1998–99 La Liga

La Liga

Season	1998–99
Champions	Barcelona 16th title
Relegated	Extremadura (relegation playoff) Villarreal (relegation playoff) Tenerife Salamanca
Champions League	Barcelona (1st group stage) Real Madrid (1st group stage) Mallorca (3rd qualifying round) Valencia (3rd qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Celta Vigo (first round) Deportivo (first round) Atlético Madrid (first round) (via Copa del Rey)
Intertoto Cup	Espanyol (third round)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1003 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	Raúl (25)
Biggest home win	Barcelona 7–1 Alavés (3 January 1999)[1]
Biggest away win	Extremadura 1–5 Real Madrid (31 October 1998)[2]
Highest scoring	Barcelona 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]
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

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

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 1997–98 Segunda División

• Deportivo Alavés
• CF Extremadura
• Villarreal CF

Teams relegated to 1998–99 Segunda División

• SD Compostela
• CP Mérida
• Sporting de Gijón

Team information

Clubs and locations

Athletic  

Atlético

Barcelona

Betis

Alavés   

Celta

Deportivo   

Espanyol

Extremadura

Mallorca

Oviedo

Racing

Real Madrid

Real Sociedad

Salamanca

Valencia

Valladolid

Villarreal

Zaragoza

Location of teams in La Liga 1998–99

Tenerife

Canary Islands

1998-99 season was composed of the following clubs:

• Athletic Bilbao
• Atlético Madrid
• FC Barcelona
• Betis
• Celta de Vigo
• Deportivo Alavés
• Deportivo de La Coruña
• RCD Espanyol
• CF Extremadura
• RCD Mallorca
• Racing de Santander
• Real Madrid
• Real Oviedo
• Real Sociedad
• UD Salamanca
• Tenerife
• Valencia CF
• Valladolid
• Villarreal CF
• Zaragoza

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	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League First group stage
2	Real Madrid	38	21	5	12	77	62	+15	68
3	Mallorca	38	20	6	12	48	31	+17	66	1999–2000 UEFA 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	1999–2000 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	1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8	Athletic Bilbao	38	17	9	12	53	47	+6	060^1
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	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round ^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	Relegation Playoffs 1999
18	Villarreal (R)	38	8	12	18	47	63	−16	36
19	Tenerife (R)	38	7	13	18	41	63	−22	34	Relegation to 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
¹Despite being qualifyied and registered, Athletic Bilbao refused to play Intertoto

²Since 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.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Barcelona	12	5	7	7	3	6	4	3	4	2	3	6	8	10	9	7	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Real Madrid	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	6	4	6	5	3	5	6	7	6	6	5	4	5	3	5	4	5	3	3	2	3	2
Mallorca	16	3	2	4	4	3	1	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	3	5	2	2	2	4	4	6	6	4	6	3	3	2	2	2	4	2	3
Valencia	4	9	6	9	13	16	12	6	5	5	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	5	3	2	4	4	5	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	6	5	3	5	6	5	6	4
Celta de Vigo	7	12	14	12	7	5	3	4	3	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	4	5
Deportivo La Coruña	15	6	12	6	9	7	6	7	8	11	7	5	2	5	5	8	12	9	7	6	6	6	4	5	5	5	4	5	6	5	4	6	6	6	5	6	5	6
Espanyol	3	10	11	14	18	18	18	19	16	12	14	17	17	17	16	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	14	15	14	13	10	9	10	10	10	10	8	7	7	7
Athletic Bilbao	19	8	5	8	12	9	10	12	15	18	15	11	11	8	8	6	7	7	8	7	7	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	9	8	8
Zaragoza	2	2	4	3	1	2	5	8	6	9	9	8	7	9	11	9	9	8	10	12	12	13	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	10	9	7	9	8	10	10	9	9
Real Sociedad	5	11	15	20	17	15	11	15	10	13	16	12	9	12	10	11	8	10	9	10	10	11	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	7	9	9	8	10	10
Betis	13	17	19	19	19	19	20	16	18	15	13	9	12	14	13	12	10	12	12	11	11	10	13	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11
Valladolid	14	16	16	10	15	10	14	10	9	6	11	14	15	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	13	12	10	12	11	12	11	12	11	12	12	12	12
Atlético Madrid	18	7	8	5	6	4	9	5	7	10	6	4	6	6	7	5	3	6	4	8	8	9	11	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	15	14	13
Oviedo	6	13	17	17	5	11	13	14	11	7	10	13	10	7	6	10	11	11	11	9	9	7	8	10	10	10	10	11	11	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	14
Racing Santander	8	18	13	15	10	8	7	9	12	8	8	10	14	15	14	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	15	15
Alavés	10	4	3	2	8	13	16	18	17	19	17	18	18	19	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	16
Extremadura	11	15	18	18	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	18	19	19	20	18	20	20	19	19	20	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	17
Villarreal	20	20	20	11	14	14	15	17	19	16	18	16	13	11	12	14	15	13	13	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18
Tenerife	17	14	9	13	16	17	17	13	14	17	19	20	19	18	19	20	20	20	17	17	17	17	20	20	18	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Salamanca	9	19	10	16	11	12	8	11	13	14	12	15	16	16	18	19	18	18	19	20	18	18	17	17	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

