1998–99 Aston Villa F.C. season

During the 1998–99 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons). The season was Villa's eighth in the Premier League, and their eleventh consecutive season in the top division of English football.

This would be manager John Gregory's first full season. The early-season sale of Dwight Yorke to Manchester United seemed to rule out Villa's chances of challenging for a place in Europe, but new signings Dion Dublin and Paul Merson soon revitalised the attack and the team spent much of the first half of the season at the top of the Premiership.

Eventually, the challenge from Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea proved to be too strong, and Villa's season capitulated. The team finally finished sixth below West Ham United, thus missed out on a European place.

Expenditure
£30,425,000

Income
£21,300,000

Balance
£9,125,000

First Team

 * squad number was re-used following a players departure. Note: Stats and ages are correct as of July 1, 1998.

Final league table

 * Results summary


 * Results by matchday

Results
Aston Villa's results

First-team squad

 * Squad at end of season

Reserve squad

 * The following players did not appear for the first-team this season.

Youth team

 * The following players spent most of the season playing for the U-17 and U-19 teams, but may have also appeared for the reserves.

Other players

 * The following players did not play for any Villa team this season.

Appearances and goals
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season

Starting 11

 * Considering starts in all competitions