1976 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon

Season	1976
Dates	25 April – 17 October
Champions	Lillestrøm 2nd title
Relegated	Strømsgodset Fredrikstad Vard
European Cup	Lillestrøm
Cup Winners' Cup	Brann
UEFA Cup	Mjøndalen Start
Matches played	132
Goals scored	362 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jan Fuglset (17 goals)
Biggest home win	HamKam 6–0 Bryne (20 June 1976)
Biggest away win	Strømsgodset 1–6 Molde (17 October 1976)
Highest scoring	Mjøndalen 5–3 Rosenborg (3 October 1976)
Longest winning run	Brann (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Brann (11 games)
Longest winless run	Vard (16 games)
Longest losing run	Fredrikstad HamKam (5 games)
Highest attendance	22,401 Brann 0–2 Mjøndalen (17 October 1976)
Lowest attendance	1,289 Fredrikstad 1–0 Viking (10 October 1976)
Average attendance	6,488 4.2%
← 1975 1977 →

The 1976 1. divisjon was the 32nd completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview

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

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	Stadium
Brann	24	Bergen	Brann Stadion
Bryne	1	Bryne	Bryne Stadion
Fredrikstad	30	Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad Stadion
Hamarkameratene	7	Hamar	Briskeby
Lillestrøm	13	Lillestrøm	Åråsen Stadion
Mjøndalen	10	Mjøndalen	Nedre Eiker Stadion
Molde	5	Molde	Molde Stadion
Rosenborg	14	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion
Start	9	Kristiansand	Kristiansand Stadion
Strømsgodset	11	Drammen	Marienlyst Stadion
Vard	4	Haugesund	Haugesund Stadion
Viking	29	Stavanger	Stavanger Stadion

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lillestrøm (C)	22	13	5	4	39	19	+20	31	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Mjøndalen	22	13	4	5	40	23	+17	30	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Brann	22	11	6	5	38	29	+9	28	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Start	22	8	8	6	23	19	+4	24	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	Viking	22	6	10	6	24	21	+3	22
6	Molde	22	9	3	10	34	29	+5	21
7	Hamarkameratene	22	7	7	8	31	29	+2	21
8	Rosenborg	22	7	7	8	24	29	−5	21
9	Bryne	22	6	7	9	30	35	−5	19
10	Strømsgodset (R)	22	6	7	9	31	43	−12	19	Relegation to 2. divisjon
11	Fredrikstad (R)	22	5	5	12	27	50	−23	15
12	Vard (R)	22	2	9	11	21	36	−15	13

Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BRA	BRY	FRE	HAM	LIL	MIF	MOL	ROS	IKS	STM	VAR	VIK
Brann	—	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	4–1	1–1
Bryne	1–1	—	0–2	4–0	3–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	1–1
Fredrikstad	2–2	2–5	—	1–1	0–3	1–4	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	3–3	1–0
Hamarkameratene	1–3	6–0	2–0	—	0–1	0–2	4–2	1–3	0–2	1–3	6–1	1–1
Lillestrøm	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	—	3–1	4–0	1–2	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–1
Mjøndalen	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–2	—	2–0	5–3	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–1
Molde	2–3	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	—	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	3–2
Rosenborg	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	—	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1
Start	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	—	3–2	1–1	1–1
Strømsgodset	2–4	3–1	6–1	1–1	2–3	2–2	1–6	1–0	1–0	—	0–0	2–2
Vard	0–0	1–1	3–4	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	—	1–2
Viking	0–2	1–0	4–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	—

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

Season statistics

Top scorer

• Jan Fuglset, Molde – 17 goals

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Brann	155,458	22,401	7,914	14,133	+11.6%†
2	Viking	96,122	12,070	4,614	8,738	−16.5%†
3	Strømsgodset	74,807	11,744	4,500	6,801	−26.5%†
4	Rosenborg	73,336	12,211	2,300	6,667	−30.6%†
5	Start	72,181	10,041	4,087	6,562	−9.2%†
6	Lillestrøm	69,808	10,696	3,300	6,346	+4.6%†
7	Vard	68,574	8,842	2,609	6,234	n/a2
8	Mjøndalen	55,904	8,900	2,500	5,082	+50.4%†
9	Bryne	54,753	12,108	2,208	4,978	n/a2
10	HamKam	53,631	11,500	2,000	4,876	n/a2
11	Fredrikstad	42,418	6,274	1,289	3,856	−31.9%†
12	Molde	39,436	4,768	1,950	3,585	−5.8%†
	League total	856,428	22,401	1,289	6,488	−4.2%†

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

References

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