1998–99 La Liga

The 1998–99 La Liga season was the 68th since its establishment. It began on 29 August 1998, and concluded on 20 June 1999.

Promotion and relegation

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Alavés, Extremadura and Villarreal. They replaced Compostela, Mérida and Sporting Gijón after spending time in the top flight for four, one and twenty one years respectively.

Team information

Clubs and locations

1998–99 season was composed of the following clubs:

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Barcelona	Camp Nou	98,772
Real Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	80,354
Espanyol	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	55,926
Atlético Madrid	Vicente Calderón	55,005
Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Real Betis	Benito Villamarín	52,132
Athletic Bilbao	San Mamés	39,750
Deportivo de La Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Real Zaragoza	La Romareda	34,596
Celta de Vigo	Balaídos	32,500
Real Sociedad	Anoeta	32,200
Valladolid	José Zorrilla	27,846
Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López	22,824
Racing de Santander	El Sardinero	22,222
Villarreal	El Madrigal	22,000
Alavés	Mendizorrotza	19,840
Mallorca	Lluís Sitjar	18,000
Salamanca	El Helmántico	17,341
Real Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere	16,500
Extremadura	Francisco de la Hera	11,580

League table

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Rank

Player

Club

Goals

Zamora Trophy

The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played.

Rank

Player

Club

Goals against

Matches

Average

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Fair Play award

From this season, RFEF develops and publishes annually the Fair Play classification according to the Points System which was agreed by the board of the federation on 30 October 1998 and later expanded and fixed at another meeting and published in the 2nd Mailshot of the 2000–01 season. The classification for this season was computed from the Second legg, in order to experience results.

Rank	Club	Points
1	Extremadura	38
2	Mallorca	45
3	Espanyol	48

Source: Mundo Deportivo

Pedro Zaballa award

Atlético Madrid and Valencia supporters

Attendances

Source:

#	Club	Avg. attendance	Highest
1	FC Barcelona	70,263	100,000
2	Real Madrid	66,842	85,000
3	Valencia CF	46,395	53,000
4	Atlético de Madrid	38,579	57,000
5	Athletic Club	36,263	48,000
6	Real Betis	35,605	45,000
7	Real Sociedad	25,518	32,000
8	Celta de Vigo	23,995	33,000
9	Real Zaragoza	22,211	33,000
10	RCD Espanyol	21,947	35,100
11	Deportivo de La Coruña	21,684	35,000
12	CD Tenerife	18,579	22,000
13	Racing de Santander	15,978	20,000
14	Deportivo Alavés	15,921	19,000
15	Real Valladolid	15,305	23,000
16	Villarreal CF	14,658	48,000
17	RCD Mallorca	13,702	18,982
18	Real Oviedo	11,904	20,000
19	UD Salamanca	11,480	15,205
20	Extremadura CF	10,342	12,500