1987 Molde FK season

Molde

1987 season
Chairman	Nils Olav Kringstad
Head coaches	Åge Hareide Harry Hestad
Stadium	Molde Stadion
1. divisjon	2nd
Norwegian Cup	Third Round vs. Sunndal
Top goalscorer	League: Jan Berg (7) Kjetil Rekdal (7) All: Kjetil Rekdal (12)
Highest home attendance	14,793 vs Moss[1] (10 October 1987)
Lowest home attendance	796 vs Langevåg (24 June 1987)
Average home league attendance	4,431[2]
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The 1987 season was Molde's 13th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. This season Molde competed in 1. divisjon (first tier) and the Norwegian Cup.

In the league, Molde finished in 2nd position, 3 points behind winners Moss.^[3] On 10 October, Molde met Moss at Molde Stadion in the final round of the season. They would have become champions if they had defeated Moss, but lost the game 0–2. The match attended 14,973 spectators, which is the all-time home attendance record for Molde FK.

Molde participated in the 1987 Norwegian Cup. They reached the Third Round where they lost 0–2 away against Sunndal and were eliminated from the competition.

Squad

Source:^[4] 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 Thor André Olsen — DF  NOR Even Blakstad — DF  NOR Knut Hallvard Eikrem — DF  NOR Tor Gunnar Hagbø — DF  NOR Åge Hareide — DF  NOR Lasse Møller — DF  NOR Ulrich Møller (Captain) — DF  NOR Geir Sperre — DF  NOR Ole Erik Stavrum

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NOR Marvin Arnesen — MF  NOR Jan Berg — MF  NOR Stein Olav Hestad — MF  NOR Kjetil Rekdal — MF  NOR Finn Renna — FW  NOR Jostein Flo — FW  NOR Johan Høgset — FW  NOR Øystein Neerland —  NOR Geir Heggdal —  NOR Atle Strande

Friendlies

Competitions

1. divisjon

Results summary

Overall										Home										Away
Pld	W	DW	DL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		Pld	W	DW	DL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		Pld	W	DW	DL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
22	11	3	2	6	27	20	+7	41		11	6	1	2	2	15	9	+6	22		11	5	2	0	4	12	11	+1	19

Source:^[5]

Positions by round

Results

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Moss (C)	22	13	2	1	6	44	30	+14	44	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Molde	22	11	3	2	6	27	20	+7	41	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Kongsvinger	22	9	4	4	5	32	22	+10	39
4	Rosenborg	22	8	4	7	3	33	25	+8	39
5	Bryne	22	11	0	1	10	32	27	+5	34	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
6	Tromsø	22	5	7	2	8	19	31	−12	31
7	Vålerengen	22	8	1	4	9	26	27	−1	30
8	Brann	22	7	3	3	9	25	28	−3	30
9	Lillestrøm	22	7	3	2	10	22	21	+1	29
10	HamKam (R)	22	7	3	2	10	27	34	−7	29	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11	Mjøndalen (R)	22	6	2	3	11	26	34	−8	25	Relegation to the Second Division
12	Start (R)	22	6	2	3	11	30	44	−14	25

Norwegian Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Lacking information:

• Appearance statistics from Norwegian Cup rounds 2 (6–8 players) and 3 (8–10 players) are missing.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1. divisjon		Norwegian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	NOR	Marvin Arnesen	23	4	21	2	2	2
	MF	NOR	Jan Berg	22	7	20	7	2	0
	DF	NOR	Even Blakstad	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
	GK	NOR	Inge Bratteteig	13	1	10+1	0	2	1
	DF	NOR	Knut Hallvard Eikrem	22	0	21	0	1	0
	FW	NOR	Jostein Flo	21	3	18+1	2	2	1
	DF	NOR	Tor Gunnar Hagbø	23	1	22	1	1	0
	DF	NOR	Åge Hareide	15	1	8+7	1	0	0
	MF	NOR	Stein Olav Hestad	16	0	13+3	0	0	0
	FW	NOR	Johan Høgset	14	0	0+13	0	0+1	0
	FW	NOR	Odd Ivar Moen	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
	DF	NOR	Lasse Møller	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
	DF	NOR	Ulrich Møller	24	1	21	0	3	1
	FW	NOR	Øystein Neerland	23	10	20+1	6	2	4
	GK	NOR	Thor André Olsen	13	0	13	0	0	0
	MF	NOR	Kjetil Rekdal	20	12	19	7	1	5
	MF	NOR	Finn Renna	14	0	6+8	0	0	0
	DF	NOR	Geir Sperre	13	0	9+3	0	1	0
	DF	NOR	Ole Erik Stavrum	22	1	21	1	1	0

Goalscorers

Rank	Position	Nat.	Player	1. divisjon	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	MF		Kjetil Rekdal	7	5	12
2	FW		Øystein Neerland	6	4	10
3	MF		Jan Berg	7	0	7
4	MF		Marvin Arnesen	2	2	4
5	FW		Jostein Flo	2	1	3
6	DF		Tor Gunnar Hagbø	1	0	1
	DF		Åge Hareide	1	0	1
	DF		Ole Erik Stavrum	1	0	1
	GK		Inge Bratteteig	0	1	1
	DF		Ulrich Møller	0	1	1
			TOTALS	27	14	41

See also

• Molde FK seasons

References

External links

• nifs.no