Source: kicker.de (German)

	Leader
	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League First group stage
	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round
	1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
	Play-off relegation to 1999–2000 Segunda División
	Relegation to 1999–2000 Segunda División

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 (Spanish)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Relegation playoff

Home Matches:
CF Extremadura	0-2	Rayo Vallecano
Villarreal CF	0-2	Sevilla FC

Away Matches:
Rayo Vallecano	2-0	CF Extremadura	Agg:4-0
Sevilla FC	1-0	Villarreal CF	Agg:3-0

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	Raúl	25	Real Madrid	4
2	Rivaldo	24	Barcelona	5
3	Claudio López	21	Valencia	2
4	Fernando Morientes	19	Real Madrid	0
	Julio Dely Valdés	19	Real Oviedo	3
6	Savo Milošević	17	Zaragoza	0
7	Darko Kovačević	16	Real Sociedad	1
	Ismael Urzaiz	16	Athletic Bilbao	2
9	Patrick Kluivert	15	Barcelona	0
10	Turu Flores	14	Deportivo La Coruña	0
	Roy Makaay	14	Tenerife	0
	Lyuboslav Penev	14	Celta Vigo	5
13	Gică Craioveanu	13	Villarreal	0
	Juan Sánchez	13	Celta Vigo	0
	Alen Peternac	13	Valladolid	4
16	Phillip Cocu	12	Barcelona	0
	Dani García	12	Mallorca	1
	Víctor Sánchez	12	Racing Santander	3
	Manolo Alfaro	12	Villarreal	6
20	Luis Enrique	11	Barcelona	0
	Leonardo Biagini	11	Mallorca	4
	Finidi George	11	Betis	4

• 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	Carlos Roa	29	35	0.83	Mallorca
2	Toni	38	38	1	Espanyol
3	Santiago Cañizares	39	38	1.03	Valencia
4	Richard Dutruel	39	37	1.05	Celta Vigo
5	Jacques Songo'o	40	37	1.08	Deportivo La Coruña
6	César	42	38	1.11	Valladolid
7	Alberto López	41	37	1.11	Real Sociedad
7	Imanol Etxeberria	41	37	1.11	Athletic Bilbao
9	Ruud Hesp	42	37	1.14	Barcelona
10	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
1	Extremadura	38
2	Mallorca	45
3	Espanyol	48

• Source: El Mundo Deportivo (newspaper archive, web)^[5]

Pedro Zaballa award

Atlético Madrid and Valencia supporters^[6]

