1998–99 La Liga

The 1998–99 La Liga season, the 68th since its establishment, started on 29 August 1998 and finished on 20 June 1999.

La Liga
Season1998–99
Dates29 August 1998 – 20 June 1999
ChampionsBarcelona
16th title
RelegatedExtremadura (relegation playoff)
Villarreal (relegation playoff)
Tenerife
Salamanca
Champions LeagueBarcelona (1st group stage)
Real Madrid (1st group stage)
Mallorca (3rd qualifying round)
Valencia (3rd qualifying round)
UEFA CupCelta Vigo (first round)
Deportivo (first round)
Atlético Madrid (first round) (via Copa del Rey)
Intertoto CupEspanyol (third round)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,003 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorerRaúl
(25 goals)
Biggest home winBarcelona 7–1 Alavés
(3 January 1999)[1]
Biggest away winExtremadura 1–5 Real Madrid
(31 October 1998)[2]
Highest scoringBarcelona 7–1 Alavés
(3 January 1999)[1]
Celta Vigo 6–2 Real Oviedo
(3 January 1999)[3]
Athletic Bilbao 3–5 Real Oviedo
(15 November 1998)[4]

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
Location of teams in La Liga 1998–99
Canary Islands

1998–99 season was composed of the following clubs:

Team Stadium Capacity
BarcelonaCamp Nou98,772
Real MadridSantiago Bernabéu80,354
EspanyolEstadi Olímpic de Montjuïc55,926
Atlético MadridVicente Calderón55,005
ValenciaMestalla55,000
Real BetisManuel Ruiz de Lopera52,132
Athletic BilbaoSan Mamés39,750
Deportivo de La CoruñaRiazor34,600
Real ZaragozaLa Romareda34,596
Celta de VigoEstadio Balaídos32,500
Real SociedadAnoeta32,200
Real OviedoCarlos Tartiere30,500
ValladolidJosé Zorrilla27,846
MallorcaSon Moix23,142
TenerifeHeliodoro Rodríguez López22,824
Racing de SantanderEl Sardinero22,222
VillarrealEl Madrigal22,000
AlavésMendizorrotza19,840
SalamancaHelmántico17,341
ExtremaduraFrancisco de la Hera11,580

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 38 24 7 7 87 43 +44 79 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Real Madrid 38 21 5 12 77 62 +15 68
3 Mallorca 38 20 6 12 48 31 +17 66 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Valencia 38 19 8 11 63 39 +24 65
5 Celta de Vigo 38 17 13 8 69 41 +28 64 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Deportivo La Coruña 38 17 12 9 55 43 +12 63
7 Espanyol 38 16 13 9 49 38 +11 61 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8 Athletic Bilbao[lower-alpha 1] 38 17 9 12 53 47 +6 60
9 Zaragoza 38 16 9 13 57 46 +11 57
10 Real Sociedad 38 14 12 12 47 43 +4 54
11 Betis 38 14 7 17 47 58 −11 49
12 Valladolid 38 13 9 16 35 44 −9 48
13 Atlético Madrid 38 12 10 16 54 50 +4 46 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 2]
14 Oviedo 38 11 12 15 41 57 −16 45
15 Racing Santander 38 10 12 16 41 53 −12 42
16 Alavés 38 11 7 20 36 63 −27 40
17 Extremadura (R) 38 9 12 17 27 53 −26 39 Qualification for the relegation playoffs
18 Villarreal (R) 38 8 12 18 47 63 −16 36
19 Tenerife (R) 38 7 13 18 41 63 −22 34 Relegation to the Segunda División
20 Salamanca (R) 38 7 6 25 29 66 −37 27
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 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.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Despite being qualified and registered, Athletic Bilbao refused to play Intertoto
  2. 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.

Results
Home \ Away 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
Source: LFP (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CF Extremadura 0–4 Rayo Vallecano 0–2 0–2
Villarreal CF 0–3 Sevilla FC 0–2 0–1

First leg
27 June 1999 CF Extremadura 0–2 Rayo Vallecano Almendralejo
21:00 Report (in Spanish) Luis Cembranos 7'
Llorens 86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Francisco de la Hera
Attendance: 9,100
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González Basque Country (autonomous community)
27 June 1999 Villarreal CF 0–2 Sevilla FC Villarreal
21:00 Report (in Spanish) Tsiartas 2', 45' Stadium: El Madrigal
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Víctor Esquinas Torres Community of Madrid

Second leg
30 June 1999 Rayo Vallecano 2–0
(4–0 agg.)		 CF Extremadura Madrid
21:30 Tiago 52'
Bolo 55'		 Report (in Spanish) Stadium: Vallecas
Attendance: 15,600
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto Andalusia
30 June 1999 Sevilla FC 1–0
(3–0 agg.)		 Villarreal CF Seville
21:45 Quevedo 50' Report (in Spanish) Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González Asturias

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Rank Goalscorers Goals Club Penalties
1 Spain Raúl 25 Real Madrid 4
2 Brazil Rivaldo 24 Barcelona 5
3 Argentina Claudio López 21 Valencia 2
4 Spain Fernando Morientes 19 Real Madrid 0
Panama Julio Dely Valdés 19 Real Oviedo 3
6 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Savo Milošević 17 Zaragoza 0
7 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Darko Kovačević 16 Real Sociedad 1
Spain Ismael Urzaiz 16 Athletic Bilbao 2
9 Netherlands Patrick Kluivert 15 Barcelona 0
10 Argentina Turu Flores 14 Deportivo La Coruña 0
Netherlands Roy Makaay 14 Tenerife 0
Bulgaria Lyuboslav Penev 14 Celta Vigo 5
  • Source: Diario AS (newspaper archive, in paper), copy of the day: Monday 21 June 1999

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio.

Rank Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team
1 Argentina Carlos Roa 29 35 0.83 Mallorca
2 Spain Toni 38 38 1 Espanyol
3 Spain Santiago Cañizares 39 38 1.03 Valencia
4 France Richard Dutruel 39 37 1.05 Celta Vigo
5 Cameroon Jacques Songo'o 40 37 1.08 Deportivo La Coruña
6 Spain César 42 38 1.11 Valladolid
7 Spain Alberto López 41 37 1.11 Real Sociedad
7 Spain Imanol Etxeberria 41 37 1.11 Athletic Bilbao
9 Netherlands Ruud Hesp 42 37 1.14 Barcelona
10 Belgium Ronny Gaspercic 37 31 1.19 Extremadura
  • 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.

Rank Club Points
1Extremadura38
2Mallorca45
3Espanyol48

Pedro Zaballa award

Atlético Madrid and Valencia supporters[6]

See also

References
  1. "Barcelona 7-1 Deportivo Alavés". LFP. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  2. "Extremadura 1-5 Real Madrid". LFP. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  3. "Celta 6-2 Real Oviedo". LFP. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  4. "Athletic Bilbao 3-5 Real Oviedo". LFP. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  5. "Premio Juego Limpio para el Espanyol" [Fair-Play Award for Espanyol] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 1 July 1999. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  6. "Ganadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa" [Pedro Zaballa award Winners] (in Spanish). RFEF. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
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