# 1986 Norwegian First Division

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42nd season of top-tier football league in Norway

Football league season

1. divisjon Season 1986 Dates 27 April – 19 October Champions Lillestrøm 4th title Relegated Viking Strømmen European Cup Lillestrøm UEFA Cup Mjøndalen Cup Winners' Cup Tromsø Matches 132 Goals 352 (2.67 per match) Top goalscorer Arve Seland (12 goals) Biggest home win Mjøndalen 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 scoring Viking 6–4 Ham-Kam[1] (7 September 1986) Highest attendance 28,569 Rosenborg 3–2 Tromsø (16 May 1986) Lowest attendance 202 Strømmen 1–2 Mjøndalen (19 October 1986) Average attendance 3,261 24.3% ← 1985 1987 →

The **1986 1. divisjon** was the 42nd completed season of top division [football](/source/Association_football) in [Norway](/source/Norway). The season 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 [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.

[Lillestrøm SK](/source/Lillestr%C3%B8m_SK) won the league, after a slow start but later 11 consecutive wins. It was Lillestrøm's fourth title. [Viking](/source/Viking_FK) and [Strømmen](/source/Str%C3%B8mmen_IF) 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. Location Stadium 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Lillestrøm (C) 22 16 1 5 40 17 +23 33 Qualification for the European Cup first round 2 Mjøndalen 22 11 5 6 36 25 +11 27 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round 3 Kongsvinger 22 11 5 6 27 27 0 27 4 Start 22 9 6 7 31 22 +9 24 5 HamKam 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 Tromsø[a] (O) 22 6 6 10 23 32 −9 18 Cup Winners' Cup first round and relegation play-offs 11 Viking (R) 22 5 7 10 23 33 −10 17 Relegation to Second Division 12 Strømmen (R) 22 2 4 16 23 46 −23 8

Source: [nifs.no](https://www.nifs.no/tabell.php?land=1&t=5&u=24)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. **[^](#cite_ref-table_note_TIL0.36873290146176_3-0)** Tromsø qualified for the [UEFA Cup Winners' Cup](/source/European_Cup_Winners'_Cup_1987-88) as [Norwegian Cup winners](/source/1986_Norwegian_Football_Cup).

## Results

Home \ Away BRY HAM KON LIL MIF MOL ROS IKS SØM TRO VIK VÅL Bryne — 0–2 4–1 0–2 0–1 1–3 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 HamKam 2–0 — 2–1 2–3 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–5 Kongsvinger 1–0 2–1 — 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 Lillestrøm 3–0 0–2 4–1 — 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 Mjøndalen 4–2 0–0 4–0 2–0 — 2–0 0–2 3–4 3–1 2–0 0–1 4–1 Molde 1–3 2–2 0–2 0–1 2–2 — 1–0 0–4 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–2 Rosenborg 3–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 3–0 1–1 — 1–0 3–0 3–2 4–1 1–2 Start 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 — 2–1 6–2 2–2 1–2 Strømmen 3–4 0–1 4–1 1–2 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 — 1–2 0–0 1–3 Tromsø 0–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 — 2–0 1–1 Viking 1–2 6–4 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 4–0 1–0 — 1–0 Vålerengen 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–3 3–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 —

Source: [nifs.no](https://www.nifs.no/kamper.php?land=1&t=5&u=24) (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Relegation play-offs

The qualification matches were contested between [Tromsø](/source/Troms%C3%B8_IL) (10th in the 1. divisjon), [Drøbak/Frogn](/source/Dr%C3%B8bak%2FFrogn_IL) (2nd in the 2. divisjon - Group A), and [Vidar](/source/FK_Vidar) (2nd in the 2. divisjon - Group B). Tromsø won and remained in the 1. divisjon.

**Results**

- [Drøbak/Frogn](/source/Dr%C3%B8bak%2FFrogn_IL) – [Vidar](/source/FK_Vidar) 1–2

- [Tromsø](/source/Troms%C3%B8_IL) – [Drøbak/Frogn](/source/Dr%C3%B8bak%2FFrogn_IL) 2–0

- [Vidar](/source/FK_Vidar) – [Tromsø](/source/Troms%C3%B8_IL) 0–1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation 1 Tromsø (O) 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 4 Remained in the First Division 2 Vidar 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 Remained in the Second Division 3 Drøbak/Frogn 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0

Source: [rsssf.no](http://www.rsssf.no/1986/First.html)
(O) Play-off winners

## Season statistics

### Top scorers

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

### Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change 1 Rosenborg 71,818 19,325 2,593 6,529 −36.8%† 2 Viking 47,732 11,300 1,932 4,339 −29.5%† 3 Lillestrøm 42,806 5,896 1,112 3,891 −19.4%† 4 Tromsø 36,589 6,118 756 3,326 n/a2 5 HamKam 34,821 5,038 1,244 3,166 n/a2 6 Bryne 34,600 5,025 1,891 3,145 −13.0%† 7 Start 30,240 6,335 1,101 3,024 n/a2 8 Vålerengen 32,747 6,284 919 2,977 −33.3%† 9 Molde 29,719 5,350 1,350 2,702 −0.4%† 10 Kongsvinger 25,360 4,532 1,381 2,305 −19.2%† 11 Mjøndalen 22,972 3,717 749 2,088 −11.8%† 12 Strømmen 14,476 4,061 202 1,448 n/a2 League total 423,880 19,325 202 3,261 −24.3%†

Source: [nifs.no](https://www.nifs.no/tilskuertall.php?land=1&t=5&fra=1986&til=1986&kamper=&sortering=avgt) **Notes:** 2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.

## Notes

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) ["Ligastats 1. divisjon 1986"](http://www.nifs.no/ligastats.php?h2hskjul=1&land=1&t=5&u=1759&visou=). *nifs.no* (in Norwegian). [A-pressen](/source/A-pressen).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *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).

## References

- [League table](https://web.archive.org/web/20110520090200/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/index.jsp?stats=true&type=seasontable&seasonId=142)

- [Fixtures](https://web.archive.org/web/20110520090226/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/index.jsp?stats=true&type=fixturelist&seasonId=142)

- [Goalscorers](https://web.archive.org/web/20110520090249/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/index.jsp?stats=true&type=histSeasonGoals&leagueId=1&year=1986)

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