1998–99 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 1998–99 season saw St Johnstone compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 3rd position with 57 points, qualifying for the UEFA Cup.[1] They also reached the 1998 Scottish League Cup Final, losing 2–1 to Rangers.

St Johnstone
Scottish Premier League3rd
Scottish CupSemi final
Scottish League CupRunners-up

Results

St Johnstone's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Scottish Premier League

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
11 August 1998MotherwellA0–15,686
215 August 1998KilmarnockH0–06,210
323 August 1998DundeeA1–03,641Scott
429 August 1998RangersA0–448,732
512 September 1998Dunfermline AthleticH1–15,997Squires 37' (o.g.)
619 September 1998AberdeenH2–05,814Lowndes 17', McMahon 66'
723 September 1998CelticA1–055,889Dasovic 15'
826 September 1998Dundee UnitedH1–36,665Grant 84'
94 October 1998Heart of MidlothianA1–113,121Preston 58'
1017 October 1998MotherwellH5–04,026O'Boyle 39', 85', Kernaghan 53', Simão 62', Dods 88'
1124 October 1998KilmarnockA2–29,336Dods 38', Lowndes 62'
1231 October 1998Dunfermline AthleticA1–15,911McQuillan 54'
138 November 1998RangersH0–79,636
1414 November 1998CelticH2–19,732Simão 45', McAnespie 78'
1521 November 1998AberdeenA1–010,004Simão 38'
165 December 1998Dundee UnitedA1–17,293Grant 55'
179 December 1998Heart of MidlothianH1–14,808Kernaghan 8'
1812 December 1998DundeeH1–16,033Bollan 85'
1919 December 1998MotherwellA2–15,700Connolly 31', Grant 72'
2026 December 1998RangersA0–149,479
2129 December 1998Dunfermline AthleticH1–16,070Kane 81'
222 January 1999AberdeenH4–18,971Bollan 44', Kernaghan 52', O'Neil 75', 84'
2331 January 1999CelticA0–560,092
246 February 1999Dundee UnitedH1–05,771Bollan 9'
2520 February 1999Heart of MidlothianA2–012,229Scott 59', Kane 63'
2627 February 1999DundeeA1–07,245Dods 88'
2713 March 1999KilmarnockH0–15,461
2820 March 1999Dunfermline AthleticA0–15,504
294 April 1999RangersH3–19,704Weir 14', Simão 73', McAnespie 90'
3017 April 1999Heart of MidlothianH0–06,149
3120 April 1999Dundee UnitedA1–06,714Griffin 42'
3224 April 1999CelticH1–010,379O'Halloran 55'
331 May 1999AberdeenA0–19,561
348 May 1999MotherwellH0–04,599
3515 May 1999KilmarnockA1–115,086Bollan 66'
3623 May 1999DundeeH1–010,575Kane 71'

Scottish Cup

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R323 January 1999Forfar AthleticH1–03,714O'Neil 63'
R413 February 1999LivingstonA3–15,700Grant 18', 59', Scott 40'
QF6 March 1999MotherwellA2–07,660Grant 71', Simão 80'
SF11 March 1999RangersN0–420,664

Scottish League Cup

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R28 August 1998StranraerH3–02,679O'Halloran 67', Connolly 77', O'Boyle 84'
R318 August 1998FalkirkA1–03,749Kane 90'
QF8 September 1998HibernianH4–08,165Lowndes 11', 32', McMahon 24', O'Neil 57'
SF27 October 1998Heart of MidlothianH3–012,027Dasovic 41', Preston 45', O'Boyle 87'
F29 November 1998RangersN1–245,553Dasovic 8'

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 36 23 8 5 78 31 +47 77 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Celtic 36 21 8 7 84 35 +49 71 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 St Johnstone 36 15 12 9 39 38 +1 57
4 Kilmarnock 36 14 14 8 47 29 +18 56
5 Dundee 36 13 7 16 36 56 20 46
Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Soccerway and SPL official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Since Rangers, the winners of the 1998–99 Scottish Cup, already qualified for the UEFA Champions League, Celtic, the losing finalist, earned a spot in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. As such, the league's UEFA Cup place moved down to third-placed St Johnstone. Scotland were also awarded an additional UEFA Cup place as the association was top of the UEFA Fair Play ranking. Kilmarnock earned this place as winners of the Scottish Fair Play ranking.

References

  1. "Scotland 1998/99". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
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