1961 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	1961
Men's football
Hovedserien	Fredrikstad
Landsdelsserien	Ørn (Group East/South); Frigg (Group East/North); Start (Group South/West A); Ulf (Group South/West B); Brann (Group South/West C); Langevåg (Group Møre); Steinkjer (Group Trøndelag)
NM	Fredrikstad

The 1961 season was the 56th season of competitive football in Norway.

Hovedserien

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fredrikstad	14	10	2	2	43	21	+22	22	Championship final
2	Vålerengen	14	6	2	6	24	17	+7	14	Bronze final
3	Viking	14	5	4	5	24	24	0	14
4	Larvik Turn	14	4	6	4	24	30	−6	14
5	Odd	14	4	5	5	26	29	−3	13
6	Lisleby	14	5	3	6	20	26	−6	13

7	Strømmen	14	3	5	6	16	22	−6	11	Relegated
8	Stavanger IF	14	3	5	6	15	23	−8	11	Relegated

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Eik	14	8	2	4	35	21	+14	18	Championship final
2	Lyn	14	7	3	4	41	27	+14	17	Bronze final
3	Rosenborg	14	6	4	4	28	28	0	16
4	Greåker	14	8	0	6	22	26	−4	16
5	Sandefjord	14	6	2	6	34	32	+2	14
6	Skeid	14	3	6	5	21	20	+1	12

7	Lillestrøm	14	4	3	7	29	33	−4	11	Relegated
8	Rapid	14	3	2	9	19	42	−23	8	Relegated

Source:

Championship final

June 16: Fredrikstad - Eik 2 - 0

Bronze final

June 14: Vålerengen - Lyn 6 - 4

Landsdelsserien

Group Østland/Søndre

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ørn	14	9	1	4	45	23	+22	19	Promoted

2	Sarpsborg	14	8	3	3	26	13	+13	19
3	Moss	14	7	4	3	27	19	+8	18
4	Fram (Larvik)	14	7	2	5	24	21	+3	16
5	Pors	14	7	2	5	19	30	−11	16
6	Sparta	14	5	1	8	18	25	−7	11

7	Selbak	14	3	2	9	23	31	−8	8	Relegated
8	Askim	14	2	1	11	11	31	−20	5	Relegated

Source:

Group Østland/Nordre

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Frigg	14	10	1	3	38	14	+24	21	Promoted

2	Mjøndalen	14	7	3	4	35	28	+7	17
3	Asker	14	6	4	4	26	17	+9	16
4	Gjøvik/Lyn	14	8	0	6	30	30	0	16
5	Raufoss	14	5	5	4	28	19	+9	15

6	Fremad	14	4	2	8	25	38	−13	10	Relegated
7	Sandaker	14	3	3	8	18	31	−13	9
8	Geithus	14	3	2	9	20	43	−23	8

Source:

Group Sørland/Vestland, A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Start	12	11	1	0	40	9	+31	23	Play-off

2	Sørfjell	12	8	2	2	34	22	+12	18
3	Jerv	12	6	1	5	26	35	−9	13
4	Vindbjart	12	5	0	7	28	23	+5	10
5	Flekkefjord	12	3	2	7	19	29	−10	8
6	Nedenes	12	3	1	8	25	31	−6	7

7	Våg	12	2	1	9	13	36	−23	5	Relegation play-off

Source:

Group Sørland/Vestland, B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ulf	14	7	5	2	26	10	+16	19	Play-off

2	Vard	14	7	5	2	22	9	+13	19
3	Bryne	14	8	2	4	28	14	+14	18
4	Haugar	14	7	4	3	32	19	+13	18
5	Jarl	14	6	1	7	26	33	−7	13

6	Vidar	14	3	6	5	14	19	−5	12	Relegated
7	Djerv 1919	14	2	4	8	10	28	−18	8
8	Egersund	14	1	3	10	7	33	−26	5

Source:

Group Sørland/Vestland, C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brann	12	9	3	0	45	9	+36	21	Play-off

