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|---|---|
| Champions | Racing Genk |
| Relegated | Kortrijk Oostende |
| Champions League | Racing Genk |
| UEFA Cup | Club Brugge R.S.C. Anderlecht |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 972 (3.18 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Jan Koller (24) |
| ← 1997–98 1999-2000 → | |
The 1998–99 season of the Jupiler League was held between August 21, 1998, and May 16, 1999. Racing Genk became champions.
Promoted teams
AalstAnderlechtBeverenGerminal BeerschotClub BruggeCharleroiSint-TruidenGenkGentKortrijkStandardLierseLokerenLommelMouscronOostendeWesterloHarelbekeclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in Belgian First Division 1998–99
These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:
Relegated teams
These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:
Genk's title success
After a deceiving start of the competition Anderlecht managed to come back at the top of the ranking under the management of Jean Dockx and Franky Vercauteren even beating its long-time rival Standard Liège in a memorable 0-6 demonstration. Two matches before the end of the season, the ranking was as such:
| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Genk | 32 | 70 |
| 2. | Brugge | 32 | 68 |
| 3. | Anderlecht | 32 | 64 |
Those three teams were thus still able to win the championship. While Club Brugge lost its game to Mouscron 2-0, Anderlecht secured a 2-5 win to Genk. However the Racing did win its last match at Harelbeke and it thus became champion.
Battle for Europe
With Genk qualifying for the UEFA Champions League, Anderlecht and Brugge entered the UEFA Cup.
The relegation dog fight
Lommel avoided relegation by winning its last match 2-1 to Charleroi while the newcomer Kortrijk lost to Anderlecht. The other newcomer (Oostende) was already relegated at this moment.
Final league table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genk (C) | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 74 | 38 | +36 | 73 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 65 | 38 | +27 | 71 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 76 | 39 | +37 | 70 | |
| 4 | Mouscron | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 76 | 47 | +29 | 66 | |
| 5 | Lokeren | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 69 | 61 | +8 | 57 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 6 | Standard Liège | 34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 54 | |
| 7 | Lierse | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 72 | 47 | +25 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | Gent | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 55 | 59 | −4 | 52 | |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 51 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 10 | Germinal Ekeren | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 49 | |
| 11 | Harelbeke | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 41 | |
| 12 | Westerlo | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 40 | |
| 13 | Eendracht Aalst | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 48 | 66 | −18 | 35 | |
| 14 | Charleroi | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 32 | |
| 15 | Beveren | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 33 | 60 | −27 | 30 | |
| 16 | Lommel | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 28 | |
| 17 | Kortrijk (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 49 | 81 | −32 | 25 | Relegation to 1999–2000 Belgian Second Division |
| 18 | Oostende (R) | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 79 | −52 | 22 |
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
| Home \ Away | AAL | AND | BEV | CLU | CHA | EKE | GNK | GNT | HAR | KOR | LIE | LOK | LOM | MOU | OST | STV | STA | WES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eendracht Aalst | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| Anderlecht | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | |
| Beveren | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 1–0 | |
| Club Brugge | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–3 | |
| Charleroi | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| Germinal Ekeren | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 8–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | |
| Genk | 2–0 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| Gent | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |
| Harelbeke | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Kortrijk | 3–4 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–6 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–2 | |
| Lierse | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | |
| Lokeren | 6–2 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | |
| Lommel | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |
| Mouscron | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–5 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | |
| Oostende | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Sint-Truiden | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Standard Liège | 3–0 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Westerlo | 1–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers
| Scorer | Goals | Team |
|---|---|---|
 Jan Koller
|
24 | Lokeren |
 Branko Strupar
|
18 | Genk |
 Souleymane Oularé
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17 | Genk |
 Zoran Ban
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16 | Mouscron |
 Tomasz Radzinski
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15 | Anderlecht |
| Jochen Janssen
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15 | Westerlo |
| Filip Fiers
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15 | Sint-Truidense |
| Eric Van Meir
|
14 | Lierse |
See also
References
- (in French) Sport.be website – Archive
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