1963 Norwegian First Division

{{Short description|19th season of top-tier football league in Norway}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = 1. divisjon

| season = 1963

| winners = Brann
2nd title

| relegated = Steinkjer
Gjøvik-Lyn

| continentalcup1 = European Cup

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Lyn

| continentalcup2 = Cup Winners' Cup

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = Skeid

| continentalcup3 = Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

| continentalcup3 qualifiers = Vålerengen

| matches = 90

| total goals = 336

| league topscorer = Leif Eriksen
(16 goals)

| biggest home win = {{no break|Brann 8–1 Frigg}}
(4 May 1963)

| biggest away win = {{no break|Frigg 0–7 Vålerengen}}
(19 May 1963)

| highest scoring = {{no break|Brann 8–1 Frigg}}
(4 May 1963)

| longest wins = Brann
Lyn
Skeid
(4 games)

| longest unbeaten = Lyn
(10 games)

| longest winless = Gjøvik-Lyn
(10 games)

| longest losses = Gjøvik-Lyn
(6 games)

| highest attendance = 20,897
{{nowrap|Brann 1–1 Fredrikstad}}
(19 May 1963)

| lowest attendance = 2,375
{{nowrap|Gjøvik-Lyn 2–1 Sarpsborg FK}}
(13 October 1963)

| average attendance = 7,871

| dates = 26 April – 13 October

| prevseason = Hovedserien 1961–62

| nextseason = 1964

}}

The 1963 1. divisjon was the 19th completed season of top division football in Norway. This was the first regular season when all the top flight teams played in the same group.

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and Brann won their second consecutive championship title.

Lyn lead the table after 9 games, and qualified for the 1963–64 European Cup.

Steinkjer and Gjøvik-Lyn finished 9th and 10th and were relegated to the 2. divisjon.

Teams and locations

:Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
Team

!{{Tooltip| Ap. | Appearances in top divisions of Norwegian football}}

! Location

Brann

| align="center"| 14

| Bergen

Fredrikstad

| align="center"| 18

| Fredrikstad

Frigg

| align="center"| 8

| Oslo

Gjøvik-Lyn

| align="center"| 4

| Gjøvik

Lyn

| align="center"| 11

| Oslo

Sarpsborg FK

| align="center"| 13

| Sarpsborg

Skeid

| align="center"| 17

| Oslo

Steinkjer

| align="center"| 6

| Steinkjer

Vålerengen

| align="center"| 14

| Oslo

Viking

| align="center"| 18

| Stavanger

League table

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|show_limit=5

|res_col_header=QR

|winpoints=2

|team1=SKB|name_SKB=Brann

|team2=LYN|name_LYN=Lyn

|team3=SKD|name_SKD=Skeid

|team4=FFK|name_FFK=Fredrikstad

|team5=FRI|name_FRI=Frigg

|team6=SAR|name_SAR=Sarpsborg FK

|team7=VIK|name_VIK=Viking

|team8=VIF|name_VIF=Vålerengen

|team9=SFK|name_SFK=Steinkjer

|team10=GJØ|name_GJØ=Gjøvik-Lyn

|win_SKB=10|draw_SKB=4|loss_SKB=4|gf_SKB=46|ga_SKB=27|status_SKB=C

|win_LYN=10|draw_LYN=3|loss_LYN=5|gf_LYN=38|ga_LYN=28

|win_SKD=9|draw_SKD=2|loss_SKD=7|gf_SKD=41|ga_SKD=26

|win_FFK=7|draw_FFK=6|loss_FFK=5|gf_FFK=32|ga_FFK=25

|win_FRI=6|draw_FRI=6|loss_FRI=6|gf_FRI=31|ga_FRI=40

|win_SAR=6|draw_SAR=5|loss_SAR=7|gf_SAR=26|ga_SAR=35

|win_VIK=6|draw_VIK=5|loss_VIK=7|gf_VIK=26|ga_VIK=37

|win_VIF=7|draw_VIF=2|loss_VIF=9|gf_VIF=44|ga_VIF=37

|win_SFK=5|draw_SFK=4|loss_SFK=9|gf_SFK=23|ga_SFK=34|status_SFK=R

|win_GJØ=5|draw_GJØ=1|loss_GJØ=12|gf_GJØ=29|ga_GJØ=47|status_GJØ=R

|col_EC1=green1|text_EC1=Qualification for the European Cup first round

|result2=EC1

|col_ECWC1=#FFEBAD|text_ECWC1=Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round

|result3=ECWC1

|col_ICF1=blue1|text_ICF1=Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round

|result8=ICF1

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to Second Division

|result9=R|result10=R

|update=complete

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|source=[https://www.nifs.no/tabell.php?land=&t=&u= NIFS]

