The 2008 season of the 2. divisjon, the third highest association football league for men in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

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26 games were played in 4 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Mjøndalen

Mjøndalen IF

Mjøndalen IF is a Norwegian sports club from Mjøndalen, Buskerud, Norway.-Football:The club have won the Norwegian Cup three times, 1933, 1934 and 1937...

, Skeid

Skeid Fotball

Skeid Fotball is a Norwegian football club and is located in the capital Oslo. Its current home field is Bislett. In past decades it has gained a reputation as a talent factory for the larger clubs in Norwegian football, and it has produced several players for the national team such as Daniel...

, Stavanger

Stavanger IF Fotball

Stavanger IF Fotball, the football division of Stavanger Idrettsforening, is a football club from Stavanger, Norway. In 2011, they will play in the Third Division, the fourth tier of the Norwegian football league system. In Rogaland, they are simply known as Sif, and few people would refer to them...

 and Tromsdalen were promoted to the First Division

Adeccoligaen

The Norwegian First Division is the second highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2005, the official name of the league has been Adeccoligaen....

. Number twelve, thirteen and fourteen were relegated to the Third Division, except for the two number twelve teams with the most points. The winning teams from each of the 24 groups in the Third Division each faced a winning team from another group in a playoff match, resulting in 12 playoff winners which were promoted to the Second Division.

Group 1

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Mjøndalen Mjøndalen IF Mjøndalen IF is a Norwegian sports club from Mjøndalen, Buskerud, Norway.-Football:The club have won the Norwegian Cup three times, 1933, 1934 and 1937...	26	17	4	5	64	34	+30	55
2	Lørenskog	26	16	3	7	48	27	+21	51
3	Stabæk 2	26	13	5	8	48	34	+14	44
4	Raufoss Raufoss IL Raufoss I.L. is a sports club from Raufoss, Norway. The club was formed in 1918. It was played in First League between 1937-1948 , between 1957–1960, in 1964 and between 1973-1974 ....	26	13	4	9	55	37	+18	43
5	Drøbak/Frogn	26	12	5	9	51	40	+11	41
6	Follo	26	10	7	9	44	35	+9	37
7	Strømsgodset 2	26	9	7	10	56	68	-12	34
8	Manglerud Star Manglerud Star Toppfotball Manglerud Star Toppfotball is a football club based in Oslo, Norway. The club was established in its current form on December 14, 2005 after a merger between Manglerud Star Fotball, and Fotballklubben Oslo Øst, originally formed in 2000....	26	9	5	12	48	43	+5	32
9	Valdres Valdres FK Valdres Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from Fagernes, Valdres, founded in 2002 as a merger between Sør-Aurdal FK and the football branch of Fagernes IL...	26	6	14	6	40	48	-8	32
10	Fredrikstad 2	26	9	5	12	36	48
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11	Strømmen Strømmen IF Strømmen Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Strømmen. It has sections for football, athletics,-History:The club was founded on 25 September 1911 as Strømmen FK. The name was changed to FK Norrøna in 1914. In 1923 the club merged with Strømmen IL and took the name IL Norrøna...	26	8	5	13	31	49	-17	29
12	Modum Modum FK Modum Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from Modum, founded in 2007 as a merger between the first teams of Åmot IF, IL Moingen, Vikersund IF, Haugfoss IF and Geithus. The merger plans had been ongoing for some time....	26	7	5	14	34	57	-23	26
13	Østsiden Østsiden IL Østsiden Idrettslag Fredrikstad is a Norwegian sports club, based in the city of Fredrikstad.The club was formed as Østsiden IL in 1935, and includes football and handball branches...	26	6	7	13	30	52	-22	25
14	Sprint-Jeløy	26	6	6	14	28	41	-13	24

