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1987 Norwegian First Division (women)

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Season
  
1987

Relegated
  
Troll Grand

Champions
  
Klepp 1st title

Matches played
  
90

Top goalscorer
  
Lisbeth Bakken (14 goals)

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1988 Norwegian First Division

The 1987 season of the 1. divisjon, the highest women's football (soccer) league in Norway, began on 2 May 1987 and ended on 3 October 1987.

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It was the first season with a single, nationwide league for women.

18 games were played with 3 points given for wins, whereas drawn matches were decided with a penalty shootout, with 1 point for a shootout victory and 1 point for a shootout loss.

Number nine and ten were relegated, while two teams from the Second Division were promoted through a playoff round.

Klepp won the league, having taken the lead as late as the seventeenth round.

Top goalscorers

  • 14 goals:
  • Lisbeth Bakken, Sprint/Jeløy
  • 13 goals:
  • Elisabeth Grindheim, Sandviken
  • 12 goals:
  • Sissel Grude, Klepp
  • Turid Storhaug, Klepp
  • 11 goals:
  • Inger Knuten, Asker
  • 10 goals:
  • Trude Stendal, Sandviken
  • 9 goals:
  • Kari Nielsen, Asker
  • Laila Rognhaug, Bøler
  • Mai-Heidi Aas, Grand
  • 7 goals:
  • Sissel Grude, Klepp
  • Kristin Henriksen, Sprint/Jeløy
  • Torill Hoch-Nielsen, Sprint/Jeløy

    • Promotion and relegation

  • Troll and Grand were relegated to the Second Division.
  • Jardar and Heimdal were promoted from the Second Division through playoff.

    • References

    1987 Norwegian First Division (women) Wikipedia
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