1991 Norwegian First Division

Norwegian First Division
Season 1991
Promoted Mjøndalen
Ham-Kam
Relegated Kristiansund
Frigg
Surnadal
Mjølner
Råde
Sandefjord
Matches played 264
Goals scored 810 (3.07 per match)
← 1990
1992 →

The 1991 Norwegian First Division, Norway's second-tier football league, began play on 28 April 1991 and ended on 6 October 1991. The league was contested by 24 teams, divided in two groups and the winner of each group won promotion to Tippeligaen, while the runners-up played a promotion-playoff against the 10th placed team in the 1991 Tippeligaen. The bottom three teams were relegated to the Second Division.

Mjøndalen and Ham-Kam won promotion to Tippeligaen, while Kristiansund, Frigg, Surnadal, Mjølner, Råde and Sandefjord was relegated to the Second Division.

Group A

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Mjøndalen (P) 22 17 2 3 55 19 +36 53 Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Bryne 22 14 3 5 31 16 +15 45
3 Vålerenga 22 13 1 8 31 26 +5 40
4 Hødd 22 9 6 7 41 31 +10 33
5 Aalesund 22 9 6 7 31 24 +7 33
6 Fana 22 8 8 6 32 37 −5 32
7 Strømmen 22 9 3 10 33 31 +2 30
8 Djerv 1919 22 8 3 11 39 37 +2 27
9 Haugar 22 6 7 9 34 40 −6 25
10 Kristiansund (R) 22 7 4 11 19 35 −16 25 Relegation to Second Division
11 Frigg (R) 22 4 6 12 21 37 −16 18
12 Surnadal (R) 22 2 3 17 20 54 −34 9

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group B

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Ham-Kam (P) 22 15 6 1 64 22 +42 51 Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Strindheim 22 13 3 6 37 24 +13 42
3 Fredrikstad 22 12 4 6 47 27 +20 40
4 Eik-Tønsberg 22 11 4 7 44 29 +15 37
5 Tromsdalen 22 9 6 7 31 24 +7 33
6 Elverum 22 10 2 10 38 37 +1 32
7 Drøbak/Frogn 22 9 5 8 36 35 +1 32
8 Moss 22 9 4 9 32 30 +2 31
9 Pors 22 6 6 10 23 50 −27 24
10 Mjølner (R) 22 6 4 12 27 47 −20 22 Relegation to Second Division
11 Råde (R) 22 3 6 13 19 45 −26 15
12 Sandefjord (R) 22 2 5 15 24 49 −25 11

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers Group B

Goalscorers Goals Team
Norway Ole Petter Skonnord
17
 Elverum
Norway Arve Svorkmo
15
 HamKam
Norway Ståle Solbakken
14
 HamKam
Norway Ståle Killie
12
 Mjølner
Norway Thor Helge Fagernes
11
 Eik-Tønsberg
Norway Stein Arne Ingelstad
11
 HamKam
Norway Terje Pedersen
11
 Moss
Norway Stig Otto Jørgensen
11
 Tromsdalen
Norway Rolf Bredal
10
 Drøbak/Frogn
Norway Sander Solberg
10
 Fredrikstad
Norway Erling Ytterdal
10
 HamKam
Norway Arve Sundby
9
 Eik-Tønsberg
Norway Morten Hanssen
9
 Fredrikstad

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