1998–99 Irish League

The Irish League in season 1998–99 comprised two divisions, one of 10 teams and one of 8, and Glentoran won the championship.

Premier Division[]

Belfast

Ballymena United

Coleraine

Glenavon

Omagh Town

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the 1998–99 Irish League Premier Division

Crusaders

Glentoran

Linfield

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Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League Premier Division 1998-99

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or Relegation
1	Glentoran (C)	36	24	6	6	74	35	2.114	78	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Linfield	36	20	10	6	68	39	1.744	70	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Crusaders	36	18	8	10	48	39	1.231	62
4	Newry Town	36	17	9	10	52	46	1.130	60	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5	Glenavon	36	13	12	11	49	35	1.400	51
6	Ballymena United	36	11	8	17	40	42	0.952	41
7	Coleraine	36	10	9	17	34	53	0.642	39
8	Portadown	36	9	10	17	41	47	0.872	37	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
9	Cliftonville	36	7	14	15	31	47	0.660	35	Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-off
10	Omagh Town (R)	36	5	6	25	25	79	0.316	21	Relegation to the First Division

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Home \ Away	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	GLV	GLT	LIN	NEW	OMA	POR
Ballymena United		1–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0
Cliftonville	0–1		0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	0–0
Coleraine	0–1	1–1		0–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–2
Crusaders	1–0	1–0	0–1		1–0	0–0	1–4	2–0	2–0	0–0
Glenavon	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–0		0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0
Glentoran	1–0	0–1	5–0	1–4	1–0		0–1	1–3	2–0	1–0
Linfield	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1		2–1	2–0	2–2
Newry Town	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–1		0–2	1–2
Omagh Town	0–5	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–2	1–3	1–3		1–0
Portadown	1–3	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	0–2	2–1	2–0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Home \ Away	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	GLV	GLT	LIN	NEW	OMA	POR
Ballymena United		2–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–6	4–2	1–1	1–2	2–2
Cliftonville	1–0		1–1	2–3	2–2	2–4	1–1	1–4	2–1	0–2
Coleraine	2–1	3–1		0–2	1–3	1–3	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–0
Crusaders	2–0	2–1	2–0		1–1	0–3	3–2	3–2	5–0	1–1
Glenavon	1–0	0–1	3–1	3–0		0–1	2–2	1–2	6–1	2–2
Glentoran	2–1	1–1	5–4	2–1	5–2		1–2	5–1	2–0	3–1
Linfield	4–1	2–1	2–1	4–2	3–1	1–1		2–2	3–0	3–1
Newry Town	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	2–1		1–1	3–2
Omagh Town	1–4	2–2	2–0	1–2	0–3	1–4	1–5	2–3		1–0
Portadown	2–1	3–0	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–3	3–0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Ards

Ballyclare Comrades

Bangor

Carrick

Distillery

Dungannon Swifts

Larne

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Location of teams in the 1998–99 Irish League First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or Promotion
1	Distillery (C, P)	28	17	4	7	44	30	1.467	55	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Ards	28	16	1	11	47	34	1.382	49	Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-off
3	Bangor	28	15	3	10	37	35	1.057	48
4	Ballyclare Comrades	28	11	5	12	55	44	1.250	38
5	Dungannon Swifts	28	11	5	12	36	46	0.783	38
6	Carrick Rangers	28	10	4	14	41	41	1.000	34
7	Larne	28	9	5	14	28	32	0.875	32
8	Limavady United	28	6	7	15	37	63	0.587	25

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

v t 1998–99 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '98 '99 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '98 '99 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) 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 Armenia Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Faroe Islands Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Macedonia Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Ukraine FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland Germany Iceland '98 '99 Northern Ireland Scotland
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup