1998–99 Segunda División

The 1998–99 Segunda División season saw 22 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Málaga CF, CD Numancia, Sevilla FC and Rayo Vallecano were promoted to Primera División. RCD Mallorca B, Barcelona B, Hércules CF and CD Ourense were relegated to Segunda División B.

Segunda División

Season	1998-99
Champions	Málaga CF
Promoted	Málaga CF CD Numancia Sevilla CF Rayo Vallecano
Relegated	RCD Mallorca B Barcelona B Hércules CF CD Orense
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,120 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Catanha
← 1997-98 1999-2000 →

Teams

Albacete

Atlético Madrid B

Badajoz

Barcelona B

Compostela

Eibar

Hércules

Leganés

Lleida

Logroñés

Málaga

Mallorca B

Mérida

Numancia

Osasuna

Ourense

Rayo Vallecano

Recreativo

Sevilla

Sporting

Toledo

Canary Islands (see below)

Location of teams in Segunda División 1998-99

Las Palmas

Canary Islands

Team	Home city	Stadium
Albacete	Albacete	Carlos Belmonte
Atlético Madrid B	Madrid	Cerro del Espino
Badajoz	Badajoz	Nuevo Vivero
Barcelona B	Barcelona	Mini Estadi
Compostela	Santiago de Compostela	San Lázaro
Eibar	Eibar	Ipurua
Hércules	Alicante	José Rico Pérez
Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Insular
Leganés	Leganés	Butarque
Lleida	Lleida	Camp d'Esports
Logroñés	Logroño	Las Gaunas
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda
Mallorca B	Palma de Mallorca	Lluís Sitjar
Mérida	Mérida	Romano
Numancia	Soria	Los Pajaritos
Osasuna	Pamplona	El Sadar
Ourense	Ourense	O Couto
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Vallecas
Recreativo de Huelva	Huelva	Colombino
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Sporting de Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón
Toledo	Toledo	Salto del Caballo

Teams by Autonomous Community

	Autonomous community	Number of teams	Teams
1	Andalusia	3	Málaga, Recreativo, Sevilla
	Madrid	3	Atlético Madrid B, Leganés, Rayo Vallecano
3	Castile-La Mancha	2	Albacete, Toledo
	Catalonia	2	Barcelona B, Lleida
	Extremadura	2	Badajoz, Mérida
	Galicia	2	Compostela, Ourense
7	Asturias	1	Sporting
	Balearic Islands	1	Mallorca B
	Basque Country	1	Eibar
	Canary Islands	1	Las Palmas
	Castile and León	1	Numancia
	La Rioja	1	Logroñés
	Navarre	1	Osasuna
	Valencia	1	Hércules

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Málaga (C, P)	42	22	13	7	72	47	+25	79	Promotion to La Liga
2	Atlético Madrid B	42	21	11	10	73	51	+22	74	Declined from promotion[a]
3	Numancia (P)	42	21	10	11	68	40	+28	73	Promotion to La Liga
4	Sevilla (O, P)	42	20	11	11	66	50	+16	71	Qualification to promotion play-offs
5	Rayo Vallecano (O, P)	42	19	14	9	64	49	+15	71
6	Las Palmas	42	17	17	8	57	38	+19	68
7	Toledo	42	18	11	13	54	49	+5	65
8	Compostela	42	16	13	13	60	53	+7	61
9	Sporting de Gijón	42	16	11	15	47	47	0	59
10	Mérida	42	15	14	13	48	41	+7	59
11	Lleida	42	15	14	13	52	50	+2	59
12	Recreativo	42	14	16	12	40	35	+5	58
13	Osasuna	42	15	12	15	44	51	−7	57
14	Badajoz	42	12	15	15	35	39	−4	51
15	Albacete	42	12	14	16	38	43	−5	50
16	Logroñés	42	12	12	18	48	57	−9	48
17	Leganés	42	10	17	15	36	44	−8	47
18	Eibar	42	13	8	21	42	56	−14	47
19	Mallorca B (R)	42	12	10	20	52	64	−12	46	Relegation to Segunda División B
20	Barcelona B (R)	42	13	5	24	51	68	−17	44
21	Hércules (R)	42	10	10	22	38	66	−28	40
22	Ourense (R)	42	7	6	29	35	82	−47	27

