1971 Norwegian Second Division

The 1971 2. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

2. divisjon

Season	1971
Champions	Mjøndalen (Group A) Skeid (Group B) Mjølner (District IX–X) Kirkenes (District XI)
Promoted	Mjøndalen (Group A) Skeid (Group B) Mjølner (District IX–X)
Relegated	Drafn (Group A) Aurskog (Group B) Eidsvold Turn (Group B)
← 1970 1972 →

The league was contested by 30 teams, divided into a total of four groups; A and B (non-Northern Norwegian teams) and two district groups which contained teams from Northern Norway: district IX–X and district XI.^[1] The winners of group A and B and District IX–X were promoted to the 1972 1. divisjon, and the winners of the district groups qualified for the Northern Norwegian final. The winner of district XI was not eligible for promotion. The bottom team in all groups were relegated to the 3. divisjon. The two second last teams in group A and B met in a qualification round where the losing team was relegated to the 3. divisjon.

Overview

Summary

Mjøndalen won group A with 20 points. Skeid won group B with 22 points. Both teams promoted to the 1972 1. divisjon.

Tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Mjøndalen (C, P)	14	8	4	2	25	10	+15	20	Promotion to First Division
2	Start	14	7	5	2	23	12	+11	19
3	Østsiden	14	7	2	5	23	14	+9	16
4	Vard	14	5	6	3	20	20	0	16
5	Ulf	14	4	4	6	13	18	−5	12
6	Pors	14	4	3	7	15	23	−8	11
7	Odd (O)	14	3	3	8	11	21	−10	9	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
8	Drafn (R)	14	3	3	8	11	23	−12	9	Relegation to Third Division

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Skeid (C, P)	14	10	2	2	26	7	+19	22	Promotion to First Division
2	Steinkjer	14	7	2	5	17	16	+1	16
3	Aalesund	14	6	3	5	15	12	+3	15
4	Stabæk	14	5	4	5	15	20	−5	14
5	Raufoss	14	6	1	7	21	20	+1	13
6	Molde	14	4	3	7	16	19	−3	11
7	Aurskog (R)	14	3	5	6	7	16	−9	11	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
8	Eidsvold Turn (R)	14	2	6	6	7	14	−7	10	Relegation to Third Division

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

District IX–X

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Mjølner (C, P)	14	9	3	2	35	10	+25	21	Promotion to First Division
2	Mo	14	8	4	2	18	8	+10	20
3	Tromsø	14	7	5	2	29	21	+8	19
4	Stålkameratene	14	5	5	4	15	18	−3	15
5	Bodø/Glimt	14	5	2	7	10	19	−9	12
6	Mosjøen	14	5	0	9	17	22	−5	10
7	Harstad	14	3	4	7	14	21	−7	10
8	Svolvær (R)	14	2	1	11	9	28	−19	5	Relegation to Third Division

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

District XI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Kirkenes (C)	8	5	2	1	20	9	+11	12
2	Stein	8	5	2	1	19	9	+10	12
3	Polarstjernen	8	2	4	2	7	9	−2	8
4	Norild	8	1	3	4	8	16	−8	5
5	Vadsø Turn	8	1	1	6	6	17	−11	3
6	Alta (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to Third Division^[a]

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Alta was disqualified and all results involving Alta did not count.

Relegation play-offs

Results

• Aurskog – Odd 0–0
• Odd – Aurskog 2–0

Odd won the qualification round 2–0 on aggregate and remained in the 2. divisjon. Aurskog was relegated to the 3. divisjon.

Northern Norwegian Final

A Northern Norwegian Final was played between the winners of the two district groups, Mjølner and Kirkenes.^[1]

• Mjølner – Kirkenes 3–0

References

1. Aarhus, Lars. "Second division 1971". RSSSF Norway. Retrieved 23 November 2018.