1998–99 Eredivisie

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1998–99 season was contested by 18 teams. Feyenoord won the championship.

Eredivisie
Season1998–99
Dates20 August 1998 – 23 May 1999
ChampionsFeyenoord (14th title)
PromotedAZ
Cambuur
RelegatedNAC
Champions LeagueFeyenoord
Willem II
PSV
UEFA CupVitesse Arnhem
Roda JC
Ajax
Intertoto Cupsc Heerenveen
Goals scored964
Average goals/game3.15
Top goalscorerNetherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy (31 goals)[1]

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Feyenoord (C) 34 25 5 4 76 38 +38 80 Qualification to Champions League
2 Willem II 34 20 5 9 69 46 +23 65
3 PSV 34 17 10 7 87 55 +32 61 Qualification to Champions League: 3rd qualifying round
4 Vitesse Arnhem 34 18 7 9 61 44 +17 61 Qualification to UEFA Cup[lower-alpha 1]
5 Roda JC 34 17 9 8 59 40 +19 60
6 Ajax 34 16 9 9 73 41 +32 57
7 sc Heerenveen 34 14 12 8 53 41 +12 54 Qualification to Intertoto Cup: Third round
8 FC Twente 34 13 13 8 51 45 +6 52
9 AZ 34 12 12 10 52 60 8 48
10 Fortuna Sittard 34 12 8 14 49 56 7 44
11 NEC 34 10 9 15 42 56 14 39
12 FC Utrecht 34 10 8 16 54 64 10 38
13 De Graafschap 34 8 12 14 40 57 17 36
14 MVV 34 7 11 16 42 63 21 32
15 Cambuur 34 7 11 16 37 64 27 32
16 RKC Waalwijk 34 6 9 19 41 62 21 27 Qualification to Relegation play-offs[lower-alpha 2]
17 Sparta 34 7 5 22 37 71 34 26
18 NAC Breda (R) 34 4 11 19 41 61 20 23 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 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)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Ajax qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the 1998–99 KNVB Cup.
  2. RKC and Sparta both remained in the eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs.

Results

Home \ Away 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
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 RKC Waalwijk 6 5 1 0 11 3 +8 16 Remain in Eredivisie
2 FC Zwolle 6 2 2 2 8 10 2 8 Remain in Eerste Divisie
3 Dordrecht '90 6 2 1 3 12 13 1 7
4 FC Emmen 6 1 0 5 10 15 5 3
Source: rsssf.com
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sparta 6 5 0 1 19 6 +13 15 Remain in Eredivisie
2 FC Groningen 6 4 1 1 16 8 +8 13 Remain in Eerste Divisie
3 Excelsior 6 2 1 3 16 18 2 7
4 Helmond Sport 6 0 0 6 5 24 19 0
Source: rsssf.com

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