2007 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season	2007
Dates	9 April – 4 November
Champions	Molde
Promoted	Molde; HamKam; Bodø/Glimt
Relegated	Raufoss; Tromsdalen; Skeid; Mandalskameratene
Matches played	240
Goals scored	787 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kenneth Kvalheim; (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Molde 12–1 Mandalskameratene; (26 August 2007)
Biggest away win	Hønefoss 0–5 Kongsvinger; (4 November 2007)
Highest scoring	Molde 12–1 Mandalskameratene; (26 August 2007)
	← 2006 2008 →

2007 Clubs

The 2007 1. divisjon season (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season began on 9 April 2007 and concluded on 4 November 2007. It was the tenth and final season in which teams competed for two automatic promotion spots and one playoff spot.

The 1. divisjon was won by Molde, who finished one point ahead of Ham-Kam. Both clubs were relegated from the Tippeligaen 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 2. divisjon in 2006, only Notodden managed to hold on to their spot. They played in the 1. divisjon 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 1. divisjon 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 2. divisjon and their place given to Sparta Sarpsborg, who finished in thirteenth place.

Mandalskameratene and Skeid were relegated to the 2. divisjon 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 (C, P)	30	22	3	5	62	28	+34	69	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Ham-Kam (P)	30	21	5	4	82	36	+46	68	Promotion to Tippeligaen
3	Bodø/Glimt (O, P)	30	17	4	9	66	39	+27	55	Qualification for the promotion play-offs^[a]
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^[b] (R)	30	10	5	15	37	61	−24	35	Relegation to 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 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: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ The third-placed team in the 1. divisjon and the 12th-placed team in the Tippeligaen met in a playoff at the end of the season.
^ Raufoss were relegated after failing to obtain a license due to financial irregularities. Sarpsborg Sparta, who were relegated initially, were given Raufoss spot in the following season.^[3]

Results

Home \ Away	B/G	BFK	HAM	FKH	HBK	KIL	LØV	MAN	MOL	MOS	NFK	RIL	SKD	SDL	SS	TUIL
Bodø/Glimt	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	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	—

Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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

Relegated teams

These two teams were relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2006:

Promoted teams

These four teams were promoted from the 2. divisjon at the start of the season:

References

^ "Club licenses for 2008". Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 2007-12-11.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Raufoss' appeal dismissed". Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 2007-12-11.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Raufoss rykker ned" [Raufoss are relegated]. www.vg.no. Verdens Gang. 11 December 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2019.

External links

1. divisjon 2007 on NRK Sport: Fixtures and results - Top scorers, Yellow cards, Red cards - Final standings

[table_note_res_PPP0.22017344935805-3] The third-placed team in the 1. divisjon and the 12th-placed team in the Tippeligaen met in a playoff at the end of the season.

[table_note_RIL0.22017344935805-5] Raufoss were relegated after failing to obtain a license due to financial irregularities. Sarpsborg Sparta, who were relegated initially, were given Raufoss spot in the following season.^[3]

[1] "Club licenses for 2008". Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 2007-12-11.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] "Raufoss' appeal dismissed". Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 2007-12-11.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] "Raufoss rykker ned" [Raufoss are relegated]. www.vg.no. Verdens Gang. 11 December 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2019.

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