1. divisjon
Season1976
Dates25 April – 17 October
ChampionsLillestrøm
2nd title
RelegatedStrømsgodset
Fredrikstad
Vard
European CupLillestrøm
Cup Winners' CupBrann
UEFA CupMjøndalen
Start
Matches played132
Goals scored362 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorerJan Fuglset
(17 goals)
Biggest home winHamKam 6–0 Bryne
(20 June 1976)
Biggest away winStrømsgodset 1–6 Molde
(17 October 1976)
Highest scoringMjøndalen 5–3 Rosenborg
(3 October 1976)
Longest winning runBrann
(6 games)
Longest unbeaten runBrann
(11 games)
Longest winless runVard
(16 games)
Longest losing runFredrikstad
HamKam
(5 games)
Highest attendance22,401
Brann 0–2 Mjøndalen
(17 October 1976)
Lowest attendance1,289
Fredrikstad 1–0 Viking
(10 October 1976)
Average attendance6,488 Decrease 4.2%
← 1975
1977 →

The 1976 1. divisjon was the 32nd completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Lillestrøm SK won the championship, their second league title.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location Stadium
Brann 24 Bergen Brann Stadion
Bryne 1 Bryne Bryne Stadion
Fredrikstad 30 Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Stadion
Hamarkameratene 7 Hamar Briskeby
Lillestrøm 13 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion
Mjøndalen 10 Mjøndalen Nedre Eiker Stadion
Molde 5 Molde Molde Stadion
Rosenborg 14 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion
Start 9 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion
Strømsgodset 11 Drammen Marienlyst Stadion
Vard 4 Haugesund Haugesund Stadion
Viking 29 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lillestrøm (C) 22 13 5 4 39 19 +20 31 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Mjøndalen 22 13 4 5 40 23 +17 30 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Brann 22 11 6 5 38 29 +9 28 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Start 22 8 8 6 23 19 +4 24 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5 Viking 22 6 10 6 24 21 +3 22
6 Molde 22 9 3 10 34 29 +5 21
7 Hamarkameratene 22 7 7 8 31 29 +2 21
8 Rosenborg 22 7 7 8 24 29 −5 21
9 Bryne 22 6 7 9 30 35 −5 19
10 Strømsgodset (R) 22 6 7 9 31 43 −12 19 Relegation to Second Division
11 Fredrikstad (R) 22 5 5 12 27 50 −23 15
12 Vard (R) 22 2 9 11 21 36 −15 13
Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BRA BRY FRE HAM LIL MIF MOL ROS IKS STM VAR VIK
Brann — 2–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 4–1 1–1
Bryne 1–1 — 0–2 4–0 3–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–1
Fredrikstad 2–2 2–5 — 1–1 0–3 1–4 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 3–3 1–0
Hamarkameratene 1–3 6–0 2–0 — 0–1 0–2 4–2 1–3 0–2 1–3 6–1 1–1
Lillestrøm 3–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 — 3–1 4–0 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–1
Mjøndalen 2–2 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 — 2–0 5–3 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–1
Molde 2–3 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 — 3–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 3–2
Rosenborg 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 — 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Start 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 — 3–2 1–1 1–1
Strømsgodset 2–4 3–1 6–1 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–6 1–0 1–0 — 0–0 2–2
Vard 0–0 1–1 3–4 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 — 1–2
Viking 0–2 1–0 4–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 —
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 Brann 155,458 22,401 7,914 14,133 +11.6%†
2 Viking 96,122 12,070 4,614 8,738 −16.5%†
3 Strømsgodset 74,807 11,744 4,500 6,801 −26.5%†
4 Rosenborg 73,336 12,211 2,300 6,667 −30.6%†
5 Start 72,181 10,041 4,087 6,562 −9.2%†
6 Lillestrøm 69,808 10,696 3,300 6,346 +4.6%†
7 Vard 68,574 8,842 2,609 6,234 n/a2
8 Mjøndalen 55,904 8,900 2,500 5,082 +50.4%†
9 Bryne 54,753 12,108 2,208 4,978 n/a2
10 HamKam 53,631 11,500 2,000 4,876 n/a2
11 Fredrikstad 42,418 6,274 1,289 3,856 −31.9%†
12 Molde 39,436 4,768 1,950 3,585 −5.8%†
League total 856,428 22,401 1,289 6,488 −4.2%†

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

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