# 1998–99 RCD Espanyol season

The 1998–99 season was the 64th season in the existence of RCD Espanyol and the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Espanyol participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey and UEFA Intertoto Cup.

## La Liga

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 64 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Espanyol | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 61 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 60 | |
| 9 | Zaragoza | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 57 | |
* ↑ Despite being qualified and registered, Athletic Bilbao refused to play Intertoto

## Squad statistics

Updated on 29 January 2023
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Intertoto | Intertoto |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Toni Jiménez | 42 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Cristóbal | 39 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Federico Domínguez | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Nando | 38 | 1 | 31+3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Mauricio Pochettino | 29 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Sergio González | 40 | 1 | 23+11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Martín Posse | 36 | 6 | 23+9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Juan Esnáider | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Samuel Eto'o | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | YUG | Branko Brnović | 13 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Manuel Serrano | 5 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Iván Helguera | 40 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | MEX | Germán Villa | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ROU | Constantin Gâlcă | 29 | 4 | 21+6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Nan Ribera | 35 | 3 | 16+10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Pacheta | 23 | 0 | 13+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | CRO | Nenad Pralija | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | URU | Darío Silva | 17 | 3 | 11+4 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Arteaga | 32 | 3 | 25+3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | PAR | Miguel Ángel Benítez | 36 | 9 | 23+9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Quique Martín | 20 | 2 | 13+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Raúl Tamudo | 28 | 10 | 15+4 | 8 | 0+3 | 0 | 4+2 | 2 |
| 24 | DF | YUG | Goran Milošević | 7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Alfred Argensó | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Joan Capdevila | 38 | 4 | 27+2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Toni Soldevilla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Quique de Lucas | 27 | 5 | 5+15 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ESP | Alberto Lopo | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ESP | Manolo Pérez | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Joaquín Macanás | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Pedro Nieto | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | David Sánchez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | CHI | César Santis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Àlex Fernández | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | MF | FRA | Jean-Philippe Javary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | José Mari | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Ángel Morales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Xavier Morón | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Jordi Torrecilla | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Javi García | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | FW | ROU | Florin Răducioiu | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Diego Ribera | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
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