1970 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon

Season	1970
Dates	27 April – 18 October
Champions	Strømsgodset 1st title
Relegated	Skeid Pors
European Cup	Strømsgodset
UEFA Cup	Rosenborg
Matches played	90
Goals scored	210 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Steinar Pettersen (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Strømsgodset 7–1 Pors (3 May 1970)
Biggest away win	Pors 0–6 Hødd (18 October 1970)
Highest scoring	Strømsgodset 7–1 Pors (3 May 1970)
Longest winning run	Brann (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Brann (9 games)
Longest winless run	Pors (9 games)
Longest losing run	Pors (9 games)
Highest attendance	15,200 Strømsgodset 2–0 Rosenborg (11 October 1970)
Lowest attendance	1,000 Hødd 2–0 Pors (21 June 1970)
Average attendance	5,636 25.7%
← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 1. divisjon was the 26th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and Strømsgodset won the championship, their first league title.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location
Brann	18	Bergen
Fredrikstad	25	Fredrikstad
HamKam	2	Hamar
Hødd	3	Ulsteinvik
Pors	5	Porsgrunn
Rosenborg	8	Trondheim
Sarpsborg FK	20	Sarpsborg
Skeid	24	Oslo
Strømsgodset	5	Drammen
Viking	23	Stavanger

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Strømsgodset (C)	18	11	3	4	36	21	+15	25	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Rosenborg	18	10	4	4	15	5	+10	24	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	HamKam	18	10	3	5	31	15	+16	23
4	Brann	18	9	5	4	18	11	+7	23
5	Sarpsborg FK	18	9	3	6	21	21	0	21
6	Viking	18	8	3	7	27	20	+7	19
7	Fredrikstad	18	5	6	7	16	21	−5	16
8	Hødd	18	4	3	11	20	27	−7	11
9	Skeid (R)	18	4	3	11	16	23	−7	11	Relegation to Second Division
10	Pors (R)	18	3	1	14	10	46	−36	7

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

Results

Home \ Away	BRA	FRE	HAM	HØD	POR	ROS	SRP	SKE	STM	VIK
Brann	—	1–0	0–3	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–1
Fredrikstad	0–0	—	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–3	1–3	2–0	0–2
HamKam	0–1	0–0	—	4–1	6–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	4–2
Hødd	1–2	1–2	1–0	—	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–3	1–0
Pors	0–3	0–1	0–1	0–6	—	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–3	1–1
Rosenborg	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	—	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
Sarpsborg	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	—	0–3	0–2	2–1
Skeid	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	4–1	0–2	1–2	—	0–2	0–3
Strømsgodset	0–0	2–2	4–2	4–3	7–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	—	1–0
Viking	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–0	0–0	3–2	2–1	2–2	—

Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer

• Steinar Pettersen, Strømsgodset – 16 goals

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Strømsgodset	90,814	15,200	6,000	10,090	+11.6%†
2	Brann	71,300	10,300	4,800	7,922	−0.6%†
3	Rosenborg	70,930	15,169	4,500	7,881	−43.5%†
4	Skeid	54,182	8,938	3,787	6,020	−35.6%†
5	Viking	51,600	8,000	1,500	5,733	−26.9%†
6	HamKam	45,600	7,500	3,500	5,067	n/a2
7	Fredrikstad	42,063	8,874	1,597	4,674	−22.8%†
8	Sarpsborg FK	31,154	5,862	1,783	3,462	−10.9%†
9	Pors	29,900	7,500	1,500	3,322	n/a2
10	Hødd	19,700	3,500	1,000	2,189	−36.0%†
	League total	507,243	15,200	1,000	5,636	−25.7%†

Source: nifs.no
Notes:
2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.

References

• Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk (NIFS)