1955–56 Landsdelsserien Explained

Competition:	Landsdelsserien
Season:	1955–56
Promoted:	Sparta Strømmen Årstad Steinkjer
Relegated:	Herkules Drafn Nedenes Varhaug Kopervik Fana Djerv Clausenengen Træff Rosenborg Falken Wing
Prevseason:	1954–55
Nextseason:	1956–57

The 1955–56 Landsdelsserien was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

The league was contested by 54 teams, divided into a total of seven groups from four districts; Østland/Søndre, Østland/Nordre, Sørland/Vestre and Møre/Trøndelag.^[1] The two group winners in the Østland districts, Sparta and Strømmen promoted directly to the 1956–57 Hovedserien. The other five group winners qualified for promotion play-offs to compete for two spots in the following season's top flight. Årstad and Steinkjer won the play-offs and were promoted.

Tables

District Østland/Søndre

District Østland/Nordre

District Sørland/Vestland

Group A1

Group A2

Group B

District Møre/Trøndelag

Møre

Trøndelag

Promotion play-offs

Sørland/Vestland

Results A1–A2

• Ulf 6–3 Start

Results A–B

Årstad won 2–0 over Ulf and were promoted to Hovedserien.

Møre/Trøndelag

• Molde 2–4 Steinkjer
• Steinkjer 3–2 Molde

Steinkjer won 7–4 on aggregate and were promoted to Hovedserien.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Landsdelsserien (second division) 1955/56 . Lars . Aarhus . RSSSF Norway . 15 November 2019.