1980 Molde FK season

Molde
1980 season
Chairman	Gunnar Hagbø
Head coach	Torkild Brakstad
Stadium	Molde Stadion
1. divisjon	10th (relegated)
Norwegian Cup	Fourth round vs. Fredrikstad
Top goalscorer	League: Jan Fuglset (6); Rune Ulvestad (6); All: Jan Fuglset (9)
Highest home attendance	5,480 vs Bryne ; (27 April 1980)
Lowest home attendance	1,592 vs Vålerengen ; (8 June 1980)
Average home league attendance	3,105
	← 1979 1981 →

Last updated April 28, 2025

The 1980 season was Molde's 8th season in the top flight of Norwegian football and their first since their promotion from 2. divisjon in 1979. This season Molde competed in 1. divisjon (first tier) and the Norwegian Cup.

Squad

Source:^[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	NOR	Runar Bratli
—	GK	NOR	Inge Bratteteig
—	GK	NOR	Stein Hagen
—	GK	NOR	Roger Marhaug
—	DF	NOR	Stål Bjørkly
—	DF	NOR	Tor Gunnar Hagbø
—	DF	NOR	Åge Hareide
—	DF	NOR	Ivar Helge Mittet
—	DF	NOR	Odd Ivar Moen
—	DF	NOR	Ulrich Møller (Captain)
—	DF	NOR	Arnfinn Rye
—	DF	NOR	Einar Sekkeseter
—	DF	NOR	Bertil Stranden


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	NOR	Per Arne Aase
—	MF	NOR	Knut Bjørnå
—	MF	NOR	Gunnar Furu
—	MF	NOR	Stein Olav Hestad
—	MF	NOR	Torgeir Vatten
—	FW	NOR	Jan Fuglset
—	FW	NOR	Lars Tennfjord
—	FW	NOR	Rune Ulvestad
—		NOR	Stein Erik Blikås
—		NOR	Tor Hånde
—		NOR	Terje Rye
—		NOR	Ståle Stavem

Friendlies

23 February 1980	Molde	5–2	Bergsøy	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Kunstgressbanen (Lubbenes)

1 March 1980	Molde	7–0	Aalesund	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Kunstgressbanen (Lubbenes)

8 March 1980	Molde	1–1 (5–4 p)	Rosenborg	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Kunstgressbanen (Lubbenes)

9 March 1980	Molde	3–0	Hamarkameratene	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Kunstgressbanen (Lubbenes)

16 March 1980	Molde	1–2	Strindheim	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Kunstgressbanen (Lubbenes)

22 March 1980	Molde	2–1	Sunndal	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Kunstgressbanen (Lubbenes)

2 April 1980	Hødd	3–1	Molde	Giske
CET (UTC+1)		Report

13 April 1980	Molde	3–0	Stabæk	Aalborg
CET (UTC+1)		Report

15 April 1980	Aalborg	0–2	Molde	Aalborg
CET (UTC+1)		Report

16 April 1980	Randers	1–1	Molde	Aalborg
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium:

17 April 1980	Nørresundby [ dk ]	2–2	Molde	Aalborg
CET (UTC+1)		Report

20 April 1980	Molde	0–0	Haugar	Eresfjord
CET (UTC+1)		Report

Competitions

1. divisjon

Results summary

Overall									Home									Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
22	6	6	10	30	39	–9	18		11	3	3	5	16	20	–4	9		11	3	3	5	14	19	–5	9

Positions by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	L
Position	3	8	8	10	10	10	11	10	9	7	9	10	11	9	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	10

Source: see below

Results

27 April 19801	Molde	2–2	Bryne	Molde
CET (UTC+1)	Hestad 61', ?'	Report	Unknown ?' Unknown ?'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 5,480

4 May 19802	Moss	2–0	Molde	Moss
CET (UTC+1)	Unknown ?' (pen.) Unknown ?'	Report		Stadium: Melløs Stadion Attendance: 4,727

11 May 19803	Lillestrøm	1–1	Molde	Lillestrøm
CET (UTC+1)	Unknown 12'	Report	Ulvestad 88'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 4,011

15 May 19804	Molde	1–2	Start	Molde
CET (UTC+1)	Ulvestad ?'	Report	Unknown ?' Unknown ?'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 4,450