Group 2

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Skeid Skeid Fotball Skeid Fotball is a Norwegian football club and is located in the capital Oslo. Its current home field is Bislett. In past decades it has gained a reputation as a talent factory for the larger clubs in Norwegian football, and it has produced several players for the national team such as Daniel...	26	22	3	1	88	28
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2	Ranheim Ranheim Fotball Ranheim Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Ranheim in Trondheim. Ranheim is the football department of Ranheim IL, founded on 17 February 1901. Former manager Per Joar Hansen earned Ranheim a promotion to the Norwegian First Division after the 2009 season...	26	16	4	6	74	32	+42	52
3	Skarbøvik	26	14	5	7	51	38	+13	47
4	Kristiansund	26	14	2	10	56	32	+24	44
5	Levanger	26	14	2	10	47	49	-2	44
6	Lyn 2	26	11	5	10	61	50	+11	38
7	Byåsen	26	11	5	10	55	51	+4	38
8	Strindheim	26	10	7	9	49	44	+5	37
9	Korsvoll Korsvoll IL Korsvoll IL is a sports club from Korsvoll in the borough of Nordre Aker in Oslo, Norway.-General history:It was founded on 5 March 1899 as a skiing club, and today has sections for football, handball, floorball and cross-country skiing.-Football:...	26	10	6	10	37	53	-16	36
10	Kjelsås Kjelsås Fotball Kjelsås Fotball is the association football section of the sports club Kjelsås IL, based in the Kjelsås/Grefsen area of Oslo, Norway. The club was founded in 1913...	26	9	6	11	32	41	-9	33
11	Steinkjer Steinkjer FK Steinkjer FK is a Norwegian football club from the town of Steinkjer, currently playing in Fair Play ligaen, the third tier in the Norwegian league system. It was founded in 1910...	26	10	1	15	56	68	-12	31
12	Vålerenga 2	26	9	3	14	40	58	-18	30
13	KIL/Hemne KIL/Hemne KIL/Hemne is a football club from Kyrksæterøra in Hemne, Sør-Trøndelag. Top-level players Erik Hoftun, Ardian Gashi and Vegard Forren began their careers here. Also, the local hero Jens Tetlie started out playing for KIL/Hemne.-History:...	26	3	3	20	33	82	-49	12
14	Groruddalen Groruddalen BK Groruddalen Ballklubb was a Norwegian association football club from Groruddalen, Oslo.The club came into existence through the merger of a number of local clubs in 2002, but went defunct again in 2008, after some of those clubs withdrew their backing...	26	2	2	22	23	76	-53	8

Vålerenga 2 survived as the second best number-twelve-team.

Group 3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Stavanger Stavanger IF Fotball Stavanger IF Fotball, the football division of Stavanger Idrettsforening, is a football club from Stavanger, Norway. In 2011, they will play in the Third Division, the fourth tier of the Norwegian football league system. In Rogaland, they are simply known as Sif, and few people would refer to them...	26	20	3	3	63	23	+40	61
2	Randaberg Randaberg IL Randaberg Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Randaberg. It has sections for football, swimming, gymnastics and volleyball.-Football:Before the 2007 season the football team made the national news as it increased its budget significantly in order to gain promotion, signing players like Petar...	26	17	5	4	68	29	+39	56
3	Flekkerøy Flekkerøy IL Flekkerøy Idrettslag, also called Fløy is a Norwegian sports club from Flekkerøya in Kristiansand. It has sections for association football and team handball....	26	13	3	10	59	42	+17	42
4	Mandalskameratene	26	12	3	11	60	46	+14	39
5	Fyllingen Fyllingen Fotball Fyllingen Fotball is a Norwegian association football club from Fyllingsdalen, Bergen, Hordaland.It was founded as a formally independent section of the alliance sports club Fyllingen IL on 1 January 1994. Fyllingen IL was founded on 6 June 1946...	26	11	6	9	45	51	-6	39
6	Åsane Åsane Fotball Åsane Fotball is a Norwegian football club located in Åsane. It currently plays in the Norwegian 2nd division, group 1, and last played in the Norwegian First Division in 2002.-Famous players:...	26	11	4	11	56	53	+3	37
7	Vard Haugesund	26	10	4	12	44	48	-4	34
8	Ålgård	26	9	6	11	47	60	-13	33
9	Vindbjart	26	9	4	13	45	45	0	31
10	Nest-Sotra Nest-Sotra Fotball Nest-Sotra Fotball is a Norwegian association football club from Sotra, Hordaland.The club was founded in 1968, and its team colors are green and white. Its traditional base is in Skålvik, but it now plays its matches in Ågotnes....	26	8	7	11	46	52	-6	31
11	Fana	26	9	4	13	43	52	-9	31
12	Lillestrøm 2	26	8	7	11	44	56	-12	31
13	Os	26	9	3	14	32	50	-18	30
14	Viking 2	26	3	7	16	36	81	-45	16

Lillestrøm 2 survived as the best number-twelve-team.

