2003 Norwegian Second Division

The 2003 2. divisjon season was the third highest football league for men in Norway.

26 games were played in 4 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Pors Grenland, Kongsvinger, Vard Haugesund and Tromsdalen were promoted to the 1. divisjon. Number twelve, thirteen and fourteen were relegated to the 3. divisjon. The winning teams from each of the 24 groups in the 3. divisjon each faced a winning team from another group in a playoff match, resulting in 12 playoff winners which were promoted to the 2. divisjon.

League tables

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Pors Grenland	26	17	5	4	69	28	+41	56	Promotion to First Division
2	FK Tønsberg	26	12	10	4	57	35	+22	46
3	Kvik Halden	26	13	7	6	52	41	+11	46
4	Tollnes	26	11	9	6	53	45	+8	42
5	Larvik Fotball	26	11	6	9	45	28	+17	39
6	Frigg	26	10	9	7	46	43	+3	39
7	Kjelsås	26	8	9	9	32	36	−4	33
8	Stabæk 2	26	7	10	9	37	32	+5	31
9	Sprint-Jeløy	26	7	9	10	42	52	−10	30
10	Odd Grenland 2	26	8	6	12	38	54	−16	30
11	Follo	26	8	5	13	36	48	−12	29
12	Jerv (R)	26	6	8	12	40	59	−19	26	Relegation to Third Division
13	Borg Fotball (R)	26	5	9	12	35	56	−21	24
14	Runar (R)	26	5	6	15	35	60	−25	21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kongsvinger (P)	26	22	4	0	62	23	+39	70	Promotion to First Division
2	Ullensaker/Kisa	26	22	0	4	72	24	+48	66
3	Nybergsund	26	16	7	3	74	30	+44	55
4	Byåsen	26	15	1	10	54	45	+9	46
5	Skjetten	26	14	3	9	65	43	+22	45
6	Lørenskog	26	11	2	13	48	56	−8	35
7	Eidsvold Turn	26	10	4	12	43	44	−1	34
8	Gjøvik-Lyn	26	9	6	11	56	50	+6	33
9	Lillestrøm 2	26	9	2	15	53	67	−14	29
10	Molde 2	26	7	6	13	50	53	−3	27
11	Mercantile	26	7	5	14	41	60	−19	26
12	FF Lillehammer (R)	26	7	3	16	36	66	−30	24	Relegation to Third Division
13	Averøykameratene (R)	26	7	3	16	33	68	−35	24
14	Clausenengen (R)	26	2	2	22	32	90	−58	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Vard Haugesund (P)	26	21	1	4	91	27	+64	64	Promotion to First Division
2	Løv-Ham	26	18	2	6	69	31	+38	56
3	Åsane	26	15	3	8	69	41	+28	48
4	Hovding	26	14	3	9	55	33	+22	45
5	Fyllingen	26	11	5	10	61	56	+5	38
6	Brann 2	26	11	5	10	50	57	−7	38
7	Ålgård	26	12	0	14	53	64	−11	36
8	Viking 2	26	8	9	9	37	37	0	33
9	Klepp	26	9	5	12	51	47	+4	32
10	Vidar	26	10	1	15	29	71	−42	31
11	Fana	26	9	3	14	41	51	−10	30
12	Nest-Sotra (R)	26	8	5	13	40	48	−8	29	Relegation to Third Division
13	Skarbøvik (R)	26	8	1	17	39	68	−29	25
14	Langevåg (R)	26	5	3	18	18	72	−54	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tromsdalen (P)	26	21	2	3	75	21	+54	65	Promotion to First Division
2	Strindheim	26	18	5	3	98	33	+65	59
3	Levanger	26	15	5	6	83	36	+47	50
4	Rosenborg 2	26	14	2	10	65	49	+16	44
5	Mo	26	11	7	8	53	39	+14	40
6	Lofoten	26	12	4	10	41	46	−5	40
7	Nidelv	26	11	6	9	56	51	+5	39
8	Vesterålen	26	11	2	13	58	60	−2	35
9	Narvik	26	9	5	12	46	51	−5	32
10	Skarp	26	9	4	13	57	62	−5	31
11	Steinkjer	26	9	2	15	47	65	−18	29
12	Hammerfest (R)	26	9	2	15	43	75	−32	29	Relegation to Third Division
13	Bossekop (R)	26	8	2	16	33	57	−24	26
14	Skjervøy (R)	26	1	0	25	20	130	−110	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion playoff

Top goalscorers

Only players with more than 10 goals are listed.

Group 1

13 goals: John Erling Kleppe, Pors
13 goals: Stian Nikodemussen, Tønsberg
13 goals: Lasse Jørn Fredriksen, Tollnes
11 goals: Ole Halvor Kolstad, Pors
11 goals: Christian Østli, Tønsberg^[1]^[2]

Group 2

25 goals: Eirik Soltvedt, Ull/Kisa
24 goals: Lars Lafton, Nybergsund
20 goals: Vegard Svenskerud, Gjøvik-Lyn
19 goals: Mato Grubisic, Skjetten
13 goals: Einar Kalsæg, Eidsvold Turn
13 goals: Trygve Velten, Mercantile
10 goals: Andreas Walnum, Byåsen
10 goals: Mahmod Hejazi, Lillestrøm 2
10 goals: Paul Olausson, Kongsvinger^[3]

Group 3

25 goals: Jarle Wee, Vard
19 goals: Steinar Lein, Vard
12 goals: Kjell Sture Jensen, Vard^[4]

Group 4

33 goals: Bård Karlsen, Tromsdalen
30 goals: Vegard Alstad Sunde, Levanger
23 goals: Aslak Sokki, Skarp
20 goals: Kristian Selnæs, Strindheim
18 goals: Svein Martin Engvik, Nidelv
15 goals: Øystein Wiik, Nidelv
14 goals: Vegard Olsen, Strindheim
13 goals: Hans Arild Eliassen, Hammerfest
13 goals: Torstein Vassdal, Mo
13 goals: Fredrik Stoltz, Vesterålen
12 goals: Morten Giæver, Skarp^[5]

References

^ Telemarksavisa 22 October 2003, p. 43
^ Tønsbergs Blad 20 October 2003, p. 16
^ Romerikes Blad 25 October 2003, p. 17
^ Haugesunds Avis 21 October 2003, p. 18
^ Nordlys 20 October 2003, p. 26

Fixtures and table, group 1^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Fixtures and table, group 2^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Fixtures and table, group 3^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Fixtures and table, group 4^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[1] Telemarksavisa 22 October 2003, p. 43

[2] Tønsbergs Blad 20 October 2003, p. 16

[3] Romerikes Blad 25 October 2003, p. 17

[4] Haugesunds Avis 21 October 2003, p. 18

[5] Nordlys 20 October 2003, p. 26

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