1998 Norwegian Second Division

In the 1998 2. divisjon, the third highest football league for men in Norway, 22 games were played in 8 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Liv/Fossekallen, Skjetten, Clausenengen and Lofoten were promoted to the First Division through playoffs against the other 4 group winners. Number twelve, thirteen and fourteen were relegated to the 3. divisjon. The winning teams from each of the 19 groups in the 3. divisjon, plus some number-two teams, were promoted to the 2. divisjon.

League tables

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Liv/Fossekallen (P)	22	16	4	2	51	14	+37	52	Promotion to First Division
2	Årvoll	22	12	4	6	60	39	+21	40
3	Lyn 2	22	11	4	7	47	35	+12	37
4	Faaberg	22	11	3	8	46	37	+9	36
5	Lillestrøm 2	22	10	5	7	46	35	+11	35
6	Sprint-Jeløy	22	10	5	7	46	42	+4	35
7	Drøbak/Frogn	22	10	1	11	38	40	−2	31
8	Jevnaker	22	7	7	8	31	35	−4	28
9	Gjøvik-Lyn	22	7	7	8	36	41	−5	28
10	Strømmen (R)	22	6	3	13	34	52	−18	21	Relegation to Third Division
11	Jotun (R)	22	5	3	14	30	61	−31	18
12	Bjerke (R)	22	1	6	15	24	58	−34	9

Source:
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Skjetten (P)	22	16	2	4	58	20	+38	50	Promotion to First Division
2	Sarpsborg	22	16	2	4	57	26	+31	50
3	Stabæk 2	22	13	1	8	52	43	+9	40
4	Grei	22	10	4	8	33	32	+1	34
5	Bærum	22	11	0	11	57	49	+8	33
6	Lørenskog	22	10	3	9	35	35	0	33
7	Abildsø	22	10	1	11	43	52	−9	31
8	Elverum	22	9	2	11	43	46	−3	29
9	Nybergsund	22	8	4	10	33	31	+2	28
10	Fossum (R)	22	7	4	11	39	41	−2	25	Relegation to Third Division
11	Rakkestad (R)	22	7	4	11	39	49	−10	25
12	Ham-Kam 2 (R)	22	1	1	20	15	80	−65	4

Source:
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Ørn-Horten	22	14	5	3	67	34	+33	47
2	Fredrikstad	22	14	5	3	47	17	+30	47
3	Sandefjord	22	11	7	4	41	29	+12	40
4	Runar	22	8	10	4	45	29	+16	34
5	Vålerenga 2	22	9	6	7	58	46	+12	33
6	Ski	22	9	6	7	39	37	+2	33
7	Råde	22	10	2	10	47	50	−3	32
8	Drafn	22	6	8	8	42	56	−14	26
9	Østsiden	22	7	4	11	41	47	−6	25
10	Mjøndalen (R)	22	6	6	10	38	42	−4	24	Relegation to Third Division
11	Larvik Turn (R)	22	3	4	15	26	56	−30	13
12	Åssiden (R)	22	1	5	16	25	73	−48	8

Source:
(R) Relegated

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Vidar	22	13	7	2	65	30	+35	46
2	Pors Grenland	22	11	4	7	48	30	+18	37
3	Mandalskameratene	22	9	9	4	41	26	+15	36
4	Haugesund 2	22	10	4	8	59	48	+11	34
5	Sandnes	22	8	8	6	31	29	+2	32
6	Sola	22	9	5	8	30	39	−9	32
7	Ålgård	22	8	7	7	35	44	−9	31
8	Flekkefjord	22	6	11	5	38	33	+5	29
9	Randaberg	22	7	8	7	45	41	+4	29
10	Eiger (R)	22	6	5	11	22	42	−20	23	Relegation to Third Division
11	Jerv (R)	22	5	6	11	34	47	−13	21
12	Klepp (R)	22	1	4	17	31	70	−39	7

Source:
(R) Relegated

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Fyllingen	22	17	4	1	69	23	+46	55
2	Åsane	22	17	2	3	59	27	+32	53
3	Stord	22	10	5	7	46	35	+11	35
4	Fana	22	10	4	8	42	33	+9	34
5	Brann 2	22	9	5	8	40	36	+4	32
6	Vard Haugesund	22	9	4	9	42	41	+1	31
7	Os	22	8	5	9	44	49	−5	29
8	Førde	22	9	2	11	36	41	−5	29
9	Sogndal 2	22	7	2	13	33	61	−28	23
10	Stryn (R)	22	6	3	13	34	47	−13	21	Relegation to Third Division
11	Nest-Sotra (R)	22	4	5	13	29	52	−23	17
12	Vedavåg (R)	22	4	3	15	39	68	−29	15

Source:
(R) Relegated

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Clausenengen (P)	22	15	5	2	69	20	+49	50	Promotion to First Division
2	Molde 2	22	12	2	8	58	31	+27	38
3	Skarbøvik	22	10	7	5	39	29	+10	37
4	Verdal	22	11	3	8	49	41	+8	36
5	Steinkjer	22	9	5	8	40	39	+1	32
6	Averøykameratene	22	8	8	6	34	40	−6	32
7	Orkdal/Orkanger	22	7	7	8	33	42	−9	28
8	Volda	22	8	2	12	41	47	−6	26
9	Træff	22	7	4	11	28	45	−17	25
10	Kristiansund (R)	22	7	2	13	30	44	−14	23	Relegation to Third Division
11	Åndalsnes (R)	22	6	5	11	30	50	−20	23
12	Aalesund 2 (R)	45	8	11	26	49	–23	—	35

Source:
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Rosenborg 2	22	15	4	3	71	24	+47	49
2	Mo	22	15	3	4	47	33	+14	48
3	Narvik	22	12	6	4	38	23	+15	42
4	Kolstad	22	12	2	8	54	47	+7	38
5	Bodø/Glimt 2	22	11	4	7	48	39	+9	37
6	Ranheim	22	9	7	6	52	42	+10	34
7	Nardo	22	9	3	10	39	40	−1	30
8	Gevir Bodø	22	5	9	8	45	48	−3	24
9	Mosjøen	22	6	5	11	35	46	−11	23
10	Bangsund (R)	22	5	4	13	22	47	−25	19	Relegation to Third Division
11	Nationalkam (R)	22	3	5	14	37	63	−26	14
12	Stjørdals/Blink (R)	22	4	0	18	36	72	−36	12

Source:
(R) Relegated

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lofoten (P)	22	19	2	1	82	36	+46	59	Promotion to First Division
2	Tromsdalen	22	15	3	4	60	24	+36	48
3	Harstad	22	14	5	3	63	24	+39	47
4	Alta	22	13	3	6	92	40	+52	42
5	Hammerfest	22	9	6	7	53	53	0	33
6	Skjervøy	22	10	2	10	52	52	0	32
7	Finnsnes	22	9	3	10	40	39	+1	30
8	Lyngen/Karnes	22	7	5	10	45	65	−20	26
9	Silsand/Omegn	22	6	1	15	41	65	−24	19
10	Ulfstind (R)	22	5	3	14	35	64	−29	18	Relegation to Third Division
11	Morild (R)	22	4	5	13	30	64	−34	17
12	Polarstjernen (R)	22	1	2	19	28	95	−67	5

Source:
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion playoffs

Further information: Playoffs to the Norwegian First Division § 1998

References

• Johansen, Tore (ed.). Sportsboken 98–99 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Schibsted. p. 267. ISBN 82-516-1710-3.