1969 Norwegian First Division

The 1969 1. divisjon was the 25th completed season of top division football in Norway.

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 played	90
Goals scored	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 →

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and 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
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 (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer

• Odd Iversen, Rosenborg – 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
Notes:
2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.

References

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