The 2007 season of the 2. divisjon, the third highest football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 league for men in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

.

26 games were played in 4 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Nybergsund

Nybergsund IL

Nybergsund IL-Trysil is a Norwegian football club located in Nybergsund in Trysil. It currently plays in the Norwegian Second Division, having being relegated from Adeccoligaen in 2011 after four seasons on the second tier.- Recent history :...

, Hødd, Sandnes Ulf

Sandnes Ulf

Sandnes Ulf is a Norwegian football club from Sandnes, Rogaland. They currently play in the Adeccoligaen, the second highest division in the Norwegian football league system. Sandnes Ulf is the biggest football club in Sandnes, but has traditionally been in the shadow of regional greats Viking FK...

 and Alta

Älta IF

Älta IF is a Swedish football club located in Älta.-Background:Älta IF currently plays in Division 4 Stockholm Södra which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Älta IP in Älta....

 were promoted to the First Division

Adeccoligaen

The Norwegian First Division is the second highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2005, the official name of the league has been Adeccoligaen....

. Number twelve, thirteen and fourteen were relegated to the Third Division. The winning teams from each of the 24 groups in the Third Division each faced a winning team from another group in a playoff match, resulting in 12 playoff winners which were promoted to the Second Division.

Group 1

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4

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2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Nybergsund Nybergsund IL Nybergsund IL-Trysil is a Norwegian football club located in Nybergsund in Trysil. It currently plays in the Norwegian Second Division, having being relegated from Adeccoligaen in 2011 after four seasons on the second tier.- Recent history :...	26	20	3	3	75	24
63
2	Tønsberg	26	15	8	3	72	31
53
3	Groruddalen Groruddalen BK Groruddalen Ballklubb was a Norwegian association football club from Groruddalen, Oslo.The club came into existence through the merger of a number of local clubs in 2002, but went defunct again in 2008, after some of those clubs withdrew their backing...	26	14	4	8	68	41
46
4	Kjelsås Kjelsås Fotball Kjelsås Fotball is the association football section of the sports club Kjelsås IL, based in the Kjelsås/Grefsen area of Oslo, Norway. The club was founded in 1913...	26	10	6	10	61	57
36
5	Eidsvold Turn Eidsvold TF Eidsvold Turnforening is a Norwegian sports from Eidsvoll, Akershus. It has sections for association football, team handball, track and field, gymnastics and speed skating....	26	9	9	8	38	40
36
6	Ull/Kisa Ullensaker/Kisa IL Ullensaker/Kisa IL is a Norwegian sports club from Jessheim in Ullensaker. Founded in 1894, it has sections for association football, team handball and athletics....	26	10	6	10	39	47
36
7	Pors Grenland	26	10	5	11	39	44
35
8	Fredrikstad 2	26	9	7	10	48	46
34
9	Korsvoll Korsvoll IL Korsvoll IL is a sports club from Korsvoll in the borough of Nordre Aker in Oslo, Norway.-General history:It was founded on 5 March 1899 as a skiing club, and today has sections for football, handball, floorball and cross-country skiing.-Football:...	26	9	6	11	51	52
33
10	Sarpsborg	26	8	6	12	43	72
30
11	Odd Grenland 2	26	7	8	11	41	60
29
12	Strømmen Strømmen IF Strømmen Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Strømmen. It has sections for football, athletics,-History:The club was founded on 25 September 1911 as Strømmen FK. The name was changed to FK Norrøna in 1914. In 1923 the club merged with Strømmen IL and took the name IL Norrøna...	26	8	4	14	50	52
28
13	FF Lillehammer	26	6	7	13	44	67
25
14	Gjøvik-Lyn SK Gjøvik-Lyn SK Gjøvik/Lyn is a Norwegian football club based in Gjøvik, which was founded on 1 February 1902. Their home ground was Gjøvik Stadion.Its honours include the 1962 Norwegian Cup. The men's team played in the Third Division in 2008, and in the Second Division as late as in 2007, but ahead of the...	26	4	7	15	31	67
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Sarpsborg pulled out of the Second Division due to a merger with Sparta Sarpsborg to form a First Division team Sarpsborg Sparta FK.

