Norwegian First Division (women)

Norwegian First Division
Country	Norway
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1984
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Toppserien
Relegation to	2. divisjon
Domestic cup(s)	Norwegian Cup
Current champions	Sandviken (2014)
Most championships	Sandviken (5)
Website	fotball.no
2014 Norwegian First Division (women)

The Norwegian First Division (Norwegian: 1. divisjon) is the second highest division in women's football in Norway. It was originally founded in 1984. Between 1984 and 1995 it served as the first tier. It was then replaced by the Eliteserien which in turn was replaced by the Toppserien in 2000.

First Tier

Between 1977 and 1983 women's league football in Norway was organized on a county and regional basis. In 1984, three of these leagues, those representing Østlandet, Vestlandet and Trøndelag, merged to form the first national league. However during the earliest seasons teams continued to play in three regional groups, each with ten teams, and the national title was decided by a play-off between the three group winners. In 1986, a fourth group representing Nord-Norge was added, and the number of teams in the league increased to forty. The league system was subsequently reorganized for the 1987 season. At the end of the 1986 season, thirty of the teams were relegated and formed into a Norwegian Second Division. The remaining ten teams formed a single nationwide First Division. The new First Division remained the top tier of Norwegian women's football until 1995.

List of champions (1984-1995)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
1984	Sprint-Jeløy	Trondheims-Ørn	Nymark
1985	Nymark	Asker	Trondheims-Ørn
1986	Sprint-Jeløy	Troll	Klepp Grand
1987	Klepp	Sprint-Jeløy	Asker
1988	Asker	Klepp	Trondheims-Ørn
1989	Asker	Sprint-Jeløy	Klepp
1990	Sprint-Jeløy	Asker	Klepp
1991	Asker	Sprint-Jeløy	Sandviken
1992	Asker	Setskog/Høland	Sprint-Jeløy
1993	Sprint-Jeløy	Trondheims-Ørn	Asker
1994	Trondheims-Ørn	Asker	Sprint-Jeløy
1995	Trondheims-Ørn	Setskog/Høland	Sandviken

Second Tier

With the establishment of the Eliteserien in 1996 the First Division became a second tier division. At the same time the original Norwegian Second Division formed in 1987 became the third tier. The First Division now featured 58 teams in six regional groups. For the 2001 season the First Division was greatly reduced in size and it once again became single nationwide division. It initially featured nine teams, gradually adding a tenth before expanding to twelve for the 2009 season.^[1] All nineteen counties of Norway have been represented in the nationwide First Division since 2001; Østfold was the last county to be represented, when Sarpsborg 08 got promoted in 2010.

Single Division Format

Season	Winner	Promoted	Notes
2013	Grand Bodø	Grand Bodø
2012	Avaldsnes	Medkila	Medkila lost the promotion-playoff against Kattem, but were still promoted when Kattem withdrew their team.
2011	Vålerenga	Fart
2010	Sandviken	Medkila
2009	Linderud-Grei	Donn
2008	Sandviken	Fortuna Ålesund	First Division expanded to 12 teams, the bottom two teams in the First Division played relegation matches against the winners of the Second Division.
2007	Fart	Larvik
2006	Asker	Kattem, Grand Bodø^[2]	Toppserien expanded to 12 teams, 3. and 4. place in the First Division played promotion matches against the bottom two teams in Toppserien.
2005	Arna-Bjørnar	Amazon Grimstad
2004	Kattem	Liungen
2003	Sandviken	Medkila
2002	Liungen	Fløya	Athene Moss withdrew, only 9 teams finished the season.
2001	Sandviken	Larvik	Grand Bodø withdrew, only 9 teams finished the season.

Regional Format

Season	Promoted	Qualification	System
2000	Liungen Røa	Fløya, Fortuna Ålesund Follese, Haugar	57 teams in 6 pools Play-off: 2 groups á 3 teams
1999	Byåsen Larvik	Medkila, Voss Haugar, Liungen	55 teams in 6 pools Play-off: 2 groups á 3 teams
1998	Grand Bodø Kaupanger	Liungen, Solid Larvik, Verdal	55 teams in 6 pools Play-off: 2 groups á 3 teams
1997	Byåsen Fløya	Haugar, Jardar Kaupanger, Larvik	55 teams in 6 pools Play-off: 2 groups á 3 teams
1996	Bjørnar Verdal	Donn, Fløya Raufoss/Vind, Bergen Nord	58 teams in 6 pools Play-off: 2 groups á 3 teams

References

↑ http://www.fotball.no/t2.aspx?p=58605&cat=51834&x=1&a=221135 12 teams in the First Division]
↑ Grand Bodø promoted after qualification.

External links

First Division at Fotball.no

Women's First Division 2013

Fart Fløya Fortuna Ålesund Grand Bodø Kaupanger Kongsvinger Linderud-Grei Lyn Sarpsborg 08 Voss Åsane

Norwegian First Division (women)

First Tier	1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

Second Tier	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Playoffs	Playoffs

Football in Norway

League competitions	Tippeligaen 1. Divisjon (D1) 2. Divisjon (D2) 3. Divisjon (D3) Toppserien (W) 1. divisjon (W, D1)

Cup competitions	Norwegian Football Cup Norwegian Women's Cup

Defunct cup competitions	Northern Norwegian Cup (1929–1969) Superfinalen (2009–2010)

Playoff competitions	To the First Division (1996–2000) To the Second Division (2001–2010) To the First Division (women)

National teams	Men U-21 U-19 U-17 Women

Lists and categories	Clubs Competitions Players Foreign Stadia

Football Association of Norway Women's football in Norway

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