1947–48 League of Norway

Norgesserien

Season	1947–48
Champions	Freidig 1st title
← 1939–40 Hovedserien 1948–49 →

The 1947–1948 Norgesserien was the 3rd completed season of top division football in Norway.

Due to restructuring of the league system, 58 of the 74 teams were relegated at the end of the season.

SK Freidig won the championship after a 2–1 win against IL Sparta in the championship final.

League tables

District I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	IL Sparta	12	9	1	2	34	14	+20	19	Qualification for the championship play-offs quarter-final
2	Fredrikstad FK	12	8	2	2	51	20	+31	18
3	Sarpsborg FK	12	6	2	4	26	15	+11	14
4	Lisleby FK	12	5	2	5	22	23	−1	12	Qualificaton for the relegation play-offs
5	Selbak TIF	12	5	2	5	16	23	−7	12	Relegation
6	Sprint	12	2	1	9	13	40	−27	5
7	SK Rapid	12	1	2	9	9	36	−27	4

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District II, Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vålerengen	12	8	2	2	30	20	+10	18	Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2	Skeid	12	8	1	3	37	14	+23	17
3	Birkebeineren	12	4	4	4	19	21	−2	12	Qualificaton for the relegation play-offs preliminary round
4	Drafn	12	3	4	5	24	22	+2	10	Relegation
5	Nydalen	12	3	4	5	17	31	−14	10
6	Strong	12	3	3	6	16	31	−15	9
7	Geithus	12	4	0	8	22	26	−4	8

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District II, Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mjøndalen IF	12	11	0	1	32	7	+25	22	Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2	SFK Lyn	12	9	0	3	40	12	+28	18
3	Sandaker SFK	12	8	1	3	35	13	+22	17	Qualificaton for the relegation play-offs preliminary round
4	Drammens BK	12	6	0	6	20	25	−5	12	Relegation
5	Frigg Oslo FK	12	5	1	6	21	15	+6	11
6	Kongsberg IF	12	2	0	10	13	45	−32	4
7	Slemmestad IF	12	0	0	12	8	52	−44	0

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District III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kapp IL	12	7	2	3	26	18	+8	16	Qualification for the championship play-offs quarter-final
2	Raufoss IL	12	6	1	5	32	23	+9	13	Relegation
3	SK Gjøvik-Lyn	12	6	1	5	24	20	+4	13
4	Fremad	12	4	4	4	18	17	+1	12
5	Hamar IL	12	5	1	6	20	21	−1	11
6	Hamarkameratene	12	4	2	6	21	27	−6	10
7	Mesna	12	2	5	5	16	31	−15	9

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District IV, Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Storm	12	9	2	1	27	13	+14	20	Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2	Sandefjord	12	7	4	1	32	14	+18	18
3	Skiens Grane	12	6	2	4	19	22	−3	14	Relegation
4	Urædd	12	4	2	6	25	24	+1	10
5	Snøgg	12	2	6	4	17	26	−9	10
6	Borg	12	4	1	7	13	18	−5	9
7	Fram	12	0	3	9	8	24	−16	3

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District IV, Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ørn	12	8	1	3	33	21	+12	17	Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2	Pors	12	7	1	4	24	14	+10	15
3	Larvik Turn	12	7	1	4	20	12	+8	15	Relegation
4	Odd	12	6	2	4	20	17	+3	14
5	Ulefoss	12	3	4	5	19	23	−4	10
6	Skien	12	2	3	7	6	24	−18	7
7	Tønsberg Turn	12	2	2	8	16	27	−11	6

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District V, Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FK Donn	10	5	4	1	15	8	+7	14	Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2	IK Grane	10	6	1	3	18	10	+8	13	Relegation
3	IK Start	10	3	4	3	13	11	+2	10
4	FK Vigør	10	4	2	4	11	14	−3	10
5	Flekkefjord IF	10	4	1	5	18	15	+3	9
6	FK Mandalskameratene	10	1	2	7	10	27	−17	4

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District V, Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Viking FK	12	9	1	2	29	8	+21	19	Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2	Ålgård FK	12	8	0	4	21	12	+9	16	Qualificaton for the relegation play-offs
3	SK Jarl	12	6	2	4	17	13	+4	14	Relegation
4	Stavanger IF	12	5	2	5	14	18	−4	12
5	Djerv 1919	12	4	2	6	12	22	−10	10
6	SK Vard	12	2	3	7	11	20	−9	7
7	IL Brodd	12	3	0	9	14	25	−11	6

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District VI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SK Brann	10	9	1	0	38	5	+33	19	Qualification for the championship play-offs quarter-final
2	SK Hardy	10	6	1	3	18	18	0	13	Qualificaton for the relegation play-offs
3	Årstad IL	10	4	3	3	21	15	+6	11	Relegation
4	Djerv SK	10	3	3	4	18	25	−7	9
5	FBK Voss	10	2	2	6	10	22	−12	6
6	Nymark IL	10	0	2	8	6	26	−20	2

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District VII

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kristiansund FK	10	8	1	1	30	6	+24	17	Qualification for the championship play-offs quarter-final
2	Aalesunds FK	10	5	1	4	24	14	+10	11	Relegation
3	Molde FK	10	5	1	4	16	13	+3	11
4	Clausenengen FK	10	5	0	5	16	20	−4	10
5	SPK Rollon	10	4	0	6	18	25	−7	8
6	IL Nordlandet	10	1	1	8	3	29	−26	3

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District VIII

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SK Freidig	12	6	4	2	31	14	+17	16	Qualification for the championship play-offs quarter-final
2	Ranheim IL	12	6	4	2	15	10	+5	16	Qualificaton for the relegation play-offs
3	FK Kvik	12	6	3	3	26	13	+13	15	Relegation
4	SK Falken	12	3	6	3	21	21	0	12
5	SK Brage	12	4	4	4	19	20	−1	12
6	Neset FK	12	4	2	6	18	22	−4	10
7	SK Nessegutten	12	0	3	9	11	41	−30	3

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Championship play-offs

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vålerengens IF	2–4	Mjøndalen IF	0–2	2–2
Storm	4–1	Ørn	2–1	2–0
Viking FK	6–3	FK Donn	2–1	4–2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Replay
Mjøndalen IF	1–0	Storms BK	0–0	1–0	—
Kapp IL	4–7	IL Sparta	2–3	2–4	—
Viking FK	5–0	SK Brann	2–0	3–0	—
SK Freidig	5–5	Kristiansund FK	4–1	1–4	Freidig won on w/o

Semi-finals

Club	–	Club	Score	Replay
IL Sparta	–	Mjøndalen IF	2–0	—
Viking FK	–	SK Freidig	2–2	1–2

Final

Club	–	Club	Score
SK Freidig	–	IL Sparta	2–1

Relegation play-offs

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
IF Birkebeineren	2–3	Sandaker SFK	2–1	0–2

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ålgård FK	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	4
2	Lisleby FK	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	4	Relegation
3	SK Hardy	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	2
4	FK Donn	3	1	0	2	1	10	−9	2

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sandaker SFK	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	6
2	Ranheim IL	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	4	Relegation
3	Kristiansund FK	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	2
4	Kapp IL	3	0	0	3	5	14	−9	0

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References

• Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)