2000 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season2000
Dates30 April – 22 October
ChampionsLyn
PromotedLyn
Strømsgodset
Sogndal
RelegatedStrindheim
Eik-Tønsberg
Matches played182
Goals scored623 (3.42 per match)
Top goalscorerJostein Flo
(25 goals)
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 1. divisjon, Norway's second-tier football league, began play on 30 April 2000 and ended on 22 October 2000. The league was contested by 14 teams, and the top two teams won promotion to Tippeligaen, while the third placed played a promotion-playoff against the 12th-placed team in Tippeligaen to win promotion. Due to an expansion from 14 to 16 teams in the next season's First Division only two teams were relegated to the 2. divisjon.

Lyn and Strømsgodset won direct promotion to Tippeligaen, while Sogndal was promoted after having beaten Vålerenga in the promotion-playoff. Strindheim and Eik-Tønsberg was relegated to the 2. divisjon.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Lyn (C, P) 26 19 4 3 55 24 +31 61 Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Strømsgodset (P) 26 18 5 3 70 28 +42 59
3 Sogndal (O, P) 26 15 6 5 73 37 +36 51 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 Raufoss 26 11 6 9 50 39 +11 39
5 Kongsvinger 26 11 6 9 44 38 +6 39
6 HamKam 26 11 5 10 48 44 +4 38
7 L/F Hønefoss 26 10 4 12 45 42 +3 34
8 Kjelsås 26 8 7 11 30 40 −10 31
9 Tromsdalen 26 9 2 15 37 62 −25 29
10 Skeid 26 7 7 12 36 52 −16 28
11 Sandefjord 26 8 4 14 35 53 −18 28
12 Byåsen 26 9 1 16 33 58 −25 28
13 Strindheim (R) 26 7 5 14 39 58 −19 26 Relegation to Second Division
14 Eik-Tønsberg (R) 26 6 4 16 28 48 −20 22
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

Results

Home \ Away BYÅ EIK HAM KJE KIL LFH LYN RIL SAN SKD SDL SDM SIF TUIL
Byåsen — 0–4 0–2 2–2 2–1 4–3 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–0
Eik-Tønsberg 0–1 — 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–5 0–0 2–4 3–5 3–1 0–1 4–1
HamKam 4–1 4–2 — 3–0 4–2 1–1 2–4 1–2 3–0 1–0 2–5 0–0 3–3 3–0
Kjelsås 2–0 0–0 1–0 — 0–0 2–1 2–2 4–4 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–3 2–1
Kongsvinger 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 — 2–0 3–2 0–2 2–0 5–2 2–2 3–1 1–2 3–4
L/F Hønefoss 3–2 0–2 4–2 2–1 0–1 — 0–2 3–2 1–2 4–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 5–0
Lyn 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–3 3–2 — 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 2–0
Raufoss 2–3 0–0 4–2 1–0 1–1 3–3 0–3 — 3–0 2–4 0–2 2–0 0–0 3–1
Sandefjord 5–3 3–0 0–2 2–1 0–3 3–2 0–2 1–4 — 2–2 2–2 4–1 0–4 3–0
Skeid 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–4 — 0–1 0–3 0–6 1–1
Sogndal 0–0 7–1 2–2 2–1 5–4 1–1 1–2 1–0 6–0 3–3 — 6–1 1–1 6–0
Strindheim 0–1 0–3 2–0 2–1 1–2 4–1 3–3 2–2 2–0 6–5 2–4 — 3–3 2–3
Strømsgodset 10–2 4–0 5–2 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 3–1 4–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 — 4–2
Tromsdalen 3–0 2–1 1–3 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–3 1–4 3–1 1–1 2–6 2–0 1–0 —
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1
 Jostein Flo Strømsgodset
25
2
 Kurt Mørkøre Sogndal
20
3
 Tommy Øren Sogndal
15
4
 Marino Rahmberg Raufoss
14
5
 Lars Kåre Gustavsen Hønefoss
13
6
 Christer George Strømsgodset
12
Espen Haug Lyn
8
 Tommy Nilsen Lyn
11
9
 Frode Birkeland Lyn
9
Anders Michelsen Strømsgodset
Tomas Nygård HamKam
Hans Erik Ødegaard Strømsgodset
Alexander Ødegaard Sogndal

References