1989 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season1989
Dates30 April – 8 October
ChampionsLillestrøm
5th title
RelegatedSogndal
Mjølner
European CupLillestrøm
Cup Winners' CupViking
UEFA CupRosenborg
Matches played132
Goals scored405 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorerJahn Ivar "Mini" Jakobsen
(18 goals)
Biggest home winMolde 7–0 Mjølner[1]
(1 October 1989)
Biggest away winVålerengen 2–8 Rosenborg[1]
(1 October 1989)
Highest scoringVålerengen 2–8 Rosenborg[1]
(1 October 1989)
Highest attendance16,753
Rosenborg 6–2 Mjølner
(16 May 1989)
Lowest attendance554
Mjølner 3–3 Sogndal
(8 October 1989)
Average attendance4,729 Increase 6.9%
← 1988

The 1989 1. divisjon was the 45th completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 30 April 1989, and ended on 8 October 1989.

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 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.

This was the last season the top flight of Norwegian football would be called the 1. divisjon. The following year, the league changed its name to Tippeligaen, from its sponsor, Norsk Tipping.[2]

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location Stadium
Brann 33 Bergen Brann Stadion
Kongsvinger 7 Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion
Lillestrøm 26 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion
Mjølner 2 Narvik Narvik Stadion
Molde 15 Molde Molde Stadion
Moss 15 Moss Melløs Stadion
Rosenborg 26 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion
Sogndal 3 Sogndalsfjøra Fosshaugane
Start 21 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion
Tromsø 4 Tromsø Alfheim Stadion
Vålerengen 34 Oslo Bislett Stadion
Viking 40 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lillestrøm (C) 22 16 4 2 31 13 +18 52 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Rosenborg 22 13 5 4 56 29 +27 44 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Tromsø 22 11 4 7 36 25 +11 37
4 Molde 22 11 4 7 40 32 +8 37
5 Kongsvinger 22 10 4 8 34 25 +9 34
6 Viking 22 9 4 9 36 33 +3 31 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Brann 22 9 3 10 28 31 −3 30
8 Moss 22 7 5 10 35 36 −1 26
9 Start 22 5 8 9 26 34 −8 23
10 Vålerengen (O) 22 7 2 13 29 52 −23 23 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Sogndal (R) 22 4 6 12 31 45 −14 18 Relegation to Second Division
12 Mjølner (R) 22 4 3 15 23 50 −27 15
Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BRA KON LIL FKM MOL MOS ROS SOG IKS TRO VIK VÅL
Brann — 0–1 2–0 4–2 4–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 2–0
Kongsvinger 0–1 — 0–1 1–3 1–0 4–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 5–0
Lillestrøm 1–0 0–0 — 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Mjølner 1–4 1–1 0–2 — 0–1 3–1 0–2 3–3 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–0
Molde 2–1 1–4 0–3 7–0 — 0–3 3–1 4–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 5–0
Moss 4–2 0–2 2–3 2–0 1–1 — 2–4 2–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–2
Rosenborg 4–0 4–1 3–1 6–2 1–1 2–0 — 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–3
Sogndal 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–4 — 3–3 1–1 2–2 3–1
Start 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 — 1–3 1–1 2–2
Tromsø 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 3–0 4–1 — 1–0 4–1
Viking 4–2 6–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 4–3 2–0 1–3 4–2 — 1–0
Vålerengen 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–5 2–8 3–2 2–0 3–1 2–3 —
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Vålerengen, Djerv 1919, and HamKam competed in the play-offs, Vålerengen won and remained in the top division.

Results
  • Match 1: HamKam 2–2 Vålerengen
  • Match 2: Djerv 1919 2–0 HamKam
  • Match 3: Vålerengen 1–0 Djerv 1919
Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vålerengen (O) 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4 Remained in the Tippeligaen
2 Djerv 1919 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3 Remained in the Second Division
3 Ham-Kam 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
Source: rsssf.no
(O) Play-off winners

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Norway Jahn Ivar "Mini" Jakobsen Rosenborg 18
2 Norway Karl Petter Løken Rosenborg 13
3 Norway Jostein Flo Molde 12
4 Norway Stein Berg Johansen Mjølner 11
5 Sweden Kjell Jonevret Viking 10
Republic of Ireland Mike McCabe Tromsø
7 Norway Dag Riisnæs Kongsvinger 9
Norway Frank Strandli Start
9 Norway Petter Belsvik Molde 8
Norway Gøran Sørloth Rosenborg
Norway Atle Torvanger Brann

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Rosenborg 132,713 16,753 5,378 12,065 0.0%†
2 Brann 86,406 12,134 5,274 7,855 −16.9%†
3 Viking 68,134 9,152 3,456 6,194 n/a2
4 Lillestrøm 55,619 12,102 2,170 5,056 +6.5%†
5 Tromsø 54,422 7,355 3,398 4,947 +10.5%†
6 Start 42,639 6,459 1,696 3,876 n/a2
7 Vålerengen 41,340 8,939 2,108 3,758 +2.2%†
8 Molde 38,027 5,380 1,455 3,457 −0.5%†
9 Moss 29,147 4,083 1,928 2,650 −20.7%†
10 Mjønlner 28,856 5,028 554 2,623 n/a2
11 Kongsvinger 27,573 4,057 1,578 2,507 +18.7%†
12 Sogndal 19,404 2,918 1,071 1,764 −29.0%†
League total 624,280 16,753 554 4,729 +6.9%†

Source: nifs.no
Notes:
2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ligastats 1. divisjon 1989". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.
  2. ^ Johansen, Magne (October 26, 1989). "Tippemillionene". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 35.