1985 Norwegian Second Division
# 1985 Norwegian Second Division

The 1985 2. Divisjon was a second-tier football league in Norway. The league consisted of 24 teams, divided into groups A and B. The winners within each group were promoted to the 1986 1. divisjon. The second-place teams of each group met the tenth position finisher in the 1. divisjon in a qualification round, with the winner promoted to 1. divisjon. The bottom three teams of both groups were relegated to the 3. divisjon.

## Tables

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | HamKam (C, P) | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 34 | Promotion to First Division |
| 2 | Sogndal | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 48 | 27 | +21 | 29 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Vidar | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 28 | |
| 4 | Faaberg | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 26 | |
| 5 | Vard | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 25 | |
| 6 | Fredrikstad | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 24 | |
| 7 | Ørn | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 21 | |
| 8 | Strømsgodset | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 20 | |
| 9 | Jerv | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 16 | |
| 10 | Haugar (R) | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 16 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 11 | Pors (R) | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 40 | −22 | 15 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 12 | Kvik Halden (R) | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 24 | 43 | −19 | 10 | Relegation to Third Division |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Strømmen (C, P) | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 14 | +40 | 40 | Promotion to First Division |
| 2 | Tromsø (O, P) | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 20 | +25 | 33 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Hødd | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 23 | +34 | 31 | |
| 4 | Steinkjer | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 29 | |
| 5 | Sunndal | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 24 | |
| 6 | Mjølner | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 23 | |
| 7 | Aalesund | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 18 | |
| 8 | Bærum | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 16 | |
| 9 | Grand Bodø | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 42 | −20 | 14 | |
| 10 | Alvdal (R) | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 42 | −21 | 14 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 11 | Strindheim (R) | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 13 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 12 | Harstad (R) | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 57 | −37 | 9 | Relegation to Third Division |

## Promotion play-offs

### Results

* Tromsø – Sogndal 1–0
* Sogndal – Moss 0–2
* Moss – Tromsø 0–1

Tromsø won the qualification round and was promoted to the 1. divisjon.

### Play-off table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tromsø (O, P) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | Promotion to First Division |
| 2 | Moss (R) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 2 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 3 | Sogndal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |
