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

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

See also

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