18 May 19805	Skeid	0–0	Molde	Oslo
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Bislett Stadion Attendance: 2,461

26 May 19806	Molde	1–1	Fredrikstad	Molde
CET (UTC+1)	Ulvestad 44'	Report	Unknown 60'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 2,750

2 June 19807	Viking	4–0	Molde	Stavanger
CET (UTC+1)	Unknown ?' Unknown ?' Unknown ?' Unknown ?'	Report		Stadium: Stavanger Stadion Attendance: 6,585

8 June 19808	Molde	3–1	Vålerengen	Molde
CET (UTC+1)	Tennfjord ?' Furu ?' Hagbø ?'	Report	Unknown ?'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 1,592

16 June 19809	Rosenborg	2–5	Molde	Trondheim
CET (UTC+1)	Nilssen 32' (pen.) Sundmoen 60'	Report	Fuglset ?', ?' Ulvestad ?' Tennfjord ?' Møller ?'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 8,700

22 June 198010	Molde	3–4	Bodø/Glimt	Molde
CET (UTC+1)	Unknown ?' Unknown ?' Unknown ?'	Report	Unknown ?' Unknown ?' Unknown ?' Unknown ?'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 2,436

29 June 198011	Lyn	2–1	Molde	Oslo
CET (UTC+1)	Ødegaard ?' Alexander ?'	Report	Vatten ?'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 774

10 August 198012	Bryne	2–1	Molde	Bryne
CET (UTC+1)	Unknown 22' (o.g.) Unknown 39'	Report	Fuglset 37'	Stadium: Bryne Stadion Attendance: 4,387

13 August 198013	Molde	1–1	Moss	Molde
CET (UTC+1)	Fuglset ?'	Report	Unknown ?'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 2,450

17 August 198014	Molde	3–1	Lillestrøm	Molde
CET (UTC+1)	Bjørkly 53' Furu 59' Moen ?'	Report	Unknown ?'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 3,450

24 August 198015	Start	0–1	Molde	Kristiansand
CET (UTC+1)		Report	Fuglset ?'	Stadium: Kristiansand Stadion Attendance: 3,739

27 August 198216	Molde	2–1	Skeid	Molde
CET (UTC+1)	Fuglset ?' Rye ?'	Report	Unknown ?'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 2,640

7 September 198017	Fredrikstad	5–2	Molde	Fredrikstad
CET (UTC+1)	Unknown ?' Unknown ?' Unknown ?' Unknown ?' Unknown ?'	Report	Unknown ?' Unknown ?'	Stadium: Fredrikstad Stadion Attendance: 3,862

14 September 198018	Molde	0–4	Viking	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report	Unknown ?' Unknown ?' Unknown ?' Unknown ?'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 2,450

28 September 198019	Vålerengen	1–1	Molde	Oslo
CET (UTC+1)	Unknown 87'	Report	Ulvestad ?'	Stadium: Bislett Stadion Attendance: 5,208

3 October 198020	Molde	0–2	Rosenborg	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report	Husby 31' Sørlie 72'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 3,780

12 October 198021	Bodø/Glimt	0–2	Molde	Bodø
CET (UTC+1)		Report	Moen ?' Ulvestad ?'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 2,002

19 October 198022	Molde	0–1	Lyn	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report	Haslie 90+2'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 2,680

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Start (C)	22	13	3	6	52	26	+26	29	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Bryne	22	12	5	5	44	22	+22	29	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Lillestrøm	22	10	7	5	36	25	+11	27
4	Viking	22	10	5	7	34	27	+7	25
5	Rosenborg	22	9	5	8	42	36	+6	23
6	Moss	22	8	7	7	33	27	+6	23
7	Fredrikstad	22	9	5	8	35	39	−4	23
8	Vålerengen	22	6	8	8	26	26	0	20	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
9	Lyn	22	8	3	11	26	43	−17	19
10	Molde (R)	22	6	6	10	30	39	−9	18	Relegation to Second Division
11	Skeid (R)	22	4	8	10	21	39	−18	16
12	Bodø/Glimt (R)	22	5	2	15	13	43	−30	12

Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Norwegian Cup

1980First round	Valder	0–1	Molde	Valderøya
CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Unknown

18 June 1980Second round	Molde	2–1	Ørsta	Molde
CEST (UTC+2)	Fuglset ?' Hestad ?'	Report	Håskjold 7'	Stadium: Molde Stadion

