The 1999 season of the 3. divisjon, the fourth highest association football league for men in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

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Between 20 and 24 games (depending on group size) were played in 19 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. All group winners were promoted to the Second Division, as well as some of the best runners-up.

Tables

Group 1

1. Strømmen
   Strømmen IF
   Strømmen Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Strømmen. It has sections for football, athletics,-History:The club was founded on 25 September 1911 as Strømmen FK. The name was changed to FK Norrøna in 1914. In 1923 the club merged with Strømmen IL and took the name IL Norrøna...
   
    – promoted
2. Spydeberg
3. Fjellhamar
   Fjellhamar FK
   Fjellhamar Fotballklubb is a Norwegian association football club from Fjellhamar in Lørenskog.It was founded in 1976. The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football. Fjellhamar stadion is their home field and they also have the disposal of...
   
   
4. Skeid 2
5. Lisleby
6. Grorud
   Grorud IL
   Grorud Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Grorud borough, Oslo. It has sections for association football, skiing, gymnastics and tennis.-General history:...
   
   
7. Frigg
   Frigg Oslo FK
   Frigg Oslo Fotballklubb is a Norwegian sports club from Majorstua in Oslo. It has sections for association football and bandy.It was founded on 17 May 1904 as SK Frigg, named after Frigg of Norse mythology. It was merged on 21 April 1954 with SK Varg. It took the name Frigg Oslo FK in 1990. The...
   
   
8. Korsvoll
   Korsvoll IL
   Korsvoll IL is a sports club from Korsvoll in the borough of Nordre Aker in Oslo, Norway.-General history:It was founded on 5 March 1899 as a skiing club, and today has sections for football, handball, floorball and cross-country skiing.-Football:...
   
   
9. Skjetten 2
10. Røa
    Røa IL
    Røa IL is a Norwegian sports club from Røa in the borough of Vestre Aker, Oslo. It was founded on 11 November 1900, and has sections for football, gymnastics, bandy and cross-country skiing. Football, bandy and nordic skiing has been dominant in Røa. In bandy, the team has twice made it to the...
    
     – relegated
11. Rælingen
    Rælingen FK
    Rælingen Fotballklubb is a Norwegian association football club from Rælingen.It was founded on 31 March 1930 as Rælingen SK. In 1938 it was merged with the local skiing club, but the merger was dissolved in 1948. Not long after, the club built a new football stadium. Both clubs were members of the...
    
     – relegated
12. Askim – relegated

Group 2

1. Fossum
   Fossum IF
   Fossum Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Fossum, Grini, Østerås and Eiksmarka in Bærum. It has sections for cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski jumping, alpine skiing, Nordic combined, orienteering and football, and was founded on 7 December 1918...
   
    – promoted
2. Rygge
3. Moss 2
4. Kjelsås 2
5. Bjerke
   Bjerke IL
   Bjerke Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Nannestad, Akershus. It has sections for association football, skiing and biathlon.It was founded on 15 March 1936 as Bjerke AIL, a team in Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund. It had a certain predecessor in Bjerke SK, which existed from 1896 to 1935.The...
   
   
6. Høland
7. Greåker
8. Torp
9. Sørumsand
   Sørumsand IF
   Sørumsand Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Sørumsand, founded on 21 November 1917. It has sections for association football, team handball and skiing....
   
   
10. Kolbotn – relegated
11. Eidsvold – relegated
12. Holter
    Holter IF
    Holter Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Holter in Nannestad. It has sections for association football and team handball.It was founded on 3 June 1918. In 1941 it incorporated the AIF club Holter AIL....
    
     – relegated

Group 3

1. Kongsvinger 2 – promoted
2. Rakkestad
   Rakkestad IF
   Rakkestad Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Rakkestad, Østfold. It has sections for association football, team handball, floorball, volleyball, track and field, gymnastics, skiing and speed skating.It was founded on 11 November 1914...
   
    – promoted
3. Sparta
4. Trysil
5. Fagerborg
6. Selbak
   Selbak TIF
   Selbak Turn & Idrettsforening is a Norwegian association football club from Sellebakk, Fredrikstad, Østfold.It was founded on 20 April 1919. The club colors are green and white....
   
   
7. Navestad
8. Grue
9. Galterud
10. Oppegård – relegated
11. Bøler
    Bøler IF
    Bøler Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Bøler, Østensjø, Oslo. It has sections for association football, team handball, track and field and tennis. It formerly had a section for Nordic skiing....
    
