1998-99 in Portuguese football

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The 1998/99 season of the Portuguese First Division began on August 21 and ended on May 30. FC Porto became champions for the fith time in a row.

Promoted teams

These teams were promoted from the Portuguese Second Division of Honour at the start of the season:

• UD Leiria (2nd Division of Honour champions)
• SC Beira-Mar (2nd placed)
• FC Alverca (3rd placed)

Relegated teams

These teams were relegated to the Portuguese Second Division of Honour at the end of the season:

• SC Beira-Mar (16th placed)
• GD Chaves (17th placed)
• A. Académica de Coimbra (18th placed)

Final league table

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	FC Porto	34	24	7	3	85	26	+59	79
	2	Boavista FC	34	20	11	3	57	29	+28	71
	3	SL Benfica	34	19	8	7	71	29	+42	65
	4	Sporting CP	34	17	12	5	64	32	+32	63
	5	Vitória FC "de Setúbal"	34	15	8	11	37	-1	53
	6	União D. de Leiria	34	14	10	10	36	29	+7	52
	7	Vitória SC "de Guimarães"	34	14	8	12	53	41	+12	50
	8	CF Estrela da Amadora	34	11	12	11	33	40	-7	45
	9	Sporting C. de Braga	34	10	12	12	38	50	-12	42
	10	CS Marítimo	34	10	11	13	44	45	-1	41
	11	SC Farense	34	10	9	15	39	54	-15	39
	12	SC Salgueiros	34	7	17	10	45	55	-10	38
	13	SC Campomaiorense	34	10	7	17	41	51	-10	37
	14	Rio Ave FC	34	8	11	15	26	47	-21	35
	15	FC Alverca	34	8	11	15	36	50	-14	35
R	16	SC Beira-Mar	34	6	15	13	36	53	-17	33
R	17	G. Desportivo de Chaves	34	5	10	19	39	70	-31	25
R	18	A. Académica de Coimbra	34	4	9	21	30	71	-41	21

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; C = Champions; R = Relegated