2023 Norwegian Second Division (women)

Norwegian football season Football league season

Norwegian Second Division
Season	2023
Champions	Viking (Group 1) Odd (Group 2)
Promoted	Viking Odd
Relegated	Avaldsnes 2 Herd Tynset Bossmo/Ytteren
Matches played	364
Goals scored	1,257 (3.45 per match)
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Norwegian Second Division was a third-tier Norwegian women's football league season. The league consisted of 28 teams divided into two groups of 14 teams. The season started on 16 April 2023 and ended on 12 November 2023.

Group 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Viking (C, P)	26	23	2	1	83	11	+72	71	Promotion to First Division
2	Molde	26	19	3	4	75	29	+46	60
3	Tiller	26	14	6	6	50	23	+27	48
4	Bryne	26	13	7	6	39	30	+9	46
5	Rosenborg 2	26	13	4	9	48	41	+7	43
6	Vålerenga 2	26	12	0	14	35	46	−11	36
7	Frigg	26	10	4	12	52	51	+1	34
8	Haugesund	26	9	6	11	32	33	−1	33
9	Arendal	26	9	6	11	28	35	−7	33
10	Sogndal	26	8	7	11	29	33	−4	31
11	Avaldsnes 2 (R)	26	7	5	14	23	49	−26	26	Relegation to Third Division
12	Amazon Grimstad	26	5	6	15	17	40	−23	21
13	Herd (R)	26	3	7	16	20	58	−38	16	Relegation to Third Division
14	Tynset (R)	26	4	3	19	24	76	−52	15	Relegation to Third Division

Source: NFF (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Avaldsnes 2 were relegated due to the relegation of Avaldsnes from the 2023 Toppserien. Sarpsborg 08 were spared from relegation in group 2.

Results

Home \ Away	AMA	ARE	AVA	BRY	FRI	HAU	HER	MOL	ROS	SOG	TIL	TYN	VIK	VÅL
Amazon Grimstad	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	4–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0
Arendal	1–1	—	1–0	1–2	3–4	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	1–2	3–0
Avaldsnes 2	2–0	0–1	—	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–3	1–4	1–0
Bryne	3–2	3–0	3–0	—	5–2	1–0	4–1	2–2	0–3	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–7	3–0
Frigg	2–1	2–3	5–0	2–4	—	0–0	2–2	1–3	0–1	2–0	1–5	6–1	0–3	0–1
Haugesund	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	—	3–0	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–1	5–2	0–4	1–2
Herd	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	—	1–5	1–1	1–3	0–5	0–1	1–4	0–1
Molde	4–1	4–0	7–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	5–2	—	4–0	2–1	2–1	5–1	2–0	2–1
Rosenborg 2	1–0	6–1	3–1	0–0	2–3	2–3	3–0	4–2	—	0–2	3–1	4–2	0–1	5–1
Sogndal	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–3	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	—	0–2	2–1	0–5	1–2
Tiller	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	3–0	0–4	1–0	—	3–0	0–0	5–0
Tynset	1–0	0–0	1–5	0–1	2–5	0–6	4–1	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–6	—	0–4	1–4
Viking	3–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–1	2–2	4–1	2–1	6–0	4–0	—	6–0
Vålerenga 2	6–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–2	5–0	0–1	0–3	2–0	0–5	—

Source: Norwegian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Odd (C, P)	26	22	3	1	87	15	+72	69	Promotion to First Division
2	HamKam	26	21	2	3	75	17	+58	65
3	KFUM	26	15	2	9	54	30	+24	47
4	LSK Kvinner 2	26	13	7	6	63	47	+16	46
5	Kongsvinger	26	14	1	11	61	38	+23	43
6	Lyn 2	26	12	5	9	46	34	+12	41
7	Stabæk 2	26	12	4	10	52	46	+6	40
8	Bjørnevatn	26	10	3	13	40	49	−9	33
9	Porsanger	26	9	4	13	44	56	−12	31
10	Medkila	26	9	3	14	40	51	−11	30
11	Mjølner	26	7	4	15	44	91	−47	25
12	Nanset	26	6	3	17	38	65	−27	21
13	Sarpsborg 08	26	3	6	17	32	81	−49	15
14	Bossmo/Ytteren (R)	26	4	3	19	26	82	−56	15	Relegation to Third Division

Results

Home \ Away	BJØ	BOS	HAM	KFU	KON	LSK	LYN	MED	MJØ	NAN	ODD	POR	SAR	STA
Bjørnevatn	—	5–0	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–4	1–2	0–3	1–0	6–0	2–2
Bossmo/Ytteren	0–3	—	0–6	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–3	1–3	1–4	1–4	4–1	3–1
HamKam	6–1	1–1	—	2–1	3–0	8–1	0–0	1–0	6–0	5–0	1–3	4–1	2–0	4–1
KFUM	3–0	3–0	1–3	—	3–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	6–0	5–2	0–1	6–1	1–0	1–2
Kongsvinger	7–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	—	3–2	2–1	7–0	7–0	3–1	0–4	4–0	4–1	1–2
LSK Kvinner 2	1–0	7–0	2–3	1–2	3–1	—	1–4	4–1	4–2	4–0	1–1	3–2	4–2	1–4
Lyn 2	3–0	7–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	—	1–1	4–1	4–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–3
Medkila	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–3	0–1	2–2	3–0	—	7–0	5–0	0–2	1–2	2–1	4–2
Mjølner	2–2	1–2	1–5	1–0	2–5	1–1	3–0	1–2	—	4–2	0–7	3–2	4–1	2–4
Nanset	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–3	1–3	3–3	—	2–5	2–3	4–0	5–1
Odd	5–2	6–0	0–2	5–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	6–0	8–1	2–1	—	3–0	5–0	2–0
Porsanger	1–2	2–0	0–3	1–0	0–3	2–3	3–1	1–3	3–1	4–2	1–1	—	6–3	1–1
Sarpsborg 08	1–5	4–3	0–3	0–4	0–4	2–2	3–3	1–0	3–3	1–1	1–2	2–2	—	4–2
Stabæk 2	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–4	0–2	6–1	5–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	4–0	—

Source: Norwegian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

General

2023 Norwegian Second Division group 1 at RSSSF
2023 Norwegian Second Division group 2 at RSSSF

Specific

"Fotballtinget: Ny modell for 2. divisjon kvinner vedtatt". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). 20 June 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
"Hovedterminliste kvinner 2023" (PDF). Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 November 2023.
"Avaldsnes Allianseidrettslag Toppfotball mister klubblisensen". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). 13 December 2023.
"Damelaget klare for 2. divisjon". Sarpsborg 08 (in Norwegian). 2 January 2024.

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Play-offs	Play-offs to the First Division

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League competitions

Men	Eliteserien First Division Second Division Third Division Fourth Division
Women	Toppserien First Division Second Division

Cup competitions

Men	Norwegian Football Cup Final
Women	Norwegian Women's Cup

European competitions

Men	Champions League '22–'23 '23–'24 Europa Conference League '22–'23 '23–'24
Women	Champions League '22–'23 '23–'24

Club seasons
Eliteserien	Aalesund Bodø/Glimt Brann HamKam Haugesund Lillestrøm Molde Odd Rosenborg Sandefjord Sarpsborg 08 Stabæk Strømsgodset Tromsø Vålerenga Viking
First Division	Bryne Fredrikstad Hødd Jerv KFUM Oslo Kristiansund Kongsvinger Mjøndalen Moss Ranheim Raufoss Sandnes Ulf Skeid Sogndal Start Åsane

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