2020 Norwegian Second Division

2. divisjon
Season	2020
Dates	10 July 2020 – 12 December 2020
Champions	Fredrikstad (Group 1); Bryne (Group 2)
Promoted	Fredrikstad; Bryne
Matches played	219
Goals scored	722 (3.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gr. 1: Johnny Buduson; (15 goals); Gr. 2: Joacim Holtan; (15 goals)
	← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 2. divisjon (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. The groups were announced by the NFF on 7 December 2019.^[1]

Under normal circumstances, the league would have been played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams play 26 matches. However, this season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league was split after 13 rounds, meaning the teams only played each other once in this stage. The seven best ranked teams in each of the two groups qualified for a second stage, the promotion groups, where they were to play six more matches.^[2] The seven worst ranked teams in each of the two groups did not play any more matches after the first stage, and no teams were relegated.^[3]

On 12 November, four of the last six matches in group 1 were cancelled because the teams had nothing left to play for. The two teams finishing in first and second place had already been determined.^[4] One match was also cancelled in group 2 for the same reason.

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2019 season.

2020 Norwegian Second Division is located in Norway

Tromsø

Tromsø teams:

Fløya

Tromsdalen

Trondheim

Trondheim teams:

Nardo

Rosenborg 2

Oslo

Oslo region teams:

Skeid

Asker

Locations of the 2020 2. divisjon teams.

Green: Group 1;

Red: Group 2.

To 2. divisjon

Promoted from 3. divisjon

Relegated from 1. divisjon

From 2. divisjon

Promoted to 1. divisjon

Relegated to 3. divisjon

League tables

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Fredrikstad	13	13	0	0	45	12	+33	39	Qualification for promotion group 1
2	Hødd	13	8	2	3	21	7	+14	26
3	Skeid	13	8	1	4	29	17	+12	25
4	Kvik Halden	13	8	1	4	29	20	+9	25
5	Alta	13	8	1	4	25	17	+8	25
6	Brattvåg	13	5	4	4	26	17	+9	19
7	Tromsdalen	13	5	3	5	26	17	+9	18
8	Vålerenga 2	13	5	2	6	14	29	−15	17
9	Eidsvold Turn	13	5	1	7	25	33	−8	16
10	Florø	13	4	2	7	26	25	+1	14
11	Kjelsås	13	3	5	5	21	21	0	14
12	Moss	13	3	2	8	16	24	−8	11
13	Senja	13	2	3	8	13	33	−20	8^[a]
14	Fløya	13	0	1	12	10	54	−44	1

Source: fotball.no (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 away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
Notes:

^ Senja have been deducted 1 point.

Promotion group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Fredrikstad (C, P)	19	17	1	1	60	19	+41	52	Promotion to First Division
2	Skeid	19	12	2	5	36	21	+15	38	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Hødd	17	9	3	5	28	14	+14	30
4	Alta	17	9	2	6	33	26	+7	29
5	Kvik Halden	17	9	2	6	37	31	+6	29
6	Brattvåg	18	6	6	6	32	28	+4	24
7	Tromsdalen	18	6	4	8	31	24	+7	22

Source: nifs.no (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 away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bryne	13	9	3	1	33	16	+17	30	Qualification for promotion group 2
2	Vard Haugesund	13	9	1	3	29	10	+19	28
3	Egersund	13	7	2	4	34	15	+19	23
4	Asker	13	6	5	2	21	15	+6	23
5	Arendal	13	6	3	4	22	10	+12	21
6	Fløy-Flekkerøy	13	6	3	4	18	13	+5	21
7	Sotra	13	6	2	5	17	18	−1	20
8	Levanger	13	5	4	4	20	18	+2	17^[a]
9	Notodden	13	5	1	7	16	24	−8	16
10	Nardo	13	2	6	5	12	20	−8	12
11	Bærum	13	1	8	4	13	18	−5	11
12	Rosenborg 2	13	3	2	8	12	24	−12	11
13	Odd 2	13	2	3	8	9	31	−22	9
14	Fram Larvik	13	1	3	9	17	41	−24	6

Source: fotball.no (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 away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
Notes:

^ Levanger have been deducted 2 points.

