1986 Norwegian First Division

The 1986 season of the Norwegian First Division (1. divisjon), the highest football (soccer) 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. The league had low attendances that year.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Lillestrøm	22	16	1	5	40	17	+23	33
2	Mjøndalen	22	11	5	6	36	25	+9	27
3	Kongsvinger	22	11	5	6	27	27	0	27
4	Start	22	9	6	7	31	22	+9	24
5	Hamarkameratene	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	Tromsø¹	22	6	6	10	23	32	-9	18
11	Viking	22	5	7	10	23	33	-10	17
12	Strømmen	22	2	4	16	23	46	-23	8

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

¹Also qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

	Qualified for the European Cup
	Qualified for the UEFA Cup
	Relegation Playoff
	Relegated to the Second Division

Top goalscorers

12 goals:
- Arve Seland, Start
11 goals:
- Freddy Ørbeck, Mjøndalen
10 goals:
- Arne Larsen Økland, Bryne
9 goals:
- Sten Glenn Håberg, Lillestrøm
- Odd Johnsen, Mjøndalen
- Paul Folkvord, Bryne
8 goals:
- Paal Fredheim, Vålerengen
7 goals:

Promotion and relegation

Viking FK and Strømmen IF were relegated to the Second Division
Moss FK and SK Brann were promoted from the Second Division
The qualification matches were contested between Tromsø (10th in the First Division), Drøbak/Frogn (2nd in the Second Division - Group A), and Vidar (2nd in the Second Division - Group B). Tromsø won and remained in the First Division.
Drøbak/Frogn - Vidar 1–2
Tromsø - Drøbak/Frogn 2–0
Vidar - Tromsø 0–1

Table

		P	W	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Tromsø	2	2	0	3	0	+3	4
2	Vidar	2	1	1	2	2	0	2
3	Drøbak/Frogn	2	0	2	1	4	-3	0

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Notes

↑ Oppslagsbok om norsk fotball. Wagner & Flust Forlag. 2000. p. 255. ISBN 82-92228-00-4.

References

Top division football seasons in Norway

Norgesserien	1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1947–48

Hovedserien	1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62

1. divisjon	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

Tippeligaen	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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