1961–62 Norwegian Main League

The 1961–62 Hovedserien was the 18th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Hovedserien
Season1961–62
ChampionsBrann
1st title
RelegatedRosenborg
Odd
Eik-Tønsberg
Sandefjord
Lisleby
Ørn-Horten
Greåker
Larvik Turn
European CupFredrikstad
Matches played240
Goals scored938 (3.91 per match)
Average attendance4,734

Overview

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It was contested by 16 teams, and Brann won the championship, their first league title.

Teams and locations

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Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location
Brann 13 Bergen
Eik 5 Tønsberg
Fredrikstad 17 Fredrikstad
Frigg 7 Oslo
Greåker 4 Sarpsborg
Larvik Turn 13 Larvik
Lisleby 6 Fredrikstad
Lyn 10 Oslo
Odd 15 Skien
Ørn-Horten 8 Horten
Rosenborg 4 Trondheim
Sandefjord BK 16 Sandefjord
Skeid 16 Oslo
Steinkjer 5 Steinkjer
Vålerengen 13 Oslo
Viking 17 Stavanger

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Brann (C) 30 21 4 5 94 44 +50 46
2 Steinkjer 30 18 5 7 81 43 +38 41
3 Fredrikstad 30 18 5 7 80 45 +35 41 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round[1]
4 Frigg 30 15 10 5 59 43 +16 40
5 Lyn 30 16 5 9 86 66 +20 37
6 Vålerengen 30 15 6 9 75 41 +34 36
7 Viking 30 14 7 9 49 48 +1 35
8 Skeid 30 11 11 8 63 40 +23 33
9 Rosenborg (R) 30 14 3 13 55 60 −5 31 Relegation to Second Division
10 Odd (R) 30 10 7 13 57 68 −11 27
11 Eik (R) 30 9 8 13 47 59 −12 26
12 Sandefjord BK (R) 30 11 3 16 35 51 −16 25
13 Lisleby (R) 30 8 3 19 42 74 −32 19
14 Ørn-Horten (R) 30 7 3 20 45 91 −46 17
15 Greåker (R) 30 4 8 18 35 75 −40 16
16 Larvik Turn (R) 30 3 4 23 35 90 −55 10
Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away SKB EIK FFK FRI GRE LAR LIS LYN ODD ØRN RBK SBK SKD SFK VIF VIK
Brann 3–0 4–1 1–2 5–0 4–2 3–0 3–2 3–3 1–0 6–1 3–1 1–1 4–1 4–1 4–1
Eik 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–1 2–4 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–5 2–2 0–3 2–5 5–0
Fredrikstad 6–3 4–3 0–0 1–0 5–0 3–0 6–3 10–0 1–5 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 4–2
Frigg 4–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 2–5 5–1 4–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0
Greåker 1–6 1–2 0–2 3–3 0–0 4–2 1–1 4–1 1–4 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–3 3–1 1–2
Larvik Turn 1–6 0–1 0–1 2–2 4–0 2–3 0–5 2–3 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–3 0–4 0–2 0–4
Lisleby 3–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 4–2 4–4 2–0 0–1 4–0 2–4 0–2 0–6 4–4 1–2 1–4
Lyn 2–5 1–2 2–1 3–1 5–1 4–1 3–0 5–3 4–3 3–2 3–1 6–0 3–6 1–6 2–2
Odd 3–5 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 0–1 2–1 7–2 5–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 3–1 0–1
Ørn 0–7 3–3 1–2 1–4 1–0 5–2 2–1 1–3 0–5 3–0 1–2 0–5 0–6 0–3 1–3
Rosenborg 1–4 3–0 4–2 3–2 4–2 4–3 0–2 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–1
Sandefjord BK 0–1 1–1 1–7 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–3 0–1
Skeid 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 4–0 7–0 4–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–3 4–1 0–1 3–3 2–2
Steinkjer 1–2 1–1 3–5 5–2 6–2 2–0 5–1 4–3 0–0 7–0 3–1 3–1 1–3 2–1 5–1
Vålerengen 2–2 6–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 5–2 3–0 3–3 5–0 3–2 3–3 7–1 0–2 0–1 3–0
Viking 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 3–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–3 0–1
Source: NIFS.no
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes and references

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  1. ^ Leader in summer 1962