1988 Molde FK season

Molde
season
Chairman	Nils Olav Kringstad
Head coaches	Åge Hareide; Harry Hestad
Stadium	Molde Stadion
1. divisjon	3rd
Norwegian Cup	Quarter-final vs. Rosenborg
UEFA Cup	First round vs. Waregem
Top goalscorer	League: Jostein Flo (10); Kjetil Rekdal (10); All: Jostein Flo (14); Kjetil Rekdal (14)
Highest home attendance	6,520 vs Rosenborg; (21 August 1988)
Lowest home attendance	542 vs Spjelkavik; (10 June 1988)
Average home league attendance	3,473
	← 1987 1989 →

The was Molde's 14th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. This season Molde competed in 1. divisjon (first tier), the Norwegian Cup and the 1988–89 UEFA Cup.

In the league, Molde finished in 3rd position, 8 points behind winners Rosenborg.^[3]

Molde participated in the 1988 Norwegian Cup. They reached the quarter-finals where they drew rivals Rosenborg. Molde lost the game at Molde Stadion 1–2 after extra time and were eliminated from the competition.

Squad[]

Source:^[3] 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	Stig Engen
—	GK	NOR	Thor André Olsen
—	DF	NOR	Knut Hallvard Eikrem
—	DF	NOR
—	DF	NOR	Ulrich Møller (Captain)
—	DF	NOR	Sindre Rekdal
—	DF	NOR
—	DF	NOR	Ole Erik Stavrum
—	DF	NOR
—	MF	NOR	Jan Berg


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	NOR	Torbjørn Evensen
—	MF	NOR	Stein Olav Hestad
—	MF	NOR	Kjetil Rekdal
—	MF	NOR
—	MF	NOR	Ronald Wenaas
—	FW	NOR	Jostein Flo
—	FW	NOR
—	FW	NOR	Øystein Neerland
—	FW	NOR

Friendlies[]

13 February 1988	Molde	1 – 1	Volda	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Lubbenes kunstgress

20 February 1988	Molde	3 – 0	Sunndal	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Lubbenes kunstgress

27 February 1988	Molde	5 – 1	Hødd	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Lubbenes kunstgress

6 March 1988	Molde	4 – 0	Tromsø	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Lubbenes kunstgress
Note: Nissan Cup

12 March 1988	Rosenborg	2 – 0	Molde	Lade, Trondheim
CET (UTC+1)		Report
Note: Nissan Cup

19 March 1988	Molde	3 – 0	Sogndal	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Lubbenes kunstgress
Note: Nissan Cup

26 March 1988	Molde	4 – 0	Alvdal	Eresfjord
CET (UTC+1)		Report

30 March 1988	Molde	3 – 1	Skarbøvik	Rekdal, Vestnes
CET (UTC+1)		Report

9 April 1988	Kristiansund	1 – 2	Molde	Kristiansund
CET (UTC+1)		Report

12 April 1988	Vejle	1 – 2	Molde	Vejle, Denmark
CET (UTC+1)		Report

14 April 1988	Molde	1 – 1	Bodø/Glimt	, Denmark
CET (UTC+1)		Report

15 April 1988	Molde	1 – 1	Vålerengen	Denmark
CET (UTC+1)		Report

23 April 1988	Aalesund	2 – 5	Molde	Ålesund
CET (UTC+1)		Report

Competitions[]

1. divisjon[]

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	10	9	3	35	18	+17	39	5	5	1	22	11	+11	5	4	2	13	7	+6

Source: nifs.no

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W
Position	7	8	8	5	8	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	4	4	3

Source: see below

Results[]

30 April 1988 1	Bryne	0 – 0	Molde	Bryne
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Bryne Stadion Attendance: 3,218 Referee: Kjell Nordby

8 May 1988 2	Molde	1 – 1	Sogndal	Molde
CET (UTC+1)	Flo 21'	Report	29'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 4,620 Referee: Rune Pedersen

12 May 1988 3	Molde	0 – 0	Lillestrøm	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 4,620 Referee: Bjørn Kronborg

15 May 1988 4	Brann	1 – 4	Molde	Bergen
CET (UTC+1)	85'	Report	Neerland 1' Flo 26', 72' Rekdal 78'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 13,567 Referee: Thorodd Presberg

23 May 1988 5	Rosenborg	4 – 2	Molde	Trondheim
CET (UTC+1)	Ingebrigtsen 18' Sollied 52' Jakobsen 65' Brandhaug 84'	Report	Neerland 39', 62'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 14,449 Referee: Jan Erik Olsen

29 May 1988 6	Molde	1 – 0	Djerv 1919	Molde
CET (UTC+1)	68'	Report		Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 3,520 Referee: Roy Helge Olsen

5 June 1988 7	Tromsø	1 – 0	Molde	Tromsø
CET (UTC+1)	6'	Report		Stadium: Alfheim Stadion Attendance: 6,011 Referee: Tore Hollung

19 June 1988 8	Molde	1 – 1	Moss	Molde
CET (UTC+1)	Rekdal 5'	Report	Fjærestad 36'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 3,280 Referee: Arild Haugstad

26 June 1988 9	Strømmen	0 – 0	Molde	Strømmen
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Strømmen Stadion Attendance: 1,003 Referee: Roy Helge Olsen

3 July 1988 10	Molde	2 – 2	Vålerengen	Molde
CET (UTC+1)	Rekdal 3' Flo 63'	Report	75' 86'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 1,829

10 July 1988 11	Kongsvinger	0 – 0	Molde	Kongsvinger
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Gjemselund Stadion Attendance: 1,601 Referee: Jan Erik Olsen

