1998 Norwegian First Division

The 1998 1. divisjon, Norway's second-tier football league, began play on 19 April 1998 and ended on 18 October 1998. The league was contested by 14 teams, and the top two teams won promotion to Tippeligaen, while the third placed played a promotion-playoff against the 12th-placed team in Tippeligaen to win promotion. The bottom four teams were relegated to the 2. divisjon.

1. divisjon
Season1998
Dates19 April – 18 October
ChampionsOdd Grenland
PromotedOdd Grenland
Skeid
RelegatedAalesund
Strindheim
Ullern
Ham-Kam
Matches played182
Goals scored536 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorerCaleb Francis
(18 goals)
← 1997
1999 →

Odd Grenland and Skeid won promotion to Tippeligaen, while Kjelsås lost the promotion-playoff against Kongsvinger. Aalesund, Strindheim, Ullern and Ham-Kam was relegated to the 2. divisjon.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Odd Grenland (C, P) 26 16 7 3 55 18 +37 55 Promotion to Tippeligaen
2 Skeid (P) 26 13 5 8 40 37 +3 44
3 Kjelsås 26 11 8 7 43 34 +9 41 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 Byåsen 26 12 4 10 38 30 +8 40
5 Start 26 11 6 9 37 29 +8 39
6 Bryne 26 12 3 11 46 42 +4 39
7 Hødd 26 12 2 12 40 45 −5 38
8 Raufoss 26 11 4 11 35 43 −8 37
9 Lyn 26 9 9 8 44 26 +18 36
10 Eik-Tønsberg 26 9 8 9 39 35 +4 35
11 Aalesund (R) 26 10 4 12 26 41 −15 34 Relegation to Second Division
12 Strindheim (R) 26 8 8 10 37 37 0 32
13 Ullern (R) 26 6 3 17 26 55 −29 21
14 HamKam (R) 26 6 1 19 30 64 −34 19
Source: nifs.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away AAL BRY BYÅ EIK HAM ILH KJE LYN ODD RIL SKD IKS SDM ULL
Aalesund — 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–3 0–3 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–6 2–1 2–1
Bryne 2–0 — 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–3 2–0 1–0 2–4 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–4 6–0
Byåsen 0–1 1–0 — 1–2 4–1 3–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 8–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2
Eik-Tønsberg 0–0 0–4 1–2 — 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 5–0 4–1 1–1 2–0
HamKam 3–0 3–2 1–2 0–1 — 0–3 1–3 3–5 0–6 1–3 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–2
Hødd 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 — 2–3 0–0 2–3 2–0 2–4 2–4 5–3 4–1
Kjelsås 2–2 1–2 2–1 3–3 2–2 4–2 — 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Lyn 1–0 5–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 — 0–0 6–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 5–0
Odd Grenland 5–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 5–0 2–1 1–1 — 4–0 4–1 3–0 0–0 1–0
Raufoss 2–0 3–4 0–1 4–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 — 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–0
Skeid 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 — 1–0 2–1 3–3
Start 0–2 2–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–2 3–0 — 0–0 0–0
Strindheim 1–1 2–4 2–2 3–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 2–3 1–0 — 4–3
Ullern 1–0 1–4 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–7 1–2 3–0 2–3 0–1 0–2 —
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1
 Norway Caleb Francis Bryne
18
2
 Norway Tommy Nilsen Lyn
16
3
 Norway Ole Petter Skonnord Kjelsås
15
Norway Rune Medalen Bryne
5
 Norway Andre Skotheim Hødd
14
6
 Norway Trond Nordseth Byåsen
12
7
 Norway Iver Sletten Skeid
10
8
 Norway Erling Ytterland Aalesund
9
Norway Knut Brændvang Kjelsås
Norway Lasse Jørn Fredriksen Eik-Tønsberg
Norway Vegard Olsen Strindheim

See also

References
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