1999 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon

Season	1999
Promoted	Haugesund Bryne Start
Relegated	Lofoten Skjetten Hødd Clausenengen
Matches played	182
Goals scored	550 (3.02 per match)
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The 1999 1. divisjon, Norway's second-tier football league, began play on 17 April 1999 and ended on 17 October 1999. The league was contested by 14 teams, and the top two teams won promotion to Tippeligaen, while the third placed played a promotion-playoff against the 12th-placed team in Tippeligaen to win promotion. The bottom four teams were relegated to the 2. divisjon.

Haugesund and Bryne won direct promotion to Tippeligaen, while Start was promoted after having won 3-2 on aggregate against Strømsgodset in the promotion-playoff. Lofoten, Skjetten, Hødd and Clausenengen was relegated to the 2. divisjon.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Haugesund (C, P)	26	16	4	6	61	32	+29	52	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Bryne (P)	26	14	7	5	43	33	+10	49
3	Start (O, P)	26	13	8	5	42	31	+11	47	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Lyn	26	11	9	6	54	30	+24	42
5	Sogndal	26	12	6	8	38	32	+6	42
6	Kjelsås	26	11	8	7	33	28	+5	41
7	Eik-Tønsberg	26	10	7	9	39	39	0	37
8	L/F Hønefoss	26	10	5	11	43	42	+1	35
9	Raufoss	26	8	8	10	35	36	−1	32
10	Byåsen	26	9	6	11	37	32	+5	30
11	Lofoten (R)	26	8	6	12	38	47	−9	30	Relegation to 2. divisjon
12	Skjetten (R)	26	8	5	13	29	43	−14	29
13	Hødd (R)	26	5	6	15	34	51	−17	21
14	Clausenengen (R)	26	4	1	21	24	74	−50	13

Source: nifs.no
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Top goalscorers

• 17 goals:

• Anders Blomquist, Haugesund

• 16 goals:

• Kristian Bye-Andersen, Eik Tønsberg

• 14 goals:

• Tommy Nilsen, Lyn

• 12 goals:

• Trond Nordseth, Start

• 11 goals:

• Geir Atle Undheim, Bryne
• Bala Garba, Haugesund
• Ole Petter Skonnord, Kjelsås
• Jarle Wee, Haugesund

• 10 goals:

• Lars Berg, Raufoss
• Fredrik Horn, Lofoten
• Stein Berg Johansen, Lofoten
• Mikael Edvardson, L/F Hønefoss
• Kjell Roar Kaasa, Lyn

Promotion play-offs

Start (3rd in 1. divisjon) won the play-offs against Strømsgodset (12th in Tippeligaen) 3–2 on aggregate.

Results

Start v Strømsgodset

27 October 1999	Start	2–2	Strømsgodset	Kristiansand, Norway
	Kloster 7' (pen.) Nordseth 62' Fredriksen		Wæhler 45' Lemsalu 84' Flo Lemsalu	Stadium: Kristiansand Stadion Attendance: 5,004

Strømsgodset v Start

31 October 1999	Strømsgodset	0–1	Start	Drammen, Norway
	Hagen Ødegaard Nyan Anders Michelsen		Leonardsen 90+' Stefansen	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 5,979

Start won 3–2 on aggregate and was promoted to Tippeligaen. Strømsgodset was relegated to 1. divisjon.

See also

• 1999 Tippeligaen
• 1999 2. divisjon
• 1999 3. divisjon