| Season | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6 April – 2 November |
| Champions | Sandefjord |
| Promoted | Sandefjord Tromsø Mjøndalen |
| Relegated | Alta Tromsdalen Ullensaker/Kisa HamKam |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 738 (3.08 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Pål Alexander Kirkevold (19 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Strømmen 6–0 Hønefoss Kristiansund 6–0 Alta Strømmen 6–1 HamKam |
| Biggest away win | Hødd 2–5 Nest-Sotra |
| Highest scoring | Strømmen 5–3 Ullensaker/Kisa |
| Longest unbeaten run | 29 games Sandefjord[1] |
| Longest winless run | 14 games HamKam[1] |
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The20141. divisjon was aNorwegian second-tierfootball league season. The league was contested by 16 teams, and the top two teams won promotion toTippeligaen, 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 relegated to the2. divisjon.
The first round of the season was played on 6 April 2014 and ended with the last round on 2 November 2014.[2]
In the2013 1. divisjon,Bodø/Glimt andStabæk won promotion to Tippeligaen, whileTromsø andHønefoss were relegated to the 1. divisjon.
Elverum,Follo,Kongsvinger andVard Haugesund were relegated from the 2013 1. division, whileBærum,Alta,Nest-Sotra andTromsdalen were promoted from the2013 2. divisjon.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hønefoss | Leif Gunnar Smerud | Mutual consent | 23 November 2013[3] | Pre-season | Roar Johansen | 20 December 2013[4] | Pre-season |
| Ullensaker/Kisa | Roar Johansen | Signed byHønefoss | 20 December 2013[4] | Pre-season | Tommy Berntsen | 4 January 2014 | Pre-season |
| Sandefjord | Arne Sandstø | End of contract | 31 December 2013 | Pre-season | Lars Bohinen | 1 January 2014 | Pre-Season |
| Kristiansund | Geir Bakke | Signed byMolde FK | 17 January 2014 | Pre-season | Christian Michelsen | 6 February 2014 | Pre-Season |
| HamKam | Vegard Skogheim | Resigned | 23 April 2014 | 16th | Peter Sørensen | 15 May 2014 | 16th |
| Hønefoss | Roar Johansen | Mutual consent | 5 June 2014 | 14th | Rune Skarsfjord | 6 June 2014 | 14th |
| HamKam | Peter Sørensen | Resigned | 4 July 2014 | 16th | Svein Inge Haagenrud | 4 July 2014 | 16th |
| Nest-Sotra | Alexander Straus | Signed byStrømsgodset IF | 13 August 2014 | ? | Ruben Hetlevik | 21 August 2014 | ? |
| HamKam | Svein Inge Haagenrud | Resigned | 30 August 2014 | 16th | Chris Twiddy | 30 August 2014 | 16th |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandefjord(C, P) | 30 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 62 | 24 | +38 | 69 | Promotion toTippeligaen |
| 2 | Tromsø(P) | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 67 | 27 | +40 | 59 | |
| 3 | Mjøndalen(O, P) | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 51 | Qualification for thepromotion play-offs |
| 4 | Kristiansund BK | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 49 | |
| 5 | Bærum | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 49 | |
| 6 | Fredrikstad | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 48 | |
| 7 | Ranheim | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 46 | |
| 8 | Hødd | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 43 | |
| 9 | Bryne | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 42 | |
| 10 | Strømmen | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 41 | |
| 11 | Hønefoss | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 40 | |
| 12 | Nest-Sotra | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 37 | |
| 13 | Alta(R) | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 34 | Relegation toSecond Division |
| 14 | Tromsdalen(R) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 31 | |
| 15 | Ullensaker/Kisa(R) | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 51 | −25 | 23 | |
| 16 | HamKam(R) | 30 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 78 | −56 | 7 |
| Home \ Away | ALT | BRY | BÆR | FFK | HK | ILH | HØN | KBK | MIF | NS | RF | SF | SIF | TUIL | TIL | ULL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alta | — | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Bryne | 6–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Bærum | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 6–2 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Fredrikstad | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| HamKam | 2–4 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–1 |
| Hødd | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 4–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 |
| Hønefoss | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Kristiansund | 6–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Mjøndalen | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | — | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Nest-Sotra | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Ranheim | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Sandefjord | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Strømmen | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 4–4 | 0–3 | 5–3 |
| Tromsdalen | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Tromsø | 1–0 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | — | 5–0 |
| Ull/Kisa | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | — |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandefjord | 19 | 29 | 0.66 | |
| 2 | Hødd | 16 | 23 | 0.70 | |
| Kristiansund | 16 | 28 | 0.57 | ||
| Mjøndalen | 16 | 30 | 0.53 | ||
| 5 | Tromsø | 15 | 25 | 0.60 | |
| Sandefjord | 15 | 29 | 0.52 | ||
| 7 | Tromsdalen | 14 | 28 | 0.50 | |
| 8 | Hønefoss | 12 | 23 | 0.52 | |
| Nest-Sotra | 12 | 29 | 0.41 | ||
| Nest-Sotra | 12 | 29 | 0.41 | ||
| Tromsø | 12 | 30 | 0.40 | ||
| 12 | Tromsø | 11 | 25 | 0.44 |
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