1983 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season1983
Dates24 April – 9 October
ChampionsVålerengen
3rd title
RelegatedBrann
Mjøndalen
HamKam
European CupVålerengen
Cup Winners' CupMoss
UEFA CupLillestrøm
Matches played132
Goals scored400 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorerOlav Nysæter
(14 goals)
Biggest home winBrann 9–2 Viking[1]
(9 October 1983)
Biggest away winHamKam 0–5 Eik[1]
(31 July 1983)
Highest scoringBrann 9–2 Viking[1]
(9 October 1983)
Longest winning runVålerengen
(5 games)
Longest unbeaten runVålerengen
(12 games)
Longest winless runBryne
Rosenborg
(10 games)
Longest losing runHamKam
(5 games)
Highest attendance17,500
Rosenborg 2–3 Start
(16 May 1983)
Lowest attendance802
HamKam 0–2 Start
(25 September 1983)
Average attendance5,526 Increase 20.9%
← 1982
1984 →

The 1983 1. divisjon was the 39th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview

22 games were played with 2 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number eleven and twelve were relegated. The winners of the two groups of the 2. divisjon were promoted, as well as the winner of a series of play-off matches between number ten in the 1. divisjon and the two second-placed teams in the two groups of the 2. divisjon.

Vålerengen won the championship, their third title.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location Stadium
Brann 29 Bergen Brann Stadion
Bryne 8 Bryne Bryne Stadion
Eik 6 Tønsberg Tønsberg Gressbane
Hamarkameratene 12 Hamar Briskeby
Kongsvinger 1 Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion
Lillestrøm 20 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion
Mjøndalen 14 Mjøndalen Nedre Eiker Stadion
Moss 10 Moss Melløs Stadion
Rosenborg 20 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion
Start 16 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion
Vålerengen 28 Oslo Bislett Stadion
Viking 36 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vålerengen (C) 22 12 7 3 38 17 +21 31 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Lillestrøm 22 10 8 4 40 28 +12 28 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Start 22 10 7 5 47 27 +20 27
4 Moss 22 8 8 6 31 34 −3 24 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Eik 22 9 5 8 34 32 +2 23
6 Viking 22 8 6 8 31 34 −3 22
7 Rosenborg 22 7 7 8 41 38 +3 21
8 Bryne 22 7 7 8 31 32 −1 21
9 Kongsvinger 22 7 6 9 44 42 +2 20
10 Brann (R) 22 7 6 9 31 32 −1 20 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Mjøndalen (R) 22 5 7 10 17 34 −17 17 Relegation to Second Division
12 Hamarkameratene (R) 22 3 4 15 15 50 −35 10
Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BRA BRY EIK HAM KON LIL MIF MOS ROS IKS VIK VÅL
Brann — 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–2 9–2 1–1
Bryne 0–2 — 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 5–1 3–2 1–5 2–2 2–1 0–0
Eik 2–2 3–0 — 0–0 4–2 0–3 3–1 0–3 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–0
Hamarkameratene 2–0 0–2 0–5 — 2–1 0–4 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–3 1–3
Kongsvinger 5–1 2–2 2–1 0–3 — 2–2 0–2 6–1 4–2 2–1 1–2 0–3
Lillestrøm 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 — 3–0 4–0 3–1 1–4 1–1 0–0
Mjøndalen 3–0 0–3 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 — 0–0 0–0 0–5 0–0 0–2
Moss 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 — 0–2 2–1 2–0 2–1
Rosenborg 3–1 2–2 2–5 4–0 3–3 3–0 1–2 2–2 — 2–3 1–1 2–3
Start 1–0 0–2 4–0 6–0 2–6 1–1 4–0 2–2 1–1 — 1–2 2–2
Viking 2–0 1–0 3–1 4–1 2–3 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 — 0–0
Vålerengen 2–4 1–0 3–0 5–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 4–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 —
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The qualification play-off matches were contested between Brann (10th in the 1. divisjon), Pors (2nd in the 2. divisjon - Group A), and Strindheim (2nd in the 2. divisjon - Group B). Strindheim won and were promoted to the 1. divisjon.

Results
  • Strindheim 0–0 Brann
  • Pors 1–2 Strindheim
  • Brann 1–1 Pors
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 2. divisjon
Source: rsssf.no
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Norway Olav Nysæter Kongsvinger 14
2 Norway André Krogsæter Lillestrøm 13
3 Norway Steinar Aase Start 12
4 Norway Anders Giske Brann 11
Norway Svein Mathisen Start
6 Norway Pål Jacobsen Vålerengen 10
7 Norway Stein Kollshaugen Moss 9
Norway Erik Nystuen Kongsvinger
Norway Geir Henæs Moss
10 Norway Sven Holm Eik 8
Norway Tom Antonsen Eik
Norway Håvard Moen Rosenborg
Norway Geir Johansen Eik

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Brann 108,658 13,150 6,131 9,878 n/a2
2 Vålerengen 104,502 15,730 5,655 9,500 +25.1%†
3 Rosenborg 83,285 17,500 3,685 7,571 −4.6%†
4 Eik 75,044 12,000 3,250 6,822 n/a2
5 Viking 71,638 9,134 4,082 6,513 −14.3%†
6 Start 55,889 9,735 3,093 5,081 +41.8%†
7 Moss 42,823 6,224 2,671 3,893 −9.9%†
8 Kongsvinger 42,130 6,794 2,123 3,830 n/a2
9 Bryne 41,999 10,177 1,872 3,818 −1.5%†
10 Lillestrøm 41,506 5,836 1,520 3,773 −5.6%†
11 HamKam 33,678 6,104 802 3,062 −17.7%†
12 Mjøndalen 28,221 4,825 910 2,566 −5.0%†
League total 729,373 17,500 802 5,526 +21.0%†

Source: nifs.no
Notes:
2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ligastats 1. divisjon 1983". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.