# 1965 Norwegian First Division

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21st season of top-tier football league in Norway

Football league season

1. divisjon Season 1965 Dates 23 April – 10 October Champions Vålerengen 1st title Relegated Viking Sandefjord BK European Cup Vålerengen Cup Winners' Cup Skeid Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Frigg Matches 90 Goals 307 (3.41 per match) Top goalscorer Harald Berg (19 goals) Biggest home win Fredrikstad 6–0 Sarpsborg FK (17 August 1965) Biggest away win Sandefjord 1–8 Lyn (4 August 1965) Highest scoring Fredrikstad 7–3 Skeid (17 August 1965) Longest winning run Sarpsborg FK (6 games) Longest unbeaten run Fredrikstad Frigg Sarpsborg FK Vålerengen (7 games) Longest winless run Sandefjord BK (18 games) Longest losing run Sandefjord BK (9 games) Highest attendance 17,063 Lyn 2–2 Vålerengen (14 May 1965) Lowest attendance 400 Sandefjord 2–4 Sarpsborg (3 October 1965) Average attendance 5,034 18.6% ← 1964 1966 →

The **1965 [1. divisjon](/source/Eliteserien)** was the 21st completed season of top division [football](/source/Association_football) in [Norway](/source/Norway).

## Overview

The season was contested by 10 teams, and [Vålerengen](/source/V%C3%A5lerenga_Fotball) won their first championship.

Vålerenga's 27 points was at the time a record for most points in a season, one more than [Lyn](/source/Lyn_Fotball) achieved in the previous season. [Viking](/source/Viking_FK) and [Sandefjord BK](/source/Sandefjord_BK) were relegated to the [2. divisjon](/source/1._divisjon).

## Teams and locations

- *Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.*

Team Ap. Location Fredrikstad 20 Fredrikstad Frigg 10 Oslo Lyn 13 Oslo Odd 16 Skien Sandefjord BK 18 Sandefjord Sarpsborg FK 15 Sarpsborg Skeid 19 Oslo Steinkjer 7 Steinkjer Vålerengen 16 Oslo Viking 20 Stavanger

## League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Vålerengen (C) 18 12 3 3 39 25 +14 27 Qualification for the European Cup first round 2 Lyn 18 12 2 4 57 22 +35 26 3 Sarpsborg FK 18 10 3 5 32 24 +8 23 4 Steinkjer 18 9 3 6 27 21 +6 21 5 Fredrikstad 18 8 4 6 40 31 +9 20 6 Skeid 18 8 1 9 28 30 −2 17 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round 7 Odd 18 7 2 9 30 35 −5 16 8 Frigg 18 5 5 8 22 30 −8 15 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round 9 Viking (R) 18 5 3 10 20 32 −12 13 Relegation to Second Division 10 Sandefjord BK (R) 18 0 2 16 12 57 −45 2

Source: [NIFS](https://www.nifs.no/tabell.php?land=&t=&u=)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

## Results

Home \ Away FFK FRI LYN ODD SBK SRP SKD STN VIK VIF Fredrikstad 4–3 2–2 2–1 3–0 6–0 7–3 0–1 1–1 2–2 Frigg 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–3 0–3 0–1 2–1 1–2 Lyn 3–1 4–0 5–0 5–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 3–1 2–2 Odd 4–0 2–0 3–2 5–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 Sandefjord BK 0–6 2–2 1–8 1–2 2–4 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–2 Sarpsborg 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 Skeid 2–3 0–1 1–5 3–4 1–0 1–3 1–0 4–0 1–0 Steinkjer 1–2 0–0 1–4 5–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 Viking 3–0 2–2 0–2 3–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 Vålerengen 4–1 3–2 1–7 3–2 3–1 3–2 1–0 5–1 4–0

Source: [NIFS.no](http://www.nifs.no/grid.php?land=1&t=5&u=45)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Season statistics

