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

Season	2002
Champions	Tromsø
Promoted	Tromsø Aalesund
Relegated	Åsane Tromsdalen Lørenskog Tollnes
Matches played	240
Goals scored	860 (3.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	Morten 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tromsø (C, P)	30	21	4	5	78	36	+42	67	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Aalesund (P)	30	19	7	4	77	26	+51	64
3	Sandefjord	30	18	6	6	65	38	+27	60	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Hønefoss	30	18	4	8	64	36	+28	58
5	Strømsgodset	30	17	4	9	72	51	+21	55
6	Raufoss	30	17	3	10	71	50	+21	54
7	Hødd	30	16	4	10	50	41	+9	52
8	HamKam	30	11	8	11	60	47	+13	41
9	Haugesund	30	11	7	12	46	59	−13	40
10	Oslo Øst	30	11	5	14	59	71	−12	38
11	Ørn-Horten	30	7	8	15	38	69	−31	29
12	Skeid	30	7	7	16	31	48	−17	28
13	Åsane (R)	30	8	4	18	41	59	−18	28	Relegation to 2. divisjon
14	Tromsdalen (R)	30	8	3	19	40	65	−25	27
15	Lørenskog (R)	30	5	5	20	31	72	−41	20
16	Tollnes (R)	30	6	1	23	37	92	−55	19

Source: nifs.no
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

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