The 2021
Norwegian First Division (referred to as
OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is a
Norwegian second-tier
football
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league season.
The league started on 15 May 2021, and ended on 27 November 2021.
HamKam earned promotion to
Eliteserien on 6 November 2021, after a 1–0 win against
Stjørdals-Blink.
Aalesund secured their promotion in the penultimate round.
Teams
In the
2020 1. divisjon
The 2020 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norway, Norwegian second-tier association football, football league season.
Teams
In the 2019 1. divisjon, Aalesunds FK, Aalesund, Sandefjord Fotball, Sandefjord and ...
,
Tromsø and
Lillestrøm were promoted to the
2021 Eliteserien
The 2021 Eliteserien was the 77th completed season of top-tier football in Norway. This was fifth season of Eliteserien as rebranding from Tippeligaen.
The season was originally scheduled to begin on 5 April and end on 27 November 2021, not inclu ...
, while
Kongsvinger and
Øygarden
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were relegated to the
2021 2. divisjon.
Start
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Acronyms
*St ...
and
Aalesund were relegated from the
2020 Eliteserien
The 2020 Eliteserien was the 76th season of top-tier football in Norway. This was fourth season of Eliteserien as rebranding from Tippeligaen.
The season was scheduled to begin on 4 April, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway the opening ...
, while
Fredrikstad and
Bryne were promoted from the
2020 2. divisjon.
Stadiums and locations
Managerial changes
League table
Results
Play-offs
Promotion play-offs
Bracket
The teams from third to sixth place will take part in the promotion play-offs; these are single leg knockout matches. In the first round, the fifth-placed team will play at home against the sixth-placed team. The winner of the first round will meet the fourth-placed team on away ground in the second round. The winner of the second round will meet the third-placed team on away ground. The winner of the third round will advance to play the 14th-placed team in the
Eliteserien on neutral ground in the
Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.
;First round
;Second round
;Third round
Relegation play-offs
The 14th-placed team, Stjørdals-Blink, took part in a two-legged play-off against the winners of the
Second Division play-offs
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, Hødd, to decide who would play in the First Division next season.
''Stjørdals-Blink won 5–3 on aggregate.''
Season statistics
Top scorers
Top assists
References
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