1977 Norwegian First Division
Season | 1977 |
---|---|
Dates | 25 April – 16 October |
Champions | Lillestrøm 3rd title |
Relegated | Ham Kam Rosenborg Mjøndalen |
European Cup | Lillestrøm |
Cup Winners' Cup | Bodø/Glimt |
UEFA Cup | Molde Start |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 396 (3 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Trygve Johannessen (17 goals) |
Biggest home win | Start 5–0 Mjøndalen (2 October 1977) Start 6–1 HamKam (16 October 1977) |
Biggest away win | Vålerengen 0–4 Lillestrøm (25 April 1977) Moss 0–4 Viking (1 May 1977) Start 0–4 Vålerengen (19 June 1977) Moss 0–4 Lillestrøm (10 September 1977) Rosenborg 2–6 HamKam (26 September 1977) |
Highest scoring | Brann 6–3 HamKam (15 August 1977) |
Longest winning run | Lillestrøm (6 games) |
Longest unbeaten run | Lillestrøm (17 games) |
Longest winless run | Rosenborg (17 games) |
Longest losing run | Mjøndalen Rosenborg Vålerenga (5 games) |
Highest attendance | 22,150 Brann 0–1 Bodø/Glimt (25 April 1977) |
Lowest attendance | 1,890 Mjøndalen 0–0 Rosenborg (9 October 1977) |
Average attendance | 7,339 13.1% |
← 1976 1978 → |
The 1977 1. divisjon was the 33rd completed season of top division football in Norway.
Overview
There were 12 teams in the division. Lillestrøm SK emerged as the championship victors, their third league title. Lillestrøm's 36 points was at the time a record for most points in a season, two more than Viking and Fredrikstad achieved in the 1972 season.
Teams and locations
- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team | Ap. | Location | Stadium |
---|---|---|---|
Bodø/Glimt | 1 | Bodø | Aspmyra Stadion |
Brann | 25 | Bergen | Brann Stadion |
Bryne | 2 | Bryne | Bryne Stadion |
Hamarkameratene | 8 | Hamar | Briskeby |
Lillestrøm | 14 | Lillestrøm | Åråsen Stadion |
Mjøndalen | 11 | Mjøndalen | Nedre Eiker Stadion |
Molde | 6 | Molde | Molde Stadion |
Moss | 4 | Moss | Melløs Stadion |
Rosenborg | 15 | Trondheim | Lerkendal Stadion |
Start | 10 | Kristiansand | Kristiansand Stadion |
Vålerengen | 22 | Oslo | Bislett Stadion |
Viking | 30 | Stavanger | Stavanger Stadion |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lillestrøm (C) | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 11 | +31 | 36 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
2 | Bodø/Glimt | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 28 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
3 | Molde | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 27 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Start | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 25 | |
5 | Viking | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 23 | |
6 | Brann | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 22 | |
7 | Vålerengen | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 20 | |
8 | Bryne | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 20 | |
9 | Moss | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 20 | |
10 | Hamarkameratene (R) | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 18 | Relegation to Second Division |
11 | Mjøndalen (R) | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 32 | −15 | 18 | |
12 | Rosenborg (R) | 22 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 48 | −31 | 7 |
Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
Season statistics
Top scorer
- Trygve Johannessen, Viking – 17 goals
Attendances
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brann | 164,402 | 22,150 | 9,975 | 14,946 | +5.8% |
2 | Vålerengen | 108,182 | 19,127 | 4,399 | 9,835 | n/a2 |
3 | Lillestrøm | 92,725 | 12,515 | 5,785 | 8,430 | +32.8% |
4 | Viking | 88,747 | 12,140 | 5,858 | 8,068 | −7.7% |
5 | Bodø/Glimt | 84,316 | 9,652 | 5,672 | 7,665 | n/a2 |
6 | Start | 78,453 | 12,666 | 3,847 | 7,132 | +8.7% |
7 | Bryne | 69,110 | 12,236 | 4,012 | 6,283 | +26.2% |
8 | Moss | 63,384 | 7,583 | 3,715 | 5,762 | n/a2 |
9 | Rosenborg | 61,120 | 8,200 | 2,200 | 5,556 | −16.7% |
10 | Molde | 60,592 | 10,700 | 3,715 | 5,508 | +53.6% |
11 | HamKam | 52,130 | 7,948 | 3,025 | 4,739 | −2.8% |
12 | Mjøndalen | 45,522 | 8,022 | 1,890 | 4,138 | −18.6% |
League total | 968,683 | 22,150 | 1,890 | 7,339 | +13.1% |
Source: nifs.no
Notes:
2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.