The 2022

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(referred to as

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-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian football third-tier league season. The league consisted of 28 teams divided into 2 groups of 14 teams. The league was played as a double

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, where all teams played 26 matches. The season started on 9 April 2022 and ended on 22 October 2022, not including play-off matches.

Team changes

Last season,

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and

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were promoted to the

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, while

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, Fløya,

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, Nardo, Rosenborg 2 and

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were relegated to the

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and

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were relegated from the

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, while

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, Gjøvik-Lyn, Staal Jørpeland, Træff,

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and Ørn Horten were promoted from the

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Group 1

Teams

The following 14 clubs compete in group 1:

League table

Results

Top scorers

Group 2

Teams

The following 14 clubs compete in group 2:

League table

Results

Top scorers

Promotion play-offs

The teams who finish in second place in their respective group qualify for the promotion play-offs, where they face each other over

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. The winner goes on to play against the 14th-placed team in the First Division for a place in the First Division next season. ''Arendal won 3–1 on aggregate.''

References

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