1998 Úrvalsdeild

The 1998 season of Úrvalsdeild was the 87th season of league football in Iceland. ÍBV defended their title. ÍR and Þróttur were relegated.[1] The competition was known as Landssímadeild, due to its sponsorship by the now-defunct company, Landssíminn.

Úrvalsdeild
Season1998
ChampionsÍBV
3rd title
RelegatedÞróttur
ÍR
Matches played90
Goals scored249 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorer S. Jóhannesson
(16 goals)
← 1997
1999 →

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 ÍBV 18 12 2 4 40 15 +25 38 UEFA Champions League
2 KR 18 9 6 3 25 9 +16 33
3 ÍA 18 8 6 4 27 22 +5 30 UEFA Cup
4 Keflavík 17 8 4 5 19 23 −4 28
5 Leiftur 18 7 4 7 21 21 0 25 Inter-Toto Cup
6 Fram 18 5 5 8 21 23 −2 20
7 Grindavík 18 5 4 9 24 34 −10 19
8 Valur 18 4 6 8 25 33 −8 18
9 Þróttur 18 4 6 8 27 39 −12 18 Relegated
10 ÍR 18 4 5 9 20 30 −10 17
Source: rsssf.com

Results

Each team played every opponent once home and away for a total of 18 matches.

Home \ Away FRA GRI ÍA ÍBV ÍR ÍBK KR LEI VAL ÞRÓ
Fram 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–3 0–2 0–0 3–1 4–2
Grindavík 4–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–4 3–1 2–2 0–1
ÍA 0–4 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2
ÍBV 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 6–1 3–0
ÍR 0–3 4–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–2 2–2
Keflavík 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–5
KR 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Leiftur 2–0 3–2 0–4 5–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–1
Valur 1–2 2–0 4–2 0–0 1–3 0–1 0–3 1–0 3–3
Þróttur 0–0 1–6 1–2 3–3 3–1 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–3
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
#Player[2]ClubGoals
1 Steingrímur JóhannessonÍBV16
2 Tómas Ingi TómassonÞróttur14
3 Ásmundur ArnarssonFram8
4 Arnór GuðjohnsenValur7
4 Sigurður Ragnar EyjólfssonÍA7
4 Guðmundur BenediktssonKR7
7 Sævar Þór GíslasonÍR6
8 Grétar Ólafur HjartarsonGrindavík5
8 Þórarinn KristjánssonKeflavík5
8 Jón Þ. StefánssonValur5
8 Uni ArgeLeiftur5
8 Ragnar HaukssonÍA5
8 Hreinn HringssonÞróttur5
8 Kristófer SigurgeirssonFram5
8 Milan Stefán JankovicGrindavík5
 1998 Landssímadeild Winners 
ÍBV
3rd title

References
  1. Iceland Final League Tables 1912-1998.
  2. Iceland - Topscorers.
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