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
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
Results
Relegation playoff
First leg
Second leg
Awards
Pichichi Trophy The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season. RankPlayerClubGoals1 RaúlReal Madrid252 RivaldoBarcelona243 Claudio LópezValencia214 Fernando MorientesReal Madrid19 Julio Dely ValdésOviedo196 Savo MiloševićZaragoza177 Darko KovačevićReal Sociedad16 Ismael UrzaizAthletic Bilbao9 Patrick KluivertBarcelona1510 Turu FloresDeportivo La Coruña14 Roy MakaayTenerife Lyuboslav PenevCelta 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. RankPlayerClubGoals againstMatchesAverage1 Carlos RoaMallorca29352 ToniEspanyol38383 Santiago CañizaresValencia39384 Richard DutruelCelta Vigo39375 Jacques Songo'oDeportivo La Coruña40376 CésarValladolid4238 Imanol EtxeberriaAthletic Bilbao4137 Alberto LópezReal Sociedad41379 Ruud HespBarcelona423710 Ronny GaspercicExtremadura3731
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.
RankClubPoints1Extremadura 382Mallorca 453Espanyol 48
Source: Mundo Deportivo (newspaper archive, web)
Pedro Zaballa award Atlético Madrid and Valencia supporters
Attendances Source:
# Club Avg. attendance Highest 1 FC Barcelona 70,263 100,000 2 Real Madrid 66,842 85,000 3 Valencia CF 46,395 53,000 4 Atlético de Madrid 38,579 57,000 5 Athletic Club 36,263 48,000 6 Real Betis 35,605 45,000 7 Real Sociedad 25,518 32,000 8 Celta de Vigo 23,995 33,000 9 Real Zaragoza 22,211 33,000 10 RCD Espanyol 21,947 35,100 11 Deportivo de La Coruña 21,684 35,000 12 CD Tenerife 18,579 22,000 13 Racing de Santander 15,978 20,000 14 Deportivo Alavés 15,921 19,000 15 Real Valladolid 15,305 23,000 16 Villarreal CF 14,658 48,000 17 RCD Mallorca 13,702 18,982 18 Real Oviedo 11,904 20,000 19 UD Salamanca 11,480 15,205 20 Extremadura CF 10,342 12,500
See also 1998–99 Segunda División 1998–99 Copa del Rey
References
External links
1998/99 La liga results All Goal Scorers In La Liga 1998-1999