1998–99 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season	1998–99
Dates	20 August 1998 – 23 May 1999
Champions	Feyenoord (14th title)
Promoted	AZ; Cambuur
Relegated	NAC
Champions League	Feyenoord; Willem II; PSV
UEFA Cup	Vitesse Arnhem; Roda JC; Ajax
Intertoto Cup	sc Heerenveen
Goals scored	964
Average goals/game	3.15
Top goalscorer	Ruud van Nistelrooy (31 goals)
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1998–99 season was contested by 18 teams. Feyenoord won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Feyenoord (C)	34	25	5	4	76	38	+38	80	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Willem II	34	20	5	9	69	46	+23	65	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	PSV	34	17	10	7	87	55	+32	61	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Vitesse Arnhem	34	18	7	9	61	44	+17	61	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
5	Roda JC	34	17	9	8	59	40	+19	60
6	Ajax	34	16	9	9	73	41	+32	57
7	sc Heerenveen	34	14	12	8	53	41	+12	54	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8	FC Twente	34	13	13	8	51	45	+6	52
9	AZ	34	12	12	10	52	60	−8	48
10	Fortuna Sittard	34	12	8	14	49	56	−7	44
11	NEC	34	10	9	15	42	56	−14	39
12	FC Utrecht	34	10	8	16	54	64	−10	38
13	De Graafschap	34	8	12	14	40	57	−17	36
14	MVV	34	7	11	16	42	63	−21	32
15	Cambuur	34	7	11	16	37	64	−27	32
16	RKC Waalwijk	34	6	9	19	41	62	−21	27	Qualification to Relegation play-offs^[b]
17	Sparta	34	7	5	22	37	71	−34	26	Qualification to Relegation play-offs^[b]
18	NAC Breda (R)	34	4	11	19	41	61	−20	23	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Ajax qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the 1998–99 KNVB Cup.
^ RKC and Sparta both remained in the eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs.

Results

Home \ Away	AJA	AZ	CAM	FEY	FOR	GRA	HEE	MVV	NAC	NEC	PSV	RKC	ROD	SPA	TWE	UTR	VIT	WIL
Ajax	—	5–1	4–0	6–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	5–1	5–0	5–2	0–1	2–0
AZ	1–1	—	3–1	0–2	0–3	1–3	1–3	4–2	3–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–3	0–0	1–1
Cambuur	4–1	0–0	—	1–5	3–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2
Feyenoord	1–1	1–2	4–0	—	4–1	5–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	4–2	2–1	3–2
Fortuna Sittard	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	—	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–3	6–4	3–2	0–1	2–1	0–3	3–2	0–2	1–2
De Graafschap	1–3	1–1	2–2	3–4	0–0	—	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–3	0–3	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–2
Heerenveen	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	4–1	—	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–3	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2
MVV	1–4	2–1	3–0	1–3	3–3	1–2	1–0	—	3–3	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–5	1–4	4–2	1–1
NAC	2–2	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	—	1–2	3–4	0–2	0–0	5–0	1–1	2–4	0–2	2–2
NEC	0–4	2–2	1–0	0–3	0–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	—	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	0–1	3–1	0–3
PSV	3–1	7–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	—	2–2	3–3	4–0	3–0	5–0	3–1	1–0
RKC	0–1	2–3	4–1	0–5	0–0	1–2	0–4	2–2	2–1	0–1	3–4	—	4–1	5–1	2–2	2–5	0–2	1–3
Roda	0–2	8–2	1–0	1–0	5–3	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	5–2	1–3	0–0	—	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	0–2
Sparta Rotterdam	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	5–0	2–3	3–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–5	0–1	1–1	—	4–2	0–1	1–3	0–4
Twente	2–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	—	1–1	0–0	5–1
Utrecht	2–2	2–2	3–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–3	2–3	1–1	0–3	4–1	0–3	—	1–2	2–0
Vitesse	3–2	0–1	4–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–3	2–0	1–0	5–1	1–1	2–0	—	3–2
Willem II	3–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–1	1–0	4–2	3–0	1–2	3–2	1–2	1–0	3–5	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from the Eerste Divisie and two from this league) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to (or remained in) the Eredivisie.

Group 1
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	RKC Waalwijk	6	5	1	0	11	3	+8	16	Remain in Eredivisie
2	FC Zwolle	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8	Remain in Eerste Divisie
3	Dordrecht '90	6	2	1	3	12	13	−1	7
4	FC Emmen	6	1	0	5	10	15	−5	3

Source: rsssf.com

Group 2
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sparta	6	5	0	1	19	6	+13	15	Remain in Eredivisie
2	FC Groningen	6	4	1	1	16	8	+8	13	Remain in Eerste Divisie
3	Excelsior	6	2	1	3	16	18	−2	7
4	Helmond Sport	6	0	0	6	5	24	−19	0

Source: rsssf.com

References

^ EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers

External links

[table_note_res_UC0.12164469255211-2] Ajax qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the 1998–99 KNVB Cup.

[table_note_res_RPO0.12164469255211-3] RKC and Sparta both remained in the eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs.

[1] EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers

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