2010 Norwegian First Division

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Alta

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Bodø/Glimt

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Bryne

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Follo

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Fredrikstad

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Løv-Ham

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Mjøndalen

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Moss

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Nybergsund-Trysil

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Ranheim

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Sandnes Ulf

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Sarpsborg 08

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Sogndal

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Strømmen

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Tromsdalen

The 2010 Norwegian First Division season (known as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) began play on 5 April 2010 and is scheduled to end on 7 November 2010.^[1]

The clubs relegated from the Premier League in 2009 were Fredrikstad (after relegation play-offs), Bodø/Glimt and Lyn. HamKam, Notodden, Stavanger and Skeid were relegated to the Second Division in 2009 after finishing from thirteenth to sixteenth place respectively. Strømmen, Follo, Sandnes Ulf and Ranheim were promoted from the Second Division in 2009.

At the end of the season, a two-legged promotion playoff will be played between the 3rd, 4th, and 5th placed teams in the First Division and the 14th placed team in the Premier League.

FK Lyn elected to file for bankruptcy on 30 June,^[2] following an extended period of financial distress, and formally withdrew from the league on 7 July.^[3] Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the competition, all games involving Lyn have been annulled and the team placed at the bottom of the standings.

Follo did not finish their licensing application for the 2011 season before the time limit of September 15, and were thus relegated at the end of the season even though they finished outside the relegation zone. As a result of this, Sandnes Ulf, which was the best placed team of those inside the relegation zone, avoided relegation.^[4] Tromsdalen and Moss were the remaining two teams relegated to the 2011 Second Division.

Overview

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity	Manager
Alta	Alta	Finnmarkshallen	3,000	Aasmund Bjørkan
Bodø/Glimt	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadion	7,354	Kåre Ingebrigtsen
Bryne	Bryne	Bryne Stadion	10,000	Tommy Bergersen
Follo	Ski	Ski Stadion	2,500	Hans Erik Eriksen
Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad Stadion	12,560	Tom Freddy Aune
Løv-Ham	Bergen	Varden Amfi	1,000	Arne Sandstø
Mjøndalen	Mjøndalen	Nedre Eiker Stadion	2,600	Vegard Hansen
Moss	Moss	Melløs Stadion	3,085	Erik Holtan
Nybergsund-Trysil	Trysil	Nybergsund Stadion	1,500	Ola Brenden
Ranheim	Ranheim	DnB NOR Arena	1,000	Per Joar Hansen
Sandnes Ulf	Sandnes	Sandnes Idrettspark	3,850	Asle Andersen
Sarpsborg 08	Sarpsborg	Sarpsborg Stadion	5,500	Roar Johansen
Sogndal	Sogndal	Fosshaugane Campus	5,402	Harald Aabrekk
Strømmen	Strømmen	Strømmen Stadion	1,800	Petter Myhre Thomas Berntsen
Tromsdalen	Tromsø	Tromsdalen Stadion	3,000	Morten Pedersen

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sogndal (P)	28	17	5	6	51	28	+23	56	Promotion to the Tippeligaen
2	Sarpsborg 08 (P)	28	16	6	6	54	36	+18	54
3	Fredrikstad (P)	28	14	8	6	53	37	+16	50	Promotion playoffs
4	Løv-Ham	28	13	4	11	46	38	+8	43
5	Ranheim	28	12	7	9	38	38	0	43
6	Bodø/Glimt	28	12	6	10	41	28	+13	42
7	Strømmen	28	12	4	12	43	42	+1	40
8	Alta	28	10	6	12	41	51	−10	36
9	Bryne	28	10	5	13	57	52	+5	35
10	Mjøndalen	28	10	5	13	41	49	−8	35
11	Nybergsund-Trysil	28	9	8	11	38	47	−9	35
12	Follo (R)	28	8	8	12	35	43	−8	32	Relegation to the Fair Play ligaen 1
13	Sandnes Ulf	28	8	7	13	33	40	−7	31
14	Tromsdalen (R)	28	8	4	16	33	50	−17	28	Relegation to the Fair Play ligaen
15	Moss (R)	28	7	5	16	32	56	−24	26
16	Lyn (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to the Sixth Division 2

Source: NRK Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹Follo did not finish their licensing application for the 2011 season before the time limit of September 15, and were thus relegated at the end of the season even though they finished outside the relegation zone. As a result of this, Sandnes Ulf, which was the best placed team of those inside the relegation zone, avoided relegation.^[4]
2FK Lyn elected to file for bankruptcy on 30 June,^[4] following an extended period of financial distress, and formally withdrew from the league on 7 July.^[4] Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the competition, all games involving Lyn have been annulled and the team placed at the bottom of the standings.
(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.

