1998–99 Primeira Divisão

65th season of top-tier Portuguese football Primeira Divisão 1998–99 Porto18th title Beira-MarChaves Académica Champions League Porto (group stage) Boavista (third qualifying round) UEFA Cup Benfica (first round)Sporting CP (first round) Vitória de Setúbal (first round) Mário Jardel (36 goals) Porto 7–0 Beira-Mar (24 January 1999) Campomaiorense 0–5 Benfica (29 November 1998) Académica 0–5 Alverca (3 April 1999) Porto 7–1 Académica Coimbra (16 May 1999) Chaves 4–4 Farense (21 February 1999) Salgueiros4–4 Beira-Mar (30 May 1999) 306 810 1997–98 1999–2000 (Primeira Liga) The 1998–99 Primeira Divisão was the 65th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 23 August 1998 with a match between Chaves and Académica Coimbra, and ended on 30 May 1999. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions. Porto won the league and qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Boavista, who qualified for the third round. With the extinction of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the Taça de Portugal winner qualified for the UEFA Cup, so Beira-Mar joined Benfica, Sporting CP and Vitória de Setúbal in the 1999-2000 UEFA Cup. In the opposite direction, Beira-Mar, Chaves and Académica Coimbra were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Mário Jardel was the top scorer with 36 goals. Promotion and relegation Teams relegated to Liga de Honra Leça Varzim Belenenses Leça, Varzim and Belenenses were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in the 1997–98 season. Teams promoted from Liga de Honra União de Leiria Beira-Mar Alverca The other three teams were replaced by União de Leiria, Beira-Mar, Alverca from the Liga de Honra. Teams April 2026 Stadia and locations Portugal Location of teams in Primeira Divisão 1998-99 (Mainland) right 250 Portugal 37.033333 -7.916667 Farense bottom Portugal 38.898059 -9.035057 Alverca right Portugal 39.748611 -8.813056 Leiria Portugal 40.20333333 -8.407777778 Académica right Portugal 38.70277778 -9.207777778 BenficaSportingEstrela left Portugal 38.998172 -7.149433 Campomaiorense left Portugal 40.616667 -8.633333 Beira-Mar bottom Portugal 41.16175833 -8.583933333 PortoBoavistaSalgueiros Portugal 41.5624 -8.4308 Braga top Portugal 41.35 -8.75 Rio Ave left Portugal 41.445833 -8.301111 V. Guimarães Portugal 41.733333 -7.466666 Chaves bottom Portugal 38.533333 -8.883333 V. Setúbal Portugal Madeira right 250 Location of teams in Primeira Divisão 1998-99 (Madeira) 32.645561 -16.928331 Marítimo bottom Team Head coach City Stadium1997–98 finish Académica Coimbra POR Raul Águas Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 15th Alverca MOZ Mário Wilson Alverca Complexo do Alverca 3rd in Divisão de Honra Beira-Mar POR António Sousa Aveiro Estádio Mário Duarte 2nd in Divisão de Honra Benfica SCO Graeme Souness Lisbon Estádio da Luz 2nd Boavista POR Jaime Pacheco Porto Estádio do Bessa 6th Braga POR Vítor Oliveira Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 10th Campomaiorense POR João Alves Campo Maior Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia 11th Chaves POR Horácio Gonçalves Chaves Estádio Municipal de Chaves 16th Estrela da Amadora POR Jorge Jesus Amadora Estádio José Gomes 7th Farense Spain Paco Fortes Faro Estádio de São Luís 14th Marítimo POR Augusto Inácio Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 5th Porto POR Fernando Santos Porto Estádio das Antas 1st Rio Ave POR Carlos Brito Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 9th Salgueiros POR Dito Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 8th Sporting CP CRO Mirko Jozic Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 4th União de Leiria POR Mário Reis Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 1st in Divisão de Honra Vitória de Guimarães Serbia and Montenegro Zoran Filipovic Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 3rd Vitória de Setúbal POR Carlos Cardoso Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 13th Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Braga POR Vítor Oliveira 25 October 1998 9th POR Carlos Manuel 26 October 1998 Campomaiorense POR João Alves 29 November 1998 18th POR José Pereira 30 November 1998 Marítimo POR Augusto Inácio 20 December 1998 16th POR Nelo Vingada 21 December 1998 Chaves POR Horácio Gonçalves 3 January 1999 17th POR Augusto Inácio 4 January 1999 Vitória de Guimarães Serbia and Montenegro Zoran Filipovic 3 January 1999 10th POR Quinito 4 January 1999 Farense Spain Paco Fortes 5 February 1999 14th POR João Alves 6 February 1999 Académica Coimbra POR Raul Águas 7 February 