1974 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	1974
Men's football
1. divisjon	Viking
2. divisjon	Os (Group A); Lillestrøm (Group B)
Cupen	Skeid

The 1974 season was the 69th season of competitive football in Norway.

Men's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
1. divisjon	Sarpsborg Vålerengen Molde	Frigg Lyn Fredrikstad
2. divisjon	Henning Lillestrøm Os Sogndal	Sandefjord BK Skarbøvik Sogndal Stabæk

1. divisjon

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Viking (C)	22	11	9	2	31	10	+21	31	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Molde	22	12	6	4	40	18	+22	30	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Vålerengen	22	12	4	6	33	25	+8	28	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Brann	22	9	9	4	36	20	+16	27
5	Strømsgodset	22	11	5	6	38	28	+10	27
6	Skeid	22	11	3	8	30	26	+4	25	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
7	Start	22	9	6	7	37	31	+6	24
8	Rosenborg	22	9	5	8	39	31	+8	23
9	Mjøndalen	22	7	3	12	29	37	−8	17
10	HamKam (R)	22	5	5	12	21	47	−26	15	Relegation to Second Division
11	Sarpsborg FK (R)	22	4	3	15	21	47	−26	11
12	Raufoss (R)	22	1	4	17	16	51	−35	6

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

2. divisjon

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Os (C, P)	18	12	3	3	36	13	+23	27	Promotion to First Division
2	Fredrikstad (O, P)	18	12	2	4	40	14	+26	26	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Bryne	18	12	1	5	25	15	+10	25
4	Larvik Turn	18	9	3	6	30	13	+17	21
5	Vard	18	8	5	5	23	21	+2	21
6	Østsiden	18	7	6	5	21	14	+7	20
7	Odd	18	3	6	9	12	28	−16	12
8	Florvåg	18	3	4	11	12	38	−26	10
9	Pors (R)	18	3	4	11	15	42	−27	10	Relegation to Third Division
10	Fram Larvik (R)	18	1	6	11	16	32	−16	8	Relegation to Third Division

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

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Lillestrøm (C, P)	18	15	2	1	44	8	+36	32	Promotion to First Division
2	Eidsvold Turn	18	10	5	3	35	19	+16	25	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Lyn	18	7	8	3	33	15	+18	22
4	Hødd	18	7	5	6	30	26	+4	19
5	Frigg	18	7	4	7	20	23	−3	18
6	Aalesund	18	5	5	8	17	23	−6	15
7	Moss	18	4	7	7	16	26	−10	15
8	Steinkjer	18	1	12	5	17	23	−6	14
9	Henning (R)	18	3	4	11	16	40	−24	10	Relegation to Third Division
10	Clausenengen (R)	18	1	8	9	11	36	−25	10	Relegation to Third Division

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

District IX–X

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bodø/Glimt (C)	14	11	3	0	54	4	+50	25	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
2	Mjølner	14	9	3	2	32	8	+24	21
3	Mo	14	7	4	3	23	10	+13	18
4	Andenes	14	6	4	4	11	28	−17	16
5	Harstad	14	3	4	7	11	22	−11	10
6	Narvik/Nor	14	4	1	9	11	29	−18	9
7	Grand Bodø (R)	14	2	4	8	13	22	−9	8	Relegation to Third Division
8	Saltdalskameratene (R)	14	2	1	11	11	43	−32	5	Relegation to Third Division

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

District XI

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Kirkenes (C)	14	8	6	0	26	6	+20	22
2	Alta	14	9	2	3	36	11	+25	20
3	Stein	14	9	2	3	31	17	+14	20
4	Honningsvåg	14	4	6	4	19	24	−5	14
5	Sørild	14	5	3	6	23	22	+1	13
6	Norild	14	5	3	6	22	21	+1	13
7	Båtsfjord (R)	14	2	2	10	14	41	−27	6	Relegation to Third Division
8	Polarstjernen (R)	14	1	2	11	7	36	−29	4	Relegation to Third Division

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

3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Final

Source:^[4]^[5]

20 October 1974

Skeid	3–1	Viking
Skjønsberg 40' Thunberg 52', 89'	Report	Paulsen 50'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 14,276

Referee: Egil Bergstad (Borre)

UEFA competitions

European Cup

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Viking	2–6	Ararat Yerevan	0–2	2–4

European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool	12–0	Strømsgodset	11–0 (Report)	1–0 (Report)

UEFA Cup

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rosenborg	3–12	Hibernian	2–3 (Report)	1–9 (Report)
Start	1–7	Djurgården	1–2 (Report)	0–5 (Report)

National team

Results

Source:^[6]

23 May 1974 Friendly	East Germany	1–0	Norway	Rostock, East Germany
CET (UTC+1)	Jürgen Sparwasser 77'	Report		Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 18,333 Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)

6 June 1974 Friendly	Norway	1–2	Scotland	Oslo, Norway
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tom Lund 19'	Report	Joe Jordan 74' Kenny Dalglish 86'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 18,432 Referee: Arne Axelsson (Sweden)

References

^ "1974 1. divisjon table". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
^ "Viking Fotballklubb". snl.no (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
^ "Serievinnere". eliteserien.no (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
^ "1974 Cup Final". rsssf.no. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
^ "Lyn: 8 titler - Skeid: 8 titler". dagsavisen.no. Dagsavisen. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
^ "Norway national football team match-by-match record in 1974". eu-football.info. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[1] "1974 1. divisjon table". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[2] "Viking Fotballklubb". snl.no (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[3] "Serievinnere". eliteserien.no (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[4] "1974 Cup Final". rsssf.no. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[5] "Lyn: 8 titler - Skeid: 8 titler". dagsavisen.no. Dagsavisen. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[6] "Norway national football team match-by-match record in 1974". eu-football.info. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

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