| Club: | Molde |
| Season: | 1980 |
| Manager: | Torkild Brakstad |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Chairman: | Gunnar Hagbø |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| Stadium: | Molde Stadion |
| League: | 1. divisjon |
| League Result: | 10th (relegated) |
| Cup1: | Norwegian Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Fourth round vs. Fredrikstad |
| League Topscorer: | Jan Fuglset (6) Rune Ulvestad (6) |
| Season Topscorer: | Jan Fuglset (9) |
| Highest Attendance: | [1] (27 April 1980) |
| Lowest Attendance: | [2] (8 June 1980) |
| Average Attendance: | 3,105[3] |
| Prevseason: | 1979 |
| Nextseason: | 1981 |
The 1980 season was Molde's 8th season in the top flight of Norwegian football and their first since their promotion from 2. divisjon in 1979. This season Molde competed in 1. divisjon (first tier) and the Norwegian Cup.
In the league, Molde finished in 10th position, 11 points behind winners Start and were relegated to 2. divisjon.[4]
Molde participated in the 1980 Norwegian Cup. On 6 August, they were eliminated by Fredrikstad after a 1–2 defeat at Fredrikstad Stadion in the fourth round.[4]
Source:[4]
See main article: 1980 1. divisjon.
See main article: 1980 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 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW |  | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||
| 2 | FW | | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 3 | MF | | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | MF | | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| DF | | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| FW | | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| DF | | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 8 | DF | | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| DF | | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Unknown | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| TOTALS | 30 | 7 | 37 | ||||||||||