1961 in Norwegian football explained

Country:	Norway
Season:	1961
Division1:	Hovedserien
Champions1:	Fredrikstad
Division2:	Landsdelsserien
Champions2:	Frigg (Group East/North) Start (Group South/West A)
Domestic:	NM
Dchampions:	Fredrikstad
Prevseason:	1960
Nextseason:	1962
Flagicon:	yes

The 1961 season was the 56th season of competitive football in Norway.

Hovedserien

See main article: 1960–61 Hovedserien.

Championship final

June 16: Fredrikstad - Eik 2 - 0

Bronze final

June 14: Vålerengen - Lyn 6 - 4

Landsdelsserien

Play-off Sørland/Vestland

• Brann - Ulf 1-1
• Ulf - Start 2-2
• Start - Brann 1-3

Play-off Møre/Trøndelag

• Langevåg - Steinkjer 3-3
• Steinkjer - Langevåg 3-2 (agg. 6-5)

Steinkjer promoted

Relegation play-off

Våg- Vigør 0 - 5 (in Vennesla)

Våg relegated

Third division

District I

1. Østsiden (Promoted) 2. Tistedalen 3. Hafslund 4. Tune 5. Sprint/Jeløy 6. Navestad 7. Gresvik 8. Ørje

District II, group A

1. Vestfossen (Play-off) 2. Drafn 3. Åssiden 4. Sagene 5. Røa 6. Liull 7. Fossekallen 8. Spartacus

District II, group B

1. Aurskog (Play-off) 2. Drammens BK 3. Kongsvinger 4. Slemmestad 5. Grue 6. Strømsgodset 7. Kjelsås 8. Sterling

District III, group A (Oplandene)

1. Hamarkameratene (Play-off) 2. Kapp 3. Hamar IL 4. Lena 5. Brumunddal 6. Gjøvik SK 7. Mesna 8. Einastrand

District III, group B1 (Sør-Østerdal)

1. Ytre Rendal (Play-off) 2. Trysilgutten 3. Elverum 4. Nordre Trysil 5. Koppang 6. Nybergsund 7. Innsats

District III, group B2 (Sør-Gudbrandsdal)

1. Kvam (Play-off) 2. Faaberg 3. Fåvang 4. Follebu 5. Vinstra 6. Sør-Fron (withdrew)

District III, group B3 (Nord-Gudbrandsdal)

Lesja (Play-off)

Table unknown.

District IV, group A (Vestfold)

1. Runar (Play-off) 2. Holmestrand 3. Tønsberg Turn 4. Falk 5. Flint 6. Tønsebergkam. 7. Borre 8. Teie

District IV, group B (Grenland)

1. Skiens-Grane (Play-off) 2. Urædd 3. Herkules 4. Borg 5. Brevik 6. Kragerø 7. Gjerpen 8. Langesund

District IV, group B (Øvre Telemark)

1. Heddal (Play-off) 2. Snøgg 3. Drangedal 4. Gvarv 5. Rjukan 6. Ulefoss

District V, group A1 (Aust-Agder)

1. Grane (Arendal) (Play-off) 2. Risør 3. Rygene 4. Dristug 5. Arendals BK 6. Mykland (withdrew)

District V, group A2 (Vest-Agder)

1. Vigør (Play-off) 2. Donn 3. Mandalskam. 4. Giv Akt 5. Torridal 6. Farsund

District V, group B1 (Rogaland)

1. Buøy (Play-off) 2. Nærbø 3. Varhaug 4. Hinna 5. Ålgård 6. Figgjo 7. Riska

District V, group B2 (Rogaland)

1. Randaberg (Play-off) 2. Klepp 3. Kopervik 4. Sola 5. Vaulen 6. Torvastad 7. Orre

District V, group C (Sunnhordland)

1. Stord (Play-off) 2. Odda 3. Fonna 4. Rubbestadnes 5. Solid 6. Tyssedal (withdrew)

District VI, group A (Bergen)

1. Djerv (Play-off) 2. Nymark 3. Fjellkameratene 4. Laksevåg 5. Sandviken 6. Hardy 7. Bergens-Sparta

District VI, group B (Midthordland)

