1998–99 Eredivisie

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1998–99 season was contested by 18 teams. Feyenoord won the championship.

Eredivisie

Season	1998–99
Dates	20 August 1998 – 23 May 1999
Champions	Feyenoord (14th title)
Promoted	AZ Cambuur
Relegated	NAC
Champions League	Feyenoord Willem II PSV
UEFA Cup	Vitesse Arnhem Roda JC Ajax
Intertoto Cup	sc Heerenveen
Goals scored	964
Average goals/game	3.15
Top goalscorer	Ruud van Nistelrooy (31 goals)[1]
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Feyenoord (C)	34	25	5	4	76	38	+38	80	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Willem II	34	20	5	9	69	46	+23	65
3	PSV	34	17	10	7	87	55	+32	61	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Vitesse Arnhem	34	18	7	9	61	44	+17	61	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
5	Roda JC	34	17	9	8	59	40	+19	60
6	Ajax	34	16	9	9	73	41	+32	57
7	sc Heerenveen	34	14	12	8	53	41	+12	54	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8	FC Twente	34	13	13	8	51	45	+6	52
9	AZ	34	12	12	10	52	60	−8	48
10	Fortuna Sittard	34	12	8	14	49	56	−7	44
11	NEC	34	10	9	15	42	56	−14	39
12	FC Utrecht	34	10	8	16	54	64	−10	38
13	De Graafschap	34	8	12	14	40	57	−17	36
14	MVV	34	7	11	16	42	63	−21	32
15	Cambuur	34	7	11	16	37	64	−27	32
16	RKC Waalwijk	34	6	9	19	41	62	−21	27	Qualification to Relegation play-offs[b]
17	Sparta	34	7	5	22	37	71	−34	26
18	NAC Breda (R)	34	4	11	19	41	61	−20	23	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Ajax qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the 1998–99 KNVB Cup.
2. RKC and Sparta both remained in the eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs.

Results

Home \ Away	AJA	AZ	CAM	FEY	FOR	GRA	HEE	MVV	NAC	NEC	PSV	RKC	ROD	SPA	TWE	UTR	VIT	WIL
Ajax	—	5–1	4–0	6–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	5–1	5–0	5–2	0–1	2–0
AZ	1–1	—	3–1	0–2	0–3	1–3	1–3	4–2	3–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–3	0–0	1–1
Cambuur	4–1	0–0	—	1–5	3–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2
Feyenoord	1–1	1–2	4–0	—	4–1	5–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	4–2	2–1	3–2
Fortuna Sittard	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	—	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–3	6–4	3–2	0–1	2–1	0–3	3–2	0–2	1–2
De Graafschap	1–3	1–1	2–2	3–4	0–0	—	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–3	0–3	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–2
Heerenveen	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	4–1	—	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–3	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2
MVV	1–4	2–1	3–0	1–3	3–3	1–2	1–0	—	3–3	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–5	1–4	4–2	1–1
NAC	2–2	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	—	1–2	3–4	0–2	0–0	5–0	1–1	2–4	0–2	2–2
NEC	0–4	2–2	1–0	0–3	0–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	—	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	0–1	3–1	0–3
PSV	3–1	7–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	—	2–2	3–3	4–0	3–0	5–0	3–1	1–0
RKC	0–1	2–3	4–1	0–5	0–0	1–2	0–4	2–2	2–1	0–1	3–4	—	4–1	5–1	2–2	2–5	0–2	1–3
Roda	0–2	8–2	1–0	1–0	5–3	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	5–2	1–3	0–0	—	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	0–2
Sparta Rotterdam	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	5–0	2–3	3–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–5	0–1	1–1	—	4–2	0–1	1–3	0–4
Twente	2–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	—	1–1	0–0	5–1
Utrecht	2–2	2–2	3–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–3	2–3	1–1	0–3	4–1	0–3	—	1–2	2–0
Vitesse	3–2	0–1	4–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–3	2–0	1–0	5–1	1–1	2–0	—	3–2
Willem II	3–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–1	1–0	4–2	3–0	1–2	3–2	1–2	1–0	3–5	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from the Eerste Divisie and two from this league) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to (or remained in) the Eredivisie.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	RKC Waalwijk	6	5	1	0	11	3	+8	16	Remain in Eredivisie
2	FC Zwolle	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8	Remain in Eerste Divisie
3	Dordrecht '90	6	2	1	3	12	13	−1	7
4	FC Emmen	6	1	0	5	10	15	−5	3

Source: rsssf.com

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sparta	6	5	0	1	19	6	+13	15	Remain in Eredivisie
2	FC Groningen	6	4	1	1	16	8	+8	13	Remain in Eerste Divisie
3	Excelsior	6	2	1	3	16	18	−2	7
4	Helmond Sport	6	0	0	6	5	24	−19	0

Source: rsssf.com

See also

• 1998–99 Eerste Divisie
• 1998–99 KNVB Cup