1948 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway

Men's football
Norgesserien	Freidig
NM	Sarpsborg

Results from Norwegian football in 1948.

Norgesserien 1947–48

Main article: 1947–48 Norgesserien

Because of World War II, local qualifying leagues were organized in the 1946–47 season in order to determine the teams participating in Norgesserien 1947–48. No national league Championship was held in 1947 though.

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 Preliminary Rounds

First round

May 25: Vålerenga-Mjøndalen 0–2

Storm-Ørn 2–1

Viking-Donn 2–1

Second round

May 29: Mjøndalen-Vålerenga 2–2 (agg. 4–2)

Donn-Viking 2–4 (agg. 3–6)

May 31: Ørn-Storm 0–2 (agg. 1–4)

Championship quarter-finals

June 6: Mjøndalen-Storm 0–0

Kapp-Sparta 2–3

Viking-Brann 2–0

Freidig-Kristiansund 4–1

June 20: Storm-Mjøndalen 0–1 (agg. 0–1)

Sparta-Kapp 4–2 (agg. 7–4)

Brann-Viking 0–3 (agg. 0–5)

Kristiansund-Freidig 4–1 (agg. 5–5)

Rematch

June 23: Freidig-Kristiansund (Freidig got a walkover)

Championship semi-finals

June 27: Sparta-Mjøndalen 2–0

Viking-Freidig 2–2 (Extra time)

Rematch

July 6: Freidig-Viking 2–1

Championship final

July 9: Freidig-Sparta 2–1

Play off Preliminary Round

May 22: Birkebeineren-Sandaker 2–1 May 29: Sandaker-Birkebeineren 2–0 (agg. 3–2)

Birkebeineren relegated

Play-off, Group 1

June 6: Hardy-Lisleby 1–0

Ålgård-Donn 6–0

June 13: Lisleby-Donn 4–0

Ålgård-Hardy 3–0

July 4: Donn-Hardy 1–0

Lisleby-Ålgård 2–1

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

Play-off, Group 2

June 6: Sandaker-Ranheim 3–1

June 13: Kapp-Kristiansund 2–3

July 4: Ranheim-Kristiansund 3–0

Sandaker-Kapp 5–1

July 11: Kristiansund-Sandaker 0–1

Ranheim-Kapp 6–2

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

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 1948 Norwegian Football Cup

Final

Main article: 1948 Norwegian Football Cup final

17 October 1948

Sarpsborg	1–0	Fredrikstad
Yven 25'	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Johan Narvestad (Hasle-Løren)

Northern Norwegian Cup

Final

Mjølner	3–1	Narvik/Nor
	Report

National team

Main article: Norway national football team

Norway v Netherlands

26 May 1948 Friendly	Norway	1–2	Netherlands	Oslo, Norway
18:30 (UTC+1) Match 159	Sørensen 6'	Report	Clavan 33' van der Tuijn 77'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 28,800 Referee: Reg Leafe (England)

Denmark v Norway

12 June 1948 1948–51 Nordic Championship	Denmark	1–2	Norway	Copenhagen, Denmark
19:00 (UTC+2) Match 160	Jensen 24'	Report	Sørdahl 37', 50'	Stadium: Københavns Idrætspark Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Gunnar Dahlner (Sweden)

Norway v United States

6 August 1948 Friendly	Norway	11–0	United States	Oslo, Norway
18:30 (UTC+1) Match 161	Sørdahl 1', 43' Sørensen 3', 8', 27', 29', 47' Thoresen 25', 57', 85' Dahlen 84'	Report		Stadium: Bislett Stadion Attendance: 24,362 Referee: John Erik Andersson (Sweden)

Norway v Finland

5 September 1948 1948–51 Nordic Championship	Norway	2–0	Finland	Oslo, Norway
13:15 (UTC+1) Match 162	Sørensen 2', 50'	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 24,389 Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)

Norway v Sweden

19 September 1948 1948–51 Nordic Championship	Norway	3–5	Sweden	Oslo, Norway
13:15 (UTC+1) Match 163	Dahlen 11' Toresen 33' Sørdahl 84'	Report	G. Nordahl 24', 44', 62', 74', 80'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 35,306 Referee: Axel Asmussen (Denmark)

Egypt v Norway

24 December 1948 Friendly	Egypt	1–1	Norway	Cairo, Egypt
15:00 (UTC+2) Match 164	El-Sabbagh 11' (pen.)	Report	Sørensen 55'	Stadium: Nasser Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Scott (England)

References

• "Norwegian Cup 1948". RSSSF Norway. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
• "Cup final in Oslo, October 17". RSSSF Norway. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
• Jorsett, Per; Arne Scheie (December 1999). Cupen 1902-1999. J.M. Stenersens forlag. ISBN 82-7201-275-8.