1947–48 League of Norway

Norgesserien
Season1947–48
ChampionsFreidig
1st title
Relegated58 teams

The 1947–48 Norgesserien was the 4th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Due to restructuring of the league system, 58 of the 74 teams were relegated at the end of the season.

SK Freidig won the championship after a 2–1 win against IL Sparta in the championship final.

League tables

District I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 IL Sparta 12 9 1 2 34 14 +20 19 Qualification for the championship play-offs quarter-final
2 Fredrikstad FK 12 8 2 2 51 20 +31 18
3 Sarpsborg FK 12 6 2 4 26 15 +11 14
4 Lisleby FK (R) 12 5 2 5 22 23 −1 12 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
5 Selbak TIF (R) 12 5 2 5 16 23 −7 12 Relegation
6 SK Sprint (R) 12 2 1 9 13 40 −27 5
7 SK Rapid (R) 12 1 2 9 9 36 −27 4
Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District II, Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vålerengen 12 8 2 2 30 20 +10 18 Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2 Skeid 12 8 1 3 37 14 +23 17
3 Birkebeineren (R) 12 4 4 4 19 21 −2 12 Qualification for the relegation play-offs preliminary round
4 Drafn (R) 12 3 4 5 24 22 +2 10 Relegation
5 Nydalen (R) 12 3 4 5 17 31 −14 10
6 Strong (R) 12 3 3 6 16 31 −15 9
7 Geithus (R) 12 4 0 8 22 26 −4 8
Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District II, Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mjøndalen IF 12 11 0 1 32 7 +25 22 Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2 SFK Lyn 12 9 0 3 40 12 +28 18
3 Sandaker SFK (O) 12 8 1 3 35 13 +22 17 Qualification for the relegation play-offs preliminary round
4 Drammens BK (R) 12 6 0 6 20 25 −5 12 Relegation
5 Frigg Oslo FK (R) 12 5 1 6 21 15 +6 11
6 Kongsberg IF (R) 12 2 0 10 13 45 −32 4
7 Slemmestad IF (R) 12 0 0 12 8 52 −44 0
Source: rsssf.no
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

District III

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kapp IL (R) 12 7 2 3 26 18 +8 16 Championship play-offs quarter-final and relegation play-offs
2 Raufoss IL (R) 12 6 1 5 32 23 +9 13 Relegation
3 SK Gjøvik-Lyn (R) 12 6 1 5 24 20 +4 13
4 Fremad (R) 12 4 4 4 18 17 +1 12
5 Hamar IL (R) 12 5 1 6 20 21 −1 11
6 Hamarkameratene (R) 12 4 2 6 21 27 −6 10
7 SK Mesna (R) 12 2 5 5 16 31 −15 9
Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District IV, Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Storms BK 12 9 2 1 27 13 +14 20 Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2 Sandefjord BK 12 7 4 1 32 14 +18 18
3 IF Skiens Grane (R) 12 6 2 4 19 22 −3 14 Relegation
4 IF Urædd (R) 12 4 2 6 25 24 +1 10
5 SK Snøgg (R) 12 2 6 4 17 26 −9 10
6 IF Borg (R) 12 4 1 7 13 18 −5 9
7 IF Fram (R) 12 0 3 9 8 24 −16 3
Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District IV, Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ørn FK 12 8 1 3 33 21 +12 17 Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2 IF Pors 12 7 1 4 24 14 +10 15
3 Larvik Turn & IF (R) 12 7 1 4 20 12 +8 15 Relegation
4 Odds BK (R) 12 6 2 4 20 17 +3 14
5 Ulefoss SF (R) 12 3 4 5 19 23 −4 10
6 Skiens BK (R) 12 2 3 7 6 24 −18 7
7 Tønsbergs TF (R) 12 2 2 8 16 27 −11 6
Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District V, Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FK Donn (R) 10 5 4 1 15 8 +7 14 Championship play-offs preliminary round and relegation play-offs
2 IK Grane (R) 10 6 1 3 18 10 +8 13 Relegation
3 IK Start (R) 10 3 4 3 13 11 +2 10
4 FK Vigør (R) 10 4 2 4 11 14 −3 10
5 Flekkefjord IF (R) 10 4 1 5 18 15 +3 9
6 FK Mandalskameratene (R) 10 1 2 7 10 27 −17 4
Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District V, Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Viking FK 12 9 1 2 29 8 +21 19 Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2 Ålgård FK (O) 12 8 0 4 21 12 +9 16 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
3 SK Jarl (R) 12 6 2 4 17 13 +4 14 Relegation
4 Stavanger IF (R) 12 5 2 5 14 18 −4 12
5 Djerv 1919 (R) 12 4 2 6 12 22 −10 10
6 SK Vard (R) 12 2 3 7 11 20 −9 7
7 IL Brodd (R) 12 3 0 9 14 25 −11 6
Source: rsssf.no
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

