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in 1998.

Men's football

League season

Tippeligaen

=Top scorers

= 27 goals: *

Sigurd Rushfeldt Sigurd Rushfeldt (born 11 December 1972) is a Norwegian football coach and former player who works as an assistant coach for Tromsø. During his playing career, he played for Tromsø, Birmingham City, Rosenborg, Racing de Santander, and Austri ...

, Rosenborg 20 goals: *

Rune Lange Rune Lange (born 24 June 1977) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Lange hails from the city of Tromsø and joined the club Fløya at the age of five. As a 17-year-old, he became top scorer in the 3. ...

, Tromsø 19 goals: *

Petter Belsvik Petter Belsvik (born 2 October 1967) is a Norwegian football coach and former player, who played as a striker. With 159 goals in the Norwegian Premier League he ranks third in the all-time goalscorer statistics, behind Harald Brattbakk. He neve ...

, Stabæk *

Jostein Flo Jostein Flo (born 3 October 1964) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a forward. Usually a centre-forward or striker, he was known for his physical playing style and aerial dominance, and was also capable of playing on the right fla ...

, Strømsgodset 16 goals: *

Andreas Lund Torkjell Andreas Lund (born 7 May 1975), known as Andreas Lund, is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a striker. Club career Lund had a successful career in Norway and scoring 55 league goals in 96 matches for IK Start and Molde FK. F ...

, Molde 15 goals: * Rikhardur Dadason, Viking 14 goals: * Jahn Ivar Jakobsen, Rosenborg 12 goals: * Kjetil Løvvik, Brann *

Raymond Kvisvik Raymond Kvisvik (born 8 November 1974) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a winger. He is most noted for his spells at Brann, but he did also play for Moss, Austria Wien and Fredrikstad. Kvisvik won the Norwegian Cup ...

, Brann/Moss *

Roar Strand Roar Strand (born 2 February 1970) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, mostly for Rosenborg. Strand was capped 42 times for the Norway national team. He is the player with the fourth-highest number of appea ...

, Rosenborg 11 goals: * Odd Inge Olsen, Molde *

Christian Flindt Bjerg Christian Flindt Bjerg (born 19 February 1974) is a Danish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Danish 2nd Division club Skive IK. Early life Flindt Bjerg was born in 1974 in Innsbruck, Austria, when ...

, Viking

=Average attendance

= *Rosenborg: 13 164 *Brann: 8 976 *Molde: 8 516 *Vålerenga: 7 865 *Viking: 5 692 *Strømsgodset: 4 363 *Haugesund: 3 950 *Lillestrøm: 3 871 *Bodø/Glimt: 3 491 *Stabæk: 3 397 *Tromsø: 3 394 *Moss: 2 884 *Kongsvinger: 2 505 *Sogndal: 1 482 *Total average: 5 254 (Total: 956 151)

1. divisjon

2. divisjon

=Play-offs

= ;1st leg *October 3: Skjetten – Ørn-Horten 4–1 *October 4: Clausenengen – Mo 5–1 *Liv/Fossekallen – Fyllingen 2–1 *Vidar – Lofoten 2–1 ;2nd leg *October 10: Fyllingen – Liv/Fossekallen 1–4 (agg. 2–6) *Ørn-Horten – Skjetten 3–1 (agg. 4–5) *October 11: Lofoten – Vidar 3–1 (agg. 4–3) *Mo – Clausenengen 1–1 (agg. 2–6) Clausenengen, Liv/Fossekallen, Lofoten and Skjetten promoted.

3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Final

Women's football

League season

Toppserien

1. divisjon

=Group 1

= 1. Liungen 18 12 4 2 63–27 40 Play-off – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – 2. Kolbotn 2 18 10 2 6 52–53 32 3. Røa 18 7 8 3 33–19 29 4. Skjetten 18 8 5 5 48–37 29 5. KFUM Oslo 18 7 7 4 42–31 28 6. Bækkelaget 18 7 3 8 27–45 24 7. Holeværingen/JIF 18 6 2 10 30–42 20 8. Vallset 18 5 2 11 35–44 17 ----------------------------------------- 9. Gjøvik FK 18 4 5 9 24–39 17 Relegated 10. Rødenes/Askim 18 2 6 10 21–38 12 Relegated

