1961–62 Norwegian Main League

Hovedserien
Season	1961–62
Champions	Brann; 1st title
Relegated	Rosenborg; Odd; Eik-Tønsberg; Sandefjord; Lisleby; Ørn-Horten; Greåker; Larvik Turn
European Cup	Fredrikstad
Matches played	240
Goals scored	938 (3.91 per match)
Average attendance	4,734
	← 1960–61 1. divisjon 1963 →

The 1961–62 Hovedserien was the 18th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Brann won the championship, their first league title.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brann (C)	30	21	4	5	94	44	+50	46
2	Steinkjer	30	18	5	7	81	43	+38	41
3	Fredrikstad	30	18	5	7	80	45	+35	41	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round^[1]
4	Frigg	30	15	10	5	59	43	+16	40
5	Lyn	30	16	5	9	86	66	+20	37
6	Vålerengen	30	15	6	9	75	41	+34	36
7	Viking	30	14	7	9	49	48	+1	35
8	Skeid	30	11	11	8	63	40	+23	33
9	Rosenborg (R)	30	14	3	13	55	60	−5	31	Relegation to Second Division
10	Odd (R)	30	10	7	13	57	68	−11	27
11	Eik (R)	30	9	8	13	47	59	−12	26
12	Sandefjord BK (R)	30	11	3	16	35	51	−16	25
13	Lisleby (R)	30	8	3	19	42	74	−32	19
14	Ørn-Horten (R)	30	7	3	20	45	91	−46	17
15	Greåker (R)	30	4	8	18	35	75	−40	16
16	Larvik Turn (R)	30	3	4	23	35	90	−55	10

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

Home \ Away	SKB	EIK	FFK	FRI	GRE	LAR	LIS	LYN	ODD	ØRN	RBK	SBK	SKD	SFK	VIF	VIK
Brann		3–0	4–1	1–2	5–0	4–2	3–0	3–2	3–3	1–0	6–1	3–1	1–1	4–1	4–1	4–1
Eik	1–2		1–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–4	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–5	2–2	0–3	2–5	5–0
Fredrikstad	6–3	4–3		0–0	1–0	5–0	3–0	6–3	10–0	1–5	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	4–2
Frigg	4–0	2–1	0–0		1–1	3–2	2–2	2–5	5–1	4–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0
Greåker	1–6	1–2	0–2	3–3		0–0	4–2	1–1	4–1	1–4	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–2
Larvik Turn	1–6	0–1	0–1	2–2	4–0		2–3	0–5	2–3	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–3	0–4	0–2	0–4
Lisleby	3–1	2–1	1–3	0–2	4–2	4–4		2–0	0–1	4–0	2–4	0–2	0–6	4–4	1–2	1–4
Lyn	2–5	1–2	2–1	3–1	5–1	4–1	3–0		5–3	4–3	3–2	3–1	6–0	3–6	1–6	2–2
Odd	3–5	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–0	0–1	2–1		7–2	5–2	1–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	0–1
Ørn	0–7	3–3	1–2	1–4	1–0	5–2	2–1	1–3	0–5		3–0	1–2	0–5	0–6	0–3	1–3
Rosenborg	1–4	3–0	4–2	3–2	4–2	4–3	0–2	1–3	2–1	2–0		1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–1
Sandefjord BK	0–1	1–1	1–7	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	4–2	2–1	2–1		0–2	0–0	0–3	0–1
Skeid	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	7–0	4–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–3	4–1		0–1	3–3	2–2
Steinkjer	1–2	1–1	3–5	5–2	6–2	2–0	5–1	4–3	0–0	7–0	3–1	3–1	1–3		2–1	5–1
Vålerengen	2–2	6–1	4–1	1–1	0–1	5–2	3–0	3–3	5–0	3–2	3–3	7–1	0–2	0–1		3–0
Viking	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–3	0–1

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