1969 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season1969
Dates27 April – 19 October
ChampionsRosenborg
2nd title
RelegatedStart
Lyn
European CupRosenborg
Cup Winners' CupStrømsgodset
Inter-Cities Fairs CupSarpsborg FK
Matches played90
Goals scored252 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorerOdd Iversen
(26 goals)
Biggest home winRosenborg 5–0 Brann
(4 May 1969)
Fredrikstad 5–0 Hødd
(10 August 1969)
Biggest away winLyn 1–8 Strømsgodset
(16 May 1969)
Highest scoringLyn 1–8 Strømsgodset
(16 May 1969)
Longest winning runSkeid
(5 games)
Longest unbeaten runRosenborg
(8 games)
Longest winless runHødd
(10 games)
Longest losing runHødd
Lyn
(5 games)
Highest attendance24,350
Skeid 2–0 Rosenborg
(18 August 1969)
Lowest attendance2,000
Hødd 0–0 Sarpsborg FK
(22 June 1969)
Average attendance7,590 Decrease 2.4%
← 1968
1970 →

The 1969 1. divisjon was the 25th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and Rosenborg BK won the championship, their second league title.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location
Brann 17 Bergen
Fredrikstad 24 Fredrikstad
Hødd 2 Ulsteinvik
Lyn 17 Oslo
Rosenborg 7 Trondheim
Sarpsborg FK 19 Sarpsborg
Skeid 23 Oslo
Start 5 Kristiansand
Strømsgodset 4 Drammen
Viking 22 Stavanger

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rosenborg (C) 18 13 1 4 36 15 +21 27 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Fredrikstad 18 8 6 4 28 15 +13 22
3 Strømsgodset 18 8 6 4 34 22 +12 22 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Skeid 18 9 2 7 29 22 +7 20
5 Viking 18 6 6 6 18 17 +1 18
6 Brann 18 6 6 6 20 26 −6 18
7 Sarpsborg FK 18 6 5 7 22 22 0 17 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
8 Hødd 18 4 4 10 24 39 −15 12
9 Start (R) 18 5 2 11 20 35 −15 12 Relegation to Second Division
10 Lyn (R) 18 4 4 10 21 39 −18 12
Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BRA FRE HØD LYN ROS SRP SKE STA STM VIK
Brann — 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–0
Fredrikstad 1–0 — 5–0 2–0 4–2 0–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–1
Hødd 0–1 1–3 — 2–2 1–2 0–0 3–3 5–1 1–0 1–2
Lyn 1–1 0–4 5–1 — 1–2 3–1 1–3 0–2 1–8 1–0
Rosenborg 5–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 — 2–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 0–1
Sarpsborg 5–2 1–0 1–3 2–2 0–1 — 0–2 3–0 2–0 0–0
Skeid 1–0 0–1 4–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 — 2–1 0–1 0–1
Start 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–4 0–3 2–1 — 3–4 1–0
Strømsgodset 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 — 3–1
Viking 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 —
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Rosenborg 125,536 21,000 8,750 13,948 +18.7%†
2 Skeid 84,148 24,350 4,383 9,350 +4.5%†
3 Strømsgodset 81,348 16,678 6,000 9,039 −1.3%†
4 Brann 71,750 10,000 5,100 7,972 −19.2%†
5 Lyn 71,375 13,300 3,907 7,931 −2.0%†
6 Viking 70,600 10,100 6,500 7,844 −13.5%†
7 Start 58,105 9,700 2,817 6,456 n/a2
8 Fredrikstad 54,500 11,000 3,800 6,056 +15.9%†
9 Sarpsborg FK 34,958 7,900 2,228 3,884 +19.7%†
10 Hødd 30,800 5,500 2,000 3,422 n/a2
League total 683,120 24,350 2,000 7,590 −2.4%†

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

References