2005 Norwegian Second Division

The 2005 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. Sarpsborg Sparta, Manglerud Star, Haugesund and Tromsdalen 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	Sarpsborg Sparta	26	21	1	4	90	28	+62	64
2	Vard Haugesund	26	19	3	4	88	27	+61	60
3	Notodden	26	16	1	9	74	36	+38	49
4	Bærum	26	14	6	6	66	42	+24	48
5	Drøbak/Frogn	26	13	0	13	64	41	+23	39
6	Groruddalen	26	11	6	9	61	49	+12	39
7	Tollnes	26	11	4	11	49	46	+3	37
8	Ørn-Horten	26	12	1	13	34	67	-33	37
9	Sprint-Jeløy	26	9	4	13	45	61	-16	31
10	Sarpsborg	26	9	1	16	45	60	-15	28
11	Odd Grenland 2	26	8	4	14	35	55	-20	28
12	Mercantile	26	8	1	17	31	91	-60	25
13	Kvik Halden	26	6	5	15	38	52	-14	23
14	Fram Larvik	26	4	5	17	25	90	-65	17

Group 2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manglerud Star	26	19	3	4	82	29	+53	60
2	Raufoss	26	18	4	4	68	34	+34	58
3	Nybergsund	26	16	5	5	57	26	+31	53
4	Lørenskog	26	13	6	7	67	38	+29	45
5	Ullensaker/Kisa	26	11	6	9	41	40	+1	39
6	Molde 2	26	10	5	11	58	59	-1	35
7	Eidsvold Turn	26	9	7	10	45	49	-4	34
8	Gjøvik-Lyn	26	10	4	12	36	44	-8	34
9	Kjelsås	26	10	4	12	41	53	-12	34
10	Lillestrøm 2	26	9	6	11	42	53	-11	33
11	Brumunddal	26	9	3	14	48	58	-10	30
12	Træff	26	7	4	15	40	57	-17	25
13	Frigg	26	6	3	17	44	77	-33	21
14	FF Lillehammer	26	4	2	20	26	7	-52	14

Group 3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Viking 2	26	17	5	4	46	19	+27	56
2	Haugesund	26	14	9	3	65	31	+34	51
3	Flekkerøy	26	15	5	6	49	32	+17	50
4	Sandnes Ulf	26	11	9	6	57	43	+14	42
5	Fyllingen	26	11	7	8	45	33	+12	40
6	Ålgård	26	10	5	11	48	40	+8	35
7	Årdal	26	10	4	12	34	44	-10	34
8	Stord/Moster	26	9	6	11	39	47	-8	33
9	Åsane	26	10	3	13	36	47	-11	33
10	Fana	26	10	3	13	37	50	-13	33
11	Klepp	26	7	8	11	32	43	-11	29
12	Egersund	26	5	8	13	34	51	-17	23
13	Hovding	26	6	5	15	39	64	-25	23
14	Brann 2	26	5	7	14	45	62	-17	22

• Haugesund was promoted because Viking 2, being a B team, was ineligible.

Group 4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Tromsdalen	26	17	4	5	64	34	+30	55
2	Mo	26	15	2	9	59	44	+15	47
3	Levanger	26	14	4	8	68	45	+23	46
4	Strindheim	26	13	6	7	65	39	+26	45
5	Steinkjer	26	14	1	11	64	62	+2	43
6	Skarp	26	13	4	9	61	60	+1	43
7	Byåsen	26	13	3	10	69	44	+25	42
8	Ranheim	26	11	5	10	63	54	+9	38
9	Harstad	26	9	8	9	46	47	-1	35
10	Rosenborg 2	26	10	2	14	51	59	-8	32
11	Kolstad	26	8	4	14	43	62	-19	28
12	Lyngen/Karnes	26	8	1	17	55	89	-34	25
13	Lofoten	26	7	2	17	40	89	-49	23
14	Innstranden	26	5	4	17	30	50	-20	19

	Promoted to the First Division
	Relegated to the Third Division

Top goalscorers

• 30 goals:
  • Kenneth Kvalheim, Notodden
• 24 goals:
  • Vegard Alstad Sunde, Levanger
• 23 goals:
  • Marc Antoine-Curier, Vard Haugesund
• 20 goals:
  • Andreas Hauger, Bærum
• 19 goals:
  • Sami Sakka, Vard Haugesund
  • Espen Skogland, Haugesund
• 17 goals:
  • Robert Stene, Ranheim
• 16 goals:
  • Andreas Moen, Lørenskog
  • Ronald Turner, Sarpsborg Sparta
• 15 goals:
  • Dag Halvorsen, Kjelsås
  • Kim Nysted, Bærum
  • Trygve Velten, Drøbak/Frogn
  • Fredrik W. Henriksen, Flekkerøy
  • Rune Ertsås, Steinkjer
  • Kennet Thorstveit, Sandnes Ulf

Promotion playoff

Further information: Playoffs to the Norwegian Second Division#2005

References

• "Tabell og resultat - 2.div Menn avd 1 (2005)". Speaker.no. http://fotball.speaker.no/FIKSfotballdataclient/ft.aspx?scr=table&ftid=82906. Retrieved 7 August 2010. 
• "Tabell og resultat - 2.div Menn avd 2 (2005)". Speaker.no. http://fotball.speaker.no/FIKSfotballdataclient/ft.aspx?scr=table&ftid=82907. Retrieved 7 August 2010. 
• "Tabell og resultat - 2.div Menn avd 3 (2005)". Speaker.no. http://fotball.speaker.no/FIKSfotballdataclient/ft.aspx?scr=table&ftid=82908. Retrieved 7 August 2010. 
• "Tabell og resultat - 2.div Menn avd 4 (2005)". Speaker.no. http://fotball.speaker.no/FIKSfotballdataclient/ft.aspx?scr=table&ftid=82909. Retrieved 7 August 2010. 
• Goalscorers