1977 Norwegian Second Division

The 1977 2. divisjon was a Norway's second-tier football league season.

2. divisjon

Season	1977
Champions	Skeid (Group A) Lyn (Group B) Mo (Group C)
Promoted	Skeid (Group A) Lyn (Group B) Steinkjer (Group B)
Relegated	Ørn (Group A) Larvik Turn (Group A) Sarpsborg FK (Group B) Grue (Group B) Stein (Group C) Norild (Group C)
← 1976 1978 →

The league was contested by 30 teams, divided into a total of three groups; A and B (non-Northern Norwegian teams) and Group C, a district group which contained teams from Northern Norway.^[1] The winners of group A and B were promoted to the 1978 1. divisjon. The second placed teams in group A and B met the winner of group C in a qualification round where the winner was promoted to 1. divisjon. The bottom two teams inn all groups were relegated to the 3. divisjon.

Skeid won group A with 25 points. Lyn won group B with 25 points. Both teams promoted to the 1978 1. divisjon. Mo won group C and qualified for and the promotion play-offs but was not promoted.

Tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Skeid (C, P)	18	12	1	5	33	16	+17	25	Promotion to First Division
2	Odd	18	9	6	3	27	20	+7	24	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Sogndal	18	9	4	5	29	20	+9	22
4	Strømsgodset	18	6	7	5	33	28	+5	19
5	Frigg	18	7	4	7	22	16	+6	18
6	Vard	18	8	1	9	25	28	−3	17
7	Os	18	5	6	7	27	31	−4	16
8	Fram Larvik	18	7	2	9	21	25	−4	16
9	Ørn (R)	18	4	4	10	21	35	−14	12	Relegation to Third Division
10	Larvik Turn (R)	18	5	1	12	14	33	−19	11

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

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Lyn (C, P)	18	12	1	5	38	14	+24	25	Promotion to First Division
2	Steinkjer (O, P)	18	10	4	4	40	26	+14	24	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Fredrikstad	18	10	4	4	35	23	+12	24
4	Kongsvinger	18	7	5	6	21	22	−1	19
5	Raufoss	18	6	5	7	25	26	−1	17
6	Hødd	18	6	5	7	23	24	−1	17
7	Nessegutten	18	7	2	9	27	28	−1	16
8	Strindheim	18	3	9	6	20	22	−2	15
9	Sarpsborg FK (R)	18	3	6	9	19	33	−14	12	Relegation to Third Division
10	Grue (R)	18	3	5	10	17	47	−30	11

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 C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mo	18	11	4	3	44	16	+28	26	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
2	Harstad	18	10	4	4	35	18	+17	24
3	Grand Bodø	18	8	6	4	39	19	+20	22
4	Lyngen	18	8	5	5	20	19	+1	21
5	Stålkameratene	18	7	6	5	20	19	+1	20
6	Mosjøen	18	5	9	4	17	23	−6	19
7	Alta	18	8	2	8	23	18	+5	18
8	Mjølner	18	5	6	7	26	32	−6	16
9	Stein (R)	18	2	3	13	19	37	−18	7	Relegation to Third Division
10	Norild (R)	18	2	3	13	13	55	−42	7

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

Promotion play-offs

Results

• Mo – Odd 0–0
• Steinkjer – Mo 0–0
• Odd – Steinkjer 1–5

Play-off table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Steinkjer (O, P)	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	3	Promotion to First Division
2	Mo	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
3	Odd	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1

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