1977 Norwegian First Division

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

1. divisjon
Season1977
Dates25 April – 16 October
ChampionsLillestrøm
3rd title
RelegatedHam Kam
Rosenborg
Mjøndalen
European CupLillestrøm
Cup Winners' CupBodø/Glimt
UEFA CupMolde
Start
Matches played132
Goals scored396 (3 per match)
Top goalscorerTrygve Johannessen
(17 goals)
Biggest home winStart 5–0 Mjøndalen
(2 October 1977)
Start 6–1 HamKam
(16 October 1977)
Biggest away winVålerengen 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 Increase 13.1%
1976
1978

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/Glimt1BodøAspmyra Stadion
Brann25BergenBrann Stadion
Bryne2BryneBryne Stadion
Hamarkameratene8HamarBriskeby
Lillestrøm14LillestrømÅråsen Stadion
Mjøndalen11MjøndalenNedre Eiker Stadion
Molde6MoldeMolde Stadion
Moss4MossMelløs Stadion
Rosenborg15TrondheimLerkendal Stadion
Start10KristiansandKristiansand Stadion
Vålerengen22OsloBislett Stadion
Viking30StavangerStavanger Stadion

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Lillestrøm (C)2216424211+3136Qualification for the European Cup first round
2Bodø/Glimt2210843324+928Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3Molde2212373128+327Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4Start229763730+725
5Viking229584134+723
6Brann228684035+522
7Vålerengen2284103737020
8Bryne226883636020
9Moss227692839−1120
10Hamarkameratene (R)2266103742−518Relegation to Second Division
11Mjøndalen (R)2274111732−1518
12Rosenborg (R)2215161748−317
Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ AwayB/GBRABRYHAMLILMIFMOLMOSROSIKSVIKVÅL
Bodø/Glimt2–20–22–01–10–14–13–10–01–01–01–1
Brann0–11–16–32–12–01–21–14–04–11–11–1
Bryne2–34–21–12–01–31–31–14–22–22–24–1
Hamarkameratene1–10–22–20–14–01–04–23–20–11–20–1
Lillestrøm3–13–11–12–14–03–04–01–01–03–11–0
Mjøndalen1–20–02–02–20–10–11–20–00–03–11–0
Molde0–11–02–21–00–02–03–12–00–03–24–1
Moss1–01–01–02–20–42–02–32–21–10–40–1
Rosenborg1–31–30–22–60–00–12–01–31–31–30–3
Start3–33–11–06–10–25–01–21–12–12–10–4
Viking2–23–42–11–11–22–02–13–20–02–35–1
Vålerengen1–15–24–13–40–41–24–00–23–12–20–1
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer

Attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Brann164,40222,1509,97514,946+5.8%
2Vålerengen108,18219,1274,3999,835n/a2
3Lillestrøm92,72512,5155,7858,430+32.8%
4Viking88,74712,1405,8588,068−7.7%
5Bodø/Glimt84,3169,6525,6727,665n/a2
6Start78,45312,6663,8477,132+8.7%
7Bryne69,11012,2364,0126,283+26.2%
8Moss63,3847,5833,7155,762n/a2
9Rosenborg61,1208,2002,2005,556−16.7%
10Molde60,59210,7003,7155,508+53.6%
11HamKam52,1307,9483,0254,739−2.8%
12Mjøndalen45,5228,0221,8904,138−18.6%
League total968,68322,1501,8907,339+13.1%

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

References