1955–56 Norwegian Main League

Hovedserien

Season	1955–56
Champions	Larvik Turn 3rd title
Relegated	Brann Varegg Kvik (Trondheim) Ranheim
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 Hovedserien was the 12th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Larvik Turn won the championship, their third league title.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Group A Team Ap. Location Brann 9 Bergen Larvik Turn 7 Larvik Odd 9 Skien Rapid 2 Moss Sandefjord BK 10 Sandefjord Vålerengen 9 Oslo Varegg 3 Bergen Viking 11 Stavanger

Group B Team Ap. Location Asker 5 Asker Fredrikstad 11 Fredrikstad Frigg 4 Oslo Kvik 3 Trondheim Lillestrøm 6 Lillestrøm Ranheim 7 Trondheim Sarpsborg FK 11 Sarpsborg Skeid 10 Oslo

League tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Larvik Turn (C)	14	10	1	3	40	15	+25	21	Qualification for the championship final
2	Sandefjord BK	14	7	2	5	26	19	+7	16
3	Viking	14	5	5	4	25	26	−1	15
4	Vålerengen	14	5	4	5	23	28	−5	14
5	Rapid	14	4	4	6	23	26	−3	12
6	Odd	14	4	4	6	18	24	−6	12
7	Brann (R)	14	4	3	7	27	27	0	11	Relegation
8	Varegg (R)	14	3	5	6	15	32	−17	11

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

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fredrikstad	14	13	1	0	54	17	+37	27	Qualification for the championship final
2	Asker	14	11	1	2	41	16	+25	23
3	Skeid	14	7	3	4	34	18	+16	17
4	Lillestrøm	14	6	1	7	19	25	−6	13
5	Frigg	14	6	0	8	27	37	−10	12
6	Sarpsborg FK	14	3	5	6	27	30	−3	11
7	Kvik (R)	14	2	2	10	12	44	−32	6	Relegation
8	Ranheim (R)	14	1	1	12	12	39	−27	3

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Results

Group A

Home \ Away	SKB	LAR	ODD	RAP	SBK	VIF	VAR	VIK
Brann		2–1	6–2	1–3	2–1	2–2	1–2	4–1
Larvik Turn	2–1		2–1	2–2	6–1	3–1	2–0	3–0
Odd	3–1	1–0		3–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1
Rapid	1–1	1–2	2–0		0–1	1–1	3–3	5–3
Sandefjord BK	1–0	1–2	4–1	4–1		5–1	0–0	1–1
Vålerengen	3–2	1–2	0–0	3–2	2–5		0–2	2–2
Varegg	3–2	0–11	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–3		0–3
Viking	2–2	3–2	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–2

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

Group B

Home \ Away	ASK	FFK	FRI	KVI	LIL	RAN	SAR	SKD
Asker		2–4	2–1	9–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–1
Fredrikstad	2–1		2–0	8–1	4–1	3–2	4–1	2–0
Frigg	1–3	2–7		4–1	2–1	3–1	2–7	1–2
Kvik	1–2	0–4	1–2		0–1	0–0	3–1	0–5
Lillestrøm	1–4	2–3	4–0	1–0		2–1	3–1	0–0
Ranheim	0–4	0–3	0–4	1–3	4–0		0–3	1–4
Sarpsborg FK	1–4	4–4	2–4	1–1	1–2	2–0		1–1
Skeid	1–2	1–4	4–1	5–1	3–0	6–1	1–1

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

Championship final

• Larvik Turn 3–2 Fredrikstad

References

• Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)