1998 Toppserien

Toppserien

Season	1998
Champions	Asker 5th title
Relegated	Fløya Byåsen
Matches	90
Goals	394 (4.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marianne Pettersen (36 goals)
← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 season of the Toppserien , the highest women's football (soccer) league in Norway, began on 25 April 1998 and ended on 17 October 1998.

18 games were played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number nine and ten were relegated, while two teams from the First Division were promoted through a playoff round.

Asker won the league, as well as all its games.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Asker (C)	18	18	0	0	79	14	+65	54
2	Trondheims-Ørn	18	12	4	2	58	24	+34	40
3	Athene Moss	18	9	3	6	47	34	+13	30
4	Kolbotn	18	9	2	7	40	32	+8	29
5	Sandviken	18	8	4	6	27	25	+2	28
6	Klepp	18	8	3	7	36	31	+5	27
7	Setskog/Høland	18	6	3	9	51	57	−6	21
8	Bjørnar	18	5	5	8	31	38	−7	20
9	Fløya (R)	18	1	3	14	14	72	−58	6	Relegation to First Division
10	Byåsen (R)	18	0	1	17	14	70	−56	1

Source: nifs.no
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

• 36 goals:
  • Marianne Pettersen, Asker
• 16 goals:
  • Ragnhild Gulbrandsen, Trondheims-Ørn
  • Hege Riise, Setskog/Høland
  • Silvi Jan, Kolbotn
• 13 goals:
  • Linda Ørmen, Athene Moss
  • Anne Birgitte Nesset, Athene Moss
  • Christin Lilja, Athene Moss ^[1]
  • Dagny Mellgren, Klepp
• 12 goals:
  • Elene Moseby, Setskog/Høland
• 10 goals:
  • Ann Kristin Aarønes, Trondheims-Ørn
• 9 goals:
  • Ann Elisabeth Kallevik, Setskog/Høland
  • Ingrid Camilla Fosse Sæthre, Bjørnar
  • Monica Knudsen, Asker

Promotion and relegation

• Fløya and Byåsen were relegated to the First Division.
• Grand Bodø and Kaupanger were promoted from the First Division through playoff.

References

1. Fotballforbund, Norges. "Christin Marie Lilja - Profil". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund.

• League table
• Fixtures
• Goalscorers ^{[ permanent dead link ]}