1985 Norwegian Second Division

The 1985 2. Divisjon was a second-tier football league in Norway. The league consisted of 24 teams, divided into groups A and B. The winners within each group were promoted to the 1986 1. divisjon. The second-place teams of each group met the tenth position finisher in the 1. divisjon in a qualification round, with the winner promoted to 1. divisjon. The bottom three teams of both groups were relegated to the 3. divisjon.

2. divisjon

Season	1985
Champions	HamKam Strømmen
Promoted	HamKam Strømmen Tromsø
Relegated	Haugar Pors Kvik Halden Alvdal Strindheim Harstad
← 1984 1986 →

Tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	HamKam (C, P)	22	15	4	3	44	21	+23	34	Promotion to First Division
2	Sogndal	22	13	3	6	48	27	+21	29	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Vidar	22	12	4	6	47	24	+23	28
4	Faaberg	22	10	6	6	43	33	+10	26
5	Vard	22	9	7	6	31	31	0	25
6	Fredrikstad	22	10	4	8	39	41	−2	24
7	Ørn	22	8	5	9	35	40	−5	21
8	Strømsgodset	22	8	4	10	45	37	+8	20
9	Jerv	22	6	4	12	25	41	−16	16
10	Haugar (R)	22	6	4	12	26	47	−21	16	Relegation to Third Division
11	Pors (R)	22	5	5	12	18	40	−22	15
12	Kvik Halden (R)	22	4	2	16	24	43	−19	10

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	Strømmen (C, P)	22	19	2	1	54	14	+40	40	Promotion to First Division
2	Tromsø (O, P)	22	15	3	4	45	20	+25	33	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Hødd	22	12	7	3	57	23	+34	31
4	Steinkjer	22	11	7	4	45	32	+13	29
5	Sunndal	22	9	6	7	34	29	+5	24
6	Mjølner	22	9	5	8	32	26	+6	23
7	Aalesund	22	7	4	11	22	41	−19	18
8	Bærum	22	7	2	13	33	42	−9	16
9	Grand Bodø	22	5	4	13	22	42	−20	14
10	Alvdal (R)	22	3	8	11	21	42	−21	14	Relegation to Third Division
11	Strindheim (R)	22	5	3	14	27	44	−17	13
12	Harstad (R)	22	3	3	16	20	57	−37	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

Results

• Tromsø – Sogndal 1–0
• Sogndal – Moss 0–2
• Moss – Tromsø 0–1

Tromsø won the qualification round and was promoted to the 1. divisjon.

Play-off table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tromsø (O, P)	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	4	Promotion to First Division
2	Moss (R)	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	2	Relegation to Second Division
3	Sogndal	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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated