1998 Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen
Season 1998
Champions Rosenborg
13th title
Relegated Sogndal
Haugesund
UEFA Champions League Rosenborg
Molde FK
UEFA Cup Stabæk
Viking
Bodø/Glimt
UEFA Intertoto Cup Vålerenga
Matches played 182
Goals scored 671 (3.69 per match)
Top goalscorer Sigurd Rushfeldt (27 goals)
Biggest home win Rosenborg 7-1 Strømsgodset[1]
Biggest away win Sogndal 0-9 Stabæk[1]
Highest scoring Kongsvinger 2-8 Rosenborg[1]
Highest attendance 21,230
Lowest attendance 841
Average attendance 5,267 Increase 11.1%
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The 1998 Tippeligaen is the highest football league in Norway. 26 games are played 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.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rosenborg 26 20 3 3 79 23 +56 63 Qualified for the UEFA Champions League
2 Molde 26 16 6 4 70 34 +36 54
3 Stabæk 26 16 5 5 63 29 +34 53 Qualified for the UEFA Cup[lower-alpha 1]
4 Viking 26 14 4 8 66 44 +22 46
5 Bodø/Glimt 26 9 9 8 47 47 0 36
6 Brann 26 9 8 9 44 39 +5 35
7 Vålerenga 26 10 3 13 44 48 −4 33 Qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup
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 26 7 5 14 35 59 −24 26 Relegation Playoff
13 Haugesund 26 6 5 15 41 55 −14 23 Relegated to 1. Divisjon
14 Sogndal 26 4 4 18 26 80 −54 16
Source:
Notes:
  1. ↑ Stabæk Fotball qualified as the winner of 1998 Norwegian Football Cup.

Relegation/Promotion

Top scorers

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ligastats Tippeligaen 1998". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.


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