1980 Norwegian Second Division

2. divisjon
Season1980
ChampionsHamKam
Brann
PromotedHamKam
Brann
Haugar
RelegatedFrigg
Sarpsborg FK
Harstad
Strindheim
Hødd
Os
1979
1981

The 1980 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 group A and B were promoted to the 1981 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.

HamKam won group A with 34 points. Brann won group B with 34 points. Both teams promoted to the 1981 1. divisjon. The second-placed teams, Mjøndalen and Haugar met in the promotion play-offs. Haugar defeated Mjøndalen with 4–0 on aggregate 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 HamKam (C, P) 22 14 6 2 29 10 +19 34 Promotion to First Division
2 Mjøndalen 22 11 5 6 32 23 +9 27 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Kvik Halden 22 11 4 7 27 25 +2 26
4 Mjølner 22 8 8 6 22 22 0 24
5 Odd 22 10 3 9 24 25 −1 23
6 Kongsvinger 22 7 8 7 29 25 +4 22
7 Pors 22 7 7 8 26 28 −2 21
8 Ørn 22 5 10 7 22 22 0 20
9 Raufoss 22 7 5 10 29 34 −5 19
10 Frigg (R) 22 5 9 8 22 28 −6 19 Relegation to Third Division
11 Sarpsborg FK (R) 22 6 4 12 19 28 −9 16
12 Harstad (R) 22 3 7 12 15 26 −11 13
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 Brann (C, P) 22 14 6 2 40 21 +19 34 Promotion to First Division
2 Haugar (O, P) 22 11 6 5 33 19 +14 28 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Mo 22 9 8 5 27 18 +9 26
4 Steinkjer 22 11 3 8 48 34 +14 25
5 Kristiansund 22 10 5 7 39 30 +9 25
6 Sogndal 22 11 3 8 37 30 +7 25
7 Kopervik 22 9 5 8 35 31 +4 23
8 Vard 22 6 9 7 27 32 −5 21
9 Nessegutten 22 6 7 9 24 36 −12 19
10 Strindheim (R) 22 7 3 12 28 35 −7 17 Relegation to Third Division
11 Hødd (R) 22 4 4 14 30 49 −19 12
12 Os (R) 22 2 5 15 17 50 −33 9
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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Haugar won 4–0 on aggregate and was promoted to 1. divisjon.

References

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  1. ^ Aarhus, Lars. "Second division 1980". RSSSF Norway. Retrieved 9 November 2018.