# 1985 Norwegian First Division

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41st season of top-tier football league in Norway

Football league season

1. divisjon Season 1985 Dates 27 April – 13 October Champions Rosenborg 4th title Relegated Moss Brann Eik European Cup Rosenborg UEFA Cup Vålerengen Cup Winners' Cup Lillestrøm Matches 132 Goals 396 (3 per match) Top goalscorer Jørn Andersen (23 goals) Biggest home win Lillestrøm 5–2 Eik[1] (16 May 1985) Biggest away win Start 0–7 Vålerengen[1] (19 May 1985) Highest scoring Moss 6–2 Molde[1] (30 June 1985) Highest attendance 28,569[2] Rosenborg 1–0 Lillestrøm (12 October 1985) Lowest attendance 835 Eik 1–0 Bryne (16 October 1985) Average attendance 4,403 2.2% ← 1984 1986 → All statistics correct as of end of the 1985 season.

The **1985 1. divisjon** was the 41st completed season of top division [football](/source/Association_football) in [Norway](/source/Norway). The season began on 27 April 1985 and ended on 13 October 1985.

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

[Rosenborg BK](/source/Rosenborg_BK) won the league after defeating league leader [Lillestrøm S.K.](/source/Lillestr%C3%B8m_S.K.) 1–0 in the 22nd and final round. The game was attended by 28,569 spectators,[2] which is, as of 2019, still a league record attendance for a single game in the Norwegian top flight.

## Teams and locations

- *Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.*

Team Ap. Location Stadium Brann 30 Bergen Brann Stadion Bryne 10 Bryne Bryne Stadion Eik 8 Tønsberg Tønsberg Gressbane Kongsvinger 3 Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion Lillestrøm 22 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion Mjøndalen 15 Mjøndalen Nedre Eiker Stadion Molde 11 Molde Molde Stadion Moss 12 Moss Melløs Stadion Rosenborg 22 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion Start 18 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion Vålerengen 30 Oslo Bislett Stadion Viking 38 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

## League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Rosenborg (C) 22 15 3 4 43 22 +21 33 Qualification for the European Cup first round 2 Lillestrøm 22 12 8 2 39 11 +28 32 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round 3 Vålerengen 22 9 6 7 44 31 +13 24 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round 4 Kongsvinger 22 9 6 7 33 34 −1 24 5 Mjøndalen 22 9 4 9 40 31 +9 22 6 Start 22 9 3 10 40 44 −4 21 7 Viking 22 8 5 9 28 36 −8 21 8 Molde 22 7 7 8 25 33 −8 21 9 Bryne 22 6 8 8 34 29 +5 20 10 Moss (R) 22 7 5 10 29 34 −5 19 Qualification for the relegation play-offs 11 Brann (R) 22 8 3 11 26 34 −8 19 Relegation to Second Division 12 Eik (R) 22 2 4 16 15 57 −42 8

Source: [nifs.no](https://www.nifs.no/tabell.php?land=1&t=5&u=25)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

## Results

Home \ Away BRA BRY EIK KON LIL MIF MOL MOS ROS IKS VIK VÅL Brann — 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–4 4–1 3–0 Bryne 0–1 — 6–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 Eik 1–2 1–0 — 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–4 0–3 4–0 1–1 Kongsvinger 0–0 2–3 3–1 — 0–0 0–5 2–1 2–3 2–0 6–0 3–1 2–1 Lillestrøm 1–0 1–1 8–0 1–1 — 6–1 0–0 0–2 3–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 Mjøndalen 3–3 1–2 2–1 5–1 0–1 — 0–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 3–0 0–1 Molde 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 3–2 — 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 Moss 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 0–2 6–2 — 2–3 1–0 1–1 3–2 Rosenborg 4–0 3–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 — 1–0 1–2 1–2 Start 3–2 3–2 6–1 5–1 0–2 0–3 3–1 3–0 1–2 — 3–2 0–7 Viking 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 0–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 — 1–0 Vålerengen 6–0 4–2 3–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–2 5–1 2–2 4–3 2–2 —

