1972 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	1972
Men's football
1. divisjon	Viking
2. divisjon	Start (Group A); Frigg (Group B)
Cupen	Brann

The 1972 season was the 67th season of competitive football in Norway.

Viking FK won the title on goal difference with Fredrikstad FK finishing runners-up, while Jan Erik Osland's goal gave SK Brann a 1–0 win over Rosenborg BK in the Norwegian cup final.^[1]

Men's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
1. divisjon	Mjøndalen Skeid Mjølner	Frigg
2. divisjon	Brumunddal Bryne Clausenengen Florvåg Moss Sandefjord BK Vålerengen Verdal	Drafn Aurskog Eidsvold Turn Svolvær

1. divisjon

Viking FK won the championship, their second league title.^[2]^[3]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Viking (C)	22	16	2	4	42	15	+27	34	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Fredrikstad	22	16	2	4	31	16	+15	34	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Strømsgodset	22	10	7	5	40	29	+11	27	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Rosenborg	22	6	10	6	22	19	+3	22
5	Lyn	22	7	7	8	29	22	+7	21
6	Skeid	22	8	5	9	26	26	0	21
7	Mjøndalen	22	9	3	10	31	36	−5	21
8	Brann	22	7	6	9	22	23	−1	20	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
9	HamKam	22	6	8	8	14	18	−4	20
10	Sarpsborg FK (R)	22	6	6	10	21	30	−9	18	Relegation to Second Division
11	Hødd (R)	22	4	6	12	18	39	−21	14
12	Mjølner (R)	22	3	6	13	10	33	−23	12

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

2. divisjon

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Start (C, P)	18	10	4	4	29	23	+6	24	Promotion to First Division
2	Pors	18	11	0	7	35	16	+19	22	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Østsiden	18	9	4	5	22	17	+5	22
4	Moss	18	8	5	5	29	20	+9	21
5	Odd	18	7	5	6	22	21	+1	19
6	Sandefjord BK	18	6	4	8	24	25	−1	16
7	Florvåg	18	6	4	8	31	34	−3	16
8	Vard	18	6	4	8	23	26	−3	16
9	Bryne (O)	18	6	2	10	21	30	−9	14	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Ulf (R)	18	3	4	11	18	42	−24	10	Relegation to Third Division

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Frigg (C, P)	18	13	3	2	45	16	+29	29	Promotion to First Division
2	Raufoss (O, P)	18	12	2	4	41	15	+26	26	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Steinkjer	18	9	6	3	28	16	+12	24
4	Stabæk	18	8	5	5	23	13	+10	21
5	Molde	18	9	3	6	29	23	+6	21
6	Aalesund	18	7	4	7	16	16	0	18
7	Clausenengen	18	5	6	7	18	27	−9	16
8	Vålerengen	18	5	4	9	15	18	−3	14
9	Brumunddal (R)	18	3	4	11	15	36	−21	10	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Verdal (R)	18	0	1	17	6	56	−50	1	Relegation to Third Division

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

District IX–X

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mo (C)	14	10	3	1	32	12	+20	23	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
2	Bodø/Glimt	14	4	8	2	23	10	+13	16
3	Harstad	14	6	4	4	29	18	+11	16
4	Mosjøen	14	5	5	4	21	15	+6	15
5	Stålkameratene	14	6	3	5	18	13	+5	15
6	Lyngen (R)	14	4	7	3	13	16	−3	15	Relegation to Third Division
7	Tromsø (R)	14	3	3	8	12	23	−11	9
8	Saltdalkameratene (R)	14	1	1	12	9	50	−41	3

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

District XI

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Stein (C)	12	9	1	2	33	10	+23	19
2	Norild	12	7	3	2	17	7	+10	17
3	Vadsø Turn	12	4	5	3	16	13	+3	13
4	Kirkenes	12	5	2	5	25	20	+5	12
5	Polarstjernen	12	2	5	5	10	20	−10	9
6	Rafsbotn	12	4	1	7	17	32	−15	9
7	Sandnes (R)	12	2	1	9	14	30	−16	5	Relegation to Third Division

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Final

Source:^[4]^[5]

22 October 1972

13:15 CET (UTC+1)

Brann	1–0	Rosenborg
Osland 13'	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 17,700

Referee: Kjell Wahlen (Skeid)

UEFA competitions

European Cup

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celtic	5–2	Rosenborg	2–1	3–1

European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hajduk Split	2–0	Fredrikstad	1–0	1–0

UEFA Cup

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lyn	3–12	Tottenham	3–6 (Report)	0–6 (Report)
Viking	1–0	IBV	1–0 (Report)	0–0 (Report)

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Viking	2–9	1. FC Köln	1–0 (Report)	1–9 (Report)

National team

Results

Source:^[6]

23 February 1972 Friendly	Israel	2–1	Norway	Tel Aviv, Israel
CET (UTC+1)	Nur Bar 32', 73'	Report	Tor Egil Johansen 29'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli (Sweden)

References

^ News of Norway. Vol. 29. Norwegian Information Service. 1972. p. 74.
^ "1972 1. divisjon table". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ "Viking Fotballklubb". snl.no (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
^ "1972 Cup Final". rsssf.no. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ "Brann". nrk.no. NRK. 11 April 2006. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ "Norway national football team match-by-match record in 1972". eu-football.info. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[1] News of Norway. Vol. 29. Norwegian Information Service. 1972. p. 74.

[2] "1972 1. divisjon table". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[3] "Viking Fotballklubb". snl.no (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[4] "1972 Cup Final". rsssf.no. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[5] "Brann". nrk.no. NRK. 11 April 2006. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[6] "Norway national football team match-by-match record in 1972". eu-football.info. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

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