1979 Norwegian First Division

The 1999 1. divisjon was the 35th completed season of top division football in Norway.

1. divisjon
Season1979
ChampionsViking
6th title
RelegatedHamarkameratene
Mjøndalen
Brann
European CupViking
UEFA CupMoss
Matches played132
Goals scored352 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorerOdd Iversen
(16 goals)
Biggest home winHamKam 6–1 Mjøndalen
(11 June 1979)
Biggest away winSkeid 0–4 Start
(13 May 1979)
Brann 0–4 Lillestrøm
(14 June 1979)
Mjøndalen 0–4 Start
(18 June 1979)
Viking 0–4 Skeid
(1 October 1979)
Highest scoringVålerengen 5–4 Mjøndalen
(22 April 1979)
Longest winning runStart
(5 games)
Longest unbeaten runMoss
(12 games)
Longest winless runBrann
(12 games)
Longest losing runBrann
(6 games)
Highest attendance15,783
Brann 2–1 Skeid
(22 April 1979)
Lowest attendance1,494
Mjøndalen 2–4 Bryne
(14 October 1979)
Average attendance6,238 12.7%
← 1978
1980 →

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Viking FK won their sixth league title.

Teams and locations
Note: Table lists in un-alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location Stadium
Bodø/Glimt 3 Bodø Aspmyra Stadion
Brann 27 Bergen Brann Stadion
Bryne 4 Bryne Bryne Stadion
Hamarkameratene 9 Hamar Briskeby
Lillestrøm 16 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion
Mjøndalen 12 Mjøndalen Nedre Eiker Stadion
Moss 6 Moss Melløs Stadion
Rosenborg 16 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion
Skeid 30 Oslo
Start 12 Kristiansand Kristiansand Stadion
Vålerengen 24 Oslo Bislett Stadion
Viking 32 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Viking (C) 22 13 6 3 31 16 +15 32 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Moss 22 12 6 4 41 25 +16 30 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Start 22 12 3 7 36 21 +15 27
4 Bryne 22 11 3 8 37 28 +9 25
5 Lillestrøm 22 7 9 6 25 23 +2 23
6 Rosenborg 22 9 4 9 31 29 +2 22
7 Bodø/Glimt 22 8 5 9 19 26 −7 21
8 Vålerengen 22 8 4 10 33 41 −8 20
9 Skeid 22 7 5 10 24 27 −3 19
10 Hamarkameratene (R) 22 7 4 11 29 33 −4 18 Relegation to 2. divisjon
11 Mjøndalen (R) 22 6 5 11 28 43 −15 17
12 Brann (R) 22 3 4 15 18 40 −22 10
Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away B/G BRA BRY HAM LIL MIF MOS ROS SKE IKS VIK VÅL
Bodø/Glimt — 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1
Brann 1–1 — 3–0 1–2 0–4 2–2 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–1
Bryne 4–0 3–1 — 4–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–3 2–3 1–0
Hamarkameratene 2–0 4–1 0–1 — 0–0 6–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0
Lillestrøm 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 — 2–0 1–3 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1
Mjøndalen 0–1 2–1 2–4 3–1 0–0 — 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–4 0–1 2–1
Moss 2–2 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 3–3 — 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–1
Rosenborg 2–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–3 — 3–2 2–3 1–0 1–2
Skeid 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 — 0–4 1–2 1–2
Start 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 0–2 4–0 1–1 1–0 — 0–3 4–1
Viking 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–4 1–0 — 1–1
Vålerengen 1–0 3–1 2–3 3–1 3–3 5–4 0–3 2–4 2–3 1–3 0–0 —
Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer

Attendances
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Brann 112,823 15,783 5,227 10,257 −31.4%†
2 Rosenborg 101,734 15,652 4,470 9,249 n/a2
3 Viking 101,596 12,840 6,275 9,236 +14.5%†
4 Vålerengen 81,385 12,403 4,104 7,399 +0.7%†
5 Start 69,319 11,183 4,052 6,302 −4.4%†
6 Moss 64,009 8,163 4,091 5,819 +20.2%†
7 Lillestrøm 57,590 11,044 2,206 5,235 −19.8%†
8 Bodø/Glimt 54,654 6,913 3,715 4,969 −8.6%†
9 Bryne 51,084 9,018 2,500 4,644 +10.4%†
10 Skeid 48,599 9,217 2,011 4,418 +32.5%†
11 HamKam 45,004 6,000 2,913 4,091 n/a2
12 Mjøndalen 35,590 4,541 1,494 3,235 n/a2
League total 823,387 15,783 1,494 6,238 +12.7%†

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

References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.