1973 Norwegian First Division

(Redirected from 1973 1. divisjon) 29th season of top-tier football league in Norway Football league season

1. divisjon
Season	1973
Dates	1 May – 14 October
Champions	Viking 3rd title
Relegated	Frigg Lyn Fredrikstad
European Cup	Viking
Cup Winners' Cup	Strømsgodset
UEFA Cup	Rosenborg Start
Matches played	132
Goals scored	306 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stein Karlsen (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Rosenborg 5–0 Brann (30 July 1973)
Biggest away win	Mjøndalen 0–3 Strømsgodset (1 May 1973) Start 0–3 Viking (23 May 1973) Fredrikstad 1–4 Brann (11 June 1973) Raufoss 1–4 Frigg (29 July 1973) HamKam 0–3 Viking (5 August 1973) Skeid 0–3 Raufoss (13 August 1973)
Highest scoring	Brann 5–2 Lyn (23 May 1973)
Longest winning run	Viking (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Viking (15 games)
Longest winless run	Fredrikstad HamKam (7 games)
Longest losing run	HamKam (7 games)
Highest attendance	16,450 Viking 1–1 Rosenborg (25 June 1973)
Lowest attendance	829 Lyn 3–0 Fredrikstad (7 October 1973)
Average attendance	5,590 0.8%
← 1972 1974 →

The 1973 1. divisjon was the 29th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Viking FK won the championship, their second consecutive league title and their third top-flight title overall.

Fredrikstad, who was the only remaining team to have played all 28 completed seasons in the top division, was relegated in the end of the season.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	Stadium
Brann	21	Bergen	Brann Stadion
Fredrikstad	28	Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad Stadion
Frigg	15	Oslo
HamKam	5	Hamar	Briskeby
Lyn	20	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion
Mjøndalen	7	Mjøndalen	Nedre Eiker Stadion
Raufoss	8	Raufoss	Raufoss Stadion
Rosenborg	11	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion
Skeid	26	Oslo
Start	6	Kristiansand	Kristiansand Stadion
Strømsgodset	8	Drammen	Marienlyst Stadion
Viking	26	Stavanger	Stavanger Stadion

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Viking (C)	22	13	6	3	30	13	+17	32	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Rosenborg	22	10	7	5	32	18	+14	27	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Start	22	10	6	6	28	22	+6	26	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	HamKam	22	9	7	6	29	25	+4	25
5	Brann	22	9	5	8	31	27	+4	23
6	Strømsgodset	22	9	4	9	30	27	+3	22	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
7	Skeid	22	8	6	8	20	21	−1	22
8	Raufoss	22	7	7	8	21	26	−5	21
9	Mjøndalen	22	7	7	8	21	26	−5	21
10	Frigg (R)	22	5	8	9	21	27	−6	18	Relegation to Second Division
11	Lyn (R)	22	5	6	11	23	31	−8	16
12	Fredrikstad (R)	22	3	5	14	20	43	−23	11

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

Results

Home \ Away	BRA	FRE	FRI	HAM	LYN	MIF	RAU	ROS	SKE	IKS	STM	VIK
Brann	—	5–0	0–1	0–0	5–2	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0
Fredrikstad	1–4	—	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	4–1	0–2
Frigg	0–2	1–2	—	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1
HamKam	3–3	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–3
Lyn	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–2	—	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	0–1
Mjøndalen	1–1	2–1	4–1	2–2	3–1	—	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–3	0–1
Raufoss	1–1	1–1	1–4	0–2	2–2	0–0	—	0–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–0
Rosenborg	5–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	—	3–0	1–1	3–2	2–0
Skeid	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	—	2–0	0–1	0–1
Start	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	—	1–1	0–3
Strømsgodset	1–0	5–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–3	—	0–1
Viking	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	—

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

Season statistics

Top scorer

Stein Karlsen, HamKam – 17 goals

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Viking	127,283	16,450	6,800	11,571	+3.1%
2	Brann	96,865	15,198	4,467	8,806	+1.6%
3	Rosenborg	94,470	11,524	5,400	8,579	+26.0%
4	Strømsgodset	87,235	12,500	4,600	7,930	+4.2%
5	Start	73,052	10,658	4,611	6,641	n/a
6	Skeid	42,270	6,454	1,324	3,843	−22.5%
7	HamKam	41,747	6,438	2,128	3,795	−3.6%
8	Fredrikstad	39,011	6,212	1,000	3,546	−36.9%
9	Lyn	36,269	6,324	829	3,297	−22.6%
10	Mjøndalen	35,683	5,963	1,500	3,244	−28.6%
11	Frigg	33,146	7,468	1,929	3,013	n/a
12	Raufoss	30,932	6,000	1,400	2,812	n/a
	League total	737,863	16,450	829	5,590	−0.8%

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

References

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

Category

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