2004 Norwegian First Division

The 2004 Norwegian First Division season kicked off on 12 April 2004, and the final round was played on 31 October 2004.

Start were promoted to the 2005 Norwegian Premier League as First Division winners, along with Aalesund who finished second. Start will be playing in the top division for the first time since 2002. Aalesund, meanwhile, return to Premier League after being relegated in 2003.

As in previous years, there was a two-legged promotion playoff at the end of the season, between the third-placed team in the First Division (Kongsvinger) and the twelfth-placed team in the Premier League (Bodø/Glimt). Bodø/Glimt kept their spot in the Premier League, beating Kongsvinger 4-1 on aggregate.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Start (C) (P)	30	24	2	4	71	28	+43	74	Promotion to the Tippeligaen
2	Aalesund (P)	30	21	1	8	67	36	+31	64
3	Kongsvinger	30	16	5	9	53	42	+11	53
4	Sandefjord	30	15	6	9	60	32	+28	51
5	Mandalskameratene	30	13	6	11	51	55	−4	45
6	Hødd	30	14	2	14	63	59	+4	44
7	Bryne	30	11	9	10	54	45	+9	42
8	Skeid	30	12	6	12	57	56	+1	42
9	Strømsgodset	30	11	7	12	42	45	−3	40
10	Moss	30	11	5	14	48	47	+1	38
11	Pors Grenland	30	11	7	12	56	60	−4	0381
12	Hønefoss	30	11	4	15	52	54	−2	37
13	Raufoss (R)	30	10	7	13	42	47	−5	37	Relegation to the 2. Divisjon
14	Haugesund (R)	30	11	4	15	44	59	−15	37
15	Vard Haugesund (R)	30	7	3	20	43	83	−40	24
16	Tromsdalen (R)	30	3	4	23	29	84	−55	13

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegated teams

These two teams were relegated from the Norwegian Premier League in 2003. 12th-place finishers Vålerenga defeated Sandefjord in the playoff to retain their spot in the highest division.

• Aalesund
• Bryne

Promoted teams

These four teams were promoted from the Second Division in 2003:

• Pors Grenland
• Kongsvinger
• Vard Haugesund
• Tromsdalen

See also

• 2004 in Norwegian football
• 2004 Norwegian Premier League
• 2004 Norwegian Second Division

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