The 1998–99 Primeira Divisão was the 65th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 23 August 1998 with a match between Chaves and Académica Coimbra, and ended on 30 May 1999. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.
Porto won the league and qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Boavista, who qualified for the third round. With the extinction of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the Taça de Portugal winner qualified for the UEFA Cup, so Beira-Mar joined Benfica, Sporting CP and Vitória de Setúbal in the 1999-2000 UEFA Cup. In the opposite direction, Beira-Mar, Chaves and Académica Coimbra were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Mário Jardel was the top scorer with 36 goals.
Promotion and relegation
Teams relegated to Liga de Honra Leça Varzim Belenenses
Leça, Varzim and Belenenses were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in the 1997–98 season.
Teams promoted from Liga de Honra União de Leiria Beira-Mar Alverca
The other three teams were replaced by União de Leiria, Beira-Mar, Alverca from the Liga de Honra.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Team Head coach City Stadium1997–98 finish Académica Coimbra Raul Águas Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 15th Alverca Mário Wilson Alverca Complexo do Alverca 3rd in Divisão de Honra Beira-Mar António Sousa Aveiro Estádio Mário Duarte 2nd in Divisão de Honra Benfica Graeme Souness Lisbon Estádio da Luz 2nd Boavista Jaime Pacheco Porto Estádio do Bessa 6th Braga Vítor Oliveira Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 10th Campomaiorense João Alves Campo Maior Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia 11th Chaves Horácio Gonçalves Chaves Estádio Municipal de Chaves 16th Estrela da Amadora Jorge Jesus Amadora Estádio José Gomes 7th Farense Paco Fortes Faro Estádio de São Luís 14th Marítimo Augusto Inácio Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 5th Porto Fernando Santos Porto Estádio das Antas 1st Rio Ave Carlos Brito Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 9th Salgueiros Dito Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 8th Sporting CP Mirko Jozic Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 4th União de Leiria Mário Reis Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 1st in Divisão de Honra Vitória de Guimarães Zoran Filipovic Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 3rd Vitória de Setúbal Carlos Cardoso Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 13th
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Braga Vítor Oliveira 25 October 1998 9th Carlos Manuel 26 October 1998 Campomaiorense João Alves 29 November 1998 18th José Pereira 30 November 1998 Marítimo Augusto Inácio 20 December 1998 16th Nelo Vingada 21 December 1998 Chaves Horácio Gonçalves 3 January 1999 17th Augusto Inácio 4 January 1999 Vitória de Guimarães Zoran Filipovic 3 January 1999 10th Quinito 4 January 1999 Farense Paco Fortes 5 February 1999 14th João Alves 6 February 1999 Académica Coimbra Raul Águas 7 February 1999 18th Gregório Freixo 8 February 1999 Braga Carlos Manuel 26 February 1999 10th Manuel Cajuda 27 February 1999 Alverca Mário Wilson 28 February 1999 17th José Romão 1 March 1999 Chaves Augusto Inácio 26 April 1999 17th Rodríguez Vaz 14 May 1999 Benfica Graeme Souness 2 May 1999 3rd Shéu 3 May 1999
League table
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Mário Jardel Porto 36 2 Nuno Gomes Benfica 24 3 Demétrius Campomaiorense 16 Silva Braga 5 Ayew Boavista 15 Timofte Boavista Alex Bunbury Marítimo 8 Chiquinho Conde Vitória Setúbal 14 Zahovic Porto10 Yordanov Sporting 13 Edmilson Vitória de Guimarães
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Benfica 27,941 2 Porto 24,342 3 Sporting 18,088 4 Vitória SC 6,676 5 Braga 5,765 6 Boavista 5,353 7 Vitória FC 5,065 8 Marítimo 4,794 9 Rio Ave 4,765 10 Farense 4,588 11 Beira-Mar 4,147 12 Académica 3,647 13 União de Leiria 3,588 14 Chaves 3,441 15 Salgueiros 3,265 16 Estrela da Amadora 2,759 17 Campomaiorense 2,735 18 Alverca 2,676Source:
See also 1998–99 in Portuguese football
References
External links Portugal 1998-99 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) Portugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library Portuguese Wikipedia - Campeonato Português de Futebol - I Divisão 1998/1999