### Top scorer

- [Harald Berg](/source/Harald_Berg), [Lyn](/source/FK_Lyn) – 19 goals

### Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change 1 Lyn 71,083 17,063 2,900 7,898 +12.4%† 2 Vålerengen 64,336 14,580 3,350 7,148 −5.2%† 3 Viking 54,969 8,035 3,805 6,108 −22.0%† 4 Skeid 54,102 11,500 2,347 6,011 −12.4%† 4 Frigg 51,071 10,214 2,292 5,675 +32.7%† 6 Steinkjer 44,500 7,500 2,000 4,944 n/a2 7 Sarpsborg FK 35,070 9,000 1,200 3,897 −8.9%† 8 Fredrikstad 32,451 7,704 1,246 3,606 −28.0%† 9 Odd 30,562 5,198 1,574 3,396 n/a2 10 Sandefjord BK 14,900 3,000 400 1,656 −42.4%† League total 453,044 17,063 400 5,034 −18.6%†

Source: [nifs.no](https://www.nifs.no/tilskuertall.php?land=1&t=5&fra=1965&til=1965&kamper=&sortering=avgt) **Notes:** 2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.

## References

- [Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)](https://www.rsssf.no/stats/LeagueChamps.html)

v t e Eliteserien Seasons League of Norway 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 Main League 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 First Division 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Tippeligaen 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Eliteserien 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Clubs 2026 Aalesund Bodø/Glimt Brann Fredrikstad HamKam KFUM Kristiansund BK Lillestrøm Molde Rosenborg Sandefjord Fotball Sarpsborg 08 Start Tromsø Vålerenga Viking Former (active) Asker Birkebeineren Borg Brodd Bryne Djerv Djerv 1919 Donn Drammen Egersund Eik Tønsberg Flekkefjord Fram Larvik Freidig Frigg Fyllingen Geithus Gjøvik-Lyn Grane Greåker Halsen Hamar Haugar Haugesund Holmestrand Hødd Hønefoss Jarl Jerv Jevnaker Kongsberg Kongsvinger Kvik Kvik Halden Larvik Turn Lisleby Lyn Mandalskameratene Minde Moelven Moss Mjølner Mjøndalen Nationalkameratene Neset Nessegutten Nordlandet Nordnes Nymark Odd Orkanger Os Pors Ranheim Raufoss Rollon Sandaker Sandefjord BK Sandnes Ulf Sarpsborg FK Selbak Skeid Skiens Grane Skiold Skreia Slemmestad Snøgg Sogndal Solberg Sparta Sarpsborg Sprint-Jeløy Stabæk Stavanger Steinkjer Storm Strindheim Strømmen Strømsgodset Tistedalen Torp Urædd Vard Vardal Varegg Verdal Viggo Vigør Vikersund Voss Ørn Horten Ålgård Former (defunct) Berger Braatt Brage Clausenengen Drafn Falken Fjell Fredensborg Fremad Gjøa Hardy Kapp Kragerø Kristiansund FK Mesna Nydalen Rapid Skien Strong Tønsberg-Kameratene Tønsberg Turn Ulefoss Veblungsnes Årstad Competition Teams winners Players foreign Stadia Referees Statistics and awards Records All-time table Hat-tricks Highest scores Top scorers Players with 50+ goals Kniksen Award Associated competitions Mesterfinalen Norwegian Cup Play-offs UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Conference League Other In European football Norsk Toppfotball Category

v t e 1965 in Norwegian football « 1964 1966 » League competitions First Division Second Division Third Division Cup competitions Norwegian Football Cup Final European competitions European Cup '64–'65 '65–'66 European Cup Winners' Cup '64–'65 '65–'66

v t e 1964–65 in European football (UEFA) « 1963–64 1965–66 » Domestic leagues Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '64 '65 England Faroe Islands '64 '65 Finland '64 '65 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '64 '65 Iceland '64 '65 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '64 '65 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '64 '65 Spain Sweden '64 '65 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia Domestic cups Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '64 '65 Finland '64 '65 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '64 '65 Iceland '64 '65 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '64 '65 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia League cups England Scotland UEFA competitions European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) Non-UEFA competitions Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '63–'64 '64–'66 Mitropa Cup '64 '65

v t e 1965–66 in European football (UEFA) « 1964–65 1966–67 » Domestic leagues Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '65 '66 England Faroe Islands '65 '66 Finland '65 '66 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '65 '66 Iceland '65 '66 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '65 '66 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '65 '66 Spain Sweden '65 '66 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia Domestic cups Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '65 '66 Finland '65 '66 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '65 '66 Iceland '65 '66 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '65 '66 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia League cups England Scotland UEFA competitions European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) Non-UEFA competitions Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup

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