1956 in Norwegian football

Results from Norwegian football in 1956.

Contents

Hovedserien 1955/56

Final league table Group A

P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Larvik Turn 14 10 1 3 40 15 +25 21
2 Sandefjord 14 7 2 5 26 19 +7 16
3 Viking 14 5 5 4 25 26 -1 15
4 Vålerengen 14 5 4 5 23 28 -5 14
5 Rapid 14 4 4 6 23 26 -3 12
6 Odd 14 4 4 6 18 24 -6 12
7 Brann 14 4 3 7 27 27 0 11
8 Varegg 14 3 5 6 15 32 -17 11

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Group B

1. Fredrikstad	   14 13 1 0 54-17 27
2. Asker	   14 11 1 2 41-16 23
3. Skeid          14 7 3 4 34-18 17
4. Lillestrøm	   14 6 1 7 19-25 13
5. Frigg          14 6 0 8 27-37 12
6. Sarpsborg	   14 3 5 6 27-30 11
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7. Kvik (Tr.heim) 14 2 2 10 12-44 6 Relegated
8. Ranheim	   14 1 1 12 12-39 3 Relegated

Championship Final

June 3: Larvik Turn-Fredrikstad 3-2

Landsdelsserien 1955/56

Group Østland/Søndre

1. Sparta 14 9 2 3 28-16 20 Promoted
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2. Greåker 14 7 4 3 33-12 18
3. Snøgg 14 6 4 4 33-25 16
4. Fram (Larvik) 14 7 0 7 22-28 14
5. Pors 14 4 5 5 23-25 13
6. Ørn 14 4 4 6 16-20 12
7. Moss 14 4 3 7 29-26 11 
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8. Herkules 14 2 4 8 13-45 8 Relegated

Group Østland/Nordre

1. Strømmen 14 12 1 1 48-17 25 Promoted
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2. Lyn 14 7 3 4 40-20 17
3. Kapp 14 7 3 4 37-22 17
4. Raufoss 14 7 3 4 36-26 17
5. Vestfossen 14 5 3 6 29-34 13
6. Gjøvik/Lyn 14 4 3 7 21-28 11
7. Hamar IL 14 3 2 9 26-51 8 
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8. Drafn 14 1 2 11 14-53 4 Relegated

Group Sørland/Vestland, A1

1. Start 12 8 4 0 32- 8 20 Play-off
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2. Donn 12 6 3 3 34-23 15
3. Jerv 12 5 3 4 36-24 13
4. Flekkefjord 12 6 1 5 23-17 13
5. Grane (Arendal) 12 4 2 6 25-35 10
6. Sørfjell 12 3 1 8 17-35 7
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7. Nedenes 12 1 4 7 18-43 6 Relegated

Group Sørland/Vestland, A2

1. Ulf 14 8 5 1 29-14 21 Play-off
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2. Vard 14 7 3 4 25-15 17
3. Stavanger IF 14 7 3 4 29-22 17
4. Bryne 14 5 4 5 34-27 14
5. Djerv 1919 14 6 1 7 22-23 13
6. Vidar 14 5 3 6 17-23 13
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7. Varhaug 14 5 2 7 25-38 12 Relegated
8. Kopervik 14 1 3 10 12-31 5 Relegated

Group Sørland/Vestland, B

1. Årstad 12 11 1 0 45- 7 23 Play-off
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2. Baune 12 6 2 4 26-18 14
3. Nordnes 12 5 2 5 21-23 12
4. Nymark 12 4 2 6 18-27 10
5. Os 12 4 1 7 22-30 9
6. Fana 12 3 3 6 15-31 9 Relegated
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7. Djerv 12 2 3 7 17-28 7 Relegated

Group Møre

1. Molde 14 13 0 1 39- 6 26 Play-off
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2. Kristiansund 14 11 1 2 40-16 23
3. Langevåg 14 7 2 5 37-27 16
4. Hødd 14 6 1 7 27-23 13
5. Aalesund 14 3 4 7 20-23 10
6. Braatt 14 4 2 8 21-37 10
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7. Clausenengen 14 3 1 10 20-38 7 Relegated
8. Træff 14 3 1 10 15-49 7 Relegated

Group Trøndelag

1. Steinkjer 14 11 2 1 50-22 24 Play-off
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2. Sverre 14 8 3 3 36-24 19
3. Brage 14 8 2 4 38-26 18
4. Freidig 14 7 2 5 29-20 16
5. Stjørdals/Blink 14 5 4 5 28-32 14

6. Rosenborg 14 3 4 7 15-27 10 Relegated
7. Falken 14 4 1 9 26-39 9 Relegated
8. Wing 14 1 0 13 9-41 2 Relegated

Play-off Sørland/Vestland

June 3: Ulf - Start 6-3

June 10: Årstad - Ulf 2-0

Årstad promoted.

