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15th season of top-tier football league in Norway Football league season
Hovedserien
Season1958–59
ChampionsLillestrøm
1st title
RelegatedAsker
Årstad
Freidig
Kapp
1957–58 1959–60

The 1958–59 Hovedserien was the 15th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Lillestrøm won the championship, their first league title.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Group A
Team Ap. Location
Årstad 7 Bergen
Asker 8 Asker
Brann 11 Bergen
Eik 2 Tønsberg
Fredrikstad 14 Fredrikstad
Greåker 1 Sarpsborg
Sandefjord BK 13 Sandefjord
Viking 14 Stavanger
Group B
Team Ap. Location
Freidig 5 Trondheim
Kapp 4 Østre Toten
Larvik Turn 10 Larvik
Lillestrøm 9 Lillestrøm
Odd 12 Skien
Raufoss 5 Raufoss
Skeid 13 Oslo
Strømmen 9 Strømmen

League tables

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Fredrikstad 14 8 6 0 34 14 +20 22 Qualification for the championship final
2 Eik 14 7 4 3 26 15 +11 18
3 Viking 14 7 3 4 25 17 +8 17
4 Sandefjord 14 4 4 6 19 21 −2 12
5 Brann 14 5 2 7 21 27 −6 12
6 Greåker 14 4 4 6 19 25 −6 12
7 Asker (R) 14 3 5 6 18 19 −1 11 Relegation to Landsdelsserien
8 Årstad (R) 14 3 2 9 12 36 −24 8
Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lillestrøm (C) 14 9 1 4 36 25 +11 19 Qualification for the championship final
2 Larvik Turn 14 5 6 3 38 25 +13 16
3 Strømmen 14 5 6 3 27 20 +7 16
4 Skeid 14 6 3 5 28 18 +10 15
5 Raufoss 14 5 5 4 24 19 +5 15
6 Odd 14 5 3 6 23 29 −6 13
7 Freidig (R) 14 5 2 7 34 38 −4 12 Relegation to Landsdelsserien
8 Kapp (R) 14 2 2 10 19 55 −36 6
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Group A

Home \ Away ÅRS ASK SKB EIK FFK GRE SBK VIK
Årstad 0–5 2–3 2–1 0–3 0–3 2–2 2–1
Asker 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–3 1–1 0–1
Brann 3–0 4–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–2
Eik 4–0 0–3 6–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–1
Fredrikstad 3–1 1–1 4–0 4–0 3–3 1–1 3–3
Greåker 0–2 1–0 0–4 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–4
Sandefjord BK 2–0 3–1 4–1 0–2 0–3 2–0 0–1
Viking 5–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 3–1
Source: NIFS.no
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Home \ Away FRE KAP LAR LIL ODD RAU SKD STR
Freidig 8–3 3–3 1–3 4–2 2–0 1–4 3–1
Kapp 1–5 0–7 5–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–1
Larvik Turn 0–0 10–2 2–4 5–1 1–1 1–4 3–1
Lillestrøm 3–2 3–1 0–1 6–1 7–1 1–0 2–0
Odd 4–2 6–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–5 0–0
Raufoss 4–0 1–0 5–1 5–2 1–1 3–0 1–1
Skeid 4–0 6–1 2–2 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–3
Strømmen 6–3 2–2 2–2 5–1 2–0 1–1 2–1
Source: NIFS.no
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship final

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1958–59 Hovedserien
  • Årstad
  • Asker
  • Brann
  • Eik
  • Fredrikstad
  • Freidig
  • Greåker
  • Kapp
  • Larvik Turn
  • Lillestrøm
  • Odd
  • Raufoss
  • Sandefjord BK
  • Skeid
  • Strømmen
  • Viking
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