}}

Results

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=SKB|team2=FFK|team3=FRI|team4=GJØ|team5=LYN

|team6=SAR|team7=SKD|team8=SFK|team9=VIK|team10=VIF

|name_SKB=Brann

|match_SKB_FFK=1–1

|match_SKB_FRI=8–1

|match_SKB_GJØ=3–1

|match_SKB_LYN=0–6

|match_SKB_SAR=7–1

|match_SKB_SKD=2–1

|match_SKB_SFK=3–0

|match_SKB_VIK=2–1

|match_SKB_VIF=3–1

|name_FFK=Fredrikstad

|match_FFK_SKB=1–1

|match_FFK_FRI=2–0

|match_FFK_GJØ=1–2

|match_FFK_LYN=4–0

|match_FFK_SAR=3–3

|match_FFK_SKD=1–0

|match_FFK_SFK=4–2

|match_FFK_VIK=4–1

|match_FFK_VIF=1–3

|name_FRI=Frigg

|match_FRI_SKB=4–3

|match_FRI_FFK=1–1

|match_FRI_GJØ=1–0

|match_FRI_LYN=0–3

|match_FRI_SAR=2–2

|match_FRI_SKD=3–3

|match_FRI_SFK=1–1

|match_FRI_VIK=5–1

|match_FRI_VIF=0–7

|name_GJØ=Gjøvik-Lyn

|match_GJØ_SKB=2–0

|match_GJØ_FFK=2–2

|match_GJØ_FRI=1–4

|match_GJØ_LYN=2–3

|match_GJØ_SAR=2–1

|match_GJØ_SKD=1–4

|match_GJØ_SFK=1–2

|match_GJØ_VIK=5–1

|match_GJØ_VIF=0–7

|name_LYN=Lyn

|match_LYN_SKB=1–3

|match_LYN_FFK=2–1

|match_LYN_FRI=2–2

|match_LYN_GJØ=1–3

|match_LYN_SAR=2–0

|match_LYN_SKD=2–1

|match_LYN_SFK=3–3

|match_LYN_VIK=0–2

|match_LYN_VIF=5–0

|name_SAR=Sarpsborg

|match_SAR_SKB=1–1

|match_SAR_FFK=3–1

|match_SAR_FRI=2–1

|match_SAR_GJØ=3–0

|match_SAR_LYN=2–0

|match_SAR_SKD=1–3

|match_SAR_SFK=1–1

|match_SAR_VIK=1–2

|match_SAR_VIF=1–0

|name_SKD=Skeid

|match_SKD_SKB=2–1

|match_SKD_FFK=0–1

|match_SKD_FRI=3–0

|match_SKD_GJØ=5–2

|match_SKD_LYN=1–1

|match_SKD_SAR=4–2

|match_SKD_SFK=3–2

|match_SKD_VIK=4–1

|match_SKD_VIF=1–3

|name_SFK=Steinkjer

|match_SFK_SKB=0–3

|match_SFK_FFK=0–1

|match_SFK_FRI=1–3

|match_SFK_GJØ=2–0

|match_SFK_LYN=1–2

|match_SFK_SAR=0–1

|match_SFK_SKD=1–0

|match_SFK_VIK=2–2

|match_SFK_VIF=2–1

|name_VIK=Viking

|match_VIK_SKB=1–1

|match_VIK_FFK=2–1

|match_VIK_FRI=0–0

|match_VIK_GJØ=3–2

|match_VIK_LYN=2–3

|match_VIK_SAR=1–1

|match_VIK_SKD=1–0

|match_VIK_SFK=1–3

|match_VIK_VIF=2–2

|name_VIF=Vålerengen

|match_VIF_SKB=2–4

|match_VIF_FFK=2–2

|match_VIF_FRI=0–3

|match_VIF_GJØ=4–3

|match_VIF_LYN=1–2

|match_VIF_SAR=5–0

|match_VIF_SKD=1–6

|match_VIF_SFK=4–0

|match_VIF_VIK=1–2

|update=complete

|source=[http://www.nifs.no/grid.php?land=1&t=5&u=9 NIFS.no]

}}

Season statistics

=Top scorer=

=Attendances=

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{{fb a2 team|p=1 |t=Brann|s=140918|h=20897 |l=10750 |a=15658}}

{{fb a2 team|p=2 |t=Vålerengen|s=88301 |h=16600 |l=4973 |a=9811}}

{{fb a2 team|p=3 |t=Skeid|s=81597|h=18534 |l=4518 |a=9066}}

{{fb a2 team|p=4 |t=Viking|s=67346|h=10600 |l=5000 |a=7483}}

{{fb a2 team|p=5 |t=Lyn|s=67117|h=13947 |l=2684 |a=7457}}

{{fb a2 team|p=6 |t=Fredrikstad|s=62889|h=12000 |l=4000 |a=6988}}

{{fb a2 team|p=7 |t=Frigg|s=59281|h=10855 |l=2519 |a=6587}}

{{fb a2 team|p=8 |t=Steinkjer|s=50313|h=8000 |l=3500 |a=5590}}

{{fb a2 team|p=9|t=Gjøvik-Lyn|s=48037|h=10437|l=1500|a=5337}}

{{fb a2 team|p=10|t=Sarpsborg FK|s=42569|h=7500 |l=1800 |a=4730}}

{{fb a footer |s=708368|h=20897|l=1500|a=7871|source=[https://www.nifs.no/tilskuertall.php?land=1&t=5&fra=1963&til=1963&kamper=&sortering=avgt nifs.no]|date=May 2019}}

References

  • [http://www.rsssf.no/stats/LeagueChamps.html Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)]
  • [http://www.nifs.no Nifs.no (Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk)]

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