1998–99 Premier League

The 1998–99 Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the Premier League. That season, Manchester United won the league. That year, United also won the treble: the league title, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Premier League

Season	1998–99
Dates	15 August 1998 – 16 May 1999
Champions	Manchester United 5th Premier League title 12th English title
Relegated	Charlton Athletic Nottingham Forest Blackburn Rovers
Champions League	Manchester United Arsenal Chelsea
UEFA Cup	Leeds United Newcastle United Tottenham Hotspur
Intertoto Cup	West Ham United
Matches played	380
Goals scored	959 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Michael Owen Dwight Yorke(18 goals each)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Teams

London

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

Coventry City

Derby County

Everton

Leeds United

Leicester City

Liverpool

Manchester United

Middlesbrough

Newcastle United

Nottingham Forest

Sheffield Wednesday

Southampton

London teams:
Arsenal
Charlton Athletic
Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United
Wimbledon

Locations of the 1998–99 Premier League teams

Arsenal

Charlton Athletic

Chelsea

Tottenham
Hotspur

West Ham United

Wimbledon

Greater London Premier League football clubs

• Arsenal
• Aston Villa
• Blackburn Rovers
• Charlton Athletic
• Chelsea
• Coventry City
• Derby County
• Everton
• Leeds United
• Leicester City
• Liverpool
• Manchester United
• Middlesbrough
• Newcastle United
• Nottingham Forest
• Sheffield Wednesday
• Southampton
• Tottenham Hotspur
• West Ham United
• Wimbledon

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	22	13	3	80	37	+43	79	Qualification for the Champions League first group stage
2	Arsenal	38	22	12	4	59	17	+42	78
3	Chelsea	38	20	15	3	57	30	+27	75	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Leeds United	38	18	13	7	62	34	+28	67	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	West Ham United	38	16	9	13	46	53	−7	57	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
6	Aston Villa	38	15	10	13	51	46	+5	55
7	Liverpool	38	15	9	14	68	49	+19	54
8	Derby County	38	13	13	12	40	45	−5	52
9	Middlesbrough	38	12	15	11	48	54	−6	51
10	Leicester City	38	12	13	13	40	46	−6	49
11	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	14	13	47	50	−3	47	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
12	Sheffield Wednesday	38	13	7	18	41	42	−1	46
13	Newcastle United	38	11	13	14	48	54	−6	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[b]
14	Everton	38	11	10	17	42	47	−5	43
15	Coventry City	38	11	9	18	39	51	−12	42
16	Wimbledon	38	10	12	16	40	63	−23	42
17	Southampton	38	11	8	19	37	64	−27	41
18	Charlton Athletic (R)	38	8	12	18	41	56	−15	36	Relegation to Football League First Division
19	Blackburn Rovers (R)	38	7	14	17	38	52	−14	35
20	Nottingham Forest (R)	38	7	9	22	35	69	−34	30

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.
2. As Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Newcastle United, the runners-up.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Leeds United	18
	Michael Owen	Liverpool
	Dwight Yorke	Manchester United
4	Nicolas Anelka	Arsenal	17
	Andy Cole	Manchester United
6	Hámilton Ricard	Middlesbrough	15
7	Dion Dublin	Aston Villa	14
	Robbie Fowler	Liverpool
	Julian Joachim	Aston Villa
	Alan Shearer	Newcastle United

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Clive Mendonca	Charlton Athletic	Southampton	5–0 (H)	22 August 1998	[1]
Michael Owen	Liverpool	Newcastle United	4–1 (A)	30 August 1998	[2]
Michael Owen4	Liverpool	Nottingham Forest	5–1 (H)	24 October 1998	[3]
Dion Dublin	Aston Villa	Leicester City	4–1 (A)	14 November 1998	[4]
Robbie Fowler	Liverpool	Aston Villa	4–2 (A)	21 November 1998	[5]
Chris Armstrong	Tottenham Hotspur	Everton	4–1 (H)	28 December 1998	[6]
Darren Huckerby	Coventry City	Nottingham Forest	4–0 (H)	9 January 1999	[7]
Robbie FowlerP	Liverpool	Southampton	7–1 (H)	16 January 1999	[8]
Dwight Yorke	Manchester United	Leicester City	6–2 (A)	16 January 1999	[9]
Ole Gunnar Solskjær4	Manchester United	Nottingham Forest	8–1 (A)	6 February 1999	[10]
Nicolas Anelka	Arsenal	Leicester City	5–0 (H)	20 February 1999	[11]
Kevin Campbell	Everton	West Ham United	6–0 (H)	8 May 1999	[12]

Note: ⁴ Player scored 4 goals; ^P Player scored a perfect hat-trick; (H) – Home; (A) – Away

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[13]
1	Dennis Bergkamp	Arsenal	13
	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Leeds United
3	David Beckham	Manchester United	11
	Eyal Berkovic	West Ham United
	Steve Guppy	Leicester City
	Dwight Yorke	Manchester United
7	David Ginola	Tottenham Hotspur	10
8	Darren Anderton	Tottenham Hotspur	9
	Harry Kewell	Leeds United
10	James Beattie	Southampton	7

References

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5. Townsend, Nick (22 November 1998). "Football Fowler trick trumps Villa". The Independent. London. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
6. Rowbottom, Mike (29 December 1998). "Football: Armstrong treble traumatises Everton". The Independent. London. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
7. Mackay, Duncan (9 January 1999). "Huckerby hat-trick fells forlorn Forest". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
8. Bramwell, Neil (17 January 1999). "Football: Fowler preys on sorry Saints". The Independent. London. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
9. Curtis, John. "Leicester 2–6 Manchester United". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
10. "United romp to record win". BBC News. 7 February 1999. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
11. Townsend, Nick (21 February 1999). "Football: Arsenal fired by Anelka hat-trick". The Independent. London. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
12. Taylor, Louise (9 May 1999). "Everton joy as Campbell serves up treble treat". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
13. "Statistical Leaders – 1999". Premier League. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2018.

Other websites

• 1998–99 FA Premier League Season at RSSSF