The 1991
1. divisjon,
Norway
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's second-tier
football
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league, began play on 28 April 1991 and ended on 6 October 1991. The league was contested by 24 teams, divided in two groups and the winner of each group won promotion to
Tippeligaen
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, while the runners-up played a promotion-playoff against the 10th placed team in the
1991 Tippeligaen
The 1991 Tippeligaen was the 47th completed season of top division football in Norway. 22 game-weeks were played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number eleven and twelve are relegated. The winners of the two groups of the 1. divis ...
. The bottom three teams were relegated to the
2. divisjon
The Norwegian Second Division, also called 2. divisjon and often referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons, is the third-highest level of the Norwegian football league system.
There are 28 teams divided into two groups, and at the ...
.
Mjøndalen
Mjøndalen is a built up area in Drammen municipality in Viken county (formerly Buskerud county), Norway. It is situated south of the Drammenselva River opposite of Krokstadelva.
History
Mjøndalen has traditionally been a railway site most ...
and
Ham-Kam
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HamKam were most recently pr ...
won promotion to Tippeligaen, while
Kristiansund
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,
Frigg
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,
Surnadal
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,
Mjølner,
Råde
Råde is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Karlshus. The parish of ''Raade'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
The neighbouring ...
and
Sandefjord
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was relegated to the 2. divisjon.
Tables
Group A
Group B
Promotion play-offs
Results
*
Strindheim
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–
Bryne
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0–2
*
Brann –
Strindheim
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1–0
*
Bryne
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–
Brann 0–1
''Brann won the qualification round
and was promoted to the 1992 Tippeligaen.''
Play-off table
Top scorers Group B
See also
*
1991 Tippeligaen
The 1991 Tippeligaen was the 47th completed season of top division football in Norway. 22 game-weeks were played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number eleven and twelve are relegated. The winners of the two groups of the 1. divis ...
*
1991 2. divisjon
References
{{1991 in Norwegian football
Norwegian First Division seasons
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Norway
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Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...