1987 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season 1987
Dates 2 May–10 October 1987
Champions Moss
1st title
Relegated Ham Kam (qualification)
Mjøndalen
Start
European Cup Moss
UEFA Cup Molde
Cup Winners' Cup Bryne
Matches played 132
Goals scored 343 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer Jan Kristian Fjærestad (18 goals)
Biggest home win Start 6-1 Ham Kam[1]
Biggest away win Mjøndalen 1-4 Bryne[1]
Highest scoring Kongsvinger 3-4 Start[1]
← 1986
1988 →

The 1987 season of the Norwegian First Division (1. divisjon), the highest football (soccer) league in Norway, began on 2 May 1987 and ended on 10 October 1987.

22 rounds were played. 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.

For the first time in the Norwegian top flight, three rather than two points were given for wins. There was also another, more controversial new rule for points: if a match was drawn, two points would be given to the winner of a penalty shootout, and one point to the loser of the shootout. This rule, suggested by Tom A. Schanke and appointed by the Norwegian Football Association in February 1987, was highly controversial and liquidated after the 1987 season.[2] Note that if draws would end as draws with one point to each, as usual, Tromsø IL would have been placed 10th with a possibility of being relegated.

Moss FK, coached by Nils Arne Eggen, won the league for the first and, as of the 2019 season, last time. The victory was not settled until the final round of the league, with Moss beating runners-up Molde FK (who would have grabbed the gold if they defeated Moss) 2-0 at away grounds.

League table

Pos Team P W Dw Dl L F A GD Pts
1Moss221321644301444
2Molde22113262720741
3Kongsvinger22944532221039
4Rosenborg2284733325839
5Bryne221101103227534
6Tromsø2257281931-1231
7Vålerengen2281492627-130
8Brann2273392528-330
9Lillestrøm22732102221129
10Ham Kam22732102734-729
11Mjøndalen22623112634-825
12Start22623113044-1425

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Qualified for the European Cup
Qualified for the UEFA Cup
Qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Relegation Playoff
Relegated to the Second Division

Top goalscorers

Promotion and relegation

Table

PWDLFAGDPts
1Djerv 191922004046
2Lyn201112-11
3Hamarkameratene201114-31

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ligastats 1. divisjon 1987". nifs.no. A-pressen.
  2. ↑ Lote, Arve (2 March 2012). "Aldri har det vært mer nettsus i Norge". Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 3 March 2012.
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