1972 Norwegian Second Division

The 1972 2. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

2. divisjon

Season	1972
Champions	Start (Group A) Frigg (Group B) Mo (District IX–X) Stein (District XI)
Promoted	Start (Group A) Frigg (Group B) Raufoss (Group B)
Relegated	Sandnes Ulf (Group A) Brumunddal (Group B) Verdal (Group B)
← 1971 1973 →

The league was contested by 35 teams, divided into a total of four groups; A and B (non-Northern Norwegian teams) and two district groups which contained teams from Northern Norway: district IX–X and district XI. The winners of group A and B were promoted to the 1973 1. divisjon, while the winners of the district groups qualified for the Northern Norwegian final. The second placed teams in group A and B met the winner of the district IX–X in a qualification round where the winner was promoted to 1. divisjon. The winner of district XI was not eligible for promotion. The bottom team in group A and B were relegated to the 3. divisjon. The two second last teams in group A and B met in a qualification round where the losing team was relegated to the 3. divisjon.

Overview

Summary

Start won group A with 24 points. Frigg won group B with 29 points. Both teams promoted to the 1973 1. divisjon. Raufoss won the qualification play-offs and was also promoted.

Tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Start (C, P)	18	10	4	4	29	23	+6	24	Promotion to First Division
2	Pors	18	11	0	7	35	16	+19	22	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Østsiden	18	9	4	5	22	17	+5	22
4	Moss	18	8	5	5	29	20	+9	21
5	Odd	18	7	5	6	22	21	+1	19
6	Sandefjord BK	18	6	4	8	24	25	−1	16
7	Florvåg	18	6	4	8	31	34	−3	16
8	Vard	18	6	4	8	23	26	−3	16
9	Bryne (O)	18	6	2	10	21	30	−9	14	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Ulf (R)	18	3	4	11	18	42	−24	10	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	Frigg (C, P)	18	13	3	2	45	16	+29	29	Promotion to First Division
2	Raufoss (O, P)	18	12	2	4	41	15	+26	26	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Steinkjer	18	9	6	3	28	16	+12	24
4	Stabæk	18	8	5	5	23	13	+10	21
5	Molde	18	9	3	6	29	23	+6	21
6	Aalesund	18	7	4	7	16	16	0	18
7	Clausenengen	18	5	6	7	18	27	−9	16
8	Vålerengen	18	5	4	9	15	18	−3	14
9	Brumunddal (R)	18	3	4	11	15	36	−21	10	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Verdal (R)	18	0	1	17	6	56	−50	1	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

District IX–X

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mo (C)	14	10	3	1	32	12	+20	23	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
2	Bodø/Glimt	14	4	8	2	23	10	+13	16
3	Harstad	14	6	4	4	29	18	+11	16
4	Mosjøen	14	5	5	4	21	15	+6	15
5	Stålkameratene	14	6	3	5	18	13	+5	15
6	Lyngen (R)	14	4	7	3	13	16	−3	15	Relegation to Third Division
7	Tromsø (R)	14	3	3	8	12	23	−11	9
8	Saltdalkameratene (R)	14	1	1	12	9	50	−41	3

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

District XI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Stein (C)	12	9	1	2	33	10	+23	19
2	Norild	12	7	3	2	17	7	+10	17
3	Vadsø Turn	12	4	5	3	16	13	+3	13
4	Kirkenes	12	5	2	5	25	20	+5	12
5	Polarstjernen	12	2	5	5	10	20	−10	9
6	Rafsbotn	12	4	1	7	17	32	−15	9
7	Sandnes (R)	12	2	1	9	14	30	−16	5	Relegation to Third Division

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

Promotion play-offs

Results

• Mo – Raufoss Fotball 0–4
• Pors – Mo 2–2
• Raufoss Fotball – Pors 2–2

Raufoss won the qualification round and won promotion to the 1. divisjon.

Play-off table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Raufoss (O, P)	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	3	Promotion to First Division
2	Pors	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
3	Mo	2	0	1	1	2	6	−4	1

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Relegation play-offs

Results

• Brumunddal – Bryne 3–2
• Bryne – Brumunddal 2–1

4–4 on aggregate.

Replay

• Bryne – Brumunddal 4–0

Bryne won the qualification round and remained in the 2. divisjon. Brummunddal was relegated to the 3. divisjon.

Northern Norwegian Final

A Northern Norwegian Final was played between the winners of the two district groups, Mo and Stein.

• Mo – Stein 6–1