1981 Molde FK season

Molde
season
Chairman	Gunnar Hagbø
Head coach	Torkild Brakstad
Stadium	Molde Stadion
2. divisjon, group B	2nd (promoted)
Norwegian Cup	Fourth round vs. Bryne
Top goalscorer	League: Rune Ulvestad (13); All: Rune Ulvestad (15)
Highest home attendance	4,022 vs Pors
	← 1980 1982 →

The was Molde's 20th season in the second tier of Norwegian football and their first since their relegation from 1. divisjon in 1980. This season Molde competed in 2. divisjon (second tier) and the Norwegian Cup.

In the league, Molde finished in 2nd position in 2. divisjon group B, 2 points behind winners Sogndal and qualified for promotion play-offs.^[1] Molde won promotion to the 1982 1. divisjon after winning the play-offs on goal difference against Brann and Pors.^[2]

Molde participated in the 1981 Norwegian Cup. Molde reached the fourth round where they were eliminated by Bryne. Molde lost the fourth round 2–4 on away ground after extra time.

Squad[]

Source:^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	NOR	Runar Bratli
—	GK	NOR	Inge Bratteteig
—	GK	NOR
—	GK	NOR	Roger Marhaug
—	DF	NOR
—	DF	NOR
—	DF	NOR	Åge Hareide
—	DF	NOR
—	DF	NOR	Ulrich Møller
—	DF	NOR
—	DF	NOR
—	MF	NOR


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	NOR	Stein Olav Hestad
—	MF	NOR
—	MF	NOR	Knut Nesbø
—	FW	NOR	Jan Fuglset
—	FW	NOR
—	FW	NOR	Rune Ulvestad
—		NOR	Paul Arne Håskjold
—		NOR	Lasse Havnes
—		NOR	Lars Even Østigård
—		NOR	Frank Tore Tangen
—		NOR

Friendlies[]

28 February 1981	Molde	2–1	Kristiansund	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Lubbenes kunstgress

7 March 1981	Molde	1–1	Skarbøvik	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Lubbenes kunstgress

14 March 1981	Molde	1–1	Hamarkameratene	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Lubbenes kunstgress

15 March 1981	Molde	2–1	Steinkjer	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Lubbenes kunstgress

21 March 1981	Molde	1–2	Nessegutten	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Lubbenes kunstgress

22 March 1981	Molde	9–1	Sørumsand	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Lubbenes kunstgress

28 March 1981	Rosenborg	0–1	Molde	Lade, Trondheim
CET (UTC+1)		Report

29 March 1981	Molde	3–1	Ørsta	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Lubbenes kunstgress

4 April 1981	Hødd	3–1	Molde	Vigra
CET (UTC+1)		Report

11 April 1981		1–5	Molde	Farstad
CET (UTC+1)		Report

12 April 1981	Os	1–2	Molde	Bergen
CET (UTC+1)		Report

15 April 1981	Skarbøvik	0–0	Molde	Hessa, Ålesund
CET (UTC+1)		Report

20 April 1981	Hamarkameratene	1–0	Molde	Hamar
CET (UTC+1)		Report

20 July 1981		1–2	Molde	Røros
CET (UTC+1)	Unknown 85'	Report	Ulvestad ?', ?'	Attendance: 700
Note: Tippekamp

27 July 1981	Molde	4–1	Træff	Molde
CET (UTC+1)	Ulvestad 4' Fuglset ?' Hareide ?' Hestad ?'	Report	Unknown ?'

Competitions[]

2. divisjon[]

Results summary[]

Overall									Home									Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
22	10	9	3	41	20	+21	29		11	6	5	0	24	8	+16	17		11	4	4	3	17	12	+5	12

Positions by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W
Position					11	11	10	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2

Source: see below

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Sogndal (C, P)	22	12	7	3	44	14	+30	31	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Molde (O, P)	22	10	9	3	41	20	+21	29	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Mo	22	8	11	3	33	20	+13	27
4	Sunndal	22	6	11	5	25	26	−1	23
5	Varegg	22	7	9	6	31	35	−4	23

