Premier League 1998/99 – Football Research Archive

League table

Premier League 1998/99. Calculated from the results below: 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, ordered by points, goal difference and goals scored.
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	38	22	13	3	80	37	+43	79
2	Arsenal	38	22	12	4	59	17	+42	78
3	Chelsea	38	20	15	3	57	30	+27	75
4	Leeds United	38	18	13	7	62	34	+28	67
5	West Ham United	38	16	9	13	46	53	−7	57
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
12	Sheffield Wednesday	38	13	7	18	41	42	−1	46
13	Newcastle United	38	11	13	14	48	54	−6	46
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	38	8	12	18	41	56	−15	36
19	Blackburn Rovers	38	7	14	17	38	52	−14	35
20	Nottingham Forest	38	7	9	22	35	69	−34	30

ChampionsEuropean qualificationRelegationOutcome notes and sources

Source OpenFootball; English WikipediaUpdated 16 Oct 2026, 11:07 BSTCalculation standings-v1Table changed 15 Oct 2026, 07:28 BSTResults to 16 May 1999

League table

Season outcomes

Premier League 1998/99: champions, qualification and relegation recorded by the cited source. Cup results can also determine qualification.
Club	Outcome
Manchester United	Champions Qualification for the Champions League first group stage
Arsenal	Qualification for the Champions League first group stage
Chelsea	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
Leeds United	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
West Ham United	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
Tottenham Hotspur	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round [1]
Newcastle United	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round [2]
Charlton Athletic	Relegation to Football League First Division
Blackburn Rovers	Relegation to Football League First Division
Nottingham Forest	Relegation to Football League First Division

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

Labels and notes adapted from English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Club names and formatting are normalized.

1998–99 FA Premier League · Fetched 22 Oct 2026

Results

Matchday 12: 10 matches. Kickoff times are UK time; a date alone means the time is not recorded.

7 Nov, 10:30Southampton

3 – 3

Middlesbrough 7 Nov, 14:00Aston Villa

3 – 2

Tottenham Hotspur 7 Nov, 14:00Blackburn Rovers

1 – 2

Coventry City 7 Nov, 14:00Nottingham Forest

0 – 1

Wimbledon 7 Nov, 14:00Charlton Athletic

0 – 0

Leicester City 7 Nov, 14:00Liverpool

1 – 2

Derby County 8 Nov, 13:00West Ham United

1 – 1

Chelsea 8 Nov, 13:00Manchester United

0 – 0

Newcastle United 8 Nov, 14:00Leeds United

2 – 1

Sheffield Wednesday 8 Nov, 15:00Arsenal

1 – 0

Everton

Grounds

Premier League 1998/99: each club's home ground that season.
Club	Ground
Arsenal	Highbury
Aston Villa	Villa Park
Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park
Charlton Athletic	The Valley
Chelsea	Stamford Bridge
Coventry City	Highfield Road
Derby County	Pride Park Stadium
Everton	Goodison Park
Leeds United	Elland Road
Leicester City	Filbert Street
Liverpool	Anfield
Manchester United	Old Trafford

Corrections to the source

Values in OpenFootball's file corrected by the archive, each citing an official document. The source file itself is kept unchanged.
Match	Field	OpenFootball lists	Corrected to	Official source	Status
Leicester City v Southampton	Score	2 – 0 (half time 1 – 0)	2 – 0 (half time 0 – 0)	football-data.co.uk, Premier League 1998/99 results file (E0.csv)	Applied
Manchester United v Charlton Athletic	Date	8 Sept 1998	9 Sept 1998	football-data.co.uk, Premier League 1998/99 results file (E0.csv)	Applied