# 1998–99 1.Lig

Statistics of Turkish First Football League in the 1998–99 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and Galatasaray S.K. won the championship. And demotion of Sakaryaspor, Çanakkale Dardanelspor, Karabükspor was decided.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Galatasaray (C) | 34 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 85 | 30 | +55 | 78 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 58 | 27 | +31 | 77 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 84 | 29 | +55 | 72 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 58 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 5 | Kocaelispor | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 50 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 6 | Antalyaspor | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 49 | |
| 7 | Gaziantepspor | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 48 | |
| 8 | Gençlerbirliği | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 46 | |
| 9 | İstanbulspor | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 43 | |
| 10 | Samsunspor | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 41 | |
| 11 | Altay | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 46 | 59 | −13 | 40 | |
| 12 | Bursaspor | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 39 | |
| 13 | Erzurumspor | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 64 | −24 | 39 | |
| 14 | MKE Ankaragücü | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 15 | Adanaspor | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 38 | |
| 16 | Sakaryaspor (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 35 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |
| 17 | Çanakkale Dardanelspor (R) | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 32 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |
| 18 | Kardemir Karabükspor (R) | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 64 | −38 | 23 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |
* ↑ Finalists of 1998-99 Turkish Cup, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş, qualified for 1999-00 UEFA Champions League. A play-off match organized between the loser semi-finalists. Ankaragücü beat Sakaryaspor (5-0) and qualified for the 1999-00 UEFA Cup qualifying round.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADS | ALT | ANG | ANT | BJK | BUR | DAR | ERZ | FB | GS | GAZ | GBR | İST | KAR | KOC | SAK | SAM | TS |
| Adanaspor | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Altay | 3–2 | | 5–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–5 |
| Ankaragücü | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 |
| Antalyaspor | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–4 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Beşiktaş | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Bursaspor | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Dardanelspor | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Erzurumspor | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Fenerbahçe | 6–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 |
| Galatasaray | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–5 |
| Gaziantepspor | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Gençlerbirliği | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| İstanbulspor | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Kardemir Karabükspor | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–6 | 1–6 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Kocaelispor | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Sakaryaspor | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Samsunspor | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 |
| Trabzonspor | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Hakan Şükür | Galatasaray | 19 |
| 2 | Elvir Baljić | Fenerbahçe | 17 |
| 3 | Coşkun Birdal | Erzurumspor | 15 |
| 3 | Viorel Moldovan | Fenerbahçe | 15 |
| 5 | Arif Erdem | Galatasaray | 14 |
| 5 | Gheorghe Hagi | Galatasaray | 14 |
| 7 | Mehmet Özdilek | Beşiktaş | 13 |
| 7 | Ümit Karan | Gençlerbirliği | 13 |
| 9 | Davor Vugrinec | Trabzonspor | 12 |
| 9 | Serkan Aykut | Samsunspor | 12 |