1998–99 La Liga

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La Liga
Season1998–99
ChampionsBarcelona
16th title
RelegatedExtremadura (relegation playoff)
Villarreal (relegation playoff)
Tenerife
Salamanca
Champions LeagueBarcelona (1st group stage)
Real Madrid (1st group stage)
Mallorca (3rd qualifying round)
Valencia (3rd qualifying round)
UEFA CupCelta Vigo (first round)
Deportivo (first round)
Atlético Madrid (first round) (via Copa del Rey)
Intertoto CupEspanyol (third round)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,003 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorerRaúl
(25 goals)
Biggest home winBarcelona 7–1 Alavés
(3 January 1999)[1]
Biggest away winExtremadura 1–5 Real Madrid
(31 October 1998)[2]
Highest scoringBarcelona 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]

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

Promotion and relegation[]

Teams promoted from 1997–98 Segunda División

Teams relegated to 1998–99 Segunda División

Team information[]

Clubs and locations[]

1998–99 La Liga is located in Spain
Athletic  
Athletic  
Barcelona
Barcelona
Betis
Betis
Alavés   
Alavés   
Celta
Celta
Deportivo   
Deportivo   
Espanyol
Espanyol
Extremadura
Extremadura
Mallorca
Mallorca
Racing
Racing
Real Madrid
Real Madrid
Valencia
Valencia
Zaragoza
Zaragoza
Location of teams in La Liga 1998–99
Canary Islands

1998–99 season was composed of the following clubs:

Team Stadium Capacity
Barcelona Camp Nou 98,772
Real Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 80,354
Espanyol Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 55,926
Atlético Madrid Vicente Calderón 55,005
Valencia Mestalla 55,000
Real Betis Manuel Ruiz de Lopera 52,132
Athletic Bilbao San Mamés 39,750
Deportivo de La Coruña Riazor 34,600
Real Zaragoza La Romareda 34,596
Celta de Vigo Estadio Balaídos 32,500
Real Sociedad Anoeta 32,200
Real Oviedo Carlos Tartiere 30,500
Valladolid José Zorrilla 27,846
Mallorca Son Moix 23,142
Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López 22,824
Racing de Santander El Sardinero 22,222
Villarreal El Madrigal 22,000
Alavés Mendizorrotza 19,840
Salamanca Helmántico 17,341
Extremadura Francisco de la Hera 11,580

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 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Real Madrid 38 21 5 12 77 62 +15 68
3 Mallorca 38 20 6 12 48 31 +17 66 Qualification for the 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 Qualification for the 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 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8 Athletic Bilbao[a] 38 17 9 12 53 47 +6 60
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 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[b]
14 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 Qualification for the relegation playoffs
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.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Despite being qualifyied and registered, Athletic Bilbao refused to play Intertoto
  2. ^ Since 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.

Positions by round[]

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Barcelona1257736434236810975311111111111111111111
Real Madrid11112121244343336465356766545354533232
Mallorca163244312131111111253522244664633222423
Valencia49691316126555754444532445322323465356564
Celta de Vigo71214127534312232222124233433232222444345
Deportivo La Coruña156126976781175255812976664555456546665656
Espanyol3101114181818191612141717171613131414131312121314151413109101010108777
Athletic Bilbao19858129101215181511118867787787677777778877988
Zaragoza22431258699879119981012121310999989109798101099
Real Sociedad5111520171511151013161291210118109101011988889888979981010
Betis131719191919201618151391214131210121211111013111111111213121112111211111111
Valladolid14161610151014109611141513151616161616161616151513121012111211121112121212
Atlético Madrid18785649571064667536488911121212131414141413141515151413
Oviedo6131717511131411710131076101111119978101010101111131314131313141314
Racing Santander8181315108791288101415141514151514141414141314151515151515151414131515
Alavés104328131618171917181819171717171819191918181717171717171616161616161716
Extremadura1115181820201920202020192020201819192018202019192018191818181818181717171617
Villarreal2020201114141517191618161311121415131315151515161616161616161717171818181818
Tenerife171491316171713141719201918192020201717171720201819181919191919191919191919
Salamanca91910161112811131412151616181918181920181817171920202020202020202020202020
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
Source: kicker.de (in German)

Results[]

Home \ Away ATH ATM FCB BET CEL ALV RCD ESP EXT MLL RAC RMA ROV RSO SAL TEN VCF VLD VIL 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
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
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 4–1 1–0 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 (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CF Extremadura 0–4 Rayo Vallecano 0–2 0–2
Villarreal CF 0–3 Sevilla FC 0–2 0–1

First Leg[]

27 June 1999 CF Extremadura 0–2 Rayo Vallecano Almendralejo
21:00 Report (in Spanish) Luis Cembranos Goal 7'
Llorens Goal 86' (pen.)
Stadium: Francisco de la Hera
Attendance: 9,100
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González Basque Country (autonomous community)
27 June 1999 Villarreal CF 0–2 Sevilla FC Villarreal
21:00 Report (in Spanish) Tsiartas Goal 2'45' Stadium: El Madrigal
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Community of Madrid

Second Leg[]

30 June 1999 Rayo Vallecano 2–0
(4–0 agg.)
CF Extremadura Madrid
21:30 Tiago Goal 52'
Bolo Goal 55'
Report (in Spanish) Stadium: Vallecas
Attendance: 15,600
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto Andalusia
30 June 1999 Sevilla FC 1–0
(3–0 agg.)
Villarreal CF Seville
21:45 Quevedo Goal 50' Report (in Spanish) Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González Asturias

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 Spain Raúl 25 Real Madrid 4
2 Brazil Rivaldo 24 Barcelona 5
3 Argentina Claudio López 21 Valencia 2
4 Spain Fernando Morientes 19 Real Madrid 0
Panama Julio Dely Valdés 19 Real Oviedo 3
6 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Savo Milošević 17 Zaragoza 0
7 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Darko Kovačević 16 Real Sociedad 1
Spain Ismael Urzaiz 16 Athletic Bilbao 2
9 Netherlands Patrick Kluivert 15 Barcelona 0
10 Argentina Turu Flores 14 Deportivo La Coruña 0
Netherlands Roy Makaay 14 Tenerife 0
Bulgaria Lyuboslav Penev 14 Celta Vigo 5
13 Romania Gică Craioveanu 13 Villarreal 0
Spain Juan Sánchez 13 Celta Vigo 0
Croatia Alen Peternac 13 Valladolid 4
16 Netherlands Phillip Cocu 12 Barcelona 0
Spain Dani García 12 Mallorca 1
Spain Víctor Sánchez 12 Racing Santander 3
Spain Manolo Alfaro 12 Villarreal 6
20 Spain Luis Enrique 11 Barcelona 0
Argentina Leonardo Biagini 11 Mallorca 4
Nigeria Finidi George 11 Betis 4
  • Source: Diario AS (newspaper archive, in paper), copy of the day: Monday 21 June 1999

Zamora Trophy[]

The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio.

Rank Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team
1 Argentina Carlos Roa 29 35 0.83 Mallorca
2 Spain Toni 38 38 1 Espanyol
3 Spain Santiago Cañizares 39 38 1.03 Valencia
4 France Richard Dutruel 39 37 1.05 Celta Vigo
5 Cameroon Jacques Songo'o 40 37 1.08 Deportivo La Coruña
6 Spain César 42 38 1.11 Valladolid
7 Spain Alberto López 41 37 1.11 Real Sociedad
7 Spain Imanol Etxeberria 41 37 1.11 Athletic Bilbao
9 Netherlands Ruud Hesp 42 37 1.14 Barcelona
10 Belgium Ronny Gaspercic 37 31 1.19 Extremadura
  • Source: Diario AS (newspaper archive, in paper), copy of the day: Monday 21 June 1999

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
  • Source: Mundo Deportivo (newspaper archive, web)[5]

Pedro Zaballa award[]

Atlético Madrid and Valencia supporters[6]

Signings[]

Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/es/t/t1998-99.html

Team Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Barcelona Netherlands Frank de Boer (Ajax)
Nigeria Samuel Okunowo (Shooting Stars)
Argentina Mauricio Pellegrino (Vélez Sarsfield)
Netherlands Ronald de Boer (Ajax)
Netherlands Philip Cocu (PSV)
Netherlands Bolo Zenden (PSV)
Netherlands Patrick Kluivert (Milan)
0
0
Real Madrid Argentina Albano Bizzarri (Racing Club)
0
0
0
Spain Iván Campo (Mallorca)
Croatia Robert Jarni (Betis)
0
0
Brazil Rodrigo Fabri (Portuguesa)
Uruguay Federico Magallanes (Atalanta)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Perica Ognjenović (Red Star)
Portugal Edgar Pacheco (Benfica)
Mallorca Argentina Leo Franco (Mérida))
0
0
0
0
Cameroon Lauren (Levante)
Spain Fernando Niño (Xerez)
Argentina Mauricio Pineda (Boca Juniors)
Argentina Gustavo Siviero (Lanús)
Spain Miquel Soler (Zaragoza)
Spain Óscar Arpón (Racing Santander)
Spain Francisco Rufete (Toledo)
0
0
0
Argentina Leonardo Biagini (Mérida)
Spain Carlitos Domínguez (Sevilla)
Argentina Ariel López (Lanús)
Spain Diego Tristán (Betis B)
0
Valencia Spain Santiago Cañizares (Real Madrid)
0
0
Sweden Joachim Björklund (Rangers)
France Alain Roche (PSG)
Spain Óscar Téllez (Alavés)
Romania Gabi Popescu (Salamanca)
Sweden Stefan Schwarz (Fiorentina)
Romania Dennis Șerban (Steaua)
Romania Sabin Ilie (Kocaelispor)
Italy Cristiano Lucarelli (Atalanta)
0
Celta Spain José Manuel Pinto (Betis)
0
0
Argentina Fernando Cáceres (Valencia)
Spain (Ourense)
Brazil Adriano Teixeira (Recife)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Ourense)
Spain Tomás Hervás (Sporting Gijón)
France Claude Makélélé (Marseille)
Bulgaria Luboslav Penev (Compostela)
0
0
Deportivo Spain Manuel Pablo (Las Palmas)
Spain (Racing Santander)
Spain Enrique Romero (Mallorca)
Argentina Gabriel Schürrer (Racing Santander)
Spain José Ramón González (Compostela)
France Stéphane Ziani (Lens)
0
0
Argentina Turu Flores (Las Palmas)
Portugal Pauleta (Salamanca)
Russia Dmitri Radchenko (Mérida)
0
Espanyol Argentina Federico Domínguez (Vélez Sarsfield)
0
0
France Jean-Philippe Javary (Montpellier)
Spain Manolo Pérez ()
Spain Nan Ribera (Figueres)
Argentina Martín Posse (Vélez Sarsfield)
Spain (Alavés)
Uruguay Darío Silva (Cagliari)
Athletic Bilbao Spain Felipe Guréndez (Osasuna)
Spain Andoni Imaz (Real Sociedad)
Spain Santiago Ezquerro (Atlético Madrid)
Spain Bolo (Hércules)
Zaragoza Spain (Sporting Gijón)
Colombia Faryd Mondragón (Independiente)
Argentina Pablo Díaz (Sporting Gijón)
Spain Paco Jémez (Deportivo)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Savo Milošević (Aston Villa)
0
Real Sociedad Spain (Eibar) Spain José Félix Guerrero (Racing Santander)
Betis Paraguay Celso Ayala (River Plate)
Romania Iulian Filipescu (Galatasaray)
Brazil Andrei Frascarelli (Atlético Madrid)
Spain Ito (Celta)
Brazil Denílson (São Paulo)
Equatorial Guinea Benjamín Zarandona (Valladolid)
Spain (Mallorca)
Brazil Rafael Jacques (Grêmio)
0
Valladolid Spain José Luis Caminero (Atlético Madrid)
France Daniel Dutuel (Celta)
Spain Juan Vizcaíno (Atlético Madrid)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Isailović (Partizan)
Spain (Racing Santander)
0
Atlético Madrid Argentina José Chamot (Lazio)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Njeguš (Red Star)
Italy Stefano Torrisi (Bologna)
0
0
0
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladimir Jugović (Lazio)
Argentina (Mallorca)
Italy Michele Serena (Fiorentina)
