# 1977 Norwegian Second Division

The 1977 2. divisjon was a Norway's second-tier football league season.
The league was contested by 30 teams, divided into a total of three groups; A and B (non-Northern Norwegian teams) and Group C, a district group which contained teams from Northern Norway. The winners of group A and B were promoted to the 1978 1. divisjon. The second placed teams in group A and B met the winner of group C in a qualification round where the winner was promoted to 1. divisjon. The bottom two teams inn all groups were relegated to the 3. divisjon.
Skeid won group A with 25 points. Lyn won group B with 25 points. Both teams promoted to the 1978 1. divisjon. Mo won group C and qualified for and the promotion play-offs but was not promoted.

## Tables
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Skeid (C, P) | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 25 | Promotion to First Division |
| 2 | Odd | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 24 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Sogndal | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 22 | |
| 4 | Strømsgodset | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 19 | |
| 5 | Frigg | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 18 | |
| 6 | Vard | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 17 | |
| 7 | Os | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 16 | |
| 8 | Fram Larvik | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 16 | |
| 9 | Ørn (R) | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 12 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 10 | Larvik Turn (R) | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 11 | Relegation to Third Division |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lyn (C, P) | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 14 | +24 | 25 | Promotion to First Division |
| 2 | Steinkjer (O, P) | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 24 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Fredrikstad | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 24 | |
| 4 | Kongsvinger | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 19 | |
| 5 | Raufoss | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 17 | |
| 6 | Hødd | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 17 | |
| 7 | Nessegutten | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 16 | |
| 8 | Strindheim | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 15 | |
| 9 | Sarpsborg FK (R) | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 12 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 10 | Grue (R) | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 47 | −30 | 11 | Relegation to Third Division |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Mo | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 16 | +28 | 26 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Harstad | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 18 | +17 | 24 | |
| 3 | Grand Bodø | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 19 | +20 | 22 | |
| 4 | Lyngen | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 21 | |
| 5 | Stålkameratene | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 20 | |
| 6 | Mosjøen | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 19 | |
| 7 | Alta | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 18 | |
| 8 | Mjølner | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 16 | |
| 9 | Stein (R) | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 37 | −18 | 7 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 10 | Norild (R) | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 55 | −42 | 7 | Relegation to Third Division |

## Promotion play-offs
### Results

* Mo – Odd 0–0
* Steinkjer – Mo 0–0
* Odd – Steinkjer 1–5

### Play-off table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Steinkjer (O, P) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 3 | Promotion to First Division |
| 2 | Mo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Odd | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |