1998–99 PSV Eindhoven season

During the 1998–99 Dutch football season, PSV Eindhoven competed in the Eredivisie.

PSV Eindhoven
1998–99 season
ManagerBobby Robson
StadiumPhilips Stadion
Eredivisie3rd
KNVB CupSemi-final
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Johan Cruyff ShieldWinners
Top goalscorerRuud van Nistelrooy (31)

Season summary

PSV dropped one place in the final league table to third, only qualifying for the Champions League on the final day of the season. Manager Bobby Robson's contract expired at the end of the season, and former PSV right-back Eric Gerets was signed from Belgian champions Club Brugge as his replacement.

Players

First-team squad
Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Netherlands NED Patrick Lodewijks
2 DF Netherlands NED André Ooijer
3 DF Russia RUS Yuriy Nikiforov[notes 1]
4 DF Netherlands NED Stan Valckx
5 DF Belgium BEL Davy Oyen
6 MF Netherlands NED Robert Fuchs
7 DF Portugal POR Abel Xavier[notes 2]
8 FW Netherlands NED Ruud van Nistelrooy
9 FW Belgium BEL Gilles De Bilde
10 FW Belgium BEL Luc Nilis (captain)
11 MF Finland FIN Joonas Kolkka
12 MF Netherlands NED Arnold Bruggink
13 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Gakhokidze
14 DF Netherlands NED Ernest Faber
15 DF Netherlands NED Jürgen Dirkx
16 DF Netherlands NED Chris van der Weerden
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Brazil BRA Marcos
18 MF Slovakia SVK Igor Demo
19 MF Poland POL Tomasz Iwan
20 MF Russia RUS Dmitri Khokhlov
21 DF Netherlands NED Theo Lucius
22 FW Brazil BRA Claudio
23 GK Netherlands NED Ronald Waterreus
24 MF Romania ROU Ovidiu Stîngă
25 MF Netherlands NED Marciano Vink[notes 3]
28 DF Brazil BRA Jorginho Paulista
29 MF Denmark DEN Dennis Rommedahl
30 DF Lithuania LTU Andrius Skerla
31 GK Netherlands NED Wilbert Need
32 MF Netherlands NED Björn van der Doelen
33 DF Netherlands NED Rob Wielaert

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Netherlands NED Wilfred Bouma (on loan to Fortuna Sittard)
No. Pos. Nation Player

Jong PSV

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Denmark DEN Kasper Bøgelund
— MF Netherlands NED Johan Pater
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Netherlands NED Björn Becker

Transfers

In

Out

References
  1. "L' Udinese sempre piu' brasiliana: arrivano Jorginho e Warley". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 26 January 1999. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

Notes
  1. Nikiforov was born in Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, and made his international debut for Ukraine in 1992, but also qualified to represent Russia internationally and made his international debut for Russia in 1993.
  2. Xavier was born in Nampula, Mozambique, but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally and represented Portugal at U-16, U-17, U-18, U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Portugal in March 1993.
  3. Vink was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and made his international debut for the Netherlands in 1991.
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