The 2020 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.
Teams In the 2019 1. divisjon, Aalesund, Sandefjord and Start were promoted to the 2020 Eliteserien, while Notodden, Skeid and Tromsdalen were relegated to the 2020 2. divisjon.
Lillestrøm, Tromsø and Ranheim were relegated from the 2019 Eliteserien, while Stjørdals-Blink, Grorud and Åsane were promoted from the 2019 2. divisjon.
Stadia and personnel
Team Location Arena Capacity Manager Åsane Bergen Myrdal gress 2,180 Morten Røssland Grorud Oslo Grorud Matchbane 1,700 Eirik Kjønø HamKam Hamar Briskeby Arena 7,800 Kjetil Rekdal Jerv Grimstad Levermyr Stadion 3,300 Arne Sandstø KFUM Oslo Oslo KFUM Arena 1,500 Jørgen Isnes Kongsvinger Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion 5,824 Espen Nystuen (interim) Lillestrøm Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion 11,500 Geir Bakke Øygarden1 Ågotnes Ågotnes Stadion 1,200 Mons Ivar Mjelde Ranheim Trondheim Extra Arena3,000 Svein Maalen Raufoss Raufoss Nammo Stadion 1,800 Christian Johnsen Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Øster Hus Arena 6,046 Steffen Landro Sogndal Sogndalsfjøra Fosshaugane Campus 5,622 Eirik Bakke Stjørdals-Blink Stjørdalshalsen M.U.S Stadion 2,000 Roar Vikvang Strømmen Strømmen Strømmen Stadion 2,000 Ole Martin Nesselquist Tromsø Tromsø Alfheim Stadion6,687 Gaute Helstrup Ull/Kisa Jessheim Jessheim Stadion 4,500 Trond Fredriksen 1 Ahead of the season, Nest-Sotra changed its name to Øygarden.
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table Sandnes Ulf Bengt Sæternes Contract expired 31 December 2019Pre-season Steffen Landro 13 November 2019Pre-season Øygarden Steffen Landro Signed by Sandnes Ulf 13 November 2019 Bryant Lazaro 17 February 2020 Kongsvinger Vítor Gazimba Mutual consent 11 December 2019 Mika Lehkosuo18 December 2019 Lillestrøm Tom Nordlie Contract expired 11 December 2019 Geir Bakke1 January 2020 Tromsø Simo Valakari Mutual consent 20 April 2020 Gaute Helstrup20 May 2020 HamKam Gaute Helstrup Signed by Tromsø 19 May 2020 Espen Olsen21 May 2020 HamKam Espen Olsen Structural changes 7 August 2020 16th Geir Frigård (interim) 7 August 2020 16th HamKam Geir Frigård (interim) End of caretaker spell15 August 2020 16th Kjetil Rekdal15 August 2020 16th Øygarden Bryant Lazaro Mutual consent 18 September 2020 14th Mons Ivar Mjelde 18 September 2020 14th Kongsvinger Mika Lehkosuo Structural changes 30 September 2020 16th Espen Nystuen (interim) 30 September 2020 16th
League table
Positions by round
Results
Play-offs Promotion play-offs
The 3rd to 6th placed teams took part in the promotion play-offs; these were single leg knockout matches. In the first round, the 5th placed team played at home against the 6th placed team. The winner of the first round then met the 4th placed team on away ground in the second round. The winner of the second round then met the 3rd placed team on away ground. The winner of the third round advanced to play the 14th placed team in Eliteserien on neutral ground in the Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.
Relegation play-offs
The 14th-placed team took part in a two-legged play-off against the winners of the 2. divisjon play-offs to decide who would play in the 2021 1. divisjon.
Stjørdals-Blink won 6–1 on aggregate.
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Henrik Udahl Åsane 19 2 Kristoffer Hoven Sogndal 17 3 Mats Lillebo Stjørdals-Blink 16 4 Oscar Aga Grorud 155 Magnus Grødem Sandnes Ulf14 Kent Håvard Eriksen Sandnes Ulf 7 Erik Tønne Ranheim 138 Håkon Lorentzen Åsane11 Kent-Are Antonsen Tromsø Eric Kitolano Tromsø
Awards Monthly awards MonthPlayer of the MonthReferencesCoachClubJuly Diego CamposJervAugust Erik TønneRanheimSeptember Emil BreivikRaufossOctober Kaan KairinenLillestrømNovember Ifeanyi Mathew
Annual awards AwardWinnerClubCoach of the Year Morten RøsslandÅsanePlayer of the Year Sivert MannsverkSogndalBreakthrough of the Year Henrik UdahlÅsane
References