2012 Eliteserien promotion/relegation play-offs

The 2012 Eliteserien promotion/relegation play-offs was the 39th time a spot in the Norwegian top flight was decided by play-off matches between top tier and second-level clubs.

At the end of the 2012 season,

2013 1. divisjon, and was replaced by Start and Sarpsborg 08

who were directly promoted.

Background

The play-offs between

1. divisjon

have been held every year since 1972 with exceptions in 1994 and 2011. They take place for the two divisions following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the fourteenth-placed club in Eliteserien and the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places in 1. divisjon. The fixtures are determined by final league position – the first to knockout-rounds begins with the four teams in the 1. divisjon: 3rd v 6th and 4th v 5th, and the winner then play each other to determine who meet the Eliteserien club in the final.

Qualified teams

Five teams entered a play-off for the last Eliteserien spot for the 2013 season. These were:

Sandnes Ulf (14th placed team in the Tippeligaen)
Sandefjord (third placed team in the 1. divisjon)
Mjøndalen (fourth placed team in the 1. divisjon)
Bodø/Glimt
(fifth placed team in the 1. divisjon)
Ullensaker/Kisa (sixth placed team in the 1. divisjon)

The four 1. divisjon teams first played a single game knockout tournament, with the winner (Ullensaker/Kisa) advancing to a two-legged tie against the Eliteserien team (Sandnes Ulf) for the 16th and final spot in the 2013 Eliteserien season. Sandnes Ulf maintained their position in the top flight with a 7–1 win on aggregate against Ullensaker/Kisa.

Matches

The third to sixth-placed teams in

2012 1. divisjon took part in the promotion play-offs; these were single leg knockout matches, two semi-finals and a final. The winners of the second round, Ullensaker/Kisa, advanced to play the 14th placed team in Tippeligaen over two legs in the Eliteserien play-offs

for a spot in the top flight the following season.

First round

Final league position – 1. divisjon
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Sandefjord	30	16	7	7	44	29	+15	55
4	Mjøndalen	30	16	7	7	52	43	+9	55
5	Bodø/Glimt	30	13	9	8	59	36	+23	48
6	Ullensaker/Kisa	30	14	2	14	45	39	+6	44

14 November 2012

19:00 CET (UTC+1)

Sandefjord	3–4	Ullensaker/Kisa
Dimitriadis 55' (pen.), 63' (90), pen.' Onstad 17' (pen.)	Report	dos Santos 4' Onstad 17' (pen.) Rosenkilde 32' Jensen 50'

komplett.no Arena, Sandefjord

Attendance: 1,324

Referee: Espen Andreas Eskås

14 November 2012

19:00 CET (UTC+1)

Bodø/Glimt
Ingebretsen 77' (pen. )	Report	Olsen 16' Dantas 66'

Mjøndalen Stadion, Nedre Eiker

Attendance: 1,220

Referee: Omar Rafiq

Second round

17 November 2012

18:00 CET (UTC+1)

Bodø/Glimt
dos Santos 49' Onstad 87' (pen.)	Report

Jessheim Stadion, Jessheim

Attendance: 852

Referee: Omar Rafiq

Final

The 14th-placed team, Sandnes Ulf, took part in a two-legged play-off against Ullensaker/Kisa, the winners of the 2012 1. divisjon promotion play-offs, to decide who would play in the 2013 Tippeligaen.

First leg

21 November 2012

19:00 CET (UTC+1)

Ullensaker/Kisa	0–4	Sandnes Ulf
	Report	Traustason 24' Gytkjær 80' Helle 85' Holmvik 90'

Jessheim Stadion, Jessheim

Attendance: 1,310

Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Second leg

24 November 2012

19:00 CET (UTC+1)

Sandnes Ulf	3–1	Ullensaker/Kisa
Høiland 20' Gytkjær 31' (pen.), 68' (pen.)	Report	Rosenkilde 18'

Sandnes Stadion, Sandnes

Attendance: 2,633

Referee: Per Ivar Staberg

Sandnes Ulf won 7–1 on aggregate and maintained their position in the 2013 Tippeligaen; Ullensaker/Kisa remained in the 1. divisjon.

Bracket

First round

Second round

Final round

3

Bodø/Glimt

2