1988 Norwegian First Division

The 1988 1. divisjon was the 44th completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 1 May 1988 and ended on 9 October 1988.

1. divisjon

Season	1988
Dates	1 May – 9 October
Champions	Rosenborg 6th title
Relegated	Bryne Strømmen Djerv 1919
European Cup	Rosenborg
Cup Winners’ Cup	Brann
UEFA Cup	Lillestrøm
Matches played	132
Goals scored	338 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jan Åge Fjørtoft (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Rosenborg 8–0 Djerv 1919[1] (3 July 1988)
Biggest away win	Djerv 1919 1–6 Rosenborg[1] (2 October 1988)
Highest scoring	Lillestrøm 8–1 Djerv 1919[1] (24 September 1988)
Highest attendance	22,411 Rosenborg 3–0 Vålerengen (16 May 1988)
Lowest attendance	431 Strømmen 2–1 Sogndal (2 October 1988)
Average attendance	4,422 25.0%
← 1987 1989 →

22 games were played with 3 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 the two second placed teams in the two groups of the 2. divisjon and number ten in the 1. divisjon.

Rosenborg won their 6th title.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	Stadium
Brann	32	Bergen	Brann Stadion
Bryne	13	Bryne	Bryne Stadion
Djerv 1919	3	Haugesund	Haugesund Stadion
Kongsvinger	6	Kongsvinger	Gjemselund Stadion
Lillestrøm	25	Lillestrøm	Åråsen Stadion
Molde	14	Molde	Molde Stadion
Moss	14	Moss	Melløs Stadion
Rosenborg	25	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion
Sogndal	2	Sogndalsfjøra	Fosshaugane
Strømmen	13	Strømmen	Strømmen Stadion
Tromsø	3	Tromsø	Alfheim Stadion
Vålerengen	33	Oslo	Bislett Stadion

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	22	14	5	3	54	23	+31	47	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Lillestrøm	22	11	7	4	38	18	+20	40	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Molde	22	10	9	3	35	18	+17	39
4	Moss	22	11	4	7	30	19	+11	37
5	Tromsø	22	9	6	7	27	22	+5	33
6	Sogndal	22	8	7	7	27	27	0	31
7	Vålerengen	22	8	6	8	26	32	−6	30
8	Kongsvinger	22	7	7	8	23	23	0	28
9	Brann	22	7	4	11	16	30	−14	25	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
10	Bryne (R)	22	5	6	11	29	33	−4	21	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11	Strømmen (R)	22	4	5	13	16	34	−18	17	Relegation to Second Division
12	Djerv 1919 (R)	22	3	4	15	17	59	−42	13

Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BRA	BRY	DJE	KON	LIL	MOL	MOS	ROS	SOG	SØM	TRO	VÅL
Brann	—	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–4	0–0	0–4	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2
Bryne	0–2	—	5–2	0–0	2–3	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–0	6–1
Djerv 1919	0–1	1–1	—	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–6	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0
Kongsvinger	1–0	1–0	6–0	—	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–0
Lillestrøm	4–1	1–1	8–1	2–1	—	0–1	3–1	4–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	0–1
Molde	2–0	6–2	1–0	4–1	0–0	—	1–1	2–4	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–2
Moss	2–1	1–1	0–1	6–0	1–1	0–2	—	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–0
Rosenborg	1–1	2–1	8–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	2–1	—	3–2	3–1	1–2	3–0
Sogndal	2–0	3–2	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–4	0–0	—	1–0	2–1	0–1
Strømmen	2–0	0–3	5–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	2–1	—	1–1	2–5
Tromsø	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	—	2–2
Vålerengen	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	4–0	1–3	—

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

Relegation play-offs

Bryne, Start, and Ham-Kam competed in the play-offs. Start won and Bryne were relegated to 2. divisjon.

Results

• Match 1: Bryne 1–3 Start
• Match 2: HamKam 2–1 Bryne
• Match 3: Start 2–1 HamKam

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Start (O, P)	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6	Promotion to First Division
2	HamKam	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	Bryne (R)	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0	Relegation to Second Division

Source: rsssf.no
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jan Åge Fjørtoft	Lillestrøm	14
2	Sverre Brandhaug	Rosenborg	10
	Jan Kristian Fjærestad	Moss
	Jostein Flo	Molde
	Stig Norheim	Bryne
	Lasse Opseth	Sogndal
	Kjetil Rekdal	Molde
	Gøran Sørloth	Rosenborg
9	Eivind Arnevåg	Vålerengen	9
10	Dag Arnesen	Kongsvinger	8
	Jahn Ivar "Mini" Jakobsen	Rosenborg

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Rosenborg	132,769	22,411	5,770	12,070	+131.5%†
2	Brann	103,963	13,567	6,438	9,451	+14.4%†
3	Lillestrøm	52,225	8,128	1,272	4,748	+46.3%†
4	Tromsø	49,235	6,048	1,617	4,476	+32.0%†
5	Vålerengen	40,446	9,898	1,001	3,677	+44.4%†
6	Molde	38,202	6,520	1,422	3,473	−21.6%†
7	Moss	36,753	4,901	1,749	3,341	+15.6%†
8	Djerv 1919	31,844	4,826	940	2,895	n/a2
9	Bryne	28,755	4,420	1,388	2,614	−10.6%†
10	Sogndal	27,337	6,289	584	2,485	n/a2
11	Kongsvinger	23,232	4,309	881	2,112	−9.6%†
12	Strømmen	18,951	5,034	431	1,723	n/a2
	League total	583,712	22,411	431	4,422	+25.0%†

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