The 2012

1. divisjon The Norwegian First Division, also called 1. divisjon and OBOS-ligaen (named sponsor is property developer OBOS), is the second-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Each year, the top finishing teams in the 1. divisjon are p ...

(referred to as

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ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season began on 9 April 2012 and ended on 11 November 2012. Two clubs,

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and

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, were relegated from the

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, while

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, and

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were promoted from the 2011 2. divisjon.

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, Nybergsund-Trysil, Randaberg and Løv-Ham were relegated to the

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At the end of the season, the two best teams were promoted to the

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, while the four worst placed teams were relegated to the

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Teams

Managerial changes

League table

Promotion play-offs

and

were directly promoted, and five teams entered a play-off for the last Tippeligaen spot in the 2013 season. These were: * A)

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(by virtue of being the 14th placed team in the Tippeligaen) * B)

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(by virtue of being the third placed team in the Adeccoligaen) * C) Mjøndalen (by virtue of being the fourth placed team in the Adeccoligaen) * D) Bodø/Glimt (by virtue of being the fifth placed team in the Adeccoligaen) * E) Ullensaker/Kisa (by virtue of being the sixth placed team in the Adeccoligaen) The four Adeccoligaen teams first played a single game knockout tournament, with the winner (Ull/Kisa) advancing to a two-legged tie against the Tippeligaen team (Sandnes Ulf) for the 16th and final spot in the 2013 season. Sandnes Ulf retained their Tippeligaen spot with an aggregate 7–1 win over Ull/Kisa.

Season statistics

Top scorers

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