2011 Norwegian First Division

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Alta

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Asker

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Bodø/Glimt

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Bryne

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HamKam

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Hødd

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Hønefoss

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Løv-Ham

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Mjøndalen

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Nybergsund-Trysil

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Randaberg

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Ranheim

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Sandnes Ulf

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Strømmen

The 2011 Norwegian First Division season (known as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) began play on 3 April 2011 and is scheduled to end on 30 October 2011.^[1]

The clubs relegated from the 2010 Premier League were Hønefoss (after relegation play-offs), Kongsvinger and Sandefjord. Asker, HamKam, Hødd, and Randaberg were promoted from the 2010 Second Division.

Following an extended period of financial distress, Lyn withdrew from the league in 2010.^[2] Follo did not finish their licensing application for the 2011 season before the time limit of 15 September 2010, and were thus relegated at the end of the 2010 season even though they finished 12th, outside of the relegation zone. As a result of this the 13th placed team, Sandnes Ulf, avoided relegation.^[3] Tromsdalen and Moss were the remaining two teams relegated to the 2011 Second Division.

At the end of the season, the two best teams will be promoted to the 2012 Premier League, while the 4 worst placed teams will be relegated to the 2012 Second Division. There will not be a two-legged promotion playoff this season.

Overview

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity	Manager
Alta	Alta	Finnmarkshallen	1,000	Rune Berger
Asker Fotball	Asker	Føyka Stadion	2,000	Gaute Larsen
Bodø/Glimt	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadion	7,400	Cato André Hansen
Bryne	Bryne	Bryne Stadion	10,000	Tommy Bergersen
HamKam	Hamar	Briskeby Arena	10,200	Vegard Skogheim
Hødd	Ulsteinvik	Høddvoll Stadion	3,120	Lars Arne Nilsen
Hønefoss	Hønefoss	AKA Arena	4,000	Leif Gunnar Smerud
Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger	Gjemselund Stadion	5,202	Tom Nordlie
Løv-Ham	Bergen	Varden Amfi	3,500	Tom Mangersnes
Mjøndalen	Mjøndalen	Nedre Eiker Stadion	2,600	Vegard Hansen
Nybergsund-Trysil	Trysil	Nybergsund Stadion	1,600	Ola Brenden
Randaberg	Randaberg	Randaberg Stadion	1,033	Thomas Pereira
Ranheim	Ranheim	DnB NOR Arena	2,000	Aasmund Bjørkan
Sandefjord	Sandefjord	Komplett.no Arena	9,000	Arne Sandstø
Sandnes Ulf	Sandnes	Sandnes Idrettspark	3,000	Asle Andersen
Strømmen	Strømmen	Strømmen Stadion	3,000	Thomas Berntsen

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
Sandefjord	Patrick Walker	Sacked[4]	9 May 2011	11th	Arne Sandstø	23 May 2011[5]	11th
Løv-Ham	Arne Sandstø	Signed by Sandefjord[5]	23 May 2011	15th	Tom Mangersnes	24 May 2011	15th
Bodø/Glimt	Kåre Ingebrigtsen	Resigned[6]	26 May 2011	14th	Cato André Hansen	24 June 2011	9th
Kongsvinger	Per Brogeland	Sacked[7]	30 August 2011	11th	Tom Nordlie	1 September 2011[8]	11th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hønefoss (P)	30	16	9	5	61	28	+33	57	Promotion to the Tippeligaen
2	Sandnes Ulf (P)	30	18	2	10	58	32	+26	56
3	Sandefjord	30	16	5	9	61	38	+23	53
4	Ranheim	30	15	7	8	61	39	+22	52
5	Bodø/Glimt	30	15	7	8	52	38	+14	52
6	Hamarkameratene	30	14	9	7	52	40	+12	51
7	Kongsvinger	30	14	7	9	50	36	+14	49
8	Hødd	30	13	7	10	54	42	+12	46
9	Bryne	30	11	11	8	47	36	+11	44
10	Mjøndalen	30	10	10	10	42	51	−9	40
11	Alta	30	10	9	11	45	51	−6	39
12	Strømmen	30	9	7	14	43	58	−15	34
13	Asker (R)	30	9	7	14	38	56	−18	34	Relegation to the Fair Play ligaen
14	Nybergsund-Trysil (R)	30	6	5	19	42	72	−30	23
15	Randaberg (R)	30	4	5	21	37	87	−50	17
16	Løv-Ham (R)	30	4	5	21	32	71	−39	0161

Updated to games played on 30 October 2011
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
¹ Løv-Ham were deducted a total 1 points: 1 point because of for lack of financial control^[9]

