1975 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway

Season	1975
Men's football
1. divisjon	Viking
2. divisjon	Bryne (Group A) HamKam (Group B)
Cupen	Bodø/Glimt

The 1975 season was the 70th season of competitive football in Norway.

Men's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
1. divisjon	Os Fredrikstad Lillestrøm	HamKam Sarpsborg Raufoss
2. divisjon	Brumunddal Lisleby Sunndal Varegg	Clausenengen Fram Larvik Henning Pors

1. divisjon

Main article: 1975 1. divisjon

Viking FK won the championship, their fifth league title.^[1][2][3]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Viking (C)	22	12	6	4	38	20	+18	30	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Brann	22	10	7	5	36	27	+9	27	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Start	22	11	5	6	29	20	+9	27
4	Rosenborg	22	11	5	6	36	28	+8	27
5	Strømsgodset	22	10	4	8	39	27	+12	24
6	Mjøndalen	22	9	6	7	21	21	0	24
7	Lillestrøm	22	10	3	9	27	20	+7	23
8	Molde	22	7	8	7	27	29	−2	22
9	Fredrikstad	22	8	6	8	31	35	−4	22
10	Skeid (R)	22	5	7	10	18	23	−5	17	Relegation to Second Division
11	Vålerengen (R)	22	3	10	9	19	36	−17	16
12	Os (R)	22	0	5	17	15	50	−35	5

Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

2. divisjon

Main article: 1975 2. divisjon

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bryne (C, P)	18	15	2	1	41	10	+31	32	Promotion to First Division
2	Vard (O, P)	18	14	1	3	40	15	+25	29	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Lyn	18	11	3	4	38	16	+22	25
4	Steinkjer	18	9	4	5	34	22	+12	22
5	Varegg	18	5	6	7	23	27	−4	16
6	Hødd	18	5	6	7	15	25	−10	16
7	Frigg	18	5	5	8	23	33	−10	15
8	Aalesund	18	5	4	9	24	23	+1	14
9	Sunndal (R)	18	1	5	12	11	36	−25	7	Relegation to Third Division
10	Florvåg (R)	18	1	2	15	12	54	−42	4

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	HamKam (C, P)	18	9	7	2	31	15	+16	25	Promotion to First Division
2	Odd	18	7	7	4	30	22	+8	21	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Sarpsborg FK	18	7	7	4	24	18	+6	21
4	Larvik Turn	18	7	5	6	25	20	+5	19
5	Raufoss	18	7	5	6	19	22	−3	19
6	Brumunddal	18	5	8	5	18	20	−2	18
7	Eidsvold Turn	18	6	4	8	22	32	−10	16
8	Moss	18	6	3	9	28	27	+1	15
9	Østsiden (R)	18	6	3	9	15	26	−11	15	Relegation to Third Division
10	Lisleby (R)	18	3	5	10	13	23	−10	11

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

District IX–X

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bodø/Glimt[a] (C)	14	14	0	0	55	12	+43	28	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round and the promotion play-offs
2	Harstad	14	6	2	6	21	16	+5	14
3	Mo	14	5	4	5	16	19	−3	14
4	Stålskameratene	14	3	7	4	18	19	−1	13
5	Mjølner	14	4	5	5	15	26	−11	13
6	Tromsø (R)	14	4	4	6	23	16	+7	12	Relegation to Third Division
7	Andenes (R)	14	3	4	7	15	23	−8	10
8	Narvik/Nor (R)	14	2	4	8	16	48	−32	8

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Bodø/Glimt qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as Norwegian Cup winners.

District XI

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Norild (C)	14	9	4	1	32	10	+22	22
2	Alta	14	9	4	1	36	15	+21	22
3	Stein (R)	14	8	2	4	24	17	+7	18	Relegation to Third Division
4	Kirkenes (R)	14	6	4	4	28	13	+15	16
5	Sørild (R)	14	6	2	6	23	26	−3	14
6	Vardø (R)	14	4	2	8	19	37	−18	10
7	Honningsvåg (R)	14	2	3	9	19	29	−10	7
8	Hammerfest (R)	14	1	1	12	9	43	−34	3

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

3. divisjon

Main article: 1975 3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 1975 Norwegian Football Cup

Final

Main article: 1975 Norwegian Football Cup final

Source:^[4]

26 October 1975

Bodø/Glimt	2–0	Vard
Solhaug 70' Hanssen 88'	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 24,778

Referee: Kaare Lindboe (Vidar)

UEFA competitions

European Cup

Main article: 1975–76 European Cup

First round

Main article: 1975–76 European Cup first round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Molenbeek	4–2	Viking	3–2	1–0

European Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Main article: 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup first round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Skeid	1–8	Stal Rzeszów	1–4	0–4

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1975–76 UEFA Cup

First round

Main article: 1975–76 UEFA Cup first round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Molde	1–6	Öster	1–0	0–6
Athlone Town	4–2	Vålerengen	3–1	1–1

National team

Main article: Norway national football team

Results

Source:^[5]

Finland  v  Norway

15 May 1975 1976 Olympic Games qualifying	Finland	3–5	Norway	Helsinki, Finland
CET (UTC+1)	Toivola 4', 67' Heiskainen 65'	Report	Kvia 14' (pen.), 86' Skuseth 49' Lund 83' Thunberg 85'	Stadium: Helsinki Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,031 Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

Norway  v  Yugoslavia

9 June 1975 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying	Norway	1–3	Yugoslavia	Oslo, Norway
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thunberg 65'	Report	Buljan 12' Bogićević 13' Šurjak 25'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 21,843 Referee: Edgard Pedersen (Denmark)

References

1. "1975 1. divisjon table". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
2. "Viking Fotballklubb". snl.no (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
3. "Serievinnere". eliteserien.no (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
4. "1975 Cup Final". rsssf.no. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
5. "Norway national football team match-by-match record in 1975". eu-football.info. Retrieved 15 January 2020.