# 1989 Molde FK season

The 1989 season was Molde's 15th 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 4th position, 15 points behind winners Lillestrøm.
Molde participated in the 1989 Norwegian Cup. They reached their second final in club history. Molde drew Viking 2–2 after extra time in the final played on 22 October at Ullevaal Stadion. Øystein Neerland and Petter Belsvik scored Molde's goals. The replay was played the following Sunday, on 29 October. Molde lost the replay 1–2 against Viking, Geir Sperre scored Molde's only goal of the game.

## Squad

Source:
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 | Stig Engen |
| — | GK | NOR | Thor André Olsen |
| — | DF | NOR | Knut Hallvard Eikrem |
| — | DF | NOR | Tor Gunnar Hagbø |
| — | DF | NOR | Hugo Hansen |
| — | DF | NOR | Ulrich Møller (Captain) |
| — | DF | NOR | Sindre Rekdal |
| — | DF | NOR | Geir Sperre |
| — | DF | NOR | Ole Erik Stavrum |
| — | MF | NOR | Torbjørn Evensen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NOR | Stein Olav Hestad |
| — | MF | NOR | Morten Kristiansen |
| — | MF | NOR | Øyvind Leonhardsen |
| — | MF | NOR | Espen Søraa |
| — | MF | NOR | Ronald Wenaas |
| — | FW | NOR | Petter Belsvik |
| — | FW | NOR | Jostein Flo |
| — | FW | NOR | Øystein Neerland |
| — | FW | NOR | Frode Tømmerbakk |

## Competitions
### 1. divisjon
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: nifs.no

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Rosenborg | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 29 | +27 | 44 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Tromsø | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 37 | |
| 4 | Molde | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 37 | |
| 5 | Kongsvinger | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 34 | |
| 6 | Viking | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 31 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |

### Norwegian Cup
#### Final
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

Lacking information:
* Appearance statistics from Norwegian Cup rounds 1, 4, quarter-finals and semi-finals (7–9 players in first round, 11–13 players in fourth round, 8–10 players in the quarter-finals and 9–11 players in the semi-finals) are missing.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1. divisjon | 1. divisjon | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | FW | NOR | Petter Belsvik | 29 | 19 | 21+1 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
| | DF | NOR | Knut Hallvard Eikrem | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | GK | NOR | Stig Engen | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Torbjørn Evensen | 11 | 1 | 5+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| | FW | NOR | Jostein Flo | 28 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 7 |
| | DF | NOR | Tor Gunnar Hagbø | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | NOR | Hugo Hansen | 27 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Stein Olav Hestad | 12 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Morten Kristiansen | 27 | 5 | 19+2 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| | MF | NOR | Øyvind Leonhardsen | 27 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| | DF | NOR | Ulrich Møller | 27 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | NOR | Øystein Neerland | 20 | 7 | 10+6 | 4 | 1+3 | 3 |
| | GK | NOR | Thor André Olsen | 29 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | NOR | Sindre Rekdal | 15 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | NOR | Geir Sperre | 25 | 5 | 19+1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| | DF | NOR | Ole Erik Stavrum | 20 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Espen Søraa | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | NOR | Frode Tømmerbakk | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Ronald Wenaas | 15 | 2 | 5+8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Position | Player | 1. divisjon | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Jostein Flo | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 1 | FW | Petter Belsvik | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | MF | Øyvind Leonhardsen | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | Øystein Neerland | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | Morten Kristiansen | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | Geir Sperre | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | DF | Ole Erik Stavrum | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Ronald Wenaas | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | Hugo Hansen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Torbjørn Evensen | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 40 | 29 | 69 |