The 1997
1. divisjon,
Norway
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's second-tier
football 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 to
Tippeligaen
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, 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 the
2. divisjon.
Vålerenga and
Moss
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won promotion to Tippeligaen, while
Eik-Tønsberg lost the promotion-playoff against
Tromsø
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Tromsø lies in Northern Norway. The municipality is the 21s ...
.
Runar,
Drøbak/Frogn,
Harstad
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and
Sarpsborg
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Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neigh ...
was relegated to the 2. divisjon.
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
See also
*
1997 Tippeligaen
*
1997 2. divisjon
*
1997 3. divisjon
References
{{1997 in Norwegian football
Norwegian First Division seasons
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Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...