# 1969 Norwegian First Division

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25th season of top-tier football league in Norway

Football league season

1. divisjon Season 1969 Dates 27 April – 19 October Champions Rosenborg 2nd title Relegated Start Lyn European Cup Rosenborg Cup Winners' Cup Strømsgodset Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Sarpsborg FK Matches 90 Goals 252 (2.8 per match) Top goalscorer Odd Iversen (26 goals) Biggest home win Rosenborg 5–0 Brann (4 May 1969) Fredrikstad 5–0 Hødd (10 August 1969) Biggest away win Lyn 1–8 Strømsgodset (16 May 1969) Highest scoring Lyn 1–8 Strømsgodset (16 May 1969) Longest winning run Skeid (5 games) Longest unbeaten run Rosenborg (8 games) Longest winless run Hødd (10 games) Longest losing run Hødd Lyn (5 games) Highest attendance 24,350 Skeid 2–0 Rosenborg (18 August 1969) Lowest attendance 2,000 Hødd 0–0 Sarpsborg FK (22 June 1969) Average attendance 7,590 2.4% ← 1968 1970 →

The **1969 [1. divisjon](/source/Eliteserien)** was the 25th completed season of top division [football](/source/Association_football) in [Norway](/source/Norway).

## Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and [Rosenborg BK](/source/Rosenborg_BK) won the championship, their second league title.

## Teams and locations

- *Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.*

Team Ap. Location Brann 17 Bergen Fredrikstad 24 Fredrikstad Hødd 2 Ulsteinvik Lyn 17 Oslo Rosenborg 7 Trondheim Sarpsborg FK 19 Sarpsborg Skeid 23 Oslo Start 5 Kristiansand Strømsgodset 4 Drammen Viking 22 Stavanger

## League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Rosenborg (C) 18 13 1 4 36 15 +21 27 Qualification for the European Cup first round 2 Fredrikstad 18 8 6 4 28 15 +13 22 3 Strømsgodset 18 8 6 4 34 22 +12 22 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round 4 Skeid 18 9 2 7 29 22 +7 20 5 Viking 18 6 6 6 18 17 +1 18 6 Brann 18 6 6 6 20 26 −6 18 7 Sarpsborg FK 18 6 5 7 22 22 0 17 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round 8 Hødd 18 4 4 10 24 39 −15 12 9 Start (R) 18 5 2 11 20 35 −15 12 Relegation to Second Division 10 Lyn (R) 18 4 4 10 21 39 −18 12

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 BRA FRE HØD LYN ROS SRP SKE STA STM VIK Brann — 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 Fredrikstad 1–0 — 5–0 2–0 4–2 0–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 Hødd 0–1 1–3 — 2–2 1–2 0–0 3–3 5–1 1–0 1–2 Lyn 1–1 0–4 5–1 — 1–2 3–1 1–3 0–2 1–8 1–0 Rosenborg 5–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 — 2–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 Sarpsborg 5–2 1–0 1–3 2–2 0–1 — 0–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 Skeid 1–0 0–1 4–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 — 2–1 0–1 0–1 Start 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–4 0–3 2–1 — 3–4 1–0 Strømsgodset 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 — 3–1 Viking 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 —

Source: [nifs.no](https://www.nifs.no/kamper.php?land=1&t=5&u=41) (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Season statistics

### Top scorer

- [Odd Iversen](/source/Odd_Iversen), [Rosenborg](/source/Rosenborg_BK) – 26 goals

### Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change 1 Rosenborg 125,536 21,000 8,750 13,948 +18.7%† 2 Skeid 84,148 24,350 4,383 9,350 +4.5%† 3 Strømsgodset 81,348 16,678 6,000 9,039 −1.3%† 4 Brann 71,750 10,000 5,100 7,972 −19.2%† 5 Lyn 71,375 13,300 3,907 7,931 −2.0%† 6 Viking 70,600 10,100 6,500 7,844 −13.5%† 7 Start 58,105 9,700 2,817 6,456 n/a2 8 Fredrikstad 54,500 11,000 3,800 6,056 +15.9%† 9 Sarpsborg FK 34,958 7,900 2,228 3,884 +19.7%† 10 Hødd 30,800 5,500 2,000 3,422 n/a2 League total 683,120 24,350 2,000 7,590 −2.4%†

Source: [nifs.no](https://www.nifs.no/tilskuertall.php?land=1&t=5&fra=1969&til=1969&kamper=&sortering=avgt) **Notes:** 2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.

## References

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

- [Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk (NIFS)](http://www.nifs.no)

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 1969 in Norwegian football « 1968 1970 » League competitions First Division Second Division Third Division Cup competitions Norwegian Football Cup Final European competitions European Cup '68–'69 '69–'70 European Cup Winners' Cup '68–'69 '69–'70

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v t e 1969–70 in European football (UEFA) « 1968–69 1970–71 » Domestic leagues Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '69 '70 England Faroe Islands '69 '70 Finland '69 '70 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '69 '70 Iceland '69 '70 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '69 '70 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '69 '70 Spain Sweden '69 '70 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia Domestic cups Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '69 '70 Finland '69 '70 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '69 '70 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '69 '70 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '69 '70 Spain Sweden 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 '69 '70 Mitropa Cup

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