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1981 Norwegian Second Division

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2. divisjon
Season1981
ChampionsMjøndalen
Sogndal
PromotedMjøndalen
Sogndal
Molde
RelegatedØrn
Bærum
Skeid
Tromsø
Nessegutten
Bergsøy
1980
1982

The 1981 1. divisjon|2. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

The league was contested by 24 teams, divided into two groups: A and B.[1] Both groups consisted of 12 teams. The winners of groups A and B were promoted to the 1982 1. division. The second-placed teams in groups A and B met the 10th-best finisher in 1. divisjon in a qualification round where the winner was promoted to 1. divisjon. The bottom three teams in both groups were relegated to the 3. division.

Mjøndalen won group A with 31 points. Sogndal won Group B with 31 points. Both teams were promoted to the 1982 1. Division. The second-placed teams, Pors and Molde, met Brann in the promotion play-offs. Molde won the qualification round on goal difference and won promotion.

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 13 5 4 42 23 +19 31 Promotion to First Division
2 Pors 22 12 6 4 51 28 +23 30 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Kongsvinger 22 12 5 5 41 19 +22 29
4 Eik 22 12 2 8 43 29 +14 26
5 Vard 22 8 8 6 29 23 +6 24
6 Kopervik 22 10 2 10 34 31 +3 22
7 Odd 22 7 8 7 26 27 −1 22
8 Kvik Halden 22 7 8 7 17 22 −5 22
9 Raufoss 22 6 9 7 13 29 −16 21
10 Ørn (R) 22 8 4 10 31 30 +1 20 Relegation to Third Division
11 Bærum (R) 22 3 3 16 18 54 −36 9
12 Skeid (R) 22 3 2 17 16 46 −30 8
Source: rsssf.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 Sogndal (C, P) 22 12 7 3 44 14 +30 31 Promotion to First Division
2 Molde (O, P) 22 10 9 3 41 20 +21 29 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Mo 22 8 11 3 33 20 +13 27
4 Sunndal 22 6 11 5 25 26 −1 23
5 Varegg 22 7 9 6 31 35 −4 23
6 Mjølner 22 5 12 5 24 30 −6 22
7 Bodø/Glimt 22 5 11 6 24 24 0 21
8 Steinkjer 22 8 5 9 25 28 −3 21
9 Kristiansund 22 5 10 7 27 31 −4 20
10 Tromsø (R) 22 4 9 9 12 28 −16 17 Relegation to Third Division
11 Nessegutten (R) 22 3 10 9 25 38 −13 16
12 Bergsøy (R) 22 5 4 13 22 39 −17 14
Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion play-offs

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Results

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Molde won the qualification round and was promoted to the 1. divisjon.

Play-off table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Molde (O, P) 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 2 Promotion to First Division
2 Brann (R) 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 Relegation to Second Division
3 Pors 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 2 Remained in Second Division
Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References

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  1. ^ Aarhus, Lars. "Second division 1981". RSSSF Norway. Retrieved 12 November 2018.