2010 Norwegian First Division

The 2010 1. divisjon (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season began play on 5 April 2010 and ended on 7 November 2010.

The clubs relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2009 were Fredrikstad (after relegation play-offs), Bodø/Glimt and Lyn. HamKam, Notodden, Stavanger and Skeid were relegated to the 2. divisjon in 2009 after finishing from thirteenth to sixteenth place respectively. Strømmen, Follo, Sandnes Ulf and Ranheim were promoted from the 2. divisjon in 2009.

At the end of the season, a two-legged promotion playoff was played between the 3rd, 4th, and 5th placed teams in the 1. divisjon and the 14th placed team in the Tippeligaen, Fredrikstad won this playoff against Hønefoss, and was promoted together with Sogndal and Sarpsborg 08.

FK Lyn elected to file for bankruptcy on 30 June, following an extended period of financial distress, and formally withdrew from the league on 7 July. Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the competition, all games involving Lyn was annulled and the team placed at the bottom of the standings.

Follo did not finish their licensing application for the 2011 season before the time limit of September 15, and were thus relegated at the end of the season even though they finished outside the relegation zone. As a result of this, Sandnes Ulf, which was the best placed team of those inside the relegation zone, avoided relegation. Tromsdalen and Moss were the remaining two teams relegated to the 2011 2. divisjon.

Overview

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity	Manager
Alta	Alta	Finnmarkshallen	3,000	Template:Flagicon Aasmund Bjørkan
Bodø/Glimt	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadion	7,354	Template:Flagicon Kåre Ingebrigtsen
Bryne	Bryne	Bryne Stadion	10,000	Template:Flagicon Tommy Bergersen
Follo	Ski	Ski Stadion	2,500	Template:Flagicon Hans Erik Eriksen
Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad Stadion	12,560	Template:Flagicon Tom Freddy Aune
Løv-Ham	Bergen	Varden Amfi	1,000	Template:Flagicon Arne Sandstø
Mjøndalen	Mjøndalen	Nedre Eiker Stadion	2,600	Template:Flagicon Vegard Hansen
Moss	Moss	Melløs Stadion	3,085	Template:Flagicon Erik Holtan
Nybergsund	Trysil	Nybergsund Stadion	1,500	Template:Flagicon Ola Brenden
Ranheim	Ranheim	DnB NOR Arena	1,000	Template:Flagicon Per Joar Hansen
Sandnes Ulf	Sandnes	Sandnes Idrettspark	3,850	Template:Flagicon Asle Andersen
Sarpsborg 08	Sarpsborg	Sarpsborg Stadion	5,500	Template:Flagicon Roar Johansen
Sogndal	Sogndalsfjøra	Fosshaugane Campus	5,402	Template:Flagicon Harald Aabrekk
Strømmen	Strømmen	Strømmen Stadion	1,800	Template:Flagicon Petter Myhre Template:Flagicon Thomas Berntsen
Tromsdalen	Tromsø	Tromsdalen Stadion	3,000	Template:Flagicon Morten Pedersen

Promotion play-offs

The third-placed team in 1. divisjon, Fredrikstad, took part in a two-legged play-off against the 14th-placed team in Tippeligaen, Hønefoss.

First leg

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Second leg

Fredrikstad won 8–1 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2011 Tippeligaen; Hønefoss were relegated to the 1. divisjon.

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Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Template:Flagicon Marius Helle	Bryne	17
2	Template:Flagicon Andreas Moen	Strømmen	16
3	Template:Flagicon Sindre Marøy	Løv-Ham	15
4	Template:Flagicon Celso Borges	Fredrikstad	14
	Template:Flagicon Morten Eriksen	Sandnes Ulf
6	Template:Flagicon Eirik Markegård	Follo	13
	Template:Flagicon Kim Ojo	Nybergsund
	Template:Flagicon Espen Olsen	Sogndal
9	Template:Flagicon Erik Midtgarden	Mjøndalen	12
10	Template:Flagicon Morten Giæver	Sarpsborg 08	11

Source: NRK Sport