Primera División 1998/99

Primera División 1998/99
master	FC Barcelona
Champions League	FC Barcelona, Real Madrid
Champions League qualification	RCD Mallorca , Valencia CF
Uefa cup	Celta Vigo , Deportivo La Coruña , Atlético Madrid
UI cup	Espanyol Barcelona
Cup winners	Valencia CF
Relegation ↓	CF Extremadura , CF Villarreal
Relegated	CD Tenerife , UD Salamanca CF Extremadura, FC Villarreal
Teams	20th
Games	380 + 4 relegation games
Gates	1.003  (ø 2.64 per game)
Top scorer	Raúl (Real Madrid)
← Primera División 1997/98 Primera División 1999/2000 →
Segunda División 1998/99 ↓

The Primera División 1998/99 was the 68th season of the highest Spanish football league . It started on August 29, 1998 and ended on June 20, 1999.

Defending champion FC Barcelona became Spanish champions for the 16th time.

Before the season

• The 15-time champions FC Barcelona entered the race as defending champions . Last year's runner-up was Athletic Bilbao .
• Moved up from the Segunda División are Deportivo Alavés , CF Extremadura and Villarreal .

societies

Atl. Bilbao real Madrid Atlético Madrid FC Barcelona Espanyol Barcelona Valencia CF Real Sociedad Real Zaragoza Betis Seville Villarreal CF Real Valladolid Deport. Alavés Dep. La Coruña Real Oviedo Celta Vigo Rac. Santander RCD Mallorca CF Extremadura UD Salamanca CD Tenerife Canary Islands

Venues of the Spanish Primera División 1998/99

society	city	Stadion
CF Extremadura	Almendralejo	Estadio Francisco de la Hera
FC Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou
Espanyol Barcelona	Barcelona	Estadi Sarrià
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	Estadio San Mamés
Deportivo La Coruña	La Coruña	Estadio Riazor
real Madrid	Madrid	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Estadio Vicente Calderón
RCD Mallorca	Palma de Mallorca	Estadio Lluis Sitjar
Real Oviedo	Oviedo	Estadio Carlos Tartiere
UD Salamanca	Salamanca	Estadio Helmántico
Real Sociedad	San Sebastian	Estadio Anoeta
CD Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Racing Santander	Santander	Campos de Sport de El Sardinero
Real Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda
Betis Seville	Seville	Estadio Benito Villamarín
Valencia CF	Valencia	Estadio Mestalla
Real Valladolid	Valladolid	Estadio José Zorrilla
Celta Vigo	Vigo	Estadio Balaídos
Villarreal CF	Villarreal	Estadio El Madrigal
Deportivo Alavés	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Estadio Mendizorrotza

Closing table

League leader

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Barcelona (M, P)	38	24	7th	7th	087:430	+44	79
2.	real Madrid	38	21st	5	12	077:620	+15	68
3.	RCD Mallorca	38	20th	6th	12	048:310	+17	66
4th	Valencia CF	38	19th	8th	11	063:390	+24	65
5.	Celta Vigo	38	17th	13	8th	069:410	+28	64
6th	Deportivo La Coruña	38	17th	12	9	055:430	+12	63
7th	Espanyol Barcelona	38	16	13	9	049:380	+11	61
8th.	Athletic Bilbao	38	17th	9	12	053:470	+6	60
9.	Real Zaragoza	38	16	9	13	057:460	+11	57
10.	Real Sociedad	38	14th	12	12	047:430	+4	54
11.	Betis Seville	38	14th	7th	17th	047:580	−11	49
12.	Real Valladolid	38	13	9	16	035:440	−9	48
13.	Atlético Madrid	38	12	10	16	054:500	+4	46
14th	Real Oviedo	38	11	12	15th	041:570	−16	45
15th	Racing Santander	38	10	12	16	041:530	−12	42
16.	Deportivo Alavés (N)	38	11	7th	20th	036:630	−27	40
17th	CF Extremadura (N)	38	9	12	17th	027:530	−26	39
18th	Villarreal CF (N)	38	8th	12	18th	047:630	−16	36
19th	CD Tenerife	38	7th	13	18th	041:630	−22	34
20th	UD Salamanca	38	7th	6th	25th	029:660	−37	27

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

Spanish champion and participation in the 1999/2000 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 1999/2000 UEFA Champions League

Participation in qualifying for the 1999/2000 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup

Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1999

Participation in the relegation games against the third and fourth placed of the Segunda División

Relegation to the Segunda División

(M)	reigning master
(P)	reigning cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Crosstab

