1951 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Men's football
Hovedserien	Fredrikstad
NM	Sarpsborg

Results from Norwegian football in 1951.

Hovedserien 1950/51

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fredrikstad (C)	14	10	3	1	44	14	+30	23	Qualification for the championship final
2	Vålerengen	14	7	5	2	35	21	+14	19
3	Sandefjord BK	14	5	4	5	24	23	+1	14
4	Viking	14	5	4	5	19	18	+1	14
5	Brann	14	5	3	6	24	30	−6	13
6	Strømmen	14	5	3	6	22	29	−7	13
7	Lisleby (R)	14	3	3	8	21	35	−14	9	Relegation
8	Fram Larvik (R)	14	2	3	9	14	33	−19	7	Relegation

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Odd	14	7	6	1	31	13	+18	20	Qualification for the championship final
2	Lyn	14	6	7	1	41	18	+23	19
3	Sparta	14	6	4	4	19	16	+3	16
4	Skeid	14	6	4	4	29	28	+1	16
5	Sarpsborg	14	4	5	5	20	21	−1	13
6	Ørn	14	5	3	6	23	25	−2	13
7	Selbak (R)	14	3	5	6	22	25	−3	11	Relegation
8	Kristiansund (R)	14	1	2	11	16	55	−39	4	Relegation

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Championship final

June 21: Odd - Fredrikstad 1-3

June 26: Fredrikstad - Odd 4-2 (agg. 7-3)

First Division 1950/51

After the 1950/51 season, Landsdelsserien was introduced, leaving the First division as only the third highest league.

District I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kvik (Halden)	14	8	4	2	25	16	+9	20	Play-off

2	Moss	14	7	5	2	30	13	+17	19	Relegated
3	Rapid	14	5	8	1	22	16	+6	18	Relegated

4	Borgen	14	5	5	4	25	23	+2	15	Relegated
5	Askim	14	5	2	7	23	27	−4	12
6	Rakkestad	14	3	4	7	17	23	−6	10
7	Tistedalen	14	4	2	8	13	22	−9	10
8	Mysen	14	2	4	8	16	3	+13	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

District II, Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Asker	14	10	3	1	39	11	+28	23	Play-off

2	Lillestrøm	14	11	1	2	32	13	+19	23
3	Sandaker	14	7	3	4	21	15	+6	17
4	Drafn	14	8	0	6	29	23	+6	16

5	Kjelsås	14	4	3	7	13	28	−15	11	Relegated
6	Mjøndalen	14	3	2	9	13	22	−9	8
7	Bjørkelangen	14	1	5	8	14	31	−17	7
8	Akademisk	14	2	3	9	12	30	−18	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

District II, Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Geithus	14	12	0	2	27	12	+15	24	Play-off

2	Solberg	14	11	1	2	48	21	+27	23
3	Frigg	14	8	2	4	34	15	+19	18

4	Sagene	14	9	0	5	22	20	+2	18	Relegated
5	Bækkelaget	14	3	3	8	14	31	−17	9
6	Strong	14	3	2	9	9	21	−12	8
7	Drammens BK	14	3	1	10	18	24	−6	7
8	Nydalen	14	1	3	10	14	42	−28	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

District III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gjøvik/Lyn	14	9	1	4	32	15	+17	19	Play-off

2	Kapp	14	8	3	3	36	29	+7	19

3	Hamar IL	14	8	2	4	33	26	+7	18	Relegated
4	Raufoss	14	7	1	6	27	18	+9	15
5	Fremad	14	7	1	6	30	23	+7	15
6	Vang	14	5	1	8	25	46	−21	11
7	Hamarkameratene	14	4	0	10	18	29	−11	8
8	Mesna	14	2	3	9	14	29	−15	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

District IV, Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Snøgg	14	9	3	2	37	15	+22	21	Play-off

