The 1998–99 season of the Jupiler League was held between August 21, 1998, and May 16, 1999. Racing Genk became champions.
Promoted teams
These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season: Oostende (second division champions) Kortrijk (playoff winner)
Relegated teams These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season: Kortrijk Oostende
Genk's title success After a deceiving start of the competition Anderlecht managed to come back at the top of the ranking under the management of Jean Dockx and Franky Vercauteren even beating its long-time rival Standard Liège in a memorable 0-6 demonstration. Two matches before the end of the season, the ranking was as such: Pos Team Pld Pts 1. Genk 32 70 2. Brugge 32 68 3. Anderlecht 32 64 Those three teams were thus still able to win the championship. While Club Brugge lost its game to Mouscron 2-0, Anderlecht secured a 2-5 win to Genk. However the Racing did win its last match at Harelbeke and it thus became champion.
Battle for Europe With Genk qualifying for the UEFA Champions League, Anderlecht and Brugge entered the UEFA Cup.
The relegation dog fight Lommel avoided relegation by winning its last match 2-1 to Charleroi while the newcomer Kortrijk lost to Anderlecht. The other newcomer (Oostende) was already relegated at this moment.
Final league table
Results
Top scorers ScorerGoalsTeam Jan Koller24Lokeren Branko Strupar18Genk Souleymane Oularé17Genk Zoran Ban16Mouscron Tomasz Radzinski15Anderlecht Jochen Janssen15Westerlo Filip Fiers15Sint-Truidense Eric Van Meir14Lierse
Attendances
No. Club Average attendance Change Highest 1 Anderlecht 20,891 -2,2% 25,485 2 Genk 14,211 33,7% 17,000 3 Standard de Liège 13,265 9,7% 25,000 4 Club Brugge 12,284 -3,3% 26,000 5 Mouscron 7,700 3,0% 8,500 6 Lierse 7,435 -8,4% 12,000 7 STVV 7,088 -4,0% 14,000 8 Gent 7,066 -3,1% 9,000 9 Westerlo 6,182 -2,1% 10,500 10 Eendracht Aalst 5,794 -17,0% 9,000 11 Lokeren 5,600 6,4% 10,000 12 Harelbeke 5,600 8,2% 8,500 13 Lommel 5,559 -14,9% 12,500 14 Kortrijk 4,780 70,0% 9,000 15 Charleroi 4,565 -25,0% 7,000 16 Beveren 4,559 -17,3% 8,500 17 Germinal Ekeren 4,000 -18,6% 8,000 18 Oostende 3,968 23,8% 10,000Source:
See also 1998–99 in Belgian football
References
Sport.be website – Archive