1964 1. divisjon

The 1964 1. divisjon was the 19th completed season of top division football in Norway.

1. divisjon

Season	1964
Champions	Lyn 1st title
Relegated	Brann Raufoss
European Cup	Lyn (both 1964–65 and 1965–66)
Cup Winners' Cup	Rosenborg
Matches played	90
Goals scored	257 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ole Stavrum (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Fredrikstad 9–1 Raufoss (27 September 1964)
Biggest away win	Brann 0–7 Lyn (8 August 1964)
Highest scoring	Fredrikstad 9–1 Raufoss (27 September 1964)
Longest winning run	Lyn (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Lyn (11 games)
Longest winless run	Skeid (8 games)
Longest losing run	Raufoss (6 games)
Highest attendance	16,500 Brann 2–0 Sarpsborg FK (2 September 1964)
Lowest attendance	1,786 Skeid 1–1 Frigg (19 June 1964)
Average attendance	6,186 21.4%
← 1963 1965 →

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and FC Lyn Oslo won their first championship title. At the time, Lyn Oslo's 26 points were a record for the most points in one season. Brann and Raufoss were relegated to the 2. divisjon.

This season, two spots in the European Cup were awarded. Lyn lead the league after 9 rounds and qualified for the 1964–65 European Cup. At the end of the season, Lyn won the league, their first league title, and qualified also for the 1965–66 European Cup. This was the last Norwegian top flight season, the leader after half a season were awarded a European Cup spot.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location
Brann	15	Bergen
Fredrikstad	19	Fredrikstad
Frigg	9	Oslo
Lyn	12	Oslo
Raufoss	7	Raufoss
Sandefjord BK	17	Sandefjord
Sarpsborg FK	14	Sarpsborg
Skeid	18	Oslo
Vålerengen	15	Oslo
Viking	19	Stavanger

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyn (C)	18	10	6	2	39	16	+23	26	Qualification for the first round of the 1964–65 European Cup and the 1965–66 European Cup
2	Fredrikstad	18	9	6	3	40	21	+19	24
3	Sarpsborg FK	18	10	3	5	30	16	+14	23
4	Frigg	18	6	8	4	28	29	−1	20
5	Skeid	18	5	7	6	24	22	+2	17
6	Vålerengen	18	6	5	7	18	21	−3	17	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
7	Sandefjord BK	18	6	5	7	17	23	−6	17
8	Viking	18	5	4	9	22	37	−15	14
9	Brann (R)	18	3	6	9	17	32	−15	12	Relegation to 2. divisjon
10	Raufoss (R)	18	3	4	11	22	40	−18	10

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

Results

Home \ Away	SKB	FFK	FRI	LYN	RAU	SBK	SFK	SKD	VIK	VIF
Brann		0–2	3–3	0–7	0–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	5–0	1–1
Fredrikstad	4–0		2–2	0–2	9–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–2	0–1
Frigg	0–0	1–1		0–6	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	4–3	3–1
Lyn	4–1	1–2	2–2		2–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–3
Raufoss	0–0	4–4	0–3	0–2		3–0	1–4	1–3	0–0	1–2
Sandefjord BK	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1		1–2	1–0	1–3	2–0
Sarpsborg	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	4–0		1–0	4–1	0–0
Skeid	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–4	0–0	0–0		3–1	3–2
Viking	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–6	1–1		1–0
Vålerengen	0–0	0–3	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: NIFS.no
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Round 1

April 24

• Vålerengen - Skeid 0-1

April 26

• Brann - Fredriktad 0-2
• Frigg - Raufoss 2-1
• Sandefjord - Lyn 2-1
• Sarpsborg - Viking 4-1

Round 2

May 2

• Fredrikstad - Sarpsborg 2-1

May 3

• Lyn - Brann 4-1
• Raufoss - Vålerengen 1-2
• Skeid - Sandefjord 0-0
• Viking - Frigg 1-1

