# 1977 Norwegian First Division

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33rd season of top-tier football league in Norway

Football league season

1. divisjon Season 1977 Dates 25 April – 16 October Champions Lillestrøm 3rd title Relegated Ham Kam Rosenborg Mjøndalen European Cup Lillestrøm Cup Winners' Cup Bodø/Glimt UEFA Cup Molde Start Matches 132 Goals 396 (3 per match) Top goalscorer Trygve Johannessen (17 goals) Biggest home win Start 5–0 Mjøndalen (2 October 1977) Start 6–1 HamKam (16 October 1977) Biggest away win Vålerengen 0–4 Lillestrøm (25 April 1977) Moss 0–4 Viking (1 May 1977) Start 0–4 Vålerengen (19 June 1977) Moss 0–4 Lillestrøm (10 September 1977) Rosenborg 2–6 HamKam (26 September 1977) Highest scoring Brann 6–3 HamKam (15 August 1977) Longest winning run Lillestrøm (6 games) Longest unbeaten run Lillestrøm (17 games) Longest winless run Rosenborg (17 games) Longest losing run Mjøndalen Rosenborg Vålerenga (5 games) Highest attendance 22,150 Brann 0–1 Bodø/Glimt (25 April 1977) Lowest attendance 1,890 Mjøndalen 0–0 Rosenborg (9 October 1977) Average attendance 7,339 13.1% ← 1976 1978 →

The **1977 [1. divisjon](/source/Eliteserien)** was the 33rd completed season of top division [football](/source/Association_football) in [Norway](/source/Norway).

## Overview

There were 12 teams in the division. [Lillestrøm SK](/source/Lillestr%C3%B8m_SK) emerged as the championship victors, their third league title. Lillestrøm's 36 points was at the time a record for most points in a season, two more than [Viking](/source/Viking_FK) and [Fredrikstad](/source/Fredrikstad_FK) achieved in the [1972 season](/source/1972_1._divisjon).

## Teams and locations

- *Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.*

Team Ap. Location Stadium Bodø/Glimt 1 Bodø Aspmyra Stadion Brann 25 Bergen Brann Stadion Bryne 2 Bryne Bryne Stadion Hamarkameratene 8 Hamar Briskeby Lillestrøm 14 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion Mjøndalen 11 Mjøndalen Nedre Eiker Stadion Molde 6 Molde Molde Stadion Moss 4 Moss Melløs Stadion Rosenborg 15 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion Start 10 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion Vålerengen 22 Oslo Bislett Stadion Viking 30 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

## League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Lillestrøm (C) 22 16 4 2 42 11 +31 36 Qualification for the European Cup first round 2 Bodø/Glimt 22 10 8 4 33 24 +9 28 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round 3 Molde 22 12 3 7 31 28 +3 27 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round 4 Start 22 9 7 6 37 30 +7 25 5 Viking 22 9 5 8 41 34 +7 23 6 Brann 22 8 6 8 40 35 +5 22 7 Vålerengen 22 8 4 10 37 37 0 20 8 Bryne 22 6 8 8 36 36 0 20 9 Moss 22 7 6 9 28 39 −11 20 10 Hamarkameratene (R) 22 6 6 10 37 42 −5 18 Relegation to Second Division 11 Mjøndalen (R) 22 7 4 11 17 32 −15 18 12 Rosenborg (R) 22 1 5 16 17 48 −31 7

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 B/G BRA BRY HAM LIL MIF MOL MOS ROS IKS VIK VÅL Bodø/Glimt — 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 Brann 0–1 — 1–1 6–3 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 4–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 Bryne 2–3 4–2 — 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–3 1–1 4–2 2–2 2–2 4–1 Hamarkameratene 1–1 0–2 2–2 — 0–1 4–0 1–0 4–2 3–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 Lillestrøm 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 — 4–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 Mjøndalen 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 — 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 Molde 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 — 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 4–1 Moss 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–4 2–0 2–3 — 2–2 1–1 0–4 0–1 Rosenborg 1–3 1–3 0–2 2–6 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–3 — 1–3 1–3 0–3 Start 3–3 3–1 1–0 6–1 0–2 5–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 — 2–1 0–4 Viking 2–2 3–4 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 2–3 — 5–1 Vålerengen 1–1 5–2 4–1 3–4 0–4 1–2 4–0 0–2 3–1 2–2 0–1 —

Source: [nifs.no](https://www.nifs.no/kamper.php?land=1&t=5&u=33) (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Season statistics

### Top scorer

- [Trygve Johannessen](/source/Trygve_Johannessen), [Viking](/source/Viking_FK) – 17 goals

### Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change 1 Brann 164,402 22,150 9,975 14,946 +5.8%† 2 Vålerengen 108,182 19,127 4,399 9,835 n/a2 3 Lillestrøm 92,725 12,515 5,785 8,430 +32.8%† 4 Viking 88,747 12,140 5,858 8,068 −7.7%† 5 Bodø/Glimt 84,316 9,652 5,672 7,665 n/a2 6 Start 78,453 12,666 3,847 7,132 +8.7%† 7 Bryne 69,110 12,236 4,012 6,283 +26.2%† 8 Moss 63,384 7,583 3,715 5,762 n/a2 9 Rosenborg 61,120 8,200 2,200 5,556 −16.7%† 10 Molde 60,592 10,700 3,715 5,508 +53.6%† 11 HamKam 52,130 7,948 3,025 4,739 −2.8%† 12 Mjøndalen 45,522 8,022 1,890 4,138 −18.6%† League total 968,683 22,150 1,890 7,339 +13.1%†

Source: [nifs.no](https://www.nifs.no/tilskuertall.php?land=1&t=5&fra=1977&til=1977&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)

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