendal Norway Knut Tørum Sacked 12 June 2017 16th Sweden Mattias Andersson 12 June 2017 16th
Start Norway Steinar Pedersen Sacked 29 September 2017[4] 2nd England Mick Priest (interim) 29 September 2017 2nd
Fredrikstad Italy Andrea Loberto Resigned 27 October 2017[5] 14th Norway Aleksander Olsen (interim) 27 October 2017 14th
Fredrikstad Norway Aleksander Olsen End of caretaker spell 29 October 2017[6] 15th Norway Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen 29 October 2017 15th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bodø/Glimt (C, P) 30 22 5 3 83 33 +50 71 Promotion to Eliteserien
2 Start (P) 30 16 7 7 57 36 +21 55
3 Mjøndalen 30 15 7 8 56 37 +19 52 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 Ranheim (O, P) 30 15 7 8 48 39 +9 52
5 Sandnes Ulf 30 14 9 7 44 39 +5 51
6 Ull/Kisa 30 15 3 12 61 55 +6 48
7 Levanger 30 10 12 8 39 36 +3 42
8 Florø 30 10 8 12 42 46 −4 38
9 Tromsdalen 30 9 10 11 43 43 0 37
10 Kongsvinger 30 10 6 14 47 46 +1 36
11 Strømmen 30 9 9 12 39 47 −8 36
12 Åsane 30 7 12 11 38 56 −18 33
13 Jerv 30 8 8 14 44 59 −15 32
14 Fredrikstad (R) 30 5 11 14 33 51 −18 26 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Elverum (R) 30 4 12 14 29 51 −22 24 Relegation to Second Division
16 Arendal (R) 30 5 6 19 33 62 −29 21
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ARE B/G ELV FLO FFK JER KIL LEV MIF RAN ULF IKS STR TUIL UKI ÅSF
Arendal — 1–3 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 2–3 0–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–1
Bodø/Glimt 5–0 — 5–0 4–1 4–0 4–0 3–2 1–3 1–0 3–3 0–0 3–2 4–3 1–0 3–1 6–0
Elverum 5–0 0–4 — 3–4 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–0
Florø 0–1 1–2 1–1 — 4–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 5–0 1–1 3–1 1–4 1–5 1–1 3–1 1–1
Fredrikstad 1–1 0–1 4–0 1–2 — 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1
Jerv 2–3 1–4 2–0 0–2 2–0 — 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 6–2 1–1
Kongsvinger 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 6–1 — 0–1 3–2 0–0 2–3 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–3 2–0
Levanger 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 — 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 2–0 3–0
Mjøndalen 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–4 3–1 3–0 5–1 3–1 — 3–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 3–0
Ranheim 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 6–1 1–1 — 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–4 2–1
Sandnes Ulf 2–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–3 0–3 2–2 1–0 2–0 — 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–3
Start 3–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–2 2–1 — 0–1 2–2 3–1 4–0
Strømmen 1–0 1–6 0–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 0–4 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–3 1–2 — 1–1 3–4 2–2
Tromsdalen 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 5–0 1–4 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 — 2–3 2–0
Ull/Kisa 4–2 2–5 2–0 3–0 2–1 7–1 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–1 3–3 1–2 2–0 1–0 — 2–3
Åsane 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–2 1–3 4–0 3–2 2–2 2–2 0–3 —
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

Main article: 2017 Eliteserien promotion/relegation play-offs

The third to sixth-placed teams took part in the promotion play-offs; these were single leg knockout matches, two semi-finals and a final. The winners, Ranheim, advanced to play the 14th placed team in Eliteserien over two legs in the Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.

Semi-finals

Mjøndalen3–1Ull/Kisa
Gauseth 13' (pen.)
Fredriksen 21'
Pellegrino 40'		 Summary Andreas Aalbu 38'
Attendance: 1,723
Ranheim1–0Sandnes Ulf
Lillebo 77' Summary
Attendance: 585
Referee: Trygve Kjensli

Final

Mjøndalen1–2Ranheim
Pellegrino 61' Summary Karlsen 16'
Reginiussen 80'
Attendance: 1,748
Referee: Sigurd Kringstad

Relegation play-offs

See also: 2017 2. divisjon § Promotion play-offs

The 14th placed team took part in a two-legged play-off against Notodden, the winners of the 2. divisjon play-offs, to decide who would play in the 2018 OBOS-ligaen.

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

Notodden won 5–3 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals Games Average
1 Norway Kristian Fardal Opseth Bodø/Glimt 28 30 0,93
2 Norway Amahl Pellegrino Mjøndalen 18 29 0,62
3 Norway Robert Stene Levanger 15 28 0,54
Norway Kent Håvard Eriksen Sandnes Ulf 15 30 0,50
5 Norway Endre Kupen Florø 14 23 0,61
Senegal Ousseynou Boye Mjøndalen 14 25 0,56
7 Norway Ulrik Saltnes Bodø/Glimt 13 27 0,48
8 Norway Niklas Castro Kongsvinger 12 25 0,48
Norway Kristoffer Ødemarksbakken Ullensaker/Kisa 12 29 0,41
10 Norway Niklas Sandberg Ullensaker/Kisa 11 26 0,42
Norway Geir André Herrem Åsane 11 27 0,41
Norway Nicolay Solberg Ullensaker/Kisa 11 27 0,41
Norway Kjell Rune Sellin Sandnes Ulf 11 29 0,38
Denmark Sanel Kapidzic Fredrikstad 11 29 0,38
15 Norway Steffen Lie Skålevik Start 10 11 0,91
Norway Adem Güven Kongsvinger 10 24 0,42
Norway Trond Olsen Bodø/Glimt 10 27 0,37
Norway Mads Reginiussen Ranheim 10 29 0,34

References

  1. ^ "Hovedterminliste menn 2017" [Main schedule men's football 2017]. fotball.no. Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Mons Ivar Mjelde ferdig som FFK-trener". www.f-b.no (in Norwegian). Fredriksstad Blad. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Andrea Loberto er ny hovedtrener i FFK". www.fredrikstadfk.no (in Norwegian). Fredrikstad FK. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Steinar Pedersen ferdig i Start". www.tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV2. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Andrea Loberto trer til siden". www.fredrikstadfk.no (in Norwegian). Fredriksstad FK. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Andrea Loberto trer til siden". www.fredrikstadfk.no (in Norwegian). Fredriksstad FK. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_OBOS-ligaen
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