1977 Norwegian First Division

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1. divisjon
Season1977
Dates25 April – 16 October
Champions Lillestrøm
3rd title
Relegated Ham Kam
Rosenborg
Mjøndalen
European Cup Lillestrøm
Cup Winners' Cup Bodø/Glimt
UEFA Cup Molde
Start
Matches played132
Goals scored396 (3 per match)
Top goalscorer Trygve Johannessen
(17 goals)
Biggest home winStart 5–0 Mjøndalen
(2 October 1977)
Start 6–1 HamKam
(16 October 1977)
Biggest away win Vålerengen 0–4 Lillestrøm
(25 April 1977)
Moss 0–4 Viking
(1 May 1977)
Start 0–4 Vålerengen
(19 June 1977)
Moss 0–4 Lillestrøm
(10 September 1977)
Rosenborg 2–6 HamKam
(26 September 1977)
Highest scoringBrann 6–3 HamKam
(15 August 1977)
Longest winning runLillestrøm
(6 games)
Longest unbeaten runLillestrøm
(17 games)
Longest winless runRosenborg
(17 games)
Longest losing runMjøndalen
Rosenborg
Vålerenga
(5 games)
Highest attendance22,150
Brann 0–1 Bodø/Glimt
(25 April 1977)
Lowest attendance1,890
Mjøndalen 0–0 Rosenborg
(9 October 1977)
Average attendance7,339 Increase2.svg 13.1%
1976
1978

The 1977 1. divisjon was the 33rd completed season of top division football in Norway.

Contents

Overview

There were 12 teams in the division. Lillestrøm SK emerged as the championship victors, their third league title. Lillestrøm's 36 points was at the time a record for most points in a season, two more than Viking and Fredrikstad achieved in the 1972 season.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. LocationStadium
Bodø/Glimt 1 Bodø Aspmyra Stadion
Brann 25 Bergen Brann Stadion
Bryne 2 Bryne Bryne Stadion
Hamarkameratene 8 Hamar Briskeby
Lillestrøm 14 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion
Mjøndalen 11 Mjøndalen Nedre Eiker Stadion
Molde 6 Molde Molde Stadion
Moss 4 Moss Melløs Stadion
Rosenborg 15 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion
Start 10 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion
Vålerengen 22 Oslo Bislett Stadion
Viking 30 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Lillestrøm (C)2216424211+3136Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Bodø/Glimt 2210843324+928Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Molde 2212373128+327Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Start 229763730+725
5 Viking 229584134+723
6 Brann 228684035+522
7 Vålerengen 2284103737020
8 Bryne 226883636020
9 Moss 2276928391120
10 Hamarkameratene (R)2266103742518Relegation to 2. divisjon
11 Mjøndalen (R)22741117321518
12 Rosenborg (R)2215161748317
Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away B/G BRA BRY HAM LIL MIF MOL MOS ROS IKS VIK VÅL
Bodø/Glimt 2–20–22–01–10–14–13–10–01–01–01–1
Brann 0–11–16–32–12–01–21–14–04–11–11–1
Bryne 2–34–21–12–01–31–31–14–22–22–24–1
Hamarkameratene 1–10–22–20–14–01–04–23–20–11–20–1
Lillestrøm 3–13–11–12–14–03–04–01–01–03–1 1–0
Mjøndalen 1–20–02–02–20–10–11–20–00–03–11–0
Molde 0–11–02–21–00–02–03–1 2–0 0–03–24–1
Moss 1–01–01–02–20–42–02–32–21–10–40–1
Rosenborg 1–31–30–22–60–00–1 2–0 1–31–31–30–3
Start 3–33–11–06–10–25–01–21–12–12–10–4
Viking 2–23–42–11–11–22–02–13–20–02–35–1
Vålerengen 1–15–24–13–4 0–4 1–24–00–23–12–20–1
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer

Attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 Brann 164,40222,1509,97514,946+5.8%
2 Vålerengen 108,18219,1274,3999,835n/a2
3 Lillestrøm 92,72512,5155,7858,430+32.8%
4 Viking 88,74712,1405,8588,068−7.7%
5 Bodø/Glimt 84,3169,6525,6727,665n/a2
6 Start 78,45312,6663,8477,132+8.7%
7 Bryne 69,11012,2364,0126,283+26.2%
8 Moss 63,3847,5833,7155,762n/a2
9 Rosenborg 61,1208,2002,2005,556−16.7%
10 Molde 60,59210,7003,7155,508+53.6%
11 HamKam 52,1307,9483,0254,739−2.8%
12 Mjøndalen 45,5228,0221,8904,138−18.6%
League total968,68322,1501,8907,339+13.1%

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

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