1998–99 La Liga

La Liga
Season 1998–99
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 1003 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer Raúl (25)
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]

La Liga 1998-99 season, the 68th since its establishment, started on August 29, 1998 and finished on June 20, 1999.

Contents

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 1997–98 Segunda División

Teams relegated to 1998–99 Segunda División


Team Information

Clubs and locations

Canary Islands

1998-99 season was composed of the following clubs:


League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 38 24 7 7 87 43 +44 79 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League First group stage
2 Real Madrid 38 21 5 12 77 62 +15 68
3 Mallorca 38 20 6 12 48 31 +17 66 1999–2000 UEFA 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 1999–2000 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 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8 Athletic Bilbao 38 17 9 12 53 47 +6 0601
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 1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round 2
14 Real 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 Relegation Playoffs 1999
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

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
1Despite being qualifyied and registered, Athletic Bilbao refused to play Intertoto

2Since Valencia, winners of 1998–99 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists Atlético Madrid earned a spot in the first round of the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Positions by round

Team \ Round

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Barcelona 12 5 7 7 3 6 4 3 4 2 3 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Real Madrid 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 6 4 6 5 3 5 6 7 6 6 5 4 5 3 5 4 5 3 3 2 3 2
Mallorca 16 3 2 4 4 3 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 3 5 2 2 2 4 4 6 6 4 6 3 3 2 2 2 4 2 3
Valencia 4 9 6 9 13 16 12 6 5 5 5 7 5 4 4 4 4 5 3 2 4 4 5 3 2 2 3 2 3 4 6 5 3 5 6 5 6 4
Celta de Vigo 7 12 14 12 7 5 3 4 3 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 4 2 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 5
Deportivo La Coruña 15 6 12 6 9 7 6 7 8 11 7 5 2 5 5 8 12 9 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 4 5 6 5 4 6 6 6 5 6 5 6
Espanyol 3 10 11 14 18 18 18 19 16 12 14 17 17 17 16 13 13 14 14 13 13 12 12 13 14 15 14 13 10 9 10 10 10 10 8 7 7 7
Athletic Bilbao 19 8 5 8 12 9 10 12 15 18 15 11 11 8 8 6 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 9 8 8
Zaragoza 2 2 4 3 1 2 5 8 6 9 9 8 7 9 11 9 9 8 10 12 12 13 10 9 9 9 9 8 9 10 9 7 9 8 10 10 9 9
Real Sociedad 5 11 15 20 17 15 11 15 10 13 16 12 9 12 10 11 8 10 9 10 10 11 9 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 9 7 9 9 8 10 10
Betis 13 17 19 19 19 19 20 16 18 15 13 9 12 14 13 12 10 12 12 11 11 10 13 11 11 11 11 12 13 12 11 12 11 12 11 11 11 11
Valladolid 14 16 16 10 15 10 14 10 9 6 11 14 15 13 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 13 12 10 12 11 12 11 12 11 12 12 12 12
Atlético Madrid 18 7 8 5 6 4 9 5 7 10 6 4 6 6 7 5 3 6 4 8 8 9 11 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 14 13 14 15 15 15 14 13
Real Oviedo 6 13 17 17 5 11 13 14 11 7 10 13 10 7 6 10 11 11 11 9 9 7 8 10 10 10 10 11 11 13 13 14 13 13 13 14 13 14
Racing Santander 8 18 13 15 10 8 7 9 12 8 8 10 14 15 14 15 14 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 13 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 13 15 15
Alavés 10 4 3 2 8 13 16 18 17 19 17 18 18 19 17 17 17 17 18 19 19 19 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 16
Extremadura 11 15 18 18 20 20 19 20 20 20 20 19 20 20 20 18 19 19 20 18 20 20 19 19 20 18 19 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 16 17
Villarreal 20 20 20 11 14 14 15 17 19 16 18 16 13 11 12 14 15 13 13 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18
Tenerife 17 14 9 13 16 17 17 13 14 17 19 20 19 18 19 20 20 20 17 17 17 17 20 20 18 19 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19
Salamanca 9 19 10 16 11 12 8 11 13 14 12 15 16 16 18 19 18 18 19 20 18 18 17 17 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

Source: kicker.de (German)

Leader
1999–2000 UEFA Champions League First group stage
1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round
1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
Play-off relegation to 1999–2000 Segunda División
Relegation to 1999–2000 Segunda División


Results

Home \ Away1 ATH ATM BAR BET CEL ALA DEP ESP EXT MAL RAC RMA ROV RSO SAL TEN VAL VLD VILL ZAR
Athletic Bilbao 1–2 1–3 0–0 0–0 5–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 3–5 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0
Atlético Madrid 0–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 5–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 6–1 2–2 0–0
Barcelona 4–2 0–1 4–1 2–2 7–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 3–1 4–1 1–1 4–1 2–4 1–1 1–3 3–1
Betis 1–4 0–0 0–3 0–3 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 5–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 1–3
Celta de Vigo 3–2 0–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 5–1 4–2 3–0 5–1 6–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 4–1 2–0
Deportivo Alavés 1–2 2–0 1–4 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0
Deportivo La Coruña 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 4–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–1
Espanyol 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–1
Extremadura 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–5 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–2
Mallorca 6–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0
Racing Santander 2–0 2–3 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–4
Real Madrid 0–1 4–2 2–2 0–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 4–0 3–1 3–2 4–1 3–2
Real Oviedo 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–2
Real Sociedad 3–1 3–2 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–2 3–3 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0
Salamanca 2–1 2–1 1–4 1–3 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2
Tenerife 0–1 1–0 2–3 3–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–3 0–2 2–2 1–0 3–2 2–2 2–2 1–1
Valencia 1–0 4–1 1–3 5–1 2–2 5–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1
Valladolid 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–3 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1
Villarreal 0–1 2–1 2–3 3–4 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 5–0 2–5 1–0 2–1 1–1
Zaragoza 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–3 3–1 0–1 3–1 3–4 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–4 2–0 4–0

Source: LFP (Spanish)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Relegation playoff

Home Matches:
CF Extremadura 0-2 Rayo Vallecano
Villarreal CF 0-2 Sevilla FC
Away Matches:
Rayo Vallecano 2-0 CF Extremadura Agg:4-0
Sevilla FC 1-0 Villarreal CF Agg:3-0

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

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
J. 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
13
Gică Craioveanu
13
Villarreal
0
Juan Sánchez
13
Celta Vigo
0
Alen Peternac
13
Valladolid
4
16
Phillip Cocu
12
Barcelona
0
Dani García
12
Mallorca
1
Víctor Sánchez
12
Racing Santander
3
Manolo Alfaro
12
Villarreal
6
20
Luis Enrique
11
Barcelona
0
Leonardo Biagini
11
Mallorca
4
Finidi George
11
Betis
4
23
Oli Álvarez
10
Betis
0
Adrian Ilie
10
Valencia
0
Pauleta
10
Deportivo de La Coruña
1
26
Haim Revivo
9
Celta Vigo
0
Julen Guerrero
9
Athletic Bilbao
0
José Mari
9
Atlético Madrid
1

Zamora Trophy

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 Jiménez
38
38
1
Espanyol
3
Santiago Cañizares
39
38
1.03
Valencia
4
Richard Dutruel
39
37
1.05
Celta de Vigo
5
Jacques Songo'o
40
37
1.08
Deportivo La Coruña
6
César Sánchez
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

Fair Play award

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
1 Extremadura 38
2 Mallorca 45
3 Espanyol 48

Pedro Zaballa award

Atlético Madrid and Valencia supporters[6]

See also

References

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