     – relegated
12. Brandval – relegated

Group 4

1. Vardal – promoted
2. Lom
3. Lillehammer FK (-> FF Lillehammer 2)
4. Vang
5. Sør-Aurdal
6. Kvam
7. Ham-Kam 2
8. Toten
9. Raufoss 2
10. Fart
    FL Fart
    Fotballaget Fart is a Norwegian football club based in Vang. They play home games at Fartbana Stadion. The club has both men's and women's teams. The women play in the First Division , having been relegated from Toppserien following the 2008 season, while the men currently play in the Third Division...
    
    
11. Nordre Land
    Nordre Land IL
    Nordre Land Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Dokka, Nordre Land, Oppland. It has sections for association football, team handball, Nordic skiing, biathlon, cycling, equestrianism, swimming, judo, gymnastics and track and field. It was founded in 1912.The men's football team plays in the...
    
     – relegated
12. Vinstra – relegated

Group 5

1. Mercantile – promoted
2. Birkebeineren
3. Vestfossen
   Vestfossen IF
   Vestfossen Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Vestfossen, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud. It has sections for association football, team handball, Nordic skiing, gymnastics and tennis.It was founded on 20 January 1910....
   
   
4. Mjøndalen
   Mjøndalen IF
   Mjøndalen IF is a Norwegian sports club from Mjøndalen, Buskerud, Norway.-Football:The club have won the Norwegian Cup three times, 1933, 1934 and 1937...
   
   
5. Teie
   Teie IF
   Teie Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Nøtterøy, Vestfold. It has sections for association football and team handball.It was established in 1976, and the club colors are blue and yellow....
   
   
6. Holmen
   Holmen IF
   Holmen Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Holmen in northern Asker, Norway. It has sections for football, handball and cross-country skiing. Its home ground is Holmen idrettspark....
   
   
7. Borre
8. Grindvoll
9. Falk
   SK Falk
   Sportsklubben Falk is a Norwegian sports club from Horten, Vestfold. It has sections for association football and team handball.It was founded in 1917 as a football club; the handball came in the 1940s. The club had an athletics section from 1920 to 1924, when it broke out and formed the club...
   
   
10. Fram – relegated
11. Svelvik – relegated
12. Strømsgodset 2 – relegated

Group 6

1. Odd Grenland 2 – promoted
2. Eik-Tønsberg 2 – promoted
3. Larvik Turn
4. Rjukan
5. Åmot
6. Snøgg (-> Notodden FK)
7. Åssiden
   Åssiden IF
   Åssiden Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Drammen, Buskerud. It has sections for association football and team handball....
   
   
8. Flint
   IL Flint
   Idrettslaget Flint is a Norwegian sports club from Søndre Slagen, Tønsberg, Vestfold. It has sections for association football, team handball, volleyball, table tennis and track and field.It was founded in 1917....
   
   
9. Langangen
10. Halsen – relegated
11. Stag – relegated
12. Tjølling – relegated

Group 7

1. Vigør
   FK Vigør
   FK Vigør is a Norwegian football club from Hellemyr, Kristiansand. Vigør is the Norwegian name for vigor. The club colors are brown and white, and the club was founded on 5 October 1918....
   
    – promoted
2. Vindbjart
3. Jerv
   FK Jerv
   FK Jerv is a Norwegian football club from Grimstad. Jerv is the Norwegian name for wolverine.It was founded in 1921, as Vestergatens FK, named after the street in which the foundation took place, but later changed name to Djerv and then Jerv...
   
   
4. Våg
5. Kvinesdal
6. Øyestad
7. Lyngdal
8. Seljord
   Seljord IL
   Seljord Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Seljord, Telemark. It has sections for association football, team handball, Nordic skiing and equestrianism.It was founded in 1880, and is thus among the oldest sports clubs in Norway...
   
   
9. Langesund (-> Langesund/Stathelle)
10. Søgne – relegated
11. Sørfjell
    IL Sørfjell
    Idrettslaget Sørfjell is a Norwegian sports club from Eydehavn. It has sections for association football, athletics, team handball, ice hockey, floorball and beach volleyball....
    
     – relegated
12. Stathelle – relegated (-> Langesund/Stathelle)

Group 8

1. Hundvåg – promoted
2. Klepp
   Klepp IL
   Klepp IL is a Norwegian sports club from the municipality of Klepp. It was founded on 1 October 1919, and has sections for football, handball and gymnastics as well as the less active sections for athletics and orienteering....
   
   
3. Bryne 2
4. Eiger
   Eiger IL
   Eiger Idrettslag is a Norwegian association football club from Eigerøy, Rogaland.It was founded on 19 March 1961.The men's football team will in 2011 play in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football. It last played in the Norwegian Second Division in 1998....
   
   
5. Figgjo
6. Staal
   Staal Jørpeland IL
   Staal Jørpeland Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Jørpeland, Rogaland. It has sections for association football, team handball and track and field.The club was founded in 1919, and the club colors are green and black....
   
   
7. Rosseland
8. Hana
   Hana IL
   Hana Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Sandnes, Rogaland. It has sections for association football, team handball and volleyball.It was established in 1976, and the club colors are yellow and blue....
   
   
9. Ganddal
10. Kåsen – relegated
11. Havørn – relegated
12. Lura – relegated

Group 9

1. Nord
   SK Nord
   Sportsklubben Nord is a Norwegian sports club from Karmøy. Founded in 1932, it has sections for association football and team handball.The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football. It is coached by Stig Krohn Haaland....
   
    – promoted
2. Trott
   IL Trott
   Idrettslaget Trott is a Norwegian association football club from Rommetveit, Stord, Hordaland.The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football. It last played in the Norwegian Second Division in 1997....
   
   
3. Vedavåg
4. Hovding
5. Lyngbø
6. Bremnes
   Bremnes IL
   Bremnes Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Bremnes in the county of Hordaland, Norway. It has sections for association football, team handball, basketball, track and field and gymnastics.The club was founded in 1945....
   
   
7. Skjold
8. Trio
9. Kopervik – relegated
10. Åkra – relegated
11. Bjørnar – relegated
12. Odda
    Odda FK
    Odda Fotballklubb is a Norwegian association football club from Odda, Hordaland.It was founded on 1 December 1992 as a merger between Odda IL and Fonna. Its first sponsor was Norzink....
    
     – relegated

Group 10

1. Løv-Ham
   Løv-Ham Fotball
   Løv-Ham Fotball is a football club from Fyllingsdalen in Bergen, Norway. Its origin are two local sports teams in Fyllingsdalen called Løvåsen and Hamre. On 29 December 1975 those clubs were merged, choosing the name Løv-Ham...
   
    – promoted
2. Nest-Sotra
   Nest-Sotra Fotball
   Nest-Sotra Fotball is a Norwegian association football club from Sotra, Hordaland.The club was founded in 1968, and its team colors are green and white. Its traditional base is in Skålvik, but it now plays its matches in Ågotnes....
   
   
3. Kleppestø (-> Askøy FK)
4. Vadmyra
5. Hald
6. Nordhordland
7. Florvåg (-> Askøy FK)
8. Follese
9. Bjarg
10. Loddefjord – relegated
11. Kjøkkelvik
    Kjøkkelvik IL
    Kjøkkelvik Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Loddefjord, Bergen. It has sections for football, handball and gymnastics.The club was founded on 7 October 1934...
    
     – relegated
12. Norheimsund – relegated

Group 11

1. Fjøra – promoted
2. Jotun – promoted
3. Stryn
4. Sandane
5. Dale
6. Svelgen
7. Årdalstangen/Lærdal
8. Jølster
9. Høyang
   IL Høyang
   Idrettslaget Høyang is a Norwegian sports club from Høyanger. It has sections for association football, skiing, team handball, floorball, volleyball, track and field athletics, karate and swimming....
   
   
10. Eikefjord
11. Eid
12. Måløy – relegated

Group 12

1. Spjelkavik
   Spjelkavik IL
   Spjelkavik IL is a Norwegian sports club from the neighborhood Spjelkavik in Ålesund. It has sections for football, handball and skiing, and was founded on 18 March 1932.Alpine skiers Lene and Nina Løseth represent the club....
   
    – promoted
2. Stranda – promoted
3. Velledalen og Ringen
4. Langevåg
5. Hødd 2
6. Bergsøy
7. Aalesund 2
8. Brattvåg
   Brattvåg IL
   Brattvåg Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from the village of Brattvåg in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway . It has sections for association football and Nordic skiing. It was established in 1940....
   
