# 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.
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 | Promotion to Tippeligaen |
| 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 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 13 | Ullern (R) | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 55 | −29 | 21 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 14 | HamKam (R) | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 30 | 64 | −34 | 19 | Relegation to Second Division |

## 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 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Goals | Player | Club |
| 18 | Caleb Francis | Bryne |
| 16 | Tommy Nilsen | Lyn |
| 15 | Rune Medalen | Bryne |
| 15 | Ole Petter Skonnord | Kjelsås |
| 14 | Andre Skotheim | Hødd |
| 12 | Trond Nordseth | Byåsen |
| 10 | Iver Sletten | Skeid |
| 9 | Knut Brændvang | Kjelsås |
| 9 | Lasse Jørn Fredriksen | Eik-Tønsberg |
| 9 | Vegard Olsen | Strindheim |
| 9 | Erling Ytterland | Aalesund |
| 8 | Frode Birkeland | Eik-Tønsberg |
| 8 | Dag Halvorsen | Kjelsås |
| 8 | Krister Isaksen | Start |
| 8 | Frode Johnsen | Odd Grenland |
| 8 | Arne Sandstø | Odd Grenland |
| 8 | Harald Åsland Riise | Hødd |
| 8 | Tom Eirik Sørum | Byåsen |