1965 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon

Season	1965
Champions	Vålerengen 1st title
Relegated	Viking Sandefjord BK
European Cup	Vålerengen
Cup Winners' Cup	Skeid
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Frigg
Matches played	90
Goals scored	307 (3.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Harald Berg (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Fredrikstad 6–0 Sarpsborg FK (17 August 1965)
Biggest away win	Sandefjord 1–8 Lyn (4 August 1965)
Highest scoring	Fredrikstad 7–3 Skeid (17 August 1965)
Longest winning run	Sarpsborg FK (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Fredrikstad Frigg Sarpsborg FK Vålerengen (7 games)
Longest winless run	Sandefjord BK (18 games)
Longest losing run	Sandefjord BK (9 games)
Highest attendance	17,063 Lyn 2–2 Vålerengen (14 May 1965)
Lowest attendance	400 Sandefjord 2–4 Sarpsborg (3 October 1965)
Average attendance	5,034 18.6%
← 1964 1966 →

The 1965 1. divisjon was the 21st completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview[]

The season was contested by 10 teams, and Vålerengen won their first championship.

Vålerenga's 27 points was at the time a record for most points in a season, one more than Lyn achieved in the previous season. Viking and Sandefjord BK were relegated to the 2. divisjon.

Teams and locations[]

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location
Fredrikstad	20	Fredrikstad
Frigg	10	Oslo
Lyn	13	Oslo
Odd	16	Skien
Sandefjord BK	18	Sandefjord
Sarpsborg FK	15	Sarpsborg
Skeid	19	Oslo
Steinkjer	7	Steinkjer
Vålerengen	16	Oslo
Viking	20	Stavanger

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vålerengen (C)	18	12	3	3	39	25	+14	27	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Lyn	18	12	2	4	57	22	+35	26
3	Sarpsborg FK	18	10	3	5	32	24	+8	23
4	Steinkjer	18	9	3	6	27	21	+6	21
5	Fredrikstad	18	8	4	6	40	31	+9	20
6	Skeid	18	8	1	9	28	30	−2	17	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
7	Odd	18	7	2	9	30	35	−5	16
8	Frigg	18	5	5	8	22	30	−8	15	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
9	Viking (R)	18	5	3	10	20	32	−12	13	Relegation to 2. divisjon
10	Sandefjord BK (R)	18	0	2	16	12	57	−45	2

Results[]

Round 1[]

April 23

• Frigg – Skeid 0-3

April 25

• Fredrikstad – Vålerengen 2-2
• Lyn – Sarpsborg 1-0
• Odd – Steinkjer 0-2
• Viking – Sandefjord 2-1

Round 2[]

April 30

• Skeid – Fredrikstad2-3

May 2

• Sandefjord – Odd 1-2
• Sarpsborg – Frigg 2-0
• Steinkjer – Lyn 1-4
• Vålerengen – Viking 4-0

Round 3[]

May 7

• Lyn – Odd 5-0

May 9

• Frigg – Steinkjer 0-1
• Sandefjord – Vålerengen 0-2
• Sarpsborg – Fredrikstad 0-0
• Viking – Skeid 1-1

Round 4[]

May 14

• Lyn – Vålerengen 2-2

May 16

• Fredrikstad – Viking 1-1
• Skeid – Sandefjord 1-0
• Steinkjer – Sarpsborg 3-0

May 27

• Odd – Frigg 2-0

Round 5[]

May 23

• Frigg – Lyn 1-0
• Sandefjord – Fredrikstad 0-6
• Sarpsborg – Odd 3-0
• Viking – Steinkjer 2-0

May 24

• Vålerengen – Skeid 1-0

Round 6[]

May 30

• Lyn – Viking 3-1
• Odd – Skeid 0-1
• Sarpsborg – Sandefjord 3-0
• Steinkjer – Fredrikstad 1-2

June 1

• Frigg – Vålerengen 1-2

Round 7[]

