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
← 1970 1972 →

Men's football

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

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 2. divisjon

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

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 1. divisjon
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 3. divisjon

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (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 1. divisjon
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 3. divisjon

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

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (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 3. divisjon[lower-alpha 1]

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

1. Alta was disqualified and all results involving Alta did not count.

Norwegian Cup

Final

24 October 1971

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

Ullevaal Stadion

Attendance: 25,180

Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Nordstrand)

UEFA competitions

European Cup

First round

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

European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

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

UEFA Cup

First round

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

Second round

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

References

• Rsssf.no "Norwegian Cup 1971"