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2nd season of top-tier football league in Norway Football league season

Norgesserien
Season	1938–39
Champions	Fredrikstad 2nd title
Relegated	Tistedalen Berger Lillestrøm Geithus Skreia Larvik Turn Holmestrand Fjell Jarl Viggo Nordlandet Verdal
← 1937–38 1939–40 →

The 1938–39 Norgesserien was the 2nd 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 (C)	12	10	0	2	44	21	+23	20	Qualification for the championship play-offs quarter-final
2	Sarpsborg	12	9	1	2	34	16	+18	19
3	Torp	12	8	0	4	42	29	+13	16
4	Moss	12	5	3	4	22	18	+4	13
5	Lisleby	12	3	1	8	16	43	−27	7
6	Kvik Halden	12	2	2	8	14	30	−16	6
7	Tistedalen (R)	12	1	1	10	21	36	−15	3	Relegation

Source: rsssf.no
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

District II, Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Skeid	14	13	1	0	58	13	+45	27	Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2	Lyn	14	8	2	4	36	13	+23	18
3	Jevnaker	14	7	1	6	39	43	−4	15
4	Vålerengen	14	5	1	8	30	38	−8	11
5	Skiold	14	5	1	8	27	37	−10	11
6	Drafn	14	5	1	8	18	35	−17	11
7	Berger (R)	14	4	2	8	22	41	−19	10	Relegation
8	Lillestrøm (R)	14	3	3	8	25	35	−10	9	Relegation

Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District II, Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nydalen	12	8	2	2	27	19	+8	18	Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2	Mjøndalen	12	5	3	4	26	15	+11	13
3	Frigg	12	4	4	4	25	22	+3	12
4	Gjøa	12	6	0	6	30	28	+2	12
5	Strong	12	5	2	5	22	25	−3	12
6	Strømsgodset	12	4	3	5	27	32	−5	11
7	Geithus (R)	12	1	4	7	22	38	−16	6	Relegation

Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hamar	12	10	2	0	53	12	+41	22	Qualification for the championship play-offs quarter-final
2	Gjøvik-Lyn	12	8	2	2	38	8	+30	18
3	Vardal	12	4	2	6	19	28	−9	10
4	Fremad	12	3	3	6	21	29	−8	9
5	Raufoss	12	3	3	6	15	32	−17	9
6	Kapp	12	2	4	6	18	29	−11	8
7	Skreia (R)	12	3	2	7	18	44	−26	8	Relegation

Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District IV, Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Odd	12	9	2	1	43	7	+36	20	Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2	Pors	12	9	1	2	44	16	+28	19
3	Snøgg	12	4	4	4	18	28	−10	12
4	Sandefjord BK	12	3	3	6	21	30	−9	9
5	Tønsberg Turn	12	2	5	5	17	36	−19	9
6	Storm	12	2	4	6	19	23	−4	8
7	Larvik Turn (R)	12	3	1	8	18	40	−22	7	Relegation

Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District IV, Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ørn	12	10	1	1	40	16	+24	21	Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2	Fram Larvik	12	9	1	2	38	15	+23	19
3	Skiens Grane	12	5	4	3	26	16	+10	14
4	Skien	12	4	3	5	25	30	−5	11
5	Urædd	12	3	3	6	30	23	+7	9
6	Borg	12	2	2	8	18	37	−19	6
7	Holmestrand (R)	12	1	2	9	18	58	−40	4	Relegation

Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District V, Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flekkefjord	10	8	1	1	27	15	+12	17	Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2	Grane Arendal	10	7	2	1	27	13	+14	16
3	Start	10	3	3	4	16	16	0	9
4	Vigør	10	2	4	4	14	14	0	8
5	Donn	10	2	4	4	15	24	−9	8
6	Fjell (R)	10	1	0	9	8	25	−17	2	Relegation

Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District V, Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stavanger	12	8	1	3	26	17	+9	17	Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary
2	Ålgård	12	7	2	3	25	14	+11	16
3	Viking	12	5	3	4	20	19	+1	13
4	Vard	12	3	5	4	28	24	+4	11
5	Ulf-Sandnes	12	4	2	6	25	27	−2	10
6	Brodd	12	2	5	5	13	24	−11	9
7	Jarl (R)	12	3	2	7	20	32	−12	8	Relegation

Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District VI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hardy	10	7	3	0	26	10	+16	17	Qualification for the championship play-offs quarter-final
2	Djerv	10	5	4	1	29	13	+16	14
3	Brann	10	4	2	4	14	18	−4	10
4	Voss	10	3	2	5	14	20	−6	8
5	Årstad	10	3	2	5	11	19	−8	8
6	Viggo (R)	10	0	3	7	3	17	−14	3	Relegation

Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District VII

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kristiansund	10	8	1	1	46	11	+35	17	Qualification for the championship play-offs quarter-final
2	Clausenengen	10	8	0	2	31	20	+11	16
3	Aalesund	10	5	2	3	25	20	+5	12
4	Rollon	10	4	1	5	20	21	−1	9
5	Braatt	10	2	0	8	21	41	−20	4
6	Nordlandet (R)	10	1	0	9	14	44	−30	2	Relegation

Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District VIII

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg	12	7	3	2	38	19	+19	17	Qualification for the championship play-offs quarter-final
2	Neset	12	5	4	3	27	13	+14	14
3	Ranheim	12	6	2	4	27	21	+6	14
4	Steinkjer	12	4	4	4	21	19	+2	12
5	Brage	12	5	2	5	24	24	0	12
6	National	12	4	1	7	17	31	−14	9
7	Verdal (R)	12	2	2	8	15	42	−27	6	Relegation

Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

Championship play-offs

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nydalen	2–5	Skeid	0–3	2–2
Odd	2–4	Ørn	0–3	2–1
Stavanger IF	4–2	Flekkefjord	1–0	3–2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hamar	3–5	Fredrikstad	2–1	1–4
Skeid	8–4	Ørn	5–0	3–4
Hardy	7–5	Stavanger IF	2–2	5–3
Rosenborg	7–3	Kristiansund	5–1	2–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Replay	2nd replay
Rosenborg	0–1	Skeid	—	—
Hardy	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Fredrikstad	2–2 (a.e.t.)	2–3

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Fredrikstad	2–1	Skeid

References

Norway – List of final tables (RSSSF)

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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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International competitions	Mitropa Cup '38 '39