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1st season of top-tier football league in Norway Football league season

Norgesserien
Season	1937–38
Champions	Fredrikstad 1st title
Relegated	Selbak Drammens BK Fredensborg Moelven Tønsberg-Kameratene Halsen Kragerø Djerv 1919 Minde Veblungsnes Orkanger
1938–39 →

The 1937–38 Norgesserien was the 1st season of top division football in Norway.

League tables

District I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fredrikstad FK (C)	12	9	1	2	30	10	+20	19	Qualification for the championship play-offs quarter-final
2	Kvik Halden FK	12	8	2	2	27	17	+10	18
3	Sarpsborg FK	12	7	1	4	37	19	+18	15
4	Moss FK	12	5	1	6	28	31	−3	11
5	Torp IF	12	3	2	7	17	26	−9	8
6	Lisleby FK	12	3	2	7	18	33	−15	8
7	Selbak TIF (R)	12	2	1	9	11	32	−21	5	Relegation

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

District II, Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SFK Lyn	12	9	2	1	41	10	+31	20	Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2	SK Drafn	12	9	1	2	26	11	+15	19
3	Geithus IL	12	6	2	4	20	26	−6	14
4	SK Strong	12	5	1	6	24	22	+2	11
5	Frigg Oslo FK	12	3	3	6	16	23	−7	9
6	Lillestrøm SK	12	3	1	8	20	32	−12	7
7	Drammens BK (R)	12	1	2	9	13	36	−23	4	Relegation

Source:
(R) Relegated

District II, Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mjøndalen IF	12	10	1	1	53	8	+45	21	Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2	Jevnaker IF	12	5	5	2	25	19	+6	15
3	SK Gjøa	12	5	4	3	34	25	+9	14
4	Vålerengens IF	12	4	4	4	16	24	−8	12
5	Nydalen IL	12	5	0	7	27	26	+1	10
6	SBK Skiold	12	4	2	6	23	24	−1	10
7	Fredensborg (R)	12	1	0	11	6	58	−52	2	Relegation

Source:
(R) Relegated

District III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FK Lyn (Gjøvik)	12	8	1	3	29	18	+11	17	Qualification for the championship play-offs quarter-final
2	Fremad	12	7	1	4	26	25	+1	15
3	Hamar IL	12	6	2	4	38	22	+16	14
4	Vardal IF	12	6	2	4	30	21	+9	14
5	Raufoss IL	12	6	1	5	27	26	+1	13
6	Kapp IF	12	3	1	8	18	30	−12	7
7	Moelven IL (R)	12	2	0	10	11	37	−26	4	Relegation

Source:
(R) Relegated

District IV, Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Odd BK	12	10	0	2	43	9	+34	20	Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2	IF Urædd	12	7	1	4	24	21	+3	15
3	IF Borg	12	5	3	4	34	35	−1	13
4	Ørn	12	5	2	5	24	29	−5	12
5	SK Snøgg	12	4	3	5	18	25	−7	11
6	Larvik TIF	12	3	1	8	20	31	−11	7
7	IF Tønsberg-Kameratene (R)	12	2	2	8	13	26	−13	6	Relegation

Source:
(R) Relegated

District IV, Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	IF Fram	12	9	1	2	32	10	+22	19	Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2	IF Pors	12	8	2	2	33	23	+10	18
3	Storm BK	12	7	1	4	31	13	+18	15
4	Berger IL	12	6	0	6	34	25	+9	12
5	Skiens BK	12	6	0	6	25	35	−10	12
6	Tønsberg TF	12	3	0	9	16	33	−17	6
7	Halsen IF (R)	12	1	0	11	10	42	−32	2	Relegation

Source:
(R) Relegated

District V, Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FK Vigør	10	8	2	0	34	9	+25	18	Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2	Flekkefjord FK	10	7	1	2	38	12	+26	15
3	IK Grane	10	5	2	3	24	15	+9	12
4	IK Start	10	4	2	4	18	21	−3	10
5	FK Donn	10	1	1	8	6	25	−19	3
6	Kragerø TF (R)	10	1	0	9	10	48	−38	2	Relegation

