2022 Norwegian Second Division

The 2022 Norwegian Second Division (referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian football third-tier league season. The league consisted of 28 teams divided into 2 groups of 14 teams.

Norwegian Second Division
Season2022
Dates9 April 2022 – 22 October 2022
ChampionsMoss (Group 1)
Hødd (Group 2)
PromotedMoss
Hødd
RelegatedOdd 2
Staal Jørpeland
Eidsvold Turn
Asker
Frigg
Matches played338
Goals scored1,145 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorerGroup 1: Jens Aslaksrud & Fabian Ness
(15 goals)
Group 2: Sondre Sørløkk
(20 goals)
Biggest home winUllern 8–0 Staal Jørpeland
(13 August 2022)
Biggest away winVålerenga 2 0–7 Hødd
(29 August 2022)
← 2021
2023 →

The league was played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams played 26 matches. The season started on 9 April 2022 and ended on 22 October 2022, not including play-off matches.[1][2]

Team changes

Last season, Kongsvinger and Skeid were promoted to the 2022 Norwegian First Division, while Florø, Fløya, Fram Larvik, Nardo, Rosenborg 2 and Senja were relegated to the 2022 Norwegian Third Division.

Strømmen and Ull/Kisa were relegated from the 2021 Norwegian First Division, while Frigg, Gjøvik-Lyn, Staal Jørpeland, Træff, Ullern and Ørn Horten were promoted from the 2021 Norwegian Third Division.

Group 1

Teams
Locations of the 2022 Norwegian Second Division group 1 teams.

The following 14 clubs compete in group 1:[3][4]

Club Location Stadium Capacity
Arendal Arendal Norac Stadion 5,000
Egersund Egersund Idrettsparken 2,000
Fløy Flekkerøy Flekkerøy Kunstgress 2,000
Kvik Halden Halden Halden Stadion 4,200
Moss Moss Melløs Stadion 4,000
Notodden Notodden Idrettsparken 4,000
Odd 2 Skien Skagerak Arena 11,767
Sotra Sotra Straume Idrettspark 1,200
Staal Jørpeland Jørpeland Jørpeland Stadion 1,200
Strømmen Strømmen Strømmen Stadion 1,850
Ullern Oslo CC Vest Arena 1,500
Vard Haugesund Haugesund Haugesund Stadion 8,754
Ørn Horten Horten Lystlunden Stadion 3,000
Øygarden Øygarden Ågotnes Stadion 1,200

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Moss (C, P) 24 18 2 4 46 23 +23 56 Promotion to First Division
2 Arendal 24 18 2 4 55 35 +20 56 Qualification for promotion play-offs
3 Egersund 24 13 6 5 51 29 +22 45
4 Fløy 24 13 4 7 46 32 +14 43
5 Kvik Halden 24 10 4 10 43 36 +7 34
6 Strømmen 24 9 4 11 36 39 −3 31
7 Sotra 24 8 5 11 46 43 +3 29
8 Ørn Horten 24 7 8 9 37 38 −1 29
9 Ullern 24 5 9 10 37 43 −6 24
10 Vard Haugesund 24 5 8 11 32 43 −11 23
11 Notodden 24 6 6 12 29 45 −16 23[lower-alpha 1]
12 Odd 2 (R) 24 5 7 12 30 48 −18 22 Relegation to Third Division
13 Staal Jørpeland (R) 24 3 7 14 34 68 −34 16
14 Øygarden[lower-alpha 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Notodden have been deducted 1 point due to financial difficulties.[5]
  2. Øygarden went bankrupt and withdrew their team on 2 June 2022. All their matches were annulled.[6]

Results
Home \ Away ARE EGE FLØ KVI MOS NOT ODD SOT STA STR ULL VAR ØRN
Arendal — 1–0 1–0 5–4 4–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–2
Egersund 2–2 — 3–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 4–0 3–2 4–0 1–2 5–2 1–1 0–0
Fløy 3–1 1–1 — 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–3 5–1 3–2 2–0
Kvik Halden 1–3 1–4 3–1 — 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–1
Moss 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 — 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–0
Notodden 2–0 3–2 0–4 2–1 1–3 — 4–0 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–0
Odd 2 1–5 0–3 2–2 0–1 1–3 5–2 — 1–1 3–2 5–1 0–0 1–1 2–2
Sotra 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–3 0–1 2–2 2–3 — 4–1 2–0 1–1 5–2 4–2
Staal Jørpeland 2–6 1–4 1–2 0–4 1–4 3–3 1–0 2–6 — 2–2 1–1 6–2 0–1
Strømmen 5–0 1–3 0–2 2–2 1–3 4–0 2–0 2–0 4–2 — 2–0 0–1 1–1
Ullern 0–3 1–2 1–1 5–3 1–3 2–0 2–0 2–2 8–0 1–1 — 0–0 2–1
Vard Haugesund 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 2–2 0–2 3–1 3–0 4–2 — 2–0
Ørn Horten 8–1 1–1 1–5 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–4 0–0 2–0 3–3 1–1 —
Source: Norwegian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[7]
1 Norway Jens Aslaksrud Ullern 15
Norway Fabian Ness Kvik Halden
3 Norway Adrian Rogulj Ørn Horten 13
4 Norway Kristian Lien Fløy 12
5 Norway Adrian Bergersen Egersund 11
Portugal Claudio Braga Moss
Norway Mathias Johansen Arendal
Norway Lars Kilen Sotra
Norway Abel Stensrud Odd 2
10 Norway Simen Hammershaug Egersund 10

Group 2

Teams
Locations of the 2022 Norwegian Second Division group 2 teams.

