1998 Úrvalsdeild

Úrvalsdeild

Season	1998
Champions	ÍBV 3rd title
Relegated	Þróttur ÍR
Matches played	90
Goals scored	249 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorer	S. Jóhannesson (16 goals)
← 1997 1999 →

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

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ÍBV (C)	18	12	2	4	40	15	+25	38	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	KR	18	9	6	3	25	9	+16	33	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	ÍA	18	8	6	4	27	22	+5	30	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
4	Keflavík	17	8	4	5	19	23	−4	28
5	Leiftur	18	7	4	7	21	21	0	25	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
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 (R)	18	4	6	8	27	39	−12	18	Relegation to 1. deild karla
10	ÍR (R)	18	4	5	9	20	30	−10	17

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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	Club	Goals
1	Steingrímur Jóhannesson	ÍBV	16
2	Tómas Ingi Tómasson	Þróttur	14
3	Ásmundur Arnarsson	Fram	8
4	Arnór Guðjohnsen	Valur	7
4	Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson	ÍA	7
4	Guðmundur Benediktsson	KR	7
7	Sævar Þór Gíslason	ÍR	6
8	Grétar Ólafur Hjartarson	Grindavík	5
8	Þórarinn Kristjánsson	Keflavík	5
8	Jón Þ. Stefánsson	Valur	5
8	Uni Arge	Leiftur	5
8	Ragnar Hauksson	ÍA	5
8	Hreinn Hringsson	Þróttur	5
8	Kristófer Sigurgeirsson	Fram	5
8	Milan Stefán Jankovic	Grindavík	5

1998 Landssímadeild winners
ÍBV 3rd title