1991 Norwegian First Division

The 1991 1. divisjon, 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 2. divisjon.

1. divisjon
Season1991
PromotedMjøndalen
Ham-Kam
RelegatedKristiansund
Frigg
Surnadal
Mjølner
Råde
Sandefjord
Matches played264
Goals scored810 (3.07 per match)
1992

Mjøndalen and Ham-Kam won promotion to Tippeligaen, while Kristiansund, Frigg, Surnadal, Mjølner, Råde and Sandefjord was relegated to the 2. divisjon.

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 Mjøndalen (C, P) 22 17 2 3 55 19 +36 53 Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Bryne 22 14 3 5 31 16 +15 45 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 VIF Fotball 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) 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 HamKam (C, P) 22 15 6 1 64 22 +42 51 Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Strindheim 22 13 3 6 37 24 +13 42 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Fredrikstad 22 12 4 6 47 27 +20 40
4 Eik-Tønsberg 22 11 4 7 44 29 +15 37
5 Tromsdalen 22 10 3 9 32 28 +4 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 BK (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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion play-offs

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Results

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Brann won the qualification round[1] and was promoted to the 1992 Tippeligaen.

Play-off table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Brann (O) 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6 Remained in Tippeligaen
2 Bryne 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3 Remained in First Division
3 Strindheim 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners

Top scorers Group A and B

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Goalscorers Team Goals
  Ole Petter Skonnord Elverum
17
  Arve Svorkmo HamKam
15
  Ståle Solbakken HamKam
14
  Per Ivar Fornes Mjøndalen
12
  Geir Hasund Hødd
  Ståle Killie Mjølner
  Thor Helge Fagernes Eik-Tønsberg
11
  Stein Arne Ingelstad HamKam
  Erik Nymoen Frigg
  Terje Pedersen Moss


  Rolf Bredal Drøbak/Frogn
10
  Are Christensen Vålerengen
  Stig Otto Jørgensen Tromsdalen
  Per Terje Markussen Mjøndalen
  Sander Solberg Fredrikstad
  Erling Ytterland HamKam
  Tom Freddy Aune Fredrikstad
9
  Tommy Hansen Mjøndalen
  Morten Hanssen Fredrikstad
  Mons Ivar Mjelde Bryne
  Kai Birger Myrold Aalesund
  Arve Sundby Eik-Tønsberg

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kval. til Tippeligaen 1991" [Qualification to Tippeligaen 1991]. Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Toppscorere 1. divisjon 1991". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 11 October 1991. p. 22.