2	Stag	14	6	6	2	26	15	+11	18

3	Herkules	14	6	5	3	17	20	−3	17	Relegated
4	Tønsberg Turn	14	5	4	5	27	21	+6	14
5	Storm	14	4	5	5	10	15	−5	13
6	Skiens-Grane	14	5	2	7	17	19	−2	12
7	Urædd	14	4	1	9	13	34	−21	9
8	Falk	14	4	0	10	16	24	−8	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

District IV, Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Larvik Turn	14	13	0	1	55	6	+49	26	Play-off

2	Pors	14	10	1	3	41	11	+30	21
3	Eik	14	7	3	4	35	16	+19	17

4	Skiens BK	14	8	1	5	30	16	+14	17	Relegated
5	Borg	14	8	1	5	26	24	+2	17
6	Flint	14	3	0	11	18	48	−30	6
7	Brevik	14	2	1	11	13	42	−29	5
8	Sp.klubben 31	14	1	1	12	7	62	−55	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

District V, Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flekkefjord	12	9	1	2	31	9	+22	19	Play-off

2	Start	12	7	2	3	31	12	+19	16
3	Jerv	12	6	4	2	31	17	+14	16
4	Sørfjell	12	7	0	5	30	27	+3	14
5	Mandalskam.	12	3	2	7	25	30	−5	8
6	Grane (Arendal)	12	4	0	8	13	37	−24	8

7	AIK Lund	12	1	1	10	12	41	−29	3	Relegated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

District V, Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ålgård	14	10	0	4	26	15	+11	20	Play-off

2	Vard	14	7	4	3	33	18	+15	18
3	Nærbø	14	7	2	5	32	20	+12	16
4	Bryne	14	7	2	5	24	25	−1	16
5	Djerv 1919	14	4	5	5	25	24	+1	13
6	Randaberg	14	4	3	7	17	26	−9	11

7	Vidar	14	2	6	6	15	31	−16	10	Relegated
8	Stavanger IF	14	3	2	9	16	29	−13	8	Relegated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

District VI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Årstad	12	7	2	3	30	20	+10	16	Play-off

2	Baune	12	6	3	3	24	22	+2	15
3	Varegg	12	6	2	4	27	23	+4	14
4	Os	12	5	3	4	26	21	+5	13
5	Nordnes	12	4	4	4	17	14	+3	12
6	Djerv	12	1	6	5	16	23	−7	8
7	Hardy	12	2	2	8	12	29	−17	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

District VII

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Aalesund	10	6	2	2	30	7	+23	14	Play-off

2	Molde	10	6	2	2	18	6	+12	14
3	Braatt	10	6	0	4	17	13	+4	12
4	Rollon	10	4	1	5	13	21	−8	9
5	Clausenengen	10	3	2	5	15	26	−11	8
6	Hødd	10	1	1	8	11	31	−20	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

District VIII

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kvik (Tr.heim)	14	11	1	2	38	16	+22	23	Play-off

2	Ranheim	14	7	2	5	29	15	+14	16
3	Rosenborg	14	7	2	5	20	19	+1	16
4	Freidig	14	6	3	5	26	21	+5	15
5	Steinkjer	14	7	0	7	28	28	0	14
6	Falken	14	5	3	6	26	25	+1	13
7	Brage	14	6	1	7	23	30	−7	13

8	Tryggkameratene	14	1	0	13	12	48	−36	2	Relegated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Play-off Preliminary Round

Geithus - Asker 0-2

Larvik Turn - Snøgg 1-1

Ålgård - Flekkefjord 1-0

Asker - Geithus 3-0 (agg. 5-0)

Snøgg - Larvik Turn 2-1 (agg. 3-2)

Flekkefjord - Ålgård 0-0 (agg. 0-1)

Play-off Group A

Årstad - Snøgg 1-1

Ålgård - Gjøvik/Lyn 0-0

Årstad - Ålgård 1-0

Snøgg - Gjøvik/Lyn 4-0

Gjøvik/Lyn - Årstad 1-1

Snøgg - Ålgård 3-2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Snøgg	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	5	Promoted
2	Årstad	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4	Promoted

