Season | 1998–99 |
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Dates | 29 August 1998 – 20 June 1999 |
Champions |
Barcelona 16th title |
Relegated |
Extremadura (relegation playoff) Villarreal (relegation playoff) Tenerife Salamanca |
Champions League |
Barcelona (1st group stage) Real Madrid (1st group stage) Mallorca (3rd qualifying round) Valencia (3rd qualifying round) |
UEFA Cup |
Celta Vigo (first round) Deportivo (first round) Atlético Madrid (first round) (via Copa del Rey) |
Intertoto Cup | Espanyol (third round) |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 1,003 (2.64 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Raúl (25 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Barcelona 7–1
Alavés (3 January 1999) [1] |
Biggest away win |
Extremadura 1–5
Real Madrid (31 October 1998) [2] |
Highest scoring |
Barcelona 7–1
Alavés (3 January 1999) [1] Celta Vigo 6–2 Real Oviedo (3 January 1999) [3] Athletic Bilbao 3–5 Real Oviedo (15 November 1998) [4] |
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1997–98 |
The 1998–99 La Liga season, the 68th since its establishment, started on 29 August 1998 and finished on 20 June 1999.
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Alavés (playing top flight football for the first time in forty two years), Extremadura (returning after a one-year absence) and Villarreal (playing in the top flight for the first time ever). They replaced Compostela, Mérida and Sporting Gijón after spending time in the top flight for four, one and twenty one years respectively.
1998–99 season was composed of the following clubs:
Team | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|
Barcelona | Camp Nou | 98,772 |
Real Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu | 80,354 |
Espanyol | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc | 55,926 |
Atlético Madrid | Vicente Calderón | 55,005 |
Valencia | Mestalla | 55,000 |
Real Betis | Manuel Ruiz de Lopera | 52,132 |
Athletic Bilbao | San Mamés | 39,750 |
Deportivo de La Coruña | Riazor | 34,600 |
Real Zaragoza | La Romareda | 34,596 |
Celta de Vigo | Estadio Balaídos | 32,500 |
Real Sociedad | Anoeta | 32,200 |
Real Oviedo | Carlos Tartiere | 30,500 |
Valladolid | José Zorrilla | 27,846 |
Mallorca | Son Moix | 23,142 |
Tenerife | Heliodoro Rodríguez López | 22,824 |
Racing de Santander | El Sardinero | 22,222 |
Villarreal | El Madrigal | 22,000 |
Alavés | Mendizorrotza | 19,840 |
Salamanca | Helmántico | 17,341 |
Extremadura | Francisco de la Hera | 11,580 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Barcelona (C) | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 87 | 43 | +44 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Real Madrid | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 77 | 62 | +15 | 68 | |
3 | Mallorca | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
4 | Valencia | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 63 | 39 | +24 | 65 | |
5 | Celta de Vigo | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 64 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
6 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 63 | |
7 | Espanyol | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 61 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round |
8 | Athletic Bilbao [a] | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 60 | |
9 | Zaragoza | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 57 | |
10 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 54 | |
11 | Betis | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 49 | |
12 | Valladolid | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 48 | |
13 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 46 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round [b] |
14 | Oviedo | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 45 | |
15 | Racing Santander | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 42 | |
16 | Alavés | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 40 | |
17 | Extremadura (R) | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 39 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
18 | Villarreal (R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 36 | |
19 | Tenerife (R) | 38 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 41 | 63 | −22 | 34 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
20 | Salamanca (R) | 38 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 66 | −37 | 27 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
CF Extremadura | 0–4 | Rayo Vallecano | 0–2 | 0–2 |
Villarreal CF | 0–3 | Sevilla FC | 0–2 | 0–1 |
27 June 1999 | CF Extremadura | 0–2 | Rayo Vallecano | Almendralejo |
21:00 | Report (in Spanish) |
Luis Cembranos 7' Llorens 86' ( pen.) |
Stadium:
Francisco de la Hera Attendance: 9,100 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González |
27 June 1999 | Villarreal CF | 0–2 | Sevilla FC | Villarreal |
21:00 | Report (in Spanish) | Tsiartas 2', 45' | Stadium:
El Madrigal Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Víctor Esquinas Torres |
30 June 1999 | Rayo Vallecano | 2–0 (4–0 agg.) | CF Extremadura | Madrid |
21:30 |
Tiago 52' Bolo 55' |
Report (in Spanish) | Stadium:
Vallecas Attendance: 15,600 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto |
30 June 1999 | Sevilla FC | 1–0 (3–0 agg.) | Villarreal CF | Seville |
21:45 | Quevedo 50' | Report (in Spanish) | Stadium:
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González |
The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
Rank | Goalscorers | Goals | Club | Penalties |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Raúl | 25 | Real Madrid | 4 |
2 | Rivaldo | 24 | Barcelona | 5 |
3 | Claudio López | 21 | Valencia | 2 |
4 | Fernando Morientes | 19 | Real Madrid | 0 |
Julio Dely Valdés | 19 | Real Oviedo | 3 | |
6 | Savo Milošević | 17 | Zaragoza | 0 |
7 | Darko Kovačević | 16 | Real Sociedad | 1 |
Ismael Urzaiz | 16 | Athletic Bilbao | 2 | |
9 | Patrick Kluivert | 15 | Barcelona | 0 |
10 | Turu Flores | 14 | Deportivo La Coruña | 0 |
Roy Makaay | 14 | Tenerife | 0 | |
Lyuboslav Penev | 14 | Celta Vigo | 5 |
The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio.
Rank | Goalkeeper | Goals | Matches | Average | Team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Carlos Roa | 29 | 35 | 0.83 | Mallorca |
2 | Toni | 38 | 38 | 1 | Espanyol |
3 | Santiago Cañizares | 39 | 38 | 1.03 | Valencia |
4 | Richard Dutruel | 39 | 37 | 1.05 | Celta Vigo |
5 | Jacques Songo'o | 40 | 37 | 1.08 | Deportivo La Coruña |
6 | César | 42 | 38 | 1.11 | Valladolid |
7 | Alberto López | 41 | 37 | 1.11 | Real Sociedad |
7 | Imanol Etxeberria | 41 | 37 | 1.11 | Athletic Bilbao |
9 | Ruud Hesp | 42 | 37 | 1.14 | Barcelona |
10 | Ronny Gaspercic | 37 | 31 | 1.19 | Extremadura |
From this season, RFEF develops and publishes annually the Fair Play classification according to the Points System which was agreed by the board of the federation on 30 October 1998 and later expanded and fixed at another meeting and published in the 2nd Mailshot of the 2000–01 season. The classification for this season was computed from the Second legg, in order to experience results.
Rank | Club | Points |
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1 | Extremadura | 38 |
2 | Mallorca | 45 |
3 | Espanyol | 48 |
Atlético Madrid and Valencia supporters [6]