1976 Norwegian Second Division
# 1976 Norwegian Second Division

The 1976 2. divisjon was a Norway's second-tier football league season.

The league was contested by 28 teams, divided into a total of three groups; A and B (non-Northern Norwegian teams) and one district group which contained teams from Northern Norway: district IX–XI. The winners of group A and B were promoted to the 1977 1. divisjon. The second placed teams in group A and B met the winner of the district IX–XI in a qualification round where the winner was promoted to 1. divisjon. The bottom two teams inn group A and B were relegated to the 3. divisjon. The 8th placed teams in group A and B met each other in a qualification round to avoid relegation.

Moss won group A with 27 points. Vålerengen won group B with 32 points. Both teams promoted to the 1977 1. divisjon. Bodø/Glimt won the district IX–XI and 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 | Moss (C, P) | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 11 | +32 | 27 | Promotion to First Division |
| 2 | Odd | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 23 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Hødd | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 22 | |
| 4 | Sarpsborg FK | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 19 | |
| 5 | Fram Larvik | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 18 | |
| 6 | Larvik Turn | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 15 | |
| 7 | Os | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 15 | |
| 8 | Aalesund (R) | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 30 | −11 | 15 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 9 | Stavanger (R) | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 14 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 10 | Varegg (R) | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 36 | −21 | 12 | Relegation to Third Division |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vålerengen (C, P) | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 32 | Promotion to First Division |
| 2 | Lyn | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 25 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Raufoss | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 24 | |
| 4 | Skeid | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 24 | |
| 5 | Grue | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 19 | |
| 6 | Frigg | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 18 | |
| 7 | Steinkjer | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 13 | |
| 8 | Nessegutten (O) | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 24 | −13 | 12 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 9 | Brumunddal (R) | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 43 | −28 | 8 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 10 | Eidsvold Turn (R) | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 32 | −21 | 5 | Relegation to Third Division |

### District IX–XI

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bodø/Glimt (C, O, P) | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 11 | +49 | 27 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Mjølner | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 17 | |
| 3 | Harstad | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 16 | |
| 4 | Mo | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 15 | |
| 5 | Stålkameratene | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 11 | |
| 6 | Grand Bodø | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 10 | |
| 7 | Norild | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 51 | −29 | 10 | |
| 8 | Alta | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 6 | |

## Play-offs

### Promotion play-offs

**Results**

* Odd – Lyn 2–2
* Bodø/Glimt – Odd 4–0
* Lyn – Bodø/Glimt 1–1

Bodø/Glimt 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 | Bodø/Glimt (O, P) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 3 | Promotion to First Division |
| 2 | Lyn | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Odd | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |

### Relegation play-offs

**Results**

* Aalesund – Nessegutten 0–1
* Nessegutten – Aalesund 2–2

Nessegutten won 3–2 on aggregate. Aalesund was relegated to 3. divisjon.

