1979 Norwegian Second Division

The 1979 2. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

2. divisjon
Season1979
ChampionsFredrikstad
Lyn
PromotedFredrikstad
Lyn
Molde
RelegatedVigør
Vigrestad
Fram Larvik
Stjørdals-Blink
Tromsø
Aalesund
1978
1980

The league was contested by 24 teams, divided into two groups; A and B.[1] Both groups consisted of 12 teams. The winners of group A and B were promoted to the 1980 1. divisjon. The second placed teams in group A and B met each other in a two-legged qualification round where the winner was promoted to 1. divisjon. The bottom three teams in both groups were relegated to the 3. divisjon.

Fredrikstad won group A with 34 points. Lyn won group B with 38 points. Both teams promoted to the 1980 1. divisjon. The second-placed teams, Pors and Molde met in the promotion play-offs. Molde defeated Pors with 7–0 on aggregate and won promotion.

Tables

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Fredrikstad (C, P) 22 14 6 2 47 28 +19 34 Promotion to First Division
2 Pors 22 13 7 2 39 24 +15 33 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Sogndal 22 11 6 5 48 26 +22 28
4 Sarpsborg FK 22 12 2 8 33 23 +10 26
5 Haugar 22 9 7 6 35 23 +12 25
6 Vard 22 6 11 5 25 22 +3 23
7 Raufoss 22 7 6 9 23 28 5 20
8 Os 22 6 7 9 24 31 7 19
9 Odd 22 5 9 8 18 26 8 19
10 Vigør (R) 22 5 7 10 17 29 12 17 Relegation to Third Division
11 Vigrestad (R) 22 4 3 15 21 48 27 11
12 Fram Larvik (R) 22 3 3 16 12 34 22 9
Source: rsssf.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 Lyn (C, P) 22 17 4 1 40 11 +29 38 Promotion to First Division
2 Molde (O, P) 22 12 7 3 52 22 +30 31 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Strindheim 22 10 5 7 37 31 +6 25
4 Frigg 22 10 4 8 36 25 +11 24
5 Hødd 22 11 2 9 35 35 0 24
6 Steinkjer 22 7 8 7 30 33 3 22
7 Nessegutten 22 7 6 9 27 32 5 20
8 Mjølner 22 8 4 10 20 32 12 20
9 Mo 22 7 4 11 28 36 8 18
10 Stjørdals-Blink (R) 22 5 5 12 21 32 11 15 Relegation to Third Division
11 Tromsø (R) 22 5 4 13 24 52 28 14
12 Aalesund (R) 22 2 9 11 15 24 9 13
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

Results

Molde won 7–0 on aggregate. Molde was promoted to 1. divisjon.

References

  1. Aarhus, Lars. "Second division 1979". RSSSF Norway. Retrieved 9 November 2018.

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