1. divisjon
Season1970
Dates27 April – 18 October
ChampionsStrømsgodset
1st title
RelegatedSkeid
Pors
European CupStrømsgodset
UEFA CupRosenborg
Matches played90
Goals scored210 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorerSteinar Pettersen
(16 goals)
Biggest home winStrømsgodset 7–1 Pors
(3 May 1970)
Biggest away winPors 0–6 Hødd
(18 October 1970)
Highest scoringStrømsgodset 7–1 Pors
(3 May 1970)
Longest winning runBrann
(6 games)
Longest unbeaten runBrann
(9 games)
Longest winless runPors
(9 games)
Longest losing runPors
(9 games)
Highest attendance15,200
Strømsgodset 2–0 Rosenborg
(11 October 1970)
Lowest attendance1,000
Hødd 2–0 Pors
(21 June 1970)
Average attendance5,636 Decrease 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

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.

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