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1. divisjon

Season	1974
Dates	28 April – 13 October
Champions	Viking 4th title
Relegated	HamKam Sarpsborg Raufoss
European Cup	Viking
Cup Winners' Cup	Skeid
UEFA Cup	Molde Vålerengen
Matches played	132
Goals scored	371 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Odd Berg (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Viking 6–0 Raufoss (5 August 1974) Raufoss 7–1 HamKam (29 September 1974)
Biggest away win	Vålerengen 0–5 Rosenborg (2 September 1974)
Highest scoring	Rosenborg 6–2 Strømsgodset (26 August 1974) Raufoss 7–1 HamKam (29 September 1974)
Longest winning run	Molde (7 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Molde (13 games)
Longest winless run	Raufoss (19 games)
Longest losing run	Raufoss (7 games)
Highest attendance	21,362 Rosenborg 2–1 Molde (15 May 1974)
Lowest attendance	650 Raufoss 1–2 Start (22 September 1974)
Average attendance	5,750 2.9 %
← 1973 1975 →

The 1974 1. divisjon was the 30th completed season of Norway's first-tier football league and was contested by 12 teams. The season was won by Viking, one point ahead of the newly promoted team Molde. This was Viking third consecutive league championship, and the fourth total. HamKam, Sarpsborg and Raufoss was relegated to the 1975 2. divisjon.

Team changes from 1973

Frigg, Lyn and Fredrikstad was relegated from the 1973 Norwegian First Division, and was replaced by Sarpsborg and Molde who won their 1973 2. divisjon groups, in addition to Vålerengen who won the promotion play-off against Bryne and Mjølner.

Season summary

Molde, who were playing in the top-flight for the first time since the 1957–58 season, won their three first matches and were leading the league in 9 of 22 rounds. Molde were in the lead with three matches left to play, despite a 0–2 loss at home against Viking, but when Vålerengen won 4–3 against Molde after a match-winning goal from Terje Olsen in the next match, Viking was the top of the league. Before the last match, Viking was leading one point ahead of Molde, and they won their third consecutive championship after they beat Strømsgodset in the last match. Viking had the opportunity to win the double, but lost the 1974 Norwegian Football Cup final 3–1 against Skeid.

Viking's goalkeeper, Erik Johannessen kept a clean sheet for 672 minutes during the season, which was a Norwegian record for 32 years until Sondre Rossbach of Odd played 730 minutes without conceding a goal in 2016. Molde's Odd Berg became the top goalscorer in the league with 13 goals.

HamKam, Sarpsborg and Raufoss were relegated at the end of the season. This was HamKam's first relegation from the top league, and the club has later been relegated eight times, which is a Norwegian record. Sarpsborg FK had previously been one of the big clubs in Norway, but their spell in the top-flight in 1974 was their last, and for the next 36 years the town of Sarpsborg did not have a first-tier team until Sarpsborg 08 played in Tippeligaen in the 2011 season. Raufoss, who did not win a match until the 20th round, has not been able to play in the top league again.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top scorer

• Odd Berg, Molde – 13 goals

Attendances

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

References

1. ^ "Ligastats 1974". nifs.no. Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
2. "First division 1973". RSSSF Norway. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
3. "Second division 1973". RSSSF Norway. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
4. "Vi sjokkerte norsk fotball i 1974" (in Norwegian). Romsdals Budstikke. 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
5. "For 35 år siden..." (in Norwegian). Skeid Fotball. 20 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2013-04-13. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
6. "VG vurderer Viking" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 9 April 2001. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
7. Johannessen, Sturla (24 April 2016). "Nullen sprakk for Rekord-Rossbach da Friday scoret igjen for LSK" (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
8. Berre, Tor (13 March 2008). "Toppscorere" (in Norwegian). NRK. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
9. ^ "First division 1974" (in Norwegian). RSSSF Norway. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
10. Rikoll, Monica (19 March 2012). "HamKam er norgesmestere i nedrykk" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
11. Veland, Bernhard (7 November 2010). "Sarpsborg rykker opp til eliteserien" (in Norwegian). Aftenbladet. Norwegian News Agency. Archived from the original on 2010-11-09. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
12. "Raufoss Idrettslag". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 March 2013.

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