| Season | 1998–99 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Porto 18th title |
| Relegated | Beira-Mar Chaves Académica |
| Champions League | Porto(group stage) Boavista(third qualifying round) |
| UEFA Cup | Benfica(first round) Sporting CP(first round) Vitória de Setúbal(first round) |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 810 (2.65 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Mário Jardel (36 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Porto 7–0Beira-Mar (24 January 1999) |
| Biggest away win | Campomaiorense 0–5Benfica (29 November 1998) Académica 0–5Alverca (3 April 1999) |
| Highest scoring | Porto 7–1Académica Coimbra (16 May 1999) Chaves 4–4Farense (21 February 1999) Salgueiros4–4Beira-Mar (30 May 1999) |
1999–2000(Primeira Liga) → | |
The1998–99 Primeira Divisão was the65th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 23 August 1998 with a match betweenChaves andAcadémica Coimbra, and ended on 30 May 1999. The league was contested by 18 clubs withPorto as the defending champions.
Porto won the league and qualified for the1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stage, along withBoavista, who qualified for the third round. With the extinction of theUEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the Taça de Portugal winner qualified for the UEFA Cup, soBeira-Mar joinedBenfica,Sporting CP andVitória de Setúbal in the1999-2000 UEFA Cup; in opposite,Beira-Mar,Chaves andAcadémica Coimbra were relegated to theLiga de Honra.Mário Jardel was the top scorer with 36 goals.
Leça, Varzim and Belenenses, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in1997–98 season.
The other three teams were replaced by União de Leiria, Beira-Mar, Alverca from the Liga de Honra.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braga | 25 October 1998 | 9th | 26 October 1998 | ||
| Campomaiorense | 29 November 1998 | 18th | 30 November 1998 | ||
| Marítimo | 20 December 1998 | 16th | 21 December 1998 | ||
| Chaves | 3 January 1999 | 17th | 4 January 1999 | ||
| Vitória de Guimarães | 3 January 1999 | 10th | 4 January 1999 | ||
| Farense | 5 February 1999 | 14th | 6 February 1999 | ||
| Académica Coimbra | 7 February 1999 | 18th | 8 February 1999 | ||
| Braga | 26 February 1999 | 10th | 27 February 1999 | ||
| Alverca | 28 February 1999 | 17th | 1 March 1999 | ||
| Chaves | 26 April 1999 | 17th | 14 May 1999 | ||
| Benfica | 2 May 1999 | 3rd | 3 May 1999 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto(C) | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 85 | 26 | +59 | 79 | Qualification toChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Boavista | 34 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 71 | Qualification toChampions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Benfica | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 71 | 29 | +42 | 65 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 63 | |
| 5 | Vitória de Setúbal | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 53 | |
| 6 | União de Leiria | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 52 | |
| 7 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 50 | |
| 8 | Estrela da Amadora | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 45 | |
| 9 | Braga | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 42 | |
| 10 | Marítimo | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 41 | |
| 11 | Farense | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 39 | |
| 12 | Salgueiros | 34 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 38 | |
| 13 | Campomaiorense | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 37 | |
| 14 | Alverca | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 35 | |
| 15 | Rio Ave | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 35 | |
| 16 | Beira-Mar(R) | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 33 | UEFA Cup first round and relegation toSegunda Liga[a] |
| 17 | Chaves(R) | 34 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 39 | 70 | −31 | 25 | Relegation toSegunda Liga |
| 18 | Académica(R) | 34 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 70 | −40 | 21 |
| Home \ Away | ACA | ALV | BEM | BEN | BOA | BRA | CPM | CHA | EST | FAR | MAR | POR | RAV | SAL | SCP | ULE | VGU | VSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Académica | 0–5 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Alverca | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Beira-Mar | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Benfica | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| Boavista | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Braga | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| Campomaiorense | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Chaves | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | |
| Estrela da Amadora | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | |
| Farense | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Marítimo | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Porto | 7–1 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | |
| Rio Ave | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Salgueiros | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |
| Sporting CP | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |
| União de Leiria | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 36 | |
| 2 | Benfica | 24 | |
| 3 | Campomaiorense | 16 | |
| Braga | |||
| 5 | Boavista | 15 | |
| Boavista | |||
| Marítimo | |||
| 8 | Vitória Setúbal | 14 | |
| Porto | |||
| 10 | Sporting | 13 | |
| Vitória de Guimarães |
Source: Footballzz[2]