Source:
(R) Relegated

District V, Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Viking FK	12	9	0	3	37	13	+24	18	Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2	Stavanger IF	12	9	0	3	31	13	+18	18
3	SK Jarl	12	8	0	4	35	25	+10	16
4	SK Vard	12	5	2	5	15	20	−5	12
5	Ulf-Sandnes	12	5	1	6	28	26	+2	11
6	BK Brodd	12	1	4	7	16	32	−16	6
7	SK Djerv 1919 (R)	12	1	1	10	12	45	−33	3	Relegation

Source:
(R) Relegated

District VI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SK Djerv	10	10	0	0	46	16	+30	20	Qualification for the championship play-offs quarter-final
2	SK Brann	10	5	2	3	31	21	+10	12
3	SK Hardy	10	4	2	4	30	25	+5	10
4	Årstad IL	10	3	1	6	20	31	−11	7
5	SK Viggo	10	2	3	5	16	29	−13	7
6	Minde IL (R)	10	2	0	8	19	40	−21	4	Relegation

Source:
(R) Relegated

District VII

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kristiansund FK	10	8	1	1	46	17	+29	17	Qualification for the championship play-offs quarter-final
2	Aalesunds FK	10	5	1	4	23	17	+6	11
3	SPK Rollon	10	4	1	5	21	26	−5	9
4	IL Braatt	10	3	2	5	20	18	+2	8
5	Clausenengen FK	10	3	2	5	18	30	−12	8
6	Veblungsnes FK (R)	10	3	1	6	17	37	−20	7	Relegation

Source:
(R) Relegated

District VIII

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Neset FK	12	8	3	1	38	15	+23	19	Qualification for the championship play-offs quarter-final
2	Ranheim IL	12	8	3	1	28	14	+14	19
3	Steinkjer FK	12	5	5	2	34	23	+11	15
4	SK Brage	12	5	1	6	25	24	+1	11
5	National	12	3	2	7	28	35	−7	8
6	Rosenborg BK	12	4	0	8	22	37	−15	8
7	Orkanger IF (R)	12	1	2	9	21	48	−27	4	Relegation

Source:
(R) Relegated

Championship play-offs

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Odds BK	1–2	IF Fram	0–1	1–1
Viking FK	3–0	FK Vigør	3–0	0–0
Mjøndalen IF	1–2	SFK Lyn	1–2	0–0

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fredrikstad FK	4–1	IF Fram	1–0	3–1
SFK Lyn	7–3	SK Gjøvik-Lyn	5–1	2–2
Viking FK	6–6	SK Djerv	6–2	0–4
Kristiansund FK	7–2	Neset FK	2–0	5–2

SK Djerv won on toss of coin.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
SK Djerv	2–3	SFK Lyn
Fredrikstad FK	3–2	Kristiansund FK

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Replay
SFK Lyn	0–0 (aet)	Fredrikstad FK	0–4

References

Norway – List of final tables (RSSSF)

Eliteserien

Seasons

League of Norway	1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48
Main League	1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62
First Division	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Tippeligaen	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Eliteserien	2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Clubs

2025	Bodø/Glimt Brann Bryne Fredrikstad HamKam Haugesund KFUM Oslo Kristiansund Molde Rosenborg Sandefjord Sarpsborg 08 Strømsgodset Tromsø Vålerenga Viking
Former	Aalesund Djerv 1919 Eik-Tønsberg Frigg Fyllingen (defunct) Gjøvik-Lyn Haugar Hødd Hønefoss Jerv Kongsvinger Lillestrøm Lisleby Lyn Mjølner Mjøndalen Moss Odd Os Pors Ranheim Raufoss Sandefjord BK Sandnes Ulf Sarpsborg Skeid Sogndal Start Stabæk Steinkjer Strindheim Strømmen Vard Haugesund

Competition

Statistics and awards

Associated competitions

Other

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