1971 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season1971
Dates25 April – 17 October
ChampionsRosenborg
3rd title
RelegatedFrigg
European CupRosenborg
Cup Winners' CupFredrikstad
UEFA CupLyn
Viking
Matches played90
Goals scored252 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorerJan Fuglset
(17 goals)
Biggest home winLyn 7–1 Frigg
(26 April 1971)
Viking 6–0 Fredrikstad
(17 June 1971)
Sarpsborg FK 7–1 Frigg
(11 August 1971)
Fredrikstad 7–1 Frigg
(17 October 1971)
Biggest away winFrigg 0–5 Hødd
(10 October 1971)
Highest scoringLyn 7–1 Frigg
(26 April 1971)
Sarpsborg FK 7–1 Frigg
(11 August 1971)
Fredrikstad 7–1 Frigg
(17 October 1971)
Longest winning runViking
(5 games)
Longest unbeaten runLyn
(12 games)
Longest winless runHødd
(11 games)
Longest losing runFrigg
Hødd
(4 games)
Highest attendance15,200
Rosenborg 0–0 Strømsgodset
(13 October 1971)
Lowest attendance1,000
Hødd 4–1 HamKam
(6 October 1971)
Average attendance6,578 Increase 16.7%
← 1970
1972 →

The 1971 1. divisjon was the 27th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and Rosenborg BK won the championship, their third league title.

Only one team was relegated this season due to the league's extension to 12 teams ahead of the 1972 season.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location
Brann 19 Bergen
Fredrikstad 26 Fredrikstad
Frigg 14 Oslo
HamKam 3 Hamar
Hødd 4 Ulsteinvik
Lyn 18 Oslo
Rosenborg 9 Trondheim
Sarpsborg FK 21 Sarpsborg
Strømsgodset 6 Drammen
Viking 24 Stavanger

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rosenborg (C) 18 9 6 3 25 11 +14 24 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Lyn 18 9 5 4 28 17 +11 23 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Viking 18 9 4 5 41 20 +21 22
4 Fredrikstad 18 8 6 4 32 23 +9 22 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Strømsgodset 18 7 7 4 28 21 +7 21
6 HamKam 18 7 7 4 19 15 +4 21
7 Sarpsborg FK 18 6 4 8 32 27 +5 16
8 Hødd 18 3 5 10 17 32 −15 11
9 Brann 18 3 5 10 16 31 −15 11
10 Frigg (R) 18 4 1 13 16 55 −39 9 Relegation to Second Division
Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BRA FRE FRI HAM HØD LYN ROS SRP STM VIK
Brann — 1–1 3–1 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–0
Fredrikstad 2–0 — 7–1 4–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 3–3 2–2
Frigg 1–0 3–4 — 1–0 0–5 1–3 1–1 0–4 0–3 1–0
HamKam 2–0 0–0 1–0 — 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 3–1
Hødd 0–0 0–0 0–2 4–1 — 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–1 1–3
Lyn 3–1 1–0 7–1 0–0 1–0 — 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–1
Rosenborg 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 — 3–0 0–0 1–0
Sarpsborg 3–3 1–0 7–1 0–1 4–0 1–2 1–2 — 1–1 1–4
Strømsgodset 3–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 4–1 0–0 0–3 2–1 — 1–1
Viking 5–0 6–0 4–1 1–0 5–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 —
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Viking 92,641 15,300 6,000 10,293 +79.5%†
2 Strømsgodset 78,216 13,200 4,500 8,691 −13.9%†
3 Rosenborg 75,972 15,828 4,300 8,441 +7.1%†
4 Lyn 71,681 15,088 4,553 7,965 n/a2
5 Brann 69,400 8,800 6,000 7,711 −2.7%†
6 Fredrikstad 55,233 10,018 2,592 6,137 +31.3%†
7 Frigg 41,653 7,572 2,761 4,628 n/a2
8 HamKam 40,634 7,000 3,107 4,515 −10.9%†
9 Sarpsborg FK 37,001 9,248 1,808 4,111 +18.7%†
10 Hødd 29,600 7,000 1,000 3,289 +50.3%†
League total 592,031 15,828 1,000 6,578 +16.7%†

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

References