1970 Norwegian First Division

26th season of top-tier football league in Norway Football league season

1. divisjon
Season	1970
Dates	27 April – 18 October
Champions	Strømsgodset 1st title
Relegated	Skeid Pors
European Cup	Strømsgodset
UEFA Cup	Rosenborg
Matches played	90
Goals scored	210 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Steinar Pettersen (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Strømsgodset 7–1 Pors (3 May 1970)
Biggest away win	Pors 0–6 Hødd (18 October 1970)
Highest scoring	Strømsgodset 7–1 Pors (3 May 1970)
Longest winning run	Brann (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Brann (9 games)
Longest winless run	Pors (9 games)
Longest losing run	Pors (9 games)
Highest attendance	15,200 Strømsgodset 2–0 Rosenborg (11 October 1970)
Lowest attendance	1,000 Hødd 2–0 Pors (21 June 1970)
Average attendance	5,636 25.7%
← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 1. divisjon was the 26th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and Strømsgodset won the championship, their first league title.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Strømsgodset (C)	18	11	3	4	36	21	+15	25	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Rosenborg	18	10	4	4	15	5	+10	24	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	HamKam	18	10	3	5	31	15	+16	23
4	Brann	18	9	5	4	18	11	+7	23
5	Sarpsborg FK	18	9	3	6	21	21	0	21
6	Viking	18	8	3	7	27	20	+7	19
7	Fredrikstad	18	5	6	7	16	21	−5	16
8	Hødd	18	4	3	11	20	27	−7	11
9	Skeid (R)	18	4	3	11	16	23	−7	11	Relegation to Second Division
10	Pors (R)	18	3	1	14	10	46	−36	7	Relegation to Second Division

Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Home \ Away	BRA	FRE	HAM	HØD	POR	ROS	SRP	SKE	STM	VIK
Brann	—	1–0	0–3	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–1
Fredrikstad	0–0	—	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–3	1–3	2–0	0–2
HamKam	0–1	0–0	—	4–1	6–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	4–2
Hødd	1–2	1–2	1–0	—	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–3	1–0
Pors	0–3	0–1	0–1	0–6	—	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–3	1–1
Rosenborg	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	—	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
Sarpsborg	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	—	0–3	0–2	2–1
Skeid	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	4–1	0–2	1–2	—	0–2	0–3
Strømsgodset	0–0	2–2	4–2	4–3	7–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	—	1–0
Viking	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–0	0–0	3–2	2–1	2–2	—

Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Strømsgodset	90,814	15,200	6,000	10,090	+11.6%
2	Brann	71,300	10,300	4,800	7,922	−0.6%
3	Rosenborg	70,930	15,169	4,500	7,881	−43.5%
4	Skeid	54,182	8,938	3,787	6,020	−35.6%
5	Viking	51,600	8,000	1,500	5,733	−26.9%
6	HamKam	45,600	7,500	3,500	5,067	n/a
7	Fredrikstad	42,063	8,874	1,597	4,674	−22.8%
8	Sarpsborg FK	31,154	5,862	1,783	3,462	−10.9%
9	Pors	29,900	7,500	1,500	3,322	n/a
10	Hødd	19,700	3,500	1,000	2,189	−36.0%
	League total	507,243	15,200	1,000	5,636	−25.7%

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

Seasons

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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League competitions	First Division Second Division Third Division
Cup competitions	Norwegian Football Cup Final
European competitions	European Cup '69–'70 '70–'71 European Cup Winners' Cup '69–'70 '70–'71

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