1998–99 UEFA Champions League

The 1998–99 UEFA Champions League was the 44th season of the UEFA Champions League, Europe's premier club football tournament, and the seventh since it was renamed from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". The competition was won by Manchester United, coming back from a goal down in the last two minutes of injury time to defeat Bayern Munich 2–1 in the final. Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored United's goals after Bayern had hit the post and the bar. They were the first English club to win Europe's premier club football tournament since 1984 and were also the first English club to reach a Champions League final since the Heysel Stadium disaster and the subsequent banning of English clubs from all UEFA competitions between 1985 and 1990. It was the first time since 1968 that Manchester United won the Champions League, giving them their second title.

1998–99 UEFA Champions League
The final was played at Camp Nou in Barcelona
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
22 July – 26 August 1998
Competition proper:
16 September 1998 – 26 May 1999
TeamsCompetition proper: 24
Total: 56
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Manchester United (2nd title)
Runners-upGermany Bayern Munich
Tournament statistics
Matches played85
Goals scored238 (2.8 per match)
Attendance3,549,002 (41,753 per match)
Top scorer(s)Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv)
Dwight Yorke (Manchester United)
8 goals each

Manchester United also completed the Treble, becoming the fourth side in Europe to do so and in the process prevented Bayern Munich from achieving the feat themselves, Bayern eventually finished runners-up in their domestic cup two weeks later.

Manchester United won the trophy without losing a single match, despite having competed in a group with Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Brøndby, plus two highly rated Italian clubs in the knock-out stages. However, United became champions with just five wins in total, the lowest number of wins recorded by a champion in the Champions League era to date, though the competition now has an extra round of two matches in the knock-out stages.

It was the first time the Champions League was won by a team that had neither won their domestic league nor the Champions League the previous season and therefore would not have qualified for the tournament under the old qualification rules (title holder or national league champion). For the second time, the runners-up of eight domestic leagues entered the competition.

Real Madrid were the defending champions but were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Dynamo Kyiv.

Association team allocation

Number of teams per country as well as the starting round for each club and seeding were based on 1998 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1993–94 to 1997–98.[1][2]

  • Associations ranked 1–8 each have two participants
  • Associations ranked 9–48 each have one participant (except Liechtenstein)
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round
(32 teams)
  • 32 champions from associations 16–48 (except Liechtenstein)
Second qualifying round
(32 teams)
  • 8 champions from associations 8–15
  • 8 runners-up from associations 1–8
  • 16 winners from the first qualifying round
Group stage
(24 teams)
  • Champions League title holders (Real Madrid)
  • 7 champions from associations 1–7
  • 16 winners from the second qualifying round
Knockout phase
(8 teams)
  • 6 group winners from the group stage
  • 2 best-ranked group runners-up from the group stage

Teams
Group stage
Spain Real Madrid TH (4th) Germany Kaiserslautern (1st) France Lens (1st) England Arsenal (1st)
Italy Juventus (1st) Spain Barcelona (1st) Netherlands Ajax (1st) Portugal Porto (1st)
Second qualifying round
Italy Internazionale (2nd) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (2nd) Greece Panathinaikos (2nd) Russia Spartak Moscow (1st)
Germany Bayern Munich (2nd) England Manchester United (2nd) Czech Republic Sparta Prague (1st) Croatia Croatia Zagreb (1st)
Spain Athletic Bilbao (2nd) Portugal Benfica (2nd) Norway Rosenborg (1st) Turkey Galatasaray (1st)
France Metz (2nd) Greece Olympiacos (1st) Austria Sturm Graz (1st) Denmark Brøndby (1st)
First qualifying round
Switzerland Grasshopper (1st) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) Latvia Skonto (1st) Northern Ireland Cliftonville (1st)
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (1st) Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta (1st) Bulgaria Litex Lovech (1st) Malta Valletta (1st)
Poland ŁKS Łódź (1st) Scotland Celtic (1st) North Macedonia Sileks (1st) Wales Barry Town (1st)
Hungary Újpest (1st) Israel Beitar Jerusalem (1st) Lithuania Kareda Šiauliai (1st) Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic (1st)
Belgium Club Brugge (1st) Slovenia Maribor (1st) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Obilić (1st) Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn (1st)
Slovakia Košice (1st) Belarus Dinamo Minsk (1st) Moldova Zimbru Chișinău (1st) Albania Vllaznia (1st)
Romania Steaua București (1st) Iceland ÍBV (1st) Estonia Flora Tallinn (1st) Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch (1st)
Sweden Halmstad (1st) Finland HJK (1st) Armenia Yerevan (1st) Azerbaijan Kapaz (1st)

