# Tippeligaen 1998

Het seizoen 1998 van de Tippeligaen, de hoogste Noorse voetbaldivisie, begon op 13 april en eindigde op 31 oktober met het tweede duel in de play-offs promotie/degradatie. Het was de 54ste editie van de strijd om het kampioenschap in de hoogste afdeling van het Scandinavische land. Rosenborg BK werd voor de dertiende keer landskampioen. Het was het zevende kampioenschap op rij voor de club.

## Uitslagen

| | BOD | BRA | HAU | KON | LILL | MOL | MOS | ROS | SOG | STA | STR | TRO | VIKI | VAL |
| Bodø/Glimt | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–6 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Brann | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 |
| Haugesund | 5–4 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 |
| Kongsvinger | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 2–8 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Lillestrøm | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Molde | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | | 6–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 4–1 |
| Moss | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Rosenborg | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 6–0 | | 4–0 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Sogndal | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 2–1 | | 0–9 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Stabæk | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 |
| Strømsgodset | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 1–5 | 0–5 |
| Tromsø | 4–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–6 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |

## Eindstand

| № | Club | WG | W | G | V | DV | DT | +/– | Punten |
| | Rosenborg BK | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 79 | 23 | +56 | 63 |
| 2 | Molde FK | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 70 | 34 | +36 | 54 |
| 3 | Stabæk IF | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 63 | 29 | +34 | 53 |
| 4 | Viking FK | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 66 | 44 | +22 | 46 |
| 5 | FK Bodø/Glimt | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 36 |
| 6 | SK Brann | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 35 |
| 7 | Vålerenga IF | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 44 | 48 | –4 | 33 |
| 8 | Lillestrøm SK | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 49 | –8 | 33 |
| 9 | Moss FK | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 36 | 55 | –19 | 32 |
| 10 | Strømsgodset IF | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 61 | –21 | 32 |
| 11 | Tromsø IL | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 48 | –9 | 28 |
| 12 | Kongsvinger IL | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 59 | –24 | 26 |
| 13 | FK Haugesund | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 41 | 55 | –14 | 23 |
| 14 | Sogndal IL | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 80 | –54 | 16 |

## Play-offs
### Promotie-degradatie

Gjemselund stadion, Kongsvinger Toeschouwers: 2.016 Scheidsrechter: ?? :
| 28 oktober | Trym Bergman 30' (pen.) Marius Gullerud 76' | 5' Stian Theting 10' Ole Petter Skonnord | Gjemselund stadion, Kongsvinger Toeschouwers: 2.016 Scheidsrechter: ?? |
Grefsen stadion, Oslo Toeschouwers: 3.293 Scheidsrechter: ?? :
| 31 oktober | 7' Trym Bergman 49' Andreas Alm 59' Trym Bergman 78' Eirik Dybendal 87' Harald Solberg | Grefsen stadion, Oslo Toeschouwers: 3.293 Scheidsrechter: ?? |

## Statistieken
### Topscorers

* In onderstaand overzicht zijn alleen de spelers opgenomen met tien of meer treffers achter hun naam.
| № | Naam | Club | Goals | Pen. | Duels | Gem. |
| 1 | Sigurd Rushfeldt | Rosenborg BK | 27 | 0 | 26 | 1.04 |
| 2 | Rune Lange | Tromsø IL | 20 | 0 | 26 | 0.77 |
| 3 | Jostein Flo | Strømsgodset | 19 | 0 | 19 | 1.00 |
| 4 | Petter Belsvik | Stabæk | 19 | 0 | 26 | 0.73 |
| 5 | Andreas Lund | Molde FK | 16 | 0 | 25 | 0.68 |
| 6 | Ríkharður Daðason | Viking FK | 15 | 0 | 25 | 0.64 |
| 7 | Jahn Ivar Jakobsen | Rosenborg BK | 14 | 0 | 26 | 0.54 |
| 8 | Roar Strand | Rosenborg BK | 12 | 0 | 23 | 0.52 |
| 9 | Kjetil Lövvik | SK Brann | 12 | 1 | 24 | 0.50 |
| 10 | Raymond Kvisvik | Moss FK en SK Brann | 12 | 0 | 26 | 0.46 |
| 11 | Christian Flindt Bjerg | Viking FK | 11 | 0 | 25 | 0.44 |
| 12 | Odd Inge Olsen | Molde FK | 11 | 0 | 26 | 0.42 |
| 13 | Morten Berre | FK Haugesund | 10 | 0 | 25 | 0.40 |
| 14 | Mamadou Diallo | Lillestrøm SK | 10 | 0 | 13 | 0.77 |
| 15 | Thomas Finstad | Stabæk | 10 | 0 | 24 | 0.42 |
| 15 | Arild Berg | FK Bodø/Glimt | 10 | 0 | 24 | 0.42 |

### Meeste speelminuten

| Naam | Club | Duels | Min. | | |
| Magnus Kihlstedt | Lillestrøm SK | 26 | 2.340 | 0 | 0 |
| Odd Inge Olsen | Molde FK | 26 | 2.340 | 0 | 0 |
| Frode Olsen | Stabaek IF | 26 | 2.340 | 0 | 0 |
| Rune Lange | Tromsø IL | 26 | 2.340 | 0 | 0 |
| Terje Skjeldestad | Sogndal IL | 26 | 2.340 | 0 | 0 |
| Rino André Hansen | Moss FK | 26 | 2.340 | 0 | 0 |
| Morten Bakke | Molde FK | 26 | 2.340 | 0 | 0 |
| Per Andreas Haftorsen | FK Haugesund | 26 | 2.340 | 0 | 0 |

### Toeschouwers

| № | Club | Totaal | Gem | Duels | +/– | Record |
| 1 | Rosenborg BK | 171.135 | 13.164 | 13 | +16,1% | 21.230 |
| 2 | SK Brann | 116.693 | 8.976 | 13 | –20,7% | 12.290 |
| 3 | Molde FK | 110.751 | 8.516 | 13 | +114,8% | 13.308 |
| 4 | Vålerenga IF | 102.242 | 7.865 | 13 | NIEUW | 12.318 |
| 5 | Viking FK | 73.999 | 5.692 | 13 | –12,8% | 8.126 |
| 6 | Strømsgodset IF | 55.809 | 4.363 | 13 | –21,7% | 6.537 |
| 7 | FK Haugesund | 51.359 | 3.951 | 13 | –18,2% | 5.950 |
| 8 | Lillestrøm SK | 48.533 | 3.733 | 13 | –3,3% | 7.008 |
| 9 | Tromsø IL | 43.811 | 3.515 | 13 | +9,9% | 6.896 |
| 10 | FK Bodø/Glimt | 45.393 | 3.492 | 13 | +5,0% | 5.020 |
| 11 | Stabæk Fotball | 43.760 | 3.397 | 13 | –0,4% | 7.938 |
| 12 | Moss FK | 37.537 | 2.887 | 13 | NIEUW | 5.139 |
| 13 | Kongsvinger IL | 32.567 | 2.505 | 13 | +2,6% | 3.870 |
| 14 | Sogndal Fotball | 19.264 | 1.487 | 13 | –18,8% | 2.336 |
| Totaal | Totaal | 952.853 | 5.267 | 182 | +11,2% | 21.230 |