1998–99 Slovenian PrvaLiga

Slovenian PrvaLiga
Season	1998–99
Champions	Maribor; (3rd title)
Relegated	Triglav; Koper;
Champions League	Maribor
UEFA Cup	Gorica; Olimpija (cup finalist);
Intertoto Cup	Rudar; Korotan;
Matches played	198
Goals scored	533 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Novica Nikčević; (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Mura 6–0 Domžale; Olimpija 6–0 Beltinci;
Biggest away win	Koper 0–4 Domžale
Highest scoring	Mura 6–2 Koper
Longest winning run	5 games; Maribor
Longest unbeaten run	13 games; Rudar
Longest winless run	9 games; Celje
Longest losing run	4 games; Domžale; Olimpija; Primorje
Highest attendance	8,000; Maribor 2–0 Gorica
Lowest attendance	200; Celje 0–1 Koper
Total attendance	258,450
Average attendance	1,305
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 Slovenian PrvaLiga season started on 2 August 1998 and ended on 13 June 1999. Each team played a total of 33 matches.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maribor (C)	33	19	9	5	72	29	+43	66	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Gorica	33	18	8	7	55	31	+24	62	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Rudar Velenje	33	16	8	9	43	33	+10	56	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4	Mura	33	16	5	12	53	35	+18	53
5	Korotan Prevalje	33	14	6	13	44	45	−1	48	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6	Olimpija	33	12	8	13	54	50	+4	44	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round^[a]
7	Celje	33	10	12	11	30	35	−5	42
8	Domžale	33	10	11	12	40	49	−9	41
9	Primorje	33	11	7	15	39	45	−6	40
10	Beltinci	33	10	6	17	41	62	−21	36
11	Koper (R)	33	8	8	17	34	61	−27	32	Relegation to Slovenian Second League
12	Triglav Kranj (R)	33	5	10	18	28	58	−30	25	Relegation to Slovenian Second League

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Olimpija lost to Maribor in the final of 1998–99 Slovenian Football Cup competition; since Maribor have qualified for the Champions League, Olimpija were entered the qualifying round of UEFA Cup.

Home \ Away	BEL	CEL	DOM	GOR	KOP	KPR	MAR	MUR	OLI	PRI	RUD	TRI
Beltinci		4–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	4–1
Celje	0–1		0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	3–0	0–0	1–0
Domžale	3–0	2–2		1–1	4–0	1–3	2–2	0–1	0–3	3–1	0–1	0–0
Gorica	3–1	3–0	3–0		3–1	1–0	2–5	3–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	3–1
Koper	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–3		0–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–2
Korotan Prevalje	5–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–0		1–4	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0
Maribor	5–1	2–2	4–0	1–0	2–2	3–0		4–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–2
Mura	3–0	0–1	6–0	0–1	6–2	4–0	1–0		0–0	2–1	0–0	4–0
Olimpija	1–0	3–0	5–0	2–1	2–3	3–4	1–4	0–1		1–0	0–0	1–1
Primorje	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	3–0		2–0	5–1
Rudar Velenje	2–0	0–0	1–3	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	4–1		1–0
Triglav Kranj	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–1

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Home \ Away	BEL	CEL	DOM	GOR	KOP	KPR	MAR	MUR	OLI	PRI	RUD	TRI
Beltinci		0–1	3–3		2–2					0–2		5–1
Celje					1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1				2–2
Domžale		2–1		0–0					2–2	4–1	0–1
Gorica	3–0	0–1				3–0		4–1		1–1		0–0
Koper			0–4	0–0					3–3	0–1	0–2
Korotan Prevalje	2–0		0–0		1–2		1–0	1–2	0–3
Maribor	1–1		1–1	2–0	5–0				5–0		3–0
Mura	1–2		1–2		1–0		0–2		2–0		4–0
Olimpija	6–0	2–3		0–1						1–0	1–1	4–1
Primorje		2–1				1–4	1–0	0–1				1–1
Rudar Velenje	2–1	2–1		1–1		1–2				4–3		3–1
Triglav Kranj			0–1		0–3	1–2	1–3	2–1

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Novica Nikčević	Gorica	17
2	Kliton Bozgo	Maribor	15
2	Issah Moro	Beltinci	15
4	Živojin Vidojević	Rudar Velenje	12
4	Dalibor Filipović	Maribor	12
6	Dean Baranja	Mura	10
6	Ivica Vulič	Primorje	10
8	Janez Mrak	Domžale	9
	Saša Jakomin	Koper
	Goran Gutalj	Mura