1998–99 La Liga

La Liga
Season1998–99
Dates29 August 1998 – 20 June 1999
ChampionsBarcelona
16th title
RelegatedExtremadura (relegation playoff)
Villarreal (relegation playoff)
Tenerife
Salamanca
Champions LeagueBarcelona
Real Madrid
Mallorca
Valencia
UEFA CupCelta Vigo
Deportivo La Coruña
Atlético Madrid (as Copa del Rey runners-up)
Intertoto CupEspanyol
Matches played380
Goals scored1,003 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorerRaúl
(25 goals)
Biggest home winBarcelona 7–1 Alavés
(3 January 1999)[1]
Biggest away winExtremadura 1–5 Real Madrid
(31 October 1998)[2]
Highest scoringBarcelona 7–1 Alavés
(3 January 1999)[1]
Celta Vigo 6–2 Oviedo
(3 January 1999)[3]
Athletic Bilbao 3–5 Oviedo
(15 November 1998)[4]

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

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Location of teams in La Liga 1998–99
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Canary Islands

1998–99 season was composed of the following clubs:

Team Stadium Capacity
Barcelona Camp Nou 98,772
Real Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 80,354
Espanyol Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 55,926
Atlético Madrid Vicente Calderón 55,005
Valencia Mestalla 55,000
Real Betis Benito Villamarín 52,132
Athletic Bilbao San Mamés 39,750
Deportivo de La Coruña Riazor 34,600
Real Zaragoza La Romareda 34,596
Celta de Vigo Balaídos 32,500
Real Sociedad Anoeta 32,200
Valladolid José Zorrilla 27,846
Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López 22,824
Racing de Santander El Sardinero 22,222
Villarreal El Madrigal 22,000
Alavés Mendizorrotza 19,840
Mallorca Lluís Sitjar 18,000
Salamanca El Helmántico 17,341
Real Oviedo Carlos Tartiere 16,500
Extremadura Francisco de la Hera 11,580

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 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Real Madrid 38 21 5 12 77 62 +15 68
3 Mallorca 38 20 6 12 48 31 +17 66 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Valencia 38 19 8 11 63 39 +24 65
5 Celta Vigo 38 17 13 8 69 41 +28 64 Qualification for the 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 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8 Athletic Bilbao[a] 38 17 9 12 53 47 +6 60
9 Zaragoza 38 16 9 13 57 46 +11 57
10 Real Sociedad 38 14 12 12 47 43 +4 54
11 Real 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 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[b]
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 Qualification for the relegation playoffs
18 Villarreal (R) 38 8 12 18 47 63 −16 36
19 Tenerife (R) 38 7 13 18 41 63 −22 34 Relegation to the 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.
(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

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

Relegation playoff

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

27 June 1999 CF Extremadura 0–2 Rayo Vallecano Almendralejo
21:00 Report (in Spanish) Luis Cembranos 7'
Llorens 86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Francisco de la Hera
Attendance: 9,100
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González Basque Country (autonomous community)
27 June 1999 Villarreal CF 0–2 Sevilla FC Villarreal
21:00 Report (in Spanish) Tsiartas 2', 45' Stadium: El Madrigal
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Víctor Esquinas Torres Community of Madrid

Second leg

30 June 1999 Rayo Vallecano 2–0
(4–0 agg.)		 CF Extremadura Madrid
21:30 Tiago 52'
Bolo 55'		 Report (in Spanish) Stadium: Vallecas
Attendance: 15,600
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto Andalusia
30 June 1999 Sevilla FC 1–0
(3–0 agg.)		 Villarreal CF Seville
21:45 Quevedo 50' Report (in Spanish) Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González Asturias

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

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

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Spain Raúl Real Madrid 25
2 Brazil Rivaldo Barcelona 24
3 Argentina Claudio López Valencia 21
4 Spain Fernando Morientes Real Madrid 19
Panama Julio Dely Valdés Oviedo 19
6 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Savo Milošević Zaragoza 17
7 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Darko Kovačević Real Sociedad 16
Spain Ismael Urzaiz Athletic Bilbao
9 Netherlands Patrick Kluivert Barcelona 15
10 Argentina Turu Flores Deportivo La Coruña 14
Netherlands Roy Makaay Tenerife
Bulgaria Lyuboslav Penev Celta Vigo
  • 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.

Rank Player Club Goals against Matches Average
1 Argentina Carlos Roa Mallorca 29 35 0.83
2 Spain Toni Espanyol 38 38 1
3 Spain Santiago Cañizares Valencia 39 38 1.03
4 France Richard Dutruel Celta Vigo 39 37 1.05
5 Cameroon Jacques Songo'o Deportivo La Coruña 40 37 1.08
6 Spain César Valladolid 42 38 1.11
Spain Imanol Etxeberria Athletic Bilbao 41 37
Spain Alberto López Real Sociedad 41 37
9 Netherlands Ruud Hesp Barcelona 42 37 1.14
10 Belgium Ronny Gaspercic Extremadura 37 31 1.19
  • 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

Pedro Zaballa award

Atlético Madrid and Valencia supporters[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "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.
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