Play-off Møre/Trøndelag

June 3: Molde - Steinkjer 2-4

June 10: Steinkjer - Molde 3-2 (agg. 7-4)

Steinkjer promoted.

First Division

District I

1. Lisleby (Promoted)
2. Selbak
3. Sprint/Jeløy
4. Hafslund
5. Borgen
6. Tune
7. Torp
8. Askim

District II, Group A

1. Mjøndalen (Play-off)
2. Åssiden
3. Geithus
4. Sagene
5. Jevnaker
6. Solberg
7. Steinberg
8. Liull

District II, Group B

1. Spartacus (Play-off)
2. Sandaker
3. Bjørkelangen
4. Grue
5. Grüner
6. Sørli
7. Aurskog
8. Aasen

District III

1. Hamarkameratene (Play-off)
2. Fremad
3. Einastrand
4. Vardal
5. Gjøvik SK
6. Mesna
7. Vang
8. Stange

District IV, Group A

1. Eik (Play-off)
2. Tønsberg Turn
3. Urædd
4. Brevik
5. Kragerø
6. Teie
7. Tønsbergkam.
8. Sem

District IV, Group B

1. Storm (Play-off)
2. Borg
3. Rjukan
4. Ulefoss
5. Gjerpen
6. Drangedal
7. Skiens BK
8. Gvarv

District V, Group A1 (Aust-Agder)

1. Risør (Play-off)
2. Trauma
3. Rygene
4. Dristug
5. Arendals BK
Tvedestrand (withdrew)

District V, Group A2 (Vest-Agder)

1. Vindbjart (Play-off)
2. AIK Lund
3. Vigør
4. Mandalskam.
5. Farsund
6. Våg

District V, Group B1 (Rogaland)

1. Nærbø (Promoted)
2. Ålgård
3. Randaberg
4. Egersund
5. Klepp
6. Brusand

District V, Group B2 (Rogaland)

1. Jarl (Promoted)
2. Buøy
3. Haugar
4. Torvastad
5. Vaulen
6. Riska

District VI, Group A (Bergen)

1. Hardy (Play-off)
2. Sandviken
3. Fjellkameratene
4. Viggo
5. Laksevåg
6. Trane
7. Minde

District VI, Group B (Midthordland)

1. Erdal (Play-off)
2. Voss
3. Florvåg
4. Eidsvåg (Åsane)
5. Ålvik
6. Fyllingen
7. Kjøkkelvik

District VII, Group A (Sunnmøre)

1. Rollon (Play-off)
2. Herd
3. Volda
4. Aksla
5. Velled./Ringen
6. Sykkylven
7. Hareid
8. Ørsta

District VII, Group B (Romsdal)

1. Kleive (Play-off)
2. Åndalsnes
3. Eide
4. Måndalen
5. Isfjorden
6. Frode
7. Olymp (withdrew)

District VII, Group C (Nordmøre)

1. Framtid (Play-off)
2. Dahle
3. Goma
4. Halsa
5. Sunndal
6. Tingvoll
7. Nordlandet
8. Enge

District VIII, Group A1 (Sør-Trøndelag)

1. Heimdal (Play-off)
2. Melhus
3. Flå
4. Leik
5. Leinstrand

Hommelvik (disqualified)

District VIII, Group A2 (Nord-Trøndelag)

1. Troll (Play-off)
2. Orkanger
3. Løkken
4. Rindal
5. Svorkmo
6. Orkdal

District VIII, Group B (Trondheim og omegn)

1. Trond (Play-off)
2. National
3. Tryggkameratene
4. Nidar
5. Ørn (Trondheim)
6. Strindheim
7. NTHI
8. Rapp

District VIII, Group C (Fosen)

1. Opphaug (Play-off)
2. Fevåg
3. Stadsbygd
4. Lensvik
5. Beian
6. Uthaug
Rissa (withdrew)

District VIII, Group D (Nord-Trøndelag/Namdal)

1. Nessegutten (Play-off)
2. Verdal
3. Neset
4. Namsos
5. Malm
6. Fram (Skatval)
7. Byafossen

Blink (withdrew and merged with Stjørdal)

District IX

1. Mo
2. Bodø/Glimt
3. Brønnøysund
4. Mosjøen
5. Grand
6. Saltdalkam.

District X

1. Harstad
2. Mjølner
3. Narvik/Nor
4. Tromsø
5. Finnsnes
6. Ballangen

Play-off District II/III

Spartacus - Mjøndalen 1-2

Mjøndalen - Hamarkameratene 3-1

Hamarkameratene - Spartacus 2-4

1. Mjøndalen 2 2 0 0 5- 2 4 Promoted
2. Spartacus 2 1 0 1 5- 4 2 Promoted
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3. Hamarkameratene 2 0 0 2 3- 7 0

Championship District II

Spartacus - Mjøndalen 1-2

Play-off District IV

Eik - Storm 2-0

Storm - Eik 0-5 (agg. 0-7)

Eik promoted

Play-off District V

Vindbjart - Risør 0-3

Risør - Vindbjart 2-4 (agg. 5-4)

Risør promoted.

