1968 in Norwegian football

Season1968

2. divisjonStart (Group A)
Hødd (Group B)

Football in Norway
Men's football
Season	1968
1. divisjon	Lyn^[1]
2. divisjon	Start (Group A) Hødd (Group B)
Cupen	Lyn^[2]
← 1967 1969 →

The 1968 season was the 63rd season of competitive football in Norway.

League season

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
1. divisjon	Brann Viking	Odd Steinkjer
2. divisjon	Pors Hamarkameratene Vard Aalesund	Lisleby Snøgg Nidelv Kvik

1. divisjon

Lyn Fotball won their second league title in 1968.^[1]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyn (C)	18	14	0	4	57	33	+24	28	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Rosenborg	18	11	2	5	53	29	+24	24	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3	Viking	18	9	3	6	34	32	+2	21
4	Strømsgodset	18	9	1	8	48	27	+21	19
5	Brann	18	8	3	7	31	32	−1	19
6	Skeid	18	9	1	8	22	33	−11	19	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
7	Sarpsborg FK	18	5	5	8	14	25	−11	15
8	Fredrikstad	18	6	2	10	28	34	−6	14
9	Frigg (R)	18	3	5	10	15	37	−22	11	Relegation to Second Division
10	Vålerengen (R)	18	3	4	11	18	38	−20	10	Relegation to Second Division

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

2. divisjon

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Start (C, P)	14	11	2	1	36	18	+18	24	Promotion to First Division
2	Bryne	14	9	1	4	37	25	+12	19
3	Pors	14	5	5	4	21	19	+2	15
4	Vigør	14	5	2	7	19	23	−4	12
5	Eik	14	4	4	6	15	19	−4	12
6	Ørn	14	4	3	7	26	29	−3	11
7	Odd (R)	14	4	3	7	22	25	−3	11	Relegation to Third Division
8	Vard (R)	14	3	2	9	24	42	−18	8	Relegation to Third Division

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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hødd (C, P)	14	7	5	2	22	12	+10	19	Promotion to First Division
2	Aalesund	14	8	2	4	27	15	+12	18
3	Hamarkameratene	14	8	2	4	23	17	+6	18
4	Mjøndalen	14	6	4	4	32	18	+14	16	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
5	Raufoss	14	4	5	5	20	20	0	13
6	Aurskog	14	4	3	7	17	21	−4	11
7	Steinkjer (R)	14	3	3	8	18	38	−20	9	Relegation to Third Division
8	Gjøvik-Lyn (R)	14	1	6	7	20	38	−18	8	Relegation to Third Division

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

↑ As Lyn qualified for the European Cup, their European Cup Winners' Cup place as Norwegian Cup winners defaulted to Mjøndalen, the runners-up.

3. divisjon

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Norwegian Cup

Lyn won the 1968 Norwegian Football Cup, completing the domestic double alongside their league championship. It was their second consecutive cup win.^[2]

Final

27 October 1968

Lyn	3–0	Mjøndalen
Dybwad-Olsen 39' J. Berg 81' H. Berg 89'	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 21,101

Referee: Henry Øberg (Hamar)

Northern Norwegian Cup

Final

Harstad	3–1	Mjølner
	Report

9 June 1968 Friendly	Norway	1–6	Poland	Oslo, Norway
	Harald Sunde 41'		Włodzimierz Lubański 14', 77' Andrzej Jarosik 21', 38', 55' Janusz Żmijewski 71'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 26,861 Referee: Johan Einar Boström

23 June 1968 1968–71 Nordic Championship	Denmark	5–1	Norway	Copenhagen, Denmark
	Tommy Troelsen 22', 24', 77' (pen.) Steen Larsen 44', 55'		Thorodd Presberg 2'	Stadium: Idrætsparken Attendance: 32,900 Referee: Arvo Jokinen

18 July 1968 Friendly	Iceland	0–4	Norway	Reykjavík, Iceland
			Olav Nilsen 11' Harald Berg 28', 33' Dybwad-Olsen 90'	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 4,867 Referee: Owen McCarthy

18 August 1968 1968–71 Nordic Championship	Norway	4–1	Finland	Oslo, Norway
	Odd Iversen 36', 52' Dybwad-Olsen 60' Harald Berg 85'		Arto Tolsa 75'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 18,276 Referee: Carl W. Hansen

15 September 1968 1968–71 Nordic Championship	Norway	1–1	Sweden	Oslo, Norway
	Dybwad-Olsen 30'		Leif Eriksson 23'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 23,564 Referee: Adrianus Aalbrecht

1968 in Norwegian football

League season

Promotion and relegation

1. divisjon

2. divisjon

Group A

Group B

3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Final

Northern Norwegian Cup

Final

UEFA competitions

European Cup

First round

European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

First round

National team

References

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