1999 Norwegian First Division

1. divisjon
Season1999
Dates17 April – 17 October
ChampionsHaugesund
PromotedHaugesund
Bryne
Start
RelegatedLofoten
Skjetten
Hødd
Clausenengen
Matches played182
Goals scored550 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorerAnders Blomquist
(17 goals)
← 1998
2000 →

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[a] 26 9 6 11 37 32 +5 30
11 Lofoten (R) 26 8 6 12 38 47 −9 30 Relegation to Second Division
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
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Byåsen was deducted 3 points.

Results

Home \ Away BRY BYÅ CLA EIK FKH ILH KJE LFH LOF LYN RIL SKJ SIL IKS
Bryne — 1–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 4–3 1–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 3–3
Byåsen 0–0 — 6–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 6–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0
Clausenengen 0–2 1–0 — 1–3 1–4 1–3 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–4 4–1 0–1 0–3 1–5
Eik-Tønsberg 2–0 1–1 5–1 — 2–3 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 1–0
Haugesund 0–0 3–3 6–0 2–0 — 4–0 1–0 0–2 5–2 4–3 5–1 4–1 0–1 4–0
Hødd 1–4 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 — 0–0 2–3 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–3
Kjelsås 4–1 2–1 3–2 0–2 3–0 1–0 — 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2
L/F Hønefoss 1–2 3–4 4–2 3–4 0–3 1–1 0–1 — 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 4–1
Lofoten 3–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 4–2 0–0 0–3 — 1–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 1–1
Lyn 6–0 2–0 6–0 7–0 0–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 — 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–2
Raufoss 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 — 1–0 3–2 3–1
Skjetten 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–4 2–3 2–0 2–3 1–3 5–1 1–6 1–0 — 0–2 0–3
Sogndal 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 5–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 0–0 — 1–0
Start 1–1 4–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 —
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1
 Sweden Anders Blomquist Haugesund
17
2
 Norway Kristian Bye-Andersen Eik-Tønsberg
16
3
 Norway Tommy Nilsen Lyn
14
4
 Norway Trond Nordseth Start
12
5
 Norway Geir Atle Undheim Bryne
11
Nigeria Bala Garba Haugesund
Norway Ole Petter Skonnord Kjelsås
Norway Jarle Wee Haugesund
9
 Sweden Lars Berg Raufoss
10
Norway Fredrik Horn Lofoten
Norway Stein Berg Johansen Lofoten
Sweden Mikael Edvardson L/F Hønefoss
Norway Kjell Roar Kaasa Lyn

Source:[1]

Promotion play-offs

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

Start2–2Strømsgodset
Kloster 7' (pen.)
Nordseth 62'		 Report Wæhler 45'
Lemsalu 84'
Attendance: 5,004
Strømsgodset0–1Start
Report Leonardsen 90+2'
Attendance: 5,979
Referee: Jonny Ditlefsen[3]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Toppscorer". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 18 October 1999. p. 41.
  2. ^ "Start 2–2 Strømsgodset". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Association (NFF). Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Strømsgodset 0–1 Start". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Association (NFF). Retrieved 21 June 2022.