1997 Norwegian Second Division

The 1997 2. divisjon, the third highest association football league for men in Norway.

22 games were played in 8 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Kjelsås, Raufoss, Ullern and Strindheim were promoted to the First Division through playoffs against the other 4 group winners. Number ten, eleven and twelve were relegated to the 3. divisjon. The winning teams from each of the 19 groups in the 3. divisjon, plus some number-two teams, were promoted to the 2. divisjon.

League tables

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kjelsås (P)	22	13	6	3	41	17	+24	45	Promotion to First Division
2	Skjetten	22	12	6	4	40	22	+18	42
3	Lillestrøm 2	22	12	5	5	76	30	+46	41
4	Fredrikstad	22	10	8	4	41	21	+20	38
5	Ski	22	10	5	7	58	37	+21	35
6	Østsiden	22	10	2	10	46	34	+12	32
7	Råde	22	9	3	10	47	48	−1	30
8	Strømmen	22	8	4	10	36	40	−4	28
9	Sprint-Jeløy	22	8	4	10	40	60	−20	28
10	Lørenskog^[a]	22	8	2	12	34	50	−16	26
11	Frigg (R)	22	5	5	12	26	64	−38	20	Relegation to Third Division
12	Selbak (R)	22	0	4	18	14	78	−64	4	Relegation to Third Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Lørenskog survived as the best tenth-place team, since Stålkameratene was removed.^[1]

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Raufoss (P)	22	13	6	3	53	27	+26	45	Promotion to First Division
2	Faaberg	22	13	2	7	54	27	+27	41
3	Grei	22	11	4	7	42	35	+7	37
4	Liv/Fossekallen	22	10	5	7	43	23	+20	35
5	Årvoll	22	10	5	7	43	36	+7	35
6	Elverum	22	10	3	9	48	50	−2	33
7	Jevnaker	22	8	6	8	37	35	+2	30
8	Gjøvik-Lyn	22	7	8	7	40	39	+1	29
9	Ham-Kam 2	22	8	4	10	26	44	−18	28
10	Eidsvold Turn (R)	22	6	4	12	31	42	−11	22	Relegation to Third Division
11	Mercantile (R)	22	5	6	11	26	50	−24	21
12	Holter (R)	22	4	1	17	23	58	−35	13

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ullern (P)	22	14	5	3	41	17	+24	47	Promotion to First Division
2	Bærum	22	13	5	4	52	30	+22	44
3	Sandefjord	22	14	1	7	43	30	+13	43
4	Ørn-Horten	22	12	3	7	56	37	+19	39
5	Jerv	22	11	6	5	44	26	+18	39
6	Larvik Turn	22	11	5	6	45	34	+11	38
7	Pors Grenland	22	11	5	6	38	29	+9	38
8	Mjøndalen	22	7	5	10	35	32	+3	26
9	Åssiden	22	5	3	14	30	43	−13	18
10	Falk (R)	22	4	6	12	22	43	−21	18	Relegation to Third Division
11	Vindbjart (R)	22	4	2	16	15	59	−44	14
12	Stokke (R)	22	3	0	19	21	62	−41	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Vidar	22	16	2	4	60	19	+41	50
2	Fyllingen	22	15	1	6	64	30	+34	46
3	Vard Haugesund	22	13	4	5	50	30	+20	43
4	Randaberg	22	10	4	8	35	32	+3	34
5	Flekkefjord	22	9	2	11	39	42	−3	29
6	Eiger	22	8	5	9	26	31	−5	29
7	Sola	22	8	4	10	39	45	−6	28^[a]
8	Vedavåg	22	8	4	10	39	45	−6	28^[a]
9	Ålgård	22	7	6	9	28	31	−3	27
10	Vigør (R)	22	5	7	10	32	48	−16	22	Relegation to Third Division
11	Viking 2 (R)	22	7	1	14	24	53	−29	22
12	Kopervik (R)	22	4	4	14	27	53	−26	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b It seems unlikely that Vedavåg and Sola would have an identical record (including goals) but this is how it is printed in the source.

