1979 Molde FK season

The 1979 season was Molde's 19th season in the second tier of Norwegian football and their first since their relegation from 1. divisjon in 1978. This season Molde competed in 2. divisjon (second tier), promotion play-offs and the Norwegian Cup.

Molde

1979 season
Chairman	Sigmund Heggem
Head coach	Huib Ruijgrok
Stadium	Molde Stadion
2. divisjon, group B	2nd (promoted)
Norwegian Cup	Fourth round vs. Bryne
Top goalscorer	League: Stein Olav Hestad (11) All: Stein Olav Hestad (13)
Highest home attendance	4,520 vs Pors[1] (14 October 1979)

In the league, Molde finished in 2nd position in 2. divisjon group B, seven points behind winners Lyn and qualified for promotion play-offs.[1] Molde won promotion to the 1980 1. divisjon after winning the play-offs 7–0 on aggregate against Pors.[2]

Molde participated in the 1979 Norwegian Cup. Molde reached the fourth round where they were eliminated by Bryne. Molde lost the fourth round 0–4 on away ground.

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 Inge Bratteteig — GK  NOR Roger Marhaug — DF  NOR Stål Bjørkly — DF  NOR Tor Gunnar Hagbø — DF  NOR Åge Hareide — DF  NOR Einar Sekkeseter — DF  NOR Bertil Stranden — MF  NOR Per Arne Aase — MF  NOR Knut Bjørnå — MF  NOR Stein Olav Hestad

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NOR Leidulf Lyngstad — MF  NOR Knut Nesbø — MF  NOR Arnfinn Rye — FW  NOR Jan Fuglset — FW  NOR Lars Tennfjord — FW  NOR Rune Ulvestad —  NOR Tor Fuglset —  NOR Ståle Stavem —  NOR Per Vågan

Friendlies

Molde v Træff

17 February 1979	Molde	5–1	Træff	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report

Molde v Aalesund

24 February 1979	Molde	6–1	Aalesund
CET (UTC+1)		Report

Molde v Rosenborg

3 March 1979	Molde	1–3	Rosenborg
CET (UTC+1)		Report

Molde v Bodø/Glimt

10 March 1979	Molde	2–3	Bodø/Glimt
CET (UTC+1)		Report

Molde v Steinkjer

11 March 1979	Molde	4–0	Steinkjer
CET (UTC+1)		Report

Molde v Mjøndalen

24 March 1979	Molde	1–0	Mjøndalen
CET (UTC+1)		Report

Molde v Raufoss

1 April 1979	Molde	3–2	Raufoss
CET (UTC+1)		Report

Molde v Sunndal

8 April 1979	Molde	1–3	Sunndal
CET (UTC+1)		Report

Kristiansund v Molde

11 April 1979	Kristiansund	2–2	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report

Rosenborg v Molde

16 April 1979	Rosenborg	3–2	Molde
CET (UTC+1)		Report

Molde v Fredrikstad

22 April 1979	Molde	1–2	Fredrikstad
CET (UTC+1)		Report

Competitions

2. divisjon

Main article: 1979 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	12	7	3	52	22	+30	31		11	9	1	1	30	4	+26	19		11	3	6	2	22	18	+4	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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H
Result	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	W
Position	1	1	2	3	2	3		3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: see below

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Lyn (C, P)	22	17	4	1	40	11	+29	38	Promotion to 1. divisjon
2	Molde (O, P)	22	12	7	3	52	22	+30	31	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Strindheim	22	10	5	7	37	31	+6	25
4	Frigg	22	10	4	8	36	25	+11	24
5	Hødd	22	11	2	9	35	35	0	24

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

Molde v Pors

14 October 1979 Play-offs 1st Leg	Molde	3–0	Pors	Molde
CEST (UTC+2)	Ulvestad  ?', ?' H. Hestad  ?'	Report		Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 4,520

Pors v Molde

20 October 1979 Play-offs 2nd Leg	Pors	0–4 (0–7 agg.)	Molde	Porsgrunn
CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Ulvestad  ?', ?' Hareide  ?' Fuglset  ?' (pen.)