2	Os	12	7	2	3	30	20	+10	16
3	Varegg	12	7	1	4	24	17	+7	15
4	Årstad	12	4	3	5	9	13	−4	11
5	Fana	12	4	1	7	20	24	−4	9
6	Trane	12	1	5	6	6	25	−19	7
7	Nordnes	12	1	3	8	6	32	−26	5

Source:

Group Møre

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Langevåg	14	12	0	2	63	15	+48	24	Play-off

2	Hødd	14	10	2	2	53	20	+33	22
3	Aalesund	14	9	1	4	32	23	+9	19
4	Braatt	14	6	2	6	25	33	−8	14
5	Molde	14	4	5	5	26	29	−3	13
6	Kristiansund	14	3	5	6	25	31	−6	11

7	Herd	14	3	3	8	18	32	−14	9	Relegated
8	Framtid	14	0	0	14	9	68	−59	0	Relegated

Source:

Group Trøndelag

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Steinkjer	14	13	0	1	63	18	+45	26	Play-off

2	Kvik (Trondheim)	14	10	1	3	32	11	+21	21
3	Brage	14	7	2	5	21	19	+2	16
4	Freidig	14	5	5	4	27	22	+5	15
5	Nessegutten	14	6	1	7	22	32	−10	13
6	Falken	14	3	2	9	14	26	−12	8
7	Sverre	14	2	3	9	16	43	−27	7

8	Fram (Skatval)	14	3	0	11	28	52	−24	6	Relegated

Source:

Play-off Sørland/Vestland

Brann - Ulf 1-1
Ulf - Start 2-2
Start - Brann 1-3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Brann	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	3	Promoted

2	Ulf	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
3	Start	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1

Source:

Play-off Møre/Trøndelag

Langevåg - Steinkjer 3-3
Steinkjer - Langevåg 3-2 (agg. 6-5)

Steinkjer promoted

Relegation Play-off

Våg- Vigør 0 - 5 (in Vennesla)

Våg relegated

Third division

District I

1. Østsiden        	(Promoted)
2. Tistedalen
3. Hafslund
4. Tune
5. Sprint/Jeløy
6. Navestad
7. Gresvik
8. Ørje

District II, group A

1. Vestfossen      		(Play-off)
2. Drafn
3. Åssiden
4. Sagene
5. Røa
6. Liull
7. Fossekallen
8. Spartacus

District II, group B

1. Aurskog         		(Play-off)
2. Drammens BK
3. Kongsvinger
4. Slemmestad
5. Grue
6. Strømsgodset
7. Kjelsås
8. Sterling

District III, group A (Oplandene)

1. Hamarkameratene 	(Play-off)
2. Kapp
3. Hamar IL
4. Lena
5. Brumunddal
6. Gjøvik SK
7. Mesna
8. Einastrand

District III, group B1 (Sør-Østerdal)

1. Ytre Rendal     	(Play-off)
2. Trysilgutten
3. Elverum
4. Nordre Trysil
5. Koppang
6. Nybergsund
7. Innsats

District III, group B2 (Sør-Gudbrandsdal)

1. Kvam            	(Play-off)
2. Faaberg
3. Fåvang
4. Follebu
5. Vinstra
6. Sør-Fron 		(withdrew)

District III, group B3 (Nord-Gudbrandsdal)

Lesja           (Play-off)

Table unknown.

District IV, group A (Vestfold)

1. Runar           		(Play-off)
2. Holmestrand
3. Tønsberg Turn
4. Falk
5. Flint
6. Tønsebergkam.
7. Borre
8. Teie

District IV, group B (Grenland)

1. Skiens-Grane    		(Play-off)
2. Urædd
3. Herkules
4. Borg
5. Brevik
6. Kragerø
7. Gjerpen
8. Langesund

District IV, group B (Øvre Telemark)

1. Heddal          		(Play-off)
2. Snøgg
3. Drangedal
4. Gvarv
5. Rjukan
6. Ulefoss

District V, group A1 (Aust-Agder)

