# 1976 Norwegian First Division

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32nd season of top-tier football league in Norway

Football league season

1. divisjon Season 1976 Dates 25 April – 17 October Champions Lillestrøm 2nd title Relegated Strømsgodset Fredrikstad Vard European Cup Lillestrøm Cup Winners' Cup Brann UEFA Cup Mjøndalen Start Matches 132 Goals 362 (2.74 per match) Top goalscorer Jan Fuglset (17 goals) Biggest home win HamKam 6–0 Bryne (20 June 1976) Biggest away win Strømsgodset 1–6 Molde (17 October 1976) Highest scoring Mjøndalen 5–3 Rosenborg (3 October 1976) Longest winning run Brann (6 games) Longest unbeaten run Brann (11 games) Longest winless run Vard (16 games) Longest losing run Fredrikstad HamKam (5 games) Highest attendance 22,401 Brann 0–2 Mjøndalen (17 October 1976) Lowest attendance 1,289 Fredrikstad 1–0 Viking (10 October 1976) Average attendance 6,488 4.2% ← 1975 1977 →

The **1976 [1. divisjon](/source/Eliteserien)** was the 32nd completed season of top division [football](/source/Association_football) in [Norway](/source/Norway).

## Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and [Lillestrøm SK](/source/Lillestr%C3%B8m_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](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 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](https://www.nifs.no/kamper.php?land=1&t=5&u=34) (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Season statistics

### Top scorer

- [Jan Fuglset](/source/Jan_Fuglset), [Molde](/source/Molde_FK) – 17 goals

### 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](https://www.nifs.no/tilskuertall.php?land=1&t=5&fra=1976&til=1976&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

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