1978 Molde FK season

The 1978 season was Molde's fifth consecutive year in the top flight, and their 7th season in total in the top flight of Norwegian football. This season Molde competed in 1. divisjon (first tier), the Norwegian Cup and the 1978–79 UEFA Cup.

Molde

1978 season
Chairman	Sigmund Heggem
Coach	Huib Ruijgrok
Stadium	Molde Stadion
1. divisjon	10th (relegated)
Norwegian Cup	Fourth round vs Rosenborg
UEFA Cup	First round vs Torpedo Moscow
Top goalscorer	League: Stein Olav Hestad (6) All: Stein Olav Hestad (10)
Highest home attendance	5,742 vs Bodø/Glimt (4 May 1978)[1]
Lowest home attendance	1,183 vs Moss (24 June 1978)[2]
Average home league attendance	2,784[3]

In the league, Molde finished in 10th position, 21 points behind winners Start and were relegated to the 2. divisjon.[4] Molde entered the first round of the 1978–79 UEFA Cup. On 27 September, they were eliminated by Torpedo Moscow with a 3–7 loss on aggregate.[5]

Squad

Source:[4]
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 Torleif Bergsås — GK  NOR Inge Bratteteig — DF  NOR Stål Bjørkly — DF  NOR Erik Brakstad — DF  NOR Torkild Brakstad — DF  NOR Tor Gunnar Hagbø — DF  NOR Svein Kanestrøm — DF  NOR Einar Sekkeseter — DF  NOR Bertil Stranden — MF  NOR Per Arne Aase

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NOR Knut Bjørnå — MF  NOR Åge Hareide — MF  NOR Arild Haukaas — MF  NOR Arnfinn Rye — FW  NOR Jan Fuglset — FW  NOR Stein Olav Hestad — FW  NOR Harry Hestad — FW  NOR Odd Ivar Moen — FW  NOR Bjørner Oshaug — FW  NOR Rune Ulvestad

Friendlies

12 March 1978	Clausenengen	2–2	Molde
		Report

18 March 1978	Sunndal	1–0	Molde
		Report

25 March 1978	Steinkjer	0–3	Molde
		Report

27 March 1978	Molde	3–0	Rosenborg
		Report

1 April 1978	Hødd	1–0	Molde
		Report

8 April 1978	BUCB	2–1	Molde
		Report

11 April 1978	De Valkeniers	1–7	Molde
		Report

12 April 1978	De Jegers	1–7	Molde
		Report

13 April 1978	Delft	0–1	Molde
		Report

Competitions

1. divisjon

Results summary

Overall									Home									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	5	2	15	36	58	–22	12		11	3	0	8	22	33	–11	6		11	2	2	7	14	25	–11	6

Source:[6]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Start (C)	22	13	7	2	30	13	+17	33	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Lillestrøm	22	11	9	2	45	22	+23	31	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
3	Viking	22	12	7	3	42	22	+20	31	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Skeid	22	12	2	8	38	33	+5	26
5	Brann	22	11	3	8	52	42	+10	25
6	Vålerengen	22	9	6	7	44	34	+10	24
7	Bryne	22	7	8	7	27	30	−3	22
8	Moss	22	8	4	10	39	38	+1	20
9	Bodø/Glimt	22	6	6	10	37	37	0	18
10	Molde (R)	22	5	2	15	36	58	−22	12	Relegation to 2. divisjon
11	Lyn (R)	22	3	5	14	23	53	−30	11
12	Steinkjer (R)	22	1	9	12	20	51	−31	11

Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Norwegian Cup

8 June 1978 First round	Molde	7–0	Dovre	Molde
	S. Hestad  ?', ?', ?' T. Brakstad  ?' Rye  ?' Hagbø  ?' H. Hestad  ?'	Report		Stadium: Molde Stadion

