1971 Norwegian First Division

The 1971 1. divisjon was the 27th completed season of top division football in Norway.

1. divisjon

Season	1971
Dates	25 April – 17 October
Champions	Rosenborg 3rd title
Relegated	Frigg
European Cup	Rosenborg
Cup Winners' Cup	Fredrikstad
UEFA Cup	Lyn Viking
Matches played	90
Goals scored	252 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jan Fuglset (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Lyn 7–1 Frigg (26 April 1971) Viking 6–0 Fredrikstad (17 June 1971) Sarpsborg FK 7–1 Frigg (11 August 1971) Fredrikstad 7–1 Frigg (17 October 1971)
Biggest away win	Frigg 0–5 Hødd (10 October 1971)
Highest scoring	Lyn 7–1 Frigg (26 April 1971) Sarpsborg FK 7–1 Frigg (11 August 1971) Fredrikstad 7–1 Frigg (17 October 1971)
Longest winning run	Viking (5 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Lyn (12 games)
Longest winless run	Hødd (11 games)
Longest losing run	Frigg Hødd (4 games)
Highest attendance	15,200 Rosenborg 0–0 Strømsgodset (13 October 1971)
Lowest attendance	1,000 Hødd 4–1 HamKam (6 October 1971)
Average attendance	6,578 16.7%
← 1970 1972 →

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and Rosenborg BK won the championship, their third league title.

Only one team was relegated this season due to the league's extension to 12 teams ahead of the 1972 season.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location
Brann	19	Bergen
Fredrikstad	26	Fredrikstad
Frigg	14	Oslo
HamKam	3	Hamar
Hødd	4	Ulsteinvik
Lyn	18	Oslo
Rosenborg	9	Trondheim
Sarpsborg FK	21	Sarpsborg
Strømsgodset	6	Drammen
Viking	24	Stavanger

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	18	9	6	3	25	11	+14	24	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Lyn	18	9	5	4	28	17	+11	23	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Viking	18	9	4	5	41	20	+21	22
4	Fredrikstad	18	8	6	4	32	23	+9	22	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	Strømsgodset	18	7	7	4	28	21	+7	21
6	HamKam	18	7	7	4	19	15	+4	21
7	Sarpsborg FK	18	6	4	8	32	27	+5	16
8	Hødd	18	3	5	10	17	32	−15	11
9	Brann	18	3	5	10	16	31	−15	11
10	Frigg (R)	18	4	1	13	16	55	−39	9	Relegation to Second Division

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	HØD	LYN	ROS	SRP	STM	VIK
Brann	—	1–1	3–1	0–3	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–0
Fredrikstad	2–0	—	7–1	4–0	0–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	3–3	2–2
Frigg	1–0	3–4	—	1–0	0–5	1–3	1–1	0–4	0–3	1–0
HamKam	2–0	0–0	1–0	—	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	3–1
Hødd	0–0	0–0	0–2	4–1	—	1–0	0–3	1–2	0–1	1–3
Lyn	3–1	1–0	7–1	0–0	1–0	—	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–1
Rosenborg	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–1	0–0	—	3–0	0–0	1–0
Sarpsborg	3–3	1–0	7–1	0–1	4–0	1–2	1–2	—	1–1	1–4
Strømsgodset	3–1	1–2	4–0	1–2	4–1	0–0	0–3	2–1	—	1–1
Viking	5–0	6–0	4–1	1–0	5–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	—

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

Season statistics

Top scorer

•   Jan Fuglset, Fredrikstad – 17 goals

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Viking	92,641	15,300	6,000	10,293	+79.5%^†
2	Strømsgodset	78,216	13,200	4,500	8,691	−13.9%^†
3	Rosenborg	75,972	15,828	4,300	8,441	+7.1%^†
4	Lyn	71,681	15,088	4,553	7,965	n/a^2
5	Brann	69,400	8,800	6,000	7,711	−2.7%^†
6	Fredrikstad	55,233	10,018	2,592	6,137	+31.3%^†
7	Frigg	41,653	7,572	2,761	4,628	n/a^2
8	HamKam	40,634	7,000	3,107	4,515	−10.9%^†
9	Sarpsborg FK	37,001	9,248	1,808	4,111	+18.7%^†
10	Hødd	29,600	7,000	1,000	3,289	+50.3%^†
	League total	592,031	15,828	1,000	6,578	+16.7%^†

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

References

• Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk (NIFS)