1977 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season	1977
Dates	25 April – 16 October
Champions	Lillestrøm; 3rd title
Relegated	Ham Kam; Rosenborg; Mjøndalen
European Cup	Lillestrøm
Cup Winners' Cup	Bodø/Glimt
UEFA Cup	Molde; Start
Matches played	132
Goals scored	396 (3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Trygve Johannessen; (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Start 5–0 Mjøndalen; (2 October 1977); Start 6–1 HamKam; (16 October 1977)
Biggest away win	Vålerengen 0–4 Lillestrøm; (25 April 1977); Moss 0–4 Viking; (1 May 1977); Start 0–4 Vålerengen; (19 June 1977); Moss 0–4 Lillestrøm; (10 September 1977); Rosenborg 2–6 HamKam; (26 September 1977)
Highest scoring	Brann 6–3 HamKam; (15 August 1977)
Longest winning run	Lillestrøm; (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Lillestrøm; (17 games)
Longest winless run	Rosenborg; (17 games)
Longest losing run	Mjøndalen; Rosenborg; Vålerenga; (5 games)
Highest attendance	22,150; Brann 0–1 Bodø/Glimt; (25 April 1977)
Lowest attendance	1,890; Mjøndalen 0–0 Rosenborg; (9 October 1977)
Average attendance	7,339 13.1%
	← 1976 1978 →

The 1977 1. divisjon was the 33rd completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview

There were 12 teams in the division. Lillestrøm SK emerged as the championship victors, their third league title. Lillestrøm's 36 points was at the time a record for most points in a season, two more than Viking and Fredrikstad achieved in the 1972 season.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	Stadium
Bodø/Glimt	1	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadion
Brann	25	Bergen	Brann Stadion
Bryne	2	Bryne	Bryne Stadion
Hamarkameratene	8	Hamar	Briskeby
Lillestrøm	14	Lillestrøm	Åråsen Stadion
Mjøndalen	11	Mjøndalen	Nedre Eiker Stadion
Molde	6	Molde	Molde Stadion
Moss	4	Moss	Melløs Stadion
Rosenborg	15	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion
Start	10	Kristiansand	Kristiansand Stadion
Vålerengen	22	Oslo	Bislett Stadion
Viking	30	Stavanger	Stavanger Stadion

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lillestrøm (C)	22	16	4	2	42	11	+31	36	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Bodø/Glimt	22	10	8	4	33	24	+9	28	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Molde	22	12	3	7	31	28	+3	27	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Start	22	9	7	6	37	30	+7	25	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	Viking	22	9	5	8	41	34	+7	23
6	Brann	22	8	6	8	40	35	+5	22
7	Vålerengen	22	8	4	10	37	37	0	20
8	Bryne	22	6	8	8	36	36	0	20
9	Moss	22	7	6	9	28	39	−11	20
10	Hamarkameratene (R)	22	6	6	10	37	42	−5	18	Relegation to Second Division
11	Mjøndalen (R)	22	7	4	11	17	32	−15	18
12	Rosenborg (R)	22	1	5	16	17	48	−31	7

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

Results

Home \ Away	B/G	BRA	BRY	HAM	LIL	MIF	MOL	MOS	ROS	IKS	VIK	VÅL
Bodø/Glimt	—	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	4–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1
Brann	0–1	—	1–1	6–3	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	4–0	4–1	1–1	1–1
Bryne	2–3	4–2	—	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–3	1–1	4–2	2–2	2–2	4–1
Hamarkameratene	1–1	0–2	2–2	—	0–1	4–0	1–0	4–2	3–2	0–1	1–2	0–1
Lillestrøm	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	—	4–0	3–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0
Mjøndalen	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	—	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–0
Molde	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	—	3–1	2–0	0–0	3–2	4–1
Moss	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–4	2–0	2–3	—	2–2	1–1	0–4	0–1
Rosenborg	1–3	1–3	0–2	2–6	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–3	—	1–3	1–3	0–3
Start	3–3	3–1	1–0	6–1	0–2	5–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	—	2–1	0–4
Viking	2–2	3–4	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–3	—	5–1
Vålerengen	1–1	5–2	4–1	3–4	0–4	1–2	4–0	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–1	—

Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer

Trygve Johannessen, Viking – 17 goals

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Brann	164,402	22,150	9,975	14,946	+5.8%^†
2	Vålerengen	108,182	19,127	4,399	9,835	n/a²
3	Lillestrøm	92,725	12,515	5,785	8,430	+32.8%^†
4	Viking	88,747	12,140	5,858	8,068	−7.7%^†
5	Bodø/Glimt	84,316	9,652	5,672	7,665	n/a²
6	Start	78,453	12,666	3,847	7,132	+8.7%^†
7	Bryne	69,110	12,236	4,012	6,283	+26.2%^†
8	Moss	63,384	7,583	3,715	5,762	n/a²
9	Rosenborg	61,120	8,200	2,200	5,556	−16.7%^†
10	Molde	60,592	10,700	3,715	5,508	+53.6%^†
11	HamKam	52,130	7,948	3,025	4,739	−2.8%^†
12	Mjøndalen	45,522	8,022	1,890	4,138	−18.6%^†
	League total	968,683	22,150	1,890	7,339	+13.1%^†

Source: nifs.no
Notes:
2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.