# 1988 Molde FK season

The 1988 season was Molde's 14th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. This season Molde competed in 1. divisjon (first tier), the Norwegian Cup and the 1988–89 UEFA Cup.
In the league, Molde finished in 3rd position, 8 points behind winners Rosenborg.
Molde participated in the 1988 Norwegian Cup. They reached the quarter-finals where they drew rivals Rosenborg. Molde lost the game at Molde Stadion 1–2 after extra time and were eliminated from the competition.

## 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 | Ulrich Møller (Captain) |
| — | DF | NOR | Sindre Rekdal |
| — | DF | NOR | Geir Sperre |
| — | DF | NOR | Ole Erik Stavrum |
| — | DF | NOR | André Sylte |
| — | MF | NOR | Jan Berg |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NOR | Torbjørn Evensen |
| — | MF | NOR | Stein Olav Hestad |
| — | MF | NOR | Kjetil Rekdal |
| — | MF | NOR | Finn Renna |
| — | MF | NOR | Ronald Wenaas |
| — | FW | NOR | Jostein Flo |
| — | FW | NOR | Kjell Petter Hoel |
| — | FW | NOR | Øystein Neerland |
| — | FW | NOR | Rune Sunde |

## 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rosenborg (C) | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 23 | +31 | 47 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 40 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Molde | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 18 | +17 | 39 | |
| 4 | Moss | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 37 | |
| 5 | Tromsø | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 33 | |

### UEFA Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

Lacking information:
* Appearance statistics (8–10 players) and goalscorer from Norwegian Cup quarter-finals are missing.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1. divisjon | 1. divisjon | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | MF | NOR | Jan Berg | 27 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | NOR | Knut Hallvard Eikrem | 27 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | NOR | Stig Engen | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Torbjørn Evensen | 24 | 1 | 15+4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | NOR | Jostein Flo | 28 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| | | NOR | Tor Gunnar Hagbø | 16 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Stein Olav Hestad | 23 | 0 | 11+7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | | NOR | Kjell Petter Hoel | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | NOR | Ulrich Møller | 29 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | NOR | Øystein Neerland | 26 | 6 | 15+5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | NOR | Thor André Olsen | 28 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Kjetil Rekdal | 28 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| | DF | NOR | Sindre Rekdal | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Finn Renna | 19 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | DF | NOR | Geir Sperre | 22 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | NOR | Ole Erik Stavrum | 26 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | NOR | Rune Sunde | 5 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | NOR | André Sylte | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Ronald Wenaas | 23 | 2 | 7+10 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Position | Player | 1. divisjon | Norwegian Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Jostein Flo | 10 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | MF | Kjetil Rekdal | 10 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | FW | Øystein Neerland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | DF | Ole Erik Stavrum | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | Ronald Wenaas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | Jan Berg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Torbjørn Evensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | Rune Sunde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Unknown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 35 | 9 | 1 | 45 |