1. divisjon
Season1980
Dates27 April – 19 October
ChampionsStart
2nd title
RelegatedMolde
Skeid
Bodø/Glimt
European CupStart
Cup Winners' CupVålerengen
UEFA CupBryne
Matches played132
Goals scored392 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorerArne Dokken (14 goals)
Biggest home winBryne 7–0 Bodø/Glimt
(5 October 1980)
Biggest away winLyn 1–6 Viking
(28 August 1980)
Highest scoringLillestrøm 6–4 Lyn
(27 April 1980)
Longest winning runViking
(5 games)
Longest unbeaten runBryne
Viking
(6 games)
Longest winless runMolde
Skeid
(7 games)
Longest losing runBodø/Glimt
(5 games)
Highest attendance17,400
Rosenborg 2–0 Vålerengen
(15 May 1980)
Lowest attendance774
Lyn 2–1 Molde
(29 June 1980)
Average attendance5,085 Decrease 18.5%
← 1979
1981 →

The 1980 1. divisjon was the 36th completed season of top division football in Norway.

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and IK Start won the championship, their second title.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location Stadium
Bodø/Glimt 4 Bodø Aspmyra Stadion
Bryne 5 Bryne Bryne Stadion
Fredrikstad 31 Fredrikstad Fredrikstad Stadion
Lillestrøm 17 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion
Lyn 22 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion
Molde 8 Molde Molde Stadion
Moss 7 Moss Melløs Stadion
Rosenborg 17 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion
Skeid 31 Oslo
Start 13 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion
Vålerengen 25 Oslo Bislett Stadion
Viking 33 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Start (C) 22 13 3 6 52 26 +26 29 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Bryne 22 12 5 5 44 22 +22 29 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Lillestrøm 22 10 7 5 36 25 +11 27
4 Viking 22 10 5 7 34 27 +7 25
5 Rosenborg 22 9 5 8 42 36 +6 23
6 Moss 22 8 7 7 33 27 +6 23
7 Fredrikstad 22 9 5 8 35 39 −4 23
8 Vålerengen 22 6 8 8 26 26 0 20 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
9 Lyn 22 8 3 11 26 43 −17 19
10 Molde (R) 22 6 6 10 30 39 −9 18 Relegation to Second Division
11 Skeid (R) 22 4 8 10 21 39 −18 16
12 Bodø/Glimt (R) 22 5 2 15 13 43 −30 12
Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away B/G BRY FRE LIL LYN MOL MOS ROS SKE IKS VIK VÅL
Bodø/Glimt — 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–0
Bryne 7–0 — 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 4–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–0
Fredrikstad 1–1 0–4 — 1–0 0–2 5–2 3–3 2–3 0–2 1–3 1–0 2–2
Lillestrøm 3–0 1–0 1–2 — 6–4 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 4–0 1–0
Lyn 1–2 0–2 2–1 2–1 — 2–1 2–1 3–4 1–1 0–2 1–6 1–0
Molde 3–4 2–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 — 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–4 3–1
Moss 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 — 2–0 4–0 0–2 2–3 1–0
Rosenborg 2–0 3–3 6–2 1–1 4–0 2–5 0–2 — 4–1 0–0 0–1 2–0
Skeid 1–0 3–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 — 0–4 1–3 1–1
Start 6–0 1–1 3–4 1–2 5–0 0–1 2–1 4–3 3–1 — 6–1 3–1
Viking 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 — 1–2
Vålerengen 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 —
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Norway Arne Dokken Lillestrøm 14
2 Norway Stein Kollshaugen Moss 13
3 Norway Steinar Aase Start 11
Norway Viggo Sundmoen Rosenborg
Norway Svein Mathisen Start
6 Norway Morten Haugen Vålerengen 9
Norway Preben Jørgensen Start
Norway Steinar Bærøe Mathisen Fredrikstad
Norway Gabriel Høyland Bryne
Norway Reidar Lund Fredrikstad

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Rosenborg 105,036 17,400 5,700 9,549 +3.2%†
2 Viking 93,619 16,758 6,290 8,511 −7.8%†
3 Vålerengen 71,948 10,210 2,130 6,541 −11.6%†
4 Start 61,502 11,288 3,228 5,591 −11.3%†
5 Bryne 57,194 13,621 2,521 5,199 +12.0%†
6 Moss 56,708 9,185 3,736 5,155 −11.4%†
7 Fredrikstad 55,569 8,506 3,260 5,052 n/a2
8 Lillestrøm 47,359 5,536 2,083 4,305 −17.8%†
9 Bodø/Glimt 40,457 5,354 2,002 3,678 −26.0%†
10 Molde 34,158 5,480 1,592 3,105 n/a2
11 Skeid 28,619 6,596 1,187 2,602 −41.1%†
12 Lyn 19,007 2,969 774 1,728 n/a2
League total 671,176 17,400 774 5,085 −18.5%†

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

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