1978 Second round	Brekken	1–2	Molde	Brekken, Røros
	Stranden  ?' (o.g.)	Report	S. Hestad  ?' T. Brakstad  ?'

26 July 1978 Third round	Molde	1–0	Tornado	Molde
	H. Hestad  ?'	Report		Stadium: Molde Stadion

23 August 1978 Fourth round	Rosenborg	2–0	Molde	Trondheim
	Eggen  28' Sundmoen  70'	Report		Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 8,687

UEFA Cup

13 September 1978 First round 1st Leg	Torpedo Moscow	4–0	Molde	Moscow, Soviet Union
	Vasiliev  5' Mironov  35' Grishin  78' Suchilin  86'	Report		Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium

27 September 1978 First round 2nd Leg	Molde	3–3 (3–7 agg.)	Torpedo Moscow	Molde, Norway
	T. Brakstad  43' Bjørnå  53' Fuglset  67'	Report	Vasiliev  26', 71' Suchilin  81'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 2,813

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Lacking information:

• Appaerance statistics from 1. divisjon round 4 (away against Start), round 11 (at home against Moss), round 20 (at home against Vålerengen) and one goalscorer from round 4 (away against Start) are missing.
• Appaerance statistics from Norwegian Cup round 2 (against Brekken) and round 3 (against Tornado) are missing.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1. divisjon		Norwegian Cup		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Torleif Bergsås	7	0	5	0	1	0	1	0
	GK		Inge Bratteteig	21	0	15+3	0	2	0	1	0
	DF		Stål Bjørkly	12	0	11	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Erik Brakstad	6	0	3+2	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Torkild Brakstad	23	5	17	2	4	2	2	1
	DF		Tor Gunnar Hagbø	9	2	5	1	1+1	1	0+2	0
	DF		Svein Kanestrøm	13	0	7+3	0	0+2	0	1	0
	DF		Einar Sekkeseter	16	4	14	4	1	0	1	0
	DF		Bertil Stranden	24	0	18	0	4	0	2	0
	MF		Per Arne Aase	5	0	2+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
	MF		Knut Bjørnå	19	4	16	3	1	0	2	1
	MF		Åge Hareide	17	2	14	2	2	0	1	0
	MF		Arild Haukaas	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Arnfinn Rye	17	6	12+1	5	2	1	2	0
	FW		Jan Fuglset	13	6	10	5	1	0	2	1
	FW		Harry Hestad	15	2	11+1	0	2+1	2	0	0
	FW		Stein Olav Hestad	23	10	18	6	3	4	2	0
	FW		Odd Ivar Moen	19	3	12+3	3	2	0	2	0
	FW		Bjørner Oshaug	6	0	1+3	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		Rune Ulvestad	17	4	12+2	4	1	0	2	0

Goalscorers

Rank	Position	Nat.	Player	1. divisjon	Norwegian Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	FW		Stein Olav Hestad	6	4	0	10
2	MF		Arnfinn Rye	5	1	0	6
	FW		Jan Fuglset	5	0	1	6
4	DF		Torkild Brakstad	2	2	1	5
5	DF		Einar Sekkeseter	4	0	0	4
	FW		Rune Ulvestad	4	0	0	4
	MF		Knut Bjørnå	3	0	1	4
8	FW		Odd Ivar Moen	3	0	0	3
9	MF		Åge Hareide	2	0	0	2
	MF		Tor Gunnar Hagbø	1	1	0	2
	FW		Harry Hestad	0	2	0	2
			Unknown	1	0	0	1
			TOTALS	36	10	3	49

See also

• Molde FK seasons

References

1. "Molde - Bodø/Glimt 6-5". nifs.no. Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
2. "Molde - Moss 3-4". nifs.no. Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
3. "Tilskuertall 1978". nifs.no. Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
4. "1978: En trist sesong". moldefk.no. Molde FK. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
5. "Molde - Torpedo Moskva". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
6. "1. divisjon 1978 (Norge)". nifs.no. Retrieved 31 October 2019.