The following 14 clubs compete in group 2:[3][8]

Club Location Stadium Capacity
Alta Alta Finnmarkshallen 1,200
Asker Asker Føyka Stadion 2,400
Brattvåg Brattvåg Brattvåg Stadion 1,500
Bærum Bærum Sandvika Stadion 1,500
Eidsvold Turn Eidsvoll Myhrer Stadion 1,500
Frigg Oslo Tørteberg 1,200
Gjøvik-Lyn Gjøvik Gjøvik Stadion 3,000
Hødd Ulsteinvik Nye Høddvoll 4,081
Kjelsås Oslo Grefsen Stadion 2,000
Levanger Levanger TOBB Arena 2,200
Tromsdalen Tromsø TUIL Arena 3,000
Træff Molde Reknesbanen 1,500
Ull/Kisa Jessheim Jessheim Stadion 4,500
Vålerenga 2 Oslo Intility Arena 16,555

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hødd (C, P) 26 18 6 2 54 15 +39 60 Promotion to First Division
2 Ull/Kisa 26 17 5 4 73 36 +37 56 Qualification for promotion play-offs
3 Levanger 26 12 7 7 62 38 +24 43
4 Kjelsås 26 12 6 8 45 20 +25 42
5 Gjøvik-Lyn 26 12 4 10 43 59 −16 40
6 Træff 26 10 6 10 49 44 +5 36
7 Alta 26 10 6 10 38 45 −7 36
8 Tromsdalen 26 10 5 11 28 35 −7 35
9 Brattvåg 26 10 3 13 47 52 −5 33
10 Bærum 26 9 4 13 36 46 −10 31
11 Vålerenga 2 26 9 2 15 43 67 −24 29
12 Eidsvold Turn (R) 26 8 4 14 35 54 −19 28 Relegation to Third Division
13 Asker (R) 26 6 6 14 32 47 −15 24
14 Frigg (R) 26 6 2 18 38 65 −27 20
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away ALT ASK BRA BÆR EID FRI GJØ HØD KJE LEV TRO TRÆ ULL VÅL
Alta — 2–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 5–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–3 0–3 1–2
Asker 0–1 — 3–2 0–2 2–1 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–4
Brattvåg 1–1 3–1 — 3–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–5 4–2 3–0
Bærum 2–1 2–3 4–1 — 0–2 3–0 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–4 4–0
Eidsvold Turn 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–3 — 1–3 3–1 1–5 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–0
Frigg 2–2 0–2 3–0 4–1 3–0 — 0–1 0–3 1–2 1–4 0–3 1–3 1–3 4–0
Gjøvik-Lyn 2–0 1–0 3–6 1–1 2–2 2–7 — 1–1 1–0 1–6 1–0 4–2 4–0 3–0
Hødd 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 6–1 4–0 — 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0
Kjelsås 0–1 5–0 2–0 1–1 6–0 1–0 4–0 0–1 — 1–1 6–0 0–2 2–2 2–0
Levanger 5–0 2–0 5–3 4–2 1–1 4–4 0–3 2–0 1–0 — 2–2 2–3 4–0 1–1
Tromsdalen 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–3 — 1–0 3–1 0–0
Træff 2–0 2–2 1–3 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–3 — 0–4 6–2
Ull/Kisa 4–1 4–3 3–2 4–2 5–0 8–1 6–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 — 3–0
Vålerenga 2 7–2 2–1 1–2 4–0 5–2 4–1 5–1 0–7 0–3 1–3 3–1 1–5 1–6 —
Source: Norwegian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[9]
1 Norway Sondre Sørløkk Ull/Kisa 20
2 Norway Ole Erik Midtskogen Kjelsås 18
3 Norway Robin Hjelmeseth Hødd 17
4 Norway Jacob Jacobsen Bolsø Træff 15
Norway Sindre Mauritz-Hansen Asker
6 Norway Ole Sebastian Sundgot Ull/Kisa 14
7 Norway Preben Asp Levanger 13
8 Norway Ulrik Ferrer Frigg 12
9 Norway Andreas Gundersen Levanger 11
Denmark Sami Kamel Brattvåg
Norway Christian Reginiussen Alta

Promotion play-offs
See also: 2022 Norwegian First Division § Relegation play-offs

The teams who finish in second place in their respective group qualify for the promotion play-offs, where they face each other over two legs. The winner goes on to play against the 14th-placed team in the First Division for a place in the First Division next season.

Arendal0–1Ull/Kisa
Report Byttingsvik 29' (o.g.)
Norac Stadion, Arendal
Attendance: 812
Referee: Daniel Higraff
Ull/Kisa0–3Arendal
Report Jenssen 4' (o.g.)
Christensen 56'
Bergan 64'
Attendance: 942
Referee: Harald Vollstad Sletner

Arendal won 3–1 on aggregate.

References
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  2. "Kamper 2. divisjon 2022 Avdeling 2". NIFS (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
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  5. "Klubbene rapporterer økte inntekter og kostnader". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). 30 September 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  6. "Øygarden FK trekker laget". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). 2 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
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