   
9. Ellingsøy
10. Åram/Vankam
11. Ha/No
12. Hasundgot – relegated
13. Skodje – relegated

Group 13

1. Dahle
   Dahle IL
   Dahle Idrettslag is a Norwegian association football club from Kristiansund, Møre og Romsdal.The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football. It last played in the Norwegian Second Division in 2000...
   
    – promoted
2. Surnadal
   Surnadal IL
   Surnadal Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Surnadal. It has sections for association football, team handball, alpine skiing and Nordic skiing.-General history:It was founded on 13 April 1913 as IL Framtid...
   
   
3. Åndalsnes
   Åndalsnes IF
   Åndalsnes Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Åndalsnes, Møre og Romsdal. It has sections for association football, team handball, floorball, gymnastics, track and field and skiing.It was founded on 25 May 1917....
   
   
4. Vestnes Varfjell
5. Kristiansund
   Kristiansund FK
   Kristiansund Fotballklubb is a Norwegian association football club from Kristiansund, Møre og Romsdal.The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football. It last played in the Norwegian Second Division in 1998...
   
   
6. Bøfjord
7. Ekko/Aureosen
8. Gossen
9. Rival
10. Grykameratene
11. Søya – relegated
12. Bud – relegated

Group 14

1. Tiller
   Tiller IL
   Tiller Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, team handball, ice hockey, Nordic skiing and biathlon.It was established on 15 January 1916....
   
    – promoted
2. Melhus
   Melhus IL
   Melhus Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Melhus, Sør-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, team handball, volleyball, orienteering, Nordic skiing, weightlifting and powerlifting.It was established on 28 February 1898....
   
   
3. Nidelv
   Nidelv IL
   Nidelv Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, team handball, floorball, track and field, weightlifting and Nordic skiing....
   
   
4. NTNUI
   NTNUI
   Norges Teknisk-naturvitenskapelige Universitets Idrettsforening, NTNUI, is the largest sports club in Norway with more than 10,000 members and a variety of participators on all levels of skills in more than 50 different sports. The athletic association is formally connected to the Norwegian...
   
   
5. Løkken
   Løkken IF
   Løkken Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Løkken Verk, Sør-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, speed skating and Nordic skiing....
   
   
6. Rissa
7. KIL/Hemne
   KIL/Hemne
   KIL/Hemne is a football club from Kyrksæterøra in Hemne, Sør-Trøndelag. Top-level players Erik Hoftun, Ardian Gashi and Vegard Forren began their careers here. Also, the local hero Jens Tetlie started out playing for KIL/Hemne.-History:...
   
   
8. Freidig
   SK Freidig
   Sportsklubben Freidig is a Norwegian sports club from Trondheim.It was founded in 1903. It has sections for association football, team handball, orienteering and Nordic skiing. In football it won the League of Norway 1947–48, in handball the league in 1971 and 1985. The club has also won several...
   
   
9. Frøya
10. Singsås – relegated
11. Orkla 2 – relegated
12. Glimt – relegated

Group 15

1. Levanger – promoted
2. Stjørdals-Blink
   IL Stjørdals-Blink
   Idrettslaget Stjørdals-Blink is a Norwegian sports club from Stjørdalshalsen, Sør-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, team handball, volleyball, track and field, orienteering, cycling, swimming, gymnastics, speed skating and Nordic skiing....
   
   
3. Bangsund
   Bangsund IL
   Bangsund Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Bangsund, Nord-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, team handball and skiing....
   
   
4. Varden
   IL Varden
   Idrettslaget Varden is a multi-sports club from Meråker, Norway.Established in 1910, it has sections for skiing, football and handball.Well-known club members include cross-country skiers Magnar Lundemo, Tor Arne Hetland, Kine Beate Bjørnås and Marthe Kristoffersen.-References:*...
   
   
5. Kvik
   FK Kvik
   Fotballklubben Kvik is a Norwegian association football club from Trondheim. To avoid confusion with the other Norwegian football club named Kvik, which was also known as FK Kvik until 1997, FK Kvik is sometimes referred to as Kvik Trondheim. The club was founded in 1900, and is the oldest...
   
