1963 Norwegian First Division

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1. divisjon
Season1963
Champions Brann
2nd title
Relegated Steinkjer
Gjøvik-Lyn
European Cup Lyn
Cup Winners' Cup Skeid
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Vålerengen
Matches played90
Goals scored336 (3.73 per match)
Top goalscorerLeif Eriksen
(16 goals)
Biggest home winBrann 8–1 Frigg
(4 May 1963)
Biggest away winFrigg 0–7 Vålerengen
(19 May 1963)
Highest scoringBrann 8–1 Frigg
(4 May 1963)
Longest winning runBrann
Lyn
Skeid
(4 games)
Longest unbeaten runLyn
(10 games)
Longest winless runGjøvik-Lyn
(10 games)
Longest losing runGjøvik-Lyn
(6 games)
Highest attendance20,897
Brann 1–1 Fredrikstad
(19 May 1963)
Lowest attendance2,375
Gjøvik-Lyn 2–1 Sarpsborg FK
(13 October 1963)
Average attendance7,871
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The 1963 1. divisjon was the 19th completed season of top division football in Norway. This was the first regular season were all the top flight teams played in the same group.

Contents

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and Brann won their second consecutive championship title.

Lyn lead the table after 9 games, and qualified for the 1963–64 European Cup.

Steinkjer and Gjøvik-Lyn finished 9th and 10th and were relegated to the 2. divisjon.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location
Brann 14 Bergen
Fredrikstad 18 Fredrikstad
Frigg 8 Oslo
Gjøvik-Lyn 4 Gjøvik
Lyn 11 Oslo
Sarpsborg FK 13 Sarpsborg
Skeid 17 Oslo
Steinkjer 6 Steinkjer
Vålerengen 14 Oslo
Viking 18 Stavanger

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Brann (C)1810444627+1924
2 Lyn 1810353828+1023Qualification for the European Cup first round
3 Skeid 189274126+1520Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Fredrikstad 187653225+720
5 Frigg 186663140−918
6 Sarpsborg FK 186572635−917
7 Viking 186572637−1117
8 Vålerengen 187294437+716Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
9 Steinkjer (R)185492334−1114Relegation to 2. divisjon
10 Gjøvik-Lyn (R)1851122947−1811
Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away SKB FFK FRI GJØ LYN SAR SKD SFK VIK VIF
Brann 1–18–13–10–67–12–13–02–13–1
Fredrikstad 1–12–01–24–03–31–04–24–11–3
Frigg 4–31–11–00–32–23–31–15–10–7
Gjøvik-Lyn 2–02–21–42–32–11–41–25–10–7
Lyn 1–32–12–21–32–02–13–30–25–0
Sarpsborg 1–13–12–13–02–01–31–11–21–0
Skeid 2–10–13–05–21–14–23–24–11–3
Steinkjer 0–30–11–32–01–20–11–02–22–1
Viking 1–12–10–03–22–31–11–01–32–2
Vålerengen 2–42–20–34–31–25–01–64–01–2
Source: NIFS.no
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer

Attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 Brann 140,91820,89710,75015,658n/a†
2 Vålerengen 88,30116,6004,9739,811n/a†
3 Skeid 81,59718,5344,5189,066n/a†
4 Viking 67,34610,6005,0007,483n/a†
5 Lyn 67,11713,9472,6847,457n/a†
6 Fredrikstad 62,88912,0004,0006,988n/a†
7 Frigg 59,28110,8552,5196,587n/a†
8 Steinkjer 50,3138,0003,5005,590n/a†
9 Gjøvik-Lyn 48,03710,4371,5005,337n/a†
10 Sarpsborg FK 42,5697,5001,8004,730n/a†
League total708,36820,8971,5007,871n/a†

Source: nifs.no

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