1998–99 Primeira Divisão
| Season | 1998–99 |
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| Champions |
Porto 18th title |
| Relegated |
Beira-Mar Chaves Académica |
| Champions League |
Porto (group stage) Boavista (third qualifying round) |
| UEFA Cup |
Benfica (first round) Sporting CP (first round) Vitória de Setúbal (first round) |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 810 (2.65 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Mário Jardel (36 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
Porto 7–0 Beira-Mar (24 January 1999) |
| Biggest away win |
Campomaiorense 0–5 Benfica (29 November 1998) Académica 0–5 Alverca (3 April 1999) |
| Highest scoring |
Porto 7–1 Académica Coimbra (16 May 1999) Chaves 4–4 Farense (21 February 1999) Salgueiros4–4 Beira-Mar (30 May 1999) |
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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.
Leça, Varzim and Belenenses, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1997-98 season.
The other three teams were replaced by União de Leiria, Beira-Mar, Alverca from the Liga de Honra.
Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
1 Beira-Mar qualified for the UEFA Cup as Portuguese Cup winners
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
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