Premier League 1998/99

Premier League 1998/99
master	Manchester United
Champions League	Manchester United , Arsenal FC
Champions League qualification	Chelsea FC
Uefa cup	Leeds United , Tottenham Hotspur , Newcastle United
UI cup	West Ham United
Cup winners	Manchester United
Relegated	Charlton Athletic , Blackburn Rovers , Nottingham Forest
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	959  (ø 2.52 per game)
Top scorer	Michael Owen ( Liverpool FC ), Dwight Yorke (Manchester United), Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink ( Leeds United ),
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Football League First Division 1998/99 ↓

The Premier League 1998/99 was the seventh season of the Premier League , which was hosted by the FA , and at the same time the 100th first division season in English football. It began on August 15, 1998 and ended on May 16, 1999.

Champion Manchester United , in addition to winning the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League , the Triple fetched. Charlton Athletic , Blackburn Rovers and Nottingham Forest had to relegate to the First Division . The top scorer was Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink from Leeds United , Michael Owen from Liverpool FC and Dwight Yorke from Manchester United with 18 goals each .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Manchester United	38	22nd	13	3	080:370	+43	79
2.	Arsenal FC (M, P)	38	22nd	12	4th	059:170	+42	78
3.	Chelsea FC (L)	38	20th	15th	3	057:300	+27	75
4th	Leeds United	38	18th	13	7th	062:340	+28	67
5.	West Ham United	38	16	9	13	046:530	−7	57
6th	Aston Villa	38	15th	10	13	051:460	+5	55
7th	Liverpool FC	38	15th	9	14th	068:490	+19	54
8th.	Derby County	38	13	13	12	040:450	−5	52
9.	Middlesbrough FC (N)	38	12	15th	11	048:540	−6	51
10.	Leicester City	38	12	13	13	040:460	−6	49
11.	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	14th	13	047:500	−3	47
12.	Sheffield Wednesday	38	13	7th	18th	041:420	−1	46
13.	Newcastle United	38	11	13	14th	048:540	−6	46
14th	Everton FC	38	11	10	17th	042:470	−5	43
15th	Coventry City	38	11	9	18th	039:510	−12	42
16.	Wimbledon FC	38	10	12	16	040:630	−23	42
17th	Southampton FC	38	11	8th	19th	037:640	−27	41
18th	Charlton Athletic (N)	38	8th	12	18th	041:560	−15	36
19th	Blackburn Rovers	38	7th	14th	17th	038:520	−14	35
20th	Nottingham Forest (N)	38	7th	9	22nd	035:690	−34	30th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

English champion and participation in the group stage of the 1999/2000 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the group stage of the 1999/2000 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 1999/2000 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup

Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1999

Participation in the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup as a league cup winner

Participation in the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup as an FA Cup finalist

Relegation to the Football League First Division

(M)	reigning English champion
(P)	reigning FA Cup winner
(L)	reigning league cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

