| Season | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 20 April – 12 October |
| Champions | Vålerenga |
| Promoted | Vålerenga Moss |
| Relegated | Runar Drøbak/Frogn Harstad Sarpsborg |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 540 (2.97 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Espen Musæus (16 goals) |
←1996 1998 → | |
The19971. divisjon,Norway's second-tierfootball league, began play on 20 April 1997 and ended on 12 October 1997. The league was contested by 14 teams, and the top two teams won promotion toTippeligaen, while the third placed played a promotion-playoff against the 12th-placed team in Tippeligaen to win promotion. The bottom four teams were relegated to the2. divisjon.
Vålerenga andMoss won promotion to Tippeligaen, whileEik-Tønsberg lost the promotion-playoff againstTromsø.Runar,Drøbak/Frogn,Harstad andSarpsborg was relegated to the 2. divisjon.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vålerenga(C, P) | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 70 | 21 | +49 | 60 | Promotion toTippeligaen |
| 2 | Moss(P) | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 27 | +25 | 59 | |
| 3 | Eik-Tønsberg | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 40 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Start | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 40 | |
| 5 | Odd Grenland | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 39 | |
| 6 | Byåsen | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 37 | |
| 7 | Hødd | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 36 | |
| 8 | HamKam | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 35 | |
| 9 | Bryne | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 35 | |
| 10 | Aalesund | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 35 | |
| 11 | Runar(R) | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 34 | Relegation toSecond Division |
| 12 | Drøbak/Frogn(R) | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 47 | −26 | 24 | |
| 13 | Harstad(R) | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 52 | −31 | 20 | |
| 14 | Sarpsborg(R) | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 46 | −27 | 18 |
| Home \ Away | AAL | BRY | BYÅ | D/F | EIK | HAM | HAR | ILH | MOS | ODD | RUN | SAR | IKS | VÅL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aalesund | — | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Bryne | 0–1 | — | 1–5 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–5 | 1–1 |
| Byåsen | 2–1 | 3–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Drøbak/Frogn | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 |
| Eik-Tønsberg | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–6 |
| HamKam | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | — | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Harstad | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Hødd | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Moss | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Odd Grenland | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | — | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Runar | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Sarpsborg | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | — | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Start | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 |
| Vålerenga | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | — |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vålerenga | 16 | |
2 | Vålerenga | 14 | |
3 | Byåsen | 13 | |
| Moss | |||
5 | Odd Grenland | 12 | |
| Bryne | |||
| Aalesund | |||
8 | Runar | 11 | |
| Runar | |||
10 | Aalesund | 9 | |
| Vålerenga | |||
| Start |