1965 Norwegian First Division

21st season of top-tier football league in Norway

Football league season

1\. divisjonSeason| 1965

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Dates| 23 April – 10 October
Champions| Vålerengen
1st title
Relegated| Viking
Sandefjord BK
European Cup| Vålerengen
Cup Winners' Cup| Skeid
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup| Frigg
Matches played| 90
Goals scored| 307 (3.41 per match)
Top goalscorer| Harald Berg
(19 goals)
Biggest home win| Fredrikstad 6–0 Sarpsborg FK
(17 August 1965)
Biggest away win| Sandefjord 1–8 Lyn
(4 August 1965)
Highest scoring| Fredrikstad 7–3 Skeid
(17 August 1965)
Longest winning run| Sarpsborg FK
(6 games)
Longest unbeaten run| Fredrikstad
Frigg
Sarpsborg FK
Vålerengen
(7 games)
Longest winless run| Sandefjord BK
(18 games)
Longest losing run| Sandefjord BK
(9 games)
Highest attendance| 17,063
Lyn 2–2 Vålerengen
(14 May 1965)
Lowest attendance| 400
Sandefjord 2–4 Sarpsborg
(3 October 1965)
Average attendance| 5,034  18.6%

← 1964

1966 →

The 1965 1\. divisjon was the 21st completed season of top division football in Norway.

## Overview

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The season was contested by 10 teams, and Vålerengen won their first championship.

Vålerenga's 27 points was at the time a record for most points in a season, one more than Lyn achieved in the previous season. Viking and Sandefjord BK were relegated to the 2\. divisjon.

## Teams and locations

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Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team  |  Ap.  | Location

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Fredrikstad | 20 | Fredrikstad
Frigg | 10 | Oslo
Lyn | 13 | Oslo
Odd | 16 | Skien
Sandefjord BK | 18 | Sandefjord
Sarpsborg FK | 15 | Sarpsborg
Skeid | 19 | Oslo
Steinkjer | 7 | Steinkjer
Vålerengen | 16 | Oslo
Viking | 20 | Stavanger

## League table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | Vålerengen (C) | 18  | 12  | 3  | 3  | 39  | 25  | +14  | 27  | Qualification for the European Cup first round
2  | Lyn | 18  | 12  | 2  | 4  | 57  | 22  | +35  | 26  |
3  | Sarpsborg FK | 18  | 10  | 3  | 5  | 32  | 24  | +8  | 23
4  | Steinkjer | 18  | 9  | 3  | 6  | 27  | 21  | +6  | 21
5  | Fredrikstad | 18  | 8  | 4  | 6  | 40  | 31  | +9  | 20
6  | Skeid | 18  | 8  | 1  | 9  | 28  | 30  | −2  | 17  | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
7  | Odd | 18  | 7  | 2  | 9  | 30  | 35  | −5  | 16  |
8  | Frigg | 18  | 5  | 5  | 8  | 22  | 30  | −8  | 15  | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
9  | Viking (R) | 18  | 5  | 3  | 10  | 20  | 32  | −12  | 13  | Relegation to Second Division
10  | Sandefjord BK (R) | 18  | 0  | 2  | 16  | 12  | 57  | −45  | 2

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

## Results

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Home \ Away  | FFK | FRI | LYN | ODD | SBK | SRP | SKD | STN | VIK | VIF

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Fredrikstad |  | 4–3  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 6–0  | 7–3  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 2–2
Frigg | 1–0  |  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 3–0  | 3–3  | 0–3  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 1–2
Lyn | 3–1  | 4–0  |  | 5–0  | 5–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 2–3  | 3–1  | 2–2
Odd | 4–0  | 2–0  | 3–2  |  | 5–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 2–0  | 1–2
Sandefjord BK | 0–6  | 2–2  | 1–8  | 1–2  |  | 2–4  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 0–2
Sarpsborg | 0–0  | 2–0  | 3–0  | 3–0  | 3–0  |  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 2–1
Skeid | 2–3  | 0–1  | 1–5  | 3–4  | 1–0  | 1–3  |  | 1–0  | 4–0  | 1–0
Steinkjer | 1–2  | 0–0  | 1–4  | 5–0  | 2–0  | 3–0  | 2–1  |  | 3–1  | 0–0
Viking | 3–0  | 2–2  | 0–2  | 3–2  | 2–1  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 2–0  |  | 0–1
Vålerengen | 4–1  | 3–2  | 1–7  | 3–2  | 3–1  | 3–2  | 1–0  | 5–1  | 4–0  |

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

## Season statistics

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### Top scorer

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* Harald Berg, Lyn – 19 goals

### Attendances

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Pos  | Team  | Total | High | Low | Average | Change

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1  | Lyn | 71,083  | 17,063  | 2,900  | 7,898 | +12.4%†
2  | Vålerengen | 64,336  | 14,580  | 3,350  | 7,148 | −5.2%†
3  | Viking | 54,969  | 8,035  | 3,805  | 6,108 | −22.0%†
4  | Skeid | 54,102  | 11,500  | 2,347  | 6,011 | −12.4%†
4  | Frigg | 51,071  | 10,214  | 2,292  | 5,675 | +32.7%†
6  | Steinkjer | 44,500  | 7,500  | 2,000  | 4,944  | n/a2
7  | Sarpsborg FK | 35,070  | 9,000  | 1,200  | 3,897 | −8.9%†
8  | Fredrikstad | 32,451  | 7,704  | 1,246  | 3,606 | −28.0%†
9  | Odd | 30,562  | 5,198  | 1,574  | 3,396  | n/a2
10  | Sandefjord BK | 14,900  | 3,000  | 400  | 1,656 | −42.4%†
| League total  | 453,044  | 17,063  | 400  | 5,034 | −18.6%†

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

## References

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* Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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