1965 Norwegian First Division

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

1. divisjon

Season	1965
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%
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Overview

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

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location
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

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

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

Top scorer

• Harald Berg, Lyn – 19 goals

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
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

• Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)