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held in Geneva, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[3]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 6 July 1998 22 July 1998 29 July 1998
Second qualifying round 12 August 1998 26 August 1998
Group stage Matchday 1 27 August 1998
(Monaco)		 16 September 1998
Matchday 2 30 September 1998
Matchday 3 21 October 1998
Matchday 4 4 November 1998
Matchday 5 25 November 1998
Matchday 6 9 December 1998
Knockout phase Quarter-finals 16 December 1998 3 March 1999 17 March 1999
Semi-finals 19 March 1999 7 April 1999 21 April 1999
Final 26 May 1999 at Camp Nou, Barcelona

Qualifying rounds
Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

First qualifying round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sileks North Macedonia 1–2 Belgium Club Brugge 0–0 1–2
ŁKS Łódź Poland 7–2 Azerbaijan Kapaz 4–1 3–1
Litex Lovech Bulgaria 3–2 Sweden Halmstad 2–0 1–2
Grasshopper Switzerland 8–0 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 6–0 2–0
Celtic Scotland 2–0 Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 0–0 2–0
Kareda Šiauliai Lithuania 0–4 Slovenia Maribor Branik 0–3 0–1
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 10–1 Wales Barry Town 8–0 2–1
Cliftonville Northern Ireland 1–13 Slovakia Košice 1–5 0–8
Skonto Latvia 2–1 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 0–0 2–1
Valletta Malta 0–8 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 0–2 0–6
Beitar Jerusalem Israel 5–1 Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 4–1 1–0
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 4–3 Albania Vllaznia 3–0 1 1–3
HJK Finland 5–0 Armenia Yerevan 2–0 3–0
Obilić Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4–1 Iceland ÍBV 2–0 2–1
Zimbru Chișinău Moldova 2–3 Hungary Újpest 1–0 1–3
Steaua București Romania 5–4 Estonia Flora 4–1 1–3

Second qualifying round

Losing teams qualified for the first round of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rosenborg Norway 4–4 (a) Belgium Club Brugge 2–0 2–4
Manchester United England 2–0 Poland ŁKS Łódź 2–0 0–0
Litex Lovech Bulgaria 2–11 Russia Spartak Moscow 0–51 2–6
Galatasaray Turkey 5–3 Switzerland Grasshopper 2–1 3–2
Celtic Scotland 1–3 Croatia Croatia Zagreb 1–0 0–3
Maribor Branik Slovenia 3–5 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2–1 1–4 (aet)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 1–1 (3–1 p) Czech Republic Sparta Prague 0–1 1–0 (aet)
Košice Slovakia 1–2 Denmark Brøndby 0–2 1–0
Internazionale Italy 7–1 Latvia Skonto 4–0 3–1
Olympiacos Greece 6–3 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 2–1 4–2
Benfica Portugal 8–4 Israel Beitar Jerusalem 6–0 2–4
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 2–2 (a) Spain Athletic Bilbao 2–1 0–1
HJK Finland 2–1 France Metz 1–0 1–1
Bayern Munich Germany 5–1 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Obilić 4–0 1–12
Sturm Graz Austria 7–2 Hungary Újpest 4–0 3–2
Steaua București Romania 5–8 Greece Panathinaikos 2–2 3–6

Note: Winning teams of the first qualifying round were drawn against teams qualified directly for the second qualifying round (16 and 16 teams).

