Norway next – 25th. Mjondalen and Sogndal won promotion from Second Division, but there was one more spot in dispute: the 10th in First Division – Brann – played promotion/relegation tournament with Molde FK and Pors Grenland IF from Second Division.
Molde FK prevailed on goal-difference, for the three participants ended with 2 points each, and was promoted to top division.
FK Lynn was 12th and Haugar – 11th in First Division. Both clubs were directly relegated. 10th was Brann and they went to the promotion/relegation tournament after which they went down too.
The three last teams were outsiders this season, well behind the rest of the league.
Brann, 10th with 17 points. Third row, from left: Terje Rolland, Espen Røtne, XX, Eivind Norderud, Bjørn Erik Brandt, Neil MacLeod, Paul Danielsen.
Middle row: Thor Åge Johansen, Geir Austvik, Finn Krogh, Robert Hirsch, Øyvind Pettersen, Knut Langeland, Atle Bilsback.
Front row: Tore Strand, Bjørn Dahl, Les Shannon (trener), Kjell Rune Pedersen, Ingvar Dalhaug, Arne Møller.
IK Start finished 8th with 21 points, besting Bryne FK on goal-difference. It was fairly equal championship with no outstanding favourites – 8 points divided the 9th from the champion.
Rosenborg got bronze medals with 26 points. Ahead of them, 2 points better, and getting the single UEFA Cup spot reserved for Norway, was Viking. And a point better than Viking were the new champions.
Valerenga IF (Oslo) clinched the title with 9 wins, 11 ties, and 2 losses and 44-27 goal-difference. The champions were nothing special – they were considered disciplined team and hardly more.
But the joy of Pal Jacobsen and Erik Foss is understandable, especially the sign they make with their fingers – Valerenga IF won its second title. Jacobsen was also the top scorer this year with 16 goals.
The Cup final opposed Lillestrom SK to Moss. Lillestrom won 3-1.
3rd cup for Lillestrom, which was still rolling. Tom Lund was naturally in the center of Lillestrom’s success.