2021 Norwegian Second Division

The 2021 Norwegian Second Division (referred to as PostNord-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.

Norwegian Second Division
Season2021
Dates19 June 2021 – 14 November 2021
ChampionsKongsvinger (Group 1)
Skeid (Group 2)
PromotedKongsvinger
Skeid
RelegatedFlorø
Fløya
Senja
Fram Larvik
Nardo
Rosenborg 2
Matches played364
Goals scored1,282 (3.52 per match)
Top goalscorerGroup 1: Adem Güven
(21 goals)
Group 2: Melvin Frithzell & Abel William Stensrud
(22 goals)
Biggest home winSkeid 12–0 Rosenborg 2
(6 November 2021)
Biggest away winOdd 2 0–6 Levanger
(10 October 2021)
Rosenborg 2 1–7 Øygarden
(14 November 2021)
Highest scoringSkeid 12–0 Rosenborg 2
(6 November 2021)
← 2020
2022 →

The league was played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams played 26 matches. The season started on 19 June 2021 and concluded on 14 November 2021.[1][2]

Kongsvinger earned promotion from group 1 on 23 October 2021, three rounds before the end of the season.[3] Skeid secured promotion from group 2 on 6 November 2021, following a 12–0 win against Rosenborg 2.[4]

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2020 season.

To 2. divisjon
Relegated from 1. divisjon

From 2. divisjon
Promoted to 1. divisjon

Group 1

Teams
Location of the 2021 2. divisjon group 1 teams.

The following 14 clubs compete in group 1:[5][6]

Club Location Stadium Capacity
Alta Alta Finnmarkshallen 1,200
Asker Asker Føyka Stadion 2,400
Brattvåg Brattvåg Brattvåg Stadion 1,500
Bærum Bærum Sandvika Stadion 1,500
Eidsvold Turn Eidsvoll Myhrer Stadion 1,500
Florø Florø Florø Stadion 2,800
Fløya Tromsø Fløya Arena 1,500
Hødd Ulsteinvik Nye Høddvoll 4,081
Kongsvinger Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion 5,824
Kvik Halden Halden Halden Stadion 4,200
Moss Moss Melløs Stadion 4,000
Senja Silsand Senja Stadion 1,500
Tromsdalen Tromsø TUIL Arena 3,000
Vålerenga 2 Oslo Intility Arena 16,555

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Kongsvinger (C, P) 26 22 2 2 88 26 +62 68 Promotion to First Division
2 Hødd 26 18 6 2 67 18 +49 60 Qualification for promotion play-offs
3 Asker 26 15 4 7 60 37 +23 49
4 Tromsdalen 26 13 6 7 52 34 +18 45
5 Brattvåg 26 12 5 9 55 48 +7 41
6 Alta 26 12 5 9 49 47 +2 41
7 Kvik Halden 26 12 5 9 46 48 −2 41
8 Eidsvold Turn 26 11 6 9 45 47 −2 39
9 Bærum 26 9 3 14 41 51 −10 30
10 Moss 26 8 5 13 44 51 −7 29
11 Vålerenga 2 26 7 5 14 43 63 −20 26
12 Florø (R) 26 5 3 18 29 63 −34 18 Relegation to Third Division
13 Fløya (R) 26 2 8 16 29 72 −43 14
14 Senja (R) 26 2 5 19 22 65 −43 11
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away ALT ASK BRA BÆR ETF FLO FLØ HØD KIL KVH MOS SEN TRO VIF
Alta — 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 3–0 5–1 1–4 2–3 4–3 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–2
Asker 1–2 — 3–3 3–0 4–2 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–3 3–1 2–1 4–1 3–2 1–2
Brattvåg 2–0 0–2 — 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 0–4 3–1 3–3 2–0 3–2 5–0
Bærum 3–2 1–2 1–3 — 3–0 3–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 6–2 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–2
Eidsvold Turn 4–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 — 4–1 2–0 0–4 1–4 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 3–2
Florø 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 — 1–1 1–4 0–5 0–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–2
Fløya 2–4 1–4 4–3 1–2 0–3 1–2 — 2–6 0–3 1–1 2–5 1–1 1–1 1–1
Hødd 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 7–1 1–0 — 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 4–0 7–1
Kongsvinger 3–2 3–1 5–4 4–0 6–0 4–0 4–1 1–0 — 7–0 5–1 5–0 1–3 2–0
Kvik Halden 0–0 1–2 3–2 1–0 3–1 3–2 2–2 0–1 3–2 — 1–0 5–1 3–1 5–1
Moss 3–0 0–4 1–0 2–2 1–3 3–1 6–0 1–3 0–4 0–2 — 4–0 4–0 2–5
Senja 0–1 0–2 2–3 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–4 3–3 2–3 0–0 — 1–3 1–0
Tromsdalen 3–1 2–0 2–2 4–1 2–1 3–0 6–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 — 4–1
Vålerenga 2 2–3 0–5 6–2 2–3 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–3 2–3 1–1 1–0 5–1 0–2 —
Source: Norwegian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[7]
1 Adem Güven Kongsvinger 21
2 Didrik Sereba Asker 19
3 Robin Hjelmeseth Hødd 15
Martin Hoel Andersen Kongsvinger
5 Oskar Løken Hødd 14
6 Brage Berg Pedersen Kongsvinger 13
Sondre Sandnes Beite Brattvåg
8 Morten Gamst Pedersen Alta 12
9 Sigurd Grønli Tromsdalen 11
Øystein Lundblad Næsheim Kvik Halden
Ole Andreas Nesset Eidsvold Turn

Group 2

Teams
Location of the 2021 2. divisjon group 2 teams.

