1974 Norwegian Second Division

The 1974 2. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

2. divisjon

Season	1974
Champions	Os (Group A) Lillestrøm (Group B) BodøGlimt (District IX–X) Kirkenes (District XI)
Promoted	Os (Group A) Fredrikstad (Group A) Lillestrøm (Group B)
Relegated	Pors (Group A) Fram Larvik (Group A) Henning (Group B) Clausenengen (Group B)
← 1973 1975 →

The league was contested by 36 teams, divided into a total of four groups; A and B (non-Northern Norwegian teams) and two district groups which contained teams from Northern Norway: district IX–X and district XI.^[1] The winners of group A and B were promoted to the 1975 1. divisjon, while the winners of the district groups qualified for the Northern Norwegian final. The second placed teams in group A and B met the winner of the district IX–X in a qualification round where the winner was promoted to 1. divisjon. The winner of district XI was not eligible for promotion. The bottom two teams inn all groups were relegated to the 3. divisjon.

Os won group A. Lillestrøm won group B with 32 points. Both teams promoted to the 1975 1. divisjon. Fredrikstad finished second in group A won the qualification play-offs and was also promoted.

Tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Os (C, P)	18	12	3	3	36	13	+23	27	Promotion to First Division
2	Fredrikstad (O, P)	18	12	2	4	40	14	+26	26	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Bryne	18	12	1	5	25	15	+10	25
4	Larvik Turn	18	9	3	6	30	13	+17	21
5	Vard	18	8	5	5	23	21	+2	21
6	Østsiden	18	7	6	5	21	14	+7	20
7	Odd	18	3	6	9	12	28	−16	12
8	Florvåg	18	3	4	11	12	38	−26	10
9	Pors (R)	18	3	4	11	15	42	−27	10	Relegation to Third Division
10	Fram Larvik (R)	18	1	6	11	16	32	−16	8

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Lillestrøm (C, P)	18	15	2	1	44	8	+36	32	Promotion to First Division
2	Eidsvold Turn	18	10	5	3	35	19	+16	25	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Lyn	18	7	8	3	33	15	+18	22
4	Hødd	18	7	5	6	30	26	+4	19
5	Frigg	18	7	4	7	20	23	−3	18
6	Aalesund	18	5	5	8	17	23	−6	15
7	Moss	18	4	7	7	16	26	−10	15
8	Steinkjer	18	1	12	5	17	23	−6	14
9	Henning (R)	18	3	4	11	16	40	−24	10	Relegation to Third Division
10	Clausenengen (R)	18	1	8	9	11	36	−25	10

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

District IX–X

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bodø/Glimt (C)	14	11	3	0	54	4	+50	25	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
2	Mjølner	14	9	3	2	32	8	+24	21
3	Mo	14	7	4	3	23	10	+13	18
4	Andenes	14	6	4	4	11	28	−17	16
5	Harstad	14	3	4	7	11	22	−11	10
6	Narvik/Nor	14	4	1	9	11	29	−18	9
7	Grand Bodø (R)	14	2	4	8	13	22	−9	8	Relegation to Third Division
8	Saltdalskameratene (R)	14	2	1	11	11	43	−32	5

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

District XI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Kirkenes (C)	14	8	6	0	26	6	+20	22
2	Alta	14	9	2	3	36	11	+25	20
3	Stein	14	9	2	3	31	17	+14	20
4	Honningsvåg	14	4	6	4	19	24	−5	14
5	Sørild	14	5	3	6	23	22	+1	13
6	Norild	14	5	3	6	22	21	+1	13
7	Båtsfjord (R)	14	2	2	10	14	41	−27	6	Relegation to Third Division
8	Polarstjernen (R)	14	1	2	11	7	36	−29	4

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Promotion play-offs

Results

• Bodø/Glimt – Eidsvold Turn 2–2
• Eidsvold Turn – Fredrikstad 0–1
• Fredrikstad – Bodø/Glimt 2–1

Fredrikstad won the qualification round and won promotion to the 1. divisjon.

Play-off table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Fredrikstad (O, P)	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	4	Promotion to First Division
2	Bodø/Glimt	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
3	Eidsvold Turn	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Northern Norwegian Final

A Northern Norwegian Final was played between the winners of the two district groups, Bodø/Glimt and Kirkenes.^[1]

• Bodø/Glimt – Kirkenes 8–2