1. Grane (Arendal) 		(Play-off)
2. Risør
3. Rygene
4. Dristug
5. Arendals BK
6. Mykland 			(withdrew)

District V, group A2 (Vest-Agder)

1. Vigør           		(Play-off)
2. Donn
3. Mandalskam.
4. Giv Akt
5. Torridal
6. Farsund

District V, group B1 (Rogaland)

1. Buøy            		(Play-off)
2. Nærbø
3. Varhaug
4. Hinna
5. Ålgård
6. Figgjo
7. Riska

District V, group B2 (Rogaland)

1. Randaberg       		(Play-off)
2. Klepp
3. Kopervik
4. Sola
5. Vaulen
6. Torvastad
7. Orre

District V, group C (Sunnhordland)

1. Stord           		(Play-off)
2. Odda
3. Fonna
4. Rubbestadnes
5. Solid
6. Tyssedal 			(withdrew)

District VI, group A (Bergen)

1. Djerv           		(Play-off)
2. Nymark
3. Fjellkameratene
4. Laksevåg
5. Sandviken
6. Hardy
7. Bergens-Sparta

District VI, group B (Midthordland)

1. Arna            		(Play-off)
2. Erdal
3. Voss
4. Follese
5. Kjøkkelvik
6. Florvåg
7. Osterøy

District VII, group A (Sunnmøre)

1. Skarbøvik       		(Play-off)
2. Velled./Ringen
3. Rollon
4. Aksla
5. Ørsta
6. Hovdebygda
7. Volda
8. Brattvåg

District VII, group B (Romsdal)

1. Træff           		(Play-off)
2. Åndalsnes
3. Nord-Gossen
4. Eidsvåg (Romsdal)
5. Isfjorden
6. Frode
7. Eide

District VII, group C (Nordmøre)

1. Clausenengen    		(Play-off)
2. Dahle
3. Todalen
4. Sunndal
5. Nordlandet
6. Bøfjord
7. Goma
8. Tingvoll 			(withdrew)

District VIII, group A (Sør-Trøndelag)

1. Troll           			(Play-off)
2. Løkken
3. Orkanger
4. Svorkmo
5. Leik
6. Orkdal
7. Melhus
8. Støren 			(withdrew)

District VIII, group B (Trondheim og omegn)

1. Ranheim         		(Play-off)
2. Tryggkameratene
3. Nidelv
4. National
5. Trond
6. Vestbyen
7. Wing
8. Trondheims/Ørn

District VIII, group C (Fosen)

1. Brekstad        		(Play-off)
2. Fevåg
3. Hasselvika
4. Beian
5. Opphaug
6. Bjugn
7. Stadsbygd 		(withdrew)

District VIII, group D (Nord-Trøndelag/Namdal)

1. Verdal          		(Play-off)
2. Neset
3. Stjørdals/Blink
4. Bangsund
5. Namsos
6. Snåsa
7. Henning
8. Malm

District IX

1. Bodø/Glimt
2. Mo
3. Stålkameratene
4. Brønnøysund
5. Sandnessjøen
6. Mosjøen

District X

1. Mjølner
2. Harstad
3. Narvik/Nor
4. Andenes
5. Tromsø
6. Lia-Brage

Play-off District II

Aurskog - Vestfossen 1-2
Vestfossen - Aurskog 1-3 (agg. 3-4)

Aurskog promoted.

Play-off District III

1. Ytre Rendal    		(Play-off)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2. Kvam
3. Lesja

Ytre Rendal - Hamarkameratene 0-1
Hamarkameratene - Ytre Rendal 4-1 (agg. 5-1)

Hamarkameratene promoted

Play-off District IV

Runar - Skiens-Grane 5-3
Heddal - Runar 1-1
Skiens-Grane - Heddal 0-3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Heddal	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	3	Promoted

2	Runar	2	1	1	0	6	4	+2	3
3	Skiens-Grane	2	0	0	2	3	8	−5	0

Source:

Play-off District V

Vigør - Grane 3 - 1
Grane - Vigør 4 - 2 (agg. 5 - 5)
Grane - Vigør 3 - 1 (in Grimstad)

