1997 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon 1997 20 April – 12 October Vålerenga VålerengaMoss RunarDrøbak/FrognHarstadSarpsborg 182 540 Espen Musæus(16 goals) 1996 1998 The 1997 1. divisjon, Norway's second-tier football league, began play on 20 April 1997 and ended on 12 October 1997. The league was contested by 14 teams, and the top two teams won promotion to Tippeligaen, while the third placed played a promotion-playoff against the 12th-placed team in Tippeligaen to win promotion. The bottom four teams were relegated to the 2. divisjon. Vålerenga and Moss won promotion to Tippeligaen, while Eik-Tønsberg lost the promotion-playoff against Tromsø. Runar, Drøbak/Frogn, Harstad and Sarpsborg was relegated to the 2. divisjon. League table main WDL PQR VÅL Vålerenga MOS Moss EIK Eik-Tønsberg IKS Start ODD Odd Grenland BYÅ Byåsen HØD Hødd HAM HamKam BRY Bryne ALE Aalesund RUN Runar D/F Drøbak/Frogn HAR Harstad SAR Sarpsborg 19 3 4 70 21 CP 19 2 5 52 27 P 11 7 8 43 34 11 7 8 41 44 11 6 9 39 36 11 4 11 42 36 11 3 12 35 40 9 8 9 40 34 10 5 11 46 42 11 2 13 36 36 10 4 12 35 45 R 6 6 14 21 47 R 4 8 14 21 52 R 5 3 18 19 46 R green1 Promotion to Tippeligaen PRO PRO green3 Qualification for the promotion play-offs PP red1 Relegation to Second Division REL REL REL REL 5 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete nifs.no Results main FBR AAL BRY BYÅ D/F EIK HAM HAR ILH MOS ODD RUN SAR IKS VÅL Aalesund 0–2 0–3 3–0 1–2 3–0 3–1 4–2 0–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–3 1–2 Bryne 0–1 1–5 1–2 3–1 1–0 7–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 5–5 1–1 Byåsen 2–1 3–2 3–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 2–3 Drøbak/Frogn 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–3 0–0 1–3 3–0 0–5 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–4 1–2 Eik-Tønsberg 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 0–6 HamKam 4–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 4–2 4–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 5–3 0–1 0–0 0–2 Harstad 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–4 1–4 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 Hødd 3–0 5–1 3–1 3–1 1–3 0–3 0–0 2–1 1–3 2–3 1–0 2–1 0–2 Moss 1–0 1–2 3–2 2–0 2–2 2–0 5–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 Odd Grenland 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–3 2–3 4–2 1–3 0–0 Runar 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 Sarpsborg 0–2 0–5 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–5 1–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–4 2–2 0–0 Start 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–4 1–4 3–0 0–4 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 Vålerenga 1–0 3–0 3–1 5–1 3–2 5–0 2–0 4–1 6–2 3–0 8–0 1–2 4–0 complete NIFS no Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Norway Espen MusæusVålerenga162Norway Espen HaugVålerenga143Norway John Erik ØdegaardByåsen13Norway Tommy SylteMoss5Norway Bengt SæternesOdd Grenland12Norway Caleb FrancisBryneNorway Erling YtterlandAalesund8Norway Fredrik ThorsenRunar11Norway Jarle RaastadRunar10Norway Bjørn Tore HansenAalesund9Norway Kjell Roar KaasaVålerengaNorway Krister IsaksenStart See also 1997 Tippeligaen 1997 2. divisjon 1997 3. divisjon References Category:Norwegian First Division seasons 2 Norway Norway