The following 14 clubs compete in group 2:[5][8]

Club Location Stadium Capacity
Arendal Arendal Norac Stadion 5,000
Egersund Egersund Idrettsparken 2,000
Fløy Flekkerøy Arkicon Arena 2,000
Fram Larvik Larvik Framparken 2,500
Kjelsås Oslo Grefsen Stadion 2,000
Levanger Levanger TOBB Arena 2,200
Nardo Trondheim Nissekollen Idrettspark 1,800
Notodden Notodden Optime Arena 4,000
Odd 2 Skien Skagerak Arena 11,767
Rosenborg 2 Trondheim SalMar Banen 1,000
Skeid Oslo Nordre Åsen Kunstgress 2,500
Sotra Sotra Straume Stadion 1,200
Vard Haugesund Haugesund Haugesund Sparebank Arena 8,754
Øygarden Øygarden Ågotnes Stadion 1,200

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Skeid (C, P) 26 17 5 4 63 22 +41 56 Promotion to First Division
2 Arendal 26 13 9 4 57 38 +19 48 Qualification for promotion play-offs
3 Egersund 26 15 3 8 55 40 +15 48
4 Levanger 26 13 4 9 65 41 +24 43
5 Vard Haugesund 26 13 4 9 39 32 +7 43
6 Notodden 26 11 6 9 53 43 +10 39
7 Øygarden 26 10 9 7 41 34 +7 39
8 Odd 2 26 10 4 12 32 42 −10 34
9 Kjelsås 26 8 9 9 43 44 −1 33
10 Sotra 26 10 3 13 41 48 −7 33
11 Fløy-Flekkerøy 26 5 12 9 30 38 −8 27
12 Fram Larvik (R) 26 6 9 11 33 42 −9 27 Relegation to Third Division
13 Nardo (R) 26 6 6 14 31 55 −24 24
14 Rosenborg 2 (R) 26 2 3 21 29 93 −64 9
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away ARE EIK FLE FRA KJE LEV NAR NOT ODD RBK SKE SOT VAR ØYG
Arendal — 5–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 9–2 2–2 4–1 1–0 3–1
Egersund 3–0 — 4–1 3–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 1–3 1–2 2–0 2–2 5–0 2–0 1–0
Fløy-Flekkerøy 2–2 2–4 — 0–0 2–2 2–3 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–0
Fram Larvik 1–1 3–2 1–1 — 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–3 0–1 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–4 1–1
Kjelsås 2–2 1–0 1–4 1–1 — 0–1 0–1 3–2 3–2 6–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 2–2
Levanger 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–4 1–2 — 6–0 2–4 3–0 5–1 1–2 2–1 3–4 8–0
Nardo 2–2 2–3 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–4 — 0–2 1–3 3–2 0–4 3–1 0–0 2–3
Notodden 1–2 2–3 0–1 4–1 3–3 2–2 1–1 — 1–0 7–2 2–3 3–0 3–1 1–0
Odd 2 2–3 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–6 2–1 6–1 — 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–1
Rosenborg 2 0–4 6–3 1–1 1–2 1–3 5–2 1–3 0–2 2–3 — 0–3 0–2 0–1 1–7
Skeid 1–2 2–3 2–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 12–0 — 3–0 5–0 2–1
Sotra 4–1 4–1 0–0 3–2 3–1 3–4 3–1 0–0 3–0 5–0 1–0 — 0–2 3–2
Vard Haugesund 0–1 1–1 5–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 — 2–0
Øygarden 3–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 3–1 —
Source: Norwegian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[9]
1 Melvin Frithzell Notodden 22
Abel William Stensrud Skeid
3 Arne Gunnes Levanger 21
4 Andreas Hellum Arendal 17
5 Erling Myklebust Vard Haugesund 16
6 Johnny Buduson Skeid 15
7 Patrik Johannesen Egersund 13
Stian Michalsen Egersund
9 Ole Erik Midtskogen Kjelsås 11
10 Lars Kilen Sotra 10
Jørgen Voilås Notodden

Promotion play-offs
See also: 2021 Norwegian First Division § Relegation play-offs

The teams who finished in second place in their respective group qualified for the promotion play-offs, where they faced each other over two legs. The winner went on to play against the 14th-placed team in the First Division for a place in the First Division next season.

Hødd2–1Arendal
Hjelmeseth  22'
Bruun-Hanssen 59'		 Report Meinseth 74'
Attendance: 954
Referee: Magnus Nicolai Koløy
Arendal2–2Hødd
Johansen 20'
Hellum 45' (pen.)		 Report Wrele 13'
Løken 62'
Norac Stadion, Arendal
Attendance: 1,274
Referee: Ajdin Medic

Hødd won 4–3 on aggregate.

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