1996 Norwegian Second Division

The 1996 season of the 2. divisjon, the third highest association football league for men in Norway.

22 games were played in 6 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Sarpsborg and Runar were promoted to the First Division through playoffs against the other 3 group winners as well as two teams (who both survived) from the First Division. Number eleven and twelve were relegated to the Third Division. The winning teams from each of the 19 groups in the Third Division, plus many number-two teams, were promoted to the Second Division (this was possible because of an enlargement of the Second Division from 6 to 8 groups).

League tables

Group 1

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sarpsborg	22	15	2	5	51	35	+16	47
2	Bærum	22	12	5	5	52	29	+23	41
3	Fredrikstad	22	10	6	6	35	23	+12	36
4	Ski	22	9	8	5	47	25	+22	35
5	Frigg	22	10	2	10	39	45	-6	32
6	Ham-Kam 2	22	9	3	10	42	41	+1	30
7	Faaberg	22	9	3	10	32	43	-11	30
8	Selbak	22	7	6	9	27	43	-16	27
9	Raufoss	22	6	7	9	33	35	-2	25
10	Fossum	22	6	7	9	33	35	-2	25
11	Nybergsund	22	4	7	11	29	40	-11	19
12	Rakkestad	22	5	4	13	29	45	-16	19

Group 2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Skjetten	22	11	6	5	47	34	+13	39
2	Ørsta	22	11	5	6	34	26	+8	38
3	Stryn	22	12	2	8	37	34	+3	38
4	Løv-Ham	22	9	5	8	34	36	-2	32
5	Skarbøvik	22	9	5	8	33	36	-3	32
6	Lillestrøm 2	22	9	4	9	42	38	+4	31
7	Nest-Sotra	22	9	4	9	31	37	-6	31
8	Stord	22	8	6	8	36	34	+2	30
9	Åssiden	22	8	6	8	34	32	+2	30
10	Liv/Fossekallen	22	8	4	10	36	32	+4	28
11	Os	22	8	3	11	27	31	-4	27
12	Brattvåg	22	4	2	16	27	48	-21	14

Group 3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Runar	22	14	4	4	60	29	+31	46
2	Ørn-Horten	22	12	6	4	38	24	+14	42
3	Strømmen	22	10	7	5	40	27	+13	37
4	Abildsø	22	9	6	7	41	41	0	33
5	Holter	22	10	2	10	56	44	+12	32
6	Kjelsås	22	9	3	10	34	34	0	30
7	Sandefjord	22	9	3	10	30	37	-7	30
8	Pors Grenland	22	8	5	9	40	50	-10	29
9	Falk	22	6	8	8	44	42	+2	26
10	Grei	22	8	2	12	30	43	-13	26
11	Teie	22	5	5	12	27	52	-25	20
12	Start 2	22	5	3	14	35	52	-17	18

Group 4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Vigør	22	15	3	4	48	24	+24	48
2	Eiger	22	13	6	3	41	24	+17	45
3	Vard Haugesund	22	13	4	5	42	26	+16	43
4	Vedavåg	22	9	6	7	48	36	+12	33
5	Flekkefjord	22	7	9	6	36	32	+4	30
6	Randaberg	22	8	4	10	33	41	-8	28
7	Viking 2	22	7	6	9	45	35	+10	27
8	Ålgård	22	8	3	11	36	43	-7	27
9	Kopervik	22	6	8	8	27	41	-13	26
10	Vindbjart	22	7	4	11	34	36	-2	25
11	Hana	22	5	6	11	19	37	-18	21
12	Klepp	22	2	5	15	25	59	-34	11

Group 5

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Rosenborg 2	22	13	5	4	53	24	+19	44
2	Verdal	22	12	2	8	39	21	+18	38
3	Stjørdals-Blink	22	12	2	8	45	33	+12	38
4	Steinkjer	22	12	2	8	44	34	+10	38
5	Orkanger	22	10	3	9	42	51	-9	33
6	Kolstad	22	9	4	9	41	36	+5	31
7	Molde 2	22	8	3	11	35	29	+6	27
8	Nationalkam	22	6	9	7	32	32	0	27
9	Åndalsnes	22	7	4	11	32	40	-8	25
10	Namsos	22	7	4	11	32	55	-23	25
11	Orkdal	22	7	3	12	28	53	-25	24
12	Melhus	22	6	5	11	27	42	-15	23

Group 6

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Finnsnes	22	16	2	4	68	27	+41	50
2	Gevir Bodø	22	15	3	4	71	23	+48	48
3	Skjervøy	22	13	5	4	56	24	+32	44
4	Silsand/Omegn	22	12	4	6	56	32	+24	40
5	Mjølner-Narvik	22	12	3	7	50	27	+23	39
6	Alta	22	11	5	6	41	36	+5	38
7	Sandnessjøen	22	9	2	11	45	53	-8	29
8	Fauske/Sprint	22	8	4	10	43	51	8	28
9	Porsanger	22	7	6	9	33	42	-9	27
10	Sortland	22	4	3	15	31	71	-40	15
11	Morild	22	4	2	16	23	59	-36	14
12	Grovfjord	22	1	1	20	21	93	-72	4

	Promoted to the First Division
	Relegated to the Third Division

Promotion playoffs

Further information: Playoffs to the Norwegian First Division#1996

References

• Eriksen, Arvid, ed (in Norwegian). Sportsboken 96–97. Oslo: Schibsted. pp. 266. ISBN 82-516-1611-5.