1956–57 Norwegian Main League

The 1956–57 Hovedserien was the 13th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Hovedserien

Season	1956–57
Champions	Fredrikstad 7th title
Relegated	Årstad Sarpsborg FK Vålerengen Rapid
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Fredrikstad won the championship, their seventh league title. Sarpsborg FK was one of three teams to have appeared in all 12 completed editions of the top division, but was relegated at the end of the season.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Group A Team Ap. Location Årstad 6 Bergen Larvik Turn 8 Larvik Odd 10 Skien Sandefjord BK 11 Sandefjord Sarpsborg FK 12 Sarpsborg Skeid 11 Oslo Sparta 9 Sarpsborg Viking 12 Stavanger

Group B Team Ap. Location Asker 6 Asker Fredrikstad 12 Fredrikstad Frigg 5 Oslo Lillestrøm 7 Lillestrøm Rapid 3 Moss Steinkjer 3 Steinkjer Strømmen 7 Strømmen Vålerengen 10 Oslo

League tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Odd	14	7	6	1	23	14	+9	20	Qualification for the championship final
2	Larvik Turn	14	7	3	4	25	16	+9	17
3	Sandefjord BK	14	8	1	5	23	14	+9	17
4	Skeid	14	5	5	4	25	19	+6	15
5	Viking	14	5	5	4	19	15	+4	15
6	Sparta	14	2	6	6	17	28	−11	10
7	Årstad (R)	14	3	3	8	21	32	−11	9	Relegation to Landsdelsserien
8	Sarpsborg FK (R)	14	3	3	8	14	29	−15	9

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fredrikstad (C)	14	11	1	2	60	25	+35	23	Qualification for the championship final
2	Strømmen	14	8	2	4	39	22	+17	18
3	Lillestrøm	14	7	2	5	21	22	−1	16
4	Asker	14	5	4	5	34	35	−1	14
5	Steinkjer	14	5	4	5	26	41	−15	14
6	Frigg	14	5	2	7	25	26	−1	12
7	Vålerengen (R)	14	5	1	8	20	29	−9	11	Relegation to Landsdelsserien
8	Rapid (R)	14	2	0	12	15	40	−25	4

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

Results

Group A

Home \ Away	ÅRS	LAR	ODD	SBK	SAR	SKD	SPA	VIK
Årstad		1–3	0–0	1–3	2–0	1–2	3–2	2–0
Larvik Turn	5–2		3–1	0–2	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–0
Odd	2–2	1–1		1–0	2–1	4–1	5–2	2–2
Sandefjord BK	3–1	0–1	1–2		3–0	1–1	3–0	1–0
Sarpsborg FK	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–3		1–1	1–1	1–0
Skeid	1–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	4–0		4–0	3–3
Sparta	7–3	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–4	1–1		0–0
Viking	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	3–1	0–0

Source: NIFS.no
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Home \ Away	ASK	FFK	FRI	LIL	RAP	SFK	STR	VIF
Asker		3–7	2–1	4–1	6–1	3–3	3–3	2–0
Fredrikstad	2–2		6–3	3–1	7–1	9–2	7–3	4–0
Frigg	6–0	1–4		2–1	2–0	3–4	1–1	1–1
Lillestrøm	2–1	2–0	0–2		2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0
Rapid	3–2	1–2	1–2	2–4		1–2	0–2	4–1
Steinkjer	0–0	2–5	2–0	2–2	4–0		2–5	2–1
Strømmen	2–3	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	10–0		2–1
Vålerengen	4–3	2–3	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	3–2

Source: NIFS.no
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship final

• Fredrikstad 6–1 Odd

References

• Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)