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted

Promotion play-offs[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Molde (O, P)	2	1	1	3	2	+1	2	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Brann (R)	2	1	1	2	2	0	2	Relegation to 2. divisjon
3	Pors	2	1	1	3	4	−1	2	Remained in 2. divisjon

Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

1981 Play-offs	Molde	3–1	Pors	Molde
CEST (UTC+2)	Hestad 33' 63' 83'	Report	Unknown 8'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 4,022

24 October 1981 Play-offs	Brann	1–0	Molde	Bergen
CEST (UTC+2)	Giske ?'	Report		Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 15,000

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

Norwegian Cup[]

28 May 1981 First round	Velledalen/Ringen	0–2	Molde	Velledalen, Sykkylven
CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Unknown Unknown

24 June 1981 Second round	Molde	0–0	Aalesund	Molde
CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Molde Stadion

8 July 1981 Second round Replay	Aalesund	2–3	Molde	Ålesund
CEST (UTC+2)	Unknown Unknown	Report	Ulvestad 42' (67) Hareide 52'	Stadium: Kråmyra Stadion

12 July 1981 Third round	Molde	4–2	Strindheim	Molde
CEST (UTC+2)	Fuglset 41', ?' Hestad 49' ?'	Report	Unknown Unknown	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 1,621

1981 Fourth round	Bryne	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Molde	Bryne
CEST (UTC+2)	Unknown 18' Unknown 52' Unknown ?' Unknown ?'	Report	Unknown ?' (o.g.) ?'	Stadium: Bryne Stadion Attendance: 1,825

Squad statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

Lacking information:

Appearance statistics from league games in rounds 1 (Mo away), 13 (Mo home) and 16 (Bergsøy away) are missing.
Three goalscorers from league games in round 11 (Kristiansund away) are missing.
Two goalscorers from Norwegian Cup round 1 (Velledalen/Ringen away) are missing.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2. divisjon		Norwegian Cup		Promotion play-offs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	NOR	Inge Bratteteig	27	0	20	0	5	0	2	0
	GK	NOR		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	NOR		2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	NOR		26	0	19	0	5	0	2	0
	DF	NOR	Åge Hareide	20	7	15	6	5	1	0	0
	DF	NOR		10	0	4+4	0	1+1	0	0	0
	DF	NOR	Ulrich Møller	19	0	12+2	0	3	0	2	0
	DF	NOR		23	1	16	1	5	0	2	0
	DF	NOR		26	3	19	2	5	0	2	1
	MF	NOR		22	2	15+1	1	4	1	2	0
	MF	NOR	Stein Olav Hestad	26	7	19	5	4+1	1	2	1
	MF	NOR		25	3	18	1	5	1	2	1
	MF	NOR	Knut Nesbø	25	1	15+3	1	4+1	0	0+2	0
	FW	NOR	Jan Fuglset	21	4	12+3	2	4	2	2	0
	FW	NOR		15	2	6+8	2	0+1	0	0	0
	FW	NOR	Rune Ulvestad	25	15	17+1	13	5	2	2	0
		NOR		8	0	2+4	0	0+2	0	0	0
		NOR		1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
		NOR	Hoseth	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
		NOR		10	2	4+3	2	0+1	0	2	0
		NOR		1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers[]

Rank	Position	Player	1. divisjon	Norwegian Cup	Promotion play-offs	Total
1	FW	Rune Ulvestad	13	2	0	15
2	MF	Åge Hareide	6	1	0	7
2	MF	Stein Olav Hestad	5	1	1	7
4	FW	Jan Fuglset	2	2	0	4
5	MF		1	1	1	3
5	DF		2	0	1	3
7			2	0	0	2
	FW		2	0	0	2
	MF		1	1	0	2
10	MF	Knut Nesbø	1	0	0	1
10	DF		1	0	0	1
		Unknown	3	2	0	5
		Own goals	2	1	0	3
		TOTALS	41	11	3	55

References[]

^ ^a ^b Brunvoll, Olaus. "MFK 1981". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
^ Aarhus, Lars. "First division 1981". www.rsssf.no. RSSSF Norway. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

External links[]

rsssf.no

[MFK1981-1] Brunvoll, Olaus. "MFK 1981". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[2] Aarhus, Lars. "First division 1981". www.rsssf.no. RSSSF Norway. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

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