1987 in Norwegian football

Football in Norway

Season	1987
Men's football
1. divisjon	Moss
2. divisjon	Sogndal (Group A) Strømmen (Group B)
Cupen	Bryne
Women's football
1. divisjon	Klepp
Cupen	Sprint/Jeløy

The 1987 season was the 82nd season of competitive football in Norway.

Men's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
1. divisjon	Moss Brann	Viking Strømmen
2. divisjon	Bodø/Glimt Lyn Odd Råde Strindheim Varegg	Bærum Grand Bodø Jerv Mo Steinkjer Strømsgodset

1. divisjon

Main article: 1987 1. divisjon

For the first time in the Norwegian top flight, three rather than two points were given for wins. There was also another, more controversial new rule for points: if a match was drawn, two points would be given to the winner of a penalty shootout, and one point to the loser of the shootout. This rule, suggested by Tom A. Schanke and appointed by the Norwegian Football Association in February 1987, was highly controversial and liquidated after the 1987 season. Note that if draws would end as draws with one point to each, as usual, Tromsø IL would have been placed 10th with a possibility of being relegated.

Moss FK, coached by Nils Arne Eggen, won the league for the first and, as of the 2019 season, last time. The victory was not settled until the final round of the league, with Moss beating runners-up Molde FK (who would have grabbed the gold if they defeated Moss) 2–0 at away grounds.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Moss (C)	22	13	2	1	6	44	30	+14	44	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Molde	22	11	3	2	6	27	20	+7	41	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Kongsvinger	22	9	4	4	5	32	22	+10	39
4	Rosenborg	22	8	4	7	3	33	25	+8	39
5	Bryne	22	11	0	1	10	32	27	+5	34	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
6	Tromsø	22	5	7	2	8	19	31	−12	31
7	Vålerengen	22	8	1	4	9	26	27	−1	30
8	Brann	22	7	3	3	9	25	28	−3	30
9	Lillestrøm	22	7	3	2	10	22	21	+1	29
10	HamKam (R)	22	7	3	2	10	27	34	−7	29	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11	Mjøndalen (R)	22	6	2	3	11	26	34	−8	25	Relegation to the Second Division
12	Start (R)	22	6	2	3	11	30	44	−14	25

Source: nifs.no
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

2. divisjon

Main article: 1987 2. divisjon

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Sogndal (C, P)	22	13	4	2	3	43	21	+22	49	Promotion to First Division
2	Djerv 1919 (O, P)	22	13	0	5	4	36	22	+14	44	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Vidar	22	13	1	2	6	48	34	+14	43
4	Fredrikstad	22	13	0	1	8	50	38	+12	40
5	Drøbak/Frogn	22	8	4	3	7	33	21	+12	35
6	Faaberg	22	8	3	5	6	26	27	−1	35
7	Odd	22	9	1	4	8	41	31	+10	33
8	Viking	22	7	5	1	9	31	27	+4	32
9	Vard	22	6	5	1	10	25	32	−7	29
10	Raufoss (R)	22	6	2	2	12	24	48	−24	24	Relegation to Third Division
11	Råde (R)	22	3	2	4	13	23	45	−22	17
12	Varegg (R)	22	2	4	1	15	24	58	−34	15

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Strømmen (C, P)	22	13	2	3	4	44	32	+12	46	Promotion to First Division
2	Lyn	22	11	2	5	4	38	29	+9	42	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Aalesund	22	10	3	3	6	45	35	+10	39
4	Mjølner	22	7	8	2	5	33	24	+9	39
5	Namsos	22	8	5	1	8	37	36	+1	35
6	Sunndal	21	8	2	3	8	28	33	−5	31
7	Bodø/Glimt	22	9	0	4	9	38	33	+5	31
8	Eik	22	7	3	4	8	31	28	+3	31
9	Strindheim	22	6	5	2	9	25	37	−12	30
10	Ørn-Horten (R)	22	8	2	2	10	38	36	+2	30	Relegation to Third Division
11	Skeid (R)	22	4	3	5	10	25	35	−10	23
12	Hødd (R)	22	4	0	4	14	23	47	−24	16

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

3. divisjon

Main article: 1987 3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 1987 Norwegian Football Cup

Final

Main article: 1987 Norwegian Football Cup final

25 October 1987

13:15 CEST (UTC+2)

Bryne	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Brann
Ekker 102'	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 23,080

Referee: Kjell Nordby (Rygge)

Women's football

League season

1. divisjon

Main article: 1987 1. divisjon (women)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Klepp (C)	18	11	3	0	4	44	23	+21	39
2	Sprint/Jeløy	18	10	2	2	4	42	16	+26	36
3	Asker	18	8	3	2	5	38	32	+6	32
4	Sandviken	18	9	2	0	7	34	24	+10	31
5	Bøler	18	8	2	2	6	30	22	+8	30
6	Trondheims-Ørn	18	8	2	2	6	17	20	−3	30
7	Setskog	18	7	0	4	7	25	35	−10	25
8	BUL	18	6	1	1	10	24	29	−5	21
9	Troll (R)	18	2	2	3	11	17	33	−16	13	Relegation to Second Division
10	Grand (R)	18	4	0	1	13	17	54	−37	13

Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Norwegian Women's Cup

Main article: 1987 Norwegian Women's Cup

Final

• Sprint/Jeløy 2–1 Klepp

UEFA competitions

European Cup

Main article: 1987–88 European Cup

First round

Main article: 1987–88 European Cup first round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lillestrøm	5–3	Linfield	1–1	4–2

Second round

Main article: 1987–88 European Cup second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lillestrøm	0–1	Bordeaux	0–0	0–1

European Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Main article: 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup first round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
St Mirren	1–0	Tromsø	1–0	0–0

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1987–88 UEFA Cup

First round

Main article: 1987–88 UEFA Cup first round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mjøndalen	1–5	Werder Bremen	0–5 (Report)	1–0 (Report)

National teams

Norway men's national football team

Main article: Norway national football team

Results

Source:

Norway women's national football team

Main article: Norway women's national football team

External links

• Norge Menn Senior A, Football Association of Norway 1908–present
• RSSSF.no – National team 1987