1982 Norwegian First Division

38th season of top-tier football league in Norway

Football league season

1\. divisjonSeason| 1982

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Dates| 25 April – 10 October
Champions| Viking
7th title
Relegated| Fredrikstad
Sogndal
Molde
European Cup| Viking
UEFA Cup| Bryne
Matches played| 132
Goals scored| 355 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer| Tor Arne Granerud
Trygve Johannessen
(11 goals)
Biggest home win| Vålerengen 5–1 Rosenborg[1]
(13 June 1982)
Lillestrøm 4–0 Fredrikstad[1]
(29 August 1982)
Vålerengen 4–0 Mjøndalen[1]
(5 September 1982)
Biggest away win| HamKam 0–4 Rosenborg[1]
(27 June 1982)
Highest scoring| Lillestrøm 7–4 Molde[1]
(8 August 1982)
Longest winning run| Lillestrøm
Vålerengen
(4 games)
Longest unbeaten run| Viking
(9 games)
Longest winless run| Start
(10 games)
Longest losing run| Lillestrøm
Vålerengen
(4 games)
Highest attendance| 21,201
Rosenborg 1–1 Start
(16 May 1982)
Lowest attendance| 835
Sogndal 0–0 Mjøndalen
(10 October 1982)
Average attendance| 4,568  22.3%

← 1981

1983 →

The 1982 1\. divisjon was the 38th completed season of top division football in Norway.

## Overview

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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 2\. divisjon were promoted, as well as the winner of a series of play-off matches between number ten in the First Division and the two second-placed teams in the two groups of the 2. divisjon.

Viking won the championship, their seventh title.

## Teams and locations

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Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team  |  Ap.  | Location  | Stadium

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Bryne | 7 | Bryne | Bryne Stadion
Fredrikstad | 33 | Fredrikstad | Fredrikstad Stadion
Hamarkameratene | 11 | Hamar | Briskeby
Lillestrøm | 19 | Lillestrøm | Åråsen Stadion
Mjøndalen | 13 | Mjøndalen | Nedre Eiker Stadion
Molde | 9 | Molde | Molde Stadion
Moss | 9 | Moss | Melløs Stadion
Rosenborg | 19 | Trondheim | Lerkendal Stadion
Sogndal | 1 | Sogndal | Fosshaugane
Start | 15 | Kristiansand | Kristiansand Stadion
Vålerengen | 27 | Oslo | Bislett Stadion
Viking | 35 | Stavanger | Stavanger Stadion

## League table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | Viking (C) | 22  | 11  | 7  | 4  | 39  | 24  | +15  | 29  | Qualification for the European Cup first round
2  | Bryne | 22  | 10  | 6  | 6  | 25  | 25  | 0  | 26  | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3  | Lillestrøm | 22  | 11  | 3  | 8  | 35  | 26  | +9  | 25  |
4  | Vålerengen | 22  | 10  | 4  | 8  | 35  | 21  | +14  | 24
5  | Hamarkameratene | 22  | 11  | 2  | 9  | 33  | 35  | −2  | 24
6  | Rosenborg | 22  | 7  | 9  | 6  | 32  | 29  | +3  | 23
7  | Mjøndalen | 22  | 9  | 5  | 8  | 28  | 32  | −4  | 23
8  | Moss | 22  | 6  | 8  | 8  | 27  | 26  | +1  | 20
9  | Start | 22  | 7  | 6  | 9  | 28  | 32  | −4  | 20
10  | Fredrikstad (R) | 22  | 5  | 8  | 9  | 22  | 31  | −9  | 18  | Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11  | Sogndal (R) | 22  | 5  | 6  | 11  | 25  | 33  | −8  | 16  | Relegation to Second Division
12  | Molde (R) | 22  | 4  | 8  | 10  | 26  | 41  | −15  | 16

Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

## Results

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Home \ Away  | BRY | FRE | HAM | LIL | MIF | MOL | MOS | ROS | SOG | IKS | VIK | VÅL

