2025 Norwegian First Division (women)

Norwegian First Division
Season2025
Dates22 March – 18 October
ChampionsAaFK Fortuna
PromotedAaFK Fortuna
Haugesund
Molde
RelegatedKIL/Hemne
HamKam
Matches132
Goals424 (3.21 per match)
← 2024
2026 →

The 2025 Norwegian First Division was a Norwegian second-tier women's football league season. The season started on 22 March 2025 and ended on 18 October 2025, not including play-off matches.[1]

Teams

Locations of teams in the 2025 Norwegian First Division
Locations of teams in the 2025 Norwegian First Division in Vestland

In the 2024 Norwegian First Division, Hønefoss and Bodø/Glimt were promoted to the 2025 Toppserien, while Øvrevoll Hosle were relegated to the 2025 Norwegian Second Division.

Åsane and Arna-Bjørnar were relegated from the 2024 Toppserien, while Start, HamKam and Molde were promoted from the 2024 Norwegian Second Division, expanding the First Division to 12 teams.

TIL 2020 and Avaldsnes both completed mergers with Eliteserien clubs ahead of the season, becoming the women's teams of Tromsø and Haugesund respectively.[2][3]

Stadiums and locations

Team Location County Arena Turf Capacity
AaFK Fortuna Ålesund Møre og Romsdal Color Line Stadion Artificial 10,778
Arna-Bjørnar Bergen Vestland Arna Idrettspark Artificial 1,500
Fyllingsdalen Bergen Vestland Varden Amfi Artificial 3,500
HamKam Hamar Innlandet Briskeby Artificial 7,800
Haugesund Haugesund Rogaland Haugesund Sparebank Arena Natural 8,754
KIL/Hemne Heim Trøndelag Trøndelag Sparebank Arena Artificial 500
Molde Molde Møre og Romsdal Aker Stadion Artificial 11,249
Odd Skien Telemark Skagerak Arena Artificial 11,767
Start Kristiansand Agder Sparebanken Sør Arena Artificial 14,448
Tromsø Tromsø Troms Romssa Arena Artificial 6,687
Viking Stavanger Rogaland Lyse Arena Artificial 15,900
Åsane Bergen Vestland Åsane Arena Artificial 3,300

Personnel and kits

Team Manager(s) Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AaFK Fortuna Karl Oskar Fjørtoft Umbro Sparebanken Møre
Arna-Bjørnar Erik Mjelde Nike Sparebanken Vest
Fyllingsdalen Børge Haugsdal Umbro Sparebanken Vest
HamKam Nathan Flight Puma SpareBank 1 Østlandet
Haugesund Per Øyvind Mortveit
Ole-Petter Pedersen Bremstein 		Umbro Sparebanken Vest
KIL/Hemne Erik Svendsen Umbro Trøndelag Sparebank
Molde Kent Rudning Adidas Sparebanken Møre
Odd Erik Waage Hummel Skagerak Energi
Start Isabella Hayes Sunde Macron Sparebanken Sør
Tromsø Mikael Raimo Johnsen Select SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge
Viking Magnus Meling Diadora Lyse
Åsane Miki Lladó Craft Tertnes Holding

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 AaFK Fortuna (C, P) 22 15 6 1 54 15 +39 51 Promotion to Toppserien
2 Haugesund (P) 22 14 4 4 53 26 +27 46
3 Molde (P) 22 13 5 4 54 32 +22 44
4 Åsane 22 11 5 6 40 23 +17 38 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
5 Arna-Bjørnar 22 10 6 6 42 35 +7 36
6 Tromsø 22 7 5 10 39 45 −6 26
7 Fyllingsdalen 22 7 5 10 28 38 −10 26
8 Start 22 6 7 9 23 31 −8 25
9 Odd 22 7 4 11 29 41 −12 25
10 Viking 22 7 4 11 30 45 −15 25
11 KIL/Hemne (R) 22 3 6 13 19 46 −27 15 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12 HamKam (R) 22 3 1 18 13 47 −34 10 Relegation to Second Division
Source: Norwegian Football Federation (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; (R) Relegated

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
AaFK Fortuna4421233321111112222211
Haugesund8784457454432221111122
Molde2115311112323333343333
Åsane4463642233244444434444
Arna-Bjørnar11842125646555555555555
Tromsø12121212121211111111910101010101010101086
Fyllingsdalen6358976777777787666667
Start16777888109899899989998
Odd32365645656666667778109
Viking910998101098810889788987710
KIL/Hemne9111110109910910111111111212111111111111
HamKam691011111112121212121212121111121212121212
Promotion to 2026 Toppserien
Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2026 Second Division
Source: nifs.no

Results

Home \ Away AAF ARN FYL HAM HAU KIL MOL ODD STA TRO VIK ÅSA
AaFK Fortuna 3–1 4–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 4–0 4–1 1–0 2–0
Arna-Bjørnar 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–3 4–0 3–2 4–2 1–1 5–5 1–0 0–3
Fyllingsdalen 1–2 2–0 3–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–0
HamKam 0–2 0–4 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–4 0–2 0–3
Haugesund 2–1 4–2 4–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 4–0 2–3 3–1 2–1 2–0
KIL/Hemne 0–3 1–2 4–0 2–1 1–5 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1
Molde 0–3 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 4–1 3–1 4–1 4–2 4–1 3–1
Odd 2–5 0–3 1–3 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–0
Start 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 4–1 0–1 0–3
Tromsø 0–2 2–0 2–4 4–0 1–4 3–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 5–1
Viking 0–5 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–4 5–1 1–6 2–4 1–1 1–2 2–1
Åsane 0–0 2–2 3–0 4–0 2–2 3–2 1–3 2–0 3–0 3–0 4–1
Updated to match(es) played on 19 October 2025. Source: [1] (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

Røa beat Åsane 2-1 on aggregate.[4]
Røa remains in Toppserien. Åsane remains in First Division.

Relegation play-offs

Bryne - KIL/Hemne: 2-2 on aggregate. 3-3 after extra time. Bryne beat KIL/Hemne 4-1 on penalties.[5][6]
Bryne promoted to First Division. KIL/Hemne relegated to Second Division.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[7]
1 Katarina Dybvik Sunde AaFK Fortuna 22
2 Kristina Svandal Haugesund 18
3 Chiara Messerli Molde 14
4 Jeon Yu-gyeong Molde 11
5 Meryll Abrahamsen Haugesund 10
6 Marie Myhrvold Seim Åsane 9
Maria Brochmann Åsane
Hannah Aurbekkholen Odd
Vilde Drange Veglo Tromsø
10 Vilde Vedeler Arna-Bjørnar 8
Silja Tuominen Molde

References

  1. ^ "Slik spilles 1. divisjon kvinner 2025" (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Historisk dag på Romssa Arena: Tromsø IL overtar styring av TIL 2020". NRK (in Norwegian). 18 September 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  3. ^ "NFF har gitt grønt lys – Avaldsnes blir til Haugesund". NRK (in Norwegian). 19 September 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  4. ^ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Kvalifisering Toppserien 2026 2025". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-11-23.
  5. ^ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Kvalifisering 1. divisjon kvinner 2026 2025". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-11-23.
  6. ^ "Opprykk til 1. divisjon". Bryne FK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2025-11-23.
  7. ^ "Toppscorerliste 1. divisjon kvinner 2025". NIFS (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
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