1959 in Norwegian football explained

Country:	Norway
Season:	1959
Division1:	Hovedserien
Champions1:	Lillestrøm
Division2:	Landsdelsserien
Champions2:	Rapid (Group East/South) Start (Group South/West A)
Domestic:	NM
Dchampions:	Viking
Prevseason:	1958
Nextseason:	1960
Flagicon:	yes

The 1959 season was the 54th season of competitive football in Norway.

Hovedserien 1958/59

See main article: 1958–59 Hovedserien.

Championship final

June 21: Lillestrøm - Fredrikstad 2-2 (extra time)

Championship final Rematch

August 5: Lillestrøm - Fredrikstad 4-1

Landsdelsserien

See main article: 1958–59 Landsdelsserien.

Play-off Sørland/Vestland

Bryne - Start 0-2 Start - Os 2-0 Os - Bryne 4-0

Play-off Møre/Trøndelag

Hødd - Brage 2-3 Brage - Hødd 5-3 (agg. 8–5) Brage promoted.

Third Division

District I

1. Lisleby Promoted 2. Mysen 3. Gresvik 4. Askim 5. Tune 6. Hafslund 7. Kråkerøy 8. Torp

District II, group A

1. Mjøndalen Play-off 2. Drammens BK 3. Åssiden 4. Geithus 5. Slemmestad 6. Røa 7. Tofte 8. Bjølsen

District II, group B

1. Aurskog Play-off 2. Grue 3. Spartacus 4. Bjørkelangen 5. Ski 6. Sørli 7. Galterud 8. Furuset

District III, group A (Oplandene)

1. Gjøvik/Lyn Play-off 2. Hamar IL Mesna 3. Gjøvik SK 4. Hamarkameratene 5. Brumunddal 6. Stavsjø 7. Vardal

District III, group B (Sør-Østerdal)

1. Nybergsund Play-off 2. Elverum 3. Trysilgutten 4. Koppang 5. Innsats 6. Engerdal 7. Lørdalen

District III, group C (Sør-Gudbrandsdal)

Kvam Play-off Table unknown.

District III, group D (Nord-Gudbrandsdal)

1. Dovre Play-off 2. Otta 3. Lesja 4. Dombås 5. Sel 6. Faukstad

District IV, group A (Vestfold)

1. Ørn Play-off 2. Runar 3. Holmestrand 4. Tønsberg 5. Turn 6. Falk 7. Borre 8. Tønsbergkam. 9. Sem

District IV, group B (Grenland)

1. Urædd Play-off 2. Kragerø 3. Storm 4. Skidar 5. Skiens-Grane 6. Herkules 7. Skiens BK 8. Borg

District IV, group B (Øvre Telemark)

1. Snøgg Play-off 2. Rjukan 3. Skade 4. Drangedal 5. Ulefoss 6. Sportsklubben 31

District V, group A1 (Aust-Agder)

1. Rygene Play-off 2. Dristug 3. Risør 4. Arendals BK 5. Froland 6. Trauma

District V, group A2 (Vest-Agder)

1. Vindbjart Play-off 2. Mandalskam. 3. Lyngdal 4. Vigør 5. Torridal 6. Farsund disqualified

District V, group B1 (Rogaland)

1. Vidar Play-off 2. Buøy 3. Vaulen 4. Klepp 5. Ålgård 6. Sandnes AIF

District V, group B2 (Rogaland)

1. Kopervik Play-off 2. Jarl 3. Randaberg 4. Åkra 5. Varhaug 6. Nord

District V, group C (Sunnhordland)

1. Odda Play-off 2. Stord 3. Halsnøy 4. Solid 5. Rubbestadnes 6. Skånevik

District VI, group A (Bergen)

1. Fjellkameratene Play-off 2. Djerv 3. Trane 4. Laksevåg 5. Bergens-Sparta 6. Minde 7. Viggo

District VI, group B (Midthordland)

1. Fana Play-off 2. Erdal 3. Follese 4. Florvåg 5. Voss 6. Kjøkkelvik

District VII, group A (Sunnmøre)

1. Skarbøvik Play-off 2. Herd 3. Spjelkavik 4. Rollon 5. Ørsta 6. Velled./Ringen 7. Bergsøy 8. Stranda

District VII, group B (Romsdal)

1. Nord-Gossen Play-off 2. Eidsvåg (Romsdal) 3. Træff 4. Åndalsnes 5. Isfjorden 6. Eide 7. Olymp

District VII, group C (Nordmøre)

