1998–99 Eredivisie

43rd season of the Eredivisie a football season ice hockey 1998–99 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season Eredivisie 1998–99 20 August 1998 – 23 May 1999 Feyenoord (14th title) AZCambuur NAC Champions League FeyenoordWillem IIPSV UEFA Cup Vitesse ArnhemRoda JCAjax Intertoto Cup sc Heerenveen Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy (31 goals)EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers 964 3.15 1997–98 1999–2000 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1998–99 season was contested by 18 teams. Feyenoord won the championship. League standings main WDL League table 5 QR FEY Feyenoord WIL Willem II PSV PSV VIT Vitesse Arnhem ROD Roda JC AJX Ajax HEE SC Heerenveen TWE FC Twente AZ AZ FOR Fortuna Sittard NEC NEC FCU FC Utrecht GRA De Graafschap MVV MVV CAM Cambuur RKC RKC Waalwijk SPA Sparta NAC NAC Breda 25 5 4 76 38 C 20 5 9 69 46 17 10 7 87 55 18 7 9 61 44 17 9 8 59 40 16 9 9 73 41 14 12 8 53 41 13 13 8 51 45 12 12 10 52 60 12 8 14 49 56 10 9 15 42 56 10 8 16 54 64 8 12 14 40 57 7 11 16 42 63 7 11 16 37 64 6 9 19 41 62 7 5 22 37 71 4 11 19 41 61 R green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage CL CL green2 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round Ajax qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the 1998–99 KNVB Cup. UC UC UC yellow1 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round IC3 red2 Qualification to Relegation play-offs RKC and Sparta both remained in the eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs. RPO RPO red1 Relegation to Eerste Divisie R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off) complete rsssf.com Results main FBR AJA AZ CAM FEY FOR GRA HEE MVV NAC NEC PSV RKC ROD SPA TWE UTR VIT WIL Ajax 5–1 4–0 6–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 5–1 5–0 5–2 0–1 2–0 AZ 1–1 3–1 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–3 4–2 3–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–3 0–0 1–1 Cambuur 4–1 0–0 1–5 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 Feyenoord 1–1 1–2 4–0 4–1 5–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 4–2 2–1 3–2 Fortuna Sittard 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 6–4 3–2 0–1 2–1 0–3 3–2 0–2 1–2 De Graafschap 1–3 1–1 2–2 3–4 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–3 0–3 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 Heerenveen 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 3–3 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 MVV 1–4 2–1 3–0 1–3 3–3 1–2 1–0 3–3 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–5 1–4 4–2 1–1 NAC 2–2 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 3–4 0–2 0–0 5–0 1–1 2–4 0–2 2–2 NEC 0–4 2–2 1–0 0–3 0–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 2–2 0–1 3–1 0–3 PSV 3–1 7–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–3 4–0 3–0 5–0 3–1 1–0 RKC 0–1 2–3 4–1 0–5 0–0 1–2 0–4 2–2 2–1 0–1 3–4 4–1 5–1 2–2 2–5 0–2 1–3 Roda 0–2 8–2 1–0 1–0 5–3 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 5–2 1–3 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 0–2 Sparta Rotterdam 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 5–0 2–3 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–5 0–1 1–1 4–2 0–1 1–3 0–4 Twente 2–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 5–1 Utrecht 2–2 2–2 3–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 2–0 2–3 2–3 1–1 0–3 4–1 0–3 1–2 2–0 Vitesse 3–2 0–1 4–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–0 5–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 Willem II 3–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 4–1 2–1 1–0 4–2 3–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 3–5 complete 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. main WDL Q Group 1 RKC RKC Waalwijk ZWO FC Zwolle DOR Dordrecht '90 EMM FC Emmen 5 1 0 11 3 2 2 2 8 10 2 1 3 12 13 1 0 5 10 15 #FFF000 Remain in Eredivisie ERE inherit Remain in Eerste Divisie EER EER EER complete rsssf.com main WDL Q Group 2 SPA Sparta GRO FC Groningen EXC Excelsior HEL Helmond Sport 5 0 1 19 6 4 1 1 16 8 2 1 3 16 18 0 0 6 5 24 #FFF000 Remain in Eredivisie ERE inherit Remain in Eerste Divisie EER EER EER complete rsssf.com Attendances Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ned/avened99.htm 2026-06-19 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk No. Club Average Change Highest 1 AFC Ajax 42,567 -10,0% 49,500 2 Feyenoord 32,007 26,3% 50,000 3 PSV 26,853 -3,1% 29,500 4 SBV Vitesse 22,863 65,8% 26,000 5 sc Heerenveen 13,703 0,9% 14,000 6 FC Utrecht 12,753 8,3% 14,000 7 Willem II 12,202 20,7% 14,800 8 FC Twente 12,006 42,1% 13,500 9 NAC Breda 10,920 -14,0% 13,110 10 SC Cambuur 8,418 63,4% 11,200 11 De Graafschap 7,953 -1,0% 9,200 12 AZ 7,814 30,4% 10,500 13 Roda JC 7,032 -4,5% 10,000 14 MVV Maastricht 6,309 3,5% 9,500 15 Fortuna Sittard 6,268 4,9% 9,000 16 NEC 5,876 14,7% 11,000 17 RKC Waalwijk 5,007 13,8% 7,000 18 Sparta Rotterdam 4,488 -17,0% 7,500 See also 1998–99 Eerste Divisie 1998–99 KNVB Cup References External links Eredivisie official website - info on all seasons nl RSSSF Category:Eredivisie seasons Netherlands 1