1960–61 Norwegian Main League

The 1960–61 Hovedserien was the 17th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Hovedserien

Season	1960–61
Champions	Fredrikstad 9th title
Relegated	Strømmen Stavanger Lillestrøm Rapid
European Cup	Fredrikstad
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Fredrikstad won the championship, their second consecutive league title and ninth title overall.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Group A Team Ap. Location Fredrikstad 16 Fredrikstad Larvik Turn 12 Larvik Odd 14 Skien Lisleby 5 Fredrikstad Stavanger 4 Stavanger Strømmen 11 Strømmen Vålerengen 12 Oslo Viking 16 Stavanger

Group B Team Ap. Location Eik 4 Tønsberg Greåker 3 Sarpsborg Lillestrøm 11 Lillestrøm Lyn 9 Oslo Rapid 5 Moss Rosenborg 3 Trondheim Sandefjord BK 15 Sandefjord Skeid 15 Oslo

League tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fredrikstad (C)	14	10	2	2	43	21	+22	22	Qualification for the championship final
2	Vålerengen	14	6	2	6	24	17	+7	14
3	Viking	14	5	4	5	24	24	0	14
4	Larvik Turn	14	4	6	4	24	30	−6	14
5	Odd	14	4	5	5	26	29	−3	13
6	Lisleby	14	5	3	6	20	26	−6	13
7	Strømmen (R)	14	3	5	6	16	22	−6	11	Relegation to Landsdelsserien
8	Stavanger (R)	14	3	5	6	15	23	−8	11

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

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Eik	14	8	2	4	35	21	+14	18	Qualification for the championship final
2	Lyn	14	7	3	4	41	27	+14	17
3	Rosenborg	14	6	4	4	28	28	0	16
4	Greåker	14	8	0	6	22	26	−4	16
5	Sandefjord	14	6	2	6	34	32	+2	14
6	Skeid	14	3	6	5	21	20	+1	12
7	Lillestrøm (R)	14	4	3	7	29	33	−4	11	Relegation to Landsdelsserien
8	Rapid (R)	14	3	2	9	19	42	−23	8

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Results

Group A

Home \ Away	FFK	LAR	LIS	ODD	STA	STR	VIF	VIK
Fredrikstad		1–2	5–2	4–1	5–1	3–0	2–1	4–1
Larvik Turn	2–2		0–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	4–2
Lisleby	1–4	1–3		2–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0
Odd	3–4	5–3	1–1		1–1	2–0	0–0	2–2
Stavanger	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–4		0–2	1–2	0–1
Strømmen	0–1	2–2	2–3	5–2	1–1		0–1	0–4
Vålerengen	4–2	8–1	1–2	1–2	0–3	0–1		3–0
Viking	3–6	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–1

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

Group B

Home \ Away	EIK	GRE	LIL	LYN	RAP	RBK	SBK	SKD
Eik		0–1	4–1	5–2	8–1	0–2	2–1	2–2
Greåker	1–0		4–2	1–3	2–1	3–2	0–3	2–0
Lillestrøm	1–2	3–0		0–3	5–1	2–2	4–0	0–3
Lyn	1–3	4–0	3–3		8–2	1–2	4–1	2–2
Rapid	2–3	2–1	2–1	2–3		0–1	2–1	1–3
Rosenborg	4–3	1–2	3–0	1–5	2–2		4–4	1–0
Sandefjord BK	1–2	4–3	5–5	3–0	3–0	5–2		0–4
Skeid	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–3

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

Championship final

• Fredrikstad 2–0 Eik

Bronze final

• Vålerengen 6–4 Lyn

References

• Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)