1. Braatt Play-off 2. Framtid 3. Bjørn 4. Nordlandet 5. Sunndal 6. Goma 7. Enge 8. Halsa

District VIII, group A1 (Sør-Trøndelag)

1. Ranheim Play-off 2. Flå 3. Vikavarvet 4. Heimdal 5. Melhus 6. Støren

District VIII, group A2 (Sør-Trøndelag)

1. Løkken Play-off 2. Svorkmo 3. Troll 4. Orkanger 5. Rindal 6. Nor

District VIII, group B (Trondheim og omegn)

1. Rosenborg Play-off 2. Tryggkameratene 3. Trond 4. Trondheims/Ørn 5. National 6. Nidar 7. Nidelv 8. Rapp

District VIII, group C (Fosen)

1. Stadsbygd Play-off 2. Beian 3. Fevåg 4. Brekstad 5. Opphaug 6. Hasselvika 7. Uthaug withdrew

District VIII, group D (Nord-Trøndelag/Namdal)

1. Snåsa Play-off 2. Stjørdals/Blink 3. Fram (Skatval) 4. Namsos 5. Malm 6. Bangsund 7. Sprova 8. Aasguten

District IX

1. Bodø/Glimt 2. Mo 3. Stålkameratene 4. Brønnøysund 5. Mosjøen 6. Sandnessjøen

District X

1. Harstad 2. Tromsø 3. Narvik/Nor 4. Mjølner 5. Lia-Brage 6. Bardufoss/Omegn

Play-off District II

• Mjøndalen - Aurskog 1-0
• Aurskog - Mjøndalen 0-2 (agg. 0–3)
• Mjøndalen promoted.

Play-off District III

• Kvam - Dovre 6-0
• Nybergsund - Kvam 3-0
• Dovre - Nybergsund 3-5

• Nybergsund - Gjøvik/Lyn 0-4
• Gjøvik/Lyn - Nybergsund 13-0 (agg. 17–0)
• Gjøvik/Lyn promoted.

Play-off District IV

• Ørn - Urædd 4-4
• Urædd - Snøgg 0-0
• Snøgg - Ørn 2-1

Play-off District V

• Vindbjart - Rygene 3-1
• Rygene - Vindbjart 0-7 (agg. 1–10)
• Vindbjart promoted.
• Kopervik - Vidar 1-0
• Vidar - Kopervik 4-4 (agg. 4–5)
• Kopervik promoted.
• Vidar - Odda 3-0 (in Haugesund) Vidar promoted.

Championship District V

• Vindbjart - Kopervik not played

Play-off District VI

• Fjellkameratene - Fana 4-5
• Fana - Fjellkameratene 6-1 (agg. 11–5)
• Fana promoted.

Play-off District VII

• Skarbøvik - Nord-Gossen 6-1
• Nord-Gossen - Braatt 1-5
• Braatt - Skarbøvik 4-2

Play-off District VIII

• Ranheim - Løkken?
• Snåsa - Stadsbygd 2-2
• Rosenborg - Ranheim 1-2
• Rosenborg - Snåsa 6-1
• Ranheim - Stadsbygd 5-0
• Ranheim - Snåsa 5-4
• Stadsbygd - Rosenborg 0-5

Norwegian Cup

See main article: 1959 Norwegian Football Cup.

Final

Northern Norwegian Cup

Final

National team

See main article: Norway national football team.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.*!style="background: lightblue;" align=center|Comp.!style="background: lightblue;"|Norwegian goalscorers|-|May 20 |Oslo||0-1|EC 1/8 final||-|June 17|Oslo||1-0|F|Harald Hennum|-|June 28|Helsinki||4-2|F|Harald Hennum (2), Bjørn Borgen, Ragnar Lasen|-|July 2|Copenhagen||1-2|OGQ|Rolf Birger Pedersen|-|July 7|Reykjavík||0-1|OGQ||-|August 21|Oslo||2-1|OGQ|Rolf Bjørn Backe, Kjell Kristiansen|-|September 13|Oslo||2-4|OGQ|Åge Sørensen, Kjell Kristiansen|-|September 23|Vienna||2-5|EC 1/8 final||-|October 18|Gothenburg||2-6|F|Rolf Bjørn Backe, Harald Hennum|-|November 4|Rotterdam||1-7|F|Per Kristoffersen|} Note: Norway's goals first Explanation: F = Friendly EC = European championship OGQ = Olympic Games Qualifier ]