Source: [nifs.no](https://www.nifs.no/kamper.php?land=1&t=5&u=25) (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Relegation play-offs

The qualification matches were contested between [Moss](/source/Moss_FK) (10th in the 1. divisjon), [Sogndal](/source/Sogndal_Fotball) (2nd in the 2. divisjon - Group A), and [Tromsø](/source/Troms%C3%B8_IL) (2nd in the 2. divisjon - Group B). Tromsø won and was promoted to the 1. divisjon.

**Results**

- [Tromsø](/source/Troms%C3%B8_IL) - [Sogndal](/source/Sogndal_Fotball) 1–0

- [Sogndal](/source/Sogndal_Fotball) - [Moss](/source/Moss_FK) 0–2

- [Moss](/source/Moss_FK) - [Tromsø](/source/Troms%C3%B8_IL) 0–1

**Table**

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

Source: [rsssf.no](http://www.rsssf.no/1985/First.html)
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

## Season statistics

### Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals 1 Jørn Andersen Vålerengen 23 2 Odd Johnsen Mjøndalen 18 3 Cato Holtet Kongsvinger 14 4 Trygve Johannessen Brann 11 Arve Seland Start Joar Vaadal Lillestrøm 7 Sverre Brandhaug Rosenborg 10 Paul Folkvord Bryne Gøran Sørloth Rosenborg 10 Tom Sundby Lillestrøm 9 11 Kjetil Sagen Kongsvinger 8 12 Nils Ove Hellvik Viking 7 Geir Henæs Moss Sten Glenn Håberg Start Vidar Sanderud Kongsvinger

### Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change 1 Rosenborg 113,554 28,569 5,925 10,323 +40.0%† 2 Brann 96,806 13,305 5,582 8,801 n/a2 3 Viking 67,719 13,541 3,326 6,156 +11.7%† 4 Lillestrøm 53,091 8,364 2,216 4,826 +19.6%† 5 Vålerengen 49,070 8,293 2,207 4,461 −18.7%† 6 Bryne 39,758 8,670 2,271 3,614 +4.8%† 7 Moss 33,251 5,252 1,670 3,023 −16.4%† 8 Kongsvinger 31,361 4,063 1,879 2,851 −0.2%† 9 Start 30,331 3,920 1,651 2,757 −27.4%† 10 Molde 29,850 3,550 1,580 2,714 −18.9%† 11 Mjøndalen 26,035 3,352 1,264 2,367 n/a2 12 Eik 22,112 3,418 835 2,010 −46.0%† League total 592,938 28,569 835 4,492 +4.2%†

Source: [nifs.no](https://www.nifs.no/tilskuertall.php?land=1&t=5&fra=1985&til=1985&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) ["Ligastats 1. divisjon 1985"](http://www.nifs.no/ligastats.php?h2hskjul=1&land=1&r=5&u=1759&visou=). *nifs.no* (in Norwegian). [A-pressen](/source/A-pressen).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-high_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-high_2-1) ["Tilskuertall"](https://www.nifs.no/kampfakta.php?kamp_id=4051&land=1&t=5&u=25&lag1=5&lag2=12). *Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk* (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 June 2019.

## External links

- [League table](https://web.archive.org/web/20110520090324/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/index.jsp?stats=true&type=seasontable&seasonId=141)

- [Fixtures](https://web.archive.org/web/20110520090531/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/index.jsp?stats=true&type=fixturelist&seasonId=141)

- [Goalscorers](https://web.archive.org/web/20110520090551/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/index.jsp?stats=true&type=histSeasonGoals&leagueId=1&year=1985)

- *Oppslagsbok om norsk fotball*. Wagner & Flust Forlag. 2000. p. 255. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [82-92228-00-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/82-92228-00-4).

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