1981 Molde FK season

Molde

1981 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

The 1981 season 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  NOR Runar Bratli — GK  NOR Inge Bratteteig — GK  NOR Stein Hagen — GK  NOR Roger Marhaug — DF  NOR Stål Bjørkly — DF  NOR Tor Gunnar Hagbø — DF  NOR Åge Hareide — DF  NOR Ivar Helge Mittet — DF  NOR Ulrich Møller — DF  NOR Einar Sekkeseter — DF  NOR Bertil Stranden — MF  NOR Per Arne Aase

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

Friendlies

Molde v Kristiansund

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

Molde v Skarbøvik

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

Molde v Hamarkameratene

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

Molde v Steinkjer

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

Molde v Nessegutten

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

Molde v Sørumsand

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

Rosenborg v Molde

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

Molde v Ørsta

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

Hødd v Molde

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

Bryn v Molde

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

Os v Molde

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

Skarbøvik v Molde

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

Hamarkameratene v Molde

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

Røros v Molde

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

Molde v Træff

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

Competitions

2. divisjon

Main article: 1981 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 e	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 First Division
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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Promotion play-offs

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

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

Results

Molde v Pors

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

Brann v Molde

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

Main article: 1981 Norwegian Football Cup

Velledalen/Ringen v Molde

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

Molde v Aalesund

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

Aalesund v Molde

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

Molde v Strindheim

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

Bryne v Molde

1981 Fourth round	Bryne	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Molde	Bryne
CEST (UTC+2)	Unknown 18' Unknown 52' Unknown ?' Unknown ?'	Report	Unknown ?' (o.g.) Aase ?'	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
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	NOR	Inge Bratteteig	27	0	20	0	5	0	2	0
	GK	NOR	Stein Hagen	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	NOR	Stål Bjørkly	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	NOR	Tor Gunnar Hagbø	26	0	19	0	5	0	2	0
	DF	NOR	Åge Hareide	20	7	15	6	5	1	0	0
	DF	NOR	Ivar Helge Mittet	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	Einar Sekkeseter	23	1	16	1	5	0	2	0
	DF	NOR	Bertil Stranden	26	3	19	2	5	0	2	1
	MF	NOR	Per Arne Aase	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	Leidulf Lyngstad	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	Lars Tennfjord	15	2	6+8	2	0+1	0	0	0
	FW	NOR	Rune Ulvestad	25	15	17+1	13	5	2	2	0
		NOR	Paul Arne Håskjold	8	0	2+4	0	0+2	0	0	0
		NOR	Lasse Havnes	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
		NOR	Hoseth	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
		NOR	Terje Sorthe	10	2	4+3	2	0+1	0	2	0
		NOR	Frank Tore Tangen	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	Position	Nat.	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
	MF		Stein Olav Hestad	5	1	1	7
4	FW		Jan Fuglset	2	2	0	4
5	MF		Leidulf Lyngstad	1	1	1	3
	DF		Bertil Stranden	2	0	1	3
7			Terje Sorthe	2	0	0	2
	FW		Lars Tennfjord	2	0	0	2
	MF		Per Arne Aase	1	1	0	2
10	MF		Knut Nesbø	1	0	0	1
	DF		Einar Sekkeseter	1	0	0	1
			Unknown	3	2	0	5
			Own goals	2	1	0	3
			TOTALS	41	11	3	55

See also

• Molde FK seasons

References

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.

External links

• rsssf.no