24 July 1988 12	Molde	6 – 2	Bryne	Molde
CET (UTC+1)	Flo 9', 24' Wenaas 11' Rekdal 17', 74', 89'	Report	Hansen 48' 84'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 2,750 Referee: Tore Hollung

31 July 1988 13	Sogndal	1 – 1	Molde	Sogndal
CET (UTC+1)	Opseth 60'	Report	Stavrum ?'	Stadium: Fosshaugane Attendance: 2,275

7 August 1988 14	Molde	2 – 0	Brann	Molde
CET (UTC+1)	2' Stavrum 62'	Report		Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 4,080

14 August 1988 15	Lillestrøm	0 – 1	Molde	Lillestrøm
CET (UTC+1)		Report	Neerland 72'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 4,164 Referee: Kjell Nordby

21 August 1988 16	Molde	2 – 4	Rosenborg	Molde
CET (UTC+1)	Rekdal 20' Flo 51'	Report	Berg 31' Brandhaug 46' 49' Jakobsen 66'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 6,520

28 August 1988 17	Djerv 1919	0 – 1	Molde	Haugesund
CET (UTC+1)		Report	Flo 51'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 2,475

4 September 1988 18	Molde	0 – 0	Tromsø	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 3,320 Referee: Tore Hollung

11 September 1988 19	Moss	0 – 2	Molde	Moss
CET (UTC+1)		Report	Flo 39' Wenaas 82'	Stadium: Melløs Stadion Attendance: 2,465 Referee: Egil Nervik

25 September 1988 20	Molde	3 – 0	Strømmen	Molde
CET (UTC+1)	Stavrum 20', 77' Rekdal 80'	Report		Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 1,422

2 October 1988 21	Vålerengen	0 – 2	Molde	Oslo
CET (UTC+1)		Report	Rekdal ?', 75'	Stadium: Bislett Stadion Attendance: 1,001

9 October 1988 22	Molde	4 – 1	Kongsvinger	Molde
CET (UTC+1)	Flo 22' Neerland 29', 67' Berg 80'	Report	Martinsen 16'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 2,250

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	22	14	5	3	54	23	+31	47	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Lillestrøm	22	11	7	4	38	18	+20	40	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Molde	22	10	9	3	35	18	+17	39
4	Moss	22	11	4	7	30	19	+11	37
5	Tromsø	22	9	6	7	27	22	+5	33

Source: nifs.no
(C) Champion

Norwegian Cup[]

18 May 1988 First round	Surnadal	0 – 4	Molde	Surnadal
CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Flo 1st half', 2nd half' Berg 1st half' K. Rekdal 2nd half'	Stadium: Attendance: 500

10 June 1988 Second round	Molde	2 – 0	Spjelkavik	Molde
CEST (UTC+2)	Flo 11', 26'	Report		Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 542

6 July 1988 Third round	Clausenengen	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Molde	Kristiansund
CEST (UTC+2)		Report
	Penalties
			K. Rekdal Wenaas

3 August 1988 Fourth round	Alvdal	0 – 2	Molde	Alvdal
CEST (UTC+2)		Report	K. Rekdal 54', 74'	Stadium: Steinmoegga Idrettspark

24 August 1988 Quarter-finals	Molde	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Rosenborg	Molde
CEST (UTC+2)	Unknown 70'	Report	Henriksen 89' K. Rekdal 119' (o.g.)	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 10,240

UEFA Cup[]

Squad statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

Lacking information:

Appearance statistics (8–10 players) and goalscorer from Norwegian Cup quarter-finals are missing.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1. divisjon		Norwegian Cup		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	NOR	Jan Berg	27	2	22	1	3	1	2	0
	DF	NOR	Knut Hallvard Eikrem	27	0	21	0	4	0	2	0
	GK	NOR	Stig Engen	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
	MF	NOR		24	1	15+4	1	3	0	2	0
	FW	NOR	Jostein Flo	28	14	22	10	4	4	2	0
		NOR		16	0	12+1	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	NOR	Stein Olav Hestad	23	0	11+7	0	3	0	1+1	0
		NOR		2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
	DF	NOR	Ulrich Møller	29	0	22	0	5	0	2	0
	FW	NOR	Øystein Neerland	26	6	15+5	6	4	0	2	0
	GK	NOR	Thor André Olsen	28	0	22	0	4	0	2	0
	MF	NOR	Kjetil Rekdal	28	14	21	10	5	3	2	1
	DF	NOR	Sindre Rekdal	3	0	1+1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	NOR		19	0	9+6	0	1+1	0	1+1	0
	DF	NOR		22	0	17+1	0	2	0	2	0
	DF	NOR	Ole Erik Stavrum	26	4	21	4	3	0	2	0
	FW	NOR		5	1	2+2	1	1	0	0	0
		NOR	André Sylte	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	NOR	Ronald Wenaas	23	2	7+10	2	1+3	0	0+2	0

Goalscorers[]

Rank	Position	Player	1. divisjon	Norwegian Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	FW	Jostein Flo	10	4	0	14
1	MF	Kjetil Rekdal	10	3	1	14
3	FW	Øystein Neerland	6	0	0	6
4	DF	Ole Erik Stavrum	4	0	0	4
5	MF	Ronald Wenaas	2	0	0	2
5	MF	Jan Berg	1	1	0	2
7	MF		1	0	0	1
7	FW		1	0	0	1
		Unknown	0	1	0	1
		TOTALS	35	9	1	45

References[]

^ "Molde 2-4 Rosenborg". nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ "Tilskuertall Molde". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b Brunvoll, Olaus. "1988: Optimisme før sesongstart". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

External links[]

nifs.no

[1] "Molde 2-4 Rosenborg". nifs.no (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

[2] "Tilskuertall Molde". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 July 2019.

[MFK1988-3] Brunvoll, Olaus. "1988: Optimisme før sesongstart". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

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