1984 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon

Season	1984
Dates	29 April – 14 October
Champions	Vålerengen 4th title
Relegated	Fredrikstad Strindheim
European Cup	Vålerengen
Cup Winners' Cup	Fredrikstad
UEFA Cup	Viking
Matches played	132
Goals scored	380 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sverre Brandhaug (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Viking 8–1 Rosenborg (12 August 1984)
Biggest away win	Rosenborg 0–5 Vålerengen (25 June 1984)
Highest scoring	Viking 8–1 Rosenborg (12 August 1984) Rosenborg 4–5 Bryne (9 September 1984)
Longest winning run	Kongsvinger Vålerengen (5 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Vålerengen (14 games)
Longest winless run	Fredrikstad Strindheim (11 games)
Longest losing run	Strindheim (9 games)
Highest attendance	18,566 Rosenborg 3–1 Molde (16 May 1984)
Lowest attendance	802 Strindheim 1–1 Molde (7 October 1984)
Average attendance	4,309 22.0%
← 1983 1985 →

The 1984 1. divisjon was the 40th completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 29 April 1984 and ended 14 October 1984, not including play-off matches.

Overview

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 2. divisjon were promoted, as well as the winner of a series of play-off matches between number ten in the 1. divisjon and the two second-placed teams in the two groups of the 2. divisjon.

Vålerengen won the championship, their fourth title.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	Stadium
Bryne	9	Bryne	Bryne Stadion
Eik	7	Tønsberg	Tønsberg Gressbane
Fredrikstad	34	Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad Stadion
Kongsvinger	2	Kongsvinger	Gjemselund Stadion
Lillestrøm	21	Lillestrøm	Åråsen Stadion
Molde	10	Molde	Molde Stadion
Moss	11	Moss	Melløs Stadion
Rosenborg	21	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion
Start	17	Kristiansand	Kristiansand Stadion
Strindheim	1	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion
Vålerengen	29	Oslo	Bislett Stadion
Viking	37	Stavanger	Stavanger Stadion

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vålerengen (C)	22	13	6	3	40	14	+26	32	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Viking	22	9	7	6	33	23	+10	25	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Start	22	10	5	7	33	29	+4	25
4	Bryne	22	7	10	5	37	36	+1	24
5	Lillestrøm	22	8	7	7	39	30	+9	23
6	Rosenborg	22	8	7	7	36	37	−1	23
7	Kongsvinger	22	9	5	8	29	32	−3	23
8	Molde	22	7	7	8	36	41	−5	21
9	Eik	22	8	3	11	30	36	−6	19
10	Moss (O)	22	4	9	9	26	30	−4	17	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11	Fredrikstad (R)	22	5	7	10	23	35	−12	17	Cup Winners' Cup first round and relegation to the Second Division
12	Strindheim (R)	22	5	5	12	18	37	−19	15	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BRY	EIK	FRE	KON	LIL	MOL	MOS	ROS	IKS	SDM	VIK	VÅL
Bryne	—	3–2	1–0	2–0	2–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	3–1
Eik	1–2	—	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–1
Fredrikstad	2–2	2–2	—	2–1	1–1	2–4	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–3
Kongsvinger	2–1	2–2	1–1	—	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–4	3–0	1–0	1–0
Lillestrøm	1–1	2–0	1–0	5–1	—	5–1	2–2	0–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	0–2
Molde	5–3	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	—	3–0	2–2	0–3	4–4	1–3	0–1
Moss	1–2	3–4	1–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	—	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–0
Rosenborg	4–5	3–1	1–1	4–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	—	2–1	4–0	0–0	0–5
Start	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	4–2	2–1	1–1	—	4–0	1–2	2–3
Strindheim	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	—	0–0	0–2
Viking	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–3	8–1	3–1	2–0	—	2–0
Vålerengen	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	—

Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Results

• Vidar 2–2 HamKam
• Moss 4–1 Vidar
• HamKam 0–0 Moss

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Moss (O)	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	3	Remained in the First Division
2	HamKam	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	Remained in the Second Division
3	Vidar	2	0	1	1	3	6	−3	1

Source: rsssf.no
(O) Play-off winners

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sverre Brandhaug	Rosenborg	13
2	Erik Nystuen	Kongsvinger	11
	Arve Seland	Start
4	Stig Norheim	Bryne	10
	Gary Goodchild	Viking
	André Krogsæter	Lillestrøm
	Joar Vaadal	Lillestrøm
8	Vidar Davidsen	Vålerengen	9
	Tom Antonsen	Eik
	Olav Nysæter	Kongsvinger
11	Paul Folkvord	Bryne	8
	Gøran Sørloth	Strindheim

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Rosenborg	81,078	18,566	2,111	7,371	−2.6%†
2	Viking	60,641	9,655	4,013	5,513	−15.4%†
3	Vålerengen	60,368	10,485	1,496	5,488	−42.2%†
4	Fredrikstad	47,829	7,029	2,447	4,348	n/a2
5	Strindheim	45,901	17,386	900	4,173	n/a2
6	Lillestrøm	44,375	8,215	1,135	4,034	+6.9%†
7	Start	41,749	6,651	2,259	3,795	−25.3%†
8	Eik	40,904	9,497	1,575	3,719	−45.5%†
9	Moss	39,772	7,427	1,855	3,616	−7.1%†
10	Bryne	37,942	8,263	1,643	3,449	−9.7%†
11	Molde	36,791	5,108	2,300	3,345	n/a2
12	Kongsvinger	31,415	3,909	2,078	2,856	−25.4%†
	League total	568,765	18,566	900	4,309	−22.0%†

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

References

• Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk (NIFS)