They have also been criticized for keeping smaller clubs out of the Second Division, meaning a more centralized football culture.
[1] At the 2010 congress of the Football Association of Norway, new rules for reserve teams were agreed to.
This is the highest sporting position a reserves team can achieve, since promotion is impossible.
In the 1991 Second Division, the reserve teams of both Brann and Rosenborg won their respective groups.
This is a list of where the reserve teams of Eliteserien and First Division clubs play, as of the 2025 season.