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 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 A and B

Goalscorers	Team	Goals
Ole Petter Skonnord	Elverum	17
Arve Svorkmo	HamKam	15
Ståle Solbakken	HamKam	14
Per Ivar Fornes	Mjøndalen	12
Geir Hasund	Hødd
Ståle Killie	Mjølner
Thor Helge Fagernes	Eik-Tønsberg	11
Stein Arne Ingelstad	HamKam
Erik Nymoen	Frigg
Terje Pedersen	Moss
Rolf Bredal	Drøbak/Frogn	10
Are Christensen	Vålerengen
Stig Otto Jørgensen	Tromsdalen
Per Terje Markussen	Mjøndalen
Sander Solberg	Fredrikstad
Erling Ytterland	HamKam
Tom Freddy Aune	Fredrikstad	9
Tommy Hansen	Mjøndalen
Morten Hanssen	Fredrikstad
Mons Ivar Mjelde	Bryne
Kai Birger Myrold	Aalesund
Arve Sundby	Eik-Tønsberg

See also

• 1991 Tippeligaen
• 1991 2. divisjon