2007 Norwegian Second Division

The 2007 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. Nybergsund, Hødd, Sandnes Ulf 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	Nybergsund	26	20	3	3	75	24	+51	63
2	Tønsberg	26	15	8	3	72	31	+41	53
3	Groruddalen	26	14	4	8	68	41	+27	46
4	Kjelsås	26	10	6	10	61	57	+4	36
5	Eidsvold Turn	26	9	9	8	38	40	+-2	36
6	Ull/Kisa	26	10	6	10	39	47	-8	36
7	Pors Grenland	26	10	5	11	39	44	-5	35
8	Fredrikstad 2	26	9	7	10	48	46	+2	34
9	Korsvoll	26	9	6	11	51	52	-1	33
10	Sarpsborg	26	8	6	12	43	72	-29	30
11	Odd Grenland 2	26	7	8	11	41	60	-19	29
12	Strømmen	26	8	4	14	50	52	-2	28
13	FF Lillehammer	26	6	7	13	44	67	-33	25
14	Gjøvik-Lyn	26	4	7	15	31	67	-46	19

Sarpsborg pulled out of the Second Division due to a merger with Sparta Sarpsborg to form a First Division team Sarpsborg Sparta FK.

Group 2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Hødd	26	18	3	5	77	30	+47	57
2	Asker	26	15	7	4	72	33	+39	52
3	Ranheim	26	14	7	5	58	28	+39	49
4	Strindheim	26	15	4	7	69	40	+29	49
5	Kristiansund	26	14	6	6	57	35	+22	48
6	Bærum	26	11	5	10	55	42	+13	38
7	Vålerenga 2	26	11	3	12	48	60	-12	36
8	Byåsen	26	10	5	11	47	41	+6	35
9	Stabæk 2	26	11	1	14	48	56	-8	34
10	Levanger	26	8	6	12	44	61	-15	30
11	Steinkjer	26	9	3	14	49	75	-26	30
12	Lillestrøm 2	26	8	1	17	39	75	-36	25
13	Nardo	26	5	5	16	32	66	-34	20
14	Averøykameratene	26	3	4	19	24	77	-53	13

Lillestrøm 2 survived since Sarpsborg pulled out of group 1.

Group 3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sandnes Ulf	26	17	4	5	66	30	+36	55
2	Stavanger	26	17	1	8	62	27	+35	52
3	Manglerud Star	26	15	5	6	44	24	+20	50
4	Vard Haugesund	26	12	6	8	49	48	+1	42
5	Fyllingen	26	11	7	8	38	42	-4	40
6	Start 2	26	11	6	10	44	40	+4	38
7	Os	26	11	5	10	49	48	+1	38
8	Viking 2	26	11	3	12	52	45	+7	36
9	Fana	26	9	8	8	41	46	+-5	35
10	Flekkerøy	26	9	7	10	56	42	+14	34
11	Ålgård	26	7	4	15	29	49	-20	25
12	Åsane	26	8	1	17	32	53	-21	25
13	Askøy	26	8	0	18	40	82	-42	24
14	Arendal	26	5	4	17	29	55	-26	22

Group 4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Alta	26	16	4	6	71	37	+34	52
2	Mjøndalen	26	14	7	5	62	34	+28	49
3	Drøbak/Frogn	26	15	3	8	68	36	+32	48
4	Lørenskog	26	12	10	4	58	33	+25	46
5	Follo	26	14	4	8	48	30	+18	46
6	Tromsø 2	26	12	2	12	46	55	-9	38
7	Åmot	26	12	2	12	50	61	-11	38
8	Mo	26	11	4	11	38	43	-5	37
9	Sprint-Jeløy	26	11	3	12	41	48	-7	36
10	Rosenborg 2	26	9	3	14	54	55	-1	30
11	Skarp	26	9	2	15	46	70	-24	29
12	Harstad	26	7	3	16	35	45	-10	24
13	Mjølner	26	6	6	14	37	61	-24	24
14	Hammerfest	26	7	1	18	23	69	-46	22

	Promoted to the First Division
	Relegated to the Third Division

Top goalscorers

• 26 goals:
  • Stian Nikodemussen, Tønsberg
  • Christian Torbjørnsen, Groruddalen
  • Jan Tømmernes, Asker
• 24 goals:
  • Eirik Markegård, Stabæk 2
• 22 goals:
  • Martin Hansen, Skeid
  • Sigmund Grøterud, Åmot
• 20 goals:
  • Knut Hovel Heiaas, Drøbak/Frogn
  • Geir Holthe, Ranheim
• 18 goals:
  • Sezan Ismailovski, Groruddalen
• 17 goals:
  • Bjørn Inge Rødfoss, Eidsvold Turn
  • Kjetil Bøe, Flekkerøy
  • Jarle Wee, Vard
• 16 goals:
  • Jo Sondre Aas, Rosenborg 2

Promotion playoff

Further information: Playoffs to the Norwegian Second Division#2007

References

• Tables: 1, 2, 3, 4
• Goalscorers