1978 Norwegian First Division

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1. divisjon
Season1978
Dates23 April – 15 October
Champions Start
1st title
Relegated Molde
Lyn
Steinkjer
European Cup Start
Cup Winners' Cup Lillestrøm
UEFA Cup Viking
Skeid
Matches played132
Goals scored433 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorer Tom Lund
(17 goals)
Biggest home win Brann 9–1 Steinkjer
(30 July 1978)
Biggest away winLyn 0–4 Bryne
(7 May 1978)
Bryne 1–5 Brann
(11 June 1978)
Molde 0–4 Skeid
(11 June 1978)
Highest scoringMolde 6–5 Bodø/Glimt
(4 May 1978)
Longest winning runBrann
Skeid
Viking
(4 games)
Longest unbeaten runLillestrøm
(18 games)
Longest winless runSteinkjer
(15 games)
Longest losing runLyn
(8 games)
Highest attendance23,900
Brann 0–1 Lillestrøm
(8 May 1978)
Lowest attendance1,890
Skeid 2–0 Steinkjer
(15 October 1978)
Average attendance5,533 Decrease2.svg 24.6%
1977
1979

The 1978 1. divisjon was the 34th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Contents

Overview

It was performed in 12 teams, and IK Start won their first championship.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. LocationStadium
Bodø/Glimt 2 Bodø Aspmyra Stadion
Brann 26 Bergen Brann Stadion
Bryne 3 Bryne Bryne Stadion
Lillestrøm 15 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion
Lyn 21 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion
Molde 7 Molde Molde Stadion
Moss 5 Moss Melløs Stadion
Skeid 29 Oslo
Start 11 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion
Steinkjer 10 Steinkjer Guldbergaunet Stadion
Vålerengen 23 Oslo Bislett Stadion
Viking 31 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Start (C)2213723013+1733Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Lillestrøm 2211924522+2331Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
3 Viking 2212734222+2031Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Skeid 2212283833+526
5 Brann 2211385242+1025
6 Vålerengen 229674434+1024
7 Bryne 227872730322
8 Moss 2284103938+120
9 Bodø/Glimt 2266103737018
10 Molde (R)22521536582212Relegation to 2. divisjon
11 Lyn (R)22351423533011
12 Steinkjer (R)22191220513111
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 LIL LYN MOL MOS SKE IKS STE VIK VÅL
Bodø/Glimt 8–11–21–12–13–12–34–01–11–10–20–2
Brann 3–02–10–17–02–11–02–14–29–12–21–2
Bryne 0–01–51–11–01–01–10–10–11–02–21–1
Lillestrøm 2–03–13–15–04–12–23–11–23–11–1 1–3
Lyn 0–03–40–40–00–21–24–10–22–22–3 2–2
Molde 6–54–14–20–31–33–40–40–22–40–22–3
Moss 3–41–31–10–02–32–41–20–27–03–01–0
Skeid 2–12–02–21–35–13–21–20–12–00–03–2
Start 1–00–00–03–31–03–12–00–11–11–12–0
Steinkjer 0–11–11–20–20–02–21–22–30–01–11–1
Viking 2–04–02–02–23–15–02–00–10–23–12–1
Vålerengen 3–34–32–3 1–1 4–0 0–03–23–20–15–02–3
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer

Attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 Brann 125,18023,9005,59011,380−23.9%
2 Viking 88,17114,3254,1858,016−0.6%
3 Vålerengen 80,78111,6002,5337,344−25.3%
4 Start 72,5169,5594,4736,592−7.6%
5 Lillestrøm 71,83612,3433,4036,531−22.5%
6 Bodø/Glimt 59,8079,1262,9905,437−29.1%
7 Moss 53,2606,9332,7434,842−16.0%
8 Bryne 46,2706,9332,7434,206−33.1%
9 Steinkjer 38,2506,5008003,477n/a2
10 Skeid 36,6846,7746453,335n/a2
11 Molde 30,6285,7421,1832,784−49.5%
12 Lyn 27,0366,3898232,458n/a2
League total730,41923,9006455,533−24.6%

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

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