| Season | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Fredrikstad Lyn |
| Promoted | Fredrikstad Lyn Molde |
| Relegated | Vigør Vigrestad Fram Larvik Stjørdals-Blink Tromsø Aalesund |
←1978 1980 → | |
The19792. divisjon was aNorwegian second-tierfootball league season.
The league was contested by 24 teams, divided into two groups; A and B.[1] Both groups consisted of 12 teams. The winners of group A and B were promoted to the1980 1. divisjon. The second placed teams in group A and B met each other in a two-legged qualification round where the winner was promoted to 1. divisjon. The bottom three teams in both groups were relegated to the3. divisjon.
Fredrikstad won group A with 34 points. Lyn won group B with 38 points. Both teams promoted to the 1980 1. divisjon. The second-placed teams,Pors andMolde met in the promotion play-offs. Molde defeated Pors with 7–0 on aggregate and won promotion.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fredrikstad(C, P) | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 34 | Promotion toFirst Division |
| 2 | Pors | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 33 | Qualification for thepromotion play-offs |
| 3 | Sogndal | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 26 | +22 | 28 | |
| 4 | Sarpsborg FK | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 26 | |
| 5 | Haugar | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 25 | |
| 6 | Vard | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 23 | |
| 7 | Raufoss | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 20 | |
| 8 | Os | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 19 | |
| 9 | Odd | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 19 | |
| 10 | Vigør(R) | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 17 | Relegation toThird Division |
| 11 | Vigrestad(R) | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 48 | −27 | 11 | |
| 12 | Fram Larvik(R) | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 34 | −22 | 9 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyn(C, P) | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 11 | +29 | 38 | Promotion toFirst Division |
| 2 | Molde(O, P) | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 31 | Qualification for thepromotion play-offs |
| 3 | Strindheim | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 25 | |
| 4 | Frigg | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 24 | |
| 5 | Hødd | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 24 | |
| 6 | Steinkjer | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 22 | |
| 7 | Nessegutten | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 20 | |
| 8 | Mjølner | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 20 | |
| 9 | Mo | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 18 | |
| 10 | Stjørdals-Blink(R) | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 32 | −11 | 15 | Relegation toThird Division |
| 11 | Tromsø(R) | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 52 | −28 | 14 | |
| 12 | Aalesund(R) | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 13 |
Molde won 7–0 on aggregate. Molde was promoted to 1. divisjon.