4 July 1980Third round	Eid	1–3	Sunndal	Nordfjordeid
CEST (UTC+2)	Ulvestad 88'	Report	Fuglset ?', ?' Hareide ?'	Attendance: 1,500

6 August 1980Fourth round	Molde	1–2	Fredrikstad	Molde
CEST (UTC+2)	Hareide 74'	Report	Olsen 2' Ahlsen 21'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 1,950 Referee: Roald Håvåg

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Lacking information:

Appearance statistics from 1. divisjon round 1 (at home against Fredrikstad) and round 17 (away against Fredrikstad) are missing.
Goalscorers from 1. divisjon round 10 (3 goals against Bodø/Glimt) and round 17 (2 goals against Fredrikstad) are missing.
Appearance statistics and one goalscorer from Norwegian Cup round 1 (against Valder) are missing.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1. divisjon		Norwegian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	NOR	Runar Bratli	1	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	NOR	Inge Bratteteig	9	0	8	0	1	0
	GK	NOR	Stein Hagen	13	0	12	0	0+1	0
	GK	NOR	Roger Marhaug	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	NOR	Stål Bjørkly	18	1	16	1	2	0
	DF	NOR	Tor Gunnar Hagbø	5	1	0+4	1	0+1	0
	DF	NOR	Åge Hareide	25	2	22	0	3	2
	DF	NOR	Odd Ivar Moen	19	2	14+4	2	1	0
	DF	NOR	Ulrich Møller	16	1	11+2	1	2+1	0
	DF	NOR	Einar Sekkeseter	11	0	9+1	0	0+1	0
	DF	NOR	Bertil Stranden	16	0	12+1	0	3	0
	MF	NOR	Per Arne Aase	7	0	5+1	0	1	0
	MF	NOR	Knut Bjørnå	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
	MF	NOR	Gunnar Furu	20	2	17+1	2	2	0
	MF	NOR	Stein Olav Hestad	23	3	20	2	3	1
	MF	NOR	Arnfinn Rye	20	1	17+1	1	2	0
	MF	NOR	Torgeir Vatten	23	1	20	1	3	0
	FW	NOR	Jan Fuglset	23	9	20	6	3	3
	FW	NOR	Lars Tennfjord	11	2	5+3	2	2+1	0
	FW	NOR	Rune Ulvestad	19	6	15+1	6	3	0

Goalscorers

Rank	Position	Player	1. divisjon	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	FW	Jan Fuglset	6	3	9
2	FW	Rune Ulvestad	6	0	6
3	MF	Stein Olav Hestad	2	1	3
4	MF	Gunnar Furu	2	0	2
	DF	Odd Ivar Moen	2	0	2
	FW	Lars Tennfjord	2	0	2
	DF	Åge Hareide	0	2	2
8	DF	Stål Bjørkly	1	0	1
	DF	Tor Gunnar Hagbø	1	0	1
	DF	Ulrich Møller	1	0	1
	MF	Arnfinn Rye	1	0	1
	MF	Torgeir Vatten	1	0	1
		Unknown	5	1	6
		TOTALS	30	7	37

References

↑ "Molde - Bryne 2-2". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
↑ "Molde - Vålerenga 3-1". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
↑ "Tilskuertall 1980". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
1 2 3 Brunvoll, Olaus. "1980: Til 2.divisjon på overtid". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK . Retrieved 30 October 2019.

External links

nifs.no

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] "Molde - Bryne 2-2". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 30 October 2019.

[2] "Molde - Vålerenga 3-1". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 30 October 2019.

[3] "Tilskuertall 1980". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 30 October 2019.

[MFK1980-4] 1 2 3 Brunvoll, Olaus. "1980: Til 2.divisjon på overtid". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK . Retrieved 30 October 2019.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

v t e Molde FK
The club	History Seasons Players Managers In European football Records and statistics
Grounds	Molde Idrettspark (1955–1997) Aker Stadion (1998–present)
Seasons	1951–52 1955–56 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Players	100+ appearances 25–99 appearances 1–24 appearances
Other teams	Molde FK 2 Molde FK Women
Rivalries	Rosenborg rivalry
Category:Molde FK Portal:Association football Commons:Molde FK