1999 Norwegian First Division

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.

1. divisjon

Season	1999
Dates	17 April – 17 October
Champions	Haugesund
Promoted	Haugesund Bryne Start
Relegated	Lofoten Skjetten Hødd Clausenengen
Matches played	182
Goals scored	550 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Anders Blomquist (17 goals)
← 1998 2000 →

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

Start	2–2	Strømsgodset
Kloster 7' (pen.) Nordseth 62'	Report	Wæhler 45' Lemsalu 84'

27 October 1999

18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Kristiansand Stadion, Kristiansand

Attendance: 5,004

Referee: Rune Pedersen^[2]

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Strømsgodset	0–1	Start
	Report	Leonardsen 90+2'

31 October 1999

18:00 CET (UTC+1)

Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen

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

• 1999 Tippeligaen
• 1999 2. divisjon
• 1999 3. divisjon

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.