1998–99 Argentine Primera División

The 1998–99 Argentine Primera División was the 108th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season ran from August 7, 1998, to June 21, 1999.^[1] Both main clubs from Córdoba, Talleres (champion of 1997–98 Primera B Nacional) and Belgrano (winner of "Torneo Reducido", after beating Aldosivi in a two-legged series)^[2] were promoted from Primera B Nacional.^[3]

Primera División

Season	1998–99
Dates	August 7, 1998 – June 21, 1999
Champions	Apertura: Boca Juniors (23 title) Clausura: Boca Juniors (24 title)
2000 Copa Libertadores	Boca Juniors River Plate
1999 Copa Conmebol	Gimnasia y Esg LP Rosario Central
Matches played	380
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Boca Juniors won both, Apertura and Clausura championships (a total of 24 league titles to date), while Platense and Huracán were relegated with the worst points averages.^[4]

Torneo Apertura

Apertura

Season	1998
Dates	7 August – 14 December
Champions	Boca Juniors (23rd. title)
Promoted	Talleres (C) Belgrano (C)
Top goalscorer	Martín Palermo (20)
Biggest home win	Boca Jrs. 6–2 Huracán (6 Sep)
Biggest away win	Argentinos 1–5 San Lorenzo (11 Sep)
Highest scoring	Unión 3–6 San Lorenzo (18 Oct)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	19	13	6	0	45	18	+27	45
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	10	6	3	31	23	+8	36
3	Racing	19	9	6	4	39	29	+10	33
4	Lanús	19	8	6	5	20	20	0	30
5	Colón	19	7	5	7	28	27	+1	26
6	San Lorenzo	19	6	7	6	40	35	+5	25
7	Argentinos Juniors	19	5	10	4	31	27	+4	25
8	Newell's Old Boys	19	6	7	6	22	21	+1	25
9	Unión	19	6	7	6	32	34	−2	25
10	Rosario Central	19	6	7	6	26	28	−2	25
11	Vélez Sársfield	19	6	6	7	26	26	0	24
12	Estudiantes (LP)	19	6	6	7	22	23	−1	24
13	Talleres (C)	19	7	3	9	28	33	−5	24
14	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	19	4	10	5	31	30	+1	22
15	River Plate	19	5	7	7	27	27	0	22
16	Independiente	19	5	5	9	26	26	0	20
17	Ferro Carril Oeste	19	5	5	9	24	31	−7	20
18	Huracán	19	5	5	9	29	42	−13	20
19	Belgrano	19	4	7	8	22	31	−9	19
20	Platense	19	3	4	12	21	39	−18	13

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

Rank.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Martín Palermo	Boca Juniors	20
2	Hugo Brizuela	Argentinos Juniors	13
3	Jorge Quinteros	Argentinos Juniors	10

Torneo Clausura

Clausura

Season	1999
Dates	5 March – 21 June
Champions	Boca Juniors (24th. title)
Relegated	Platense Huracán
Top goalscorer	José Luis Calderón (17)
Biggest home win	Boca 4–0 Racing (18 Apr) Newell's 4–0 Huracán (24 Apr) Vélez 4–0 Newell's (28 May) Independiente 4–0 Boca Jrs. (6 Jun) San Lorenzo 4–0 Racing (20 Jun)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	19	13	5	1	35	11	+24	44
2	River Plate	19	11	4	4	37	19	+18	37
3	San Lorenzo	19	10	6	3	33	19	+14	36
4	Rosario Central	19	9	5	5	24	20	+4	32
5	Independiente	19	8	5	6	32	26	+6	29
6	Unión	19	8	5	6	29	27	+2	29
7	Newell's Old Boys	19	7	6	6	30	22	+8	27
8	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	7	5	7	28	32	−4	26
9	Belgrano	19	6	7	6	20	20	0	25
10	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	19	7	4	8	28	37	−9	25
11	Argentinos Juniors	19	6	6	7	20	23	−3	24
12	Colón	19	6	8	5	28	22	+6	23[a]
13	Vélez Sársfield	19	5	7	7	21	24	−3	22
14	Racing	19	6	4	9	20	32	−12	22
15	Estudiantes (LP)	19	4	9	6	18	18	0	21
16	Talleres (C)	19	4	8	7	23	26	−3	20
17	Lanús	19	5	5	9	23	28	−5	20
18	Platense	19	4	5	10	16	30	−14	17
19	Ferro Carril Oeste	19	2	9	8	8	18	−10	15
20	Huracán	19	2	6	11	15	35	−20	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. 3 points deducted

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	José Luis Calderón	Independiente	17
2	Bernardo Romeo	San Lorenzo	13
3	Martín Palermo	Boca Juniors	12

Relegation

Team	Average	Points	Played	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99
River Plate	1.929	220	114	87	74	58
Boca Juniors	1.859	212	114	50	73	89
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	1.587	181	114	50	69	62
San Lorenzo	1.578	180	114	57	62	61
Vélez Sársfield	1.570	179	114	55	78	46
Independiente	1.561	178	114	71	56	51
Lanús	1.543	176	114	61	65	50
Rosario Central	1.412	161	114	49	57	47
Argentinos Juniors	1.394	106	76	N/A	57	49
Newell's Old Boys	1.360	155	114	61	42	52
Racing	1.360	155	114	59	41	55
Colón	1.298	148	114	61	38	49
Estudiantes (LP)	1.210	138	114	39	49	45
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	1.210	138	114	39	52	47
Talleres (C)	1.158	44	38	N/A	N/A	44
Belgrano	1.158	44	38	N/A	N/A	44
Unión	1.149	131	114	44	33	54
Ferro Carril Oeste	1.140	130	114	46	39	35
Platense	1.105	126	114	47	49	30
Huracán	0.850	97	114	38	27	32

See also

• 1998–99 in Argentine football

References

1. Argentina 1998–99 by Javier Romiser on RSSSF.com
2. ¡A 17 años del ascenso del '98! on Belgrano website
3. Argentina: 1ra. "B" Nacional AFA 1997/98 - Etapa Campeonato - Zona "A" by José Carluccio, 28 Oct 2012
4. "Argentina: 1ra. División AFA - Torneo Apertura 1998" by José Carluccio, 24 Nov 2012