1998–99 Primeira Divisão

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.

Primeira Divisão
Season1998–99
ChampionsPorto
18th title
RelegatedBeira-Mar
Chaves
Académica
Champions LeaguePorto (group stage)
Boavista (third qualifying round)
UEFA CupBenfica (first round)
Sporting CP (first round)
Vitória de Setúbal (first round)
Matches played306
Goals scored810 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerMário Jardel (36 goals)
Biggest home winPorto 7–0 Beira-Mar
(24 January 1999)
Biggest away winCampomaiorense 0–5 Benfica
(29 November 1998)
Académica 0–5 Alverca
(3 April 1999)
Highest scoringPorto 7–1 Académica Coimbra
(16 May 1999)
Chaves 4–4 Farense
(21 February 1999)
Salgueiros4–4 Beira-Mar
(30 May 1999)
1999–2000 (Primeira Liga) →

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 opposite, 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 and Belenenses, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1997–98 season.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

The other three teams were replaced by União de Leiria, Beira-Mar, Alverca from the Liga de Honra.

Teams

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Stadia and locations
Location of teams in Primeira Divisão 1998-99 (Mainland)
Location of teams in Primeira Divisão 1998-99 (Madeira)
Team Head Coach City Stadium 1997–98 finish
Académica Coimbra Portugal Raul Águas Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 15th
Alverca Mozambique Mário Wilson Alverca Complexo do Alverca 3rd in Divisão de Honra
Beira-Mar Portugal António Sousa Aveiro Estádio Mário Duarte 2nd in Divisão de Honra
Benfica Scotland Graeme Souness Lisbon Estádio da Luz 2nd
Boavista Portugal Jaime Pacheco Porto Estádio do Bessa 6th
Braga Portugal Vítor Oliveira Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 10th
Campomaiorense Portugal João Alves Campo Maior Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia 11th
Chaves Portugal Horácio Gonçalves Chaves Estádio Municipal de Chaves 16th
Estrela da Amadora Portugal Jorge Jesus Amadora Estádio José Gomes 7th
Farense Spain Paco Fortes Faro Estádio de São Luís 14th
Marítimo Portugal Augusto Inácio Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 5th
Porto Portugal Fernando Santos Porto Estádio das Antas 1st
Rio Ave Portugal Carlos Brito Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 9th
Salgueiros Portugal Dito Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 8th
Sporting CP Croatia Mirko Jozic Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 4th
União de Leiria Portugal 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 Portugal Carlos Cardoso Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 13th

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Braga Portugal Vítor Oliveira 25 October 1998 9th Portugal Carlos Manuel 26 October 1998
Campomaiorense Portugal João Alves 29 November 1998 18th Portugal José Pereira 30 November 1998
Marítimo Portugal Augusto Inácio 20 December 1998 16th Portugal Nelo Vingada 21 December 1998
Chaves Portugal Horácio Gonçalves 3 January 1999 17th Portugal Augusto Inácio 4 January 1999
Vitória de Guimarães Serbia and Montenegro Zoran Filipovic 3 January 1999 10th Portugal Quinito 4 January 1999
Farense Spain Paco Fortes 5 February 1999 14th Portugal João Alves 6 February 1999
Académica Coimbra Portugal Raul Águas 7 February 1999 18th Portugal Gregório Freixo 8 February 1999
Braga Portugal Carlos Manuel 26 February 1999 10th Portugal Manuel Cajuda 27 February 1999
Alverca Mozambique Mário Wilson 28 February 1999 17th Portugal José Romão 1 March 1999
Chaves Portugal Augusto Inácio 26 April 1999 17th Spain Rodríguez Vaz 14 May 1999
Benfica Scotland Graeme Souness 2 May 1999 3rd Portugal Shéu 3 May 1999

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 34 24 7 3 85 26 +59 79 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Boavista 34 20 11 3 57 29 +28 71 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Benfica 34 19 8 7 71 29 +42 65 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Sporting CP 34 17 12 5 64 32 +32 63
5 Vitória de Setúbal 34 15 8 11 37 38 −1 53
6 União de Leiria 34 14 10 10 36 29 +7 52
7 Vitória de Guimarães 34 14 8 12 53 41 +12 50
8 Estrela da Amadora 34 11 12 11 33 40 −7 45
9 Braga 34 10 12 12 38 50 −12 42
10 Marítimo 34 10 11 13 44 45 −1 41
11 Farense 34 10 9 15 39 54 −15 39
12 Salgueiros 34 7 17 10 45 55 −10 38
13 Campomaiorense 34 10 7 17 41 51 −10 37
14 Alverca 34 8 11 15 36 50 −14 35
15 Rio Ave 34 8 11 15 26 47 −21 35
16 Beira-Mar (R) 34 6 15 13 36 53 −17 33 UEFA Cup first round and relegation to Segunda Liga[lower-alpha 1]
17 Chaves (R) 34 5 10 19 39 70 −31 25 Relegation to Segunda Liga
18 Académica (R) 34 4 9 21 30 70 −40 21
Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Beira-Mar qualified for the UEFA Cup as Portuguese Cup winners

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

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Mário Jardel Porto 36
2 Portugal Nuno Gomes Benfica 24
3 Brazil Demétrius Campomaiorense 16
Brazil Silva Braga
5 Ghana Ayew Boavista 15
Romania Timofte Boavista
Canada Alex Bunbury Marítimo
8 Mozambique Chiquinho Conde Vitória Setúbal 14
Slovenia Zahovic Porto
10 Bulgaria Yordanov Sporting 13
Brazil Edmilson Vitória de Guimarães

Source: Footballzz[2]

See also

References
  1. "Teams". Footballzz.
  2. "Primeira Divisão 1998-99 – Top Scorers". Footballzz. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
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