The 2025

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(referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is a Norwegian second-tier

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league season. The season started on 31 March 2025 and is scheduled to end on 8 November 2025, not including play-off matches.

Teams

In the

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and

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were promoted to the

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, while

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and

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were relegated to the 2025 Norwegian Second Division.

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and Odd were relegated from the

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, while Hødd and Skeid were promoted from the 2024 Norwegian Second Division.

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Transfers

Winter

Summer

League table

Results

Positions by round

Results by round

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

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 face the 14th-placed team in the

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over two legs in the

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for a spot in the top-flight next season.

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team will take part in a two-legged play-off against the winners of the Second Division play-offs, to decide who will play in the First Division next season.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Clean sheets

Hat-tricks

Discipline

Player

* Most yellow cards: 5 ** Sulayman Bojang (Skeid) * Most red cards: 1 ** Ryan Nelson (Raufoss) ** Benarfa (Moss) ** Laurent Mendy (Moss) ** Emmanuel Danso (Stabæk) ** Adnan Hadzic (Skeid) ** Kristoffer Lassen Harrison (Moss) ** Philip Aukland (Aalesund)

Club

* Most yellow cards: 23 **Mjøndalen * Fewest yellow cards: 7 **Stabæk * Most red cards: 3 **Moss * Fewest red cards: 0 **''11 clubs''

League attendances

Notes

References

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