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
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

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Haugesund (C, P)2616466132+2952Promotion to Tippeligaen
2Bryne (P)2614754333+1049
3Start (O, P)2613854231+1147Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4Lyn2611965430+2442
5Sogndal2612683832+642
6Kjelsås2611873328+541
7Eik-Tønsberg2610793939037
8L/F Hønefoss26105114342+135
9Raufoss2688103536−132
10Byåsen[a]2696113732+530
11Lofoten (R)2686123847−930Relegation to Second Division
12Skjetten (R)2685132943−1429
13Hødd (R)2656153451−1721
14Clausenengen (R)2641212474−5013
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:

Results

Home \ AwayBRYBYÅCLAEIKFKHILHKJELFHLOFLYNRILSKJSILIKS
Bryne1–02–04–10–02–12–23–04–31–03–21–03–03–3
Byåsen0–06–11–22–01–01–26–11–10–11–12–10–10–0
Clausenengen0–21–01–31–41–31–20–11–31–44–10–10–31–5
Eik-Tønsberg2–01–15–12–33–21–21–11–10–04–10–01–01–0
Haugesund0–03–36–02–04–01–00–25–24–35–14–10–14–0
Hødd1–41–21–22–21–00–02–33–02–01–11–32–12–3
Kjelsås4–12–13–20–23–01–00–30–11–11–11–11–21–2
L/F Hønefoss1–23–44–23–40–31–10–13–03–00–01–20–04–1
Lofoten3–11–21–22–11–34–20–00–31–11–15–02–11–1
Lyn6–02–06–07–00–23–20–01–12–12–11–12–21–2
Raufoss0–10–13–01–14–02–00–12–12–02–21–03–23–1
Skjetten0–01–02–02–42–32–02–31–35–11–61–00–20–3
Sogndal3–21–01–12–13–12–22–15–10–21–22–20–01–0
Start1–14–22–10–02–02–21–11–02–11–11–01–03–0
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1
Anders BlomquistHaugesund
17
2
Kristian Bye-AndersenEik-Tønsberg
16
3
Tommy NilsenLyn
14
4
Trond NordsethStart
12
5
Geir Atle UndheimBryne
11
Bala GarbaHaugesund
Ole Petter SkonnordKjelsås
Jarle WeeHaugesund
9
Lars BergRaufoss
10
Fredrik HornLofoten
Stein Berg JohansenLofoten
Mikael EdvardsonL/F Hønefoss
Kjell Roar KaasaLyn

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'
ReportWæhler 45'
Lemsalu 84'

Strømsgodset0–1Start
ReportLeonardsen 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

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