2015 Norwegian First Division


The 2015 1. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football league season. The league was contested by 16 teams, and the top two teams were promoted to Tippeligaen, 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 the 2. divisjon.
The first round of the season was played on 6 April 2015 and the season ended with the last round on 1 November 2015. The playoff-tournament was played between 7 and 21 November 2015.
An agreement with Oslo's housing cooperative OBOS was signed on 15 January 2015, branding the league as OBOS-ligaen until 2021.

Team changes from 2014

In the 2014 1. divisjon, Sandefjord, Tromsø and Mjøndalen won promotion to Tippeligaen, while Alta, HamKam, Tromsdalen and Ull/Kisa were relegated to the 2015 2. divisjon.
Sogndal, Sandnes Ulf and Brann, were relegated from the 2014 Tippeligaen, while Follo, Jerv, Levanger and Åsane were promoted from the 2014 2. divisjon.

Teams

TeamLocationArenaCapacityManager
BrannBergenBrann Stadion17,686

League table


Season statistics

Top scorers

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Hat tricks

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