	ARS	AST	BLA	CHA	CHE	COV	OF THE	EVE	LEE	LEI	LIV	MNU	MID	NEW	NOT	SHW	SOT	DEAD	WHU	WIM
Arsenal FC		1-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	3: 1	5-0	0-0	3-0	1: 1	3-0	2: 1	3-0	1: 1	0-0	1-0	5: 1
Aston Villa	3: 2		1: 3	3: 4	0: 3	1: 4	1-0	3-0	1: 2	1: 1	2: 4	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	2-0	2: 1	3-0	3: 2	0-0	2-0
Blackburn Rovers	1: 2	2: 1		1-0	3: 4	1: 2	0-0	1: 2	1-0	1-0	1: 3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1: 2	1: 4	0: 2	1: 1	3-0	3: 1
Charlton Athletic	0: 1	0: 1	0-0		0: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	2: 2	0-0	0: 1	5-0	1: 4	4: 2	2-0
Chelsea FC	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1		2: 1	2: 1	3: 1	1-0	2: 2	2: 1	2: 2	2-0	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	2-0	0: 1	3-0
Coventry City	0: 1	1: 2	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1		1: 1	3-0	2: 2	1: 1	2: 1	0: 1	1: 2	1: 5	4-0	1-0	1-0	1: 1	0-0	2: 1
Derby County	0-0	2: 1	1-0	0: 2	2: 2	0-0		2: 1	2: 2	2-0	3: 2	1: 1	2: 1	3: 4	1-0	1-0	0-0	0: 1	0: 2	0-0
Everton FC	0: 2	0-0	0-0	4: 1	0-0	2-0	0-0		0-0	0-0	0-0	1: 4	5-0	1-0	0: 1	1: 2	1-0	0: 1	6-0	1: 1
Leeds United	1-0	0-0	1-0	4: 1	0-0	2-0	4: 1	1-0		0: 1	0-0	1: 1	2-0	0: 1	3: 1	2: 1	3-0	2-0	4-0	2: 2
Leicester City	1: 1	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2: 4	1-0	1: 2	2-0	1: 2		1-0	2: 6	0: 1	2-0	3: 1	0: 2	2-0	2: 1	0-0	1: 1
Liverpool FC	0-0	0: 1	2-0	3: 3	1: 1	2-0	1: 2	3: 2	1: 3	0: 1		2: 2	3: 1	4: 2	5: 1	2-0	7: 1	3: 2	2: 2	3-0
Manchester United	1: 1	2: 1	3: 2	4: 1	1: 1	2-0	1-0	3: 1	3: 2	2: 2	2-0		2: 3	0-0	3-0	3-0	2: 1	2: 1	4: 1	5: 1
Middlesbrough FC	1: 6	0-0	2: 1	2-0	0-0	2-0	1: 1	2: 2	0-0	0-0	1: 3	0: 1		2: 2	1: 1	4-0	3-0	0-0	1-0	3: 1
Newcastle United	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	4: 1	2: 1	1: 3	0: 3	1-0	1: 4	1: 2	1: 1		2-0	1: 1	4-0	1: 1	0: 3	3: 1
Nottingham Forest	0: 1	2: 2	2: 2	0: 1	1: 3	1-0	2: 2	0: 2	1: 1	1-0	2: 2	1: 8	1: 2	1: 2		2-0	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	0: 1
Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	0: 1	3-0	3-0	0-0	1: 2	0: 1	0-0	0: 2	0: 1	1-0	3: 1	3: 1	1: 1	3: 2		0-0	0-0	0: 1	1: 2
Southampton FC	0-0	1: 4	3: 3	3: 1	0: 2	2: 1	0: 1	2-0	3-0	2: 1	1: 2	0: 3	3: 3	2: 1	1: 2	1-0		1: 1	1-0	3: 1
Tottenham Hotspur	1: 3	1-0	2: 1	2: 2	2: 2	0-0	1: 1	4: 1	3: 3	0: 2	2: 1	2: 2	0: 3	2-0	2-0	0: 3	3-0		1: 2	0-0
West Ham United	0: 4	0-0	2-0	0: 1	1: 1	2-0	5: 1	2: 1	1: 5	3: 2	2: 1	0-0	4-0	2-0	2: 1	0: 4	1-0	2: 1		3: 4
Wimbledon FC	1-0	0-0	1: 1	2: 1	1: 2	2: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	2: 2	1: 1	1: 3	2: 1	0: 2	3: 1	0-0

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Leeds United	18th
=	Michael Owen	Liverpool FC	=
=	Dwight Yorke	Aston Villa / Manchester United	=
4th	Nicolas Anelka	Arsenal FC	17th
=	Andrew Cole	Manchester United	=
6th	Hámilton Ricard	Middlesbrough FC	15th
7th	Dion Dublin	Aston Villa / Coventry City	14th
=	Robbie Fowler	Liverpool FC	=
=	Julian Joachim	Aston Villa	=
=	Alan Shearer	Newcastle United	=

Awards during the season

month	Trainer of the month	Player of the month
August 1998	Alan Curbishley (Charlton Athletic)	Michael Owen (Liverpool FC)
September 1998	John Gregory (Aston Villa)	Alan Shearer (Newcastle United)
October 1998	Martin O'Neill (Leicester City)	Roy Keane (Manchester United)
November 1998	Harry Redknapp (West Ham United)	Dion Dublin (Aston Villa)
December 1998	Brian Kidd (Blackburn Rovers)	David Ginola (Tottenham Hotspur)
January 1999	Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)	Dwight Yorke (Manchester United)
February 1999	Alan Curbishley (Charlton Athletic)	Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal FC)
March 1999	David O'Leary (Leeds United)	Ray Parlor (Arsenal FC)
April 1999	Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)	Kevin Campbell (Everton FC)

The Manchester United championship team

According to the rules of the Premier League, a player receives an official winner's medal if he completes at least 10 Premier League games for the master club. Against this background, only the following players count as English champions of the 1998/99 season. The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

1.

Manchester United

Goal: Peter Schmeichel (34 / -) Defense: Gary Neville (34/1); Jaap Stam (30/1); Denis Irwin (29/2); Phil Neville (28 / -); Ronny Johnsen (22/3); Henning Berg (16 / -); Wes Brown (14 / -) Midfield: Roy Keane (35/2); David Beckham (34/6); Paul Scholes (31/6); Nicky Butt (31/2); Jesper Blomqvist (25/1); Ryan Giggs (24/3) Storm: Dwight Yorke (32/18); Andrew Cole (32/17); Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (19/12); Teddy Sheringham (17/2) Coach: Alex Ferguson