1998–99 Belgian First Division

The 1998/99 season of the Jupiler League was held between August 21, 1998 and May 16, 1999. Racing Genk became champions.

Promoted teams

These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:

Oostende (second division champions)
Kortrijk (playoff winner)

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:

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	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	K.R.C. Genk	34	22	7	5	74	38	73	+36	Qualified for 1999-2000 UEFA Champions League.
2	Club Brugge	34	22	5	7	65	38	71	+27	Qualified for 1999-2000 UEFA Cup.
3	R.S.C. Anderlecht	34	21	7	6	76	39	70	+37	Qualified for 1999-2000 UEFA Cup.
4	R.E. Mouscron	34	19	9	6	76	47	66	+29
5	K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen	34	17	6	11	69	61	57	+8	Qualified for 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
6	Standard Liège	34	17	3	14	55	47	54	+8
7	Lierse S.K.	34	16	6	12	72	47	54	+25	Qualified for 1999-2000 UEFA Cup.
8	K.A.A. Gent	34	14	10	10	55	59	52	-4
9	K. Sint-Truidense V.V.	34	14	9	11	52	46	51	+6	Qualified for 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
10	K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot	34	14	7	13	48	46	49	+2
11	K.R.C. Zuid-West-Vlaanderen	34	10	11	13	44	46	41	-2
12	K.V.C. Westerlo	34	11	7	16	56	62	40	-6
13	V.C. Eendracht Aalst 2002	34	9	8	17	48	66	35	-18
14	R. Charleroi S.C.	34	7	11	16	40	54	32	-14
15	K.S.K. Beveren	34	8	6	20	33	60	30	-27
16	K.F.C. Lommel S.K.	34	7	7	20	33	56	28	-23
17	K.V. Kortrijk	34	6	7	21	49	81	25	-32	Relegated to Division II.
18	K.V. Oostende	34	4	10	20	27	79	22	-52	Relegated to Division II.

Top goal scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Jan Koller	24	Lokeren
Branko Strupar	18	Genk
Souleymane Oulare	17	Genk
Zoran Ban	16	Mouscron
Tomasz Radzinski	15	Anderlecht
Jochen Janssen	15	Westerlo
Filip Fiers	15	Sint-Truidense
Eric Van Meir	14	Lierse

References

(French) Sport.be website - Archive

First League/Pro League/First Division A

2016–17 teams	Anderlecht Charleroi Club Brugge Eupen Genk Gent Kortrijk Lokeren Mechelen Mouscron-Péruwelz Oostende Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren Westerlo Zulte Waregem

Competition	Teams (winners) Top scorers Current managers Belgian Golden Shoe

Championship Cup (1895–1904)	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04

First Division (1904–1926)	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26

Division of Honour (1926–1952)	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52

First Division (1952–1993)	1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93

Belgian League (1993–2008)	1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08

Belgian Pro League (2008–2016)	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Belgian First Division A (2016–present)	2016–17

Football in Belgium

Royal Belgian Football Association

National teams

League system

Level 1	Belgian First Division A

Level 2	Belgian First Division B

Level 3	Belgian First Amateur Division

Level 4	Belgian Second Amateur Division (3 groups)

Level 5	Belgian Third Amateur Division (4 groups)

Levels 6–9	Belgian Provincial leagues (9 groups: Antwerp, Brabant, East Flanders, Hainaut, Liège, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders)

Defunct	Belgian Second Division, Belgian Third Division, Belgian Fourth Division

Women's League system

Super League Vrouwenvoetbal
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
BeNe League (2012–2015, with the Netherlands)

Domestic cups

Men	Belgian Cup Belgian Super Cup defunct: Belgian League Cup

Women	Belgian Women's Cup BeNe Super Cup (2011–2012, with the Netherlands)

Awards

1998–99 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '98 '99 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '98 '99 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '98 '99 Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '98 '99 Latvia '98 '99 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '98 '99 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '98 '99 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Latvia '98 '99 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '98 '99 France Germany Iceland '98 '99 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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