=Group 2

= 1. FK Larvik 18 18 0 0 84–15 54 Play-off – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – 2. Linderud 18 10 2 6 48–30 32 3. Gjelleråsen 18 10 2 6 43–40 32 4. Jardar 18 9 1 8 35–30 28 5. Donn 18 8 1 9 39–36 25 6. Bøler 18 7 2 9 39–49 23 Relegated 7. Snøgg 18 6 4 8 24–25 22 8. Eik-Tønsberg 18 7 1 10 36–49 22 ----------------------------------------- 9. Fossum (Skien) 18 5 3 10 25–46 18 10. Langesund 18 1 2 15 13–66 5 Relegated

=Group 3

= 1. Solid 14 11 2 1 61–16 35 Play-off – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – 2. Ulf-Sandnes 14 7 6 1 43–31 27 3. Haugar 14 7 3 4 43–19 24 4. Vard/Avaldsnes 14 7 2 5 34–35 23 5. Bjerkreim 14 5 6 3 34–24 21 Relegated 6. Lyngdal 14 3 3 8 36–51 12 7. Vidar 14 3 1 10 10–53 10 8. ----------------------------------------- 9. Havørn 14 1 1 12 25–57 4

=Group 4

= 1. Kaupanger 18 14 4 0 98–15 46 Play-off – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – 2. Øygard 18 11 4 3 41–24 37 3. Sandviken 2 18 9 4 5 44–34 31 4. Follese 18 8 2 8 42–26 26 5. Voss 18 7 5 6 30–27 26 6. Nymark 18 8 2 8 29–42 26 7. Sandane 18 8 1 9 50–37 25 8. Førde 18 6 7 5 25–27 25 ----------------------------------------- 9. Hald 18 3 1 14 24–62 10 10. Os 18 1 0 17 7–96 3 Relegated

=Group 5

= 1. Verdal 14 12 1 1 81–17 37 Play-off – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – 2. Fortuna Ålesund 14 12 0 2 57–13 36 3. Rindals/Troll 14 7 1 6 44–37 22 4. Frei 14 6 1 7 34–39 19 5. Ranheim 14 6 0 8 33–40 18 6. Molde 14 6 0 8 31–39 18 7. Os/Nansen/RIL 14 5 0 9 37–67 15 Relegated ----------------------------------------- 8. Trondheims/Ørn 2 14 0 1 13 15–80 1 Herd (before season) and Overhalla withdrew

=Group 6

= 1. Grand Bodø 16 16 0 0 152- 6 48 Play-off – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – 2. Medkila 16 13 0 3 88–43 39 3. Innstranden 16 12 1 3 70–21 37 4. Alta 16 7 1 8 56–44 22 (*) 5. Salangen 16 7 0 9 41–55 21 6. Furuflaten 16 6 0 10 21–44 18 7. Halsøy 16 5 1 10 48–80 16 8. Bossekop 16 3 1 12 16–54 10 (*) ----------------------------------------- 9. Hardhaus 16 1 0 15 5–150 3 Relegated Kvaløysletta withdrew. (*) Alta and Bossekop merged to form Alta/BUL.

=Play-off group 1

= *October 3: Grand Bodø – Solid 9–0 *October 10: Solid – Liungen 4–5 *October 17: Liungen – Grand Bodø 0–3 1. Grand Bodø 2 2 0 0 12- 0 6 Promoted ------------------------------------ 2. Liungen 2 1 0 1 5- 7 3 3. Solid 2 0 0 2 4–14 0

=Play-off group 2

= *October 4: Verdal – Kaupanger 3–3 *October 10: Kaupanger – Larvik 2–1 *October 17: Larvik – Verdal 5–4 1. Kaupanger 2 1 1 0 5- 4 4 Promoted ----------------------------------- 2. Larvik 2 1 0 1 6- 6 3 3. Verdal 2 0 1 1 7- 8 1

=Promoted to first division

= Kvam, Lørenskog, Jerv, Skjetten, Bryne, Eiger, Flekkefjord, Bjørnar 2, Eid, Buvik/Gimse, Herd, Bossmo/Ytteren, Tromsdalen.

