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

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

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:
  • Jan Åge Fjørtoft, Ham-Kam
  • Tore Kallstad, Strømmen
  • Sverre Brandhaug, Rosenborg
  • Egil Johansen, Vålerengen

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

References

• League table
• Fixtures
• Goalscorers