2002 Norwegian First Division

The 2002 1. divisjon, Norway's second-tier football league, began play on 14 April 2002 and ended on 27 October 2002. The league was contested by 16 teams, and the top two teams won promotion to Tippeligaen, while the third placed played a promotion-playoff against the 12th-placed team in Tippeligaen to win promotion. The bottom four teams were relegated to the 2. divisjon.

1. divisjon
Season2002
Dates14 April – 27 October
ChampionsTromsø
PromotedTromsø
Aalesund
RelegatedÅsane
Tromsdalen
Lørenskog
Tollnes
Matches played240
Goals scored860 (3.58 per match)
Top goalscorerMorten Gamst Pedersen
(18 goals)
2001
2003

Tromsø and Aalesund won promotion to Tippeligaen, while Ham-Kam lost the promotion-playoff against Bryne. Åsane, Tromsdalen, Lørenskog and Tollnes was relegated to the 2. divisjon.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Tromsø (C, P)3021457836+4267Promotion to Tippeligaen
2Aalesund (P)3019747726+5164
3Sandefjord3018666538+2760Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4Hønefoss3018486436+2858
5Strømsgodset3017497251+2155
6Raufoss30173107150+2154
7Hødd30164105041+952
8HamKam30118116047+1341
9Haugesund30117124659−1340
10Oslo Øst30115145971−1238
11Ørn-Horten3078153869−3129
12Skeid3077163148−1728
13Åsane (R)3084184159−1828Relegation to Second Division
14Tromsdalen (R)3083194065−2527
15Lørenskog (R)3055203172−4120
16Tollnes (R)3061233792−5519
Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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Aalesund1–17–00–12–13–01–14–15–13–04–06–04–04–24–16–1
HamKam1–20–13–02–31–12–25–32–22–23–16–02–00–22–02–2
Haugesund1–32–20–02–31–14–31–21–12–00–44–01–02–32–23–0
Hødd0–11–34–12–17–04–13–22–13–30–21–00–10–31–05–2
Hønefoss0–02–10–10–03–03–13–02–11–20–06–31–11–07–22–0
Lørenskog1–40–30–21–21–21–31–43–31–21–50–22–11–11–02–1
Oslo Øst1–23–12–00–20–34–32–10–51–01–15–23–42–23–05–1
Raufoss3–32–13–03–13–22–06–10–31–23–14–11–14–32–23–1
Sandefjord0–02–12–23–02–04–23–02–11–00–22–07–13–23–23–0
Skeid1–11–21–21–20–21–12–32–00–12–00–30–21–11–11–0
Strømsgodset2–03–22–24–33–02–05–41–24–24–22–04–12–30–22–3
Tollnes0–23–11–20–12–42–15–60–60–40–40–42–11–22–12–3
Tromsdalen1–21–14–10–11–23–03–11–21–22–02–44–22–51–21–2
Tromsø2–12–45–13–03–12–13–02–14–03–04–25–03–03–24–0
Åsane2–11–40–42–41–31–22–11–30–03–01–22–13–00–15–0
Ørn-Horten1–12–04–10–00–61–30–00–31–20–04–43–35–00–01–0
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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