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Atlético de Madrid B was ineligible for promotion for being reserve team of Atlético de Madrid

Results

Home \ Away	ALB	ATM	BAD	BAR	COM	EIB	HÉR	LPA	LEG	LLE	LOG	MAL	MLL	MÉR	NUM	OSA	OUR	RAY	REC	SEV	SPG	TOL
Albacete	—	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–2
Atlético B	0–0	—	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–3	2–1	1–1	2–2	3–2	5–3	2–1	0–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–1
Badajoz	0–0	1–2	—	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–3	1–0	2–0	0–1
Barcelona B	0–1	1–1	0–1	—	1–0	0–0	4–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–4	4–0	5–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	4–0	0–3
Compostela	3–1	0–3	1–0	2–1	—	1–0	3–1	0–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	3–3	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	3–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1
Eibar	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–3	—	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–3	2–1	3–0
Hércules	2–1	1–3	2–0	1–2	3–2	1–3	—	0–2	0–1	0–3	1–1	0–3	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0
Las Palmas	2–1	0–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	3–0	4–2	—	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	4–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	6–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–0
Leganés	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	—	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–5	3–1	3–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–2
Lleida	0–0	3–0	0–0	2–3	2–3	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–4	—	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	3–0	0–1	3–1
Logroñés	0–1	2–3	1–0	0–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	—	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	4–1	0–1	0–2	1–0
Málaga	3–2	0–3	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	3–2	—	2–1	4–3	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–1	1–1	3–0
Mallorca B	0–0	3–4	3–3	4–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	—	0–0	0–3	1–1	2–0	4–4	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–1
Mérida	3–0	1–1	1–0	4–2	0–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–4	3–0	—	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	0–0	3–3	0–1	1–1
Numancia	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–3	0–0	4–1	2–1	—	3–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	0–2
Osasuna	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–1	3–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	0–1	—	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–4	0–1
Ourense	2–2	0–4	1–1	2–0	0–2	4–2	1–2	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–4	—	1–2	1–0	2–3	1–2	0–1
Rayo	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	2–2	1–0	4–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	2–1	1–4	2–1	1–1
Recreativo	1–0	1–0	1–0	5–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	3–2	0–0	3–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	—	0–1	0–0	2–2
Sevilla	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–3	5–1	2–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–2	0–3	2–3	3–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	4–1	1–0	—	2–0	2–2
Sporting	4–2	0–3	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	—	0–0
Toledo	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	3–3	2–1	4–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–4	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–5	—

Source: BDFutbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion playoff

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CF Extremadura	0–4	Rayo Vallecano	0–2	0–2
Villarreal CF	0–3	Sevilla FC	0–2	0–1

First leg

CF Extremadura v Rayo Vallecano

27 June 1999	CF Extremadura	0–2	Rayo Vallecano	Almendralejo
21:00		Report (in Spanish)	Luis Cembranos 7' Llorens 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Francisco de la Hera Attendance: 9,100 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

Villarreal CF v Sevilla FC

27 June 1999	Villarreal CF	0–2	Sevilla FC	Villarreal
21:00		Report (in Spanish)	Tsiartas 2', 45'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Víctor Esquinas Torres

Second leg

Rayo Vallecano v CF Extremadura

30 June 1999	Rayo Vallecano	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	CF Extremadura	Madrid
21:30	Tiago 52' Bolo 55'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 15,600 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto

Sevilla FC v Villarreal CF

30 June 1999	Sevilla FC	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Villarreal CF	Seville
21:45	Quevedo 50'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González