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1998–99 La Liga

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

La Liga
Season1998–99
Dates29 August 1998 – 20 June 1999
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)
Biggest away winExtremadura 1–5 Real Madrid
(31 October 1998)
Highest scoringBarcelona 7–1 Alavés
(3 January 1999)
Celta Vigo 6–2 Real Oviedo
(3 January 1999)
Athletic Bilbao 3–5 Real Oviedo
(15 November 1998)

Promotion and relegation

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Alavés (playing top flight football for the first time in forty two years), Extremadura (returning after a one-year absence) and Villarreal (playing in the top flight for the first time ever). They replaced Compostela, Mérida and Sporting Gijón after spending time in the top flight for four, one and twenty one years respectively.

Team information

Clubs and locations

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Location of teams in La Liga 1998–99
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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 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
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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 1998–99 La Liga  7'
Llorens 1998–99 La Liga  86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Francisco de la Hera
Attendance: 9,100
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González 1998–99 La Liga 
27 June 1999 Villarreal CF 0–2 Sevilla FC Villarreal
21:00 Report (in Spanish) Tsiartas 1998–99 La Liga  2', 45' Stadium: El Madrigal
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Víctor Esquinas Torres 1998–99 La Liga 

Second leg

30 June 1999 Rayo Vallecano 2–0
(4–0 agg.)		 CF Extremadura Madrid
21:30 Tiago 1998–99 La Liga  52'
Bolo 1998–99 La Liga  55'		 Report (in Spanish) Stadium: Vallecas
Attendance: 15,600
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto 1998–99 La Liga 
30 June 1999 Sevilla FC 1–0
(3–0 agg.)		 Villarreal CF Seville
21:45 Quevedo 1998–99 La Liga  50' Report (in Spanish) Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González 1998–99 La Liga 

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 1998–99 La Liga  Raúl 25 Real Madrid 4
2 1998–99 La Liga  Rivaldo 24 Barcelona 5
3 1998–99 La Liga  Claudio López 21 Valencia 2
4 1998–99 La Liga  Fernando Morientes 19 Real Madrid 0
1998–99 La Liga  Julio Dely Valdés 19 Real Oviedo 3
6 1998–99 La Liga  Savo Milošević 17 Zaragoza 0
7 1998–99 La Liga  Darko Kovačević 16 Real Sociedad 1
1998–99 La Liga  Ismael Urzaiz 16 Athletic Bilbao 2
9 1998–99 La Liga  Patrick Kluivert 15 Barcelona 0
10 1998–99 La Liga  Turu Flores 14 Deportivo La Coruña 0
1998–99 La Liga  Roy Makaay 14 Tenerife 0
1998–99 La Liga  Lyuboslav Penev 14 Celta Vigo 5
  • 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 1998–99 La Liga  Carlos Roa 29 35 0.83 Mallorca
2 1998–99 La Liga  Toni 38 38 1 Espanyol
3 1998–99 La Liga  Santiago Cañizares 39 38 1.03 Valencia
4 1998–99 La Liga  Richard Dutruel 39 37 1.05 Celta Vigo
5 1998–99 La Liga  Jacques Songo'o 40 37 1.08 Deportivo La Coruña
6 1998–99 La Liga  César 42 38 1.11 Valladolid
7 1998–99 La Liga  Alberto López 41 37 1.11 Real Sociedad
7 1998–99 La Liga  Imanol Etxeberria 41 37 1.11 Athletic Bilbao
9 1998–99 La Liga  Ruud Hesp 42 37 1.14 Barcelona
10 1998–99 La Liga  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

Pedro Zaballa award

Atlético Madrid and Valencia supporters

See also

References

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