The 2009

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(referred to as

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ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier

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season. The season began play on 5 April 2009 and will end on 1 November 2009. The club relegated from the

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in 2008 was

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and Hødd were relegated to the 2. divisjon in 2008 after finishing in fifteenth and sixteenth place respectively.

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, and Skeid were promoted from the 2. divisjon in 2008. At the end of the season, a two-legged promotion playoff will be played between the 3rd, 4th, and 5th placed teams in the 1. divisjon and the 14th placed team in the Tippeligaen.

League table

Results

Promotion play-offs

The two winning sides from the first round,

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and Kongsvinger, took part in a two-legged play-off to decide who would play in the

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. ;First leg ;Second leg ''Kongsvinger won 5–4 on aggregate and were promoted to the

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Top goalscorers

Last updated: 1 November 2009
Source
NRK Sport

References

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