1991 Norwegian First Division

The 1991 1. divisjon, Norway's second-tier football league, began play on 28 April 1991 and ended on 6 October 1991. The league was contested by 24 teams, divided in two groups and the winner of each group won promotion to Tippeligaen, while the runners-up played a promotion-playoff against the 10th placed team in the 1991 Tippeligaen. The bottom three teams were relegated to the 2. divisjon.

1. divisjon

Season	1991
Promoted	Mjøndalen Ham-Kam
Relegated	Kristiansund Frigg Surnadal Mjølner Råde Sandefjord
Matches played	264
Goals scored	810 (3.07 per match)
← 2. divisjon 1990 1992 →

Mjøndalen and Ham-Kam won promotion to Tippeligaen, while Kristiansund, Frigg, Surnadal, Mjølner, Råde and Sandefjord was relegated to the 2. divisjon.

Tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Mjøndalen (C, P)	22	17	2	3	55	19	+36	53	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Bryne	22	14	3	5	31	16	+15	45	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	VIF Fotball	22	13	1	8	31	26	+5	40
4	Hødd	22	9	6	7	41	31	+10	33
5	Aalesund	22	9	6	7	31	24	+7	33
6	Fana	22	8	8	6	32	37	−5	32
7	Strømmen	22	9	3	10	33	31	+2	30
8	Djerv 1919	22	8	3	11	39	37	+2	27
9	Haugar	22	6	7	9	34	40	−6	25
10	Kristiansund (R)	22	7	4	11	19	35	−16	25	Relegation to Second Division
11	Frigg (R)	22	4	6	12	21	37	−16	18
12	Surnadal (R)	22	2	3	17	20	54	−34	9

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

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	HamKam (C, P)	22	15	6	1	64	22	+42	51	Promotion to Tippeligaen
2	Strindheim	22	13	3	6	37	24	+13	42	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Fredrikstad	22	12	4	6	47	27	+20	40
4	Eik-Tønsberg	22	11	4	7	44	29	+15	37
5	Tromsdalen	22	10	3	9	32	28	+4	33
6	Elverum	22	10	2	10	38	37	+1	32
7	Drøbak/Frogn	22	9	5	8	36	35	+1	32
8	Moss	22	9	4	9	32	30	+2	31
9	Pors	22	6	6	10	23	50	−27	24
10	Mjølner (R)	22	6	4	12	27	47	−20	22	Relegation to Second Division
11	Råde (R)	22	3	6	13	19	45	−26	15
12	Sandefjord BK (R)	22	2	5	15	24	49	−25	11

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

Promotion play-offs

Results

• Strindheim – Bryne 0–2
• Brann – Strindheim 1–0
• Bryne – Brann 0–1

Brann won the qualification round^[1] and was promoted to the 1992 Tippeligaen.

Play-off table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Brann (O)	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6	Remained in Tippeligaen
2	Bryne	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3	Remained in First Division
3	Strindheim	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners

Top scorers Group B

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Ole Petter Skonnord	17	Elverum
Arve Svorkmo	15	HamKam
Ståle Solbakken	14	HamKam
Ståle Killie	12	Mjølner
Thor Helge Fagernes	11	Eik-Tønsberg
Stein Arne Ingelstad	11	HamKam
Terje Pedersen	11	Moss
Stig Otto Jørgensen	11	Tromsdalen
Rolf Bredal	10	Drøbak/Frogn
Sander Solberg	10	Fredrikstad
Erling Ytterdal	10	HamKam
Arve Sundby	9	Eik-Tønsberg
Morten Hanssen	9	Fredrikstad

See also

• 1991 Tippeligaen
• 1991 2. divisjon

References

1. "Kval. til Tippeligaen 1991" [Qualification to Tippeligaen 1991]. Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 September 2019.