2023 Norwegian First Division (women)

The 2023 Norwegian First Division is the 39th season of the Norwegian First Division, the second-tier Norwegian women's football division, and the 22nd season under the current format. The league consists of 10 teams. The season started on 25 March 2023 and will end on 18 November 2023, not including play-off matches.

Norwegian First Division

Season	2023
← 2022 2024 →

Teams

AaFK Fortuna

Fyllingsdalen

Grand Bodø

Hønefoss

KIL/Hemne

Klepp

TIL 2020

Oslo

Oslo region teams:
Grei
Kolbotn
Øvrevoll Hosle

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Locations of teams in the 2023 First Division.

The following ten teams compete in the 2023 First Division.

Club	Municipality	Ground
AaFK Fortuna	Ålesund	Color Line Stadion
Fyllingsdalen	Bergen	Varden Amfi
Grand Bodø	Bodø	Nordlandshallen
Grei	Oslo	Grei Kunstgress
Hønefoss	Ringerike	Aka Arena
KIL/Hemne	Heim	Hemne Sparebank Arena
Klepp	Klepp	Klepp Stadion
Kolbotn	Nordre Follo	Østre Greverud Kunstgress
TIL 2020	Tromsø	Alfheim Stadion
Øvrevoll Hosle	Bærum	Hoslebanen Kunstgress

Regular season

The regular season consists of 10 teams, who play each other twice, totalling 18 matches per team. After 18 matches, the league is split into two groups consisting of the top four teams and the bottom six teams. The teams carry over their points and goal difference from the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kolbotn	18	14	3	1	37	10	+27	45	Qualification for the promotion group
2	AaFK Fortuna	18	12	1	5	44	27	+17	37
3	TIL 2020	18	10	4	4	38	18	+20	34
4	Øvrevoll Hosle	18	8	2	8	38	35	+3	26
5	KIL/Hemne	18	7	3	8	21	26	−5	24	Qualification for the relegation group
6	Fyllingsdalen	18	6	5	7	25	26	−1	23
7	Hønefoss	18	6	3	9	24	32	−8	21
8	Grand Bodø	18	6	3	9	24	32	−8	21
9	Grei	18	3	4	11	19	41	−22	13
10	Klepp	18	2	4	12	13	36	−23	10

Source: NFF (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	AFK	FYL	GRA	GRE	HØN	KIL	KLE	KOL	TIL	ØVH
AaFK Fortuna	—	2–2	2–0	6–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–3	4–2	4–3
Fyllingsdalen	0–1	—	1–0	2–2	1–2	3–0	2–0	0–3	1–0	3–0
Grand Bodø	3–1	4–2	—	2–3	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	3–2
Grei	1–2	3–0	1–3	—	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–4	2–3
Hønefoss	1–4	3–3	0–0	1–1	—	4–0	3–2	0–4	2–0	1–2
KIL/Hemne	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	—	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–0
Klepp	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	—	1–5	0–1	0–6
Kolbotn	4–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	—	0–0	2–1
TIL 2020	2–1	2–2	4–2	6–0	2–0	5–1	1–1	0–2	—	4–1
Øvrevoll Hosle	2–4	2–1	6–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–2	2–1	0–2	—

Source: Norwegian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Kolbotn (C, P)	6	4	1	1	48	13	+35	58	Promotion to Toppserien
2	TIL 2020	6	5	0	1	49	23	+26	49	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	AaFK Fortuna	6	1	1	4	50	37	+13	41
4	Øvrevoll Hosle	6	1	0	5	46	53	−7	29

Source: NFF (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	AFK	KOL	TIL	ØVH
AaFK Fortuna	—	0–0	0–1	3–4
Kolbotn	1–0	—	1–2	4–1
TIL 2020	3–0	0–2	—	2–1
Øvrevoll Hosle	1–3	0–3	1–3	—

Source: Norwegian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	KIL/Hemne	5	3	1	1	35	35	0	34
2	Grand Bodø	5	3	1	1	33	39	−6	31
3	Hønefoss	5	2	0	3	33	46	−13	27
4	Fyllingsdalen	5	1	0	4	32	34	−2	26
5	Grei (R)	5	3	2	0	32	47	−15	24	Relegation to Second Division
6	Klepp (R)	5	0	2	3	19	50	−31	12

Source: NFF (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	FYL	GRA	GRE	HØN	KIL	KLE
Fyllingsdalen	—	1–2	0–1	—	—	—
Grand Bodø	—	—	0–2	4–2	—	—
Grei	—	—	—	6–2	1–1	3–3
Hønefoss	1–0	—	—	—	—	3–2
KIL/Hemne	4–3	2–3	—	2–1	—	—
Klepp	0–3	0–0	—	—	1–5	—

Source: Norwegian Football Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.