1982 Norwegian First Division

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1. divisjon
Season 1982
Dates25 April – 10 October
Champions Viking
7th title
Relegated Fredrikstad
Sogndal
Molde
European Cup Viking
UEFA Cup Bryne
Matches132
Goals355 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer Tor Arne Granerud
Trygve Johannessen
(11 goals)
Biggest home win Vålerengen 5–1 Rosenborg [1]
(13 June 1982)
Lillestrøm 4–0 Fredrikstad [1]
(29 August 1982)
Vålerengen 4–0 Mjøndalen [1]
(5 September 1982)
Biggest away win HamKam 0–4 Rosenborg [1]
(27 June 1982)
Highest scoring Lillestrøm 7–4 Molde [1]
(8 August 1982)
Longest winning runLillestrøm
Vålerengen
(4 games)
Longest unbeaten runViking
(9 games)
Longest winless runStart
(10 games)
Longest losing runLillestrøm
Vålerengen
(4 games)
Highest attendance21,201
Rosenborg 1–1 Start
(16 May 1982)
Lowest attendance835
Sogndal 0–0 Mjøndalen
(10 October 1982)
Average attendance4,568 Decrease2.svg 22.3%
← 1981
1983 →

The 1982 1. divisjon was the 38th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Contents

Overview

22 games were played with 2 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number eleven and twelve were relegated. The winners of the two groups of the 2. divisjon were promoted, as well as the winner of a series of play-off matches between number ten in the First Division and the two second-placed teams in the two groups of the 2. divisjon.

Viking won the championship, their seventh title.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
TeamAp.LocationStadium
Bryne 7 Bryne Bryne Stadion
Fredrikstad 33 Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Stadion
Hamarkameratene 11 Hamar Briskeby
Lillestrøm 19 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion
Mjøndalen 13 Mjøndalen Nedre Eiker Stadion
Molde 9 Molde Molde Stadion
Moss 9 Moss Melløs Stadion
Rosenborg 19 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion
Sogndal 1 Sogndalsfjøra Fosshaugane
Start 15 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion
Vålerengen 27 Oslo Bislett Stadion
Viking 35 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Viking (C)2211743924+1529Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Bryne 2210662525026Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Lillestrøm 2211383526+925
4 Vålerengen 2210483521+1424
5 Hamarkameratene 2211293335−224
6 Rosenborg 227963229+323
7 Mjøndalen 229582832−423
8 Moss 226882726+120
9 Start 227692832−420
10 Fredrikstad (R)225892231−918Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Sogndal (R)2256112533−816Relegation to Second Division
12 Molde (R)2248102641−1516
Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BRY FRE HAM LIL MIF MOL MOS ROS SOG IKS VIK VÅL
Bryne —2–01–32–10–03–20–01–01–03–31–11–0
Fredrikstad 1–1—0–11–24–22–11–11–12–10–02–00–2
Hamarkameratene 0–13–4—1–01–12–12–10–40–15–31–41–0
Lillestrøm 1–04–01–0—2–17–42–21–00–10–11–2 0–2
Mjøndalen 3–02–01–02–4—4–11–01–02–10–22–11–0
Molde 0–10–01–32–12–2—1–0 1–1 0–00–01–31–1
Moss 1–10–01–10–02–04–1—2–22–13–10–13–2
Rosenborg 2–12–23–00–23–1 0–1 2–1—2–11–11–11–0
Sogndal 3–02–21–20–30–01–12–13–3—2–10–10–1
Start 2–11–01–30–13–04–21–21–11–0—0–20–2
Viking 1–22–01–24–12–21–12–12–23–33–1—0–0
Vålerengen 1–21–04–2 1–1 4–01–22–05–15–21–10–2—
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The qualification play-off matches were contested between Fredrikstad (10th in the 1. divisjon), Eik (2nd in the 2. divisjon - Group A), and Steinkjer (2nd in the 2. divisjon - Group B). Eik won both their games and were promoted to the 1. divisjon.

Results
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Eik (O, P)220053+24Promotion to First Division
2 Fredrikstad (R)210154+12Relegation to Second Division
3 Steinkjer 200225−30Remained in Second Division
Source: rsssf.no
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Norway.svg Tor Arne Granerud Ham-Kam 11
Flag of Norway.svg Trygve Johannessen Viking
3 Flag of Norway.svg Svein Mathisen Start 10
Flag of Norway.svg Lasse Opseth Sogndal
5 Flag of Finland.svg Juhani Himanka Lillestrøm 9
Flag of Norway.svg Sverre Brandhaug Rosenborg
Flag of Norway.svg Bernt Mæland Bryne
8 Flag of Norway.svg Pål Jacobsen Vålerengen 8
Flag of Norway.svg Geir Henæs Moss
Flag of Norway.svg Jan Berg Molde

Attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 Rosenborg 87,26517,5003,1307,933−39.3%†
2 Viking 83,58414,1405,1407,599−1.7%†
3 Vålerengen 83,50313,1934,5037,591−25.9%†
4 Moss 47,5047,8162,3514,319−14.2%†
5 Fredrikstad 45,9846,6401,8874,180−12.4%†
6 Lillestrøm 43,9627,5362,5463,997−3.9%†
7 Bryne 42,63311,0001,7503,876−9.0%†
8 HamKam 40,9147,0972,5173,719+3.5%†
9 Start 39,3986,2351,5553,582−13.6%†
10 Molde 34,5935,1001,5503,145n/a2
11 Mjøndalen 29,7175,5231,5792,702n/a2
12 Sogndal 23,9793,3208352,180n/a2
League total603,03617,5008354,568−22.3%†

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen. Archived from the original on 17 March 2017.
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