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

Season	1998
Dates	19 April – 18 October
Champions	Odd Grenland
Promoted	Odd Grenland Skeid
Relegated	Aalesund Strindheim Ullern Ham-Kam
Matches played	182
Goals scored	536 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Caleb 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	Caleb Francis	Bryne	18
2	Tommy Nilsen	Lyn	16
3	Ole Petter Skonnord	Kjelsås	15
	Rune Medalen	Bryne
5	Andre Skotheim	Hødd	14
6	Trond Nordseth	Byåsen	12
7	Iver Sletten	Skeid	10
8	Erling Ytterland	Aalesund	9
	Knut Brændvang	Kjelsås
	Lasse Jørn Fredriksen	Eik-Tønsberg
	Vegard Olsen	Strindheim

See also

• 1998 Tippeligaen
• 1998 2. divisjon
• 1998 3. divisjon