Argentina Santiago Solari (River Plate)
Spain Juan Carlos Valerón (Mallorca)
Italy Giorgio Venturin (Lazio)
Spain (Sevilla)
0
0
0
0
0
Oviedo France Franck Rabarivony (Auxerre)
0
0
0
Spain Ricardo Bango (Sporting Gijón)
Spain Xabier Eskurza (Mallorca)
Ivory Coast Idrissa Keita (Levante)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Albert Nađ (Betis)
Denmark Peter Møller (PSV)
Brazil Fábio Pinto (Internacional)
0
0
Racing Santander Argentina Claudio Arzeno (Independiente)
Sweden Olof Mellberg (AIK)
0
0
Spain Geli (Celta)
Spain Víctor Sánchez (Real Madrid)
Russia Sergei Shustikov (CSKA Moscow)
Spain Ángel Vivar Dorado (Tenerife)
Spain José Emilio Amavisca (Real Madrid)
Spain Salva Ballesta (Sevilla)
Colombia Léider Preciado (Santa Fe)
0
Alavés Spain Kike (Mallorca)
0
0
0
0
Spain Alberto Belsué (Zaragoza)
Spain Raúl Gañán (Barakaldo)
Brazil Iván Rocha (Atlético Madrid)
Spain Josete (Betis)
0
Italy Nicola Berti (Tottenham Hotspur)
Spain (Sporting Gijón)
Spain (Logroñés)
0
Spain Manuel Canabal (Valladolid)
Spain Ismael Santiago (Barcelona B)
Brazil Magno Mocelin (Groningen)
Spain (Moralo)
Spain Julio Salinas (Yokohama Marinos)
Extremadura Belgium Ronny Gaspercic (Harelbeke)
0
0
Spain David Belenguer (Albacete)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miroslav Čermelj (UNAM)
Cameroon Raymond Kalla (Panachaiki)
Peru Jean Ferrari (Univ. de Deportes)
Spain Toni Velamazán (Albacete)
France Laurent Viaud (Rennes)
Argentina Iván Gabrich (Mérida)
Ivory Coast Ahmed Ouattara (Basel)
Spain José Luis Soto (Valladolid)
Villarreal Spain (Lemona)
0
0
0
0
Spain Imanol Alguacil (Real Sociedad)
Romania Marius Iordache ()
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Igor Taševski (Partizan)
0
0
Argentina Walter Gaitán (Rosario Central)
Spain Gerardo García (Badajoz)
Spain Jesús García Sanjuán (Zaragoza)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Kalajdžić (Zemun)
Cape Verde Sandro Mendes (Hércules)
Spain Manuel Alfaro (Hércules)
Romania Gică Craioveanu (Real Sociedad)
Spain Moisés García (Celta)
0
0
Tenerife Colombia Carlos N. Montoya (Mérida)
0
0
0
Spain (Racing Santander)
Argentina Federico Lussenhoff (San Lorenzo)
0
0
Argentina Federico Basavilbaso (S. Lorenzo)
0
0
0
Spain (Las Palmas)
Spain Mista (Real Madrid B)
Spain Pier Loggi (Zaragoza)
Brazil Leandro Machado (Sporting Port.)
Salamanca Portugal (Zamora)
Portugal (Vitória de Setubal)
Argentina (Quilmes)
Uruguay Leo Ramos (Estudiantes La Plata)
Argentina Ricardo Lunari (Univers. Católica)
Romania Lucian Marinescu (Rapid București)
Romania Cătălin Munteanu (Steaua)
0
Argentina Martín Cardetti (River Plate)
Argentina Carlos Casartelli (Gimnasia Jujuy)
0
0

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Barcelona 7-1 Deportivo Alavés". LFP. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Extremadura 1-5 Real Madrid". LFP. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Celta 6-2 Real Oviedo". LFP. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Athletic Bilbao 3-5 Real Oviedo". LFP. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Premio Juego Limpio para el Espanyol" [Fair-Play Award for Espanyol] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 1 July 1999. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Ganadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa" [Pedro Zaballa award Winners] (in Spanish). RFEF. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.

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