1999 18th POR Gregório Freixo 8 February 1999 Braga POR Carlos Manuel 26 February 1999 10th POR Manuel Cajuda 27 February 1999 Alverca MOZ Mário Wilson 28 February 1999 17th POR José Romão 1 March 1999 Chaves POR Augusto Inácio 26 April 1999 17th ESP Rodríguez Vaz 14 May 1999 Benfica SCO Graeme Souness 2 May 1999 3rd POR Shéu 3 May 1999 League table main WDL complete 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average Primeira Divisão 5 QR 24 7 3 85 26 C 20 11 3 57 29 19 8 7 71 29 17 12 5 64 32 15 8 11 37 38 14 10 10 36 29 14 8 12 53 41 11 12 11 33 40 10 12 12 38 50 10 11 13 44 45 10 9 15 39 54 7 17 10 45 55 10 7 17 41 51 8 11 15 36 50 8 11 15 26 47 6 15 13 36 53 R 5 10 19 39 70 R 4 9 21 30 70 R POR Porto BOA Boavista BEN Benfica SCP Sporting CP VSE Vitória de Setúbal ULE União de Leiria VGU Vitória de Guimarães EST Estrela da Amadora BRA Braga MAR Marítimo FAR Farense SAL Salgueiros CPM Campomaiorense ALV Alverca RAV Rio Ave BEM Beira-Mar CHA Chaves ACA Académica CLGS CL3 UC1 UC1 UC1 BEM R R green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage green2 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round blue2 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round red1 UEFA Cup first round and relegation to Segunda Liga Beira-Mar qualified for the UEFA Cup as Portuguese Cup winners red1 Relegation to Segunda Liga Results main FBR grey ACA ALV BEM BEN BOA BRA CPM CHA EST FAR MAR POR RAV SAL SCP ULE VGU VSE Académica 0–5 1–0 0–3 2–3 1–1 1–5 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 Alverca 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–3 3–0 1–5 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 Beira-Mar 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 Benfica 3–0 2–2 3–0 0–3 4–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 5–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 5–0 3–3 0–0 3–1 2–0 Boavista 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 Braga 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–3 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–4 2–1 3–0 Campomaiorense 2–1 2–2 4–1 0–5 1–1 2–0 4–1 3–0 3–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 Chaves 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–4 1–1 1–2 3–2 4–1 4–4 1–1 0–4 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–3 1–2 Estrela da Amadora 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 5–0 Farense 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 Marítimo 4–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–3 3–2 1–0 0–1 Porto 7–1 3–1 7–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 4–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 6–0 Rio Ave 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 Salgueiros 1–1 0–0 4–4 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–2 2–2 1–3 5–1 2–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 Sporting CP 5–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 União de Leiria 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 0–1 Vitória de Guimarães 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–2 2–3 5–1 2–0 6–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–0 3–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 Vitória de Setúbal 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 complete Foradejogo pt Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 BRA Mário Jardel Porto 36 2 POR Nuno Gomes Benfica 24 3 BRA Demétrius Campomaiorense 16 BRA Silva Braga 5 GHA Ayew Boavista 15 ROM Timofte Boavista CAN Alex Bunbury Marítimo 8 MOZ Chiquinho Conde Vitória Setúbal 14 SLO Zahovic Porto10 BUL Yordanov Sporting 13 BRA Edmilson Vitória de Guimarães April 2026 Attendances # Club Average 1 Benfica 27,941 2 Porto 24,342 3 Sporting 18,088 4 Vitória SC 6,676 5 Braga 5,765 6 Boavista 5,353 7 Vitória FC 5,065 8 Marítimo 4,794 9 Rio Ave 4,765 10 Farense 4,588 11 Beira-Mar 4,147 12 Académica 3,647 13 União de Leiria 3,588 14 Chaves 3,441 15 Salgueiros 3,265 16 Estrela da Amadora 2,759 17 Campomaiorense 2,735 18 Alverca 2,676Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/prt/aveprt99.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 26, 2026 See also 1998–99 in Portuguese football References External links Portugal 1998-99 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) Portugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library https://web.archive.org/web/20191010211315/http://soccerlibrary.free.fr/por_ft.pdf 2019-10-10 Portuguese Wikipedia - Campeonato Português de Futebol - I Divisão 1998/1999 Category:Primeira Liga seasons Portugal Primeira Primeira Divisão