UEFA competitions

Norwegian representatives

*Rosenborg (

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) *Vålerenga (

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) *Brann (

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) *Strømsgodset (

) *Molde (

) *Stabæk (

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) *Kongsvinger (

)

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

=Second qualifying round

Group stage

=Group B

= *September 16: Athletic Bilbao (Spain) – Rosenborg 1–1 *September 30: Rosenborg – Juventus (Italy) 1–1 *October 21: Rosenborg – Galatasaray (

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) 3–0 *November 4: Galatasaray – Rosenborg 3–0 *November 25: Rosenborg – Athletic Bilbao 2–1 *December 19: Juventus – Rosenborg 2–0

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

*September 17: Rapid București (

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) – Vålerenga 2–2 *October 1: Vålerenga – Rapid București 0–0 (agg. 2–2, Vålerenga on away goals)

Second round

*October 22: Vålerenga – Besiktas (

) 1–0 *November 5: Besiktas – Vålerenga 3–3 (agg. 3–4)

Quarter-finals

*March 4: Chelsea (Eng) – Vålerenga 3–0 *March 18: Vålerenga – Chelsea 2–3 (agg. 2–6)

UEFA Cup

Second preliminary round

;1st leg *August 11: Brann – Zalgiris Vilnius (

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) 1–0 *Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel) – Strømsgodset 1–0 *Molde – CSKA Sofia (

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) 0–0 ;2nd leg *August 25: CSKA Sofia – Molde 2–0 (agg. 2–0) *Strømsgodset – Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 (extra time) (agg. 1–1, 4–2 on penalties) *Zalgiris Vilnius – Brann 0–0 (agg. 0–1)

First round

;1st leg *September 15: Aston Villa (

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) – Strømsgodset 3–2 *Brann – Werder Bremen (Germany) 2–0 ;2nd leg *September 29: Strømsgodset – Aston Villa 0–3 (agg. 2–6) *Werder Bremen – Brann 4–0 aet (agg. 4–2)

Intertoto Cup

First round

;1st leg *June 20: Ebbw Vale (

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) – Kongsvinger 1–6 *Stabæk – Vojvodina (

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) 1–2 ;2nd leg *June 27: Vojvodina – Stabæk 3–2 (agg. 5–3) *June 28: Kongsvinger – Ebbw Vale 3–0 (agg. 9–1)

Second round

;1st leg *July 5: Twente (Net) – Kongsvinger 2–0 ;2nd leg *July 11: Kongsvinger – Twente 0–0 (agg. 0–2)

Scandinavian masters

Group 1

*February 20: Rosenborg – Vejle 4–1 *February 22: Malmö FF – Vejle 0–2 *February 24: Rosenborg – Malmö FF 0–0 1.Rosenborg 2 1 1 0 4- 1 4 2.Vejle B 2 1 0 1 3- 4 3 3.Malmö FF 2 0 1 1 0- 2 1

Group 2

*February 20: Halmstad – Strømsgodset 1–1 *February 22: København – Strømsgodset 2–1 *February 24: Halmstad – København 0–1 1.FC København 2 2 0 0 3- 1 6 2.Strømsgodset IF (Drammen) 2 0 1 1 2- 3 1 3. Halmstad IF 2 0 1 1 1- 2 1

Group 3

*February 21: Brann – AIK 1–1 *February 23: Brøndby – Brann 4–2 *February 25: AIK – Brøndby 3–1 1.AIK 2 1 1 0 4- 2 4 2.Brøndby IF 2 1 0 1 5- 5 3 3.SK Brann (Bergen) 2 0 1 1 3- 5 1

Group 4

*February 21: AGF – Vålerenga 1–2 *February 23: IFK Göteborg – AGF 2–1 *February 25: Vålerenga – IFK Göteborg 2–5 1.IFK Göteborg 2 2 0 0 7- 3 6 2.Vålerenga IF (Oslo) 2 1 0 1 4- 6 3 3.AGF (Århus) 2 0 0 2 2- 4 0

Consolation matches

*February 27: Brøndby – Vålerenga 3–2 *Brann – Vejle 4–1 *AGF – Halmstad 2–0 *Malmö – Strømsgodset 1–0

Semi-finals

*February 27: Rosenborg – IFK Göteborg 2–0 *AIK – København 0–1

Final

*February 28: Rosenborg – København 2–0

National teams

Norway men's national football team

Note: Norway's goals first
Explanation: *WC98 = 1998 World Cup *ECQ = European Championship qualifier

Norway women's national football team

* F = Friendly * WCQ = World Cup Qualification {{Norwegian football seasons Seasons in Norwegian football