1998–99 Hong Kong First Division League

Hong Kong First Division League
Season	1998–99
Champions	Happy Valley; 3rd Hong Kong title
Top goalscorer	Tomy (16)
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 Hong Kong First Division League season is the 87th since its establishment. The first match was played on 30 August 1998 with Instant-Dict drew South China 2–2. However, as there was a suspended player played in Instant-Dict's squad, the team was penalised by losing 0–3.^[1]

First stage^[2]

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Happy Valley	14	10	0	4	31	14	+17	30	To Grand Final
2	South China	14	6	4	4	24	15	+9	22	Championship Playoff
3	Yee Hope	14	6	4	4	30	27	+3	22
4	Golden	14	7	1	6	26	27	−1	22
5	Sing Tao	14	5	4	5	26	18	+6	19	Relegation Playoff
6	Instant-Dict	14	4	4	6	22	28	−6	16
7	Rangers	14	4	4	6	21	29	−8	16
8	Sai Kung Friends	14	3	1	10	21	43	−12	10

Second stage^[2]

NB: Teams take points and goals halved from first phase. GF and GA is rounded.

Championship Playoff

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	South China	6	4	2	0	19	11	+8	25	To Grand Final
2	Happy Valley	6	2	1	3	26	16	+10	22
3	Yee Hope	6	2	1	3	26	26	0	18
4	Golden	6	1	2	3	20	25	−5	16

Relegation Playoff

P	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
5	Instant-Dict	6	5	1	27	18	+9	23
6	Sing Tao	6	3	3	24	18	+6	18.5	Resigned from the league
7	Sai Kung Friends	6	3	3	21	34	−13	14	Relegation to Second Division by rules, but retained in the First Division as Hong Kong FC and Fire Services refused to promote.
8	Rangers	6	1	5	15	31	−16	11

Final^[2]

16 May 1999

Happy Valley	1–1 (a.e.t.)	South China
Bajkusa 41'		Cheng Siu Chung 80'
Penalties
	8–7

Hong Kong Stadium

Attendance: 10,258

First Division League 1998–99 Winners
Happy Valley 3rd Title

References

^ 甲組足球聯賽揭幕戰回顧(二), HKFA Website Template:Zh icon
^ ^a ^b ^c www.rsssf.com Hongkong 1998/99

[1] 甲組足球聯賽揭幕戰回顧(二), HKFA Website Template:Zh icon

[leag-2] www.rsssf.com Hongkong 1998/99

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v t e Hong Kong First Division seasons
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1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
^†Suspended season

First stage[2]

Second stage[2]