1986 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season 1986
Champions Lillestrøm
4th title
Relegated Viking
Strømmen
European Cup Lillestrøm
UEFA Cup Mjøndalen
Cup Winners' Cup Tromsø
Matches played 132
Goals scored 352 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer Arve Seland (12 goals)
Biggest home win Start 6-2 Tromsø[1]
Biggest away win Molde 0-4 Start[1]
Highest scoring Viking 6-4 Ham-Kam[1]
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1987 →

The 1986 season of the Norwegian First Division (1. divisjon), the highest association football league in Norway, 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 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.

Lillestrøm SK won the league, after a slow start but later 11 wins in a row. It was Lillestrøm's fourth title. Viking and Strømmen were relegated to the Second Division. The league had low attendances this year.[2]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lillestrøm 22 16 1 5 40 17 +23 33 Qualified for the European Cup
2 Mjøndalen 22 11 5 6 36 25 +11 27 Qualified for the UEFA Cup
3 Kongsvinger 22 11 5 6 27 27 0 27
4 Start 22 9 6 7 31 22 +9 24
5 Ham Kam 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[lower-alpha 1] 22 6 6 10 23 32 −9 18 Relegation Playoff
11 Viking 22 5 7 10 23 33 −10 17 Relegated to the Second Division
12 Strømmen 22 2 4 16 23 46 −23 8
Source:
Notes:
  1. ↑ Also qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Top goalscorers

Promotion and relegation

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Tromsø 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 4
2 Vidar 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 2
3 Drøbak/Frogn 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source:

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Ligastats 1. divisjon 1986". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.
  2. ↑ Oppslagsbok om norsk fotball. Wagner & Flust Forlag. 2000. p. 255. ISBN 82-92228-00-4.

References

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