Results

Home \ Away1

ALT

B/G

BRY

FOL

FFK

LØV

MIF

MFK

NIL

RIL

ULF

S08

SIL

SIF

TUIL

Alta

0–1

2–1

3–1

1–0

1–1

7–3

3–1

1–1

2–2

1–0

4–4

0–1

3–1

1–2

Bodø/Glimt

2–0

0–5

4–0

1–2

3–0

0–2

0–0

5–0

3–1

1–2

4–0

0–1

2–0

2–0

Bryne

4–1

1–2

5–1

2–2

2–5

5–1

5–0

5–1

0–1

1–3

3–1

2–5

1–2

0–1

Follo

0–0

1–1

0–0

1–2

0–1

2–0

0–4

1–1

0–1

1–3

2–2

1–1

2–0

4–0

Fredrikstad

3–0

0–0

3–0

1–3

1–0

3–3

1–1

2–2

2–3

3–1

1–1

2–0

1–0

2–1

Løv-Ham

4–2

0–1

1–2

1–3

0–1

0–2

3–0

3–1

1–1

2–2

2–1

2–0

1–2

0–0

Mjøndalen

0–1

1–0

3–1

0–0

2–5

0–2

1–3

3–1

1–0

2–2

3–1

0–1

0–0

4–0

Moss

2–0

2–1

0–3

1–2

2–5

1–3

1–1

0–1

1–3

1–0

0–2

1–4

2–0

0–0

Nybergsund-Trysil

0–1

2–2

2–2

4–1

0–0

1–4

2–1

4–2

3–1

0–1

2–3

0–2

0–2

1–0

Ranheim

2–0

2–1

1–0

1–0

2–2

1–3

2–1

1–0

0–2

3–1

0–3

2–2

0–0

2–2

Sandnes Ulf

2–2

1–1

1–2

3–2

0–1

1–2

0–2

1–2

1–1

1–1

2–3

0–0

0–1

2–1

Sarpsborg 08

4–0

1–1

0–0

0–0

3–0

3–2

1–0

4–1

1–0

3–1

2–1

4–0

0–3

1–0

Sogndal

2–1

1–0

2–2

4–3

2–0

2–0

3–0

2–0

1–1

2–1

0–1

1–2

5–1

5–0

Strømmen

6–1

2–1

6–3

0–2

3–2

2–3

1–2

2–2

1–3

1–0

2–0

2–1

1–2

2–2

Tromsdalen

0–2

1–2

5–0

0–2

2–5

2–0

5–3

4–2

1–2

1–2

0–1

1–3

1–0

1–0

Updated to games played on 31 October 2010
Source: NRK Sport
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Marius Helle	Bryne	17
2	Sindre Marøy	Løv-Ham	16
	Andreas Moen	Strømmen	15
4	Celso Borges	Fredrikstad	14
	Morten Eriksen	Sandnes Ulf	14
6	Eirik Markegård	Follo	13
	Kim Ojo	Nybergsund	13
	Espen Olsen	Sogndal	13
9	Erik Midtgarden	Mjøndalen	12
10	Morten Giæver	Sarpsborg 08	11

Source: NRK Sport

See also

• 2010 in Norwegian football
• 2010 Norwegian Premier League

References

1. ^ "Spilleplan Adeccoligaen 2010" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. 2009-12-14. http://www.fotball.no/Documents/PDF/2009/NFF/Spilleplan%20AL%202010.pdf?epslanguage=en. Retrieved 2010-04-05. 
2. ^ "FK Lyn begjærer oppbud" (in Norwegian). FK Lyn. 2010-06-30. http://www.lyn.no/index.aspx?cat=1138&mid=1120&id=5889768. Retrieved 2010-07-07. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "FK Lyn har trukket seg fra Adeccoligaen" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. 2010-07-07. http://www.fotball.no/nff/NFF-nyheter/2010/FK-Lyn-har-trukket-seg-fra-Adeccoligaen/. Retrieved 2010-07-07. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d} "Sandnes Ulf berget plassen i Adeccoligaen" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 2010-11-05. http://www.tv2sporten.no/fotball/adeccoligaen/sandnes-ulf-berget-plassen-i-adeccoligaen-3334295.html. Retrieved 2010-11-07.