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)
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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	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

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

References