1976 Norwegian First Division

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1. divisjon
Season1976
Dates25 April – 17 October
Champions Lillestrøm
2nd title
Relegated Strømsgodset
Fredrikstad
Vard
European Cup Lillestrøm
Cup Winners' Cup Brann
UEFA Cup Mjøndalen
Start
Matches played132
Goals scored362 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer Jan Fuglset
(17 goals)
Biggest home win HamKam 6–0 Bryne
(20 June 1976)
Biggest away winStrømsgodset 1–6 Molde
(17 October 1976)
Highest scoringMjøndalen 5–3 Rosenborg
(3 October 1976)
Longest winning runBrann
(6 games)
Longest unbeaten runBrann
(11 games)
Longest winless runVard
(16 games)
Longest losing runFredrikstad
HamKam
(5 games)
Highest attendance22,401
Brann 0–2 Mjøndalen
(17 October 1976)
Lowest attendance1,289
Fredrikstad 1–0 Viking
(10 October 1976)
Average attendance6,488 Decrease2.svg 4.2%
← 1975
1977 →

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

Contents

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. LocationStadium
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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Lillestrøm (C)2213543919+2031Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Mjøndalen 2213454023+1730Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Brann 2211653829+928Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Start 228862319+424Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5 Viking 2261062421+322
6 Molde 2293103429+521
7 Hamarkameratene 227783129+221
8 Rosenborg 227782429−521
9 Bryne 226793035−519
10 Strømsgodset (R)226793143−1219Relegation to Second Division
11 Fredrikstad (R)2255122750−2315
12 Vard (R)2229112136−1513
Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BRA BRY FRE HAM LIL MIF MOL ROS IKS STM VAR VIK
Brann —2–22–00–22–10–21–01–02–14–14–11–1
Bryne 1–1—0–24–03–20–21–00–11–15–01–11–1
Fredrikstad 2–22–5—1–10–31–42–11–13–00–13–31–0
Hamarkameratene 1–36–02–0—0–10–24–21–30–21–36–11–1
Lillestrøm 3–12–03–10–0—3–14–01–21–14–01–01–1
Mjøndalen 2–21–23–12–01–2—2–05–32–11–03–12–1
Molde 2–32–03–01–11–22–1— 3–0 2–02–23–13–2
Rosenborg 3–13–11–11–10–10–0 1–0 —0–01–12–11–1
Start 2–01–12–00–10–02–01–03–1—3–21–11–1
Strømsgodset 2–43–16–11–12–32–21–61–01–0—0–02–2
Vard 0–01–13–41–10–00–20–03–00–12–0—1–2
Viking 0–21–04–10–13–10–00–12–00–00–01–0—
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer

Attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 Brann 155,45822,4017,91414,133+11.6%†
2 Viking 96,12212,0704,6148,738−16.5%†
3 Strømsgodset 74,80711,7444,5006,801−26.5%†
4 Rosenborg 73,33612,2112,3006,667−30.6%†
5 Start 72,18110,0414,0876,562−9.2%†
6 Lillestrøm 69,80810,6963,3006,346+4.6%†
7 Vard 68,5748,8422,6096,234n/a2
8 Mjøndalen 55,9048,9002,5005,082+50.4%†
9 Bryne 54,75312,1082,2084,978n/a2
10 HamKam 53,63111,5002,0004,876n/a2
11 Fredrikstad 42,4186,2741,2893,856−31.9%†
12 Molde 39,4364,7681,9503,585−5.8%†
League total856,42822,4011,2896,488−4.2%†

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

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