2000 Norwegian First Division

The 2000 1. divisjon, Norway's second-tier football league, began play on 30 April 2000 and ended on 22 October 2000. The league was contested by 14 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. Due to an expansion from 14 to 16 teams in the next season's First Division only two teams were relegated to the 2. divisjon.

1. divisjon

Season	2000
Dates	30 April – 22 October
Champions	Lyn
Promoted	Lyn Strømsgodset Sogndal
Relegated	Strindheim Eik-Tønsberg
Matches played	182
Goals scored	623 (3.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jostein Flo (25 goals)
← 1999 2001 →

Lyn and Strømsgodset won direct promotion to Tippeligaen, while Sogndal was promoted after having beaten Vålerenga in the promotion-playoff. Strindheim and Eik-Tønsberg was relegated to the 2. divisjon.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lyn (C, P)	26	19	4	3	55	24	+31	61	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Strømsgodset (P)	26	18	5	3	70	28	+42	59
3	Sogndal (O, P)	26	15	6	5	73	37	+36	51	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Raufoss	26	11	6	9	50	39	+11	39
5	Kongsvinger	26	11	6	9	44	38	+6	39
6	HamKam	26	11	5	10	48	44	+4	38
7	L/F Hønefoss	26	10	4	12	45	42	+3	34
8	Kjelsås	26	8	7	11	30	40	−10	31
9	Tromsdalen	26	9	2	15	37	62	−25	29
10	Skeid	26	7	7	12	36	52	−16	28
11	Sandefjord	26	8	4	14	35	53	−18	28
12	Byåsen	26	9	1	16	33	58	−25	28
13	Strindheim (R)	26	7	5	14	39	58	−19	26	Relegation to Second Division
14	Eik-Tønsberg (R)	26	6	4	16	28	48	−20	22

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BYÅ	EIK	HAM	KJE	KIL	LFH	LYN	RIL	SAN	SKD	SDL	SDM	SIF	TUIL
Byåsen	—	0–4	0–2	2–2	2–1	4–3	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–0
Eik-Tønsberg	0–1	—	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–5	0–0	2–4	3–5	3–1	0–1	4–1
HamKam	4–1	4–2	—	3–0	4–2	1–1	2–4	1–2	3–0	1–0	2–5	0–0	3–3	3–0
Kjelsås	2–0	0–0	1–0	—	0–0	2–1	2–2	4–4	1–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–3	2–1
Kongsvinger	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	3–2	0–2	2–0	5–2	2–2	3–1	1–2	3–4
L/F Hønefoss	3–2	0–2	4–2	2–1	0–1	—	0–2	3–2	1–2	4–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	5–0
Lyn	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–3	3–2	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–0
Raufoss	2–3	0–0	4–2	1–0	1–1	3–3	0–3	—	3–0	2–4	0–2	2–0	0–0	3–1
Sandefjord	5–3	3–0	0–2	2–1	0–3	3–2	0–2	1–4	—	2–2	2–2	4–1	0–4	3–0
Skeid	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–4	—	0–1	0–3	0–6	1–1
Sogndal	0–0	7–1	2–2	2–1	5–4	1–1	1–2	1–0	6–0	3–3	—	6–1	1–1	6–0
Strindheim	0–1	0–3	2–0	2–1	1–2	4–1	3–3	2–2	2–0	6–5	2–4	—	3–3	2–3
Strømsgodset	10–2	4–0	5–2	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	3–1	4–2	2–1	4–1	1–0	—	4–2
Tromsdalen	3–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–3	1–4	3–1	1–1	2–6	2–0	1–0	—

Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jostein Flo	Strømsgodset	25
2	Kurt Mørkøre	Sogndal	20
3	Tommy Øren	Sogndal	15
4	Marino Rahmberg	Raufoss	14
5	Lars Kåre Gustavsen	Hønefoss	13
6	Christer George	Strømsgodset	12
	Espen Haug	Lyn
8	Tommy Nilsen	Lyn	11
9	Frode Birkeland	Lyn	9
	Anders Michelsen	Strømsgodset
	Tomas Nygård	HamKam
	Hans Erik Ødegaard	Strømsgodset
	Alexander Ødegaard	Sogndal

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