1998 UEFA Champions League final

The 1998 UEFA Champions League final was a football match that took place at the Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam, on 20 May 1998 to determine the winner of the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League. It pitted Real Madrid of Spain and Juventus of Italy. Juventus appeared in their third consecutive final, while Real Madrid were in their first of the Champions League era. Real Madrid won 1–0, to clinch their record breaking seventh European title, their first title for 32 years. The only goal was scored by Predrag Mijatović. The two teams would face each other in the final again in 2017.

1998 UEFA Champions League final
Match programme cover
Event1997–98 UEFA Champions League
Date20 May 1998
VenueAmsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
RefereeHellmut Krug (Germany)
Attendance48,500[1]

Venue

The Amsterdam Arena, host of the final.

The Amsterdam Arena has served as the home stadium of Ajax since 1996. The previous home for Ajax's European matches, the Olympisch Stadion, also hosted European finals.

One-legged finals include the 1962 European Cup final, in which Benfica defeated Real Madrid 5–3, and the 1977 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, in which Anderlecht were beaten 2–0 by Hamburg. It also hosted the second legs of the 1981 UEFA Cup Final between AZ '67 and Ipswich Town, and of the 1992 UEFA Cup Final between Ajax and Torino.[2]

Route to the final

Italy Juventus Round Spain Real Madrid
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Netherlands Feyenoord 5–1 (H) Matchday 1 Norway Rosenborg 5–1 (H)
England Manchester United 2–3 (A) Matchday 2 Portugal Porto 2–0 (A)
Slovakia Košice 1–0 (A) Matchday 3 Greece Olympiacos 5–1 (H)
Slovakia Košice 3–2 (H) Matchday 4 Greece Olympiacos 0–0 (A)
Netherlands Feyenoord 0–2 (A) Matchday 5 Norway Rosenborg 0–2 (A)
England Manchester United 1–0 (H) Matchday 6 Portugal Porto 4–0 (H)
Group B runners-up

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 England Manchester United 6 15
2 Italy Juventus 6 12
3 Netherlands Feyenoord 6 9
4 Slovakia Košice 6 0
Source: UEFA
Final standings Group D winner

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 13
2 Norway Rosenborg 6 11
3 Greece Olympiacos 6 5
4 Portugal Porto 6 4
Source: UEFA
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 5–2 1–1 (H) 4–1 (A) Quarter-finals Germany Bayer Leverkusen 4–1 1–1 (A) 3–0 (H)
France Monaco 6–4 4–1 (H) 2–3 (A) Semi-finals Germany Borussia Dortmund 2–0 2–0 (H) 0–0 (A)

Match

Details

Juventus Italy0–1Spain Real Madrid
Report Mijatović 66'
Attendance: 48,500[1]
Juventus
Real Madrid
GK1Italy Angelo Peruzzi (c)
CB3Italy Moreno Torricelli
CB13Italy Mark Iuliano
CB4Uruguay Paolo MonteroYellow card 79'
RM7Italy Angelo Di Liviodownward-facing red arrow 46'
CM14France Didier Deschampsdownward-facing red arrow 77'
CM26Netherlands Edgar DavidsYellow card 34'
LM22Italy Gianluca Pessottodownward-facing red arrow 70'
AM21France Zinedine Zidane
CF9Italy Filippo Inzaghi
CF10Italy Alessandro Del Piero
Substitutes:
GK12Italy Michelangelo Rampulla
DF6Portugal Dimas
DF15Italy Alessandro Birindelli
MF8Italy Antonio Conteupward-facing green arrow 77'
MF20Italy Alessio Tacchinardiupward-facing green arrow 46'
FW16Italy Nicola Amoruso
FW18Uruguay Daniel Fonsecaupward-facing green arrow 70'
Manager:
Italy Marcello Lippi
GK25Germany Bodo Illgner
RB17Italy Christian Panucci
CB5Spain Manolo Sanchís (c)
CB4Spain Fernando HierroYellow card 23'
LB3Brazil Roberto CarlosYellow card 37'
DM6Argentina Fernando Redondo
RM27France Christian KarembeuYellow card 56'
LM10Netherlands Clarence SeedorfYellow card 90+4'
AM7Spain Raúldownward-facing red arrow 90'
CF15Spain Fernando Morientesdownward-facing red arrow 81'
CF8Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Predrag Mijatovićdownward-facing red arrow 89'
Substitutes:
GK1Spain Santiago Cañizares
DF19Spain Fernando Sanz
MF11Spain José Amaviscaupward-facing green arrow 90'
MF16Spain Jaimeupward-facing green arrow 81'
MF18Spain Víctor Sánchez
MF20Brazil Sávio
FW9Croatia Davor Šukerupward-facing green arrow 89'
Manager:
Germany Jupp Heynckes

Assistant referees:
Thorsten Bastian (Germany)
Christian Schräer (Germany)
Fourth official:
Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)

Match rules

Statistics

Source: UEFA Champions League Final 1998 Full-Time Report Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (deadl link)

See also

References

  1. "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. "Amsterdam's historic finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
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