2018 Norwegian Second Division

2. divisjon
Season	2018
Champions	Raufoss (Group 1); Skeid (Group 2)
Promoted	Raufoss; Skeid; KFUM Oslo
Relegated	Nybergsund; Hønefoss; Stabæk 2; Fløy; Vålerenga 2; Vard Haugesund
Matches played	364
Goals scored	1,195 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jonas Enkerud; (21 goals)
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 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 league was played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams played 26 matches.

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2017 season.

Oslo

Oslo region teams:

Asker

Bærum

Grorud

KFUM

Skeid

Locations of the 2018 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	Raufoss (C, P)	26	16	5	5	64	30	+34	53	Promotion to First Division
2	Fredrikstad	26	15	7	4	53	25	+28	52	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Grorud	26	14	6	6	46	31	+15	48
4	Asker	26	14	3	9	53	31	+22	45
5	Alta	26	14	3	9	39	28	+11	45
6	Elverum	26	12	8	6	53	39	+14	44
7	Mjølner	26	13	5	8	41	41	0	44
8	Bærum	26	12	4	10	44	33	+11	40
9	Moss	26	7	9	10	37	42	−5	30
10	Fram Larvik	26	9	2	15	40	57	−17	29
11	Odd 2	26	6	4	16	35	52	−17	22
12	Nybergsund (R)	26	5	6	15	26	58	−32	21	Relegation to Third Division
13	Hønefoss (R)	26	5	5	16	38	67	−29	20
14	Stabæk 2 (R)	26	3	7	16	34	69	−35	16

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; (R) Relegated

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Skeid (C, P)	26	17	5	4	59	25	+34	56	Promotion to First Division
2	KFUM Oslo (O, P)	26	13	8	5	47	32	+15	47	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Hødd	26	13	8	5	43	30	+13	47
4	Egersund	26	12	8	6	47	28	+19	44
5	Bryne	26	11	8	7	45	38	+7	41
6	Arendal	26	10	6	10	37	34	+3	36
7	Kjelsås	26	9	8	9	38	36	+2	35
8	Brattvåg	26	11	2	13	37	51	−14	35
9	Vidar	26	10	3	13	41	51	−10	33
10	Nardo	26	8	7	11	33	44	−11	31
11	Stjørdals-Blink	26	7	7	12	39	48	−9	28
12	Fløy (R)	26	7	7	12	39	55	−16	28	Relegation to Third Division
13	Vålerenga 2 (R)	26	6	8	12	54	62	−8	26
14	Vard Haugesund (R)	26	3	5	18	31	56	−25	14

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; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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, KFUM Oslo, then played against the 14th placed team in 1. divisjon for a place in the 2019 1. divisjon.

3 November 2018

14:00 CET

KFUM Oslo	3–0	Fredrikstad
Mawa 39' Sørås 49' Gueye 88'	Summary

KFUM Arena, Oslo

Attendance: 1,436

Referee: Christian Moen

10 November 2018

17:00 CET

Fredrikstad	1–1	KFUM Oslo
Aalbu 80'	Summary	Stavrum 88'

Fredrikstad Stadion, Fredrikstad

Attendance: 2,116

Referee: Sivert Øksnes Amland

KFUM Oslo won 4–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Group 1

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Jonas Enkerud	Elverum	21
2	Kristoffer Hoven	Hønefoss	19
2	Anton Henningsson	Raufoss	19
4	Marcus Mehnert	Asker	15
5	Oscar Aga	Stabæk 2	14
5	Tobias Lauritsen	Odd 2	14
7	Tim Nilsen	Fredrikstad	13
8	Mahmoud Sami Laham	Fram Larvik	12
9	Vegard Braaten	Alta	11
	Georg Flatgård	Elverum
	Oskar Johannes Løken	Raufoss

Group 2

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
1	David Tavakoli	Skeid	17
2	Mesut Can	Skeid	16
2	Omar Fonstad el Ghaouti	Bryne	16
4	Walid Idrissi	Kjelsås	15
5	Bubacarr Sumareh	Egersund	14
6	Markus Naglestad	Hødd	13
	Moses Mawa	KFUM Oslo
	Sander Werni	Vålerenga 2
9	Håkon Leine	Brattvåg	10
9	Sondre Hopmark Stokke	Stjørdals-Blink	10

References

^ "PostNord-ligaen avd 1 2018 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
^ "PostNord-ligaen avd 2 2018 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 27 October 2018.

[1] "PostNord-ligaen avd 1 2018 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 27 October 2018.

[2] "PostNord-ligaen avd 2 2018 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 27 October 2018.

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