# 1986 Molde FK season

The 1986 season was Molde's 12th 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 9th position, 13 points behind winners Lillestrøm.
Molde participated in the 1986 Norwegian Cup. They reached the Third Round where they lost 0–2 away against Hødd and were eliminated from the competition.

## Squad

Source:
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 | Pål Husøy |
| — | DF | NOR | Knut Hallvard Eikrem |
| — | DF | NOR | Tor Gunnar Hagbø |
| — | DF | NOR | Åge Hareide |
| — | DF | NOR | Ulrich Møller (Captain) |
| — | DF | NOR | Geir Sperre |
| — | DF | NOR | Ole Erik Stavrum |
| — | MF | NOR | Marvin Arnesen |
| — | MF | NOR | Jan Berg |
| — | MF | NOR | Stein Olav Hestad |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NOR | Geir Malmedal |
| — | MF | NOR | Odd Ivar Moen |
| — | MF | NOR | Kjetil Rekdal |
| — | FW | NOR | Johan Høgset |
| — | FW | NOR | Rune Ulvestad |
| — | | NOR | Børre Bjørsvik |
| — | | NOR | Geir Heggdal |
| — | | NOR | Robert Kleve |
| — | | NOR | Jøran Nyheim |
| — | | NOR | Tommy Undhjem |
| — | | NOR | Erlend Vestre |

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

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 33 | –7 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | –10 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 13 |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lillestrøm (C) | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 17 | +23 | 33 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Mjøndalen | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 27 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Kongsvinger | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 27 | |
| 4 | Start | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 24 | |
| 5 | HamKam | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 24 | |
| 6 | Bryne | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 23 | |
| 7 | Vålerengen | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 22 | |
| 8 | Rosenborg | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 21 | |
| 9 | Molde | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 20 | |
| 10 | Tromsø (O) | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 18 | Cup Winners' Cup first round and relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Viking (R) | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 17 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 12 | Strømmen (R) | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 8 | Relegation to Second Division |
* ↑ Tromsø qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as Norwegian Cup winners.

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

Lacking information:
* Appearance statistics from Norwegian Cup rounds 1–3 (7–9 players in rounds 1–2 and 11–13 players in round 3) and one goalscorer from round 1 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 | 16 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Jan Berg | 23 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| | | NOR | Børre Bjørsvik | 6 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | NOR | Inge Bratteteig | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | NOR | Knut Hallvard Eikrem | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | NOR | Tor Gunnar Hagbø | 11 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | NOR | Åge Hareide | 19 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| | MF | NOR | Stein Olav Hestad | 19 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | NOR | Pål Husøy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | NOR | Johan Høgset | 18 | 4 | 10+7 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| | MF | NOR | Geir Malmedal | 13 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Odd Ivar Moen | 18 | 2 | 13+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | NOR | Ulrich Møller | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | NOR | Jøran Nyheim | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Kjetil Rekdal | 24 | 8 | 21+1 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| | DF | NOR | Geir Sperre | 20 | 1 | 16+3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | DF | NOR | Ole Erik Stavrum | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | NOR | Rune Ulvestad | 13 | 4 | 12+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | | NOR | Tommy Unhjem | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Position | Player | 1. divisjon | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | Kjetil Rekdal | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | Rune Ulvestad | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | DF | Åge Hareide | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | FW | Johan Høgset | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | Jan Berg | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | Odd Ivar Moen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Marvin Arnesen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | Børre Bjørsvik | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Stein Olav Hestad | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | Geir Sperre | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | Unknown | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | | TOTALS | 24 | 6 | 30 |