1978 Norwegian First Division

34th season of top-tier football league in Norway Football league season

1. divisjon
Season	1978
Dates	23 April – 15 October
Champions	Start 1st title
Relegated	Molde Lyn Steinkjer
European Cup	Start
Cup Winners' Cup	Lillestrøm
UEFA Cup	Viking Skeid
Matches played	132
Goals scored	433 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tom Lund (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Brann 9–1 Steinkjer (30 July 1978)
Biggest away win	Lyn 0–4 Bryne (7 May 1978) Bryne 1–5 Brann (11 June 1978) Molde 0–4 Skeid (11 June 1978)
Highest scoring	Molde 6–5 Bodø/Glimt (4 May 1978)
Longest winning run	Brann Skeid Viking (4 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Lillestrøm (18 games)
Longest winless run	Steinkjer (15 games)
Longest losing run	Lyn (8 games)
Highest attendance	23,900 Brann 0–1 Lillestrøm (8 May 1978)
Lowest attendance	1,890 Skeid 2–0 Steinkjer (15 October 1978)
Average attendance	5,533 24.6%
← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 1. divisjon was the 34th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview

It was performed in 12 teams, and IK Start won their first championship.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	Stadium
Bodø/Glimt	2	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadion
Brann	26	Bergen	Brann Stadion
Bryne	3	Bryne	Bryne Stadion
Lillestrøm	15	Lillestrøm	Åråsen Stadion
Lyn	21	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion
Molde	7	Molde	Molde Stadion
Moss	5	Moss	Melløs Stadion
Skeid	29	Oslo
Start	11	Kristiansand	Kristiansand Stadion
Steinkjer	10	Steinkjer	Guldbergaunet Stadion
Vålerengen	23	Oslo	Bislett Stadion
Viking	31	Stavanger	Stavanger Stadion

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Start (C)	22	13	7	2	30	13	+17	33	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Lillestrøm	22	11	9	2	45	22	+23	31	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
3	Viking	22	12	7	3	42	22	+20	31	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Skeid	22	12	2	8	38	33	+5	26	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	Brann	22	11	3	8	52	42	+10	25
6	Vålerengen	22	9	6	7	44	34	+10	24
7	Bryne	22	7	8	7	27	30	−3	22
8	Moss	22	8	4	10	39	38	+1	20
9	Bodø/Glimt	22	6	6	10	37	37	0	18
10	Molde (R)	22	5	2	15	36	58	−22	12	Relegation to Second Division
11	Lyn (R)	22	3	5	14	23	53	−30	11
12	Steinkjer (R)	22	1	9	12	20	51	−31	11

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

Home \ Away	B/G	BRA	BRY	LIL	LYN	MOL	MOS	SKE	IKS	STE	VIK	VÅL
Bodø/Glimt	—	8–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–3	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2
Brann	3–0	—	2–1	0–1	7–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	4–2	9–1	2–2	1–2
Bryne	0–0	1–5	—	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–1
Lillestrøm	2–0	3–1	3–1	—	5–0	4–1	2–2	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–3
Lyn	0–0	3–4	0–4	0–0	—	0–2	1–2	4–1	0–2	2–2	2–3	2–2
Molde	6–5	4–1	4–2	0–3	1–3	—	3–4	0–4	0–2	2–4	0–2	2–3
Moss	3–4	1–3	1–1	0–0	2–3	2–4	—	1–2	0–2	7–0	3–0	1–0
Skeid	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	5–1	3–2	1–2	—	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–2
Start	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–3	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	—	1–1	1–1	2–0
Steinkjer	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	2–3	0–0	—	1–1	1–1
Viking	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	5–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	3–1	—	2–1
Vålerengen	3–3	4–3	2–3	1–1	4–0	0–0	3–2	3–2	0–1	5–0	2–3	—

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

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Brann	125,180	23,900	5,590	11,380	−23.9%
2	Viking	88,171	14,325	4,185	8,016	−0.6%
3	Vålerengen	80,781	11,600	2,533	7,344	−25.3%
4	Start	72,516	9,559	4,473	6,592	−7.6%
5	Lillestrøm	71,836	12,343	3,403	6,531	−22.5%
6	Bodø/Glimt	59,807	9,126	2,990	5,437	−29.1%
7	Moss	53,260	6,933	2,743	4,842	−16.0%
8	Bryne	46,270	6,933	2,743	4,206	−33.1%
9	Steinkjer	38,250	6,500	800	3,477	n/a
10	Skeid	36,684	6,774	645	3,335	n/a
11	Molde	30,628	5,742	1,183	2,784	−49.5%
12	Lyn	27,036	6,389	823	2,458	n/a
	League total	730,419	23,900	645	5,533	−24.6%

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

Cup competitions

Men	Norwegian Football Cup Final
Women	Norwegian Women's Cup

European competitions

Club seasons
First Division	Bodø/Glimt Brann Bryne Lillestrøm Lyn Molde Moss Skeid Start Steinkjer Vålerengen Viking

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