Premier Soccer League 1998-99
| Season | 1998-99 |
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| Champions |
Mamelodi Sundowns 2nd PSL title 5th South African title |
| Relegated |
Vaal Professionals Dynamos |
| CAF Champions League | Mamelodi Sundowns |
| African Cup Winners' Cup | SuperSport United |
| CAF Cup | Kaizer Chiefs |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 782 (2.56 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Pollen Ndlanya Kaizer Chiefs (21 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
Mamelodi Sundowns 7-1 Santos Mamelodi Sundowns 7-1 Vaal Professionals (3 February 1999) |
| Biggest away win |
Mamelodi Sundowns 0-4 SuperSport United Dynamos 0-4 Qwa Qwa Stars Hellenic 0-4 Cape Town Spurs Moroka Swallows 0-4 SuperSport United |
| Highest scoring |
Manning Rangers 5-4 Vaal Professionals Cape Town Spurs 4-5 Kaizer Chiefs (9 goals) |
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The 1998–99 Premier Soccer League, known as the 1998-99 Castle Premiership for sponsorship purposes, was the third season of the Premier Soccer League since its establishment in 1996. The season began on 31 July 1998 and ended on 9 June 1999. Mamelodi Sundowns became the first team in PSL history to defend their title as they won their second straight PSL title and their fifth South African title after previously winning the PSL's predecessor - the National Soccer League - on three occasions (1988, 1990 and 1993). In a hotly contested title race between Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs it came down to goal difference to separate the two as both finished on a joint record 75 points. A margin of +5 in goal difference was all that separated the two teams as Sundowns won their second in what would be a hat-trick of PSL titles.
As before, the league was contested by 18 teams, sixteen returning from the 1997-98 season and two newly promoted clubs; Dynamos and Seven Stars. The league would also continue to run parallel to the European football calendar (August - May) and not run concurrently with the African football calendar (January - December).
In what would become the most thrilling title race in PSL history, Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs - finishing as runners-up for the third successive season - were in a class of their own as they finished 15 points ahead of third place and in the process scored 10 more league goals than the next best team.
Both clubs ended the season with a record 75 points but the Brazilians lifted the trophy thanks to a superior goal difference (+44 versus Chiefs’ +39) after a gripping finale to the season that saw them at a level pegging for the last four rounds of league games.
A 5-1 win on the last day of the season over Dynamos wasn’t enough for the Amakhosi, as Sundowns’ 2-0 win over Cape Town Spurs put them top of the pile and handed them a second successive title.
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