1952–53 Norwegian Main League

Hovedserien

Season	1952–53
Champions	Larvik Turn 1st title
Relegated	Brann Årstad Lyn Ranheim
← 1951–52 1953–54 →

The 1952–53 Hovedserien was the 9th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview

16 teams competed. Larvik Turn & IF won the championship, their first league title.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Group A Team Ap. Location Årstad 5 Bergen Brann 7 Bergen Fredrikstad 8 Fredrikstad Sarpsborg FK 8 Sarpsborg Skeid 7 Oslo Strømmen 4 Strømmen Varegg 1 Bergen Viking 8 Stavanger

Group B Team Ap. Location Asker 2 Asker Larvik Turn 4 Larvik Lillestrøm 3 Lillestrøm Lyn 8 Oslo Odd 6 Skien Ranheim 5 Trondheim Sandefjord BK 7 Sandefjord Sparta 6 Sarpsborg

League tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Skeid	14	10	3	1	48	10	+38	23	Qualification for the championship final
2	Fredrikstad	14	7	4	3	40	19	+21	18
3	Sarpsborg FK	14	7	4	3	20	17	+3	18
4	Viking	14	7	3	4	23	17	+6	17
5	Strømmen	14	6	3	5	30	21	+9	15
6	Varegg	14	3	2	9	16	39	−23	8
7	Brann (R)	14	2	3	9	9	36	−27	7	Relegation
8	Årstad (R)	14	2	2	10	11	38	−27	6

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Larvik Turn (C)	14	10	2	2	44	11	+33	22	Qualification for the championship final
2	Asker	14	6	7	1	20	14	+6	19
3	Lillestrøm	14	6	4	4	25	22	+3	16
4	Sandefjord BK	14	6	3	5	25	32	−7	15
5	Odd	14	5	3	6	34	30	+4	13
6	Sparta	14	5	2	7	15	22	−7	12
7	Lyn (R)	14	3	2	9	24	31	−7	8	Relegation
8	Ranheim (R)	14	3	1	10	12	37	−25	7

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

Results

Group A

Home \ Away	ÅRS	SKB	FRE	SAR	SKD	STR	VAR	VIK
Årstad		0–1	3–2	0–0	0–2	0–4	0–1	1–2
Brann	0–0		1–8	1–1	1–7	0–2	1–1	0–3
Fredrikstad	7–2	2–0		2–2	2–2	2–1	7–0	2–1
Sarpsborg FK	3–1	3–0	0–1		1–0	1–0	2–1	1–3
Skeid	5–0	2–0	3–3	4–0		8–1	5–0	1–0
Strømmen	6–0	4–1	1–1	2–3	0–0		4–0	0–0
Varegg	3–4	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–6	3–2		2–3
Viking	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–3	1–1

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

Group B

Home \ Away	ASK	LAR	LIL	LYN	ODD	RAN	SBK	SPA
Asker		0–0	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0
Larvik Turn	1–1		4–0	4–0	3–2	6–0	12–0	3–0
Lillestrøm	1–1	2–0		2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–0
Lyn	0–1	5–1	0–0		2–3	6–2	1–3	2–3
Odd	1–3	1–3	7–1	2–4		1–1	2–2	4–2
Ranheim	0–2	0–1	0–6	1–0	2–4		0–4	4–0
Sandefjord BK	3–3	0–4	3–2	4–1	3–2	2–0		1–1
Sparta	3–0	0–2	2–1	3–1	0–2	0–1	1–0

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

Championship final

• Larvik Turn 3–2 Skeid

References

• Norway – List of final tables (RSSSF)