2004 Norwegian Second Division

The 2004 season of the 2. divisjon, the third highest football (soccer) league for men in Norway.

26 games were played in 4 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Tønsberg, Follo, Løv-Ham and Alta 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	FK Tønsberg	26	20	2	4	70	21	+49	62
2	Sarpsborg Sparta	26	16	4	6	63	38	+25	52
3	Tollnes	26	16	2	8	68	42	+26	50
4	Kvik Halden	26	12	8	6	70	40	+30	44
5	Stabæk 2	26	12	2	12	54	59	-5	38
6	Ørn-Horten	26	11	4	11	52	65	-13	37
7	Frigg	26	10	6	10	50	34	+16	36
8	Larvik Fotball	26	10	5	11	31	37	-6	35
9	Kjelsås	26	9	7	10	38	39	-1	34
10	Odd Grenland 2	26	9	5	12	48	49	-1	32
11	Sprint-Jeløy	26	8	5	13	52	68	-16	29
12	Mercantile	26	7	7	12	36	55	-19	28
13	Arendal	26	6	3	17	31	67	-36	21
14	Donn	26	3	6	17	29	78	-49	15

• Stabæk 2 was forcibly relegated because its A team was relegated to the First Division. Mercantile survived as the best number-12-team.

Group 2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Follo	26	16	6	4	57	22	+35	54
2	Lørenskog	26	13	9	4	66	40	+26	48
3	Lillestrøm 2	26	13	8	5	72	37	+35	47
4	Ullensaker/Kisa	26	14	3	9	56	48	+8	45
5	Gjøvik-Lyn	26	11	8	7	55	40	15	41
6	Nybergsund	26	10	9	7	43	35	+8	39
7	Oslo Øst	26	10	4	12	45	48	-3	34
8	Drøbak/Frogn	26	7	12	7	48	44	4	33
9	Jotun Årdalstangen	26	9	6	11	45	49	-4	33
10	Eidsvold Turn	26	9	5	12	38	53	-15	32
11	Molde 2	26	6	11	9	52	60	-8	29
12	Nidelv	26	7	6	13	45	71	-26	27
13	Elverum	26	3	8	15	27	74	-47	17
14	Skjetten	26	3	7	16	37	65	-28	16

Group 3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Løv-Ham	26	22	3	1	86	27	+59	69
2	Bærum	26	17	2	7	75	31	+44	53
3	Åsane	26	13	3	10	52	37	+15	42
4	Viking 2	26	12	4	10	43	37	+6	40
5	Fyllingen	26	12	2	12	56	59	-3	38
6	Fana	26	10	8	8	48	57	-9	38
7	Klepp	26	10	6	10	43	49	-6	36
8	Sandnes Ulf	26	10	4	12	38	47	-9	34
9	Hovding	26	10	3	13	46	54	-8	33
10	Ålgård	26	9	3	14	37	57	-20	30
11	Brann 2	26	7	8	11	52	69	-17	29
12	Vidar	26	7	6	13	35	51	-16	27
13	Volda	26	8	1	17	39	59	-20	25
14	Norheimsund	26	6	5	15	34	50	-16	23

Group 4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Alta	26	21	0	5	95	21	+74	63
2	Levanger	26	17	6	3	89	34	+55	57
3	Strindheim	26	18	3	5	98	45	+53	57
4	Mo	26	15	5	6	51	30	+21	50
5	Byåsen	26	12	4	10	48	45	3	40
6	Harstad	26	12	3	11	66	62	+4	39
7	Skarp	26	11	3	12	44	40	+4	36
8	Steinkjer	26	10	4	12	65	52	+13	34
9	Kolstad	26	10	3	13	51	59	-8	33
10	Lofoten	26	10	2	14	50	66	-16	32
11	Rosenborg 2	26	9	3	14	44	61	-17	29
12	Vesterålen	26	5	5	16	32	74	-42	20
13	Salangen	26	5	4	17	45	110	-65	19
14	Narvik	26	2	5	19	27	106	-79	11

	Promoted to the First Division
	Relegated to the Third Division

Top goalscorers

• 34 goals:
  • Simon Sjöfors, Kvik Halden
• 32 goals:
  • Vegard Alstad Sunde, Levanger
• 24 goals:
  • Johan Nås, Lørenskog
• 23 goals:
  • Armin Sistek, Odd Grenland 2
  • Jørn Holmen, Steinkjer
  • Jørn Hansen, Alta
  • Kim Nysted, Bærum
• 21 goals:
  • Lars Petter Hansen, Tønsberg
• 20 goals:
  • Ørjan Låstad, Åsane
  • Vegard Olsen, Strindheim
• 19 goals:
  • Morten Romsdalen, Tollnes
  • Oddmund Vaagsholm, Follo

Promotion playoff

Further information: Playoffs to the Norwegian Second Division#2004

References

• Fixtures and table, group 1
• Fixtures and table, group 2
• Fixtures and table, group 3
• Fixtures and table, group 4
• Goalscorers