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Bryne | -- | 2–0  | 1–3  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 3–2  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 3–3  | 1–1  | 1–0
Fredrikstad | 1–1  | -- | 0–1  | 1–2  | 4–2  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 0–2
Hamarkameratene | 0–1  | 3–4  | -- | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 0–4  | 0–1  | 5–3  | 1–4  | 1–0
Lillestrøm | 1–0  | 4–0  | 1–0  | -- | 2–1  | 7–4  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 0–2
Mjøndalen | 3–0  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 2–4  | -- | 4–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 0–2  | 2–1  | 1–0
Molde | 0–1  | 0–0  | 1–3  | 2–1  | 2–2  | -- | 1–0  | 1–1 | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–3  | 1–1
Moss | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 4–1  | -- | 2–2  | 2–1  | 3–1  | 0–1  | 3–2
Rosenborg | 2–1  | 2–2  | 3–0  | 0–2  | 3–1  | 0–1 | 2–1  | -- | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–0
Sogndal | 3–0  | 2–2  | 1–2  | 0–3  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 3–3  | -- | 2–1  | 0–1  | 0–1
Start | 2–1  | 1–0  | 1–3  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 4–2  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 1–0  | -- | 0–2  | 0–2
Viking | 1–2  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 4–1  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 3–3  | 3–1  | -- | 0–0
Vålerengen | 1–2  | 1–0  | 4–2  | 1–1 | 4–0  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 5–1  | 5–2  | 1–1  | 0–2  | --

Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Relegation play-offs

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The qualification play-off matches were contested between Fredrikstad (10th in the 1. divisjon), Eik (2nd in the 2. divisjon - Group A), and Steinkjer (2nd in the 2. divisjon - Group B). Eik won both their games and were promoted to the 1. divisjon.

Results

* Fredrikstad 2–3 Eik
* Steinkjer 1–3 Fredrikstad
* Eik 2–1 Steinkjer

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation

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1  | Eik (O, P) | 2  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 5  | 3  | +2  | 4  | Promotion to First Division
2  | Fredrikstad (R) | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 5  | 4  | +1  | 2  | Relegation to Second Division
3  | Steinkjer | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 5  | −3  | 0  | Remained in Second Division

Source: rsssf.no
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

## Season statistics

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### Top scorers

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Tor Arne Granerud | Ham-Kam | 11
Trygve Johannessen | Viking
3  |  Svein Mathisen | Start | 10
Lasse Opseth | Sogndal
5  |  Juhani Himanka | Lillestrøm | 9
Sverre Brandhaug | Rosenborg
Bernt Mæland | Bryne
8  |  Pål Jacobsen | Vålerengen | 8
Geir Henæs | Moss
Jan Berg | Molde

### Attendances

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Pos  | Team  | Total | High | Low | Average | Change

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1  | Rosenborg | 87,265  | 17,500  | 3,130  | 7,933 | −39.3%†
2  | Viking | 83,584  | 14,140  | 5,140  | 7,599 | −1.7%†
3  | Vålerengen | 83,503  | 13,193  | 4,503  | 7,591 | −25.9%†
4  | Moss | 47,504  | 7,816  | 2,351  | 4,319 | −14.2%†
5  | Fredrikstad | 45,984  | 6,640  | 1,887  | 4,180 | −12.4%†
6  | Lillestrøm | 43,962  | 7,536  | 2,546  | 3,997 | −3.9%†
7  | Bryne | 42,633  | 11,000  | 1,750  | 3,876 | −9.0%†
8  | HamKam | 40,914  | 7,097  | 2,517  | 3,719 | +3.5%†
9  | Start | 39,398  | 6,235  | 1,555  | 3,582 | −13.6%†
10  | Molde | 34,593  | 5,100  | 1,550  | 3,145  | n/a2
11  | Mjøndalen | 29,717  | 5,523  | 1,579  | 2,702  | n/a2
12  | Sogndal | 23,979  | 3,320  | 835  | 2,180  | n/a2
| League total  | 603,036  | 17,500  | 835  | 4,568 | −22.3%†

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

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen. Archived from the original on 17 March 2017.

* Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)
* Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk (NIFS)

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