1998–99 La Liga

68th season of La Liga March 2021 La Liga 1998–99 29 August 1998 – 20 June 1999 Barcelona16th title Extremadura (relegation playoff)Villarreal (relegation playoff)TenerifeSalamanca Champions League BarcelonaReal MadridMallorcaValencia UEFA Cup Celta VigoDeportivo La CoruñaAtlético Madrid (as Copa del Rey runners-up) Intertoto Cup Espanyol Raúl(25 goals) Barcelona 7–1 Alavés(3 January 1999)Barcelona 7-1 Deportivo Alavés http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=98&j=16&el=5&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010 Extremadura 1–5 Real Madrid(31 October 1998)Extremadura 1-5 Real Madrid http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=98&j=08&el=56&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010 Barcelona 7–1 Alavés(3 January 1999)Celta Vigo 6–2 Real Oviedo(3 January 1999)Celta 6-2 Real Oviedo http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=98&j=16&el=30&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010Athletic Bilbao 3–5 Real Oviedo(15 November 1998)Athletic Bilbao 3-5 Real Oviedo http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=98&j=10&el=2&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010 380 1003 1997–98 1999–2000 The 1998–99 La Liga season was the 68th since its establishment. It began on 29 August 1998, and concluded on 20 June 1999. 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 Spain 400 right Location of teams in La Liga 1998–99 Spain 43.263472 -2.948150 Athletic   top Spain 40.401703 -3.720628 Atlético left Spain 41.380889 2.1228167 Barcelona left Spain 37.356419 -5.981750 Betis top Spain 42.837078 -2.688250 Alavés    bottom Spain 42.211842 -8.739706 Celta right Spain 43.368717 -8.417514 Deportivo    top Spain 41.364794 2.1557139 Espanyol right Spain 38.644583 -6.091256 Extremadura top Spain 39.580881 2.6407250 Mallorca bottom Spain 43.358522 -5.860761 Oviedo bottom Spain 43.476292 -3.793278 Racing left Spain 40.453053 -3.688356 Real Madrid Spain 43.301364 -1.973536 Real Sociedad right Spain 40.995508 -5.665058 Salamanca right Spain 39.474616 -0.358219 Valencia bottom Spain 41.644583 -4.761256 Valladolid top Spain 39.944128 -0.103472 Villarreal Spain 41.636472 -0.901828 Zaragoza top Spain Canary Islands 150 right Canary Islands 28.463289 -16.260528 Tenerife top 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 Benito Villamarín 52,132 Athletic Bilbao San Mamés 39,750 Deportivo de La Coruña Riazor 34,600 Real Zaragoza La Romareda 34,596 Celta de Vigo Balaídos 32,500 Real Sociedad Anoeta 32,200 Valladolid José Zorrilla 27,846 Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López 22,824 Racing de Santander El Sardinero 22,222 Villarreal El Madrigal 22,000 Alavés Mendizorrotza 19,840 Mallorca Lluís Sitjar 18,000 Salamanca El Helmántico 17,341 Real Oviedo Carlos Tartiere 16,500 Extremadura Francisco de la Hera 11,580 League table main WDL QR 5 FCB Barcelona RMA Real Madrid MLL Mallorca VCF Valencia CEL Celta Vigo RCD Deportivo La Coruña ESP Espanyol ATH Athletic Bilbao ZAR Zaragoza RSO Real Sociedad BET Real Betis VLD Valladolid ATM Atlético Madrid ROV Oviedo RAC Racing Santander ALV Alavés EXT Extremadura VIL Villarreal TEN Tenerife SAL Salamanca 24 7 7 87 43 C 21 5 12 77 62 20 6 12 48 31 19 8 11 63 39 17 13 8 69 41 17 12 9 55 43 16 13 9 49 38 17 9 12 53 47 16 9 13 57 46 14 12 12 47 43 14 7 17 47 58 13 9 16 35 44 12 10 16 54 50 11 12 15 41 57 10 12 16 41 53 11 7 20 36 63 9 12 17 27 53 R 8 12 18 47 63 R 7 13 18 41 63 R 7 6 25 29 66 R Despite being qualified and registered, Athletic Bilbao refused to play Intertoto green1 Qualification for the Champions League group stage CLGS CLGS green2 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round CL3 CL3 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 #CCCCFF Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round IC3 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round 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. RMA