1986 Norwegian First Division

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1. divisjon
Season 1986
Dates27 April – 19 October
Champions Lillestrøm
4th title
Relegated Viking
Strømmen
European Cup Lillestrøm
UEFA Cup Mjøndalen
Cup Winners' Cup Tromsø
Matches played132
Goals scored352 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer Arve Seland
(12 goals)
Biggest home winMjøndalen 4–0 Kongsvinger
(7 June 1986)
Viking 4–0 Strømmen [1]
(5 October 1986)
Start 6–2 Tromsø [1]
(19 October 1986)
Biggest away win Molde 0–4 Start [1]
(4 May 1986)
Highest scoringViking 6–4 Ham-Kam [1]
(7 September 1986)
Highest attendance28,569
Rosenborg 3–2 Tromsø
(16 May 1986)
Lowest attendance202
Strømmen 1–2 Mjøndalen
(19 October 1986)
Average attendance3,261 Decrease2.svg 24.3%
← 1985
1987 →

The 1986 1. divisjon was the 42nd completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 27 April 1986 and ended on 19 October 1986.

Contents

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 the two second-placed teams in the two groups of the 2. divisjon and number ten in the 1. divisjon.

Lillestrøm SK won the league, after a slow start but later 11 consecutive wins. It was Lillestrøm's fourth title. Viking and Strømmen were relegated to the 2. divisjon. The league had low attendances this year. [2]

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. LocationStadium
Bryne 11 Bryne Bryne Stadion
HamKam 13 Hamar Briskeby
Kongsvinger 4 Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion
Lillestrøm 23 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion
Mjøndalen 16 Mjøndalen Nedre Eiker Stadion
Molde 12 Molde Molde Stadion
Rosenborg 23 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion
Start 19 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion
Strømmen 12 Strømmen Strømmen Stadion
Tromsø 1 Tromsø Alfheim Stadion
Vålerengen 31 Oslo Bislett Stadion
Viking 39 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Lillestrøm (C)2216154017+2333Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Mjøndalen 2211563625+1127Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Kongsvinger 2211562727027
4 Start 229673122+924
5 HamKam 228863430+424
6 Bryne 22111103231+123
7 Vålerengen 229492928+122
8 Rosenborg 228592828021
9 Molde 227692633−720
10 Tromsø [a] (O)2266102332−918 Cup Winners' Cup first round and relegation play-offs
11 Viking (R)2257102333−1017Relegation to Second Division
12 Strømmen (R)2224162346−238
Source: nifs.no
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Tromsø qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as Norwegian Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away BRY HAM KON LIL MIF MOL ROS IKS SØM TRO VIK VÅL
Bryne —0–24–10–20–11–33–11–04–12–12–00–1
HamKam 2–0—2–12–33–21–11–12–21–02–01–13–5
Kongsvinger 1–02–1—1–00–00–02–10–03–01–11–02–1
Lillestrøm 3–00–24–1—3–13–01–03–11–02–03–1 3–0
Mjøndalen 4–20–04–02–0—2–00–23–43–12–00–14–1
Molde 1–32–20–20–12–2— 1–0 0–41–41–12–01–2
Rosenborg 3–21–01–31–13–0 1–1 —1–03–03–24–11–2
Start 0–11–00–12–00–01–02–0—2–16–22–21–2
Strømmen 3–40–14–11–21–21–31–11–1—1–20–01–3
Tromsø 0–11–13–22–11–20–22–00–01–1—2–01–1
Viking 1–26–41–10–31–10–20–01–24–01–0—1–0
Vålerengen 0–01–10–1 0–1 0–12–33–01–03–10–11–1—
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The qualification matches were contested between Tromsø (10th in the 1. divisjon), Drøbak/Frogn (2nd in the 2. divisjon - Group A), and Vidar (2nd in the 2. divisjon - Group B). Tromsø won and remained in the 1. divisjon.

Results
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Tromsø (O)220030+34Remained in the First Division
2 Vidar 21012202Remained in the Second Division
3 Drøbak/Frogn 200214−30
Source: rsssf.no
(O) Play-off winners

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Norway.svg Arve Seland Start 12
2 Flag of Norway.svg Freddy Ørbeck Mjøndalen 11
3 Flag of Norway.svg Arne Larsen Økland Bryne 10
4 Flag of Norway.svg Paul Folkvord Bryne 9
Flag of Norway.svg Sten Glenn Håberg Lillestrøm
Flag of Norway.svg Odd Johnsen Mjøndalen
7 Flag of Norway.svg Paal Fredheim Vålerengen 8
8 Flag of Norway.svg Sverre Brandhaug Rosenborg 7
Flag of Norway.svg Jan Åge Fjørtoft Ham-Kam
Flag of Norway.svg Egil Johansen Vålerengen
Flag of Norway.svg Tore Kallstad Strømmen

Attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 Rosenborg 71,81819,3252,5936,529−36.8%†
2 Viking 47,73211,3001,9324,339−29.5%†
3 Lillestrøm 42,8065,8961,1123,891−19.4%†
4 Tromsø 36,5896,1187563,326n/a2
5 HamKam 34,8215,0381,2443,166n/a2
6 Bryne 34,6005,0251,8913,145−13.0%†
7 Start 30,2406,3351,1013,024n/a2
8 Vålerengen 32,7476,2849192,977−33.3%†
9 Molde 29,7195,3501,3502,702−0.4%†
10 Kongsvinger 25,3604,5321,3812,305−19.2%†
11 Mjøndalen 22,9723,7177492,088−11.8%†
12 Strømmen 14,4764,0612021,448n/a2
League total423,88019,3252023,261−24.3%†

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

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ligastats 1. divisjon 1986". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.
  2. ↑ Oppslagsbok om norsk fotball. Wagner & Flust Forlag. 2000. p. 255. ISBN   82-92228-00-4.

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