2003 Norwegian First Division

The 2003 1. divisjon season kicked off on 13 April 2003, and the final round was played on 1 November 2003.

1. divisjon
Season2003
Dates13 April – 1 November
ChampionsHamKam
PromotedHamKam
Fredrikstad
RelegatedBærum
Manglerud Star
Ørn-Horten
Alta
Matches played240
Goals scored820 (3.42 per match)
Top goalscorerMarkus Ringberg
(19 goals)
2002
2004

Ham-Kam were promoted to the 2004 Tippeligaen as 1. divisjon winners, along with Fredrikstad who finished second. Ham-Kam will be playing in the top division for the first time since 1995, while Fredrikstad returned for the first time since 1975.

As in previous seasons, there was a two-legged promotion play-off at the end of the season, between the third-placed team in the 1. divisjon (Sandefjord) and the twelfth-placed team in the Tippeligaen (Vålerenga). Vålerenga kept their spot in the Tippeligaen, beating Sandefjord 5-3 on aggregate.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 HamKam (C, P) 30 19 6 5 60 29 +31 63 Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Fredrikstad (P) 30 19 5 6 68 37 +31 62
3 Sandefjord 30 19 4 7 71 41 +30 61 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 Raufoss 30 17 5 8 75 47 +28 56
5 Hønefoss BK 30 16 7 7 55 41 +14 55
6 Haugesund 30 13 10 7 53 42 +11 49
7 Mandalskameratene 30 14 7 9 57 51 +6 49
8 Skeid 30 13 6 11 46 47 1 45
9 Start 30 12 4 14 53 50 +3 40
10 Strømsgodset 30 10 7 13 56 58 2 37
11 Hødd 30 9 8 13 51 54 3 35
12 Moss 30 8 11 11 34 39 5 35
13 Bærum (R) 30 7 6 17 34 58 24 27 Relegation to Second Division
14 Oslo Øst[lower-alpha 1] (R) 30 5 7 18 36 67 31 20
15 Ørn-Horten (R) 30 5 5 20 40 83 43 20
16 Alta (R) 30 3 4 23 31 76 45 13
Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Oslo Øst were deducted a total 2 points.

Results

Home \ Away AIF BÆR FRE HAM FKH ILH HBK MAN MOS ØST RIL SAN SKD IKS SIF ØRN
Alta 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 4–1
Bærum 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 0–1 3–3 2–1 2–0 1–4 2–2 2–0 1–2 3–2
Fredrikstad 1–3 4–0 4–1 3–2 4–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 4–1 3–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–0
HamKam 7–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 4–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 4–0
Haugesund 3–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 4–3 0–0 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–1
Hødd 6–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–4 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 4–2 2–2 5–2 3–2 3–0
Hønefoss 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 4–2 2–1 1–1 4–1 3–5 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 6–1
Mandalskameratene 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–6 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 3–1 2–3 0–4 2–1 1–0 3–3 6–2
Moss 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1
Oslo Øst 2–0 1–1 2–5 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–3 0–0 1–4 2–4 0–1 5–4 0–1 1–0
Raufoss 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 4–1 5–0 2–2 1–2 0–1 5–3 1–2 4–1 1–3 2–2 4–3
Sandefjord 7–1 4–1 3–1 1–3 1–2 4–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 6–1 0–4 2–1 1–2 4–2 2–0
Skeid 4–2 2–1 4–0 1–4 3–1 1–0 1–4 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 6–2
Start 5–2 4–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 0–3 2–0 0–1 2–7 4–2 5–0 5–1 1–1
Strømsgodset 5–1 3–1 2–3 4–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–3 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 4–2
Ørn-Horten 2–0 4–2 0–5 1–3 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–6 2–1 2–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 5–3
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Norway Markus Ringberg HamKam 19
2 Norway Christian Johnsen Raufoss 17
3 Iceland Haraldur Ingólfsson Raufoss 15
4 England Ben Wright Start 13
Norway Geir Televik Hødd
Norway Tom Helge Jacobsen Sandefjord
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