1970 Norwegian First Division

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1. divisjon
Season1970
Dates27 April – 18 October
Champions Strømsgodset
1st title
Relegated Skeid
Pors
European Cup Strømsgodset
UEFA Cup Rosenborg
Matches played90
Goals scored210 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer Steinar Pettersen
(16 goals)
Biggest home winStrømsgodset 7–1 Pors
(3 May 1970)
Biggest away winPors 0–6 Hødd
(18 October 1970)
Highest scoringStrømsgodset 7–1 Pors
(3 May 1970)
Longest winning run Brann
(6 games)
Longest unbeaten runBrann
(9 games)
Longest winless runPors
(9 games)
Longest losing runPors
(9 games)
Highest attendance15,200
Strømsgodset 2–0 Rosenborg
(11 October 1970)
Lowest attendance1,000
Hødd 2–0 Pors
(21 June 1970)
Average attendance5,636 Decrease2.svg 25.7%
← 1969
1971 →

The 1970 1. divisjon was the 26th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Contents

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and Strømsgodset won the championship, their first league title.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location
Brann 18 Bergen
Fredrikstad 25 Fredrikstad
HamKam 2 Hamar
Hødd 3 Ulsteinvik
Pors 5 Porsgrunn
Rosenborg 8 Trondheim
Sarpsborg FK 20 Sarpsborg
Skeid 24 Oslo
Strømsgodset 5 Drammen
Viking 23 Stavanger

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Strømsgodset (C)1811343621+1525Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Rosenborg 181044155+1024Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 HamKam 1810353115+1623
4 Brann 189541811+723
5 Sarpsborg FK 189362121021
6 Viking 188372720+719
7 Fredrikstad 185671621−516
8 Hødd 1843112027−711
9 Skeid (R)1843111623−711Relegation to Second Division
10 Pors (R)1831141046−367
Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BRA FRE HAM HØD POR ROS SRP SKE STM VIK
Brann —1–00–32–01–00–10–12–01–02–1
Fredrikstad 0–0—0–02–21–21–02–31–32–00–2
HamKam 0–10–0—4–16–01–02–01–14–14–2
Hødd 1–21–21–0—2–00–00–20–01–31–0
Pors 0–30–10–10–6—0–21–22–11–31–1
Rosenborg 0–02–03–01–01–0—0–11–01–01–0
Sarpsborg 1–11–11–02–10–10–0—0–30–22–1
Skeid 1–10–10–11–04–10–21–2—0–20–3
Strømsgodset 0–02–24–24–37–12–02–11–0—1–0
Viking 2–12–00–22–04–00–03–22–12–2—
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer

Attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 Strømsgodset 90,81415,2006,00010,090+11.6%†
2 Brann 71,30010,3004,8007,922−0.6%†
3 Rosenborg 70,93015,1694,5007,881−43.5%†
4 Skeid 54,1828,9383,7876,020−35.6%†
5 Viking 51,6008,0001,5005,733−26.9%†
6 HamKam 45,6007,5003,5005,067n/a2
7 Fredrikstad 42,0638,8741,5974,674−22.8%†
8 Sarpsborg FK 31,1545,8621,7833,462−10.9%†
9 Pors 29,9007,5001,5003,322n/a2
10 Hødd 19,7003,5001,0002,189−36.0%†
League total507,24315,2001,0005,636−25.7%†

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

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