| Club: | Molde |
| Season: | 1979 |
| Manager: | Huib Ruijgrok |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Chairman: | Sigmund Heggem |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| Stadium: | Molde Stadion |
| League: | 2. divisjon, group B |
| League Result: | 2nd (promoted) |
| Cup1: | Norwegian Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Fourth round vs. Bryne |
| League Topscorer: | Stein Olav Hestad (11) |
| Season Topscorer: | Stein Olav Hestad (13) |
| Highest Attendance: | (14 October 1979) |
| Prevseason: | 1978 |
| Nextseason: | 1980 |
The 1979 season was Molde's 19th season in the second tier of Norwegian football and their first since their relegation from 1. divisjon in 1978. This season, Molde competed in 2. divisjon (second tier), promotion play-offs and the Norwegian Cup.
In the league, Molde finished in 2nd position in 2. division group B, seven points behind winners Lyn and qualified for promotion play-offs.[1] Molde won promotion to the 1980 1. divisjon after winning the play-offs 7–0 on aggregate against Pors.[2]
Molde participated in the 1979 Norwegian Cup. Molde reached the fourth round, where they were eliminated by Bryne. Molde lost the fourth round 0–4 on away ground.
Source:[1]
See main article: 1979 2. divisjon.
Molde won the promotion play-offs and were promoted to the 1. divisjon.
See main article: 1979 Norwegian Football Cup.
Lacking information:
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| width=60 | Rank | width=60 | Position | width=60 | width=150 | Player | width=80 | 1. divisjon | width=80 | Norwegian Cup | width=80 | Promotion play-offs | width=80 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF |  | 11 | 2 | 0 | 13 | |||||||||
| 2 | FW | | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | |||||||||
| 3 | FW | | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||
| 4 | DF | | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| 5 | MF | | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| 6 | DF | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 7 | DF | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 8 | MF | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| FW | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Unknown | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| TOTALS | 52 | 7 | 7 | 66 | |||||||||||