District VI

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SK Brann 10 9 1 0 38 5 +33 19 Qualification for the championship play-offs quarter-final
2 SK Hardy (R) 10 6 1 3 18 18 0 13 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
3 Årstad IL (R) 10 4 3 3 21 15 +6 11 Relegation
4 SK Djerv (R) 10 3 3 4 18 25 −7 9
5 FBK Voss (R) 10 2 2 6 10 22 −12 6
6 Nymark IL (R) 10 0 2 8 6 26 −20 2
Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District VII

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kristiansund FK (R) 10 8 1 1 30 6 +24 17 Championship play-offs quarter-final and relegation play-offs
2 Aalesunds FK (R) 10 5 1 4 24 14 +10 11 Relegation
3 Molde FK (R) 10 5 1 4 16 13 +3 11
4 Clausenengen FK (R) 10 5 0 5 16 20 −4 10
5 SPK Rollon (R) 10 4 0 6 18 25 −7 8
6 IL Nordlandet (R) 10 1 1 8 3 29 −26 3
Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District VIII

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SK Freidig (C) 12 6 4 2 31 14 +17 16 Qualification for the championship play-offs quarter-final
2 Ranheim IL (R) 12 6 4 2 15 10 +5 16 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
3 FK Kvik (R) 12 6 3 3 26 13 +13 15 Relegation
4 SK Falken (R) 12 3 6 3 21 21 0 12
5 SK Brage (R) 12 4 4 4 19 20 −1 12
6 Neset FK (R) 12 4 2 6 18 22 −4 10
7 SK Nessegutten (R) 12 0 3 9 11 41 −30 3
Source: rsssf.no
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Championship play-offs

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vålerengens IF 2–4 Mjøndalen IF 0–2 2–2
Storm 4–1 Ørn 2–1 2–0
Viking FK 6–3 FK Donn 2–1 4–2

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Replay
Mjøndalen IF 1–0 Storms BK 0–0 1–0 —
Kapp IL 4–7 IL Sparta 2–3 2–4 —
Viking FK 5–0 SK Brann 2–0 3–0 —
SK Freidig 5–5 Kristiansund FK 4–1 1–4 Freidig won on w/o

Semi-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2 Replay
IL Sparta 2–0 Mjøndalen IF —
Viking FK 2–2 SK Freidig 1–2

Final

Team 1 Score Team 2
SK Freidig 2–1 IL Sparta

Relegation play-offs

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
IF Birkebeineren 2–3 Sandaker SFK 2–1 0–2

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Ålgård FK (O) 3 2 0 1 10 2 +8 4
2 Lisleby FK (R) 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 4 Relegation
3 SK Hardy (R) 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 2
4 FK Donn (R) 3 1 0 2 1 10 −9 2
Source: rsssf.no
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Sandaker SFK (O) 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 6
2 Ranheim IL (R) 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 4 Relegation
3 Kristiansund FK (R) 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 2
4 Kapp IL (R) 3 0 0 3 5 14 −9 0
Source: rsssf.no
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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