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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.[1] The competition was known as Landssímadeild, due to its sponsorship by the now-defunct company, Landssíminn.[2]

Season1998
ChampionsÍBV
3rd title
RelegatedÞróttur
ÍR
Matches90
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
Úrvalsdeild
Season1998
ChampionsÍBV
3rd title
RelegatedÞróttur
ÍR
Matches90
Goals249 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorerIceland S. Jóhannesson
(16 goals)
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Final league table

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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 18 8 4 6 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
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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.

More information Home \ Away, FRA ...
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
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Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player[3] Club Goals
1 Iceland Steingrímur Jóhannesson ÍBV 16
2 Iceland Tómas Ingi Tómasson Þróttur 14
3 Iceland Ásmundur Arnarsson Fram 8
4 Iceland Arnór Guðjohnsen Valur 7
Iceland Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson ÍA
Iceland Guðmundur Benediktsson KR
7 Iceland Sævar Þór Gíslason ÍR 6
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 1998 Landssímadeild winners 
 
3rd title

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