1998 Úrvalsdeild
# 1998 Úrvalsdeild

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.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 28 | UEFA Cup |
| 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 | Relegated |

## Results

Each team played every opponent once home and away for a total of 18 matches.

| 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 | |

## 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