3	Gjøvik/Lyn	3	0	2	1	1	5	−4	2
4	Ålgård	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Play-off Group B

Kvik (Halden) - Kvik (Trondheim) 2-2

Aalesund - Asker 3-6

Asker - Kvik (Trondheim) 2-2

Kvik (Halden) - Aalesund 0-2

Asker - Kvik (Halden) 3-0

Kvik (Trondheim) - Aalesund 3-0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Asker	3	2	1	0	11	5	+6	5	Promoted
2	Kvik (Tr.heim)	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	4	Promoted

3	Aalesund	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	2
4	Kvik (Halden)	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Promoted to First Division

Donn, Jarl, Langevåg, Neset, Nymark, Ulf and Wing.

Norwegian Cup

Final

21 October 1951

Sarpsborg	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Asker
Johansen 18' Nilsen 81', 103'	Report	Fossli 2' Wettre-Johnsen 34'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 30,639

Referee: Folke Bålstad (Mercantile/Trygg)

Northern Norwegian Cup

Final

Mjølner	5–0	Narvik/Nor
	Report

National team

15 May 1951 Friendly	England	2–1	Norway	Middlesbrough, England
18:00 (UTC+1) Match 176	Noble ?' Robb ?'	Report	Sveinsson 87'	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Paddy Power (England)
Note: England played with their amateur team.

30 May 1951 Friendly	Norway	2–3	Republic of Ireland	Oslo, Norway
19:00 (UTC+1) Match 177	Sørensen 14' Hvidsten 55'	Report	Farell 17' Ringstead 67' Coad 82'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 20,913 Referee: Carl Frederik Jørgensen (Denmark)

6 June 1951 Friendly	Netherlands	2–3	Norway	Rotterdam, Netherlands
19:00 (UTC+1) Match 178	van Melis 44' Lenstra 50'	Report	Johannessen 26', 59' Sørensen 29'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Giovani Galeati (Italy)

26 July 1951 Friendly	Norway	3–1	Iceland	Trondheim, Norway
19:00 (UTC+1) Match 179	Hennum 44' Bjarnason 81' (o.g.) Hvidsten 90'	Report	Jónsson 82'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Helge Andersen (Denmark)

16 August 1951 1948–51 Nordic Championship	Finland	1–1	Norway	Helsinki, Finland
18:30 (UTC+2) Match 180	Vaihela 41'	Report	Bredesen 64'	Stadium: Helsinki Olympic Stadium Attendance: 22,415 Referee: John Oskar Nilsson (Sweden)

23 August 1951 Friendly	Norway	2–4	Yugoslavia	Oslo, Norway
18:00 (UTC+1) Match 181	Dybwad 33', 57'	Report	Vukas 8' Bobek 23', 30' Zebec 27'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 30,867 Referee: Aksel Asmussen (Denmark)

16 September 1951 1948–51 Nordic Championship	Norway	2–0	Denmark	Oslo, Norway
13:15 (UTC+1) Match 182	Thoresen 26' Jørgensen 40' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 35,322 Referee: John Oskar Nilsson (Sweden)

30 September 1951 1948–51 Nordic Championship	Sweden	3–4	Norway	Gothenburg, Sweden
14:30 (UTC+1) Match 183	Rydell 13', 52' Lindh 23' (pen.)	Report	Karlsen 5' (pen.), 71' (pen.) Dahlen 6' Bredesen 64'	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 29,790 Referee: Valdemar Laursen (Denmark)

References

"Norwegian Cup 1951". RSSSF Norway. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
"Cup final in Oslo, October 21". RSSSF Norway. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
Jorsett, Per; Arne Scheie (December 1999). Cupen 1902-1999. J.M. Stenersens forlag. ISBN 82-7201-275-8.