1998/99
FC Barcelona		3-0	2: 1	2: 4	2: 2	4-0	3-0	4: 2	3: 1	4: 1	4: 1	1: 1	0: 1	3: 1	3: 2	7: 1	1-0	1: 3	4: 1	1: 1
real Madrid	2: 2		2: 1	3: 1	1: 2	3: 1	2-0	0: 1	3: 2	3: 2	0: 1	3: 2	4: 2	2: 1	2: 2	3: 2	2-0	4: 1	4-0	3: 1
RCD Mallorca	1-0	2: 1		0: 1	2-0	1: 2	2-0	6: 1	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	4-0	0-0	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 1	1-0
Valencia CF	1: 3	3: 1	3-0		2: 2	0-0	1: 2	4: 1	1: 1	2-0	5: 1	0: 1	1-0	3-0	3-0	5-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0
Celta Vigo	0-0	5: 1	4: 2	2: 2		0-0	2-0	3: 2	2-0	2: 2	4-0	0-0	0: 1	6: 2	3-0	1: 1	5: 1	4: 1	2-0	1-0
Deportivo La Coruña	2: 1	4-0	1: 1	1-0	2: 1		1-0	1: 1	2: 1	0: 1	2: 2	3-0	1: 1	4-0	1: 2	2: 2	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	1-0
Espanyol Barcelona	1: 2	0-0	1-0	2: 1	3-0	2: 2		1: 1	2: 1	0-0	1-0	0: 2	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	3-0	0-0	1: 1	2: 1	4-0
Athletic Bilbao	1: 3	2: 3	1-0	2-0	0-0	2: 1	2: 2		2-0	0-0	0-0	2: 1	1: 2	3: 5	2-0	5-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	1-0
Real Zaragoza	2-0	3: 4	0: 1	1: 4	0: 1	3: 1	0: 3	2-0		1: 1	2: 2	2-0	2-0	1-0	3: 1	1: 1	3: 1	4-0	3: 1	2-0
Real Sociedad	0: 2	3: 2	0: 1	1: 1	2-0	2-0	1: 2	3: 1	0-0		1-0	1-0	3: 2	3: 3	2-0	2: 1	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	4-0
Betis Seville	0: 3	3: 2	1: 3	0: 1	0: 3	0: 3	0: 1	1: 4	1: 3	1-0		2-0	0-0	5-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	4: 1	1-0	1-0
Real Valladolid	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	3: 1	2: 1	0: 1	2: 1	0: 3	1: 1	0-0	0: 3		1-0	2: 1	0-0	3-0	0-0	1-0	2: 1	4: 1
Atlético Madrid	1: 1	3: 1	1: 2	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1	1: 2	0-0	0-0	4: 1	2: 3	6: 1		0-0	1: 1	3-0	5-0	2: 2	2-0	2-0
Real Oviedo	2: 1	1-0	1: 3	2: 2	1: 3	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	1: 2	2: 1	0: 1	0-0	3: 1		1-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	0: 1	3: 2
Racing Santander	0-0	1: 3	1-0	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	0: 2	2-0	2: 4	0: 1	1-0	0: 2	2: 3	0-0		2-0	3: 1	1: 2	0-0	4: 1
Deportivo Alavés	1: 4	1: 1	2-0	0: 1	2-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1-0	2: 1	0-0	2-0	2-0	2: 2	0: 1		0: 1	2: 1	3: 1	1-0
CF Extremadura	1: 2	1: 5	1-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 2	1-0	0: 1	0: 2	1-0	2: 1	0-0	2: 1	0: 1	0: 3	1-0		2: 2	1-0	1: 1
Villarreal CF	2: 3	0: 2	0: 2	1-0	1: 1	1: 2	2: 2	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3: 4	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	3-0	2-0	1: 1		2: 5	5-0
CD Tenerife	2: 3	2: 3	1: 1	3: 2	0: 2	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	2: 2	3: 2	2: 2	1-0	0: 2	2: 2	1: 2	1: 1	2: 2		1-0
UD Salamanca	1: 4	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	3: 1	2: 3	2: 1	1: 2	0: 1	1: 3	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1-0	2: 1	1-0	1: 2

Relegation

date		total		First leg	Return leg
June 27th and 30th, 1999	CF Extremadura	0: 4	Rayo Vallecano	0: 2	0: 2
June 27th and 30th, 1999	Villarreal CF	0: 3	Sevilla FC	0: 2	0: 1

After the season

International competitions

• 1. - FC Barcelona - UEFA Champions League
• 2nd - Real Madrid - UEFA Champions League
• 3rd - RCD Mallorca - UEFA Champions League Qualification
• 4th - Valencia CF - UEFA Champions League qualification
• Copa del Rey finalist - Atlético Madrid - UEFA Cup
• 5th - Celta Vigo - UEFA Cup
• 6th - Deportivo La Coruña - UEFA Cup
• 7th - Espanyol Barcelona - UEFA Intertoto Cup

Relegated to the Segunda División

• 17.- FC Extremadura
• 18 - Villarreal
• 19. - CD Tenerife
• 20th - UD Salamanca

Promoted to the Primera División

• Málaga CF
• CD Numancia
• Sevilla FC
• Rayo Vallecano

Pichichi trophy

The Pichichi trophy is awarded annually to the best goalscorer of the season.

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Raúl	real Madrid	25th
2		Rivaldo	FC Barcelona	24
3		Claudio Lopez	Valencia CF	21st
4th		Fernando Morientes	real Madrid	19th
		Julio César Dely Valdés	Real Oviedo

The championship team of FC Barcelona

1.

FC Barcelona

Goal : Ruud Hesp (37 / -); Francesc Arnau (1 / -) Defense : Sergi (35 / -); Abelardo (30/1); Michael Reiziger (26 / -); Mauricio Pellegrino (23 / -); Frank de Boer (19/2); Samuel Okunowo (14 / -); Miguel Ángel Nadal (2 / -); Winston Bogarde (1 / -) Midfield : Rivaldo (37/24); Phillip Cocu (36/12); Luís Figo (34/7); Boudewijn Zenden (25 / -); Pep Guardiola (22/1); Xavi (17/1); Albert Celades (16/2); Ronald de Boer (13 / -); Óscar (6/2); Roger (6 / -); Dragan Ćirić (5 / -) Forward : Patrick Kluivert (35/15); Luis Enrique (26/11); Sonny Anderson (24/6); Giovanni (14/2) Coach : Louis van Gaal

Web links

Spain - List of Champions rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Primera División 1998/99. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved June 15, 2019 .