1953–54 Norwegian Main League

The 1953–54 Hovedserien was the 10th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Hovedserien

Season	1953–54
Champions	Fredrikstad 6th title
Relegated	Varegg Nordnes Geithus Moss
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Fredrikstad FK won the championship.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Group A Team Ap. Location Asker 3 Asker Larvik Turn 5 Larvik Nordnes 1 Bergen Sandefjord BK 8 Sandefjord Skeid 8 Oslo Sparta 7 Sarpsborg Varegg 2 Bergen Viking 9 Stavanger

Group B Team Ap. Location Fredrikstad 9 Fredrikstad Freidig 3 Trondheim Geithus 4 Modum Lillestrøm 4 Lillestrøm Moss 3 Moss Odd 7 Skien Sarpsborg FK 9 Sarpsborg Strømmen 5 Strømmen

League tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Skeid	14	10	2	2	33	14	+19	22	Qualification for the championship final
2	Sparta	14	9	3	2	29	17	+12	21
3	Asker	14	8	2	4	35	21	+14	18
4	Larvik Turn	14	7	2	5	35	24	+11	16
5	Viking	14	4	5	5	19	20	−1	13
6	Sandefjord BK	14	3	5	6	20	22	−2	11
7	Varegg (R)	14	2	4	8	16	38	−22	8	Relegation
8	Nordnes (R)	14	1	1	12	8	39	−31	3

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fredrikstad (C)	14	10	1	3	47	20	+27	21	Qualification for the championship final
2	Strømmen	14	8	4	2	32	17	+15	20
3	Lillestrøm	14	8	3	3	45	22	+23	19
4	Odd	14	5	4	5	26	25	+1	14
5	Sarpsborg FK	14	5	2	7	24	29	−5	12
6	Freidig	14	4	3	7	20	26	−6	11
7	Geithus (R)	14	3	2	9	18	45	−27	8	Relegation
8	Moss (R)	14	2	3	9	23	51	−28	7

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Group A

Home \ Away	ASK	LAR	NOR	SBK	SKD	SPA	VAR	VIK
Asker		4–0	2–0	2–3	3–1	1–2	6–2	3–3
Larvik Turn	2–4		12–0	1–1	1–2	4–3	3–2	2–1
Nordnes	0–3	2–3		2–0	0–3	1–3	1–2	0–1
Sandefjord BK	1–2	1–2	0–0		0–0	0–1	6–0	3–2
Skeid	2–1	2–0	3–0	4–2		5–1	2–0	2–0
Sparta	3–1	0–0	2–0	4–1	2–1		4–1	1–1
Varegg	1–1	0–4	3–2	1–1	3–3	0–2		0–2
Viking	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1

Source: NIFS.no
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Home \ Away	FFK	FRE	GEI	LIL	MOS	ODD	SAR	STR
Fredrikstad		2–3	6–1	2–0	8–1	4–2	4–0	0–1
Freidig	2–4		2–0	1–2	4–2	1–3	4–2	0–1
Geithus	2–3	0–0		1–3	1–4	2–1	1–0	2–2
Lillestrøm	3–3	2–0	10–0		7–0	2–0	3–1	1–1
Moss	0–3	0–0	3–5	2–6		2–4	2–1	2–2
Odd	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–3	5–1		1–1	0–2
Sarpsborg FK	2–3	5–1	3–2	3–1	3–2	1–1		1–4
Strømmen	1–4	2–1	6–0	5–2	2–2	3–1	0–1

Source: NIFS.no
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship final

• Fredrikstad 2–1 Skeid

References

• Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)