2001 Norwegian Second Division

The 2001 season of the 2. divisjon, the third highest football (soccer) league for men in Norway.

26 games were played in 4 groups—changed from the 8 groups in 2000—with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Tollnes, Åsane, Oslo Øst and Lørenskog were promoted to the First Division. Number twelve, thirteen and fourteen were relegated to the Third Division. The winning teams from each of the 24 groups in the Third Division each faced a winning team from another group in a playoff match, resulting in 12 playoff winners which were promoted to the Second Division.

League tables

Group 1

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Tollnes	26	14	8	4	73	47	+26	50
2	FF Lillehammer	26	15	5	6	44	31	+13	50
3	Eik-Tønsberg	26	15	4	7	63	44	+19	49
4	Fredrikstad	26	15	2	9	52	42	+10	47
5	Bærum	26	12	5	9	60	44	+16	41
6	Nybergsund	26	12	3	11	43	37	+6	39
7	Ullensaker/Kisa	26	10	6	10	58	58	0	36
8	Pors Grenland	26	11	3	12	46	52	-6	36
9	Kvik Halden	26	11	1	14	41	38	+3	34
10	Sprint-Jeløy	26	10	4	12	42	54	-12	34
11	Stabæk 2	26	10	3	13	46	43	+3	33
12	Asker	26	8	5	13	42	56	-14	29
13	Ullern	26	5	5	16	36	68	-32	20
14	Odd Grenland 2	26	5	4	17	47	79	-32	19

Group 2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Åsane	26	19	4	3	57	17	+40	61
2	Fana	26	17	4	5	66	36	+30	55
3	Vard Haugesund	26	16	4	6	71	40	+31	52
4	Fyllingen	26	14	6	6	63	48	+15	48
5	Løv-Ham	26	14	1	11	59	36	+23	43
6	Nord	26	13	2	11	54	50	+4	41
7	Viking 2	26	11	4	11	71	65	+6	37
8	Vidar	26	11	3	12	60	62	-2	36
9	Førde	26	9	6	11	60	70	-10	33
10	Tornado	26	9	5	12	56	63	-7	32
11	Nest-Sotra	26	9	4	13	49	51	-2	31
12	Sandnes	26	9	4	13	47	56	-9	31
13	Florø	26	4	5	17	32	69	-37	17
14	Stord	26	1	0	25	31	113	-82	3

Group 3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Oslo Øst	26	18	4	4	74	36	+38	58
2	Strindheim	26	15	5	6	70	45	+25	50
3	Rosenborg 2	26	15	4	7	58	37	+21	49
4	Romerike Fotball	26	14	5	7	66	34	+32	47
5	Træff	26	11	5	10	55	50	+5	38
6	Skarbøvik	26	10	6	10	47	58	-11	36
7	Steinkjer	26	10	5	11	44	48	-4	35
8	Clausenengen	26	10	5	11	55	63	-8	35
9	Molde 2	26	9	6	11	60	50	+10	33
10	Spjelkavik	26	8	6	12	49	66	-17	30
11	Verdal	26	8	5	13	42	51	-9	29
12	Gjøvik-Lyn	26	7	6	13	34	48	-14	27
13	Stjørdals-Blink	26	9	0	17	37	74	-37	27
14	Ranheim	26	6	2	18	37	68	-31	20

Group 4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Lørenskog	26	18	5	3	69	23	+46	59
2	Skarp	26	17	2	7	85	45	+40	53
3	Lofoten	26	15	6	5	65	43	+22	51
4	Lyn 2	26	13	4	9	57	41	+16	43
5	Alta	26	13	1	12	60	57	+3	40
6	Stålkameratene	26	11	5	10	60	67	-7	38
7	Harstad	26	10	5	11	58	49	+9	35
8	Skjervøy	26	8	10	8	50	50	0	34
9	Eidsvold Turn	26	10	3	13	52	53	-1	33
10	Mo	26	9	6	11	55	61	-6	33
11	Hammerfest	26	8	4	14	44	58	-14	28
12	Fauske/Sprint	26	8	2	16	46	79	-33	26
13	Narvik	26	6	6	14	43	58	-15	24
14	Finnsnes	26	5	3	18	32	92	-60	18

	Promoted to the First Division
	Relegated to the Third Division

Promotion playoff

Further information: Playoffs to the Norwegian Second Division#2001

References

• Fixtures and table, group 1
• Fixtures and table, group 2. Note: for some reason, Åsane is missing.
• Fixtures and table, group 3
• Fixtures and table, group 4