2009 Norwegian Second Division

The 2009 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. Strømmen, Follo, Sandnes Ulf and Ranheim were promoted to the 2010 Norwegian 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	Strømmen	26	20	3	3	77	31	+46	63
2	Pors Grenland	26	18	3	5	76	44	+32	57
3	FK Tønsberg	26	17	2	7	81	39	+42	53
4	KFUM	26	14	6	6	55	34	+21	48
5	Flekkerøy	26	14	4	8	70	51	+19	46
6	Vindbjart	26	12	4	10	47	47	0	40
7	Start 2	26	10	3	13	50	53	-3	33
8	Fram Larvik	26	10	3	13	47	69	-22	33
9	Vålerenga 2	26	8	6	12	58	67	-9	30
10	Ullensaker/Kisa	26	8	4	14	49	53	-4	28
11	Eidsvold Turn	26	6	10	10	38	50	-12	28
12	Lillestrøm 2	26	7	2	17	34	64	-30	23
13	Mandalskameratene	26	6	4	16	33	60	-27	22
14	Skjetten	26	2	6	18	22	75	-53	12

Group 2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Follo	26	19	3	4	59	25	+34	60
2	Kristiansund	26	14	4	8	69	44	+25	46
3	Hødd	26	14	4	8	54	37	+17	46
4	Rosenborg 2	26	14	4	8	63	48	+15	46
5	Lørenskog	26	13	6	7	55	38	+17	45
6	Byåsen	26	11	7	8	52	38	+14	40
7	Molde 2	26	12	2	12	50	47	+3	38
8	Skarbøvik	26	10	4	12	45	45	0	34
9	Strindheim	26	11	1	14	41	48	-7	34
10	Nardo	26	8	9	9	37	39	-2	33
11	Levanger	26	10	2	14	26	58	-32	32
12	Steinkjer	26	8	5	13	47	70	-23	29
13	Drøbak/Frogn	26	6	2	18	45	64	-19	20
14	Ullern	26	4	3	19	24	66	-42	15

• Steinkjer survived as the best number-twelve-team.

Group 3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sandnes Ulf	26	19	4	3	88	28	+60	61
2	Vard Haugesund	26	17	5	4	64	36	+28	56
3	Ålgård	26	15	5	6	55	34	+21	50
4	Åsane	26	15	4	7	57	31	+26	49
5	Randaberg	26	14	4	8	60	39	+21	46
6	Kopervik	26	12	5	9	61	58	+3	41
7	Strømsgodset 2	26	8	7	11	56	62	-6	31
8	Stord	26	9	2	15	48	62	-14	29
9	Fredrikstad 2	26	8	5	13	46	69	-23	29
10	Nest-Sotra	26	8	5	13	51	77	-26	29
11	Fana	26	8	4	14	47	66	-19	28
12	Fyllingen	26	8	3	15	37	64	-27	27
13	Lyn 2	26	5	6	15	39	49	-10	21
14	Drammen	26	5	3	18	30	64	-34	18

• Fredrikstad 2 was forcibly relegated since its first team was relegated to the First Division.

Group 4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Ranheim	26	17	4	5	64	21	+43	55
2	Raufoss	26	16	2	8	65	39	+26	50
3	Asker	26	15	4	7	63	31	+32	49
4	Stabæk 2	26	13	6	7	53	37	+16	45
5	Manglerud Star	26	15	0	11	52	38	+14	45
6	Valdres	26	13	6	7	53	41	+12	45
7	Bærum	26	13	3	10	61	46	+15	42
8	FF Lillehammer	26	10	9	7	44	43	+1	39
9	Kjelsås	26	9	5	12	38	47	-9	32
10	Tromsø 2	26	9	4	13	35	55	-20	31
11	Mo	26	6	10	10	40	55	-15	28
12	Korsvoll	26	7	6	13	39	45	-6	27
13	Bodø/Glimt 2	26	6	0	20	23	77	-44	18
14	Bossekop	26	1	5	20	29	84	-55	8

	Promoted to the First Division
	Relegated to the Third Division

Top goalscorers

• 28 goals:
  • Morten Eriksen, Sandnes Ulf
• 21 goals:
  • Eirik Markegård, FK Tønsberg
  • Trond Haugstad, Strømmen
  • Remond Macougne Mendy, Raufoss
  • Mato Grubisic, Valdres
• 20 goals:
  • Christian Østli , FK Tønsberg
• 19 goals:
  • Chris Joyce, Pors Grenland
• 18 goals:
  • Øyvind L. Gausdal, Vindbjart
  • Joakim Rudolfsen, Mo
• 17 goals:
  • Vebjørn Svensson, FF Lillehammer

Promotion playoff

Further information: Playoffs to the Norwegian Second Division#2009

References

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