1973 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	1973
Men's football
1. divisjon	Viking
2. divisjon	Sarpsborg FK (Group A); Molde (Group B)
Cupen	Strømsgodset

The 1973 season was the 68th season of competitive football in Norway.

Men's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
1. divisjon	Start Frigg Raufoss	Sarpsborg Hødd Mjølner
2. divisjon	Larvik Turn Eidsvold Turn Skarbøvik Sogndal	Ulf Brumunddal Verdal

1. divisjon

Viking FK won the championship, their third 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	13	6	3	30	13	+17	32	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Rosenborg	22	10	7	5	32	18	+14	27	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Start	22	10	6	6	28	22	+6	26	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	HamKam	22	9	7	6	29	25	+4	25
5	Brann	22	9	5	8	31	27	+4	23
6	Strømsgodset	22	9	4	9	30	27	+3	22	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
7	Skeid	22	8	6	8	20	21	−1	22
8	Raufoss	22	7	7	8	21	26	−5	21
9	Mjøndalen	22	7	7	8	21	26	−5	21
10	Frigg (R)	22	5	8	9	21	27	−6	18	Relegation to Second Division
11	Lyn (R)	22	5	6	11	23	31	−8	16
12	Fredrikstad (R)	22	3	5	14	20	43	−23	11

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	Sarpsborg FK (C, P)	18	13	3	2	44	21	+23	29	Promotion to First Division
2	Vålerengen (O, P)	18	11	3	4	38	20	+18	25	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Odd	18	9	3	6	27	21	+6	21
4	Eidsvold Turn	18	10	0	8	38	27	+11	20
5	Moss	18	7	5	6	23	19	+4	19
6	Østsiden	18	8	2	8	18	26	−8	18
7	Larvik Turn	18	5	7	6	20	20	0	17
8	Pors	18	5	5	8	28	35	−7	15
9	Stabæk (R)	18	3	3	12	16	36	−20	9	Relegation to Third Division
10	Sandefjord BK (R)	18	3	1	14	18	45	−27	7	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	Molde (C, P)	18	14	3	1	58	19	+39	31	Promotion to First Division
2	Bryne	18	11	3	4	24	12	+12	25	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Aalesund	18	6	9	3	16	12	+4	21
4	Vard	18	6	8	4	29	26	+3	20
5	Clausenengen	18	6	5	7	16	21	−5	17
6	Hødd	18	6	4	8	32	34	−2	16
7	Florvåg	18	5	6	7	32	38	−6	16
8	Steinkjer	18	2	9	7	12	29	−17	13
9	Skarbøvik (R)	18	4	4	10	30	36	−6	12	Relegation to Third Division
10	Sogndal (R)	18	2	5	11	15	37	−22	9	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	Mjølner (C)	14	7	4	3	28	13	+15	18	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
2	Mo	14	7	4	3	21	15	+6	18
3	Bodø/Glimt	14	8	1	5	34	16	+18	17
4	Grand Bodø	14	6	5	3	26	22	+4	17
5	Harstad	14	4	6	4	21	19	+2	14
6	Andenes	14	5	4	5	12	18	−6	14
7	Stålkameratene (R)	14	5	2	7	13	17	−4	12	Relegation to Third Division
8	Mosjøen (R)	14	0	2	12	9	44	−35	2	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	11	2	1	33	9	+24	24
2	Norild	14	8	4	2	36	10	+26	20
3	Honningsvåg	14	7	1	6	29	25	+4	15
4	Sørild	14	5	4	5	22	22	0	14
5	Stein	14	5	3	6	22	24	−2	13
6	Polarstjernen	14	6	1	7	20	28	−8	13
7	Vadsø Turn (R)	14	3	3	8	13	25	−12	9	Relegation to Third Division
8	Rafsbotn (R)	14	1	2	11	6	38	−32	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]

21 October 1973

13:15 CET (UTC+1)

Strømsgodset	1–0	Rosenborg
S. Pettersen 78'	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 23,209

Referee: Svein-Inge Thime (Stavanger)

UEFA competitions

European Cup

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Viking	1–3	Spartak Trnava	1–2	0–1

European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gżira United	0–9	Brann	0–2	0–7

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brann	2–4	Glentoran	1–1	1–3

UEFA Cup

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fredrikstad	0–5	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	0–4
Strømsgodset	2–7	Leeds United	1–1 (Report)	1–6 (Report)

National team

Results

Source:^[6]

6 June 1973 Friendly	Norway	1–1	Republic of Ireland	Oslo, Norway
CET (UTC+1)	Hans Edgar Paulsen 69'	Report	Miah Dennehy 17'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 11,048 Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)

References

^ "1973 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.
^ "1973 Cup Final". rsssf.no. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
^ "Strømsgodset". nrk.no. NRK. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ "Norway national football team match-by-match record in 1973". eu-football.info. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[1] "1973 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] "1973 Cup Final". rsssf.no. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[5] "Strømsgodset". nrk.no. NRK. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[6] "Norway national football team match-by-match record in 1973". eu-football.info. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

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