Úrvalsdeild 1998

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The 1998 season of Úrvalsdeild was the 87th season of professional 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.

[edit] Final league table

Pos Team Played Won Draw Lost Goals For Goals Against Goal Difference Points Notes
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 18 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

[edit] Top goalscorers

# Player Club Goals
1 Flag of Iceland Steingrímur Jóhannesson ÍBV 16
2 Flag of Iceland Tómas Ingi Tómasson Þróttur 14
3 Flag of Iceland Ásmundur Arnarsson Fram 8
4 Flag of Iceland Arnór Guðjohnsen Valur 7
4 Flag of Iceland Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson ÍA 7
4 Flag of Iceland Guðmundur Benediktsson KR 7
7 Flag of Iceland Sævar Þór Gíslason ÍR 6
8 Flag of Iceland Grétar Ólafur Hjartarson Grindavík 5
8 Flag of Iceland Þórarinn Kristjánsson Keflavík 5
8 Flag of Iceland Jón Þ. Stefánsson Valur 5
8 Flag of the Faroe Islands Uni Arge Leiftur 5
8 Flag of Iceland Ragnar Hauksson ÍA 5
8 Flag of Iceland Hreinn Hringsson Þróttur 5
8 Flag of Iceland Kristófer Sigurgeirsson Fram 5
8 Flag of Yugoslavia Milan Stefán Jankovic Grindavík 5
1998 Landssímadeild Winners
ÍBV
3rd Title

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