Molde won the promotion play-offs and were promoted to the 1. divisjon.

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 1979 Norwegian Football Cup

Molde v Træff

1 June 1979 First round	Molde	1–0	Træff	Molde
CEST (UTC+2)	H. Hestad  ?' (pen.)	Report

Kristiansund v Molde

4 July 1979 Second round	Kristiansund	1–2	Molde	Kristiansund
CEST (UTC+2)	Unknown  ?'	Report	Fuglset  ?', ?'	Stadium: Gressbanen

Molde v Skarbøvik

25 July 1979 Third round	Molde	4–2	Skarbøvik	Molde
CEST (UTC+2)	S. Hestad  35', ?' Fuglset  ?', ?'	Report	Unknown  ?' Unknown  ?'	Stadium: Molde Stadion

Bryne v Molde

12 August 1979 Fourth round	Bryne	4–0	Molde	Bryne
CEST (UTC+2)	Unknown  ?' Unknown  ?' Unknown  ?' Unknown  ?'	Report		Stadium: Bryne Stadion Attendance: 2,118

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Lacking information:

• Appaerance statistics from league games in rounds 5–9 are missing.
• Two goalscorers from league games in round 7 (Stjørdals/Blink at home) and four goal scorers from round 14 (Nessegutten at home) are missing.
• Appaerance statistics from Norwegian Cup round 1 (against Træff) are missing.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2. divisjon		Norwegian Cup		Promotion play-offs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Torleif Bergsås	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Inge Bratteteig	13	0	10	0	3	0	0	0
	GK		Leif Arne Frostad	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Roger Marhaug	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Stål Bjørkly	15	0	13	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		Tor Gunnar Hagbø	13	0	7+2	0	2+1	0	0+1	0
	DF		Åge Hareide	19	8	15	7	2	0	2	1
	DF		Einar Sekkeseter	23	4	18	4	3	0	2	0
	DF		Bertil Stranden	22	2	17	2	3	0	2	0
	MF		Per Arne Aase	19	0	14	0	3	0	2	0
	MF		Knut Bjørnå	20	1	17	1	3	0	0	0
	MF		Harry Hestad	25	7	18+1	5	4	1	2	1
	MF		Stein Olav Hestad	25	13	20	11	3	2	2	0
	MF		Leidulf Lyngstad	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Odd Ivar Moen	12	1	8+1	1	0+1	0	2	0
	MF		Knut Nesbø	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
	MF		Arnfinn Rye	17	1	8+7	1	1+1	0	0	0
	FW		Jan Fuglset	21	11	16	6	3	4	2	1
	FW		Lars Tennfjord	5	1	1+3	1	0	0	0+1	0
	FW		Rune Ulvestad	20	10	12+3	6	3	0	2	4
			Jo Nesbø	4	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
			Kjell Arne Rød	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
			Terje Rye	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
			Ståle Stavem	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	Position	Nat.	Player	1. divisjon	Norwegian Cup	Promotion play-offs	Total
1	MF		Stein Olav Hestad	11	2	0	13
2	FW		Jan Fuglset	6	4	1	11
3	FW		Rune Ulvestad	6	0	4	10
4	DF		Åge Hareide	7	0	1	8
5	MF		Harry Hestad	5	1	1	7
6	DF		Einar Sekkeseter	4	0	0	4
7	DF		Bertil Stranden	2	0	0	2
8	MF		Knut Bjørnå	1	0	0	1
	MF		Odd Ivar Moen	1	0	0	1
	MF		Arnfinn Rye	1	0	0	1
	FW		Lars Tennfjord	1	0	0	1
			Unknown	6	0	0	6
			Own goal	1	0	0	1
			TOTALS	52	7	7	66

See also

• Molde FK seasons

References

1. Brunvoll, Olaus. "1979: To seire mot Pors og opprykk". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
2. Aarhus, Lars. "Second division 1979". www.rsssf.no. RSSSF Norway. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

External links

• rsssf.no