1959–60 Norwegian Main League

The 1959–60 Hovedserien was the 16th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Hovedserien

Season	1959–60
Champions	Fredrikstad 8th title
Relegated	Brann Start Raufoss Brage
European Cup	Fredrikstad
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Fredrikstad won the championship, their eighth league title. This was the first season a bronze medal was awarded.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Group A Team Ap. Location Brann 12 Bergen Greåker 2 Sarpsborg Larvik Turn 11 Larvik Lillestrøm 10 Lillestrøm Sandefjord BK 14 Sandefjord Start 4 Kristiansand Vålerengen 11 Oslo Viking 15 Stavanger

Group B Team Ap. Location Brage 4 Trondheim Eik 3 Tønsberg Fredrikstad 15 Fredrikstad Odd 13 Skien Rapid 4 Moss Raufoss 6 Raufoss Skeid 14 Oslo Strømmen 10 Strømmen

League tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lillestrøm	14	8	3	3	28	21	+7	19	Qualification for the championship final
2	Vålerengen	14	8	2	4	27	21	+6	18
3	Viking	14	6	4	4	25	18	+7	16
4	Larvik Turn	14	7	1	6	32	22	+10	15
5	Greåker	14	5	4	5	25	20	+5	14
6	Sandefjord BK	14	5	4	5	16	18	−2	14
7	Brann (R)	14	4	3	7	19	29	−10	11	Relegation to Landsdelsserien
8	Start (R)	14	1	3	10	15	38	−23	5

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fredrikstad (C)	14	10	3	1	41	16	+25	23	Qualification for the championship final
2	Eik	14	8	1	5	30	21	+9	17
3	Skeid	14	7	3	4	30	23	+7	17
4	Rapid	14	6	3	5	21	26	−5	15
5	Odd	14	5	3	6	25	25	0	13
6	Strømmen	14	5	3	6	23	27	−4	13
7	Raufoss (R)	14	2	4	8	20	36	−16	8	Relegation to Landsdelsserien
8	Brage (R)	14	1	4	9	14	30	−16	6

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

Results

Group A

Home \ Away	SKB	GRE	LAR	LIL	SBK	STA	VIF	VIK
Brann		0–3	4–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1
Greåker	0–1		3–2	1–1	2–1	5–0	0–2	1–3
Larvik Turn	3–0	1–1		3–0	2–1	5–1	4–0	1–3
Lillestrøm	5–3	4–2	2–5		4–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Sandefjord BK	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–2		4–1	1–1	1–0
Start	1–4	3–1	0–2	0–0	1–2		0–1	2–3
Vålerengen	7–0	1–5	2–1	3–0	3–0	3–3		2–1
Viking	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–4	0–0	5–1	4–0

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

Group B

Home \ Away	BRA	EIK	FFK	ODD	RAP	RAU	SKD	STR
Brage		1–2	0–4	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	3–4
Eik	2–1		0–1	5–1	1–2	4–1	4–1	4–1
Fredrikstad	1–1	4–1		5–2	4–0	1–1	1–5	5–2
Odd	3–1	0–1	1–1		5–0	3–0	1–2	2–3
Rapid	3–0	2–2	1–4	1–1		3–1	1–2	2–3
Raufoss	4–1	2–1	2–3	1–2	1–1		4–4	0–1
Skeid	1–0	3–1	0–4	4–2	1–2	6–1		1–1
Strømmen	2–2	1–2	0–3	0–1	1–2	4–0	0–0

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

Championship final

• Fredrikstad 6–2 Lillestrøm

Bronze final

• Eik 4–2 Vålerengen

References

• Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)