1998–99 La Liga

68th season of La Liga

Football league season

The 1998–99 La Liga season was the 68th since its establishment. It began on 29 August 1998, and concluded on 20 June 1999.

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

Athletic  

Atlético

Barcelona

Betis

Alavés   

Celta

Deportivo   

Espanyol

Extremadura

Mallorca

Oviedo

Racing

Real Madrid

Real Sociedad

Salamanca

Valencia

Valladolid

Villarreal

Zaragoza

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Location of teams in La Liga 1998–99

Tenerife

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Canary Islands

1998–99 season was composed of the following clubs:

League table

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

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

Relegation playoff

First leg

CF Extremadura v Rayo Vallecano

Villarreal CF v Sevilla FC

Second leg

Rayo Vallecano v CF Extremadura

Sevilla FC v Villarreal CF

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

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

• Source: Diario AS (newspaper archive, in paper), copy of the day: Monday 21 June 1999

Zamora Trophy

The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played.

• 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.

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

Pedro Zaballa award

Atlético Madrid and Valencia supporters^[6]

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). 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.

External links

• 1998/99 La liga results Archived 15 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
• All Goal Scorers In La Liga 1998-1999