red2 Qualification for the relegation playoffs RP RP red1 Relegation to the Segunda División R R 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. complete LFP Results main FBR grey 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 complete LFP es Relegation playoff CF Extremadura 0–4 Rayo Vallecano 0–2 0–2 2 Villarreal CF 0–3 Sevilla FC 0–2 0–1 2 First leg EEF0FB 27 June 1999 21:00 CF Extremadura 0–2 Report es Rayo Vallecano Luis Cembranos 7 Llorens 86 pen. Francisco de la Hera Almendralejo 9,100 Eduardo Iturralde González Basque Country 27 June 1999 21:00 Villarreal CF 0–2 Report es Sevilla FC Tsiartas 2 45 El Madrigal Villarreal 17,000 Víctor Esquinas Torres Madrid Second leg EEF0FB 30 June 1999 21:30 Rayo Vallecano 2–0 4–0 Report es CF Extremadura Tiago 52 Bolo 55 Vallecas Madrid 15,600 Antonio Jesús López Nieto Andalusia 30 June 1999 21:45 Sevilla FC 1–0 3–0 Report es Villarreal CF Quevedo 50 Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Seville 48,000 Manuel Mejuto González Asturias Awards Pichichi Trophy The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season. RankPlayerClubGoals1Spain RaúlReal Madrid252Brazil RivaldoBarcelona243Argentina Claudio LópezValencia214Spain Fernando MorientesReal Madrid19Panama Julio Dely ValdésOviedo196Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Savo MiloševićZaragoza177Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Darko KovačevićReal Sociedad16Spain Ismael UrzaizAthletic Bilbao9Netherlands Patrick KluivertBarcelona1510Argentina Turu FloresDeportivo La Coruña14Netherlands Roy MakaayTenerifeBulgaria Lyuboslav PenevCelta Vigo Source: Diario AS (newspaper archive, in paper), copy of the day: Monday 21 June 1999 Zamora Trophy The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played. RankPlayerClubGoals againstMatchesAverage1ARG Carlos RoaMallorca29352ESP ToniEspanyol38383ESP Santiago CañizaresValencia39384FRA Richard DutruelCelta Vigo39375CMR Jacques Songo'oDeportivo La Coruña40376ESP CésarValladolid4238ESP Imanol EtxeberriaAthletic Bilbao4137ESP Alberto LópezReal Sociedad41379NED Ruud HespBarcelona423710BEL Ronny GaspercicExtremadura3731 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. RankClubPoints1Extremadura 382Mallorca 453Espanyol 48 Source: Mundo Deportivo (newspaper archive, web)Premio Juego Limpio para el Espanyol Fair-Play Award for Espanyol http://hemeroteca-paginas.elmundodeportivo.es/EMD03/HEM/1999/07/01/MD19990701-021.pdf Mundo Deportivo 1 July 1999 5 September 2010 es Pedro Zaballa award Atlético Madrid and Valencia supportersGanadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa Pedro Zaballa award Winners http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=298#ancla8 RFEF 5 September 2010 es dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100407195555/http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=298 7 April 2010 Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/esp/aveesp99.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 26 July 2026 # Club Avg. attendance Highest 1 FC Barcelona 70,263 100,000 2 Real Madrid 66,842 85,000 3 Valencia CF 46,395 53,000 4 Atlético de Madrid 38,579 57,000 5 Athletic Club 36,263 48,000 6 Real Betis 35,605 45,000 7 Real Sociedad 25,518 32,000 8 Celta de Vigo 23,995 33,000 9 Real Zaragoza 22,211 33,000 10 RCD Espanyol 21,947 35,100 11 Deportivo de La Coruña 21,684 35,000 12 CD Tenerife 18,579 22,000 13 Racing de Santander 15,978 20,000 14 Deportivo Alavés 15,921 19,000 15 Real Valladolid 15,305 23,000 16 Villarreal CF 14,658 48,000 17 RCD Mallorca 13,702 18,982 18 Real Oviedo 11,904 20,000 19 UD Salamanca 11,480 15,205 20 Extremadura CF 10,342 12,500 See also 1998–99 Segunda División 1998–99 Copa del Rey References External links 1998/99 La liga results https://web.archive.org/web/20090715062655/http://www.soccerbot.com/spain/results/spain99.htm 15 July 2009 All Goal Scorers In La Liga 1998-1999 1998–99 1 Spain