  1. ^ This match was played at Naftex's Neftochimik Stadium in Burgas because Litex Lovech's Lovech Stadium in Lovech did not meet UEFA standards.
  2. ^ This match was played at FK Partizan's Partizan Stadium in Belgrade because FK Obilić's Miloš Obilić Stadium in Belgrade did not meet UEFA standards.

Group stage
Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage
Location of teams of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D; Green: Group E; Blue: Group F.

Twenty-four teams took part in the group stage: the national champions of Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Netherlands, England and Portugal, the title holders, and the 16 winning teams from the second qualifying round. Arsenal, Athletic Bilbao, Brøndby, Croatia Zagreb, HJK, Internazionale, Kaiserslautern, Lens and Sturm Graz made their debuts in the group stage of the competition. This was the first time that a team from Finland played in the group stage. Spain became the first association to have three teams in the Champions League group stage.


The teams were divided into six groups of four teams each, with the teams in each group playing each other twice (home and away) in a double round-robin format. Three points were awarded for each win, with one point each for a draw and none for a defeat. The winners of each group progressed to the quarter-finals, along with the two best second-placed teams. In the event that two or more teams had the same number of points at the end of the group stage, the rankings of the teams in question were determined by the following criteria:[4]

  1. greater number of points obtained in the matches between the teams in question
  2. goal difference resulting from the matches between the teams in question
  3. greater number of goals scored away from home in matches between the teams in question
  4. superior goal difference from all the matches played
  5. greater number of goals scored
  6. national association's coefficient at the start of the season in question

The two best runners-up were determined by the following criteria:[5]

  1. highest number of points obtained in the group matches
  2. goal difference from all group matches
  3. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  4. greater number of goals scored away from home
  5. national association's coefficient at the start of the season in question
  6. individual club coefficient at the start of the season in question

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OLY CZG POR AJA
1 Greece Olympiacos 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 2–1 1–0
2 Croatia Croatia Zagreb 6 2 2 2 5 7 −2 8 1–1 — 3–1 0–0
3 Portugal Porto 6 2 1 3 11 9 +2 7 2–2 3–0 — 3–0
4 Netherlands Ajax 6 2 1 3 4 6 −2 7 2–0 0–1 2–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV GAL ROS ATH
1 Italy Juventus 6 1 5 0 7 5 +2 8 Advance to knockout stage — 2–2 2–0 1–1
2 Turkey Galatasaray 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 1–1 — 3–0 2–1
3 Norway Rosenborg 6 2 2 2 7 8 −1 8 1–1 3–0 — 2–1
4 Spain Athletic Bilbao 6 1 3 2 5 6 −1 6 0–0 1–0 1–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification INT RMA SPM STM
1 Italy Internazionale 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13 Advance to knockout stage — 3–1 2–1 1–0
2 Spain Real Madrid 6 4 0 2 17 8 +9 12 2–0 — 2–1 6–1
3 Russia Spartak Moscow 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8 1–1 2–1 — 0–0
4 Austria Sturm Graz 6 0 1 5 2 16 −14 1 0–2 1–5 0–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY MUN BAR BRO
1 Germany Bayern Munich 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 Advance to knockout stage — 2–2 1–0 2–0
2 England Manchester United 6 2 4 0 20 11 +9 10 1–1 — 3–3 5–0
3 Spain Barcelona 6 2 2 2 11 9 +2 8 1–2 3–3 — 2–0
4 Denmark Brøndby 6 1 0 5 4 18 −14 3 2–1 2–6 0–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DKV LEN ARS PAN
1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4 11 Advance to knockout stage — 1–1 3–1 2–1
2 France Lens 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8 1–3 — 1–1 1–0
3 England Arsenal 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 1–1 0–1 — 2–1
4 Greece Panathinaikos 6 2 0 4 6 9 −3 6 2–1 1–0 1–3 —
Source: UEFA

