# 1985 Molde FK season

The 1985 season was Molde's 11th 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 8th position, 12 points behind winners Roenborg.
Molde participated in the 1985 Norwegian Cup. They were knocked out by Clausenengen in the First Round. The team lost 0–2 in Kristiansund 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 | Arnfinn Isaksen |
| — | DF | NOR | Ulrich Møller (Captain) |
| — | MF | NOR | Marvin Arnesen |
| — | MF | NOR | Jan Berg |
| — | MF | NOR | Stein Olav Hestad |
| — | MF | NOR | Geir Malmedal |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NOR | Odd Ivar Moen |
| — | MF | NOR | Knut Nesbø |
| — | MF | NOR | Kjetil Rekdal |
| — | FW | NOR | Steinar Henden |
| — | FW | NOR | Rune Ulvestad |
| — | | NOR | Geir Heggdal |
| — | | NOR | Ove Heggem |
| — | | NOR | Rolf René Olsen |
| — | | NOR | Terje Sorthe |
| — | | NOR | Bjarne Stormyr |

## 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 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 33 | –8 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | –13 | 6 |
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 | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Start | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 21 | |
| 7 | Viking | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 21 | |
| 8 | Molde | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 21 | |
| 9 | Bryne | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 20 | |
| 10 | Moss (R) | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 19 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |

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

Lacking information:
* Appearance statistics from Norwegian Cup round 1 (11–13 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 | 22 | 2 | 20+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Jan Berg | 22 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | NOR | Torleif Bergsås | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | NOR | Inge Bratteteig | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | NOR | Knut Hallvard Eikrem | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | NOR | Tor Gunnar Hagbø | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | NOR | Åge Hareide | 22 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | | NOR | Ove Heggem | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | NOR | Steinar Henden | 7 | 3 | 3+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Stein Olav Hestad | 18 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | NOR | Pål Husøy | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | NOR | Arnfinn Isaksen | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Geir Malmedal | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Odd Ivar Moen | 20 | 2 | 17+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | NOR | Ulrich Møller | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Knut Nesbø | 18 | 1 | 12+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | | NOR | Rolf René Olsen | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | NOR | Kjetil Rekdal | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | | NOR | Terje Sorthe | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | NOR | Bjarne Stormyr | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | NOR | Rune Ulvestad | 22 | 6 | 19+3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Position | Player | 1. divisjon | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Rune Ulvestad | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | Jan Berg | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | DF | Åge Hareide | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | Steinar Henden | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | Marvin Arnesen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | Odd Ivar Moen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | Kjetil Rekdal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | Stein Olav Hestad | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Knut Nesbø | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 25 | 0 | 25 |