1978 Norwegian Second Division

The 1978 2. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

2. divisjon

Season	1978
Champions	Mjøndalen (Group A) Rosenborg (Group B) Tromsø (Group C)
Promoted	Mjøndalen (Group A) Rosenborg (Group B) HamKam (Group B)
Relegated	Strømsgodset (Group A) Strømmen (Group B) Kongsvinger (Group B) Harstad (Group C) Stålkameratene (Group C) Grand Bodø (Group C) Alta (Group C) Mosjøen (Group C) Lyngen (Group C) Brønnøysund (Group C)
← 1977 1979 →

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 1979 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 team in group A and B and the seven lowest ranked teams in group C were relegated to the 3. divisjon. The second last teams in group A and B met in a two-legged qualification round to avoid relegation.

Mjøndalen won group A with 29 points. Rosenborg won group B with 27 points. Both teams promoted to the 1979 1. divisjon. Tromsø 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	Mjøndalen (C, P)	18	13	3	2	42	14	+28	29	Promotion to First Division
2	Fredrikstad	18	12	2	4	47	24	+23	26	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Vard	18	10	5	3	29	14	+15	25
4	Odd	18	9	3	6	30	19	+11	21
5	Sogndal	18	8	0	10	33	31	+2	16
6	Vigør	18	5	5	8	18	26	−8	15
7	Vigrestad	18	4	5	9	19	37	−18	13
8	Fram Larvik	18	4	4	10	24	32	−8	12
9	Os (O)	18	4	4	10	28	55	−27	12	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Strømsgodset (R)	18	3	5	10	19	37	−18	11	Relegation to Third Division

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C, P)	18	11	5	2	42	15	+27	27	Promotion to First Division
2	HamKam (O, P)	18	11	1	6	26	22	+4	23	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Frigg	18	9	3	6	34	19	+15	21
4	Nessegutten	18	6	6	6	23	19	+4	18
5	Raufoss	18	6	5	7	26	24	+2	17
6	Strindheim	18	5	7	6	15	24	−9	17
7	Stjørdals-Blink	18	5	7	6	18	30	−12	17
8	Hødd	18	5	5	8	22	33	−11	15
9	Strømmen (R)	18	4	6	8	14	23	−9	14	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Kongsvinger (R)	18	4	3	11	16	27	−11	11	Relegation to Third Division

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tromsø	18	12	3	3	43	15	+28	27	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
2	Mjølner	18	11	5	2	34	18	+16	27
3	Mo	18	11	4	3	40	19	+21	26
4	Harstad (R)	18	8	6	4	36	21	+15	22	Relegation to Third Division
5	Stålkameratene (R)	18	7	4	7	24	23	+1	18
6	Grand Bodø (R)	18	4	7	7	22	23	−1	15
7	Alta (R)	18	5	4	9	19	27	−8	14
8	Mosjøen (R)	18	6	2	10	25	38	−13	14
9	Lyngen (R)	18	4	1	13	17	35	−18	9
10	Brønnøysund (R)	18	3	2	13	22	63	−41	8

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

Results

• Tromsø – HamKam 0–3
• Fredrikstad – Tromsø 1–0
• HamKam – Fredrikstad 1–1

Play-off table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	HamKam (O, P)	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	3	Promotion to First Division
2	Fredrikstad	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3
3	Tromsø	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Relegation play-offs

Results

• Os – Strømmen 2–1
• Strømmen – Os 0–1

Os won 3–1 on aggregate. Strømmen was relegated to 3. divisjon.