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

Template:Location map+ 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:

• Kortrijk
• Oostende

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.

Top scorers

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

See also

• 1998–99 in Belgian football

References

• Template:In lang Sport.be website – Archive

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