1972 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season 1972
Champions Viking
2nd title
Relegated Sarpsborg FK
Hødd
Mjølner
European Cup Viking
Cup Winners' Cup Brann
UEFA Cup Fredrikstad
Strømsgodset
Matches played 132
Goals scored 306 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer Egil Solberg
Johannes Vold
(16 goals)
Biggest home win Strømsgodset 9–3 Fredrikstad
(11 May 1972)[1]
Biggest away win Mjøndalen 1–4 Viking
(11 June 1972)
Mjølner 0–3 Strømsgodset
(1 July 1972)
HamKam 0–3 Viking
(27 August 1972)
Mjølner 0–3 Lyn
(8 October 1972)[1]
Highest scoring Strømsgodset 9–3 Fredrikstad
(11 May 1972)[1]
Longest winning run Viking
(7 games)
Longest unbeaten run Strømsgodset
(11 games)
Longest winless run Hødd
Mjølner
Sarpsborg FK
(7 games)
Longest losing run Mjølner
Mjøndalen
(5 games)
Highest attendance 14,160
Viking 2–0 Rosenborg
(19 June 1972)
Lowest attendance 1,000
Hødd 0–1 Skeid
(15 October 1972)
Average attendance 5,636 Decrease 14.3%
← 1971
1973 →
All statistics correct as of end of 1972 season.

Statistics of Norwegian First Division in season 1972.

Overview

It was performed in 12 teams, and Viking FK won the championship.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Viking (C) 22 16 2 4 42 15+27 34 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Fredrikstad 22 16 2 4 31 16+15 34 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Strømsgodset 22 10 7 5 40 29+11 27
4 Rosenborg 22 6 10 6 22 19+3 22
5 Lyn 22 7 7 8 29 22+7 21
6 Skeid 22 8 5 9 26 260 21
7 Mjøndalen 22 9 3 10 31 36−5 21
8 Brann 22 7 6 9 22 23−1 20 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
9 HamKam 22 6 8 8 14 18−4 20
10 Sarpsborg FK (R) 22 6 6 10 21 30−9 18 Relegation to Second Division
11 Hødd (R) 22 4 6 12 18 39−21 14
12 Mjølner (R) 22 3 6 13 10 33−23 12

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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "League stats". nifs.no. Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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