1986 Norwegian First Division
The 1986 season of the Norwegian First Division (1. divisjon), the highest football (soccer) league in Norway, began on 27 April 1986 and ended on 19 October 1986.
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 Second Division 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 Second Division and number ten in the First Division.
Lillestrøm SK won the league, after a slow start but later 11 wins in a row. The league had low attendances that year.[1]
League table
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lillestrøm | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 17 | +23 | 33 |
2 | Mjøndalen | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 25 | +9 | 27 |
3 | Kongsvinger | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
4 | Start | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 24 |
5 | Hamarkameratene | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 24 |
6 | Bryne | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 23 |
7 | Vålerengen | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 22 |
8 | Rosenborg | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 21 |
9 | Molde | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 33 | -7 | 20 |
10 | Tromsø1 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 32 | -9 | 18 |
11 | Viking | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 33 | -10 | 17 |
12 | Strømmen | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 46 | -23 | 8 |
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
1Also qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Qualified for the European Cup | |
Qualified for the UEFA Cup | |
Relegation Playoff | |
Relegated to the Second Division |
Top goalscorers
- 12 goals:
- 11 goals:
- Freddy Ørbeck, Mjøndalen
- 10 goals:
- 9 goals:
- Sten Glenn Håberg, Lillestrøm
- Odd Johnsen, Mjøndalen
- Paul Folkvord, Bryne
- 8 goals:
- Paal Fredheim, Vålerengen
- 7 goals:
Promotion and relegation
- Viking FK and Strømmen IF were relegated to the Second Division
- Moss FK and SK Brann were promoted from the Second Division
- The qualification matches were contested between Tromsø (10th in the First Division), Drøbak/Frogn (2nd in the Second Division - Group A), and Vidar (2nd in the Second Division - Group B). Tromsø won and remained in the First Division.
- Drøbak/Frogn - Vidar 1–2
- Tromsø - Drøbak/Frogn 2–0
- Vidar - Tromsø 0–1
Table
P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tromsø | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
2 | Vidar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Drøbak/Frogn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points