League Position
2/18Portuguese League · 36 pts after matchday 17
2/18Portuguese League · 36 pts after matchday 17The Kit–No kit on file for 1998/99
Around the Date
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  FC Porto | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | +22 | 39 |
| 2 |  SL Benfica | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | +25 | 36 |
| 3 |  Boavista FC | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | +13 | 35 |
| 4 |  Sporting CP | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | +16 | 32 |
| 5 |  Est. Amadora | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | +4 | 30 |
| 6 |  UD Leiria | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | +5 | 28 |
| 7 |  SC Salgueiros | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | +1 | 25 |
| 8 |  SC Braga | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | -7 | 21 |
| 9 |  Vitória FC | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 21 |
| 10 |  Vitória SC | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | +5 | 20 |
| 11 |  Rio Ave | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 19 |
| 12 |  Farense | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 18 |
| 13 |  Beira-Mar | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 |  FC Alverca | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -6 | 17 |
| 15 |  GD Chaves | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -14 | 15 |
| 16 |  Campomaiorense | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 15 |
| 17 |  Marítimo | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 15 |
| 18 |  Académica OAF | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -13 | 13 |
After matchday 17, the last one completed by this day.
Squad 23
1Michel Preud’homme12Sergei Ovchinnikov24Paulo Lopes2Tahar El-Khalej3Gary Charles5Paulo Madeira6Steve Harkness13Ronaldo14José Sousa19Bruno Basto4Michael Thomas7Karel Poborsky15Mark Pembridge17Serhiy Kandaurov20Hugo Leal22Calado26Luís Carlos30Andrade8João Vieira Pinto10Dean Saunders18Jorge Cadete18Pepa21Nuno Gomes
Already gone by then: Scott Minto, José Soares, Hugo Porfírio, Tiago, Nandinho, Martin Pringle, Brian Deane
The squad registered for the season, less the players who had not arrived yet or had already left by this day according to our transfer records. Appearances and goals count official matches only. Line-ups and goal records before 2016/17 are incomplete, so older numbers can be low.