1998 1. deild
# 1998 1. deild

In 1998, 1. deild was the top-tier league in Faroe Islands football (since 2005, the top tier has been the Faroe Islands Premier League, with 1. deild becoming the second tier).

This article details the statistics of 1. deild in the 1998 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and Havnar Bóltfelag won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Havnar Bóltfelag | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 57 | 19 | +38 | 45 |
| 2 | KÍ Klaksvík | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 24 | +30 | 38 |
| 3 | B36 Tórshavn | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 24 | +35 | 37 |
| 4 | GÍ Gøta | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 28 |
| 5 | NSÍ Runavík | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 28 |
| 6 | B68 Toftir | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | VB Vágur | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 21 |
| 8 | ÍF Fuglafjørður | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 11 |
| 9 | Sumba | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 73 | −55 | 9 |
| 10 | TB Tvøroyri | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 61 | −40 | 8 |

## Results

The schedule consisted of a total of 18 games. Each team played two games against every opponent in no particular order. One of the games was at home and one was away.

| Home \ Away | B36 | B68 | GÍG | HB | ÍF | KÍ | NSÍ | SUM | TB | VBV |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| B36 Tórshavn | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 7–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 7–0 | 8–2 |
| B68 Toftir | 2–3 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 |
| GÍ Gøta | 5–2 | 2–2 | | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 11–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| HB | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 5–1 |
| ÍF | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–10 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 2–5 |
| KÍ | 1–1 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 4–1 | 4–1 | 10–0 | 2–1 |
| NSÍ Runavík | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Sumbiar ítróttarfelag | 0–10 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 1–6 | | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| TB | 0–3 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 2–2 |
| VB Vágur | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

Source: faroesoccer.com

### 20 goals

* Jákup á Borg (B36)

### 18 goals

* John Petersen (B36)
* Kurt Mørkøre (KÍ)
* Súni Fríði Barbá (HB)

### 17 goals

* Allan Mørkøre (HB)

### 12 goals

* Henning Jarnskor (GÍ)
* Sámal Joensen (GÍ)

### 10 goals

* Rógvi Jacobsen (KÍ)

### 9 goals

* Fróði Benjaminsen (B68)

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