1979 Norwegian First Division
35th season of top-tier football league in Norway
Season | 1979 |
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Dates | 22 April – 14 October |
Champions |
Viking
6th title |
Relegated |
Hamarkameratene
Mjøndalen Brann |
European Cup | Viking |
UEFA Cup | Moss |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 352 (2.67 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Odd Iversen
(16 goals) |
Biggest home win |
HamKam 6–1 Mjøndalen
(11 June 1979) |
Biggest away win |
Skeid
0–4
Start
(13 May 1979) Brann 0–4 Lillestrøm (14 June 1979) Mjøndalen 0–4 Start (18 June 1979) Viking 0–4 Skeid (1 October 1979) |
Highest scoring |
Vålerengen
5–4 Mjøndalen
(22 April 1979) |
Longest winning run |
Start
(5 games) |
Longest unbeaten run |
Moss
(12 games) |
Longest winless run |
Brann
(12 games) |
Longest losing run |
Brann
(6 games) |
Highest attendance |
15,783
Brann 2–1 Skeid (22 April 1979) |
Lowest attendance |
1,494
Mjøndalen 2–4 Bryne (14 October 1979) |
Average attendance |
6,238
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Football league season
The 1979 1. divisjon was the 35th completed season of top division football in Norway .
Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Viking FK won their sixth league title.
Teams and locations
- Note: Table lists in un-alphabetical order.
Team | Ap. | Location | Stadium |
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Bodø/Glimt | 3 | Bodø | Aspmyra Stadion |
Brann | 27 | Bergen | Brann Stadion |
Bryne | 4 | Bryne | Bryne Stadion |
Hamarkameratene | 9 | Hamar | Briskeby |
Lillestrøm | 16 | Lillestrøm | Åråsen Stadion |
Mjøndalen | 12 | Mjøndalen | Nedre Eiker Stadion |
Moss | 6 | Moss | Melløs Stadion |
Rosenborg | 16 | Trondheim | Lerkendal Stadion |
Skeid | 30 | Oslo | |
Start | 12 | Kristiansand | Kristiansand Stadion |
Vålerengen | 24 | Oslo | Bislett Stadion |
Viking | 32 | Stavanger | Stavanger Stadion |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Viking (C) | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 32 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
2 | Moss | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 25 | +16 | 30 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Start | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 27 | |
4 | Bryne | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 25 | |
5 | Lillestrøm | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 23 | |
6 | Rosenborg | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 22 | |
7 | Bodø/Glimt | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 26 | − 7 | 21 | |
8 | Vålerengen | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 41 | − 8 | 20 | |
9 | Skeid | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 27 | − 3 | 19 | |
10 | Hamarkameratene (R) | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 33 | − 4 | 18 | Relegation to Second Division |
11 | Mjøndalen (R) | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 43 | − 15 | 17 | |
12 | Brann (R) | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 40 | − 22 | 10 |
Source:
NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Results
Home \ Away | B/G | BRA | BRY | HAM | LIL | MIF | MOS | ROS | SKE | IKS | VIK | VÅL |
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Bodø/Glimt | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
Brann | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
Bryne | 4–0 | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
Hamarkameratene | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
Lillestrøm | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
Mjøndalen | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
Moss | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Rosenborg | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | — | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
Skeid | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
Start | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 4–1 |
Viking | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 |
Vålerengen | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — |
Season statistics
Top scorer
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Odd Iversen , Vålerengen – 18 goals
Attendances
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Brann | 112,823 | 15,783 | 5,227 | 10,257 | −31.4% † |
2 | Rosenborg | 101,734 | 15,652 | 4,470 | 9,249 | n/a 2 |
3 | Viking | 101,596 | 12,840 | 6,275 | 9,236 | +14.5% † |
4 | Vålerengen | 81,385 | 12,403 | 4,104 | 7,399 | +0.7% † |
5 | Start | 69,319 | 11,183 | 4,052 | 6,302 | −4.4% † |
6 | Moss | 64,009 | 8,163 | 4,091 | 5,819 | +20.2% † |
7 | Lillestrøm | 57,590 | 11,044 | 2,206 | 5,235 | −19.8% † |
8 | Bodø/Glimt | 54,654 | 6,913 | 3,715 | 4,969 | −8.6% † |
9 | Bryne | 51,084 | 9,018 | 2,500 | 4,644 | +10.4% † |
10 | Skeid | 48,599 | 9,217 | 2,011 | 4,418 | +32.5% † |
11 | HamKam | 45,004 | 6,000 | 2,913 | 4,091 | n/a 2 |
12 | Mjøndalen | 35,590 | 4,541 | 1,494 | 3,235 | n/a 2 |
League total | 823,387 | 15,783 | 1,494 | 6,238 | +12.7% † |
Source:
nifs.no
Notes:
2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.
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