1963 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season 1963
Champions Brann
2nd title
Relegated Steinkjer
Gjøvik-Lyn
European Cup Lyn
Cup Winners' Cup Skeid
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Vålerengen
Matches played 90
Goals scored 336 (3.73 per match)
Top goalscorer Leif Eriksen
(16 goals)
Biggest home win Brann 8–1 Frigg
(4 May 1963)
Biggest away win Frigg 0–7 Vålerengen
(19 May 1963)
Highest scoring Brann 8–1 Frigg
(4 May 1963)
Longest winning run Brann
Lyn
Skeid
(4 games)
Longest unbeaten run Lyn
(10 games)
Longest winless run Gjøvik-Lyn
(10 games)
Longest losing run Gjøvik-Lyn
(6 games)
Highest attendance 20,897
Brann 1–1 Fredrikstad
(19 May 1963)
Lowest attendance 2,375
Gjøvik-Lyn 2–1 Sarpsborg FK
(13 October 1963)
Average attendance 7,871
← 1961-62
1964 →
All statistics correct as of end of 1963 season.

Statistics of Norwegian First Division in season 1963. This was the first regular season were all the top flight teams played in the same group.

Overview

It was performed in 10 teams, and Brann won their second consecutive championship title.

Lyn lead the table after 9 games, and qualified for the 1963-64 European Cup.

Steinkjer and Gjøvik-Lyn finished 9th and 10th and were relegated to the Second Division.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Brann (C) 18 10 4 4 46 27+19 24
2 Lyn 18 10 3 5 38 28+10 23 Qualification for the European Cup first round
3 Skeid Fotball 18 9 2 7 41 26+15 20 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Fredrikstad 18 7 6 5 32 25+7 20
5 Frigg 18 6 6 6 31 40−9 18
6 Sarpsborg FK 18 6 5 7 26 35−9 17
7 Viking 18 6 5 7 26 37−11 17
8 Vålerengen 18 7 2 9 44 37+7 16 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
9 Steinkjer (R) 18 5 4 9 23 34−11 14 Relegation to Second Division
10 Gjøvik-Lyn (R) 18 5 1 12 29 47−18 11

Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

Home \ Away[1] SKB FFK FRIGJØLYNSFKSKDSFKVIKVIF
Brann 1–1 8–1 3–1 0–6 7–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–1
Fredrikstad 1–1 2–0 1–2 4–0 3–3 1–0 4–2 4–1 1–3
Frigg 4–3 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 3–3 1–1 5–1 0–7
Gjøvik-Lyn 2–0 2–2 1–4 2–3 2–1 1–4 1–2 5–1 0–7
Lyn 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–3 2–0 2–1 3–3 0–2 5–0
Sarpsborg 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–0
Skeid 2–1 0–1 3–0 5–2 1–1 4–2 3–2 4–1 1–3
Steinkjer 0–3 0–1 1–3 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–1
Viking 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–2 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–2
Vålerengen 2–4 2–2 0–3 4–3 1–2 5–0 1–6 4–0 1–2

Source: NIFS.no
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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