2000 Norwegian First Division

Norwegian First Division

Season	2000
Promoted	Lyn Strømsgodset Sogndal
Relegated	Strindheim Eik-Tønsberg
Matches played	182
Goals scored	623 (3.42 per match)
← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Norwegian First Division, Norway's second-tier football league, began play on 30 April 2000 and ended on 22 October 2000. The league was contested by 14 teams, and the top two teams won promotion to Tippeligaen, while the third placed played a promotion-playoff against the 12th-placed team in Tippeligaen to win promotion. Due to an expansion from 14 to 16 teams in the next season's First Division only two teams were relegated to the Second Division.

Lyn and Strømsgodset won direct promotion to Tippeligaen, while Sogndal was promoted after having beaten Vålerenga in the promotion-playoff. Strindheim and Eik-Tønsberg was relegated to the Second Division.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lyn	26	19	4	3	55	24	31	61
2	Strømsgodset	26	18	5	3	70	28	42	59
3	Sogndal	26	15	6	5	73	37	36	51
4	Raufoss	26	11	6	9	50	39	11	39
5	Kongsvinger	26	11	6	9	44	38	6	39
6	Hamarkameratene	26	11	5	10	48	44	4	38
7	L/F Hønefoss	26	10	4	12	45	42	3	34
8	Kjelsås	26	8	7	11	30	40	-10	31
9	Tromsdalen	26	9	2	15	37	62	-25	29
10	Skeid	26	7	7	12	36	52	-16	28
11	Sandefjord	26	8	4	14	35	53	-18	28
12	Byåsen	26	9	1	16	33	58	-25	28
13	Strindheim	26	7	5	14	39	58	-19	26
14	Eik-Tønsberg	26	6	4	16	28	48	-28	22

Top scorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Jostein Flo	25	Strømsgodset
Kurt Mørkøre	20	Sogndal
Tommy Øren	15	Sogndal
Marino Rahmberg	14	Raufoss
Lars Kåre Gustavsen	13	Hønefoss
Christer George	12	Strømsgodset
Espen Haug	12	Lyn
Tommy Nilsen	11	Lyn
Alexander Ødegaard	9	Sogndal
Anders Michelsen	9	Strømsgodset
Frode Birkeland	9	Lyn
Hans Erik Ødegaard	9	Strømsgodset
Tomas Nygård	9	HamKam