1998–99 Divizia A

The 1998–99 Divizia A was the eighty-first season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Rapid București (C)	34	28	5	1	79	18	+61	89	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Dinamo București	34	26	4	4	95	27	+68	82	1999–2000 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3	Steaua București	34	19	9	6	62	33	+29	66
4	Argeș Pitești	34	20	4	10	57	37	+20	64
5	Bacău	34	18	8	8	46	35	+11	62	1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
6	Oțelul Galați	34	17	4	13	47	33	+14	55		OTE 3-2 PRO PRO 0-1 OTE
7	Național București	34	18	1	15	61	51	+10	55
8	Petrolul Ploiești	34	16	5	13	50	46	+4	53
9	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	34	15	4	15	54	53	+1	49	1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
10	Astra Ploiești	34	13	7	14	40	38	+2	46
11	Gloria Bistrița	34	12	7	15	55	60	−5	43
12	Farul Constanța	34	12	4	18	37	54	−17	40
13	Universitatea Craiova	34	11	6	17	43	50	−7	39		CRA 4-2 ONE ONE 3-2 CRA
14	FC Onești	34	12	3	19	56	67	−11	39
15	Reșița	34	8	11	15	34	59	−25	35
16	Foresta Suceava (R)	34	6	6	22	31	61	−30	24	Relegation to Divizia B
17	Universitatea Cluj (R)	34	4	4	26	19	92	−73	16
18	Olimpia Satu Mare (R)	34	3	4	27	22	74	−52	13

Source: LT (Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Positions by round

Team \ 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
Argeș Pitești	2	7	9	6	9	6	6	4	6	6	6	4	6	7	6	5	5	6	5	4	5	6	6	6	5	6	7	7	6	4	4	4	4	4
Astra Ploiești	5	5	10	9	12	7	10	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10
Bacău	8	6	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	4	5	6	3	5	4	6	6	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5
Reșița	18	16	14	16	16	14	15	16	16	15	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	15	18	12	11	10	11	11	12	14	14	14	15	14	13	11	12	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	9	9	9	9
Universitatea Craiova	10	12	15	12	13	15	13	14	12	12	12	13	12	11	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	13
Dinamo București	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Farul Constanța	6	4	11	14	11	12	12	13	11	11	11	11	13	12	14	14	13	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Foresta Fălticeni	13	17	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Gloria Bistrița	7	11	5	7	6	8	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	11	13	13	11	12	11	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	11	11
Olimpia Satu Mare	16	8	13	15	15	17	18	15	15	16	15	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18
FC Onești	17	15	17	13	14	13	14	11	13	13	13	12	11	14	12	11	12	13	13	11	11	12	11	12	11	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Oțelul Galați	14	9	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	5	4	5	8	8	7	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	7	6	4	7	7	7	6	6	6
Petrolul Ploiești	4	10	7	8	7	9	7	9	7	7	8	8	5	6	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	8
Național București	3	2	4	4	5	5	4	6	4	3	3	3	4	3	5	4	4	5	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	5	5	6	5	6	6	7	8	7
Rapid București	9	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Steaua București	11	13	8	10	8	10	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Universitatea Cluj	12	14	16	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17

Source: LT (Romanian)

Results

Home ╲ Away

ARG

AST

BAC

RES

CEA

UCR

DIN

FAR

FOR

GBI

OLI

ONE

OȚE

PET

NAT

RAP

STE

UCL

Argeș Pitești

1–2

0–3

1–0

1–0

2–0

2–1

6–0

1–1

2–1

3–1

2–0

2–1

3–1

1–0

0–1

3–2

3–0

Astra Ploiești

0–1

1–1

3–0

0–0

2–2

0–1

4–0

1–0

3–1

3–1

3–1

3–1

1–1

1–2

1–5

1–1

2–1

Bacău

3–2

2–0

2–0

0–0

2–0

0–2

1–0

4–1

3–1

2–1

2–1

1–0

3–1

4–1

1–1

0–0

0–0

Reșița

0–0

0–1

0–0

2–2

3–2

1–1

3–2

1–1

2–0

1–1

0–2

2–3

2–1

4–1

1–2

2–2

3–0

Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț

1–2

3–1

4–1

4–0

2–1

1–0

2–0

2–1

3–2

4–0

3–1

1–1

1–3

1–0

0–2

0–3

5–1

Universitatea Craiova

2–0

0–0

0–1

0–1

2–1

2–2

1–0

1–0

2–1

5–1

4–2

0–1

2–0

0–2

0–1

2–2

4–1

Dinamo București

1–0

2–0

1–0

7–0

6–1

2–1

2–1

4–1

3–0

5–0

3–1

2–1

3–1

5–0

0–1

0–0

8–0

Farul Constanța

0–2

1–0

2–0

0–0

2–1

2–1

1–3

3–2

3–1

3–1

2–0

0–1

1–0

0–1

0–0

0–3

3–1

Foresta Fălticeni

2–2

0–1

0–1

0–0

0–2

1–2

2–3

2–0

0–0

2–0

3–1

1–2

1–2

1–0

0–1

1–2

1–0

Gloria Bistrița

3–1

1–0

2–0

2–2

4–2

1–1

2–3

4–2

5–0

3–1

3–1

2–1

2–0

2–4

2–4

2–1

4–0

Olimpia Satu Mare

0–3

1–2

0–2

1–3

0–1

1–1

0–4

0–3

0–1

1–0

1–6

0–1

3–0

3–1

1–1

0–3

0–1

FC Onești

0–3

2–0

2–2

5–0

3–1

3–2

1–4

2–2

3–1

1–1

1–0

1–0

2–0

2–3

1–2

2–3

6–0

Oțelul Galați

1–1

1–1

0–1

4–0

1–2

4–0

2–1

2–1

1–0

0–0

2–0

3–0

0–1

3–2

0–1

2–0

5–0

Petrolul Ploiești

3–1

2–1

1–1

2–0

1–0

4–1

2–3

3–0

2–1

3–1

0–0

1–0

2–0

1–3

2–2

2–1

3–0

Național București

2–3

1–0

5–0

3–0

4–2

1–0

1–2

0–0

4–1

5–1

2–1

3–0

0–1

2–0

1–3

0–1

3–1

Rapid București

2–0

1–0

3–0

2–1

4–0

1–0

1–4

3–0

2–0

5–0

1–0

6–0

3–0

2–1

5–0

3–0

3–0

Steaua București

1–2

1–0

2–1

2–0

3–2

2–0

1–1

1–0

6–1

0–0

3–2

4–1

2–0

2–2

1–0

1–1

4–0

Universitatea Cluj

2–1

0–2

1–2

0–0

1–0

1–2

0–6

1–3

2–2

1–1

1–0

0–2

0–2

1–2

1–4

1–4

0–2

Source: LT (Romanian)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ionel Ganea	Gloria Bistriţa / Rapid Bucureşti	28
2	Constantin Barbu	Argeş Piteşti / Rapid Bucureşti	21
3	Marian Savu	Naţional Bucureşti	19