Signings

Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/es/t/t1998-99.html

Team	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Barcelona		Frank de Boer (Ajax) Samuel Okunowo (Shooting Stars) Mauricio Pellegrino (Vélez Sarsfield)	Ronald de Boer (Ajax) Philip Cocu (PSV) Bolo Zenden (PSV)	Patrick Kluivert (Milan) 0 0
Real Madrid	Albano Bizzarri (Racing Club) 0 0 0	Iván Campo (Mallorca) Robert Jarni (Betis) 0 0		Rodrigo Fabri (Portuguesa) Federico Magallanes (Atalanta) Perica Ognjenović (Red Star) Edgar Pacheco (Benfica)
Mallorca	Leo Franco (Mérida)) 0 0 0 0	Lauren Mayer (Levante) Fernando Niño (Xerez) Mauricio Pineda (Boca Juniors) Gustavo Siviero (Lanús) Miquel Soler (Zaragoza)	Óscar Arpón (Racing Santander) Francisco Rufete (Toledo) 0 0 0	Leonardo Biagini (Mérida) Carlitos Domínguez (Sevilla) Ariel López (Lanús) Diego Tristán (Betis B) 0
Valencia	Santiago Cañizares (Real Madrid) 0 0	Joachim Björklund (Rangers) Alain Roche (PSG) Óscar Téllez (Alavés)	Gabi Popescu (Salamanca) Stefan Schwarz (Fiorentina) Dennis Șerban (Steaua)	Sabin Ilie (Kocaelispor) Cristiano Lucarelli (Atalanta) 0
Celta	José Manuel Pinto (Betis) 0 0	Fernando Cáceres (Valencia) Fran Caínzos (Ourense) Adriano Teixeira (Recife)	Zoran Đorović (Ourense) Tomás Hervás (Sporting Gijón) Claude Makélélé (Marseille)	Luboslav Penev (Compostela) 0 0
Deportivo		Manuel Pablo (Las Palmas) Javi López (Racing Santander) Enrique Romero (Mallorca) Gabriel Schürrer (Racing Santander)	José Ramón González (Compostela) Stéphane Ziani (Lens) 0 0	Turu Flores (Las Palmas) Pauleta (Salamanca) Dmitri Radchenko (Mérida) 0
Espanyol		Federico Domínguez (Vélez Sarsfield) 0 0	Jean-Philippe Javary (Montpellier) Manolo Pérez (Gavá) Nan Ribera (Figueres)	Martín Posse (Vélez Sarsfield) Manuel Serrano (Alavés) Darío Silva (Cagliari)
Athletic Bilbao			Felipe Guréndez (Osasuna) Andoni Imaz (Real Sociedad)	Santiago Ezquerro (Atlético Madrid) Bolo Pérez (Hércules)
Zaragoza	César Laínez (Sporting Gijón) Faryd Mondragón (Independiente)	Pablo Díaz (Sporting Gijón) Paco Jémez (Deportivo)		Savo Milošević (Aston Villa) 0
Real Sociedad		Igor Jáuregi (Eibar)	José Félix Guerrero (Racing Santander)
Betis		Celso Ayala (River Plate) Iulian Filipescu (Galatasaray) Andrei Frascarelli (Atlético Madrid)	Ito (Celta) Denílson (São Paulo) Benjamín Zarandona (Valladolid)	José Gálvez (Mallorca) Rafael Jacques (Grêmio) 0
Valladolid			José Luis Caminero (Atlético Madrid) Daniel Dutuel (Celta) Juan Vizcaíno (Atlético Madrid)	Dragan Isailović (Partizan) Alberto López (Racing Santander) 0
Atlético Madrid		José Chamot (Lazio) Zoran Njeguš (Red Star) Stefano Torrisi (Bologna) 0 0 0	Vladimir Jugović (Lazio) Óscar Mena (Mallorca) Michele Serena (Fiorentina) Santiago Solari (River Plate) Juan Carlos Valerón (Mallorca) Giorgio Venturin (Lazio)	Lorenzo del Pino (Sevilla) 0 0 0 0 0
Oviedo		Franck Rabarivony (Auxerre) 0 0 0	Ricardo Bango (Sporting Gijón) Xabier Eskurza (Mallorca) Idrissa Keita (Levante) Albert Nađ (Betis)	Peter Møller (PSV) Fábio Pinto (Internacional) 0 0
Racing Santander		Claudio Arzeno (Independiente) Olof Mellberg (AIK) 0 0	Geli (Celta) Víctor Sánchez (Real Madrid) Sergei Shustikov (CSKA Moscow) Ángel Vivar Dorado (Tenerife)	José Emilio Amavisca (Real Madrid) Salva Ballesta (Sevilla) Léider Preciado (Santa Fe) 0
Alavés	Kike (Mallorca) 0 0 0 0	Alberto Belsué (Zaragoza) Raúl Gañán (Barakaldo) Iván Rocha (Atlético Madrid) Josete Valdominos (Betis) 0	Nicola Berti (Tottenham Hotspur) Álex Fernández (Sporting Gijón) Jon Solaun (Logroñés) 0	Manuel Canabal (Valladolid) Ismael Santiago (Barcelona B) Magno Mocelin (Groningen) Santiago Revilla (Moralo) Julio Salinas (Yokohama Marinos)
Extremadura	Ronny Gaspercic (Harelbeke) 0 0	David Belenguer (Albacete) Miroslav Čermelj (UNAM) Raymond Kalla (Panachaiki)	Jean Ferrari (Univ. de Deportes) Toni Velamazán (Albacete) Laurent Viaud (Rennes)	Iván Gabrich (Mérida) Ahmed Ouattara (Basel) José Luis Soto (Valladolid)
Villarreal	Garikoitz Basauri (Lemona) 0 0 0 0	Imanol Alguacil (Real Sociedad) Marius Iordache (University of Craiova) Igor Taševski (Partizan) 0 0	Walter Gaitán (Rosario Central) Gerardo García (Badajoz) Jesús García Sanjuán (Zaragoza) Željko Kalajdžić (Zemun) Sandro Mendes (Hércules)	Manuel Alfaro (Hércules) Gică Craioveanu (Real Sociedad) Moisés García (Celta) 0 0
Tenerife	Carlos N. Montoya (Mérida) 0 0 0	Javi López (Racing Santander) Federico Lussenhoff (San Lorenzo) 0 0	Federico Basavilbaso (S. Lorenzo) 0 0 0	Marcelino Díaz (Las Palmas) Mista (Real Madrid B) Pier Loggi (Zaragoza) Leandro Machado (Sporting Port.)
Salamanca		Dino Castro (Zamora) Nuno Luís (Vitória de Setubal) Cristian Lupidio (Quilmes) Leo Ramos (Estudiantes La Plata)	Ricardo Lunari (Univers. Católica) Lucian Marinescu (Rapid București) Cătălin Munteanu (Steaua) 0	Martín Cardetti (River Plate) Carlos Casartelli (Gimnasia Jujuy) 0 0

See also

• 1998–99 Segunda División
• 1998–99 Copa del Rey

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). El Mundo Deportivo. 1 July 1999. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
6. "Ganadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa" [Pedro Zaballa award Winners] (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 5 September 2010.

External links

• 1998/99 La liga results
• All Goal Scorers In La Liga 1998-1999