Championship District V

Jarl - Nærbø 6-3

Nærbø - Jarl 1-1 (agg. 4-7)

Risør - Jarl 2-5

Play-off District VI

Hardy - Erdal 1-0

Hardy promoted.

Play-off District VII

Kleive - Rollon 1-2

Framtid - Kleive 7-0

Rollon - Framtid 1-3

1. Framtid 2 2 0 0 10- 1 4 Promoted
2. Rollon 2 1 0 1 3- 4 2 Promoted
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3. Kleive 2 0 0 2 1- 9 0

Play-off District VIII

Heimdal - Troll?

Opphaug - Troll 1-7

Trond - Nessegutten 0-1

Opphaug - Trond 1-3

Troll - Nessegutten 2-3

Nessegutten - Opphaug 7-1

Troll - Trond 3-1

1. Nessegutten 3 3 0 0 11- 3 6 Promoted
2. Troll 3 2 0 1 12- 5 4 Promoted
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3. Trond 3 1 0 2 4- 5 2
4. Opphaug 3 0 0 3 3-17 0

Relegation Play-off District II

Steinberg - Aurskog 0-8

Steinberg relegated.

National Cup

Third round

August 12: Sarpsborg - Raufoss 0-1
Greåker - Strømmen 3-1
Lisleby - Odd 2-2 (extra time)
Asker - Brage 7-1
Skeid - Mjøndalen 6-2
Kapp - Rosenborg 2-0
Urædd - Fredrikstad 0-11
Snøgg - Sandefjord 3-1
Donn - Vålerengen 0-1
Viking - Vard 2-1
Djerv 1919 - Årstad 0-2
Brann - Ulf 2-0
Hødd - Larvik Turn 0-5
Molde - Sparta 2-2 (extra time)
Ranheim - Moss 2-3 (extra time)
Kvik (Trondheim) - Hamarkameratene 4-0

Rematch

Odd - Lisleby 5-3
Sparta - Molde 1-0

Fourth round

September 2: Fredrikstad - Kvik (Trondheim) 6-0
Moss - Skeid 0-8
Vålerengen - Snøgg 2-1 (extra time)
Raufoss - Viking 1-2 (extra time)
Larvik Turn - Kapp 7–2
Årstad - Asker 1-6
Odd - Greåker 4-1
Sparta - Brann 2-3

Quarterfinal

September 23: Skeid - Odd 5-1
Larvik Turn - Fredrikstad 3-3 (extra time)
Viking - Vålerengen 2-0
Asker - Brann 3-2

Rematches

September 30: Fredrikstad - Larvik Turn 2-2 (extra time)
October 7: Larvik Turn - Fredrikstad 3-1 (played in Horten)

Semifinal

October 7: Skeid - Asker 1-0
October 14: Viking - Larvik Turn 1-1

Rematch

October 17: Larvik Turn - Viking 2-1

Final

October 21: Skeid - Larvik Turn 2-1
Ullevaal stadion
Att: 33 444
1-0 (21) Harald Hennum (21)
2-0 (28) Finn Gundersen (28)
2-1 (65) Reidar Sundby (65)
Referee: Gunnar Andersen, Ulefoss.

Skeid: Øivind Johannessen, Arne Winther, 
Knut Gudem, Jan Gulbrandsen, Leif Belgen, 
Jack Farem, Jan Erik Wold, Hans Nordahl, 
Harald Hennum, Finn Gundersen, Bernhar Johansen.

Larvik Turn: Thor Kristiansen, Markus Borgersen, 
Harry Boye Karlsen, Einar Danielsen, Asbjørn Hansen, 
Øivind Johansen, Erling Mathisen, Gunnar Thoresen, 
Reidar Sundby, Per Ljostveit, Finn Rismyhr.

National team

Men

Date Venue Opponent Res.* Comp. Norwegian goalscorers
May 30 Oslo  Poland 0 - 0 F
June 13 Oslo  West Germany 1 - 3 F Gunnar Dybwad
June 24 Copenhagen  Denmark 3 - 2 NC series Gunnar Dybwad, Knut Sandengen
June 28 Bucharest  Romania 0 - 2 F
August 26 Oslo  Finland 1 - 1 NC series Arne Høivik
September 16 Oslo  Sweden 3 - 1 NC series Harry Kure, Finn Gundersen (2)
October 28 Warszawa  Poland 3 - 5 F Harry Kure, Gunnar Dybwad (2)

Note: Norway's goals first
Explanation:

October 28: Poland – Norway 5-3