1948–49 Norwegian Main League

Hovedserien

Season	1948–49
Champions	Fredrikstad 3rd title
Relegated	Pors Brann Freidig Sandaker
← Norgesserien 1947–48 1949–50 →

The 1948–49 Hovedserien was the 5th completed season of top division football in Norway. Following are the results of the 1948–49 Norwegian Main League season. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it was Norway's top-tier league for association football clubs.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Fredrikstad FK won the championship.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Group A Team Ap. Location Ålgård 3 Ålgård Brann 4 Bergen Ørn 4 Horten Pors 4 Porsgrunn Skeid 3 Oslo Sparta 2 Sarpsborg Vålerengen 4 Oslo Viking 4 Stavanger

Group B Team Ap. Location Fredrikstad 4 Fredrikstad Freidig 2 Trondheim Lyn 4 Oslo Mjøndalen 4 Nedre Eiker Sandaker 2 Oslo Sandefjord BK 3 Sandefjord Sarpsborg FK 4 Sarpsborg Storm 4 Skien

League tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vålerengen	14	9	2	3	23	13	+10	20	Qualification for the championship final
2	Sparta	14	9	1	4	30	18	+12	19
3	Viking	14	7	4	3	25	18	+7	18
4	Ålgard	14	7	3	4	18	17	+1	17
5	Skeid	14	7	0	7	34	25	+9	14
6	Ørn	14	6	2	6	25	23	+2	14
7	Pors (R)	14	1	4	9	11	34	−23	6	Relegation
8	Brann (R)	14	1	2	11	25	43	−18	4

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fredrikstad (C)	14	10	2	2	29	10	+19	22	Qualification for the championship final
2	Sarpsborg	14	7	4	3	26	14	+12	18
3	Lyn	14	5	6	3	19	17	+2	16
4	Sandefjord	14	5	5	4	25	20	+5	15
5	Mjøndalen	14	6	0	8	18	26	−8	12
6	Storm	14	3	6	5	15	24	−9	12
7	Freidig (R)	14	3	3	8	15	27	−12	9	Relegation
8	Sandaker (R)	14	3	2	9	22	31	−9	8

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

Results

Group A

Home \ Away	ÅLG	SKB	ØRN	POR	SKD	SPA	VIF	VIK
Ålgård		3–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–0
Brann	1–3		2–3	2–2	2–3	3–0	2–4	0–2
Ørn	2–0	4–2		4–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–1
Pors	1–1	1–1	2–0		0–1	0–3	0–2	1–3
Skeid	1–2	7–1	3–2	8–1		5–2	1–0	2–3
Sparta	1–0	3–1	4–1	5–1	3–1		2–1	3–1
Vålerengen	3–0	4–3	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–0		0–2
Viking	1–3	4–3	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1

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

Group B

Home \ Away	FFK	FRE	LYN	MJØ	SDK	SBK	SAR	STO
Fredrikstad		2–0	4–1	1–2	4–2	1–0	3–1	5–0
Freidig	1–3		0–0	0–2	2–1	0–2	0–2	1–1
Lyn	1–1	2–2		2–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	0–0
Mjøndalen	0–1	4–1	0–2		0–7	3–0	2–3	3–1
Sandaker	2–1	3–2	1–3	1–2		1–2	0–3	2–2
Sandefjord BK	0–0	4–5	3–1	3–0	4–1		1–1	2–2
Sarpsborg FK	0–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	1–1	1–1		4–1
Storms	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	2–1

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

Championship final

• Vålerengen 1–3 Fredrikstad
• Fredrikstad 3–0 Vålerengen

External links

• Norway – List of final tables (RSSSF)