# 1982 Norwegian First Division

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38th season of top-tier football league in Norway

Football league season

1. divisjon Season 1982 Dates 25 April – 10 October Champions Viking 7th title Relegated Fredrikstad Sogndal Molde European Cup Viking UEFA Cup Bryne Matches 132 Goals 355 (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 run Lillestrøm Vålerengen (4 games) Longest unbeaten run Viking (9 games) Longest winless run Start (10 games) Longest losing run Lillestrøm Vålerengen (4 games) Highest attendance 21,201 Rosenborg 1–1 Start (16 May 1982) Lowest attendance 835 Sogndal 0–0 Mjøndalen (10 October 1982) Average attendance 4,568 22.3% ← 1981 1983 →

The **1982 [1. divisjon](/source/Eliteserien)** was the 38th completed season of top division [football](/source/Association_football) in [Norway](/source/Norway).

## 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](/source/1._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](/source/Viking_FK) won the championship, their seventh title.

## Teams and locations

- *Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.*

Team Ap. Location Stadium 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Viking (C) 22 11 7 4 39 24 +15 29 Qualification for the European Cup first round 2 Bryne 22 10 6 6 25 25 0 26 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round 3 Lillestrøm 22 11 3 8 35 26 +9 25 4 Vålerengen 22 10 4 8 35 21 +14 24 5 Hamarkameratene 22 11 2 9 33 35 −2 24 6 Rosenborg 22 7 9 6 32 29 +3 23 7 Mjøndalen 22 9 5 8 28 32 −4 23 8 Moss 22 6 8 8 27 26 +1 20 9 Start 22 7 6 9 28 32 −4 20 10 Fredrikstad (R) 22 5 8 9 22 31 −9 18 Qualification for the relegation play-offs 11 Sogndal (R) 22 5 6 11 25 33 −8 16 Relegation to Second Division 12 Molde (R) 22 4 8 10 26 41 −15 16

Source: [NIFS](https://www.nifs.no/tabell.php?land=&t=&u=)
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 — 2–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–0 Fredrikstad 1–1 — 0–1 1–2 4–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 Hamarkameratene 0–1 3–4 — 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–4 0–1 5–3 1–4 1–0 Lillestrøm 1–0 4–0 1–0 — 2–1 7–4 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 Mjøndalen 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–4 — 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 Molde 0–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 2–2 — 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 Moss 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 — 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 3–2 Rosenborg 2–1 2–2 3–0 0–2 3–1 0–1 2–1 — 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 Sogndal 3–0 2–2 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–3 — 2–1 0–1 0–1 Start 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 3–0 4–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 — 0–2 0–2 Viking 1–2 2–0 1–2 4–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–3 3–1 — 0–0 Vålerengen 1–2 1–0 4–2 1–1 4–0 1–2 2–0 5–1 5–2 1–1 0–2 —

Source: [nifs.no](https://www.nifs.no/kamper.php?land=1&t=5&u=28) (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**

- Fredrikstad 2–3 Eik

- Steinkjer 1–3 Fredrikstad

- Eik 2–1 Steinkjer

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation 1 Eik (O, P) 2 2 0 0 5 3 +2 4 Promotion to First Division 2 Fredrikstad (R) 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 2 Relegation to Second Division 3 Steinkjer 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0 Remained in Second Division

Source: [rsssf.no](http://www.rsssf.no/1982/First.html)
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

## Season statistics

### Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals 1 Tor Arne Granerud Ham-Kam 11 Trygve Johannessen Viking 3 Svein Mathisen Start 10 Lasse Opseth Sogndal 5 Juhani Himanka Lillestrøm 9 Sverre Brandhaug Rosenborg Bernt Mæland Bryne 8 Pål Jacobsen Vålerengen 8 Geir Henæs Moss Jan Berg Molde

### Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change 1 Rosenborg 87,265 17,500 3,130 7,933 −39.3%† 2 Viking 83,584 14,140 5,140 7,599 −1.7%† 3 Vålerengen 83,503 13,193 4,503 7,591 −25.9%† 4 Moss 47,504 7,816 2,351 4,319 −14.2%† 5 Fredrikstad 45,984 6,640 1,887 4,180 −12.4%† 6 Lillestrøm 43,962 7,536 2,546 3,997 −3.9%† 7 Bryne 42,633 11,000 1,750 3,876 −9.0%† 8 HamKam 40,914 7,097 2,517 3,719 +3.5%† 9 Start 39,398 6,235 1,555 3,582 −13.6%† 10 Molde 34,593 5,100 1,550 3,145 n/a2 11 Mjøndalen 29,717 5,523 1,579 2,702 n/a2 12 Sogndal 23,979 3,320 835 2,180 n/a2 League total 603,036 17,500 835 4,568 −22.3%†

Source: [nifs.no](https://www.nifs.no/tilskuertall.php?land=1&t=5&fra=1982&til=1982&kamper=&sortering=avgt) **Notes:** 2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nifs_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nifs_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-nifs_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-nifs_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-nifs_1-4) ["NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk"](http://www.nifs.no/ligastats.php?h2hskjul1&land=1&t=5&u=1759=visou). *nifs.no* (in Norwegian). [A-pressen](/source/A-pressen). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170317143844/http://www.nifs.no/ligastats.php?h2hskjul1&land=1&t=5&u=1759=visou) from the original on 17 March 2017.

- [Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)](http://www.rsssf.no/stats/LeagueChamps.html)

- [Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk (NIFS)](http://www.nifs.no)

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