# 1972 Norwegian Second Division

The 1972 2. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.
The league was contested by 35 teams, divided into a total of four groups; A and B (non-Northern Norwegian teams) and two district groups which contained teams from Northern Norway: district IX–X and district XI. The winners of group A and B were promoted to the 1973 1. divisjon, while the winners of the district groups qualified for the Northern Norwegian final. The second placed teams in group A and B met the winner of the district IX–X in a qualification round where the winner was promoted to 1. divisjon. The winner of district XI was not eligible for promotion. The bottom team in group A and B were relegated to the 3. divisjon. The two second last teams in group A and B met in a qualification round where the losing team was relegated to the 3. divisjon.

## Overview
### Summary

Start won group A with 24 points. Frigg won group B with 29 points. Both teams promoted to the 1973 1. divisjon. Raufoss won the qualification play-offs and was also promoted.

## Tables
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Start (C, P) | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 24 | Promotion to First Division |
| 2 | Pors | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 16 | +19 | 22 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Østsiden | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 22 | |
| 4 | Moss | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 21 | |
| 5 | Odd | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 19 | |
| 6 | Sandefjord BK | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 16 | |
| 7 | Florvåg | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 16 | |
| 8 | Vard | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 16 | |
| 9 | Bryne (O) | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 14 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Ulf (R) | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 42 | −24 | 10 | Relegation to Third Division |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Frigg (C, P) | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 16 | +29 | 29 | Promotion to First Division |
| 2 | Raufoss (O, P) | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 15 | +26 | 26 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Steinkjer | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 24 | |
| 4 | Stabæk | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 21 | |
| 5 | Molde | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 21 | |
| 6 | Aalesund | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 18 | |
| 7 | Clausenengen | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 16 | |
| 8 | Vålerengen | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 14 | |
| 9 | Brumunddal (R) | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 36 | −21 | 10 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Verdal (R) | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 56 | −50 | 1 | Relegation to Third Division |

### District IX–X

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Mo (C) | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | +20 | 23 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Bodø/Glimt | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 16 | |
| 3 | Harstad | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 16 | |
| 4 | Mosjøen | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 15 | |
| 5 | Stålkameratene | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 15 | |
| 6 | Lyngen (R) | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 15 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 7 | Tromsø (R) | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 9 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 8 | Saltdalkameratene (R) | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 50 | −41 | 3 | Relegation to Third Division |

### District XI

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Stein (C) | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 10 | +23 | 19 | |
| 2 | Norild | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 17 | |
| 3 | Vadsø Turn | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 13 | |
| 4 | Kirkenes | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 12 | |
| 5 | Polarstjernen | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 9 | |
| 6 | Rafsbotn | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 32 | −15 | 9 | |
| 7 | Sandnes (R) | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 30 | −16 | 5 | Relegation to Third Division |

## Promotion play-offs
### Results

* Mo – Raufoss Fotball 0–4
* Pors – Mo 2–2
* Raufoss Fotball – Pors 2–2
Raufoss won the qualification round and won promotion to the 1. divisjon.

### Play-off table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Raufoss (O, P) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 3 | Promotion to First Division |
| 2 | Pors | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Mo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |

## Relegation play-offs
### Results

* Brumunddal – Bryne 3–2
* Bryne – Brumunddal 2–1
4–4 on aggregate.

#### Replay

* Bryne – Brumunddal 4–0
Bryne won the qualification round and remained in the 2. divisjon. Brummunddal was relegated to the 3. divisjon.

## Northern Norwegian Final

A Northern Norwegian Final was played between the winners of the two district groups, Mo and Stein.
* Mo – Stein 6–1