# 1998–99 Leeds United A.F.C. season

The 1998–1999 season saw Leeds United competing in the Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) and the UEFA Cup.

## Competitions
### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Arsenal | 38 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 59 | 17 | +42 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League first group stage |
| 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 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: 1998–99 FA Premier League table

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | D | D | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Results
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Second round
## Statistics

    (Starting appearances + substitute appearances)
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Nigel Martyn | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Alfie Haaland | 24+5 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Lucas Radebe | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | David Wetherall | 14+7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Willem Korsten | 4+3 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Clyde Wijnhard | 11+7 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | 36 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 20 | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Bruno Ribeiro | 7+6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Lee Bowyer | 35 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 9 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | David Hopkin | 32+2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Danny Granville | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Derek Lilley | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Gunnar Halle | 14+3 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Harry Kewell | 36+2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Ian Harte | 34+1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Martin Hiden | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Tommy Knarvik | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | David Batty | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Jonathan Woodgate | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Robert Molenaar | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | Paul Robinson | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Stephen McPhail | 11+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Alan Smith | 15+7 | 7 | 2+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | Matt Jones | 3+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 19 June 1998 | DF | Danny Granville | Chelsea | £1,600,000 |
| 13 October 1998 | GK | Nuno Santos | Vitória | Free |
| 8 December 1998 | MF | David Batty | Newcastle United | £4,400,000 |
| 25 May 1999 | MF | Eirik Bakke | Sogndal | £1,750,000 |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 19 June 1998 | MF | Jason Blunt | Blackpool | Free |
| 29 August 1998 | FW | Andy Gray | Nottingham Forest | £200,000 |

### Loan in

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | From |
| 11 January 1999 | 30 June 1999 | FW | Willem Korsten | Vitesse |

### Loan out

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | From |
| 24 September 1998 | 1 October 1998 | FW | Lee Matthews | Notts County |
| 29 October 1998 | 28 November 1998 | DF | Mark Jackson | Huddersfield Town |
| 29 December 1998 | 23 March 1999 | FW | Lee Sharpe | Sampdoria |
| 1 December 1998 | 1 February 1999 | FW | Derek Lilley | Hearts |
| 1 March 1999 | 1 April 1999 | FW | Derek Lilley | Bury |
| 25 March 1999 | 9 May 1999 | DF | Alan Maybury | Reading |