1972 1. divisjon

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1. divisjon
Season1972
Champions Viking
2nd title
Relegated Sarpsborg FK
Hødd
Mjølner
European Cup Viking
Cup Winners' Cup Brann
UEFA Cup Fredrikstad
Strømsgodset
Matches played132
Goals scored306 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer Egil Solberg
Johannes Vold
(16 goals)
Biggest home winStrømsgodset 9–3 Fredrikstad
(11 May 1972) [1]
Biggest away win Mjøndalen 1–4 Viking
(11 June 1972)
Mjølner 0–3 Strømsgodset
(1 July 1972)
HamKam 0–3 Viking
(27 August 1972)
Mjølner 0–3 Lyn
(8 October 1972) [1]
Highest scoringStrømsgodset 9–3 Fredrikstad
(11 May 1972) [1]
Longest winning runViking
(7 games)
Longest unbeaten runStrømsgodset
(11 games)
Longest winless runHødd
Mjølner
Sarpsborg FK
(7 games)
Longest losing runMjølner
Mjøndalen
(5 games)
Highest attendance14,160
Viking 2–0 Rosenborg
(19 June 1972)
Lowest attendance1,000
Hødd 0–1 Skeid
(15 October 1972)
Average attendance5,636 Decrease2.svg 14.3%
← 1971
1973 →

The 1972 1. divisjon was the 28th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Contents

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Viking FK won the championship, their second league title.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. LocationStadium
Brann 20 Bergen Brann Stadion
Fredrikstad 27 Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Stadion
HamKam 4 Hamar Briskeby
Hødd 5 Ulsteinvik Høddvoll Stadion
Lyn 19 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion
Mjølner 1 Narvik Narvik Stadion
Mjøndalen 6 Mjøndalen Nedre Eiker Stadion
Rosenborg 10 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion
Sarpsborg FK 22 Sarpsborg Sarpsborg Stadion
Skeid 25 Oslo Bislett Stadion
Strømsgodset 7 Drammen Marienlyst Stadion
Viking 25 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Viking (C)2216244215+2734Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Fredrikstad 2216243116+1534Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Strømsgodset 2210754029+1127
4 Rosenborg 2261062219+322
5 Lyn 227782922+721
6 Skeid 228592626021
7 Mjøndalen 2293103136−521
8 Brann 227692223−120Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
9 HamKam 226881418−420
10 Sarpsborg FK (R)2266102130−918Relegation to 2. divisjon
11 Hødd (R)2246121839−2114
12 Mjølner (R)2236131033−2312
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 LYN FKM MIF ROS SRP SKE STM VIK
Brann —0–11–01–10–02–03–00–03–00–11–11–2
Fredrikstad 1–0—0–04–12–01–04–00–11–02–00–11–0
HamKam 3–10–1—0–11–00–01–21–10–02–01–10–3
Hødd 1–22–10–0—0–00–01–30–01–10–12–31–3
Lyn 0–10–00–03–0—1–11–10–05–11–35–12–3
Mjølner 0–11–20–01–30–3—3–02–21–01–00–30–1
Mjøndalen 4–21–22–02–03–23–0—2–22–00–13–01–4
Rosenborg 2–00–20–10–11–02–03–0—0–12–01–11–1
Sarpsborg 1–00–13–14–01–22–02–21–1—3–01–10–1
Skeid 2–20–10–24–11–25–02–02–20–0—1–11–0
Strømsgodset 1–19–30–12–11–22–01–02–14–01–1—3–1
Viking 2–00–12–04–11–00–02–02–04–03–13–1—
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 Viking 123,40014,1606,31911,218+9.0%†
2 Brann 95,30012,9006,3008,664+12.4%†
3 Strømsgodset 83,69010,6005,6007,608−12.5%†
4 Rosenborg 74,8929,4003,7346,808−19.3%†
5 Fredrikstad 61,7749,2252,7005,616−8.5%†
6 Skeid 54,5729,9852,7714,961n/a2
7 Mjøndalen 49,9506,8001,9004,541n/a2
8 Lyn 46,8766,9002,0224,261−46.5%†
9 HamKam 43,3006,0002,0713,936−12.8%†
10 Sarpsborg FK 41,5199,2001,6673,774−8.2%†
11 Mjølner 40,5936,1431,5003,690n/a2
12 Hødd 28,1004,1001,0002,555−22.3%†
League total743,96614,1601,0005,636−14.3%†

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "League stats". nifs.no. Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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