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1998–99 La Liga
68th season of La Liga
68th season of La Liga
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | La Liga |
| season | 1998–99 |
| dates | 29 August 1998 – 20 June 1999 |
| winners | Barcelona |
| 16th title | |
| relegated | Extremadura (relegation playoff) |
| Villarreal (relegation playoff) | |
| Tenerife | |
| Salamanca | |
| continentalcup1 | [Champions League](1999-2000-uefa-champions-league) |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Barcelona |
| Real Madrid | |
| Mallorca | |
| Valencia | |
| continentalcup2 | [UEFA Cup](1999-2000-uefa-cup) |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Celta Vigo |
| Deportivo La Coruña | |
| Atlético Madrid (as [Copa del Rey](1998-99-copa-del-rey) runners-up) | |
| continentalcup3 | [Intertoto Cup](1999-uefa-intertoto-cup) |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | Espanyol |
| league topscorer | Raúl |
| (25 goals) | |
| biggest home win | Barcelona 7–1 Alavés |
| (3 January 1999) | |
| biggest away win | Extremadura 1–5 Real Madrid |
| (31 October 1998) | |
| highest scoring | Barcelona 7–1 Alavés |
| (3 January 1999) | |
| Celta Vigo 6–2 Oviedo | |
| (3 January 1999) | |
| Athletic Bilbao 3–5 Oviedo | |
| (15 November 1998) | |
| matches | 380 |
| total goals | 1003 |
| prevseason | [1997–98](1997-98-la-liga) |
| nextseason | [1999–2000](1999-2000-la-liga) |
16th title Villarreal (relegation playoff) Tenerife Salamanca Real Madrid Mallorca Valencia Deportivo La Coruña Atlético Madrid (as Copa del Rey runners-up) (25 goals) (3 January 1999) (31 October 1998) (3 January 1999) Celta Vigo 6–2 Oviedo (3 January 1999) Athletic Bilbao 3–5 Oviedo (15 November 1998) 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
Llorens
Second leg
Bolo
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** | **ARG Carlos Roa** | **Mallorca** | **29** | **35** | **** |
| 2 | ESP Toni | Espanyol | 38 | 38 | |
| 3 | ESP Santiago Cañizares | Valencia | 39 | 38 | |
| 4 | FRA Richard Dutruel | Celta Vigo | 39 | 37 | |
| 5 | CMR Jacques Songo'o | Deportivo La Coruña | 40 | 37 | |
| 6 | ESP César | Valladolid | 42 | 38 | |
| ESP Imanol Etxeberria | Athletic Bilbao | 41 | 37 | ||
| ESP Alberto López | Real Sociedad | 41 | 37 | ||
| 9 | NED Ruud Hesp | Barcelona | 42 | 37 | |
| 10 | BEL Ronny Gaspercic | Extremadura | 37 | 31 |
- 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: 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 |
References
References
- (9 June 2010). "Barcelona 7-1 Deportivo Alavés". [[Liga de Fútbol Profesional.
- (9 June 2010). "Extremadura 1-5 Real Madrid". [[Liga de Fútbol Profesional.
- (9 June 2010). "Celta 6-2 Real Oviedo". [[Liga de Fútbol Profesional.
- (9 June 2010). "Athletic Bilbao 3-5 Real Oviedo". [[Liga de Fútbol Profesional.
- (1 July 1999). "Premio Juego Limpio para el Espanyol". [[Mundo Deportivo]].
- "Ganadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa". [[Royal Spanish Football Federation.
- https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/esp/aveesp99.htm
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