1961–62 Landsdelsserien Explained

Competition:	Landsdelsserien
Season:	1961–62
Promoted:	Sarpsborg Gjøvik-Lyn
Relegated:	45 teams
Prevseason:	1960–61
Nextseason:	2. divisjon 1963

The 1961–62 Landsdelsserien was a Norwegian second-tier football league season, the last named Landsdelsserien.

The league was contested by 55 teams, divided into a total of seven groups from four districts; Østland/Søndre, Østland/Nordre, Sørland/Vestre and Møre/Trøndelag.^[1] The seven group winners qualified for promotion play-offs to compete for two spots in the 1963 1. divisjon. Sarpsborg and Gjøvik-Lyn won the play-offs and were promoted to the top flight. Due to a format change in the league system, 45 teams were relegated to the 1963 3. divisjon.

Tables

District Østland/Søndre

District Østland/Nordre

District Sørland/Vestland

Group A

Group B

Group C

District Møre/Trøndelag

Møre

Trøndelag

Promotion play-offs

First round

Sørland/Vestland

Results

• Haugar 2–0 Start^[2]
• Start 2–4 Os^[2]
• Os Os 3–2 Haugar

Møre/Trøndelag

• Kvik 0–0 Aalesund
• Aalesund 2–0 Kvik

Aalesund won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final round.

Final round

Results

• Sarpsborg 2–0 Os
• Os 0–3 Sarpsborg

Sarpsborg won 5–0 on aggregate and were promoted to the 1. divisjon.----

• Gjøvik-Lyn 1–1 Aalesund
• Aalesund 1–2 Gjøvik-Lyn

Gjøvik-Lyn won 3–2 on aggregate and were promoted to the 1. divisjon.

Relegation play-offs

• Raufoss 4–0 Sparta
• Sparta 2–2 Raufoss

Raufoss won 6–2 on aggregate and remained in 2. divisjon. Sparta were relegated to the 3. divisjon.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Landsdelsserien (second division) 1961/62 . Lars . Aarhus . RSSSF Norway . 14 November 2019.
2. Web site: Sesongen 61/62 . ikstart.no . . 14 November 2019.