# 1988 Norwegian First Division

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44th season of top-tier football league in Norway

Football league season

1. divisjon Season 1988 Dates 1 May – 9 October Champions Rosenborg 6th title Relegated Bryne Strømmen Djerv 1919 European Cup Rosenborg Cup Winners’ Cup Brann UEFA Cup Lillestrøm Matches 132 Goals 338 (2.56 per match) Top goalscorer Jan Åge Fjørtoft (14 goals) Biggest home win Rosenborg 8–0 Djerv 1919[1] (3 July 1988) Biggest away win Djerv 1919 1–6 Rosenborg[1] (2 October 1988) Highest scoring Lillestrøm 8–1 Djerv 1919[1] (24 September 1988) Highest attendance 22,411 Rosenborg 3–0 Vålerengen (16 May 1988) Lowest attendance 431 Strømmen 2–1 Sogndal (2 October 1988) Average attendance 4,422 25.0% ← 1987 1989 →

The **1988 1. divisjon** was the 44th completed season of top division [football](/source/Association_football) in [Norway](/source/Norway). The season began on 1 May 1988 and ended on 9 October 1988.

22 games were played with 3 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](/source/Rosenborg_BK) won their 6th title.

## Teams and locations

- *Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.*

Team Ap. Location Stadium Brann 32 Bergen Brann Stadion Bryne 13 Bryne Bryne Stadion Djerv 1919 3 Haugesund Haugesund Stadion Kongsvinger 6 Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion Lillestrøm 25 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion Molde 14 Molde Molde Stadion Moss 14 Moss Melløs Stadion Rosenborg 25 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion Sogndal 2 Sogndalsfjøra Fosshaugane Strømmen 13 Strømmen Strømmen Stadion Tromsø 3 Tromsø Alfheim Stadion Vålerengen 33 Oslo Bislett Stadion

## League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Rosenborg (C) 22 14 5 3 54 23 +31 47 Qualification for the European Cup first round 2 Lillestrøm 22 11 7 4 38 18 +20 40 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round 3 Molde 22 10 9 3 35 18 +17 39 4 Moss 22 11 4 7 30 19 +11 37 5 Tromsø 22 9 6 7 27 22 +5 33 6 Sogndal 22 8 7 7 27 27 0 31 7 Vålerengen 22 8 6 8 26 32 −6 30 8 Kongsvinger 22 7 7 8 23 23 0 28 9 Brann 22 7 4 11 16 30 −14 25 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round 10 Bryne (R) 22 5 6 11 29 33 −4 21 Qualification for the relegation play-offs 11 Strømmen (R) 22 4 5 13 16 34 −18 17 Relegation to Second Division 12 Djerv 1919 (R) 22 3 4 15 17 59 −42 13

Source: [nifs.no](https://www.nifs.no/tabell.php?land=1&t=5&u=22)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

## Results

Home \ Away BRA BRY DJE KON LIL MOL MOS ROS SOG SØM TRO VÅL Brann — 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–4 0–0 0–4 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 Bryne 0–2 — 5–2 0–0 2–3 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 6–1 Djerv 1919 0–1 1–1 — 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–6 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 Kongsvinger 1–0 1–0 6–0 — 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 Lillestrøm 4–1 1–1 8–1 2–1 — 0–1 3–1 4–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 Molde 2–0 6–2 1–0 4–1 0–0 — 1–1 2–4 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 Moss 2–1 1–1 0–1 6–0 1–1 0–2 — 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 Rosenborg 1–1 2–1 8–0 1–0 1–1 4–2 2–1 — 3–2 3–1 1–2 3–0 Sogndal 2–0 3–2 4–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–4 0–0 — 1–0 2–1 0–1 Strømmen 2–0 0–3 5–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 2–1 — 1–1 2–5 Tromsø 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 — 2–2 Vålerengen 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–3 —

Source: [nifs.no](https://www.nifs.no/kamper.php?land=1&t=5&u=22) (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Relegation play-offs

[Bryne](/source/Bryne_FK), [Start](/source/IK_Start), and [Ham-Kam](/source/Hamarkameratene) competed in the play-offs. Start won and Bryne were relegated to 2. divisjon.

**Results**

- Match 1: Bryne 1–3 Start

- Match 2: HamKam 2–1 Bryne

- Match 3: Start 2–1 HamKam

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Start (O, P) 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6 Promotion to First Division 2 HamKam 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 3 Bryne (R) 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0 Relegation to Second Division

Source: [rsssf.no](http://www.rsssf.no/1988/First.html)
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

## Season statistics

### Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals 1 Jan Åge Fjørtoft Lillestrøm 14 2 Sverre Brandhaug Rosenborg 10 Jan Kristian Fjærestad Moss Jostein Flo Molde Stig Norheim Bryne Lasse Opseth Sogndal Kjetil Rekdal Molde Gøran Sørloth Rosenborg 9 Eivind Arnevåg Vålerengen 9 10 Dag Arnesen Kongsvinger 8 Jahn Ivar "Mini" Jakobsen Rosenborg

### Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change 1 Rosenborg 132,769 22,411 5,770 12,070 +131.5%† 2 Brann 103,963 13,567 6,438 9,451 +14.4%† 3 Lillestrøm 52,225 8,128 1,272 4,748 +46.3%† 4 Tromsø 49,235 6,048 1,617 4,476 +32.0%† 5 Vålerengen 40,446 9,898 1,001 3,677 +44.4%† 6 Molde 38,202 6,520 1,422 3,473 −21.6%† 7 Moss 36,753 4,901 1,749 3,341 +15.6%† 8 Djerv 1919 31,844 4,826 940 2,895 n/a2 9 Bryne 28,755 4,420 1,388 2,614 −10.6%† 10 Sogndal 27,337 6,289 584 2,485 n/a2 11 Kongsvinger 23,232 4,309 881 2,112 −9.6%† 12 Strømmen 18,951 5,034 431 1,723 n/a2 League total 583,712 22,411 431 4,422 +25.0%†

Source: [nifs.no](https://www.nifs.no/tilskuertall.php?land=1&t=5&fra=1988&til=1988&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 1988"](http://www.nifs.no/ligastats.php?h2hskjul=1&land=1&t=5&u=1759&visou=). *nifs.no* (in Norwegian). [A-pressen](/source/A-pressen).

- [League table](https://web.archive.org/web/20110520085312/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/index.jsp?stats=true&type=seasontable&seasonId=144)

- [Fixtures](https://web.archive.org/web/20110520085637/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/index.jsp?stats=true&type=fixturelist&seasonId=144)

- [Goalscorers](https://web.archive.org/web/20110520085838/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/index.jsp?stats=true&type=histSeasonGoals&leagueId=1&year=1988)

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