June 4

• Skeid – Sarpsborg 1-3

June 7

• Fredrikstad – Lyn 2-2
• Sandefjord – Steinkjer 1-1
• Viking – Frigg 2-2
• Vålerengen – Odd 3-2

Round 8[]

June 11

• Lyn – Sandefjord 5-1

June 12

• Steinkjer – Skeid 2-1

June 13

• Frigg – Fredrikstad 1-0
• Odd – Viking 2-0
• Sarpsborg – Vålerengen 2-1

Round 9[]

June 18

• Vålerengen – Steinkjer 5-1

June 20

• Fredrikstad – Odd 2-1
• Sandefjord – Frigg 2-2
• Skeid – Lyn 1-5
• Viking – Sarpsborg 0-2

Round 10[]

July 30

• Vålerengen – Fredrikstad 4-1

August 1

• Sandefjord – Viking 1-3
• Sarpsborg – Lyn 3-0
• Steinkjer – Odd 5-0

August 3

• Skeid – Frigg 0-1

Round 11[]

August 12

• Frigg – Sarpsborg 3-3

August 13

• Fredrikstad – Skeid 7-3

August 14

• Odd – Sandefjord 5-1

August 15

• Lyn – Steinkjer 2-3
• Viking – Vålerengen 0-1

Round 12[]

August 17

• Fredrikstad – Sarpsborg 6-0

August 18

• Odd – Lyn 3-2
• Skeid – Viking 4-0
• Steinkjer – Frigg 0-0

August 19

• Vålerengen – Sandefjord 3-1

Round 13[]

August 26

• Vålerengen – Lyn 1-7

August 28

• Viking – Fredrikstad 3-0

August 29

• Frigg – Odd 1-1
• Sandefjord – Skeid 0-2
• Sarpsborg – Steinkjer 2-1

Round 14[]

September 3

• Skeid – Vålerengen 1-0

September 4

• Fredrikstad – Sandefjord 3-0

September 5

• Lyn – Frigg 4-0
• Odd – Sarpsborg 1-1
• Steinkjer – Viking 3-1

Round 15[]

August 4

• Sandefjord – Lyn 1-8

September 8

• Viking – Odd 3-2

September 9

• Vålerengen – Sarpsborg 3-2

September 22

• Skeid – Steinkjer 1-0

September 29

• Fredrikstad – Frigg 4-3

Round 16[]

September 19

• Frigg – Viking 2-1
• Odd – Vålerengen 1-2
• Sarpsborg – Skeid 1-2
• Steinkjer – Sandefjord 2-0

September 21

• Lyn – Fredrikstad 3-1

Round 17[]

October 3

• Fredrikstad – Steinkjer 0-1
• Sandefjord – Sarpsborg 2-4
• Skeid – Odd 3-4
• Viking – Lyn 0-2
• Vålerengen – Frigg 3-2

Round 18[]

October 10

• Frigg – Sandefjord 3-0
• Lyn – Skeid 2-1
• Odd – Fredrikstad 4-0
• Sarpsborg – Viking 1-0
• Steinkjer – Vålerengen 0-0

Season statistics[]

Top scorer[]

• Harald Berg, Lyn – 19 goals

Attendances[]

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Lyn	71,083	17,063	2,900	7,898	+12.4%†
2	Vålerengen	64,336	14,580	3,350	7,148	−5.2%†
3	Viking	54,969	8,035	3,805	6,108	−22.0%†
4	Skeid	54,102	11,500	2,347	6,011	−12.4%†
4	Frigg	51,071	10,214	2,292	5,675	+32.7%†
6	Steinkjer	44,500	7,500	2,000	4,944	n/a2
7	Sarpsborg FK	35,070	9,000	1,200	3,897	−8.9%†
8	Fredrikstad	32,451	7,704	1,246	3,606	−28.0%†
9	Odd	30,562	5,198	1,574	3,396	n/a2
10	Sandefjord BK	14,900	3,000	400	1,656	−42.4%†
	League total	453,044	17,063	400	5,034	−18.6%†

References[]

• Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)