# 1998 Tippeligaen

The 1998 Tippeligaen was the 54th completed season of top division football in Norway. Each team played 26 games with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number thirteen and fourteen are relegated, number twelve has to play two qualification matches (home and away) against number three in the first division (where number one and two are directly promoted) for the last spot.

## Teams and locations

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Team | Ap. | Location | Stadium |
| Bodø/Glimt | 10 | Bodø | Aspmyra Stadion |
| Brann | 42 | Bergen | Brann Stadion |
| Haugesund | 2 | Haugesund | Haugesund Stadion |
| Kongsvinger | 16 | Kongsvinger | Gjemselund Stadion |
| Lillestrøm | 35 | Lillestrøm | Åråsen Stadion |
| Molde | 23 | Molde | Nye Molde Stadion |
| Moss | 18 | Moss | Melløs Stadion |
| Rosenborg | 35 | Trondheim | Lerkendal Stadion |
| Sogndal | 8 | Sogndal | Fosshaugane |
| Stabæk | 4 | Bærum | Nadderud Stadion |
| Strømsgodset | 17 | Drammen | Marienlyst Stadion |
| Tromsø | 13 | Tromsø | Alfheim Stadion |
| Vålerenga | 39 | Oslo | Ullevaal Stadion |
| Viking | 49 | Stavanger | Stavanger Stadion |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rosenborg (C) | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 79 | 23 | +56 | 63 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Molde | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 70 | 34 | +36 | 54 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Stabæk | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 63 | 29 | +34 | 53 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Viking | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 66 | 44 | +22 | 46 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Bodø/Glimt | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 36 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 6 | Brann | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 35 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round |
| 7 | Vålerenga | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 33 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 8 | Lillestrøm | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 33 | |
| 9 | Moss | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 32 | |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 32 | |
| 11 | Tromsø | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 28 | |
| 12 | Kongsvinger (O) | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 26 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 13 | Haugesund (R) | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 23 | Relegation to First Division |
| 14 | Sogndal (R) | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 80 | −54 | 16 | Relegation to First Division |
* ↑ Stabæk qualified for the UEFA Cup as Norwegian Cup winners.
* ↑ Bodø/Glimt qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round through their Fair play ranking.

## Relegation play-offs

Kongsvinger won the play-offs against Kjelsås 7–2 on aggregate.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOD | BRA | HAU | KON | LIL | MOL | MOS | ROS | SOG | STB | STM | TRO | VÅL | VIK |
| Bodø/Glimt | — | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–6 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Brann | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 |
| Haugesund | 5–4 | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 |
| Kongsvinger | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 2–8 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Lillestrøm | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 |
| Molde | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | — | 6–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–4 |
| Moss | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Rosenborg | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 6–0 | — | 4–0 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Sogndal | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–9 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Stabæk | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 |
| Strømsgodset | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–5 | 1–5 |
| Tromsø | 4–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–6 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Vålerenga | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 |
| Viking | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Sigurd Rushfeldt | Rosenborg | 27 |
| 2 | Rune Lange | Tromsø | 20 |
| 3 | Petter Belsvik | Stabæk | 19 |
| 3 | Jostein Flo | Strømsgodset | 19 |
| 5 | Andreas Lund | Molde | 16 |
| 6 | Ríkharður Daðason | Viking | 15 |
| 7 | Jahn Ivar "Mini" Jakobsen | Rosenborg | 14 |

### Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Rosenborg | 171,129 | 21,230 | 8,864 | 13,164 | +16.1%$^†$ |
| 2 | Brann | 116,693 | 12,290 | 7,236 | 8,976 | −20.7%$^†$ |
| 3 | Molde | 110,712 | 13,308 | 6,036 | 8,516 | +114.8%$^†$ |
| 4 | Vålerenga | 102,242 | 12,318 | 3,331 | 7,865 | n/a$^1$ |
| 5 | Viking | 73,999 | 8,126 | 4,263 | 5,692 | −12.8%$^†$ |
| 6 | Strømsgodset | 56,715 | 6,537 | 3,309 | 4,363 | −21.7%$^†$ |
| 7 | Haugesund | 51,353 | 5,950 | 2,391 | 3,950 | −18.2%$^†$ |
| 8 | Lillestrøm | 51,133 | 7,008 | 2,313 | 3,933 | −3.3%$^†$ |
| 9 | Tromsø | 45,700 | 6,896 | 1,762 | 3,515 | +9.9%$^†$ |
| 10 | Bodø/Glimt | 45,393 | 5,020 | 2,263 | 3,492 | +5.0%$^†$ |
| 11 | Stabæk | 44,159 | 7,938 | 1,523 | 3,397 | −0.4%$^†$ |
| 12 | Moss | 37,537 | 5,139 | 1,442 | 2,887 | n/a$^1$ |
| 13 | Kongsvinger | 32,567 | 3,870 | 1,688 | 2,505 | +2.6%$^†$ |
| 14 | Sogndal | 19,336 | 2,336 | 841 | 1,487 | −18.8%$^†$ |
| | League total | 958,668 | 21,230 | 841 | 5,267 | +11.2%$^†$ |
Source: nifs.no Notes: 1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.