1972 Norwegian First Division

(Redirected from Norwegian First Division 1972) 28th season of top-tier football league in Norway Football league season

1. divisjon
Season	1972
Dates	23 April – 15 October
Champions	Viking 2nd title
Relegated	Sarpsborg FK Hødd Mjølner
European Cup	Viking
Cup Winners' Cup	Brann
UEFA Cup	Fredrikstad Strømsgodset
Matches played	132
Goals scored	306 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Egil Solberg Johannes Vold (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Strømsgodset 9–3 Fredrikstad (11 May 1972)
Biggest away win	Mjøndalen 1–4 Viking (11 June 1972) Mjølner 0–3 Strømsgodset (1 July 1972) HamKam 0–3 Viking (27 August 1972) Mjølner 0–3 Lyn (8 October 1972)
Highest scoring	Strømsgodset 9–3 Fredrikstad (11 May 1972)
Longest winning run	Viking (7 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Strømsgodset (11 games)
Longest winless run	Hødd Mjølner Sarpsborg FK (7 games)
Longest losing run	Mjølner Mjøndalen (5 games)
Highest attendance	14,160 Viking 2–0 Rosenborg (19 June 1972)
Lowest attendance	1,000 Hødd 0–1 Skeid (15 October 1972)
Average attendance	5,636 14.3%
← 1971 1973 →

The 1972 1. divisjon was the 28th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Viking FK won the championship, their second league title.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	Stadium
Brann	20	Bergen	Brann Stadion
Fredrikstad	27	Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad Stadion
HamKam	4	Hamar	Briskeby
Hødd	5	Ulsteinvik	Høddvoll Stadion
Lyn	19	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion
Mjølner	1	Narvik	Narvik Stadion
Mjøndalen	6	Mjøndalen	Nedre Eiker Stadion
Rosenborg	10	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion
Sarpsborg FK	22	Sarpsborg	Sarpsborg Stadion
Skeid	25	Oslo	Bislett Stadion
Strømsgodset	7	Drammen	Marienlyst Stadion
Viking	25	Stavanger	Stavanger Stadion

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Viking (C)	22	16	2	4	42	15	+27	34	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Fredrikstad	22	16	2	4	31	16	+15	34	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Strømsgodset	22	10	7	5	40	29	+11	27	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Rosenborg	22	6	10	6	22	19	+3	22
5	Lyn	22	7	7	8	29	22	+7	21
6	Skeid	22	8	5	9	26	26	0	21
7	Mjøndalen	22	9	3	10	31	36	−5	21
8	Brann	22	7	6	9	22	23	−1	20	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
9	HamKam	22	6	8	8	14	18	−4	20
10	Sarpsborg FK (R)	22	6	6	10	21	30	−9	18	Relegation to Second Division
11	Hødd (R)	22	4	6	12	18	39	−21	14
12	Mjølner (R)	22	3	6	13	10	33	−23	12

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

Results

Home \ Away	BRA	FRE	HAM	HØD	LYN	FKM	MIF	ROS	SRP	SKE	STM	VIK
Brann	—	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–2
Fredrikstad	1–0	—	0–0	4–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0
HamKam	3–1	0–1	—	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–3
Hødd	1–2	2–1	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–3
Lyn	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	—	1–1	1–1	0–0	5–1	1–3	5–1	2–3
Mjølner	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–3	0–3	—	3–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–3	0–1
Mjøndalen	4–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	3–0	—	2–2	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–4
Rosenborg	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	—	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1
Sarpsborg	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	—	3–0	1–1	0–1
Skeid	2–2	0–1	0–2	4–1	1–2	5–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	—	1–1	1–0
Strømsgodset	1–1	9–3	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	—	3–1
Viking	2–0	0–1	2–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	—

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Egil Solberg, Mjøndalen – 16 goals
Johannes Vold, Viking – 16 goals

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Viking	123,400	14,160	6,319	11,218	+9.0%
2	Brann	95,300	12,900	6,300	8,664	+12.4%
3	Strømsgodset	83,690	10,600	5,600	7,608	−12.5%
4	Rosenborg	74,892	9,400	3,734	6,808	−19.3%
5	Fredrikstad	61,774	9,225	2,700	5,616	−8.5%
6	Skeid	54,572	9,985	2,771	4,961	n/a
7	Mjøndalen	49,950	6,800	1,900	4,541	n/a
8	Lyn	46,876	6,900	2,022	4,261	−46.5%
9	HamKam	43,300	6,000	2,071	3,936	−12.8%
10	Sarpsborg FK	41,519	9,200	1,667	3,774	−8.2%
11	Mjølner	40,593	6,143	1,500	3,690	n/a
12	Hødd	28,100	4,100	1,000	2,555	−22.3%
	League total	743,966	14,160	1,000	5,636	−14.3%

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

References

^ "League stats". nifs.no. Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

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
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Clubs

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Statistics and awards

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