1976 Norwegian First Division
32nd season of top-tier football league in Norway
Football league season
1. divisjon
Season1976
Dates25 April – 17 October
ChampionsLillestrøm
2nd title
RelegatedStrømsgodset
Fredrikstad
Vard
European CupLillestrøm
Cup Winners' CupBrann
UEFA CupMjøndalen
Start
Matches played132
Goals scored362 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorerJan Fuglset
(17 goals)
Biggest home winHamKam 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 Decrease 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. LocationStadium
Brann24BergenBrann Stadion
Bryne1BryneBryne Stadion
Fredrikstad30FredrikstadFredrikstad Stadion
Hamarkameratene7HamarBriskeby
Lillestrøm13LillestrømÅråsen Stadion
Mjøndalen10MjøndalenNedre Eiker Stadion
Molde5MoldeMolde Stadion
Rosenborg14TrondheimLerkendal Stadion
Start9KristiansandKristiansand Stadion
Strømsgodset11DrammenMarienlyst Stadion
Vard4HaugesundHaugesund Stadion
Viking29StavangerStavanger Stadion

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Lillestrøm (C)2213543919+2031Qualification for the European Cup first round
2Mjøndalen2213454023+1730Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3Brann2211653829+928Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
4Start228862319+424Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5Viking2261062421+322
6Molde2293103429+521
7Hamarkameratene227783129+221
8Rosenborg227782429−521
9Bryne226793035−519
10Strømsgodset (R)226793143−1219Relegation to Second Division
11Fredrikstad (R)2255122750−2315
12Vard (R)2229112136−1513
Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ AwayBRABRYFREHAMLILMIFMOLROSIKSSTMVARVIK
Brann—2–22–00–22–10–21–01–02–14–14–11–1
Bryne1–1—0–24–03–20–21–00–11–15–01–11–1
Fredrikstad2–22–5—1–10–31–42–11–13–00–13–31–0
Hamarkameratene1–36–02–0—0–10–24–21–30–21–36–11–1
Lillestrøm3–12–03–10–0—3–14–01–21–14–01–01–1
Mjøndalen2–21–23–12–01–2—2–05–32–11–03–12–1
Molde2–32–03–01–11–22–1—3–02–02–23–13–2
Rosenborg3–13–11–11–10–10–01–0—0–01–12–11–1
Start2–01–12–00–10–02–01–03–1—3–21–11–1
Strømsgodset2–43–16–11–12–32–21–61–01–0—0–02–2
Vard0–01–13–41–10–00–20–03–00–12–0—1–2
Viking0–21–04–10–13–10–00–12–00–00–01–0—
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer

Attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Brann155,45822,4017,91414,133+11.6%†
2Viking96,12212,0704,6148,738−16.5%†
3Strømsgodset74,80711,7444,5006,801−26.5%†
4Rosenborg73,33612,2112,3006,667−30.6%†
5Start72,18110,0414,0876,562−9.2%†
6Lillestrøm69,80810,6963,3006,346+4.6%†
7Vard68,5748,8422,6096,234n/a2
8Mjøndalen55,9048,9002,5005,082+50.4%†
9Bryne54,75312,1082,2084,978n/a2
10HamKam53,63111,5002,0004,876n/a2
11Fredrikstad42,4186,2741,2893,856−31.9%†
12Molde39,4364,7681,9503,585−5.8%†
League total856,42822,4011,2896,488−4.2%†

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

References

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