1998–99 Eredivisie

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

Eredivisie
Season1998–99
Dates20 August 1998 – 23 May 1999
ChampionsFeyenoord (14th title)
PromotedAZ
Cambuur
RelegatedNAC
Champions LeagueFeyenoord
Willem II
PSV
UEFA CupVitesse Arnhem
Roda JC
Ajax
Intertoto Cupsc Heerenveen
Goals scored964
Average goals/game3.15
Top goalscorerNetherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy (31 goals)[1]

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
2 Willem II 34 20 5 9 69 46 +23 65
3 PSV 34 17 10 7 87 55 +32 61 Qualification to Champions League: 3rd qualifying round
4 Vitesse Arnhem 34 18 7 9 61 44 +17 61 Qualification to UEFA Cup[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
17 Sparta 34 7 5 22 37 71 −34 26
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:
  1. Ajax qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the 1998–99 KNVB Cup.
  2. 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:
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

See also

References
  1. EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers
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