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Fana	22	18	3	1	56	18	+38	57
2	Åsane	22	15	3	4	46	21	+25	48
3	Brann 2	22	10	5	7	47	28	+19	35
4	Nest-Sotra	22	11	1	10	48	42	+6	34
5	Volda	22	7	10	5	27	26	+1	31
6	Stryn	22	8	5	9	37	38	−1	29
7	Førde	22	8	5	9	32	35	−3	29
8	Stord	22	6	7	9	28	42	−14	25
9	Skarbøvik	22	7	3	12	27	44	−17	24
10	Løv-Ham (R)	22	6	3	13	35	44	−9	21	Relegation to Third Division
11	Trott (R)	22	5	4	13	26	47	−21	19
12	Ørsta (R)	22	6	1	15	29	53	−24	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Kolstad	22	13	6	3	42	20	+22	45
2	Nardo	22	11	6	5	40	23	+17	39
3	Ranheim	22	12	3	7	37	26	+11	39
4	Abildsø	22	11	4	7	40	34	+6	37
5	Molde 2	22	9	4	9	45	37	+8	31
6	Træff	22	8	7	7	46	39	+7	31
7	Averøykameratene	22	8	7	7	33	33	0	31
8	Nationalkam	22	7	8	7	42	49	−7	29
9	Fossum	22	7	5	10	35	40	−5	26
10	Åndalsnes^[a]	22	6	7	9	28	30	−2	25
11	Orkanger (R)	22	4	5	13	31	52	−21	17	Relegation to Third Division
12	Nidelv (R)	22	4	2	16	22	58	−36	14	Relegation to Third Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Åndalsnes survived as the second best tenth-place team, since Narvik/Nor was disestablished.^[1]

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Strindheim (P)	22	17	0	5	80	29	+51	51	Promotion to First Division
2	Rosenborg 2	22	15	1	6	79	28	+51	46
3	Verdal	22	14	0	8	44	31	+13	42
4	Mosjøen	22	12	5	5	50	32	+18	41
5	Stålkameratene^[a] (R)	22	13	1	8	56	39	+17	40	Relegation to Third Division
6	Gevir Bodø	22	9	6	7	68	38	+30	33
7	Steinkjer	22	10	3	9	42	46	−4	33
8	Stjørdals-Blink	22	9	5	8	47	52	−5	32
9	Mo	22	9	1	12	55	46	+9	28
10	Namsos (R)	22	5	4	13	43	70	−27	19	Relegation to Third Division
11	Sandnessjøen (R)	22	2	2	18	33	113	−80	8
12	Fauske/Sprint (R)	22	1	4	17	25	98	−73	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Stålkameratene was forcibly relegated for cheating by using ineligible players.^[1]

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Lofoten	22	17	3	2	66	25	+41	54
2	Tromsdalen	22	14	4	4	69	28	+41	46
3	Finnsnes	22	13	1	8	62	34	+28	40
4	Skjervøy	22	12	4	6	54	35	+19	40
5	Alta	22	11	4	7	66	44	+22	37
6	Mjølner-Narvik	22	11	2	9	65	39	+26	35
7	Narvik/Nor (R)	22	10	4	8	48	52	−4	34	Merged^[a]
8	Silsand/Omegn	22	9	5	8	46	38	+8	32
9	Polarstjernen	22	7	5	10	40	71	−31	26
10	Sortland (R)	22	5	1	16	35	56	−21	16	Relegation to Third Division
11	Porsanger (R)	22	2	4	16	26	63	−37	10
12	Tromsø 2 (R)	22	1	3	18	28	120	−92	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Narvik/Nor ceased to exist after the season because of a merger.

Promotion playoffs

References

Eriksen, Arvid (ed.). Sportsboken 97–98 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Schibsted. p. 266. ISBN 82-516-1665-4.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Lørenskog reddet av gongongen". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 29 October 1997. p. 35.

[table_note_LØR0.37157027487251-2] Lørenskog survived as the best tenth-place team, since Stålkameratene was removed.^[1]

[table_hth_VED0.74862136773235-3] It seems unlikely that Vedavåg and Sola would have an identical record (including goals) but this is how it is printed in the source.

[table_note_ÅND0.32519097501654-4] Åndalsnes survived as the second best tenth-place team, since Narvik/Nor was disestablished.^[1]

[table_note_STÅ0.11416532709923-5] Stålkameratene was forcibly relegated for cheating by using ineligible players.^[1]

[table_note_res_M0.63206984737519-6] Narvik/Nor ceased to exist after the season because of a merger.

[survived-1] "Lørenskog reddet av gongongen". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 29 October 1997. p. 35.

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