1998–99 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season	1998-99
Champions	Feyenoord (14th title)
Promoted	AZ Cambuur
Relegated	NAC
Champions League	Feyenoord Willem II PSV
UEFA Cup	Vitesse Roda JC Ajax
Intertoto Cup	sc Heerenveen
Goals scored	964
Average goals/game	3.15
Top goalscorer	Ruud van Nistelrooy PSV 31 goals ^[1]
← 1997-98 1999-2000 →

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1998/1999 season was contested by 18 teams. Feyenoord won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	GP	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
1	Feyenoord	34	25	5	4	80	76	38	38	Champions League
2	Willem II	34	20	5	9	65	69	46	23	Champions League
3	PSV	34	17	10	7	61	87	55	32	Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Vitesse	34	18	7	9	61	61	44	17	UEFA Cup
5	Roda JC	34	17	9	8	60	59	40	19
6	Ajax ¹	34	16	9	9	57	73	41	32
7	sc Heerenveen	34	14	12	8	54	53	41	12	Intertoto Cup Third round
8	FC Twente	34	13	13	8	52	51	45	6
9	AZ	34	12	12	10	48	52	60	-8
10	Fortuna Sittard	34	12	8	14	44	49	56	-7
11	NEC	34	10	9	15	39	42	56	-14
12	FC Utrecht	34	10	8	16	38	54	64	-10
13	De Graafschap	34	8	12	14	36	40	57	-17
14	MVV	34	7	11	16	32	42	63	-21
15	Cambuur	34	7	11	16	32	37	64	-27
16	RKC Waalwijk	34	6	9	19	27	41	62	-21	²
17	Sparta	34	7	5	22	26	37	71	-34	²
18	NAC Breda	34	4	11	19	23	41	61	-20	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

¹ Winners KNVB Cup.
² RKC and Sparta both remained in the eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from the Eerste Divisie and two from this league) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to (or remained in) the Eredivisie.

Group 1

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	RKC Waalwijk	6	5	1	0	16	11	3	Remain in Eredivisie
2	FC Zwolle	6	2	2	2	8	8	10	Remain in Eerste Divisie
3	Dordrecht '90	6	2	1	3	7	12	13
4	FC Emmen	6	1	0	5	3	10	15

Group 2

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	Sparta	6	5	0	1	15	19	6	Remain in Eredivisie
2	FC Groningen	6	4	1	1	13	16	8	Remain in Eerste Divisie
3	Excelsior	6	2	1	3	7	16	18
4	Helmond Sport	6	0	0	6	0	5	24

References

↑ EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers

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Football in the Netherlands

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International

Men	Netherlands U-21 U-19 U-17 U-16 Variants (Beach Futsal)

Women	Netherlands women

Leagues

Men	Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Tweede Divisie (defunct) Topklasse Hoofdklasse Eerste Klasse Tweede Klasse Derde Klasse Vierde Klasse Vijfde Klasse Zesde Klasse Zevende Klasse

Women	BeNe League (with Belgium, from 2012) Eredivisie (until 2012) Topklasse Hoofdklasse

Cups

Men	KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff Shield KNVB Amateur Cup KNVB District Cup KNVB Reserve Cup

Women	KNVB Women's Cup BeNe Super Cup (with Belgium)

Others

1998–99 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '98 '99 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '98 '99 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '98 '99 Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '98 '99 Latvia '98 '99 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '98 '99 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '98 '99 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Latvia '98 '99 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '98 '99 France Germany Iceland '98 '99 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

1998–99 Eredivisie

League standings

Promotion/relegation play-offs

See also

References