1979 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season 1979
Champions Viking
6th title
Relegated Hamarkameratene
Mjøndalen
Brann
European Cup Viking
UEFA Cup Moss
Matches played 132
Goals scored 352 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer Odd Iversen
(16 goals)
Biggest home win HamKam 6–1 Mjøndalen
(11 June 1979)
Biggest away win Skeid 0–4 Start
(13 May 1979)
Brann 0–4 Lillestrøm
(14 June 1979)
Mjøndalen 0–4 Start
(18 June 1979)
Viking 0–4 Skeid
(1 October 1979)
Highest scoring Vålerengen 5–4 Mjøndalen
(22 April 1979)
Longest winning run Start
(5 games)
Longest unbeaten run Moss
(12 games)
Longest winless run Brann
(12 games)
Longest losing run Brann
(6 games)
Highest attendance 15,783
Brann 2–1 Skeid
(22 April 1979)
Lowest attendance 1,494
Mjøndalen 2–4 Bryne
(14 October 1979)
Average attendance 6,238 Increase 12.7%
← 1978
1980 →

Statistics of the 1979 Norwegian First Division season.

Overview

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

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Viking (C) 22 13 6 3 31 16+15 32 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Moss 22 12 6 4 41 25+16 30 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Start 22 12 3 7 36 21+15 27
4 Bryne 22 11 3 8 37 28+9 25
5 Lillestrøm 22 7 9 6 25 23+2 23
6 Rosenborg 22 9 4 9 31 29+2 22
7 Bodø/Glimt 22 8 5 9 19 26−7 21
8 Vålerengen 22 8 4 10 33 41−8 20
9 Skeid 22 7 5 10 24 27−3 19
10 Hamarkameratene (R) 22 7 4 11 29 33−4 18 Relegation to Second Division
11 Mjøndalen (R) 22 6 5 11 28 43−15 17
12 Brann (R) 22 3 4 15 18 40−22 10

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

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