1. Arna (Play-off) 2. Erdal 3. Voss 4. Follese 5. Kjøkkelvik 6. Florvåg 7. Osterøy

District VII, group A (Sunnmøre)

1. Skarbøvik (Play-off) 2. Velled./Ringen 3. Rollon 4. Aksla 5. Ørsta 6. Hovdebygda 7. Volda 8. Brattvåg

District VII, group B (Romsdal)

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

District VII, group C (Nordmøre)

1. Clausenengen (Play-off) 2. Dahle 3. Todalen 4. Sunndal 5. Nordlandet 6. Bøfjord 7. Goma 8. Tingvoll (withdrew)

District VIII, group A (Sør-Trøndelag)

1. Troll (Play-off) 2. Løkken 3. Orkanger 4. Svorkmo 5. Leik 6. Orkdal 7. Melhus 8. Støren (withdrew)

District VIII, group B (Trondheim og omegn)

1. Ranheim (Play-off) 2. Tryggkameratene 3. Nidelv 4. National 5. Trond 6. Vestbyen 7. Wing 8. Trondheims/Ørn

District VIII, group C (Fosen)

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

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

1. Verdal (Play-off) 2. Neset 3. Stjørdals/Blink 4. Bangsund 5. Namsos 6. Snåsa 7. Henning 8. Malm

District IX

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

District X

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

Play-off District II

• Aurskog - Vestfossen 1-2
• Vestfossen - Aurskog 1-3 (agg. 3-4)

Aurskog promoted.

Play-off District III

1. Ytre Rendal (Play-off) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. Kvam 3. Lesja

• Ytre Rendal - Hamarkameratene 0-1
• Hamarkameratene - Ytre Rendal 4-1 (agg. 5-1)

Hamarkameratene promoted

Play-off District IV

• Runar - Skiens-Grane 5-3
• Heddal - Runar 1-1
• Skiens-Grane - Heddal 0-3

Play-off District V

• Vigør - Grane 3 - 1
• Grane - Vigør 4 - 2 (agg. 5 - 5)
• Grane - Vigør 3 - 1 (in Grimstad)

Grane (Arendal) promoted

• Våg - Vigør 0 - 5 (in Vennesla)

Vigør promoted

• Buøy - Randaberg 0 - 0
• Randaberg - Buøy 4 - 0 (agg. 4 - 0)

Randaberg promoted

Buøy - Stord 5 - 0 (in Haugesund)

Buøy promoted

Championship District V

• Grane - Randaberg (not played)

Play-off District VI

• Arne - Djerv 1 - 1
• Djerv - Arna 12 - 0 (agg. 13 - 1)

Djerv promoted

Play-off District VII

• Træff - Clausenengen 0 - 9
• Skarbøvik - Træff 3 - 0
• Clausenengen - Skarbøvik 3 - 2

Play-off District VIII

• Brekstad - Verdal 0-3
• Ranheim - Troll 4-0
• Troll - Brekstad 2-3
• Verdal - Ranheim 2-1
• Ranheim - Brekstad 5-1
• Troll - Verdal 1-6

Norwegian Cup

See main article: 1961 Norwegian Football Cup.

Final

Northern Norwegian Cup

Final

European cups

Norwegian representatives

• Fredrikstad (Champions Cup)

Preliminary rounds

September 6: Standard Liege (Belgium) - Fredrikstad 2 - 1

September 20: Fredrikstad - Standard Liege 0 - 2 (agg. 4 - 1)

National team

See main article: Norway national football team.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.*!style="background: lightblue;" align=center|Competition!style="background: lightblue;"|Norwegian goalscorers|-|May 16|Bergen||1–1|Friendly|Rolf Bjørn Backe|-|June 1|Oslo||0–1|WCQ||-|June 27|Helsinki||1–4|NC series|Rolf Birger Pedersen|-|July 1|Moscow||2–5|WCQ|Bjørn Borgen, Eldar Hansen|-|August 23|Oslo||0–3|WCQ||-|September 17|Oslo||0–4|NC series||-|October 22|Gothenburg||0–2|NC series||-|October 29|Istanbul||1–2|WCQ|Roald Jensen|-|November 5|Gzira||1–1|Friendly|Arne Kotte|} Note: Norway's goals first Explanation: WCQ = 1962 World Cup Qualifier ]