1983 Norwegian Second Division
# 1983 Norwegian Second Division

The 1983 2. divisjon was a Norway's second-tier football league season.

The league was contested by 24 teams, divided into two groups; A and B. The winners of group A and B were promoted to the 1984 1. divisjon. The second placed teams met the 10th position finisher in the 1.divisjon in a qualification round where the winner was promoted to 1. divisjon. The bottom three teams inn both groups were relegated to the 3. divisjon.

## Tables

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Fredrikstad (C, P) | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 84 | 24 | +60 | 38 | Promotion to First Division |
| 2 | Pors | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 31 | +25 | 30 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Sogndal | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 30 | |
| 4 | Vidar | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 29 | |
| 5 | Haugar | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 24 | |
| 6 | Bærum | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 22 | |
| 7 | Kvik Halden | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 21 | |
| 8 | Strømmen | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 19 | |
| 9 | Jerv | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 18 | |
| 10 | Vard (R) | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 15 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 11 | Djerv 1919 (R) | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 61 | −35 | 11 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 12 | Kopervik (R) | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 59 | −43 | 7 | Relegation to Third Division |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Molde (C, P) | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 60 | 18 | +42 | 38 | Promotion to First Division |
| 2 | Strindheim (O, P) | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 33 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Steinkjer | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 24 | +26 | 28 | |
| 4 | Strømsgodset | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 27 | |
| 5 | Lyn | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 24 | |
| 6 | Tromsø | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 21 | |
| 7 | Mjølner | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 21 | |
| 8 | Hødd | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 18 | |
| 9 | Mo | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 17 | |
| 10 | Stjørdals-Blink (R) | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 17 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 11 | Aalesund (R) | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 11 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 12 | Bodø/Glimt (R) | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 41 | −28 | 9 | Relegation to Third Division |

## Promotion play-offs

### Results

* Strindheim – Brann 0–0
* Pors – Strindheim 1–2
* Brann – Pors 1–1

Strindheim won the qualification round and was promoted to the 1984 1. divisjon.

### Play-off table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Strindheim (O, P) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Promotion to First Division |
| 2 | Brann (R) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 3 | Pors | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | Remained in Second Division |
