1998–99 Primeira Divisão


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 opposite, 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 and Belenenses, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1997–98 season.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

The other three teams were replaced by União de Leiria, Beira-Mar, Alverca from the Liga de Honra.

Teams

Stadia and locations

TeamHead coachCityStadium1997–98 finish
Académica Coimbra

League table


Top goalscorers

Source: Footballzz

Attendances

#ClubAverage
1Benfica27,941
2Porto24,342
3Sporting18,088
4Vitória SC6,676
5Braga5,765
6Boavista5,353
7Vitória FC5,065
8Marítimo4,794
9Rio Ave4,765
10Farense4,588
11Beira-Mar4,147
12Académica3,647
13União de Leiria3,588
14Chaves3,441
15Salgueiros3,265
16Estrela da Amadora2,759
17Campomaiorense2,735
18Alverca2,676

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