1980 Norwegian Second Division

The 1980 2. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

2. divisjon
Season1980
ChampionsHamKam
Brann
PromotedHamKam
Brann
Haugar
RelegatedFrigg
Sarpsborg FK
Harstad
Strindheim
Hødd
Os
1979
1981

The league was contested by 24 teams, divided into two groups; A and B.[1] Both groups consisted of 12 teams. The winners of group A and B were promoted to the 1981 1. divisjon. The second placed teams in group A and B met each other in a two-legged qualification round where the winner was promoted to 1. divisjon. The bottom three teams in both groups were relegated to the 3. divisjon.

HamKam won group A with 34 points. Brann won group B with 34 points. Both teams promoted to the 1981 1. divisjon. The second-placed teams, Mjøndalen and Haugar met in the promotion play-offs. Haugar defeated Mjøndalen with 4–0 on aggregate and won promotion.

Tables

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 HamKam (C, P) 22 14 6 2 29 10 +19 34 Promotion to First Division
2 Mjøndalen 22 11 5 6 32 23 +9 27 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Kvik Halden 22 11 4 7 27 25 +2 26
4 Mjølner 22 8 8 6 22 22 0 24
5 Odd 22 10 3 9 24 25 −1 23
6 Kongsvinger 22 7 8 7 29 25 +4 22
7 Pors 22 7 7 8 26 28 −2 21
8 Ørn 22 5 10 7 22 22 0 20
9 Raufoss 22 7 5 10 29 34 −5 19
10 Frigg (R) 22 5 9 8 22 28 −6 19 Relegation to Third Division
11 Sarpsborg FK (R) 22 6 4 12 19 28 −9 16
12 Harstad (R) 22 3 7 12 15 26 −11 13
Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Brann (C, P) 22 14 6 2 40 21 +19 34 Promotion to First Division
2 Haugar (O, P) 22 11 6 5 33 19 +14 28 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Mo 22 9 8 5 27 18 +9 26
4 Steinkjer 22 11 3 8 48 34 +14 25
5 Kristiansund 22 10 5 7 39 30 +9 25
6 Sogndal 22 11 3 8 37 30 +7 25
7 Kopervik 22 9 5 8 35 31 +4 23
8 Vard 22 6 9 7 27 32 −5 21
9 Nessegutten 22 6 7 9 24 36 −12 19
10 Strindheim (R) 22 7 3 12 28 35 −7 17 Relegation to Third Division
11 Hødd (R) 22 4 4 14 30 49 −19 12
12 Os (R) 22 2 5 15 17 50 −33 9
Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion play-offs

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Results

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Haugar won 4–0 on aggregate and was promoted to 1. divisjon.

References

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  1. ^ Aarhus, Lars. "Second division 1980". RSSSF Norway. Retrieved 9 November 2018.