The 2016
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 OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a
Norwegian second-tier
football
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league season. The league was contested by 16 teams, and the top two teams were promoted to
Tippeligaen, while the teams placed from third to sixth place played a promotion-playoff against the 14th-placed team in Tippeligaen to win promotion. The bottom four teams were be relegated to the
2. divisjon
The Norwegian Second Division, also called 2. divisjon and often referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons, is the third-highest level of the Norwegian football league system.
There are 28 teams divided into two groups, and at the ...
.
The first round of the season was played on 9 April 2016 and the season concluded with the last round on 30 October 2016. The playoff-tournament was played between 6 and 21 November 2016.
Team changes from 2015
In the
2015 1. divisjon
The 2015 1. divisjon (referred to as the OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season. The league was contested by 16 teams, and the top two teams were promoted to Tippeligaen, while the teams placed from ...
,
Sogndal
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, and
Brann won promotion to Tippeligaen, while
Follo,
Nest-Sotra
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,
Bærum and
Hønefoss were relegated to the
2016 2. divisjon
The 2016 2. divisjon (referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian football third-tier league season. The league consisted of 56 teams divided into 4 groups of 14 teams.
In February 2016 it was announced a change in form ...
.
Mjøndalen,
and
Sandefjord,
[ were relegated from the ]2015 Tippeligaen
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, while KFUM Oslo
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, Raufoss, Ull/Kisa
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General history
The club was founded on 15 D ...
and Kongsvinger were promoted from the 2015 2. divisjon.
Teams
Managerial changes
League table
Results
Promotion play-offs
The third to sixth-placed teams took part in the promotion play-offs; these were single leg knockout matches, two semi-finals and a final. The winners, Jerv, advanced to play Stabæk over two legs in the Tippeligaen play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.
Semi-finals
Final
Season statistics
Top scorers
Most assists
References
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