1947–48 League of Norway

4th season of top-tier football league in Norway

Football league season

Norgesserien
Season	1947–48
Champions	Freidig 1st title
Relegated	58 teams
← 1939–40 Hovedserien 1948–49 →

The 1947–48 Norgesserien was the 4th 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 (R)	12	5	2	5	22	23	−1	12	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
5	Selbak TIF (R)	12	5	2	5	16	23	−7	12	Relegation
6	SK Sprint (R)	12	2	1	9	13	40	−27	5
7	SK Rapid (R)	12	1	2	9	9	36	−27	4

Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

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 (R)	12	4	4	4	19	21	−2	12	Qualification for the relegation play-offs preliminary round
4	Drafn (R)	12	3	4	5	24	22	+2	10	Relegation
5	Nydalen (R)	12	3	4	5	17	31	−14	10
6	Strong (R)	12	3	3	6	16	31	−15	9
7	Geithus (R)	12	4	0	8	22	26	−4	8

Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

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 (O)	12	8	1	3	35	13	+22	17	Qualification for the relegation play-offs preliminary round
4	Drammens BK (R)	12	6	0	6	20	25	−5	12	Relegation
5	Frigg Oslo FK (R)	12	5	1	6	21	15	+6	11
6	Kongsberg IF (R)	12	2	0	10	13	45	−32	4
7	Slemmestad IF (R)	12	0	0	12	8	52	−44	0

Source: rsssf.no
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

District III

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

Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District IV, Group A

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

Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District IV, Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ørn FK	12	8	1	3	33	21	+12	17	Qualification for the championship play-offs preliminary round
2	IF Pors	12	7	1	4	24	14	+10	15
3	Larvik Turn & IF (R)	12	7	1	4	20	12	+8	15	Relegation
4	Odds BK (R)	12	6	2	4	20	17	+3	14
5	Ulefoss SF (R)	12	3	4	5	19	23	−4	10
6	Skiens BK (R)	12	2	3	7	6	24	−18	7
7	Tønsbergs TF (R)	12	2	2	8	16	27	−11	6

Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District V, Group A

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

Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

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 (O)	12	8	0	4	21	12	+9	16	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
3	SK Jarl (R)	12	6	2	4	17	13	+4	14	Relegation
4	Stavanger IF (R)	12	5	2	5	14	18	−4	12
5	Djerv 1919 (R)	12	4	2	6	12	22	−10	10
6	SK Vard (R)	12	2	3	7	11	20	−9	7
7	IL Brodd (R)	12	3	0	9	14	25	−11	6

Source: rsssf.no
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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 (R)	10	6	1	3	18	18	0	13	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
3	Årstad IL (R)	10	4	3	3	21	15	+6	11	Relegation
4	SK Djerv (R)	10	3	3	4	18	25	−7	9
5	FBK Voss (R)	10	2	2	6	10	22	−12	6
6	Nymark IL (R)	10	0	2	8	6	26	−20	2

Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District VII

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

Source: rsssf.no
(R) Relegated

District VIII

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

Source: rsssf.no
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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

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

Final

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

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	Relegation
1	Ålgård FK (O)	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	4
2	Lisleby FK (R)	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	4	Relegation
3	SK Hardy (R)	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	2
4	FK Donn (R)	3	1	0	2	1	10	−9	2

Source: rsssf.no
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Group 2

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

Source: rsssf.no
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

References

Norway – List of final tables (RSSSF)

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Seasons

League of Norway	1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48
Main League	1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62
First Division	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Tippeligaen	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Eliteserien	2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Clubs

2024	Bodø/Glimt Brann Fredrikstad HamKam Haugesund KFUM Oslo Kristiansund Lillestrøm Molde Odd Rosenborg Sandefjord Sarpsborg 08 Strømsgodset Tromsø Viking
Former	Aalesund Bryne Djerv 1919 Eik-Tønsberg Frigg Fyllingen (defunct) Gjøvik-Lyn Haugar Hødd Hønefoss Jerv Kongsvinger Lisleby Lyn Mjølner Mjøndalen Moss Os Pors Ranheim Raufoss Sandefjord BK Sandnes Ulf Sarpsborg Skeid Sogndal Start Stabæk Steinkjer Strindheim Strømmen Vålerenga Vard Haugesund

Competition

Statistics and awards

Associated competitions

Other

Category

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League cups	Scotland
Super cups	Turkey '47

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