Round 3

May 9

• Brann - Skeid 2-2

May 10

• Fredrikstad - Lyn 0-2
• Sandefjord - Raufoss 3-1
• Vålerengen - Viking 2-1

May 11

• Frigg - Sarpsborg 2-0

Round 4

May 15

• Sarpsborg - Vålerengen 0-0
• Skeid - Fredrikstad 1-1

May 16

• Sandefjord - Brann 1-0
• Viking - Raufoss 1-0

May 19

• Frigg - Lyn 0-6

Round 5

May 22

• Vålerengen - Frigg 3-1

May 23

• Brann - Viking 5-0

May 24

• Fredrikstad - Sandefjord 2-1
• Lyn - Skeid 3-2
• Raufoss - Sarpsborg 1-4

Round 6

May 29

• Frigg - Fredrikstad 1-1

May 30

• Raufoss - Lyn 0-2
• Viking - Skeid 1-1
• Vålerengen - Sandefjord 0-1

May 31

• Sarpsborg - Brann 1-0

Round 7

June 6

• Sandefjord - Frigg 1-1

June 7

• Fredrikstad - Viking 4-2
• Lyn - Sarpsborg 1-0
• Skeid - Raufoss 1-4

June 8

• Brann - Vålerengen 1-1

Round 8

June 12

• Sarpsborg - Skeid 1-0
• Vålerengen - Lyn 0-0

June 13

• Viking - Sandefjord 2-0

June 14

• Frigg - Brann 0-0
• Raufoss - Fredrikstad 4-4

Round 9

June 19

• Skeid - Frigg 1-1

June 20

• Fredrikstad - Vålerengen 0-1
• Sandefjord - Sarpsborg 1-2

June 21

• Lyn - Viking 2-1
• Raufoss - Brann 0-0

Lyn qualified for Champions Cup as leader after 9 rounds.

Round 10

July 26

• Fredrikstad - Brann 4-0
• Lyn - Sandefjord 1-1
• Viking - Sarpsborg 1-6

July 28

• Raufoss - Frigg 0-3
• Skeid - Vålerengen 3-2

Round 11

August 8

• Brann - Lyn 0-7
• Sandefjord - Skeid 1-0
• Sarpsborg - Fredrikstad 3-1

August 9

• Frigg - Viking 4-3
• Vålerengen - Raufoss 1-1

Round 12

August 12

• Lyn - Fredrikstad 1-2
• Raufoss - Sandefjord 3-0
• Sarpsborg - Frigg 1-0
• Viking - Vålerengen 1-0

August 13

• Skeid - Brann 4-0

Round 13

August 15

• Vålerengen - Sarpsborg 2-0

August 16

• Brann - Sandefjord 3-1
• Fredrikstad - Skeid 1-1
• Lyn - Frigg 2-2
• Raufoss - Viking 0-0

Round 14

August 28

• Skeid - Lyn 0-1

August 29

• Sandefjord - Fredrikstad 0-0

August 30

• Frigg - Vålerengen 3-1
• Sarpsborg - Raufoss 3-2

September 9

• Viking - Brann 1-0

Round 15

September 1

• Skeid - Viking 3-1

September 2

• Brann - Sarpsborg 2-0
• Fredrikstad - Frigg 2-2
• Sandefjord - Vålerengen 2-0

September 4

• Lyn - Raufoss 2-1

Round 16

September 11

• Frigg - Sandefjord 0-2

September 13

• Raufoss - Skeid 1-3
• Sarpsborg - Lyn 0-0
• Viking - Fredrikstad 0-2
• Vålerengen - Brann 0-0

Round 17

September 25

• Lyn - Vålerengen 2-3

September 27

• Brann - Frigg 3-3
• Fredrikstad - Raufoss 9-1
• Sandefjord - Viking 1-3
• Skeid - Sarpsborg 0-0

Round 18

October 2

• Frigg - Skeid 2-1

October 4

• Brann - Raufoss 0-1
• Sarpsborg - Sandefjord 4-0
• Viking - Lyn 2-2
• Vålerengen - Fredrikstad 0-3

Season statistics

Top scorer

• Ole Stavrum, Lyn – 18 goals

Attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Brann	113,300	16,500	6,000	12,589	−19.6%^†
2	Viking	70,493	14,000	4,250	7,833	+4.7%^†
3	Vålerengen	67,870	11,903	4,035	7,541	−23.1%^†
4	Lyn	63,249	14,127	2,745	7,028	−5.8%^†
5	Skeid	61,786	11,159	1,786	6,865	−24.3%^†
6	Fredrikstad	45,060	11,500	2,300	5,007	−28.3%^†
7	Sarpsborg FK	38,486	9,326	2,400	4,276	−9.6%^†
8	Frigg	38,478	7,149	2,789	4,275	−35.1%^†
9	Raufoss	32,100	5,000	2,000	3,567	n/a^2
10	Sandefjord BK	25,877	5,125	2,100	2,875	n/a^2
	League total	556,699	16,500	1,786	6,186	−21.4%^†

Source: nifs.no
Notes:
2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.

References

• Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)