1974 Norwegian First Division

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1. divisjon
Season1974
Dates28 April – 13 October
Champions Viking
4th title
Relegated HamKam
Sarpsborg
Raufoss
European Cup Viking
Cup Winners' Cup Skeid
UEFA Cup Molde
Vålerengen
Matches played132
Goals scored371 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer Odd Berg
(13 goals)
Biggest home winViking 6–0 Raufoss
(5 August 1974) [1]
Raufoss 7–1 HamKam
(29 September 1974) [1]
Biggest away winVålerengen 0–5 Rosenborg
(2 September 1974) [1]
Highest scoring Rosenborg 6–2 Strømsgodset
(26 August 1974)
Raufoss 7–1 HamKam
(29 September 1974) [1]
Longest winning runMolde
(7 games)
Longest unbeaten runMolde
(13 games)
Longest winless runRaufoss
(19 games)
Longest losing runRaufoss
(7 games)
Highest attendance21,362
Rosenborg 2–1 Molde
(15 May 1974)
Lowest attendance650
Raufoss 1–2 Start
(22 September 1974)
Average attendance5,750 Increase2.svg 2.9 %
← 1973
1975 →

The 1974 1. divisjon was the 30th completed season of Norway's first-tier football league and was contested by 12 teams. The season was won by Viking, one point ahead of the newly promoted team Molde. This was Viking third consecutive league championship, and the fourth total. HamKam, Sarpsborg and Raufoss was relegated to the 1975 2. divisjon.

Contents

Team changes from 1973

Frigg, Lyn and Fredrikstad was relegated from the 1973 Norwegian First Division, [2] and was replaced by Sarpsborg and Molde who won their 1973 2. divisjon groups, in addition to Vålerengen who won the promotion play-off against Bryne and Mjølner. [3]

Season summary

Molde, who were playing in the top-flight for the first time since the 1957–58 season, won their three first matches and were leading the league in 9 of 22 rounds. Molde were in the lead with three matches left to play, despite a 0–2 loss at home against Viking, but when Vålerengen won 4–3 against Molde after a match-winning goal from Terje Olsen in the next match, Viking was the top of the league. Before the last match, Viking was leading one point ahead of Molde, and they won their third consecutive championship after they beat Strømsgodset in the last match. [4] Viking had the opportunity to win the double, but lost the 1974 Norwegian Football Cup final 3–1 against Skeid. [5]

Viking's goalkeeper, Erik Johannessen kept a clean sheet for 672 minutes during the season, [6] which was a Norwegian record for 32 years until Sondre Rossbach of Odd played 730 minutes without conceding a goal in 2016. [7] Molde's Odd Berg became the top goalscorer in the league with 13 goals. [8]

HamKam, Sarpsborg and Raufoss were relegated at the end of the season. [9] This was HamKam's first relegation from the top league, and the club has later been relegated eight times, which is a Norwegian record. [10] Sarpsborg FK had previously been one of the big clubs in Norway, but their spell in the top-flight in 1974 was their last, and for the next 36 years the town of Sarpsborg did not have a first-tier team until Sarpsborg 08 played in Tippeligaen in the 2011 season. [11] Raufoss, who did not win a match until the 20th round, [9] has not been able to play in the top league again. [12]

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. LocationStadium
Brann 22 Bergen Brann Stadion
HamKam 6 Hamar Briskeby
Mjøndalen 8 Mjøndalen Nedre Eiker Stadion
Molde 3 Molde Molde Stadion
Raufoss 9 Raufoss Raufoss Stadion
Rosenborg 12 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion
Sarpsborg FK 23 Sarpsborg Sarpsborg Stadion
Skeid 27 Oslo
Start 7 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion
Strømsgodset 9 Drammen Marienlyst Stadion
Vålerengen 20 Oslo Bislett Stadion
Viking 27 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Viking (C)2211923110+2131Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Molde 2212644018+2230Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Vålerengen 2212463325+828
4 Brann 229943620+1627
5 Strømsgodset 2211563828+1027
6 Skeid 2211383026+425Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Start 229673731+624
8 Rosenborg 229583931+823
9 Mjøndalen 2273122937−817
10 HamKam (R)2255122147−2615Relegation to 2. divisjon
11 Sarpsborg FK (R)2243152147−2611
12 Raufoss (R)2214171651−356
Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BRA HAM MIF MOL RAU ROS SRP SKE IKS STM VIK VÅL
Brann —1–12–00–45–12–03–11–22–20–00–00–0
HamKam 1–1—2–01–11–02–00–02–10–11–31–31–3
Mjøndalen 2–26–1—0–25–11–10–33–11–11–00–21–2
Molde 1–05–02–0—2–1 2–1 5–10–13–02–20–21–1
Raufoss 0–17–10–10–1—1–10–20–31–20–10–10–2
Rosenborg 0–31–11–4 2–1 1–1—5–01–06–16–23–21–0
Sarpsborg 2–50–13–00–11–10–3—2–31–30–31–00–1
Skeid 2–22–13–00–23–12–01–1—1–02–00–10–2
Start 0–35–12–40–05–04–04–11–0—1–10–02–0
Strømsgodset 1–03–13–02–25–02–11–01–24–2—0–02–0
Viking 0–02–02–00–06–00–04–21–10–03–1—2–1
Vålerengen 0–32–11–04–31–10–53–04–02–14–10–0—
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer

Attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 Viking 113,10014,8007,03010,282−11.1%†
2 Brann 110,35013,5007,50010,032+13.9%†
3 Strømsgodset 87,44615,5854,0007,950+0.3%†
4 Rosenborg 84,61221,3624,0007,692−10.3%†
5 Vålerengen 78,87410,7093,5147,170n/a2
6 Start 76,53113,9712,6866,957+4.8%†
7 Molde 58,2329,8004,0005,294n/a2
8 Skeid 42,3437,3667353,849+0.2%†
9 HamKam 34,9864,8621,0803,181−16.2%†
10 Mjøndalen 28,3527,1009002,577−20.6%†
11 Sarpsborg FK 26,2243,9781,1302,384n/a2
12 Raufoss 17,9543,1006501,632−42.0%†
League total759,00421,3626505,750+2.9%†

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

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