The 1998/1999 season in Dutch football was the 43rd season in the Eredivisie, where Feyenoord Rotterdam claimed the title, for the first time since 1993. Ajax Amsterdam won the Dutch National Cup.
Johan Cruijff-schaal
Eredivisie PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1Feyenoord Rotterdam 803425547638+382Willem II Tilburg653420596946+233PSV Eindhoven6134171078755+324Vitesse Arnhem613418796144+175Roda JC603417985950+196Ajax Amsterdam573416997341+32 7SC Heerenveen 54 34 14 12 8 53 41 +12 8FC Twente 52 34 13 13 8 51 45 +6 9AZ Alkmaar 48 34 12 12 10 52 60 -8 10Fortuna Sittard 44 34 12 8 14 49 56 -7 11NEC Nijmegen 39 34 10 9 15 42 56 -14 12FC Utrecht 38 34 10 8 16 54 64 -10 13De Graafschap 36 34 8 12 14 40 57 -17 14MVV Maastricht 32 34 7 11 16 42 63 -21 15Cambuur Leeuwarden 32 34 7 11 16 37 64 -2716RKC Waalwijk273469194162-2117Sparta Rotterdam263475223771-3518NAC Breda2334411194161-20
Champions League : Feyenoord Rotterdam and Willem II Champions League qualification: PSV Eindhoven UEFA Cup: Vitesse, Roda JC and Ajax (Cup Winners) Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): RKC and Sparta Relegated: NAC Breda
Topscorers PositionPlayerNationalityClubGoals1Ruud van Nistelrooy PSV Eindhoven31 2Luc NilisPSV Eindhoven 24 3Jan Vennegoor of HesselinkFC Twente 21 4Michael MolsFC Utrecht 20 5Nikos MachlasVitesse Arnhem 18 6Mariano BombardaWillem II Tilburg 17–Peter Van HoudtRoda JC 17 8Julio Ricardo CruzFeyenoord Rotterdam 16–Jack de GierNEC Nijmegen 16–Ronald HammingFortuna Sittard 16
Awards
Dutch Footballer of the Year 1998 – 1999 — Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven)
Dutch Golden Shoe Winner 1998 — Edwin van der Sar (Ajax Amsterdam) 1999 — Michael Mols (FC Utrecht)
Feyenoord Winning Squad 1998-'99
Goal Jerzy Dudek Edwin Zoetebier
Defence Patrick Allotey Henk Fräser Ulrich van Gobbel Patricio Graff Christian Gyan Ferry de Haan Bert Konterman Fernando Picun
Bernard Schuiteman Kees van Wonderen
Midfield Paul Bosvelt Jean-Paul van Gastel Igor Korneev Tininho Patrick Paauwe
Attack Julio Ricardo Cruz Bonaventure Kalou Robin Nelisse Jon Dahl Tomasson Pablo Sánchez Henk Vos Peter van Vossen
Management Leo Beenhakker (Coach) Geert Meijer (Assistant) John Metgod (Assistant)
Eerste Divisie PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1FC Den Bosch 773423838035+452FC Groningen643419786933+363FC Emmen6134194115337+164Helmond Sport5534167115552+35FC Zwolle5434159105742+156Excelsior Rotterdam5434166127463+11 7Go Ahead Eagles 50 34 14 8 12 59 57 +2 8FC Volendam 49 34 14 7 13 63 66 -3 9FC Eindhoven 48 34 14 6 14 64 73 -9 10ADO Den Haag 45 34 12 9 13 52 52 0 11VVV-Venlo 42 34 12 6 16 59 66 -7 12RBC Roosendaal 40 34 11 7 16 54 65 -11 13BV Veendam 39 34 11 6 17 47 54 -714Dordrecht '903834115185166-15 15HFC Haarlem 38 34 9 11 14 45 67 -22 16TOP Oss 37 34 9 10 15 43 50 -7 17Heracles Almelo 34 34 9 7 18 37 58 -21 18SC Telstar 26 34 5 11 18 45 71 -26
Promoted : FC Den Bosch Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): FC Groningen, Emmen, Helmond Sport, Zwolle, Excelsior and Dordrecht '90
Topscorers PositionPlayerNationalityClubGoals1Harry van der Laan FC Den Bosch30 2Peter HofstedeHelmond Sport / FC Emmen 22 3Maurice GraefVVV-Venlo 17 4Marco BoogersFC Volendam 16–John LammersRBC Roosendaal 16–Bert ZuurmanFC Eindhoven 16 7Silvan IniaFC Volendam 15
Promotion and relegation
Group A PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1RKC Waalwijk 166510113+8 2FC Zwolle 8 6 2 2 2 8 10 -2 3Dordrecht '90 7 6 2 1 3 12 13 -1 4FC Emmen 3 6 1 0 5 10 15 -5
Group B PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1Sparta Rotterdam 156501196+13 2FC Groningen 13 6 4 1 1 16 8 +8 3Excelsior Rotterdam 7 6 2 1 3 16 18 -2 4Helmond Sport 0 6 0 0 6 5 24 -19
Stayed : RKC Waalwijk and Sparta Rotterdam
KNVB Cup
Final
Dutch national team
References RSSSF Archive RDFC.com