2003 Norwegian First Division
| Season | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Ham-Kam |
| Promoted |
Ham-Kam Fredrikstad |
| Relegated |
Bærum Manglerud Star Ørn-Horten Alta |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 820 (3.42 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Markus Ringberg (19) |
|
← 2002 2004 → | |
The 2003 Norwegian First Division season kicked off on 14 April 2003, and the final round was played on 1 November 2003.
Ham-Kam were promoted to the 2004 Norwegian Premier League as First Division winners, along with Fredrikstad who finished second. Ham-Kam will be playing in the top division for the first time since 1995, while Fredrikstad is returning for the first time since 1975.
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 (Sandefjord) and the twelfth-placed team in the Premier League (Vålerenga). Vålerenga kept their spot in the Premier League, beating Sandefjord 5-3 on aggregate.
Final league table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HamKam (C) (P) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 63 | Promotion to Tippeligaen |
| 2 | Fredrikstad (P) | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 68 | 37 | +31 | 62 | |
| 3 | Sandefjord | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 71 | 41 | +30 | 61 | |
| 4 | Raufoss | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 75 | 47 | +28 | 56 | |
| 5 | Hønefoss BK | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 55 | |
| 6 | Haugesund | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 49 | |
| 7 | Mandalskameratene | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 49 | |
| 8 | Skeid | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 45 | |
| 9 | Start | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 40 | |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 37 | |
| 11 | Hødd | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 35 | |
| 12 | Moss | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 35 | |
| 13 | Bærum (R) | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 27 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 14 | Oslo Øst (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 67 | −31 | 201 | |
| 15 | Ørn-Horten (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 40 | 83 | −43 | 20 | |
| 16 | Alta (R) | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 31 | 76 | −45 | 13 |
Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
1 Oslo Øst were deducted a total 2 points
Top goalscorers
19 goals:
17 goals:
- Christian Johnsen, Raufoss
15 goals:
13 goals:
- Ben Wright, Start
- Geir Televik, Hødd
- Tom Helge Jacobsen, Sandefjord