Group 2

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39

29

22

13

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Hødd	26	18	3	5	77	30
57
2	Asker	26	15	7	4	72	33
52
3	Ranheim Ranheim Fotball Ranheim Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Ranheim in Trondheim. Ranheim is the football department of Ranheim IL, founded on 17 February 1901. Former manager Per Joar Hansen earned Ranheim a promotion to the Norwegian First Division after the 2009 season...	26	14	7	5	58	28
49
4	Strindheim	26	15	4	7	69	40
49
5	Kristiansund	26	14	6	6	57	35
48
6	Bærum Bærum SK Bærum Sportsklubb is a Norwegian association football club founded on 26 March 1910. The men's team is currently playing in the Adeccoligaen, after being promoted from the Norwegian Second Division in 2011....	26	11	5	10	55	42
38
7	Vålerenga 2	26	11	3	12	48	60
36
8	Byåsen	26	10	5	11	47	41
35
9	Stabæk 2	26	11	1	14	48	56
34
10	Levanger	26	8	6	12	44	61
30
11	Steinkjer Steinkjer FK Steinkjer FK is a Norwegian football club from the town of Steinkjer, currently playing in Fair Play ligaen, the third tier in the Norwegian league system. It was founded in 1910...	26	9	3	14	49	75
30
12	Lillestrøm 2	26	8	1	17	39	75
25
13	Nardo	26	5	5	16	32	66
20
14	Averøykameratene	26	3	4	19	24	77
13

Lillestrøm 2 survived since Sarpsborg pulled out of group 1.

Group 3

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35

20

1

4

1

7

-5

14

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Ulf is a Norwegian football club from Sandnes, Rogaland. They currently play in the Adeccoligaen, the second highest division in the Norwegian football league system. Sandnes Ulf is the biggest football club in Sandnes, but has traditionally been in the shadow of regional greats Viking FK...	26	17	4	5	66	30
55
2	Stavanger Stavanger IF Fotball Stavanger IF Fotball, the football division of Stavanger Idrettsforening, is a football club from Stavanger, Norway. In 2011, they will play in the Third Division, the fourth tier of the Norwegian football league system. In Rogaland, they are simply known as Sif, and few people would refer to them...	26	17	1	8	62	27
52
3	Manglerud Star Manglerud Star Toppfotball Manglerud Star Toppfotball is a football club based in Oslo, Norway. The club was established in its current form on December 14, 2005 after a merger between Manglerud Star Fotball, and Fotballklubben Oslo Øst, originally formed in 2000....	26	15	5	6	44	24
50
4	Vard Haugesund	26	12	6	8	49	48
42
5	Fyllingen Fyllingen Fotball Fyllingen Fotball is a Norwegian association football club from Fyllingsdalen, Bergen, Hordaland.It was founded as a formally independent section of the alliance sports club Fyllingen IL on 1 January 1994. Fyllingen IL was founded on 6 June 1946...	26	11	7	8	38	42
40
6	Start 2	26	11	6	10	44	40
38
7	Os	26	11	5	10	49	48
38
8	Viking 2	26	11	3	12	52	45
36
9	Fana	26	9	8	8	41	46
35
10	Flekkerøy Flekkerøy IL Flekkerøy Idrettslag, also called Fløy is a Norwegian sports club from Flekkerøya in Kristiansand. It has sections for association football and team handball....	26	9	7	10	56	42
34
11	Ålgård	26	7	4	15	29	49
25
12	Åsane Åsane Fotball Åsane Fotball is a Norwegian football club located in Åsane. It currently plays in the Norwegian 2nd division, group 1, and last played in the Norwegian First Division in 2002.-Famous players:...	26	8	1	17	32	53
25
13	Askøy Askøy FK Askøy Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from Kleppestø in Askøy municipality, founded on 3 March 1999 as a merger between Florvåg IF and Kleppestø FK....	26	8	0	18	40	82
24
14	Arendal FK Arendal FK Arendal was a Norwegian football club from Arendal.It was founded in 2000 as an umbrella team for the local clubs Arendal BK, FK Favør, IK Grane, Rygene IL, IL Sørfjell, IF Trauma, Øyestad IF and Hisøy IL. FK Arendal replaced Øyestad in the league system from the 2001 season...	26	5	4	17	29	55
22

Group 4

34

28

32

25

18

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Alta Älta IF Älta IF is a Swedish football club located in Älta.-Background:Älta IF currently plays in Division 4 Stockholm Södra which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Älta IP in Älta....	26	16	4	6	71	37
52
2	Mjøndalen Mjøndalen IF Mjøndalen IF is a Norwegian sports club from Mjøndalen, Buskerud, Norway.-Football:The club have won the Norwegian Cup three times, 1933, 1934 and 1937...	26	14	7	5	62	34
49
3	Drøbak/Frogn Drøbak/Frogn IL Drøbak/Frogn Idrettslag, DFI, is a Norwegian sports club from Drøbak. It has sections for association football, badminton, basketball, table tennis, floorball, team handball, orienteering, gymnastics, cycling, alpine skiing and Nordic skiing....	26	15	3	8	68	36
48
4	Lørenskog	26	12	10	4	58	33
46
5	Follo	26	14	4	8	48	30
46
6	Tromsø 2	26	12	2	12	46	55
38
7	Åmot	26	12	2	12	50	61
38
8	Mo Mo IL Mo Idrettslag is a football club from Mo i Rana, Norway. They currently play in the Norwegian Third Division, the fourth highest division in the Norwegian football league system, having been relegated from the 2010 Norwegian Second Division....	26	11	4	11	38	43
37
9	Sprint-Jeløy	26	11	3	12	41	48
36
10	Rosenborg 2	26	9	3	14	54	55
30
11	Skarp	26	9	2	15	46	70
29
12	Harstad Harstad IL Harstad Idrettslag is a Norwegian association football club from Harstad, Troms.The club formerly had sections for track and field, skiing and speed skating, but this was discontinued in 1987. The club colors are yellow and black, and their home field is Harstad stadion...	26	7	3	16	35	45
24
13	Mjølner	26	6	6	14	37	61
24
14	Hammerfest Hammerfest FK Hammerfest Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from Hammerfest, founded on 18 December 1994 as a merger between HIF/Stein and Indrefjord IL....	26	7	1	18	23	69
22