Promotion group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bryne (C, P)	19	13	5	1	47	23	+24	44	Promotion to First Division
2	Asker	19	10	7	2	38	21	+17	37	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Egersund	19	10	4	5	48	22	+26	34
4	Vard Haugesund	19	11	1	7	34	19	+15	34
5	Arendal	19	9	5	5	32	18	+14	32
6	Fløy-Flekkerøy	18	6	3	9	21	27	−6	21
7	Sotra	18	6	2	10	21	34	−13	20

Source: nifs.no (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 away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Promotion 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, Asker then played against the 14th placed team in the 1. divisjon for a place in the 2021 1. divisjon.^[5]

6 December 2020

13:00 CET

Asker	1–1	Skeid
Isegran 76'	Report	Buduson 12'

Føyka Stadion, Asker

Attendance: 200

Referee: Ajdin Medic

12 December 2020

13:00 CET

Skeid	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Asker
Braaten 66'	Report	Kastrati 6'
Penalties
Buduson Ali Braaten Hestnes Berglie	3–4	Mauritz-Hansen Skaug Fazi Jones

Nordre Åsen, Oslo

Attendance: 200

Referee: Jan Morten Tennøy

2–2 on aggregate. Asker won 4–3 on penalties.

Top scorers

Group 1

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[6]
1	Johnny Buduson	Skeid	15
2	Henrik Kjelsrud Johansen	Fredrikstad	14
3	Nicolay Solberg	Fredrikstad	13
4	Jonatan Braut Brunes	Florø	10
4	Christian Reginiussen	Alta	10
6	Herman Henriksen	Eidsvold Turn	9
	Maikel	Fredrikstad
	Sondre Sandnes Beite	Brattvåg
9	Riki Alba	Fredrikstad	8
	Robin Hjelmeseth	Hødd

Group 2

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[7]
1	Joacim Holtan	Bryne	15
2	Erling Flotve Myklebust	Vard Haugesund	13
3	Thierry Dabove	Bryne	12
4	Fitim Kastrati	Asker	11
5	Roy Miljeteig	Vard Haugesund	9
	Mame Mor Ndiaye	Fram Larvik
	Robert Undheim	Bryne
8	Alexander Dang	Egersund	8
8	Ermal Hajdari	Egersund	8
10	Arne Gunnes	Nardo	7
10	Bob Sumareh	Egersund	7

References

^ "Her er avdelingene i PostNord-ligaen og Norsk Tipping-ligaen". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^ Hansen, Jonathan Simchai (12 June 2020). "NFF: Halv serie og sluttspill i 2. divisjon" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
^ "Ikke noe nedrykk fra 2. divisjon, sluttspillet strykes" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
^ "NFF avlyser flere kamper i PostNord-ligaen avdeling 1". www.nettavisen.no (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
^ "Slik spilles PostNord-sluttspillet". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). NFF. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
^ "Toppscorerliste 2020 avdeling 1". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
^ "Toppscorerliste 2020 avdeling 2". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 21 October 2020.

[table_hth_SEN0.094294525726835-5] Senja have been deducted 1 point.

[table_hth_LEV0.67541434228207-6] Levanger have been deducted 2 points.

[1] "Her er avdelingene i PostNord-ligaen og Norsk Tipping-ligaen". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

[2] Hansen, Jonathan Simchai (12 June 2020). "NFF: Halv serie og sluttspill i 2. divisjon" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[3] "Ikke noe nedrykk fra 2. divisjon, sluttspillet strykes" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[4] "NFF avlyser flere kamper i PostNord-ligaen avdeling 1". www.nettavisen.no (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.

[7] "Slik spilles PostNord-sluttspillet". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). NFF. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.

[8] "Toppscorerliste 2020 avdeling 1". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 21 October 2020.

[9] "Toppscorerliste 2020 avdeling 2". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 21 October 2020.

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