# 1947–48 League of Norway

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 | Relegation |
| 7 | SK Rapid (R) | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 36 | −27 | 4 | Relegation |

### 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 | Relegation |
| 6 | Strong (R) | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 9 | Relegation |
| 7 | Geithus (R) | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 8 | Relegation |

### 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 | Relegation |
| 6 | Kongsberg IF (R) | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 45 | −32 | 4 | Relegation |
| 7 | Slemmestad IF (R) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 52 | −44 | 0 | Relegation |

### 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 | Relegation |
| 4 | Fremad (R) | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 12 | Relegation |
| 5 | Hamar IL (R) | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 11 | Relegation |
| 6 | Hamarkameratene (R) | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 10 | Relegation |
| 7 | SK Mesna (R) | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 9 | Relegation |

### 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 | Relegation |
| 5 | SK Snøgg (R) | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 10 | Relegation |
| 6 | IF Borg (R) | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 9 | Relegation |
| 7 | IF Fram (R) | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 3 | Relegation |

### 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 | Relegation |
| 5 | Ulefoss SF (R) | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 10 | Relegation |
| 6 | Skiens BK (R) | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 24 | −18 | 7 | Relegation |
| 7 | Tønsbergs TF (R) | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 6 | Relegation |

### 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 | Relegation |
| 4 | FK Vigør (R) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 10 | Relegation |
| 5 | Flekkefjord IF (R) | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 9 | Relegation |
| 6 | FK Mandalskameratene (R) | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 4 | Relegation |

### 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 | Relegation |
| 5 | Djerv 1919 (R) | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 10 | Relegation |
| 6 | SK Vard (R) | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 7 | Relegation |
| 7 | IL Brodd (R) | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 6 | Relegation |

### 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 | Relegation |
| 5 | FBK Voss (R) | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | −12 | 6 | Relegation |
| 6 | Nymark IL (R) | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 26 | −20 | 2 | Relegation |

### 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 | Relegation |
| 4 | Clausenengen FK (R) | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 10 | Relegation |
| 5 | SPK Rollon (R) | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 8 | Relegation |
| 6 | IL Nordlandet (R) | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 29 | −26 | 3 | Relegation |

### 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 | Relegation |
| 5 | SK Brage (R) | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 12 | Relegation |
| 6 | Neset FK (R) | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 10 | Relegation |
| 7 | SK Nessegutten (R) | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 41 | −30 | 3 | Relegation |

## 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 | Relegation |
| 4 | FK Donn (R) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 2 | Relegation |

### 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 | Relegation |
| 4 | Kapp IL (R) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 0 | Relegation |