1971 in Norwegian football

The 1971 season was the 66th season of competitive football in Norway.

Football in Norway

Season	1971
Men's football
1. divisjon	Rosenborg
2. divisjon	Mjøndalen (Group A) Skeid (Group B)
Cupen	Rosenborg

Men's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
1. divisjon	Frigg Lyn	Skeid Pors
2. divisjon	Østsiden Vard Molde Eidsvold Turn	Bryne Haugar Eik Vålerengen

1. divisjon

Main article: 1971 1. divisjon

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	18	9	6	3	25	11	+14	24	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Lyn	18	9	5	4	28	17	+11	23	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Viking	18	9	4	5	41	20	+21	22
4	Fredrikstad	18	8	6	4	32	23	+9	22	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	Strømsgodset	18	7	7	4	28	21	+7	21
6	HamKam	18	7	7	4	19	15	+4	21
7	Sarpsborg FK	18	6	4	8	32	27	+5	16
8	Hødd	18	3	5	10	17	32	−15	11
9	Brann	18	3	5	10	16	31	−15	11
10	Frigg (R)	18	4	1	13	16	55	−39	9	Relegation to Second Division

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

2. divisjon

Main article: 1971 2. divisjon

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Mjøndalen (C, P)	14	8	4	2	25	10	+15	20	Promotion to First Division
2	Start	14	7	5	2	23	12	+11	19
3	Østsiden	14	7	2	5	23	14	+9	16
4	Vard	14	5	6	3	20	20	0	16
5	Ulf	14	4	4	6	13	18	−5	12
6	Pors	14	4	3	7	15	23	−8	11
7	Odd (O)	14	3	3	8	11	21	−10	9	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
8	Drafn (R)	14	3	3	8	11	23	−12	9	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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Skeid (C, P)	14	10	2	2	26	7	+19	22	Promotion to First Division
2	Steinkjer	14	7	2	5	17	16	+1	16
3	Aalesund	14	6	3	5	15	12	+3	15
4	Stabæk	14	5	4	5	15	20	−5	14
5	Raufoss	14	6	1	7	21	20	+1	13
6	Molde	14	4	3	7	16	19	−3	11
7	Aurskog (R)	14	3	5	6	7	16	−9	11	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
8	Eidsvold Turn (R)	14	2	6	6	7	14	−7	10	Relegation to Third Division

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

District IX–X

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Mjølner (C, P)	14	9	3	2	35	10	+25	21	Promotion to First Division
2	Mo	14	8	4	2	18	8	+10	20
3	Tromsø	14	7	5	2	29	21	+8	19
4	Stålkameratene	14	5	5	4	15	18	−3	15
5	Bodø/Glimt	14	5	2	7	10	19	−9	12
6	Mosjøen	14	5	0	9	17	22	−5	10
7	Harstad	14	3	4	7	14	21	−7	10
8	Svolvær (R)	14	2	1	11	9	28	−19	5	Relegation to Third Division

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

District XI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Kirkenes (C)	8	5	2	1	20	9	+11	12
2	Stein	8	5	2	1	19	9	+10	12
3	Polarstjernen	8	2	4	2	7	9	−2	8
4	Norild	8	1	3	4	8	16	−8	5
5	Vadsø Turn	8	1	1	6	6	17	−11	3
6	Alta (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to Third Division

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

3. divisjon

Main article: 1971 3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 1971 Norwegian Football Cup

Final

Main article: 1971 Norwegian Football Cup final

24 October 1971

13:15 CET (UTC+1)

Rosenborg	4–1	Fredrikstad
Christiansen 14' Hanssen 57' Wirkola 61' Mørkved 85'	Report	Johansen 80' (pen.)

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 25,180

Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Nordstrand)

UEFA competitions

European Cup

Main article: 1971–72 European Cup

First round

Main article: 1971–72 European Cup first round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Strømsgodset	1–7	Arsenal	1–3	0–4

European Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Main article: 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup first round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting	7–0	Lyn	4–0	3–0

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1971–72 UEFA Cup

First round

Main article: 1971–72 UEFA Cup first round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rosenborg	4–0	HIFK	3–0 (Report)	1–0 (Report)

Second round

Main article: 1971–72 UEFA Cup second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rosenborg	4–4(a)	Lierse	4–1 (Report)	0–3 (Report)

References

• Rsssf.no "Norwegian Cup 1971"