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1998 Tippeligaen

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Tippeligaen
Season1998
Dates13 April – 25 October
ChampionsRosenborg
13th title
RelegatedSogndal
Haugesund
Champions LeagueRosenborg
Molde
UEFA CupStabæk
Viking
Bodø/Glimt
Intertoto CupVålerenga
Matches played182
Goals scored671 (3.69 per match)
Top goalscorerSigurd Rushfeldt
(27 goals)
Biggest home winRosenborg 6–0 Moss[1]
(16 May 1998)
Rosenborg 7–1 Strømsgodset[1]
(19 July 1998)
Biggest away winSogndal 0–9 Stabæk[1]
(25 October 1998)
Highest scoringKongsvinger 2–8 Rosenborg[1]
(9 September 1998)
Highest attendance21,230[2]
Rosenborg 6–0 Moss
(16 May 1998)
Lowest attendance841[3]
Sogndal 0–9 Stabæk
(25 October 1998)
Average attendance5,267 Increase 11.2%
1997
1999

The 1998 Tippeligaen was the 54th completed season of top division football in Norway. Each team played 26 games 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.

Teams and locations

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Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Ap. Location Stadium
Bodø/Glimt 10 Bodø Aspmyra Stadion
Brann 42 Bergen Brann Stadion
Haugesund 2 Haugesund Haugesund Stadion
Kongsvinger 16 Kongsvinger Gjemselund Stadion
Lillestrøm 35 Lillestrøm Åråsen Stadion
Molde 23 Molde Nye Molde Stadion
Moss 18 Moss Melløs Stadion
Rosenborg 35 Trondheim Lerkendal Stadion
Sogndal 8 Sogndal Fosshaugane
Stabæk 4 Bærum Nadderud Stadion
Strømsgodset 17 Drammen Marienlyst Stadion
Tromsø 13 Tromsø Alfheim Stadion
Vålerenga 39 Oslo Ullevaal Stadion
Viking 49 Stavanger Stavanger Stadion

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rosenborg (C) 26 20 3 3 79 23 +56 63 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Molde 26 16 6 4 70 34 +36 54 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Stabæk 26 16 5 5 63 29 +34 53 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
4 Viking 26 14 4 8 66 44 +22 46 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[b]
5 Bodø/Glimt 26 9 9 8 47 47 0 36
6 Brann 26 9 8 9 44 39 +5 35 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
7 Vålerenga 26 10 3 13 44 48 −4 33 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
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 (O) 26 7 5 14 35 59 −24 26 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13 Haugesund (R) 26 6 5 15 41 55 −14 23 Relegation to First Division
14 Sogndal (R) 26 4 4 18 26 80 −54 16
Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Stabæk qualified for the UEFA Cup as Norwegian Cup winners.
  2. ^ Bodø/Glimt qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round through their Fair play ranking.

Relegation play-offs

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Kongsvinger won the play-offs against Kjelsås 7–2 on aggregate.

Kongsvinger2–2Kjelsås
Bergman 30' (pen.)
Gullerud 76'
Report Theting 5'
Skonnord 10'

Kjelsås0–5Kongsvinger
Report Bergman 7', 59'
Alm 49'
Dybendal 78'
Solberg 87'
Attendance: 3,293

Results

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Home \ Away BOD BRA HAU KON LIL MOL MOS ROS SOG STB STM TRO VÅL VIK
Bodø/Glimt 2–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–6 3–0 1–3 6–2 3–2 2–1 3–1
Brann 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–4
Haugesund 5–4 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–3 5–1 0–3 4–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–4
Kongsvinger 0–0 2–2 0–1 3–0 0–3 2–4 2–8 3–2 1–5 2–1 2–1 1–3 1–1
Lillestrøm 0–0 1–1 5–0 0–3 1–1 3–4 0–3 0–1 2–3 2–4 2–1 3–2 2–3
Molde 1–0 2–2 4–1 4–1 4–0 6–0 0–2 4–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 4–1 4–4
Moss 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 3–2 0–1
Rosenborg 3–0 4–2 1–0 4–0 6–1 1–2 6–0 4–0 2–2 7–1 1–1 1–0 3–1
Sogndal 1–2 2–1 0–4 2–5 2–2 1–4 4–3 2–1 0–9 2–2 0–0 1–3 1–2
Stabæk 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–4 4–0 2–0 5–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 4–3
Strømsgodset 2–2 0–2 4–1 1–0 2–3 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 3–2 0–5 1–5
Tromsø 4–4 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–6 0–0 3–4 3–1 0–4 2–2 2–1 1–2
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
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
Source: NIFS (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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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

Attendances

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Rosenborg 171,129 21,230 8,864 13,164 +16.1%
2 Brann 116,693 12,290 7,236 8,976 −20.7%
3 Molde 110,712 13,308 6,036 8,516 +114.8%
4 Vålerenga 102,242 12,318 3,331 7,865 n/a1
5 Viking 73,999 8,126 4,263 5,692 −12.8%
6 Strømsgodset 56,715 6,537 3,309 4,363 −21.7%
7 Haugesund 51,353 5,950 2,391 3,950 −18.2%
8 Lillestrøm 51,133 7,008 2,313 3,933 −3.3%
9 Tromsø 45,700 6,896 1,762 3,515 +9.9%
10 Bodø/Glimt 45,393 5,020 2,263 3,492 +5.0%
11 Stabæk 44,159 7,938 1,523 3,397 −0.4%
12 Moss 37,537 5,139 1,442 2,887 n/a1
13 Kongsvinger 32,567 3,870 1,688 2,505 +2.6%
14 Sogndal 19,336 2,336 841 1,487 −18.8%
League total 958,668 21,230 841 5,267 +11.2%

Source: nifs.no
Notes:
1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Ligastats Tippeligaen 1998". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.
  2. ^ "Rosenborg-Moss 6-0". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.
  3. ^ "Sogndal-Stabæk 0-9". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen.
  4. ^ "Kongsvinger 2–2 Kjelsås". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Association (NFF). Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Kjelsås 0–5 Kongsvinger". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Association (NFF). Retrieved 21 June 2022.