Grane (Arendal) promoted

Våg - Vigør 0 - 5 (in Vennesla)

Vigør promoted

Buøy - Randaberg 0 - 0
Randaberg - Buøy 4 - 0 (agg. 4 - 0)

Randaberg promoted

Buøy - Stord 5 - 0 (in Haugesund)

Buøy promoted

Championship District V

Grane - Randaberg (not played)

Play-off District VI

Arne - Djerv 1 - 1
Djerv - Arna 12 - 0 (agg. 13 - 1)

Djerv promoted

Play-off District VII

Træff - Clausenengen 0 - 9
Skarbøvik - Træff 3 - 0
Clausenengen - Skarbøvik 3 - 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Clausenengen	2	2	0	0	12	2	+10	4	Promoted
2	Skarbøvik	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	2	Promoted

3	Træff	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12	0

Source:

Play-off District VIII

Brekstad - Verdal 0-3
Ranheim - Troll 4-0
Troll - Brekstad 2-3
Verdal - Ranheim 2-1
Ranheim - Brekstad 5-1
Troll - Verdal 1-6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Verdal	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	6	Promoted
2	Ranheim	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	4	Promoted

3	Brekstad	3	1	0	2	4	10	−6	2
4	Troll	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Source:

Norwegian Cup

Third round

Fredrikstad - Vestfossen 5-2
Moss - Vålerengen 3-0
Skeid - Egersund 3-0
Hamarkameratene - Sarpsborg 3-5
Lillestrøm - Brumunddal 2-2
Raufoss - Lisleby 4-2
Geithus - Frigg 1-3
Ørn - Ulf 2-5
Eik - Asker 0-2
Viking - Haugar 1-3
Vard - Vindbjart 4-2
Brann - Stavanger IF 4-0
Hødd - Gjøvik/Lyn 0-1
Freidig - Strømmen 1-2
Rosenborg - Aalesund 1-0
Steinkjer - Kvik (Trondheim) 4-1

Rematch

Brumunddal - Lillestrøm 3-4

Fourth round

August 27

Frigg - Vard 2-0
Strømmen - Brann 0-3
Ulf - Moss 0-1 aet
Sarpsborg - Raufoss 3-3 after extra time
Steinkjer - Lillestrøm 6-1
Haugar - Skeid 2-1
Asker - Rosenborg 0-1
Gjøvik/Lyn - Fredrikstad 2-5 after extra time

Rematch

Raufoss - Sarpsborg 1-0

Quarterfinals

September 10

Fredrikstad - Moss 4-1
Rosenborg - Brann 2-3
Frigg - Haugar 0-1
Raufoss - Steinkjer 2-5

Semifinals

October 1

Brann - Fredrikstad 0-1
Haugar - Steinkjer 1-0 after extra time

Final

October 22: Fredrikstad - Haugar 7 - 0

Northern Norwegian Cup

Final

Mjølner	2–1	Bodø/Glimt
	Report

European cups

Norwegian representatives

Fredrikstad (Champions Cup)

Preliminary rounds

September 6: Standard Liege (Belgium) - Fredrikstad 2 - 1

September 20: Fredrikstad - Standard Liege 0 - 2 (agg. 4 - 1)

National team

Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.*	Competition	Norwegian goalscorers
May 16	Bergen	Mexico	1–1	Friendly	Rolf Bjørn Backe
June 1	Oslo	Turkey	0–1	WCQ
June 27	Helsinki	Finland	1–4	NC series	Rolf Birger Pedersen
July 1	Moscow	Soviet Union	2–5	WCQ	Bjørn Borgen, Eldar Hansen
August 23	Oslo	Soviet Union	0–3	WCQ
September 17	Oslo	Denmark	0–4	NC series
October 22	Gothenburg	Sweden	0–2	NC series
October 29	Istanbul	Turkey	1–2	WCQ	Roald Jensen
November 5	Gzira	Malta	1–1	Friendly	Arne Kotte

Note: Norway's goals first
Explanation:

WCQ = 1962 World Cup Qualifier

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