Seasons · Premier League · Season 79

1998/99

Finished 4th · Manager David O'Leary

← 1997/98 1999/00 → All seasons

The season · Record

Played: 49
Won: 22
Drawn: 16
Lost: 11
For: 74
Against: 43
Points: 67

The season · Highlights

Biggest win: 5–1; v West Ham United
Biggest defeat: 0–3; v Southampton
Clean sheets: 19
Top scorer: Hasselbaink; 20 goals
Most assists: Hasselbaink; 16 assists
Avg attendance: 32,090

Final table

Premier League

Final Premier League table, 1998/99
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

The squad

Every player used

Leeds United squad, 1998/99 - appearances, goals and assists
Player	Pos	Starts	Subs	Apps	Goals	Assists
Harry Kewell	WG / FW	47	2	49	9	11
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	FW	47	0	47	20	16
Lee Bowyer	MF	45	0	45	9	3
Ian Harte	DF	43	1	44	6	8
Nigel Martyn	GK	44	0	44	0	0
David Hopkin	MF	41	2	43	4	4
Alf-Inge Haaland	DF / MF	29	7	36	1	2
Lucas Radebe	DF / MF	36	0	36	0	0
Jonathan Woodgate	DF	33	0	33	2	1
Alan Smith	FW	17	9	26	9	3
Clyde Wijnhard	FW	14	11	25	4	3
David Wetherall	DF	18	7	25	1	2
Gunnar Halle	DF / MF	19	4	23	2	0
Robert Molenaar	DF	23	0	23	2	0
Stephen McPhail	MF	14	6	20	0	2
Martin Hiden	DF	19	0	19	0	2
Bruno Ribeiro	MF	10	7	17	2	1
Danny Granville	DF	11	3	14	0	0
David Batty	MF	12	0	12	0	0
Willem Korsten	WG	6	4	10	2	0
Matthew Jones	MF	3	6	9	0	0
Lee Sharpe	WG	3	4	7	0	0
Paul Robinson	GK	5	1	6	0	0
Derek Lilley	FW	0	3	3	0	0
Tommy Knarvik	MF	0	1	1	0	0

Matchlog

Every fixture

Premier League · 38 played

Premier League fixtures, 1998/99
Date	H/A	Opponent	Score	Att.	Result
15 Aug	A	Middlesbrough	0–0	34,160	Drew 0–0 v Middlesbrough
24 Aug	H	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	30,652	Won 1–0 v Blackburn Rovers
29 Aug	A	Wimbledon	1–1	16,437	Drew 1–1 v Wimbledon
8 Sep	H	Southampton	3–0	30,637	Won 3–0 v Southampton
12 Sep	A	Everton	0–0	36,687	Drew 0–0 v Everton
19 Sep	H	Aston Villa	0–0	33,446	Drew 0–0 v Aston Villa
26 Sep	A	Tottenham Hotspur	3–3	35,535	Drew 3–3 v Tottenham Hotspur
3 Oct	H	Leicester City	0–1	32,606	Lost 0–1 v Leicester City
17 Oct	A	Nottingham Forest	1–1	23,911	Drew 1–1 v Nottingham Forest
25 Oct	H	Chelsea	0–0	36,292	Drew 0–0 v Chelsea
31 Oct	A	Derby County	2–2	27,034	Drew 2–2 v Derby County
8 Nov	H	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	30,012	Won 2–1 v Sheffield Wednesday
14 Nov	A	Liverpool	3–1	44,305	Won 3–1 v Liverpool
21 Nov	H	Charlton Athletic	4–1	32,487	Won 4–1 v Charlton Athletic
29 Nov	A	Manchester United	2–3	55,172	Lost 2–3 v Manchester United
5 Dec	H	West Ham United	4–0	36,320	Won 4–0 v West Ham United
14 Dec	H	Coventry City	2–0	31,802	Won 2–0 v Coventry City
20 Dec	A	Arsenal	1–3	38,025	Lost 1–3 v Arsenal
26 Dec	A	Newcastle United	3–0	36,783	Won 3–0 v Newcastle United
29 Dec	H	Wimbledon	2–2	39,816	Drew 2–2 v Wimbledon
9 Jan	A	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	27,620	Lost 0–1 v Blackburn Rovers
16 Jan	H	Middlesbrough	2–0	37,473	Won 2–0 v Middlesbrough
30 Jan	A	Southampton	0–3	15,236	Lost 0–3 v Southampton
6 Feb	H	Newcastle United	0–1	40,202	Lost 0–1 v Newcastle United
17 Feb	A	Aston Villa	2–1	37,510	Won 2–1 v Aston Villa
20 Feb	H	Everton	1–0	36,344	Won 1–0 v Everton
1 Mar	A	Leicester City	2–1	18,101	Won 2–1 v Leicester City
10 Mar	H	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	34,521	Won 2–0 v Tottenham Hotspur
13 Mar	A	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	28,142	Won 2–0 v Sheffield Wednesday
20 Mar	H	Derby County	4–1	38,971	Won 4–1 v Derby County
3 Apr	H	Nottingham Forest	3–1	39,645	Won 3–1 v Nottingham Forest
12 Apr	H	Liverpool	0–0	39,451	Drew 0–0 v Liverpool
17 Apr	A	Charlton Athletic	1–1	20,043	Drew 1–1 v Charlton Athletic
25 Apr	H	Manchester United	1–1	40,255	Drew 1–1 v Manchester United
1 May	A	West Ham United	5–1	25,997	Won 5–1 v West Ham United
5 May	A	Chelsea	0–1	34,762	Lost 0–1 v Chelsea
11 May	H	Arsenal	1–0	40,124	Won 1–0 v Arsenal
16 May	A	Coventry City	2–2	23,049	Drew 2–2 v Coventry City

FA Cup · 5 played

FA Cup fixtures, 1998/99
Date	H/A	Opponent	Score	Att.	Result
2 Jan	A	Rushden & Diamonds	0–0	6,431	Drew 0–0 v Rushden & Diamonds
13 Jan	H	Rushden & Diamonds	3–1	39,159	Won 3–1 v Rushden & Diamonds
23 Jan	A	Portsmouth	5–1	18,864	Won 5–1 v Portsmouth
13 Feb	H	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	39,696	Drew 1–1 v Tottenham Hotspur
24 Feb	A	Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	32,307	Lost 0–2 v Tottenham Hotspur

UEFA Cup · 4 played

UEFA Cup fixtures, 1998/99
Date	H/A	Opponent	Score	Att.	Result
15 Sep	H	CS Maritimo	1–0	38,033	Won 1–0 v CS Maritimo
29 Sep	A	CS Maritimo	0–1	8,458	Lost 0–1 v CS Maritimo
20 Oct	A	AS Roma	0–1	43,003	Lost 0–1 v AS Roma
3 Nov	H	AS Roma	0–0	39,161	Drew 0–0 v AS Roma

League Cup · 2 played

League Cup fixtures, 1998/99
Date	H/A	Opponent	Score	Att.	Result
28 Oct	H	Bradford City	1–0	27,561	Won 1–0 v Bradford City
11 Nov	A	Leicester City	1–2	20,161	Lost 1–2 v Leicester City