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KAI BEN PSV HJK
1 Germany Kaiserslautern 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 13 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 3–1 5–2
2 Portugal Benfica 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 8 2–1 — 2–1 2–2
3 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 7 1–2 2–2 — 2–1
4 Finland HJK 6 1 2 3 8 12 −4 5 0–0 2–0 1–3 —
Source: UEFA

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C Spain Real Madrid 6 4 0 2 17 8 +9 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 D England Manchester United 6 2 4 0 20 11 +9 10
3 B Turkey Galatasaray 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8
4 F Portugal Benfica 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 8
5 E France Lens 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8
6 A Croatia Croatia Zagreb 6 2 2 2 5 7 −2 8
Source:

Knockout stage
Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

The knockout stage was played in a single-elimination tournament format consisting of three rounds: quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. Each tie in the quarter-finals and semi-finals was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home, while the final was played as a single match at a neutral venue. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, in the event that two teams scored the same number of goals over the two legs of their tie, the winner would be determined by the number of goals scored away from home. If both sides scored the same number of goals away from home, two 15-minute periods of extra time would be played. If both teams scored the same number of goals during extra time, the visiting team would qualify for the next round by having scored more goals away from home. If neither side scored during extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, if the scores were level after 90 minutes, two 15-minute periods of golden goal extra time would be played; i.e. whichever team scored first would be declared the winner. If neither side scored during golden goal extra time, a penalty shoot-out would again be used to determine the winner.[5]

Bracket
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
          
England Manchester United 2 1 3
Italy Internazionale 0 1 1
England Manchester United 1 3 4
Italy Juventus 1 2 3
Italy Juventus 2 1 3
Greece Olympiacos 1 1 2
England Manchester United 2
Germany Bayern Munich 1
Spain Real Madrid 1 0 1
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1 2 3
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 3 0 3
Germany Bayern Munich 3 1 4
Germany Bayern Munich 2 4 6
Germany Kaiserslautern 0 0 0

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, the two best runners-up cannot be drawn together, nor could the winners and runners-up from the same group. Both runners-up played the first leg of their quarter-final at home, as did the other two teams drawn first in the other two quarter-finals.[5]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid Spain 1–3 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 0–2
Manchester United England 3–1 Italy Internazionale 2–0 1–1
Juventus Italy 3–2 Greece Olympiacos 2–1 1–1
Bayern Munich Germany 6–0 Germany Kaiserslautern 2–0 4–0

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Manchester United England 4–3 Italy Juventus 1–1 3–2
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 3–4 Germany Bayern Munich 3–3 0–1

Final
Main article: 1999 UEFA Champions League Final
Manchester United England2–1Germany Bayern Munich
Sheringham 90+1'
Solskjær 90+3'		 Report Basler 6'
Attendance: 90,245

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying rounds) are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 8
Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke England Manchester United
3 Slovenia Zlatko Zahovič Portugal Porto 7
4 Italy Filippo Inzaghi Italy Juventus 6
5 Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 5
Portugal Nuno Gomes Portugal Benfica
7 Brazil Sonny Anderson Spain Barcelona 4
Germany Mario Basler Germany Bayern Munich
England Andy Cole England Manchester United
Germany Stefan Effenberg Germany Bayern Munich
Wales Ryan Giggs England Manchester United
Cyprus Siniša Gogić Greece Olympiacos
Ukraine Serhiy Rebrov Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Germany Jürgen Rische Germany Kaiserslautern
England Paul Scholes England Manchester United

See also

References
  1. "UEFA Country Ranking 1998". Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook Season 1998/99. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 1998. p. 19.
  3. "UEFA European Football Calendar 1998/1999". Bert Kassies.
  4. UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook Season 1998/99. Nyon, Switzerland: Union of European Football Associations. 1998. p. 13.
  5. UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook Season 1998/99. Nyon, Switzerland: Union of European Football Associations. 1998. p. 14.
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