# 1989 Norwegian Second Division

The 1989 2. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.
The league was contested by 24 teams, divided into two groups; A and B. The winners of group A and B were promoted to the 1990 Tippeligaen. The second placed teams met the 10th position finisher in the 1. divisjon in a qualification round where the winner was promoted to Tippeligaen. The bottom three teams inn both groups were relegated to the 3. divisjon.

## Overview
### Summary

Fyllingen won group A with 43 points and Strømsgodset won group B with 45 points. Both teams promoted to the 1990 Tippeligaen. The second-placed teams, Djerv 1919 and HamKam met Vålerengen in the promotion play-offs. Vålerengen won the qualification and remained in the Tippeligaen.

## Tables
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fyllingen (C, P) | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 20 | +23 | 43 | Promotion to Tippeligaen |
| 2 | Djerv 1919 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 41 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Bryne | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 40 | |
| 4 | Namsos | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 35 | |
| 5 | Fredrikstad | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 32 | |
| 6 | Stord | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 31 | |
| 7 | Aalesund | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 29 | |
| 8 | Strindheim | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 25 | |
| 9 | Råde | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 24 | |
| 10 | Vard (R) | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 23 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 11 | Vidar (R) | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 22 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 12 | Clausenengen (R) | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 49 | −31 | 17 | Relegation to Third Division |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Strømsgodset (C, P) | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 45 | Promotion to Tippeligaen |
| 2 | HamKam | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 48 | 23 | +25 | 42 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Mjøndalen | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 41 | |
| 4 | Frigg | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 35 | |
| 5 | Lyn | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 34 | |
| 6 | Faaberg | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 32 | |
| 7 | Strømmen | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 27 | |
| 8 | Pors | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 26 | |
| 9 | Eik | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 25 | |
| 10 | Drøbak/Frogn (R) | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 24 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 11 | Harstad (R) | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 59 | −37 | 17 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 12 | Bodø/Glimt (R) | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 51 | −26 | 14 | Relegation to Third Division |

## Promotion play-offs
### Results

* 15 October 1989: Vålerengen – Djerv 1919 1–0
* 18 October 1989: Djerv 1919 – HamKam 2–0
* 21 October 1989: HamKam – Vålerengen 2–2
Vålerengen won the qualification round and remained in the Tippeligaen.

### Play-off table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Vålerengen (O) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Remained in the Tippeligaen |
| 2 | Djerv 1919 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 2 | Remained in the Second Division |
| 3 | HamKam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | Remained in the Second Division |