Group 4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Tromsdalen	26	17	5	4	64	24	+40	56
2	Ullensaker/Kisa Ullensaker/Kisa IL Ullensaker/Kisa IL is a Norwegian sports club from Jessheim in Ullensaker. Founded in 1894, it has sections for association football, team handball and athletics....	26	16	7	3	68	26	+42	55
3	Tønsberg	26	17	4	5	75	35	+40	55
4	Pors Grenland	26	15	6	5	62	41	+21	51
5	Bærum Bærum SK Bærum Sportsklubb is a Norwegian association football club founded on 26 March 1910. The men's team is currently playing in the Adeccoligaen, after being promoted from the Norwegian Second Division in 2011....	26	15	1	10	62	39	+23	46
6	Asker	26	14	2	10	58	52	+6	44
7	Rosenborg 2	26	13	3	10	69	51	+18	40
8	Mo Mo IL Mo Idrettslag is a football club from Mo i Rana, Norway. They currently play in the Norwegian Third Division, the fourth highest division in the Norwegian football league system, having been relegated from the 2010 Norwegian Second Division....	26	11	3	12	54	45	+9	36
9	Skjetten	26	10	4	12	52	53
34
10	Eidsvold Turn Eidsvold TF Eidsvold Turnforening is a Norwegian sports from Eidsvoll, Akershus. It has sections for association football, team handball, track and field, gymnastics and speed skating....	26	9	4	13	50	55
31
11	Tromsø 2	26	8	3	15	35	62
27
12	Senja FK Senja Fotballklubben Senja is a Norwegian association football club from Silsand, Troms.The men's team currently plays in the Norwegian Second Division.- Recent history :- Squad 2011/2012 :...	26	6	2	18	36	92	-56	20
13	Skarp	26	5	0	21	28	83	-55	15
14	Lofoten	26	3	2	21	35	90	-55	11

	Promoted to the First Division
	Relegated to the Third Division

Top goalscorers

• 27 goals:
  •   Armin Sistek, Asker
  •   Eirik Soltvedt, Ull/Kisa
    Ullensaker/Kisa IL
    Ullensaker/Kisa IL is a Norwegian sports club from Jessheim in Ullensaker. Founded in 1894, it has sections for association football, team handball and athletics....
    
    
• 22 goals:
  •   Kim Nysted, Skeid
    Skeid Fotball
    Skeid Fotball is a Norwegian football club and is located in the capital Oslo. Its current home field is Bislett. In past decades it has gained a reputation as a talent factory for the larger clubs in Norwegian football, and it has produced several players for the national team such as Daniel...
    
    
• 20 goals:
  •   Mato Grubisic
    Mato Grubisic
    Mato Grubisic is a Norwegian football striker who plays for Valdres FK.-Career:In the Norwegian Second Division season of 2003, Grubisic scored 19 goals for his club Skjetten SK. He received transfer offers from Kongsvinger IL and Pors Grenland, but opted to stay in Skjetten. However, he trained...
    
    , Skjetten
• 19 goals:
  •   Kim Larsen
    Kim Larsen (football player)
    Kim Larsen is a Norwegian professional football forward currently playing for Manglerud Star.-External links:*...
    
    , Tønsberg
  •   Stian Nikodemussen, Tønsberg
  •   Petar Rnkovic
    Petar Rnkovic
    Petar Rnkovic is a Norwegian footballer of Montenegrin descent, who plays as a striker. He currently plays for Mjøndalen IF in the Norwegian First Division.-Career:...
    
    , Randaberg
    Randaberg IL
    Randaberg Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Randaberg. It has sections for football, swimming, gymnastics and volleyball.-Football:Before the 2007 season the football team made the national news as it increased its budget significantly in order to gain promotion, signing players like Petar...
    
    
  •   Jarle Wee
    Jarle Wee
    Jarle Wee is a Norwegian football striker who currently plays for SK Vard Haugesund.In his early career he played for SK Haugar. The team played in the second highest league in Norway, but performed badly in the 1992 season, conceding 97 goals. When the club FK Haugesund was formed through a...
    
    , Vard
• 17 goals:
  •   Eirik Lamøy, Tromsdalen
  •   Kim Rune Hellesund, Nest-Sotra
  •   Mostafa Abdellaoue
    Mostafa Abdellaoue
    Mostafa "Mos" Abdellaoue is a Norwegian football forward of Moroccan descent. Abdellaoue currently plays for Norwegian Premier League side Tromsø, on loan from Vålerenga...
    
    , Skeid
    Skeid Fotball
    Skeid Fotball is a Norwegian football club and is located in the capital Oslo. Its current home field is Bislett. In past decades it has gained a reputation as a talent factory for the larger clubs in Norwegian football, and it has produced several players for the national team such as Daniel...