1968 Norwegian First Division

The 1968 1. divisjon was the 24th completed season of top division football in Norway.

1. divisjon

Season	1968
Dates	25 April – 20 October
Champions	Lyn 2nd title
Relegated	Frigg Vålerengen
European Cup	Lyn
Cup Winners' Cup	Mjøndalen
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Rosenborg Skeid
Matches played	90
Goals scored	320 (3.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Odd Iversen (30 goals)
Biggest home win	Strømsgodset 10–1 Lyn (16 June 1968) Lyn 11–2 Viking (28 July 1968)
Biggest away win	Skeid 0–6 Fredrikstad (23 September 1968)
Highest scoring	Lyn 11–2 Viking (28 July 1968)
Longest winning run	Lyn (8 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Lyn Rosenborg (8 games)
Longest winless run	Vålerengen (8 games)
Longest losing run	Vålerengen (6 games)
Highest attendance	21,624 Rosenborg 2–4 Lyn (11 August 1968)
Lowest attendance	834 Frigg 0–2 Skeid (20 October 1968)
Average attendance	7,778 24.4%
← 1967 1969 →

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and Lyn from Oslo won the championship, their second title. Lyn's 28 points was at the time a record for most points in a season, one more than Vålerengen achieved in the 1965 season. Frigg and Vålerengen were relegated to the 1969 2. divisjon.

Odd Iversen of Rosenborg scored 30 goals this season, which as of the start of the 2019 season is still a league record. On 20 October, Iversen scored six goals in Rosenborg's 7–2 win against Vålerengen. That is still a joint league record for most goals scored in one game, an achievement Jan Fuglset copied in 1976.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location
Brann	16	Bergen
Fredrikstad	23	Fredrikstad
Frigg	13	Oslo
Lyn	16	Oslo
Rosenborg	6	Trondheim
Sarpsborg FK	18	Sarpsborg
Skeid	22	Oslo
Strømsgodset	3	Drammen
Vålerengen	19	Oslo
Viking	21	Stavanger

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyn (C)	18	14	0	4	57	33	+24	28	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Rosenborg	18	11	2	5	53	29	+24	24	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3	Viking	18	9	3	6	34	32	+2	21
4	Strømsgodset	18	9	1	8	48	27	+21	19
5	Brann	18	8	3	7	31	32	−1	19
6	Skeid	18	9	1	8	22	33	−11	19	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
7	Sarpsborg FK	18	5	5	8	14	25	−11	15
8	Fredrikstad	18	6	2	10	28	34	−6	14
9	Frigg (R)	18	3	5	10	15	37	−22	11	Relegation to Second Division
10	Vålerengen (R)	18	3	4	11	18	38	−20	10

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	LYN	ROS	SRP	SKE	STM	VIK	VÅL
Brann	—	2–3	2–2	0–2	0–4	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–0
Fredrikstad	1–3	—	1–1	1–4	0–1	4–1	0–2	0–3	2–1	1–0
Frigg	0–4	0–1	—	2–5	2–1	1–0	0–2	4–1	0–0	1–2
Lyn	1–4	3–1	5–0	—	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–6	11–2	2–0
Rosenborg	7–1	2–1	0–0	2–4	—	1–1	6–0	3–2	4–3	7–2
Sarpsborg	1–2	3–2	0–0	0–4	2–5	—	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0
Skeid	2–0	0–6	2–1	0–3	0–2	1–0	—	2–4	2–1	3–0
Strømsgodset	2–0	2–1	3–1	10–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	—	2–3	1–1
Viking	2–1	3–0	6–0	2–1	2–5	0–1	3–0	2–1	—	0–2
Vålerengen	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–3	0–1	1–2	1–6	1–3	—

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

Season statistics

Top scorer

•   Odd Iversen, Rosenborg – 30 goals

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Rosenborg	105,769	21,624	3,275	11,752	+5.6%^†
2	Brann	88,800	15,600	7,000	9,867	n/a^2
3	Strømsgodset	82,424	12,500	7,300	9,158	+33.6%^†
4	Viking	81,638	13,600	2,900	9,071	n/a^2
5	Skeid	80,557	12,451	3,904	8,951	+1.5%^†
6	Lyn	72,805	17,709	4,549	8,089	+36.9%^†
7	Vålerengen	62,109	13,100	2,111	6,901	−10.8%^†
8	Frigg	49,687	10,831	834	5,521	−9.0%^†
9	Fredrikstad	47,010	8,340	2,028	5,223	+29.6%^†
10	Sarpsborg FK	29,214	5,600	995	3,246	−28.0%^†
	League total	700,013	21,624	834	7,778	+24.4%^†

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

References

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