1972 Norwegian Second Division

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2. divisjon
Season1972
Champions
1973

The 1972

2. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football
league season.

The league was contested by 35 teams, divided into a total of four groups; A and B (non-Northern Norwegian teams) and two district groups which contained teams from Northern Norway: district IX–X and district XI.

3. divisjon
. The two second last teams in group A and B met in a qualification round where the losing team was relegated to the 3. divisjon.

Overview

Summary

Raufoss
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 Start (C, P) 18 10 4 4 29 23 +6 24 Promotion to First Division
2
Pors
18 11 0 7 35 16 +19 22 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Østsiden 18 9 4 5 22 17 +5 22
4 Moss 18 8 5 5 29 20 +9 21
5 Odd 18 7 5 6 22 21 +1 19
6 Sandefjord BK 18 6 4 8 24 25 −1 16
7 Florvåg 18 6 4 8 31 34 −3 16
8 Vard 18 6 4 8 23 26 −3 16
9 Bryne (O) 18 6 2 10 21 30 −9 14 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10 Ulf (R) 18 3 4 11 18 42 −24 10 Relegation to Third Division
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

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Frigg (C, P) 18 13 3 2 45 16 +29 29 Promotion to First Division
2
Raufoss
(O, P)
18 12 2 4 41 15 +26 26 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Steinkjer 18 9 6 3 28 16 +12 24
4 Stabæk 18 8 5 5 23 13 +10 21
5 Molde 18 9 3 6 29 23 +6 21
6 Aalesund 18 7 4 7 16 16 0 18
7 Clausenengen 18 5 6 7 18 27 −9 16
8 Vålerengen 18 5 4 9 15 18 −3 14
9
Brumunddal
(R)
18 3 4 11 15 36 −21 10 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10 Verdal (R) 18 0 1 17 6 56 −50 1 Relegation to Third Division
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–X

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mo (C) 14 10 3 1 32 12 +20 23 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
2 Bodø/Glimt 14 4 8 2 23 10 +13 16
3 Harstad 14 6 4 4 29 18 +11 16
4 Mosjøen 14 5 5 4 21 15 +6 15
5 Stålkameratene 14 6 3 5 18 13 +5 15
6 Lyngen (R) 14 4 7 3 13 16 −3 15 Relegation to Third Division
7 Tromsø (R) 14 3 3 8 12 23 −11 9
8 Saltdalkameratene (R) 14 1 1 12 9 50 −41 3
Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

District XI

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Stein (C) 12 9 1 2 33 10 +23 19
2 Norild 12 7 3 2 17 7 +10 17
3 Vadsø Turn 12 4 5 3 16 13 +3 13
4 Kirkenes 12 5 2 5 25 20 +5 12
5 Polarstjernen 12 2 5 5 10 20 −10 9
6 Rafsbotn 12 4 1 7 17 32 −15 9
7 Sandnes (R) 12 2 1 9 14 30 −16 5 Relegation to Third Division
Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Promotion play-offs

Results

Raufoss 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
Raufoss
(O, P)
2 1 1 0 6 2 +4 3 Promotion to First Division
2
Pors
2 0 2 0 4 4 0 2
3 Mo 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

Relegation play-offs

Results

4–4 on aggregate.

Replay

  • Brumunddal
    4–0

Bryne won the qualification round and remained in the 2. divisjon. Brummunddal was relegated to the 3. divisjon.

Northern Norwegian Final

A Northern Norwegian Final was played between the winners of the two district groups, Mo and Stein.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Aarhus, Lars. "Second division 1972". RSSSF Norway. Retrieved 23 November 2018.