2019 Eliteserien Promotion/Relegation play-offs

The 2019 Eliteserien Promotion/Relagetion play-offs is the 46th time a spot in the Eliteserien will be decided by play-off matches between top tier and second level clubs. In the play-offs, five teams compete for one spot in the 2020 Eliteserien.

At the end of the 2019 season, Tromsø and Ranheim were relegated directly to 2020 1. divisjon, and were replaced by Aalesund and Sandefjord who were directly promoted.

Format change

This season, the format of the qualification rounds for the 1. divisjon teams were changed.[1] In previous seasons, the first two knockout-rounds began with the four teams in the 1. divisjon playing single-legged rounds with home advantage for the best placed team: 3rd v 6th and 4th v 5th, and the winner then played each other to determine who would meet the Eliteserien club in the final. This season, the first round will be played 5th v 6th, and the winner will advance to play away to 4th in the second round. The winner of the second round will advance to play away to 3rd in the third round. The winner of the third round will meet the 14th placed team in Eliteserien in a two-legged final.

Background

The play-offs between Eliteserien and 1. divisjon have been held every year since 1972 with exceptions in 1994 and 2011. They take place for the two divisions following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the fourteenth-placed club in Eliteserien and the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places in the 1. divisjon. The fixtures are determined by final league position – the first round will be played 5th v 6th, and the winner will advance to play away to 4th in the second round. The winner of the second round will advance to play away to 3rd in the third round. The winner of the third round will meet the 14th placed team in Eliteserien in a two-legged final.

Qualified teams

Five teams entered a play-off for the last Eliteserien spot for the 2020 season. These were:

  • Lillestrøm (14th placed team in Eliteserien)
  • Start (third placed team in the 1. divisjon)
  • KFUM Oslo (fourth placed team in the 1. divisjon)
  • Kongsvinger (fifth placed team in the 1. divisjon)
  • Sogndal (sixth placed team in the 1. divisjon)

Matches

The third to sixth-placed teams will take part in the promotion play-offs; these are single leg knockout matches, three rounds involving 1. divisjon teams and a final between the winner of these rounds and the fourteenth-placed team in Eliteserien.[2]

Final league position – 1. divisjon
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3Start 3019565431+2362
4KFUM 3013985842+1648
5Kongsvinger 30144123736+146
6Sogndal 30136115138+1345

First round
Kongsvinger1–0Sogndal
Skagestad  17' Report
Attendance: 1,433
Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Nordstrand)

Second round
KFUM Oslo2–0Kongsvinger
Brix  24'
Larsen  74'		 Report
Attendance: 1,311
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (Hovding)

Third round
Start1–0KFUM Oslo
 Report
Attendance: 2,615
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Drafn)

Final

The 14th-placed team in Eliteserien, Lillestrøm, will play a two-legged play-off against Start, the winners of the 1. divisjon promotion play-offs, to decide who will play in the 2020 Eliteserien.

Start2–1Lillestrøm
Sigurðarson  54' (pen.), 69' Report Gustavsson  28'
Attendance: 4,013
Referee: Trygve Kjensli (Nesodden)
Lillestrøm4–3Start
Mikalsen  2'
Lowe  22' (o.g.)
Gustavsson  49'
Melgalvis  61'		 Report Ramsland  76', 79', 82'
Attendance: 7,892
Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Nordstrand)

The tie ended with a 5–5 draw on aggregate, Start won on the away goals rule and retained promoted to Eliteserien.

Bracket
  First round     Second round     Third round     Final round
                                         
    3 Start (a) 2 3 5
      3 Start 1     14 Lillestrøm 1 4 5
      4 KFUM Oslo 2     4 KFUM Oslo 0  
  5 Kongsvinger 1     5 Kongsvinger 0  
  6 Sogndal 0  

References
  1. "Kvalifiseringen til Eliteserien endres". aftenposten.no (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. "Slik spilles kvalifiseringskampene". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
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