# 1980 in Norwegian football

The 1980 season was the 75th season of competitive football in Norway.

## Men's football
### League season
#### Promotion and relegation

| League | Promoted to league | Relegated from league |
| 1. divisjon | Fredrikstad Lyn Molde | HamKam Mjøndalen Brann |
| 2. divisjon | Harstad Kongsvinger Kvik Halden Ørn Kopervik Kristiansund | Aalesund Vigør Vigrestad Fram Larvik Stjørdals-Blink Tromsø |

#### 1. divisjon

Start won the championship, their second league title.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Start (C) | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 29 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Bryne | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 29 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Lillestrøm | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 27 | |
| 4 | Viking | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 25 | |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 23 | |
| 6 | Moss | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 23 | |
| 7 | Fredrikstad | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 23 | |
| 8 | Vålerengen | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 20 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 9 | Lyn | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 19 | |
| 10 | Molde (R) | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 18 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 11 | Skeid (R) | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 39 | −18 | 16 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 12 | Bodø/Glimt (R) | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 43 | −30 | 12 | Relegation to Second Division |

#### 2. divisjon
##### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | HamKam (C, P) | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 34 | Promotion to First Division |
| 2 | Mjøndalen | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 27 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Kvik Halden | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 26 | |
| 4 | Mjølner | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 24 | |
| 5 | Odd | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 23 | |
| 6 | Kongsvinger | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 22 | |
| 7 | Pors | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 21 | |
| 8 | Ørn | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 20 | |
| 9 | Raufoss | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 19 | |
| 10 | Frigg (R) | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 19 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 11 | Sarpsborg FK (R) | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 16 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 12 | Harstad (R) | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 13 | Relegation to Third Division |

##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Brann (C, P) | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 21 | +19 | 34 | Promotion to First Division |
| 2 | Haugar (O, P) | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 28 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Mo | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 26 | |
| 4 | Steinkjer | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 25 | |
| 5 | Kristiansund | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 25 | |
| 6 | Sogndal | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 25 | |
| 7 | Kopervik | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 23 | |
| 8 | Vard | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 21 | |
| 9 | Nessegutten | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 19 | |
| 10 | Strindheim (R) | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 17 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 11 | Hødd (R) | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 12 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 12 | Os (R) | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 50 | −33 | 9 | Relegation to Third Division |

#### 3. divisjon
### Norwegian Cup
#### Final
## Women's football
### Norwegian Women's Cup
#### Final

* BUL 1–1 (a.e.t.) Trondheims-Ørn

##### Replay

* BUL 2–0 Trondheims-Ørn

## UEFA competitions
### European Cup
#### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Viking | 3–7 | Red Star Belgrade | 2–3 | 1–4 |

### European Cup Winners' Cup
#### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sion | 1–3 | Haugar | 1–1 | 0–2 |

#### Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Haugar | 0–6 | Newport County | 0–0 | 0–6 |

### UEFA Cup
#### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Magdeburg | 5–3 | Moss | 2–1 (Report) | 3–2 (Report) |

## National teams
### Norway men's national football team
#### Results

Sources:

### Norway women's national football team
#### Results

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