1980 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon

Season	1980
Dates	27 April – 19 October
Champions	Start 2nd title
Relegated	Molde Skeid Bodø/Glimt
European Cup	Start
Cup Winners' Cup	Vålerengen
UEFA Cup	Bryne
Matches played	132
Goals scored	392 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorer	Arne Dokken (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Bryne 7–0 Bodø/Glimt (5 October 1980)
Biggest away win	Lyn 1–6 Viking (28 August 1980)
Highest scoring	Lillestrøm 6–4 Lyn (27 April 1980)
Longest winning run	Viking (5 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Bryne Viking (6 games)
Longest winless run	Molde Skeid (7 games)
Longest losing run	Bodø/Glimt (5 games)
Highest attendance	17,400 Rosenborg 2–0 Vålerengen (15 May 1980)
Lowest attendance	774 Lyn 2–1 Molde (29 June 1980)
Average attendance	5,085 18.5%
← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 1. divisjon was the 36th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and IK Start won the championship, their second title.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	Stadium
Bodø/Glimt	4	Bodø	Aspmyra Stadion
Bryne	5	Bryne	Bryne Stadion
Fredrikstad	31	Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad Stadion
Lillestrøm	17	Lillestrøm	Åråsen Stadion
Lyn	22	Oslo	Ullevaal Stadion
Molde	8	Molde	Molde Stadion
Moss	7	Moss	Melløs Stadion
Rosenborg	17	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion
Skeid	31	Oslo
Start	13	Kristiansand	Kristiansand Stadion
Vålerengen	25	Oslo	Bislett Stadion
Viking	33	Stavanger	Stavanger Stadion

League table

Pos	Team	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 2. divisjon
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) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	B/G	BRY	FRE	LIL	LYN	MOL	MOS	ROS	SKE	IKS	VIK	VÅL
Bodø/Glimt	—	1–2	1–3	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–3	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0
Bryne	7–0	—	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	4–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0
Fredrikstad	1–1	0–4	—	1–0	0–2	5–2	3–3	2–3	0–2	1–3	1–0	2–2
Lillestrøm	3–0	1–0	1–2	—	6–4	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	4–0	1–0
Lyn	1–2	0–2	2–1	2–1	—	2–1	2–1	3–4	1–1	0–2	1–6	1–0
Molde	3–4	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	—	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–4	3–1
Moss	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	—	2–0	4–0	0–2	2–3	1–0
Rosenborg	2–0	3–3	6–2	1–1	4–0	2–5	0–2	—	4–1	0–0	0–1	2–0
Skeid	1–0	3–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	—	0–4	1–3	1–1
Start	6–0	1–1	3–4	1–2	5–0	0–1	2–1	4–3	3–1	—	6–1	3–1
Viking	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	—	1–2
Vålerengen	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	4–1	2–1	3–0	—

Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Arne Dokken	Lillestrøm	14
2	Stein Kollshaugen	Moss	13
3	Steinar Aase	Start	11
	Viggo Sundmoen	Rosenborg
	Svein Mathisen	Start
6	Morten Haugen	Vålerengen	9
	Preben Jørgensen	Start
	Steinar Bærøe Mathisen	Fredrikstad
	Gabriel Høyland	Bryne
	Reidar Lund	Fredrikstad

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Rosenborg	105,036	17,400	5,700	9,549	+3.2%†
2	Viking	93,619	16,758	6,290	8,511	−7.8%†
3	Vålerengen	71,948	10,210	2,130	6,541	−11.6%†
4	Start	61,502	11,288	3,228	5,591	−11.3%†
5	Bryne	57,194	13,621	2,521	5,199	+12.0%†
6	Moss	56,708	9,185	3,736	5,155	−11.4%†
7	Fredrikstad	55,569	8,506	3,260	5,052	n/a2
8	Lillestrøm	47,359	5,536	2,083	4,305	−17.8%†
9	Bodø/Glimt	40,457	5,354	2,002	3,678	−26.0%†
10	Molde	34,158	5,480	1,592	3,105	n/a2
11	Skeid	28,619	6,596	1,187	2,602	−41.1%†
12	Lyn	19,007	2,969	774	1,728	n/a2
	League total	671,176	17,400	774	5,085	−18.5%†

Source: nifs.no
Notes:
2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.

References

• Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk (NIFS)