2009 Norwegian First Division

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Tromsdalen

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Skeid

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Alta

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Sogndal

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Løv-Ham

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Haugesund

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Stavanger

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Bryne

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Notodden

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Hønefoss

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Ham-Kam

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Moss

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Sarpsborg 08

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Kongsvinger

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Nybergsund-Trysil

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Mjøndalen

The 2009 Norwegian First Division season (known as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) began play on 5 April 2009 and will end on 1 November 2009.

The club relegated from the Premier League in 2008 was Ham-Kam. Sandnes Ulf and Hødd were relegated to the Second Division in 2008 after finishing in fifteenth and sixteenth place respectively. Tromsdalen, Stavanger, Mjøndalen, and Skeid were promoted from the Second Division in 2008.

At the end of the season, a two-legged promotion playoff will be played between the 3rd, 4th, and 5th placed teams in the First Division and the 14th placed team in the Premier League.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Haugesund (P)	30	18	4	8	67	37	+30	58	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Hønefoss BK (P)	30	16	8	6	61	32	+29	56
3	Kongsvinger (P)	30	18	2	10	52	37	+15	56	Qualification to Tippeligaen
4	Sogndal	30	14	12	4	46	29	+17	54
5	Sarpsborg 08	30	15	5	10	47	38	+9	47[1]
6	Alta	30	12	6	12	50	49	+1	42
7	Moss	30	12	5	13	47	53	−6	41
8	Bryne	30	10	10	10	41	39	+2	40
9	Nybergsund-Trysil	30	11	7	12	49	54	−5	40
10	Løv-Ham	30	11	7	12	44	50	−6	40
11	Mjøndalen	30	10	9	11	38	39	−1	39
12	Tromsdalen	30	11	6	13	38	54	−16	39
13	HamKam (R)	30	11	4	15	56	48	+8	37	Relegation to Second Division
14	Notodden (R)	30	9	2	19	38	55	−17	29
15	Stavanger (R)	30	6	11	13	35	53	−18	29
16	Skeid (R)	30	4	6	20	26	66	−40	18

Updated to games played on 18 October 2009.
Source: NRK Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away

ALT

BRY

HK

HAU

HØN

KIL

LØV

MIF

MFK

NOT

NIL

S08

SKD

SIL

SIF

TUIL

Alta

4–1

5–3

1–0

0–1

2–3

3–1

3–1

0–3

1–0

1–1

3–0

1–1

2–2

1–3

0–0

Bryne

3–1

0–0

0–1

1–1

1–0

3–1

1–0

3–3

1–0

4–1

0–0

2–0

1–1

1–1

2–2

HamKam

7–0

2–4

1–2

1–2

1–0

5–0

3–1

1–0

3–0

1–3

2–1

3–2

1–2

3–1

3–0

Haugesund

2–0

2–0

4–2

3–2

4–1

3–1

3–1

5–3

6–0

4–1

3–0

1–0

0–2

0–0

4–0

Hønefoss BK

2–0

1–1

1–1

1–1

3–1

3–1

0–0

6–0

3–1

1–2

3–1

6–0

0–0

3–1

2–0

Kongsvinger

4–2

1–0

3–2

4–1

0–1

3–1

2–0

1–0

3–0

2–0

3–0

4–0

0–2

1–0

2–0

Løv-Ham

0–0

2–1

2–2

1–1

2–0

1–1

0–0

1–3

2–1

3–2

4–1

2–0

3–1

3–0

0–1

Mjøndalen

0–1

2–1

3–2

4–2

2–1

2–1

0–0

3–1

1–0

3–3

0–0

4–0

0–0

0–0

3–0

Moss

0–5

1–1

2–0

2–1

4–0

2–3

2–1

2–0

1–0

2–1

2–3

2–2

0–3

1–1

2–1

Notodden

2–1

3–2

4–1

2–3

0–1

2–3

1–1

2–0

2–3

1–2

0–3

0–2

2–1

4–0

Nybergsund-Trysil

1–2

2–0

2–2

1–0

1–5

3–0

1–2

1–0

0–2

4–2

2–3

4–1

1–1

2–1

1–1

Sarpsborg 08

1–1

2–3

1–0

1–0

2–1

1–0

4–1

3–1

2–0

1–2

4–1

0–0

2–2

4–0

4–0

Skeid

2–4

1–0

0–2

0–4

0–4

1–1

1–2

1–3

2–1

0–2

1–2

0–2

1–1

0–2

2–0

Sogndal

3–1

1–1

1–0

2–3

2–2

1–2

2–1

0–0

2–1

2–1

1–0

0–1

2–1

1–1

3–0

Stavanger

0–4

0–2

2–1

0–4

2–2

3–5

2–2

3–1

2–2

1–1

2–2

0–2

2–1

0–0

4–2

Tromsdalen

2–1

3–2

1–0

2–2

0–1

3–0

3–1

4–2

2–1

1–0

1–1

1–0

3–3

3–4

2–0

Source: speaker.no
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Thomas Sørum	Haugesund	24
2	Lars Lafton	Hønefoss	21
3	Vegard Braaten	Alta	18
4	Martin Wiig	Sarpsborg 08	15
5	Marius Helle	Bryne	14
-	Kenneth Kvalheim	Moss	14
-	Kim Ojo	Nybergsund-Trysil	14
8	Tore Andreas Gundersen	Nybergsund-Trysil	13
9	Erik Midtgarden	Mjøndalen	10
-	Magnus Sylling Olsen	Kongsvinger	10
-	Kamal Saaliti	Hønefoss	10
12	Nikola Djurdjic	Haugesund	9
Total goals:			697
Games played:			224
Average goals per game:			3.11

Last updated: 18 October 2009
Source: NRK Sport (Norwegian)

References

1. Sarpsborg 08 deducted three points for failing to correctly inform the NFF of its financial situation. "Sarpsborg trekkes tre poeng". Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian). 2009-06-25. Retrieved 2009-07-06.