Results

Home \ Away1

ALT

AFK

B/G

BRY

HK

ILH

HØN

KIL

LØV

MIF

NIL

RIL

RIL

SF

ULF

SIF

Alta

3–4

3–3

0–0

1–5

2–2

1–4

2–1

2–0

4–1

2–0

4–1

1–0

1–2

0–2

1–1

Asker

1–4

1–0

1–1

1–1

0–3

1–2

2–1

3–0

1–1

2–0

0–0

2–1

1–2

0–1

0–0

Bodø/Glimt

0–0

3–0

3–0

1–1

3–1

0–0

4–2

0–2

1–0

3–0

4–1

1–1

1–1

3–1

3–1

Bryne

2–2

2–2

1–2

0–3

0–1

0–1

0–2

0–0

0–0

2–2

7–0

3–1

2–1

3–5

5–0

Hamarkameratene

2–0

2–1

2–2

1–2

2–1

1–0

0–2

2–2

0–0

1–0

3–0

0–1

1–4

2–2

4–2

Hødd

3–0

3–0

3–0

0–1

3–1

0–4

0–2

3–4

2–2

3–0

2–1

0–0

1–2

2–1

4–0

Hønefoss

2–0

0–1

3–2

1–1

1–1

1–1

2–1

2–0

3–0

5–3

6–0

2–1

2–3

1–0

1–2

Kongsvinger

1–1

1–0

2–0

0–2

3–3

1–1

2–2

4–0

2–0

1–0

4–1

3–3

3–0

1–0

1–1

Løv-Ham

1–2

0–1

0–1

0–2

2–2

0–1

2–5

0–1

0–0

2–3

4–3

2–5

1–2

0–3

3–0

Mjøndalen

3–0

4–3

2–4

0–0

1–3

3–1

2–2

2–2

0–0

5–2

3–1

1–2

4–2

2–1

2–1

Nybergsund-Trysil

2–2

1–1

0–2

1–2

4–0

3–5

0–5

1–0

3–1

0–1

3–3

1–3

4–2

2–1

2–6

Randaberg

2–2

2–4

2–0

2–1

1–3

2–2

0–2

0–4

4–0

1–1

3–2

1–4

1–5

1–2

1–2

Ranheim

1–0

4–0

3–2

2–2

1–2

2–5

2–2

4–0

1–0

3–0

4–1

3–0

2–1

0–1

4–1

Sandefjord

3–1

5–1

1–2

1–1

1–2

1–0

0–0

1–2

2–1

6–0

2–0

4–0

1–1

1–1

2–1

Sandnes Ulf

1–2

4–1

3–0

0–1

0–2

3–0

1–0

3–1

6–0

4–1

1–0

4–2

2–0

1–0

2–0

Strømmen

1–2

2–1

1–2

2–4

1–0

1–1

0–0

1–0

6–2

0–1

2–2

2–1

2–2

0–3

4–2

Updated to games played on 23 October 2011
Source: NRK Sport
¹The 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.

Statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Scorer Club Goals 1 Vegard Braaten Alta 18 2 Jo Sondre Aas Ranheim 16 Michael Karlsen Hødd 16 4 Kamal Saaliti Sandnes Ulf 15 Morten Eriksen Sandnes Ulf 15 6 Adama Diomande Hødd 14 Remond Mendy Hønefoss† 14 Robert Stene Ranheim 14 9 Jim Johansen Bodø/Glimt 13 10 Aksel Berget Skjølsvik Sandnes Ulf 12 Andreas Moen Strømmen 12 Aram Khalili Bodø/Glimt 12 †Remond Mendy scored nine goals in fiftheen games for Nybergsund IL-Trysil. Source: Alt om fotball

See also

• 2011 in Norwegian football
• 2011 Norwegian Premier League
• 2011 Norwegian Second Division

References

1. ^ "Spilleplan Adeccoligaen 2011" (in Norwegian). NFF. 23 December 2010. http://www.fotball.no/Documents/PDF/2010/Spilleplan_Adeccoligaen_2011.pdf?epslanguage=en. Retrieved 05 August 2011. 
2. ^ "FK Lyn har trukket seg fra Adeccoligaen" (in Norwegian). NFF. 07 July 2010. http://www.fotball.no/nff/NFF-nyheter/2010/FK-Lyn-har-trukket-seg-fra-Adeccoligaen/. 
3. ^ "Sandnes Ulf berget plassen i Adeccoligaen" (in Norwegian). TV2 Sporten. 05 November 2010. http://www.tv2sporten.no/fotball/adeccoligaen/sandnes-ulf-berget-plassen-i-adeccoligaen-3334295.html. 
4. ^ "Walker har fått sparken" (in Norwegian). TV2 Sporten. 09 May 2011. http://www.tv2.no/sport/fotball/tippeligaen/walker-har-faatt-sparken-i-sandefjord-3489602.html. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Arne Sandstø klar for Sandefjord" (in Norwegian). TV2 Sporten. 23 May 2011. http://www.tv2.no/sport/fotball/adeccoligaen/arne-sandstoe-klar-for-sandefjord-3500835.html. 
6. ^ "Kaare Ingebrigtsen ferdig i Bodø/Glimt" (in Norwegian). TV2 Sporten. 26 May 2011. http://www.tv2.no/sport/fotball/kaare-ingebrigtsen-ferdig-i-bodoe-glimt-3503534.html. 
7. ^ "Per Brogeland sparket i Kongsvinger" (in Norwegian). VG. 30 August 2011. http://touch.vg.no/article.php?artid=10081778. 
8. ^ "Nordlie klar for Kongsvinger" (in Norwegian). VG. 01 September 2011. http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/1-divisjon/artikkel.php?artid=10081998. 
9. ^ "Løv-Ham trekkes ett poeng". VG. 11 May 2011. http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/1-divisjon/artikkel.php?artid=10093548. Retrieved 16 August 2011.