1970 in Norwegian football

The 1970 season was the 65th season of competitive football in Norway.

Football in Norway

Season	1970
Men's football
1. divisjon	Strømsgodset
2. divisjon	Frigg (Group A) Lyn (Group B)
Cupen	Strømsgodset

Men's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
1. divisjon	Pors Hamarkameratene	Start Lyn
2. divisjon	Odd Drafn Ulf Steinkjer	Stag Vigør Ørn Falken

1. divisjon

Main article: 1970 1. divisjon

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Strømsgodset (C)	18	11	3	4	36	21	+15	25	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Rosenborg	18	10	4	4	15	5	+10	24	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	HamKam	18	10	3	5	31	15	+16	23
4	Brann	18	9	5	4	18	11	+7	23
5	Sarpsborg FK	18	9	3	6	21	21	0	21
6	Viking	18	8	3	7	27	20	+7	19
7	Fredrikstad	18	5	6	7	16	21	−5	16
8	Hødd	18	4	3	11	20	27	−7	11
9	Skeid (R)	18	4	3	11	16	23	−7	11	Relegation to Second Division
10	Pors (R)	18	3	1	14	10	46	−36	7

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

2. divisjon

Main article: 1970 2. divisjon

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Frigg (C, P)	14	7	5	2	15	14	+1	19	Promotion to First Division
2	Odd	14	6	6	2	19	14	+5	18
3	Stabæk	14	5	4	5	17	13	+4	14
4	Mjøndalen	14	6	2	6	24	22	+2	14
5	Ulf	14	4	6	4	21	21	0	14
6	Start	14	4	4	6	15	16	−1	12
7	Bryne (R)	14	3	6	5	10	13	−3	12	Relegation to Third Division
8	Haugar (R)	14	3	3	8	10	18	−8	9

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

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Lyn (C, P)	14	11	2	1	33	7	+26	24	Promotion to First Division
2	Steinkjer	14	6	4	4	27	19	+8	16
3	Aalesund	14	5	6	3	17	11	+6	16
4	Raufoss	14	5	4	5	25	27	−2	14
5	Aurskog	14	5	2	7	13	29	−16	12
6	Drafn	14	3	5	6	25	26	−1	11
7	Eik (R)	14	2	6	6	15	27	−12	10	Relegation to Third Division
8	Vålerengen (R)	14	2	5	7	17	26	−9	9

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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Mjølner (C)	14	9	2	3	36	9	+27	20
2	Bodø/Glimt	14	7	3	4	40	14	+26	17
3	Stålkameratene	14	7	2	5	28	27	+1	16
4	Mo	14	6	3	5	20	19	+1	15
5	Harstad	14	7	1	6	23	28	−5	15
6	Svolvær	14	6	3	5	19	24	−5	15
7	Lyngen (R)	14	3	2	9	19	37	−18	8	Relegation to Third Division
8	Narvik/Nor (R)	14	2	2	10	7	34	−27	6

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

District XI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Stein (C)	10	7	0	3	27	9	+18	14
2	Kirkenes	10	6	1	3	20	13	+7	13
3	Alta	10	5	2	3	16	13	+3	12
4	Polarstjernen	10	3	2	5	15	17	−2	8
5	Norild	10	3	1	6	11	24	−13	7
6	Honningsvåg (R)	10	3	0	7	12	25	−13	6	Relegation to Third Division

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

3. divisjon

Main article: 1970 3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 1970 Norwegian Football Cup

Final

Main article: 1970 Norwegian Football Cup final

25 October 1970

Strømsgodset	4–2	Lyn
Presberg 30' (pen.), 46' I. Pettersen 67', 69'	Report	Christophersen 10', 37'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 25,744

Referee: Einar Røed (Tønsbergs TF)

UEFA competitions

European Cup

Main article: 1970–71 European Cup

First round

Main article: 1970–71 European Cup first round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rosenborg	0–7	Standard Liège	0–2	0–5

European Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Main article: 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup first round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Strømsgodset	3–7	Nantes	0–5	3–2

Non-UEFA competitions

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Main article: 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

First round

Main article: 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sarpsborg FK	0–6	Leeds United	0–1	0–5