1971 Norwegian Second Division

The 1971 2. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

2. divisjon
Season1971
ChampionsMjøndalen (Group A)
Skeid (Group B)
Mjølner (District IX–X)
Kirkenes (District XI)
PromotedMjøndalen (Group A)
Skeid (Group B)
Mjølner (District IX–X)
RelegatedDrafn (Group A)
Aurskog (Group B)
Eidsvold Turn (Group B)
← 1970
1972 →

The league was contested by 30 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 and District IX–X were promoted to the 1972 1. divisjon, and the winners of the district groups qualified for the Northern Norwegian final. The winner of district XI was not eligible for promotion. The bottom team in all groups were relegated to the 3. divisjon. The two second last teams in group A and B met in a qualification round where the losing team was relegated to the 3. divisjon.

Overview

Summary

Mjøndalen won group A with 20 points. Skeid won group B with 22 points. Both teams promoted to the 1972 1. divisjon.

Tables

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Mjøndalen (C, P) 14 8 4 2 25 10 +15 20 Promotion to First Division
2 Start 14 7 5 2 23 12 +11 19
3 Østsiden 14 7 2 5 23 14 +9 16
4 Vard 14 5 6 3 20 20 0 16
5 Ulf 14 4 4 6 13 18 −5 12
6 Pors 14 4 3 7 15 23 −8 11
7 Odd (O) 14 3 3 8 11 21 −10 9 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
8 Drafn (R) 14 3 3 8 11 23 −12 9 Relegation to Third Division
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 Skeid (C, P) 14 10 2 2 26 7 +19 22 Promotion to First Division
2 Steinkjer 14 7 2 5 17 16 +1 16
3 Aalesund 14 6 3 5 15 12 +3 15
4 Stabæk 14 5 4 5 15 20 −5 14
5 Raufoss 14 6 1 7 21 20 +1 13
6 Molde 14 4 3 7 16 19 −3 11
7 Aurskog (R) 14 3 5 6 7 16 −9 11 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
8 Eidsvold Turn (R) 14 2 6 6 7 14 −7 10 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

District IX–X

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Mjølner (C, P) 14 9 3 2 35 10 +25 21 Promotion to First Division
2 Mo 14 8 4 2 18 8 +10 20
3 Tromsø 14 7 5 2 29 21 +8 19
4 Stålkameratene 14 5 5 4 15 18 −3 15
5 Bodø/Glimt 14 5 2 7 10 19 −9 12
6 Mosjøen 14 5 0 9 17 22 −5 10
7 Harstad 14 3 4 7 14 21 −7 10
8 Svolvær (R) 14 2 1 11 9 28 −19 5 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

District XI

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Kirkenes (C) 8 5 2 1 20 9 +11 12
2 Stein 8 5 2 1 19 9 +10 12
3 Polarstjernen 8 2 4 2 7 9 −2 8
4 Norild 8 1 3 4 8 16 −8 5
5 Vadsø Turn 8 1 1 6 6 17 −11 3
6 Alta (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Third Division[lower-alpha 1]
Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Alta was disqualified and all results involving Alta did not count.

Relegation play-offs

Results

Odd won the qualification round 2–0 on aggregate and remained in the 2. divisjon. Aurskog was relegated to the 3. divisjon.

Northern Norwegian Final

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

References
  1. Aarhus, Lars. "Second division 1971". RSSSF Norway. Retrieved 23 November 2018.

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