1998–99 Argentine Primera División

The 1998–99 Argentine Primera División was the 108th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season ran from August 7, 1998, to June 21, 1999.[1] Both main clubs from Córdoba, Talleres (champion of 1997–98 Primera B Nacional) and Belgrano (winner of "Torneo Reducido", after beating Aldosivi in a two-legged series)[2] were promoted from Primera B Nacional.[3]

Primera División
Season1998–99
DatesAugust 7, 1998 – June 21, 1999
Champions
  • Apertura: Boca Juniors (23 title)
  • Clausura: Boca Juniors (24 title)
2000 Copa LibertadoresBoca Juniors
River Plate
1999 Copa ConmebolGimnasia y Esg LP
Rosario Central
Matches played380

Boca Juniors won both, Apertura and Clausura championships (a total of 24 league titles to date), while Platense and Huracán were relegated with the worst points averages.[4]

Torneo Apertura
Apertura
Season1998
Dates7 August – 14 December
ChampionsBoca Juniors (23rd. title)
Promoted
Top goalscorerArgentina Martín Palermo (20)
Biggest home winBoca Jrs. 6–2 Huracán (6 Sep)
Biggest away winArgentinos 1–5 San Lorenzo (11 Sep)
Highest scoringUnión 3–6 San Lorenzo (18 Oct)

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Boca Juniors 19 13 6 0 45 18 +27 45
2 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 19 10 6 3 31 23 +8 36
3 Racing 19 9 6 4 39 29 +10 33
4 Lanús 19 8 6 5 20 20 0 30
5 Colón 19 7 5 7 28 27 +1 26
6 San Lorenzo 19 6 7 6 40 35 +5 25
7 Argentinos Juniors 19 5 10 4 31 27 +4 25
8 Newell's Old Boys 19 6 7 6 22 21 +1 25
9 Unión 19 6 7 6 32 34 −2 25
10 Rosario Central 19 6 7 6 26 28 −2 25
11 Vélez Sársfield 19 6 6 7 26 26 0 24
12 Estudiantes (LP) 19 6 6 7 22 23 −1 24
13 Talleres (C) 19 7 3 9 28 33 −5 24
14 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 19 4 10 5 31 30 +1 22
15 River Plate 19 5 7 7 27 27 0 22
16 Independiente 19 5 5 9 26 26 0 20
17 Ferro Carril Oeste 19 5 5 9 24 31 −7 20
18 Huracán 19 5 5 9 29 42 −13 20
19 Belgrano 19 4 7 8 22 31 −9 19
20 Platense 19 3 4 12 21 39 −18 13
Source:

Top scorers
Rank. Player Team Goals
1
Argentina Martín PalermoBoca Juniors
20
2
Paraguay Hugo BrizuelaArgentinos Juniors
13
3
Argentina Jorge QuinterosArgentinos Juniors
10

Torneo Clausura
Clausura
Season1999
Dates5 March – 21 June
ChampionsBoca Juniors (24th. title)
Relegated
Top goalscorerArgentina José Luis Calderón (17)
Biggest home winBoca 4–0 Racing (18 Apr)
Newell's 4–0 Huracán (24 Apr)
Vélez 4–0 Newell's (28 May)
Independiente 4–0 Boca Jrs. (6 Jun)
San Lorenzo 4–0 Racing (20 Jun)

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Boca Juniors 19 13 5 1 35 11 +24 44
2 River Plate 19 11 4 4 37 19 +18 37
3 San Lorenzo 19 10 6 3 33 19 +14 36
4 Rosario Central 19 9 5 5 24 20 +4 32
5 Independiente 19 8 5 6 32 26 +6 29
6 Unión 19 8 5 6 29 27 +2 29
7 Newell's Old Boys 19 7 6 6 30 22 +8 27
8 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 19 7 5 7 28 32 −4 26
9 Belgrano 19 6 7 6 20 20 0 25
10 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 19 7 4 8 28 37 −9 25
11 Argentinos Juniors 19 6 6 7 20 23 −3 24
12 Colón 19 6 8 5 28 22 +6 23[lower-alpha 1]
13 Vélez Sársfield 19 5 7 7 21 24 −3 22
14 Racing 19 6 4 9 20 32 −12 22
15 Estudiantes (LP) 19 4 9 6 18 18 0 21
16 Talleres (C) 19 4 8 7 23 26 −3 20
17 Lanús 19 5 5 9 23 28 −5 20
18 Platense 19 4 5 10 16 30 −14 17
19 Ferro Carril Oeste 19 2 9 8 8 18 −10 15
20 Huracán 19 2 6 11 15 35 −20 12
Source:
Notes:
  1. 3 points deducted

Top scorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1
Argentina José Luis CalderónIndependiente
17
2
Argentina Bernardo RomeoSan Lorenzo
13
3
Argentina Martín PalermoBoca Juniors
12

Relegation
Team Average Points Played 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
River Plate 1.929 220 114 87 74 58
Boca Juniors 1.859 212 114 50 73 89
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 1.587 181 114 50 69 62
San Lorenzo 1.578 180 114 57 62 61
Vélez Sársfield 1.570 179 114 55 78 46
Independiente 1.561 178 114 71 56 51
Lanús 1.543 176 114 61 65 50
Rosario Central 1.412 161 114 49 57 47
Argentinos Juniors 1.394 106 76 N/A 57 49
Newell's Old Boys 1.360 155 114 61 42 52
Racing 1.360 155 114 59 41 55
Colón 1.298 148 114 61 38 49
Estudiantes (LP) 1.210 138 114 39 49 45
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 1.210 138 114 39 52 47
Talleres (C) 1.158 44 38 N/A N/A 44
Belgrano 1.158 44 38 N/A N/A 44
Unión 1.149 131 114 44 33 54
Ferro Carril Oeste 1.140 130 114 46 39 35
Platense 1.105 126 114 47 49 30
Huracán 0.850 97 114 38 27 32

See also

References
  1. Argentina 1998–99 by Javier Romiser on RSSSF.com
  2. ¡A 17 años del ascenso del '98! on Belgrano website
  3. Argentina: 1ra. "B" Nacional AFA 1997/98 - Etapa Campeonato - Zona "A" by José Carluccio, 28 Oct 2012
  4. "Argentina: 1ra. División AFA - Torneo Apertura 1998" by José Carluccio, 24 Nov 2012
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