1971 Norwegian First Division

27th season of top-tier football league in Norway Football league season

1. divisjon
Season	1971
Dates	25 April – 17 October
Champions	Rosenborg 3rd title
Relegated	Frigg
European Cup	Rosenborg
Cup Winners' Cup	Fredrikstad
UEFA Cup	Lyn Viking
Matches played	90
Goals scored	252 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jan Fuglset (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Lyn 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 win	Frigg 0–5 Hødd (10 October 1971)
Highest scoring	Lyn 7–1 Frigg (26 April 1971) Sarpsborg FK 7–1 Frigg (11 August 1971) Fredrikstad 7–1 Frigg (17 October 1971)
Longest winning run	Viking (5 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Lyn (12 games)
Longest winless run	Hødd (11 games)
Longest losing run	Frigg Hødd (4 games)
Highest attendance	15,200 Rosenborg 0–0 Strømsgodset (13 October 1971)
Lowest attendance	1,000 Hødd 4–1 HamKam (6 October 1971)
Average attendance	6,578 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.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

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	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
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

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.

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/a
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/a
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.

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 '70–'71 '71–'72 European Cup Winners' Cup '70–'71 '71–'72 UEFA Cup '71–'72

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League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
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