   
6. Malvik
   Malvik IL
   Malvik Idrettslag is a Norwegian multi-sports club from Malvik, Sør-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, team handball, athletics, orienteering, Nordic skiing, swimming, cycling and canoeing....
   
   
7. Fram
8. Selbu
9. Bogen
10. Vinne – relegated
11. Sandvollan – relegated
12. Heimdal – relegated

Group 16

1. Steigen – promoted
2. Fauske/Sprint
   FK Fauske/Sprint
   Fotballklubben Fauske/Sprint is a Norwegian association football club from Fauske, Nordland.It was founded on 25 April 1937.The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football. It last played in the Norwegian Second Division in 2001. After the 2006...
   
    – promoted
3. Tverlandet
4. Sandnessjøen
   Sandnessjøen IL
   Sandnessjøen Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Sandnessjøen, Alstahaug, Nordland. It has sections for association football and team handball....
   
   
5. Sørfold
6. Saltdalkameratene
7. Bossmo & Ytteren
   Bossmo & Ytteren IL
   Bossmo & Ytteren Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Nord-Rana, Nordland. It has sections for association football, team handball, biathlon and Nordic skiing.The club was founded in 1908....
   
    – relegated
8. Korgen
9. Nesna
10. Mosjøen 2
11. Mo 2 – relegated

Group 17

1. Harstad 2
2. Grovfjord – promoted
3. Skånland
4. Morild
   IL Morild
   Idrettslaget Morild is a Norwegian association football club from Myre, Øksnes, Nordland.It is named after Noctilucales. It was founded on 26 July 1937 as IL Bjørn , but seeing as another team with this name existed, they had to change to IL Morild...
   
   
5. Vågakameratene
6. Flakstad
7. Leknes
8. Kvæfjord
9. Landsås
10. Medkila
    Medkila IL
    Medkila IL's women section is a football team from Harstad in North Norway currently playing in the Toppserien, Norway's premier women's football league....
    
    
11. Ajaks – relegated
12. Narvik 2 – relegated

Group 18

1. Salangen
   Salangen IF
   Salangen Idrettsforening is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Sjøvegan, Troms. It has sections for association football, Nordic skiing and gymnastics.The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football...
   
    – promoted
2. Ramfjord
3. Fløya
4. Tromsø 2
5. Tromsdalen 2
6. Ulfstind
   IL Ulfstind
   Idrettslaget Ulfstind is a Norwegian sports club from Tromsø, Troms. It has sections for association football and skiingIt was founded as a sports section of UL Ulfstind on 2 April 1966, and IL Ulfstind became a separate entity on 10 January 1981...
   
   
7. Bardu
8. Pioner
9. Mellembygd/Målselv
10. Søndre Torsken – relegated
11. Lyngstuva
12. Storsteinnes – relegated

Group 19

1. Bossekop
   Bossekop UL
   Bossekop Ungdomslag is a Norwegian sports club from Bossekop, Alta, Finnmark. It has sections for association football, team handball, speed skating and Nordic skiing....
   
    – promoted
2. Kautokeino
   Kautokeino IL
   Kautokeino Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Kautokeino, Finnmark. It has sections for association football, team handball, floorball and Nordic skiing....
   
   
3. Nordlys
4. Norild
5. Sørøy Glimt
   FK Sørøy Glimt
   Fotballklubben Sørøy Glimt is a Norwegian association football club from Hasvik, Finnmark. The result of a merger between clubs in a small municipality, it has still been a mainstay in the Third Division.-Organization and history:...
   
   
6. Polarstjernen
   IL Polarstjernen
   Idrettslaget Polarstjernen is a Norwegian sports club from Vestre Jakobselv, Vadsø, Finnmark. It has sections for association football and skiing....
   
   
7. Lakselv/Porsanger (-> Porsanger)
8. Tverrelvdalen
   Tverrelvdalen IL
   Tverrelvdalen Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Tverrelvdalen, Alta, Finnmark. It has sections for association football, team handball and Nordic skiing.It was founded on 22 January 1922....
   
   
9. Honningsvåg
10. Nordkinn
    Nordkinn FK
    Nordkinn Fotballklubb is a Norwegian association football club from Mehamn, Finnmark.It was founded on 22 November 1992 as a merger of the football sections of the clubs IL Nordkyn from Kjøllefjord and Mehamn IL. The club colors are red....
    
     – relegated
11. Hammerfest 2 – relegated