1976 Norwegian Second Division

The 1976 2. divisjon was a Norway's second-tier football league season.

2. divisjon
Season1976
ChampionsMoss (Group A)
Vålerengen (Group B)
Bodø/Glimt (District IX–XI)
PromotedMoss (Group A)
Vålerengen (Group B)
Bodø/Glimt (District IX–XI)
RelegatedAalesund (Group A)
Stavanger (Group A)
Varegg (Group A)
Brumunddal (Group B)
Eidsvold Turn (Group B)
← 1975
1977 →

The league was contested by 28 teams, divided into a total of three groups; A and B (non-Northern Norwegian teams) and one district group which contained teams from Northern Norway: district IX–XI.[1] The winners of group A and B were promoted to the 1977 1. divisjon. The second placed teams in group A and B met the winner of the district IX–XI in a qualification round where the winner was promoted to 1. divisjon. The bottom two teams inn group A and B were relegated to the 3. divisjon. The 8th placed teams in group A and B met each other in a qualification round to avoid relegation.

Moss won group A with 27 points. Vålerengen won group B with 32 points. Both teams promoted to the 1977 1. divisjon. Bodø/Glimt won the district IX–XI and won the qualification play-offs and was also promoted.

Tables

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Moss (C, P) 18 12 3 3 43 11 +32 27 Promotion to First Division
2 Odd 18 11 1 6 32 24 +8 23 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Hødd 18 8 6 4 34 23 +11 22
4 Sarpsborg FK 18 8 3 7 27 29 −2 19
5 Fram Larvik 18 5 8 5 23 18 +5 18
6 Larvik Turn 18 6 3 9 21 26 −5 15
7 Os 18 6 3 9 25 33 −8 15
8 Aalesund (R) 18 4 7 7 19 30 −11 15 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
9 Stavanger (R) 18 4 6 8 21 30 −9 14 Relegation to Third Division
10 Varegg (R) 18 4 4 10 15 36 −21 12
Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Vålerengen (C, P) 18 15 2 1 34 17 +17 32 Promotion to First Division
2 Lyn 18 10 5 3 34 17 +17 25 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Raufoss 18 10 4 4 41 27 +14 24
4 Skeid 18 11 2 5 28 15 +13 24
5 Grue 18 8 3 7 29 24 +5 19
6 Frigg 18 7 4 7 23 21 +2 18
7 Steinkjer 18 5 3 10 24 30 −6 13
8 Nessegutten (O) 18 4 4 10 11 24 −13 12 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
9 Brumunddal (R) 18 3 2 13 15 43 −28 8 Relegation to Third Division
10 Eidsvold Turn (R) 18 1 3 14 11 32 −21 5
Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

District IX–XI

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bodø/Glimt (C, O, P) 14 13 1 0 60 11 +49 27 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
2 Mjølner 14 7 3 4 30 22 +8 17
3 Harstad 14 6 4 4 29 23 +6 16
4 Mo 14 4 7 3 22 24 −2 15
5 Stålkameratene 14 3 5 6 16 23 −7 11
6 Grand Bodø 14 4 2 8 19 31 −12 10
7 Norild 14 5 0 9 22 51 −29 10
8 Alta 14 1 4 9 14 27 −13 6
Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Play-offs

Results

Bodø/Glimt won the qualification round and won promotion to the 1. divisjon.

Play-off table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Bodø/Glimt (O, P) 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4 3 Promotion to First Division
2 Lyn 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
3 Odd 2 0 1 1 2 6 −4 1
Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Nessegutten won 3–2 on aggregate. Aalesund was relegated to 3. divisjon.

References
  1. Aarhus, Lars. "Second division 1976". RSSSF Norway. Retrieved 7 November 2018.

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