# 1987 Molde FK season

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. 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:
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 | 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 |

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

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | 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:

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | DW | DL | W | DW | W | W | DL | L | W | W | DW | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### 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 | Total | 1. divisjon | 1. divisjon | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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 | 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 |
| 6 | DF | Åge Hareide | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Ole Erik Stavrum | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | GK | Inge Bratteteig | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Ulrich Møller | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 27 | 14 | 41 |