1998–99 Segunda División

Segunda División

Season	1998-99
Champions	Málaga CF
Promoted	Málaga CF CD Numancia Sevilla CF Rayo Vallecano
Relegated	RCD Mallorca B Barcelona B Hércules CF CD Orense
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1120 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Catanha
← 1997-98 1999-2000 →

The 1998–99 Segunda División season saw 22 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Málaga CF, CD Numancia, Sevilla FC and Rayo Vallecano were promoted to Primera División. RCD Mallorca B, Barcelona B, Hércules CF and CD Ourense were relegated to Segunda División B.

Albacete

Atlético Madrid B

Badajoz

Barcelona B

Compostela

Eibar

Hércules

Leganés

Lleida

Logroñés

Málaga

Mallorca B

Mérida

Numancia

Osasuna

Ourense

Rayo Vallecano

Recreativo

Sevilla

Sporting

Toledo

Canary Islands (see below)

Location of teams in Segunda División 1998-99

Las Palmas

Canary Islands

Final table

Key to colors in league table:

Promoted to Primera División

Promotion playoff

Relegated to Segunda División B

Position	Club	Played	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against	Goal Difference
1	Málaga CF	42	79	22	13	7	72	47	+25
2	Atlético de Madrid B ^1	42	74	21	11	10	73	51	+22
3	CD Numancia	42	73	21	10	11	68	40	+28
4	Sevilla FC	42	71	20	11	11	66	50	+16
5	Rayo Vallecano	42	71	19	14	9	64	49	+15
6	UD Las Palmas	42	68	17	17	8	57	38	+19
7	CD Toledo	42	65	18	11	13	54	49	+5
8	SD Compostela	42	61	16	13	13	60	53	+7
9	Sporting de Gijón	42	59	16	11	15	47	47	0
10	CP Mérida	42	59	15	14	13	48	41	+7
11	UE Lleida	42	59	15	14	13	52	50	+2
12	Recreativo de Huelva	42	58	14	16	12	40	35	+5
13	CA Osasuna	42	57	15	12	15	44	51	-7
14	CD Badajoz	42	51	12	15	15	35	39	-4
15	Albacete	42	50	12	14	16	38	43	-5
16	CD Logroñés	42	48	12	12	18	48	57	-9
17	CD Leganés	42	47	10	17	15	36	44	-8
18	SD Eibar	42	47	13	8	21	42	56	-14
19	Mallorca B	42	46	12	10	20	52	64	-12
20	Barcelona B	42	44	13	5	24	51	68	-17
21	Hércules CF	42	40	10	10	22	38	66	-28
22	CD Ourense	42	27	7	6	29	35	82	-47

¹ Atlético de Madrid B was ineligible for promotion for being reserve team of Atlético de Madrid.

Promotion playoff

Team 1	Agg.	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

CF Extremadura v Rayo Vallecano

27 June 1999	CF Extremadura	0–2	Rayo Vallecano	Almendralejo
21:00		Report (Spanish)	Luis Cembranos  7' Llorens  86' (pen.)	Stadium: Francisco de la Hera Attendance: 9,100 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

Villarreal CF v Sevilla FC

27 June 1999	Villarreal CF	0–2	Sevilla FC	Villarreal
21:00		Report (Spanish)	Tsiartas  2', 45'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Víctor Esquinas Torres

Second Leg

Rayo Vallecano v CF Extremadura

30 June 1999	Rayo Vallecano	2–0	CF Extremadura	Madrid
21:30	Tiago  52' Bolo  55'	Report (Spanish)		Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 15,600 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto

Sevilla FC v Villarreal CF

30 June 1999	Sevilla FC	1–0	Villarreal CF	Seville
21:45	Quevedo  50'	Report (Spanish)		Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

Teams by Autonomous Community

	Autonomous community	Number of teams	Teams
1	Andalusia	3	Málaga, Recreativo, Sevilla
	Madrid	3	Atlético Madrid B, Leganés, Rayo Vallecano
3	Castile-La Mancha	2	Albacete, Toledo
	Catalonia	2	Barcelona B, Lleida
	Extremadura	2	Badajoz, Mérida
	Galicia	2	Compostela, Ourense
7	Asturias	1	Sporting
	Balearic Islands	1	Mallorca B
	Basque Country	1	Eibar
	Canary Islands	1	Las Palmas
	Castile and León	1	Numancia
	La Rioja	1	Logroñés
	Navarre	1	Osasuna
	Valencia	1	Hércules