2008 Norwegian Second Division

The 2008 season of the 2. divisjon, the third highest association football league for men in Norway.

26 games were played in 4 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Mjøndalen, Skeid, Stavanger and Tromsdalen were promoted to the First Division. Number twelve, thirteen and fourteen were relegated to the Third Division, except for the two number twelve teams with the most points. 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	Mjøndalen	26	17	4	5	64	34	+30	55
2	Lørenskog	26	16	3	7	48	27	+21	51
3	Stabæk 2	26	13	5	8	48	34	+14	44
4	Raufoss	26	13	4	9	55	37	+18	43
5	Drøbak/Frogn	26	12	5	9	51	40	+11	41
6	Follo	26	10	7	9	44	35	+9	37
7	Strømsgodset 2	26	9	7	10	56	68	-12	34
8	Manglerud Star	26	9	5	12	48	43	+5	32
9	Valdres	26	6	14	6	40	48	-8	32
10	Fredrikstad 2	26	9	5	12	36	48	-12	32
11	Strømmen	26	8	5	13	31	49	-17	29
12	Modum	26	7	5	14	34	57	-23	26
13	Østsiden	26	6	7	13	30	52	-22	25
14	Sprint-Jeløy	26	6	6	14	28	41	-13	24

Group 2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Skeid	26	22	3	1	88	28	+60	69
2	Ranheim	26	16	4	6	74	32	+42	52
3	Skarbøvik	26	14	5	7	51	38	+13	47
4	Kristiansund	26	14	2	10	56	32	+24	44
5	Levanger	26	14	2	10	47	49	-2	44
6	Lyn 2	26	11	5	10	61	50	+11	38
7	Byåsen	26	11	5	10	55	51	+4	38
8	Strindheim	26	10	7	9	49	44	+5	37
9	Korsvoll	26	10	6	10	37	53	-16	36
10	Kjelsås	26	9	6	11	32	41	-9	33
11	Steinkjer	26	10	1	15	56	68	-12	31
12	Vålerenga 2	26	9	3	14	40	58	-18	30
13	KIL/Hemne	26	3	3	20	33	82	-49	12
14	Groruddalen	26	2	2	22	23	76	-53	8

Vålerenga 2 survived as the second best number-twelve-team.

Group 3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Stavanger	26	20	3	3	63	23	+40	61
2	Randaberg	26	17	5	4	68	29	+39	56
3	Flekkerøy	26	13	3	10	59	42	+17	42
4	Mandalskameratene	26	12	3	11	60	46	+14	39
5	Fyllingen	26	11	6	9	45	51	-6	39
6	Åsane	26	11	4	11	56	53	+3	37
7	Vard Haugesund	26	10	4	12	44	48	-4	34
8	Ålgård	26	9	6	11	47	60	-13	33
9	Vindbjart	26	9	4	13	45	45	0	31
10	Nest-Sotra	26	8	7	11	46	52	-6	31
11	Fana	26	9	4	13	43	52	-9	31
12	Lillestrøm 2	26	8	7	11	44	56	-12	31
13	Os	26	9	3	14	32	50	-18	30
14	Viking 2	26	3	7	16	36	81	-45	16

Lillestrøm 2 survived as the best number-twelve-team.

Group 4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Tromsdalen	26	17	5	4	64	24	+40	56
2	Ullensaker/Kisa	26	16	7	3	68	26	+42	55
3	Tønsberg	26	17	4	5	75	35	+40	55
4	Pors Grenland	26	15	6	5	62	41	+21	51
5	Bærum	26	15	1	10	62	39	+23	46
6	Asker	26	14	2	10	58	52	+6	44
7	Rosenborg 2	26	13	3	10	69	51	+18	40
8	Mo	26	11	3	12	54	45	+9	36
9	Skjetten	26	10	4	12	52	53	-1	34
10	Eidsvold Turn	26	9	4	13	50	55	-5	31
11	Tromsø 2	26	8	3	15	35	62	-27	27
12	Senja	26	6	2	18	36	92	-56	20
13	Skarp	26	5	0	21	28	83	-55	15
14	Lofoten	26	3	2	21	35	90	-55	11

	Promoted to the First Division
	Relegated to the Third Division

Top goalscorers

• 27 goals:
  • Armin Sistek, Asker
  • Eirik Soltvedt, Ull/Kisa
• 22 goals:
  • Kim Nysted, Skeid
• 20 goals:
  • Mato Grubisic, Skjetten
• 19 goals:
  • Kim Larsen, Tønsberg
  • Stian Nikodemussen, Tønsberg
  • Petar Rnkovic, Randaberg
  • Jarle Wee, Vard
• 17 goals:
  • Eirik Lamøy, Tromsdalen
  • Kim Rune Hellesund, Nest-Sotra
  • Mostafa Abdellaoue, Skeid

Promotion playoff

Further information: Playoffs to the Norwegian Second Division#2008

References

• Tables: Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4
• Goalscorers