The 2020
1. divisjon
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(referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a
Norwegian second-tier
football
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league season.
Teams
In the
2019 1. divisjon
The 2019 1. divisjon (referred to as OBOS-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.
Aalesund set a new record for most points in a 1. divisjon season with 79. They surpassed IK Start's previous record o ...
,
Aalesund,
Sandefjord and
Start
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were promoted to the
2020 Eliteserien
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The season was scheduled to begin on 4 April, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway the opening ...
, while
Notodden,
Skeid
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General history
The club was founded as ''IK Skeid'' on 5 De ...
and
Tromsdalen
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were relegated to the
2020 2. divisjon
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.
Lillestrøm,
Tromsø and
Ranheim were relegated from the
2019 Eliteserien
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The season began on 30 March and was scheduled to end 30 November 2019, not including play-off matches, ...
, while
Stjørdals-Blink,
Grorud and
Ã…sane were promoted from the
2019 2. divisjon
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The league was play ...
.
Stadia and personnel
*
1 Ahead of the season,
Nest-Sotra
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changed its name to
Øygarden
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.
Managerial changes
League table
Positions by round
Results
Play-offs
Promotion play-offs
The 3rd to 6th placed teams took part in the promotion play-offs; these were single leg knockout matches. In the first round, the 5th placed team played at home against the 6th placed team. The winner of the first round then met the 4th placed team on away ground in the second round. The winner of the second round then met the 3rd placed team on away ground. The winner of the third round advanced to play the 14th placed team in
Eliteserien on neutral ground in the
Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.
Relegation play-offs
The 14th-placed team took part in a two-legged play-off against the winners of the
2. divisjon play-offs to decide who would play in the
2021 1. divisjon.
''Stjørdals-Blink won 6–1 on aggregate.''
Season statistics
Top scorers
Top assists
References
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