	Promoted to the First Division
	Relegated to the Third Division

Top goalscorers

• 26 goals:
  •   Stian Nikodemussen, Tønsberg
  •   Christian Torbjørnsen, Groruddalen
    Groruddalen BK
    Groruddalen Ballklubb was a Norwegian association football club from Groruddalen, Oslo.The club came into existence through the merger of a number of local clubs in 2002, but went defunct again in 2008, after some of those clubs withdrew their backing...
    
    
  •   Jan Tømmernes
    Jan Tømmernes
    Jan Banan Halbrent Tømmernes is an Norwegian football striker currently playing for Asker.Tømmernes joined Stabæk from Asker ahead of the 2008 season. In 2007 he became joint top goalscorer in the Norwegian Second Division with 26 goals. He played only four Norwegian Premier League games for...
    
    , Asker
• 24 goals:
  •   Eirik Markegård
    Eirik Markegård
    Eirik Markegård is a Norwegian footballer currently playing for Strømsgodset IF in Tippeligaen.-Career:Markegård startet his career in Hemsedal IL in Hemsedal, Buskerud, where he was born and raised. He moved to Stabæk in front of the 2002-season, and made his debut in a 4-2 win against Molde on...
    
    , Stabæk 2
• 22 goals:
  •   Martin Hansen, Skeid
    Kjelsås Fotball
    Kjelsås Fotball is the association football section of the sports club Kjelsås IL, based in the Kjelsås/Grefsen area of Oslo, Norway. The club was founded in 1913...
    
    
  •   Sigmund Grøterud, Åmot
• 20 goals:
  •   Knut Hovel Heiaas
    Knut Hovel Heiaas
    Knut Hovel Heiaas is a Norwegian football striker who currently plays for Nesodden IF.He hails from Ytre Enebakk. His first senior club was Strømmen, where he played from 1995 to 1999. Ahead of the 2000 season he joined Vålerenga IF, where he got five Norwegian Premier League games in 2000 and...
    
    , Drøbak/Frogn
  •   Geir Holthe, Ranheim
    Ranheim Fotball
    Ranheim Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Ranheim in Trondheim. Ranheim is the football department of Ranheim IL, founded on 17 February 1901. Former manager Per Joar Hansen earned Ranheim a promotion to the Norwegian First Division after the 2009 season...
    
    
• 18 goals:
  •   Sezan Ismailovski, Groruddalen
    Groruddalen BK
    Groruddalen Ballklubb was a Norwegian association football club from Groruddalen, Oslo.The club came into existence through the merger of a number of local clubs in 2002, but went defunct again in 2008, after some of those clubs withdrew their backing...
    
    
• 17 goals:
  •   Bjørn Inge Rødfoss, Eidsvold Turn
    Eidsvold TF
    Eidsvold Turnforening is a Norwegian sports from Eidsvoll, Akershus. It has sections for association football, team handball, track and field, gymnastics and speed skating....
    
    
  •   Kjetil Bøe, Flekkerøy
    Flekkerøy IL
    Flekkerøy Idrettslag, also called Fløy is a Norwegian sports club from Flekkerøya in Kristiansand. It has sections for association football and team handball....
    
    
  •   Jarle Wee
    Jarle Wee
    Jarle Wee is a Norwegian football striker who currently plays for SK Vard Haugesund.In his early career he played for SK Haugar. The team played in the second highest league in Norway, but performed badly in the 1992 season, conceding 97 goals. When the club FK Haugesund was formed through a...
    
    , Vard
• 16 goals:
  •   Jo Sondre Aas
    Jo Sondre Aas
    Jo Sondre Aas is a Norwegian football player currently playing as a striker for Ranheim. He started the 2009 seaon on loan from Rosenborg to Moss FK, but the contract was terminated after 19 matches, and Aas went on loan to Ranheim for the rest of the 2009 season...
    
    , Rosenborg 2