1998 Norwegian Second Division

In the 1998 season of the 2. divisjon, the third highest association football league for men in Norway, 22 games were played in 8 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Liv/Fossekallen, Skjetten, Clausenengen and Lofoten were promoted to the First Division through playoffs against the other 4 group winners. Number twelve, thirteen and fourteen were relegated to the Third Division. The winning teams from each of the 19 groups in the Third Division, plus some number-two teams, were promoted to the Second Division.

Contents

League tables

Group 1

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Liv/Fossekallen 22 16 4 2 51 14 +37 52
2 Årvoll 22 12 4 6 60 39 +21 40
3 Lyn 2 22 11 4 7 47 35 +12 37
4 Faaberg 22 11 3 8 46 37 +9 36
5 Lillestrøm 2 22 10 5 7 46 35 +11 35
6 Sprint-Jeløy 22 10 5 7 46 42 +4 35
7 Drøbak/Frogn 22 10 1 11 38 40 -2 31
8 Jevnaker 22 7 7 8 31 35 -4 28
9 Gjøvik-Lyn 22 7 7 8 36 41 -5 28
10 Strømmen 22 6 3 13 34 52 -18 21
11 Jotun 22 5 3 14 30 61 -31 18
12 Bjerke 22 1 6 15 24 58 -34 9

Group 2

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Skjetten 22 16 2 4 58 20 +38 50
2 Sarpsborg 22 16 2 4 57 26 +31 50
3 Stabæk 2 22 13 1 8 52 43 +9 40
4 Grei 22 10 4 8 33 32 +1 34
5 Bærum 22 11 0 11 57 49 +8 33
6 Lørenskog 22 10 3 9 35 35 0 33
7 Abildsø 22 10 1 11 43 52 -9 31
8 Elverum 22 9 2 11 43 46 -3 29
9 Nybergsund 22 8 4 10 33 31 +2 28
10 Fossum 22 7 4 11 39 41 -2 25
11 Rakkestad 22 7 4 11 39 49 -10 25
12 Ham-Kam 2 22 1 1 20 15 80 -65 4

Group 3

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Ørn-Horten 22 14 5 3 67 34 +33 47
2 Fredrikstad 22 14 5 3 47 17 +30 47
3 Sandefjord 22 11 7 4 41 29 +12 40
4 Runar 22 8 10 4 45 29 +16 34
5 Vålerenga 2 22 9 6 7 58 46 +12 33
6 Ski 22 9 6 7 39 37 +2 33
7 Råde 22 10 2 10 47 50 -3 32
8 Drafn 22 6 8 8 42 56 -14 26
9 Østsiden 22 7 4 11 41 47 -6 25
10 Mjøndalen 22 6 6 10 38 42 -4 24
11 Larvik Turn 22 3 4 15 26 56 -30 13
12 Åssiden 22 1 5 16 25 73 -48 8

Group 4

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Vidar 22 13 7 2 65 30 +35 46
2 Pors Grenland 22 11 4 7 48 30 +18 37
3 Mandalskameratene 22 9 9 4 41 26 +15 36
4 Haugesund 2 22 10 4 8 59 48 +11 34
5 Sandnes 22 8 8 6 31 29 +2 32
6 Sola 22 9 5 8 30 39 -9 32
7 Ålgård 22 8 7 7 35 44 -9 31
8 Flekkefjord 22 6 11 5 38 33 +5 29
9 Randaberg 22 7 8 7 45 41 +4 29
10 Eiger 22 6 5 11 22 42 -20 23
11 Jerv 22 5 6 11 34 47 -13 21
12 Klepp 22 1 4 17 31 70 -39 7

Group 5

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Fyllingen 22 17 4 1 69 23 +46 55
2 Åsane 22 17 2 3 59 27 +32 53
3 Stord 22 10 5 7 46 35 +11 35
4 Fana 22 10 4 8 42 33 +9 34
5 Brann 2 22 9 5 8 40 36 +4 32
6 Vard Haugesund 22 9 4 9 42 41 +1 31
7 Os 22 8 5 9 44 49 -5 29
8 Førde 22 9 2 11 36 41 -5 29
9 Sogndal 2 22 7 2 13 33 61 -28 23
10 Stryn 22 6 3 13 34 47 -13 21
11 Nest-Sotra 22 4 5 13 29 52 -33 17
12 Vedavåg 22 4 3 15 39 68 -29 15

Group 6

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Clausenengen 22 15 5 2 69 20 +49 50
2 Molde 2 22 12 2 8 58 31 38
3 Skarbøvik 22 10 7 5 39 29 37
4 Verdal 22 11 3 8 49 41 36
5 Steinkjer 22 9 5 8 40 39 32
6 Averøykameratene 22 8 8 6 34 40 32
7 Orkdal/Orkanger 22 7 7 8 33 42 28
8 Volda 22 8 2 12 41 47 26
9 Træff 22 7 4 11 28 45 25
10 Kristiansund 22 7 2 13 30 44 23
11 Åndalsnes 22 6 5 11 30 50 23
12 Aalesund 2 3 8 11 26 49 17

Group 7

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Rosenborg 2 22 15 4 3 71 24 +47 49
2 Mo 22 15 3 4 47 33 +14 48
3 Narvik 22 12 6 4 38 23 +15 42
4 Kolstad 22 12 2 8 54 47 +7 38
5 Bodø/Glimt 2 22 11 4 7 48 39 +9 37
6 Ranheim 22 9 7 6 52 42 +10 34
7 Nardo 22 9 3 10 39 40 -1 30
8 Gevir Bodø 22 5 9 8 45 48 -3 24
9 Mosjøen 22 6 5 11 35 46 -11 23
10 Bangsund 22 5 4 13 22 47 -25 19
11 Nationalkam 22 3 5 14 37 63 -26 14
12 Stjørdals/Blink 22 4 0 18 36 72 -36 12

Group 8

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Lofoten 22 19 2 1 82 36 +46 59
2 Tromsdalen 22 15 3 4 60 24 +36 48
3 Harstad 22 14 5 3 63 24 +39 47
4 Alta 22 13 3 6 92 40 +52 42
5 Hammerfest 22 9 6 7 53 53 0 33
6 Skjervøy 22 10 2 10 52 52 0 32
7 Finnsnes 22 9 3 10 40 39 +1 30
8 Lyngen/Karnes 22 7 5 10 45 65 -20 26
9 Silsand/Omegn 22 6 1 15 41 65 -24 19
10 Ulfstind 22 5 3 14 35 64 -19 18
11 Morild 22 4 5 13 30 64 -24 17
12 Polarstjernen 22 1 2 19 28 95 -67 5
Promoted to the First Division
Relegated to the Third Division

Promotion playoffs

Further information: Playoffs to the Norwegian First Division#1998

References

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