1973 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon

Season	1973
Dates	1 May – 14 October
Champions	Viking 3rd title
Relegated	Frigg Lyn Fredrikstad
European Cup	Viking
Cup Winners' Cup	Strømsgodset
UEFA Cup	Rosenborg Start
Matches played	132
Goals scored	306 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stein Karlsen (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Rosenborg 5–0 Brann (30 July 1973)
Biggest away win	Mjøndalen 0–3 Strømsgodset (1 May 1973) Start 0–3 Viking (23 May 1973) Fredrikstad 1–4 Brann (11 June 1973) Raufoss 1–4 Frigg (29 July 1973) HamKam 0–3 Viking (5 August 1973) Skeid 0–3 Raufoss (13 August 1973)
Highest scoring	Brann 5–2 Lyn (23 May 1973)
Longest winning run	Viking (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Viking (15 games)
Longest winless run	Fredrikstad HamKam (7 games)
Longest losing run	HamKam (7 games)
Highest attendance	16,450 Viking 1–1 Rosenborg (25 June 1973)
Lowest attendance	829 Lyn 3–0 Fredrikstad (7 October 1973)
Average attendance	5,590 0.8%
← 1972 1974 →

The 1973 1. divisjon was the 29th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Viking FK won the championship, their second consecutive league title and their third top-flight title overall.

Fredrikstad, who was the only remaining team to have played all 28 completed seasons in the top division, was relegated in the end of the season.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	Stadium
Brann	21	Bergen	Brann Stadion
Fredrikstad	28	Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad Stadion
Frigg	15	Oslo
HamKam	5	Hamar	Briskeby
Lyn	20	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion
Mjøndalen	7	Mjøndalen	Nedre Eiker Stadion
Raufoss	8	Raufoss	Raufoss Stadion
Rosenborg	11	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion
Skeid	26	Oslo
Start	6	Kristiansand	Kristiansand Stadion
Strømsgodset	8	Drammen	Marienlyst Stadion
Viking	26	Stavanger	Stavanger Stadion

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Viking (C)	22	13	6	3	30	13	+17	32	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Rosenborg	22	10	7	5	32	18	+14	27	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Start	22	10	6	6	28	22	+6	26
4	HamKam	22	9	7	6	29	25	+4	25
5	Brann	22	9	5	8	31	27	+4	23
6	Strømsgodset	22	9	4	9	30	27	+3	22	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
7	Skeid	22	8	6	8	20	21	−1	22
8	Raufoss	22	7	7	8	21	26	−5	21
9	Mjøndalen	22	7	7	8	21	26	−5	21
10	Frigg (R)	22	5	8	9	21	27	−6	18	Relegation to Second Division
11	Lyn (R)	22	5	6	11	23	31	−8	16
12	Fredrikstad (R)	22	3	5	14	20	43	−23	11

Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BRA	FRE	FRI	HAM	LYN	MIF	RAU	ROS	SKE	IKS	STM	VIK
Brann	—	5–0	0–1	0–0	5–2	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2
Fredrikstad	1–4	—	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	4–1	0–2
Frigg	0–2	1–2	—	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1
HamKam	3–3	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–3
Lyn	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–2	—	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	0–1
Mjøndalen	1–1	2–1	4–1	2–2	3–1	—	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–3	0–1
Raufoss	1–1	1–1	1–4	0–2	2–2	0–0	—	0–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–0
Rosenborg	5–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	—	3–0	1–1	3–2	2–0
Skeid	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	—	2–0	0–1	0–1
Start	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	—	1–1	0–3
Strømsgodset	1–0	5–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–3	—	0–1
Viking	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	—

Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer

• Stein Karlsen, HamKam – 17 goals

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Viking	127,283	16,450	6,800	11,571	+3.1%†
2	Brann	96,865	15,198	4,467	8,806	+1.6%†
3	Rosenborg	94,470	11,524	5,400	8,579	+26.0%†
4	Strømsgodset	87,235	12,500	4,600	7,930	+4.2%†
5	Start	73,052	10,658	4,611	6,641	n/a2
6	Skeid	42,270	6,454	1,324	3,843	−22.5%†
7	HamKam	41,747	6,438	2,128	3,795	−3.6%†
8	Fredrikstad	39,011	6,212	1,000	3,546	−36.9%†
9	Lyn	36,269	6,324	829	3,297	−22.6%†
10	Mjøndalen	35,683	5,963	1,500	3,244	−28.6%†
11	Frigg	33,146	7,468	1,929	3,013	n/a2
12	Raufoss	30,932	6,000	1,400	2,812	n/a2
	League total	737,863	16,450	829	5,590	−0.8%†

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

References

• Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk (NIFS)