1968 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway
Season	1968
Men's football
1. divisjon	Lyn
2. divisjon	Start (Group A); Hødd (Group B)
Cupen	Lyn

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

Men's football[edit]

League season[edit]

Promotion and relegation[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Group A[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Norwegian Cup[edit]

Final[edit]

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[edit]

Final[edit]

Harstad	3–1	Mjølner
	Report

UEFA competitions[edit]

European Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rosenborg	4–6	Rapid Wien	1–3	3–3

European Cup Winners' Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Altay	4–5	SFK Lyn	3–1	1–4

Second round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SFK Lyn	4–3	IFK Norrköping	2–0	2–3

Quarter-finals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	5–4	SFK Lyn	3–2	2–2 (in Barcelona)

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Skeid	2–3	AIK	1–1	1–2

National team[edit]

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

9 October 1968 1970 FIFA World Cup Q	Sweden	5–0	Norway	Stockholm, Sweden
	Kindvall 38', 58', 61' B. Larsson 56', 81'	Report		Stadium: Råsunda Attendance: 32,063 Referee: Pekko Aho (Finland)

6 November 1968 1970 FIFA World Cup Q	France	0–1	Norway	Strasbourg, France
		Report	Iversen 67'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 18,319 Referee: Francesco Francesconi (Italy)

References[edit]

www.rsssf.no

[table_note_res_ECWC10.81287767077465-1] As Lyn qualified for the European Cup, their European Cup Winners' Cup place as Norwegian Cup winners defaulted to Mjøndalen, the runners-up.

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