Øystein Neerland

Øystein Neerland (born 4 February 1964) is a former Norwegian football forward, best known for his time in Molde.

Øystein Neerland
Personal information
Full name Øystein Neerland
Date of birth (1964-02-04) 4 February 1964
Playing position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1993 Molde 120 (34)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

He came to Molde from Skåla in 1987.[1] In the last match of the season on 10 October 1987 against Moss, Jostein Flo and Neerland had several opportunities to score the decisive goal and make Molde win the league,[2] but Moss won the match 2-0 which made Moss champions while Molde had to settle with silver.[3]

Neerland scored one goal when Molde and Viking met in the final of 1989 Norwegian Cup.[4] The final ended 2-2, and it took a replay to decide a winner which Viking won 2-1. Neerland was Molde's top goalscorer with 11 goals in 1991, and when his career in Molde ended in 1993 he had scored 34 goals in 120 matches.[5]

Career statistics
Season Club Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1987 Molde First Division 216??216
1988 First Division 206??206
1989 First Division 174??174
1990 First Division 155??155
1991 Tippeligaen 2211??2211
1992 Tippeligaen 102??102
1993 Tippeligaen 150??150
Career Total 12034??12034

Source:[5]

References
  1. Olaus Brunvoll, Gunnar Hagbø og Atle Brunvoll. "1987 - MFK-historie" (in Norwegian). Molde FK. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  2. Trond Hustad (31 October 2011). "Hundre år. Ett gull. Tusen takk". Romsdals Budstikke (in Norwegian): 2. spissparet Øystein Neerland og Jostein Flo, som bommet på helt usannsynlig store sjanser da Moss snøt Molde for mesterskapet i 1987
  3. Vegard Flemmen Vaagbø (23 May 2011). "«Seriesølvet i 1987 går det ikke an å sette pris". rbnett.no (in Norwegian). Romsdals Budstikke. Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  4. Kåre M. Torgrimsen. "VIKING - MOLDE" (in Norwegian). Viking FK. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  5. Øystein Neerland on Playerhistory.com Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine


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