1961–62 Norwegian Main League

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

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 →

Overview

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

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location
Brann	13	Bergen
Eik	5	Tønsberg
Fredrikstad	17	Fredrikstad
Frigg	7	Oslo
Greåker	4	Sarpsborg
Larvik Turn	13	Larvik
Lisleby	6	Fredrikstad
Lyn	10	Oslo
Odd	15	Skien
Ørn-Horten	8	Horten
Rosenborg	4	Trondheim
Sandefjord BK	16	Sandefjord
Skeid	16	Oslo
Steinkjer	5	Steinkjer
Vålerengen	13	Oslo
Viking	17	Stavanger

League table

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

Results

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	3–0	0–1

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