1975 in Norwegian football

The 1975 season was the 70th season of competitive football in Norway.

Football in Norway

Season	1975
Men's football
1. divisjon	Viking
2. divisjon	Bryne (Group A) HamKam (Group B)
Cupen	Bodø/Glimt
← 1974 1976 →

Men's football

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
1. divisjon	Os Fredrikstad Lillestrøm	HamKam Sarpsborg Raufoss
2. divisjon	Brumunddal Lisleby Sunndal Varegg	Clausenengen Fram Larvik Henning Pors

1. divisjon

Viking FK won the championship, their fifth league title.[1][2][3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Viking (C)	22	12	6	4	38	20	+18	30	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Brann	22	10	7	5	36	27	+9	27	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Start	22	11	5	6	29	20	+9	27
4	Rosenborg	22	11	5	6	36	28	+8	27
5	Strømsgodset	22	10	4	8	39	27	+12	24
6	Mjøndalen	22	9	6	7	21	21	0	24
7	Lillestrøm	22	10	3	9	27	20	+7	23
8	Molde	22	7	8	7	27	29	−2	22
9	Fredrikstad	22	8	6	8	31	35	−4	22
10	Skeid (R)	22	5	7	10	18	23	−5	17	Relegation to 2. divisjon
11	Vålerengen (R)	22	3	10	9	19	36	−17	16
12	Os (R)	22	0	5	17	15	50	−35	5

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

2. divisjon

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bryne (C, P)	18	15	2	1	41	10	+31	32	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Vard (O, P)	18	14	1	3	40	15	+25	29	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Lyn	18	11	3	4	38	16	+22	25
4	Steinkjer	18	9	4	5	34	22	+12	22
5	Varegg	18	5	6	7	23	27	−4	16
6	Hødd	18	5	6	7	15	25	−10	16
7	Frigg	18	5	5	8	23	33	−10	15
8	Aalesund	18	5	4	9	24	23	+1	14
9	Sunndal (R)	18	1	5	12	11	36	−25	7	Relegation to 3. divisjon
10	Florvåg (R)	18	1	2	15	12	54	−42	4

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	HamKam (C, P)	18	9	7	2	31	15	+16	25	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Odd	18	7	7	4	30	22	+8	21	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Sarpsborg FK	18	7	7	4	24	18	+6	21
4	Larvik Turn	18	7	5	6	25	20	+5	19
5	Raufoss	18	7	5	6	19	22	−3	19
6	Brumunddal	18	5	8	5	18	20	−2	18
7	Eidsvold Turn	18	6	4	8	22	32	−10	16
8	Moss	18	6	3	9	28	27	+1	15
9	Østsiden (R)	18	6	3	9	15	26	−11	15	Relegation to 3. divisjon
10	Lisleby (R)	18	3	5	10	13	23	−10	11

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

District IX–X

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bodø/Glimt (C)	14	14	0	0	55	12	+43	28	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the promotion play-offs
2	Harstad	14	6	2	6	21	16	+5	14
3	Mo	14	5	4	5	16	19	−3	14
4	Stålskameratene	14	3	7	4	18	19	−1	13
5	Mjølner	14	4	5	5	15	26	−11	13
6	Tromsø (R)	14	4	4	6	23	16	+7	12	Relegation to 3. divisjon
7	Andenes (R)	14	3	4	7	15	23	−8	10
8	Narvik/Nor (R)	14	2	4	8	16	48	−32	8

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

1. Bodø/Glimt qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as Norwegian Cup winners.

District XI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Norild (C)	14	9	4	1	32	10	+22	22
2	Alta	14	9	4	1	36	15	+21	22
3	Stein (R)	14	8	2	4	24	17	+7	18	Relegation to 3. divisjon
4	Kirkenes (R)	14	6	4	4	28	13	+15	16
5	Sørild (R)	14	6	2	6	23	26	−3	14
6	Vardø (R)	14	4	2	8	19	37	−18	10
7	Honningsvåg (R)	14	2	3	9	19	29	−10	7
8	Hammerfest (R)	14	1	1	12	9	43	−34	3

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

Norwegian Cup

Final

Source:[4]

26 October 1975

CEST (UTC+2)

Bodø/Glimt	2–0	Vard
Sturla Solhaug  70' Arne Hanssen  88'	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 24,778

Referee: Kaare Lindboe (Vidar)

UEFA competitions

European Cup

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Molenbeek	4–2	Viking	3–2	1–0

European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Skeid	1–8	Stal Rzeszów	1–4	0–4

UEFA Cup

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Molde	1–6	Öster	1–0	0–6
Athlone Town	4–2	Vålerengen	3–1	1–1

National team

Results

Source:[5]

15 May 1975 1976 Olympic Games qualifying	Finland	3–5	Norway	Helsinki, Finland
CET (UTC+1)	Toivola  4', 67' Heiskainen  65'	Report	Kvia  14' (pen.), 86' Skuseth  49' Lund  83' Thunberg  85'	Stadium: Helsinki Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,031 Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

9 June 1975 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying	Norway	1–3	Yugoslavia	Oslo, Norway
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thunberg  65'	Report	Buljan  12' Bogićević  13' Šurjak  25'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 21,843 Referee: Edgard Pedersen (Denmark)

References

1. "1975 1. divisjon table". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
2. "Viking Fotballklubb". snl.no (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
3. "Serievinnere". eliteserien.no (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
4. "1975 Cup Final". rsssf.no. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
5. "Norway national football team match-by-match record in 1975". eu-football.info. Retrieved 15 January 2020.