The 2004 Norwegian First Division season kicked off on 12 April 2004, and the final round was played on 31 October 2004.

Start were promoted to the 2005 Norwegian Premier League as First Division winners, along with Aalesund who finished second. Start will be playing in the top division for the first time since 2002. Aalesund, meanwhile, return to Premier League after being relegated in 2003.

As in previous years, there was a two-legged promotion playoff at the end of the season, between the third-placed team in the First Division (Kongsvinger) and the twelfth-placed team in the Premier League (Bodø/Glimt). Bodø/Glimt kept their spot in the Premier League, beating Kongsvinger 4-1 on aggregate.

Final league table

Relegated teams

These two teams were relegated from the Norwegian Premier League in 2003. 12th-place finishers Vålerenga defeated Sandefjord

Sandefjord Fotball

Sandefjord Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club, founded on September 10, 1998. The club plays in the Adeccoligaen. Their home ground is the Komplett.no Arena, located in Sandefjord, Vestfold....

 in the playoff to retain their spot in the highest division.

• Aalesund
  Aalesunds F.K.
  Aalesunds Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from the city of Ålesund, currently playing in the Norwegian Premier League. The club was founded on 25 June 1914. As of 2004, the football club had 835 members and several teams on both professional and amateur levels...
  
  
• Bryne

Promoted teams

These four teams were promoted from the Second Division in 2003:

• Pors Grenland
• Kongsvinger
• Vard Haugesund
• Tromsdalen

See also

• 2004 in Norwegian football
  2004 in Norwegian football
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• 2004 Norwegian Premier League
• 2004 Norwegian Second Division
  2004 Norwegian Second Division
  The 2004 season of the 2. divisjon, 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. Tønsberg, Follo, Løv-Ham and Alta were promoted to the First Division. Number twelve, thirteen and fourteen were relegated to the...