The 1977 1. divisjon was the 33rd completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview

There were 12 teams in the division. Lillestrøm 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 and Fredrikstad achieved in the 1972 season.

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
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 (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer

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
Notes:
2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.

References

Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_1._divisjon
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