- 1998–99 Chelsea F.C. season
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Chelsea 1998-99 season Chairman 
Ken BatesManager 
Gianluca VialliFA Premier League 3rd FA Cup Quarter-finals Worthington Cup Quarter-finals UEFA Super Cup Winners Cup Winners' Cup Semi-finals Top goalscorer League: Zola (13)
All: Zola (15)Highest home attendance 35,016 (vs. Derby County, 16 May 1999) Lowest home attendance 17,714 (vs. Helsingborgs IF, 17 September 1998) ← 1997–98 1999–00 → The 1998-99 season was Chelsea F.C.'s 94th competitive season, seventh consecutive season in the Premier League and 93rd year as a club.
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Season summary
After a solid fourth place finish coupled with European and League Cup success the previous season, Chelsea really felt that they could challenge for the title this season. Chelsea made more big name signings, including French World Cup winning defender Marcel Desailly from A.C. Milan, Spanish international full-back Albert Ferrer from Barcelona and, in a club-record £5.4 million move, Italian international stiker Pierluigi Casiraghi from Lazio. Casiraghi's season and career was cut short by a knee injury, but his compatriot Gianfranco Zola had arguably the best season of his career, leading Chelsea to a serious title challenge, scoring 15 goals in all competitions and setting up many other goals for his team-mates.
Ultimately, the European Super Cup, won by beating Europeans champions Real Madrid, was the only trophy that Chelsea had to show for their excellence. Their defence of the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup ended in the semi-finals, while their title challenge was ended in early May when they just couldn't get the better of Manchester United or Arsenal. Nonetheless, a final third place finish booked them their first ever UEFA Champions League campaign and was another triumph for their excellent young manager Gianluca Vialli, who, at 35, announced his retirement as a player to concentrate on his managerial duties.
Statistics
No. Nat Pos Player Total FA Premier League Cup Winners Cup FA Cup Football League Cup Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 
GK Ed de Goey 48 0 35 0 7 0 6 0 0 0 2 
DF Dan Petrescu 45 3 23+9 3 6 0 4 0 3 0 3 
DF Celestine Babayaro 43 4 26+2 3 7 1 5 0 3 0 4 DF Michael Duberry 32 0 18+7 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 5 
DF Frank Leboeuf 45 7 33 4 6 1 4 1 2 1 6 DF Marcel Desailly 44 1 30+1 0 7 1 6 0 0 0 7 
MF Brian Laudrup 10 1 5+2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 8 
MF Gustavo Poyet 37 13 21+7 11 6 0 0 0 3 2 9 FW Gianluca Vialli 20 10 9 1 5 1 3 2 3 6 10 FW Pierluigi Casiraghi 14 1 10 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 MF Dennis Wise 36 2 21+1 0 7 1 5 1 2 0 12 MF Bjarne Goldbæk 31 5 13+10 5 0 0 6 0 2 0 13 GK Kevin Hitchcock 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 DF Graeme Le Saux 45 0 30+1 0 8 0 6 0 0 0 15 DF Andy Myers 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 16 MF Roberto Di Matteo 45 3 26+4 2 7 0 6 1 2 0 17 
DF Albert Ferrer 40 0 30 0 7 0 2 0 1 0 19 
FW Tore Andre Flo 44 13 18+12 10 8 2 3 0 3 1 20 MF Jody Morris 27 1 14+4 1 2 0 5 0 2 0 21 DF Bernard Lambourde 25 1 12+5 0 3 1 2 0 3 0 22 FW Mark Nicholls 16 0 0+9 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 23 
GK Dmitri Kharine 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 24 MF Eddie Newton 9 0 1+6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 25 FW Gianfranco Zola 48 15 35+2 13 5 1 6 1 0 0 26 DF John Terry 7 0 0+2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 29 DF Neil Clement 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 32 
FW Mikael Forssell 13 3 4+6 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 33 DF Luca Percassi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 34 DF Jon Harley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Statistics taken from [1]. Squad details and shirt numbers from [2] and [3].
Starting 11
- Only considering Premiership starts.
No. Pos. Name Starts 1 GK Ed de Goey35 17 RB Albert Ferrer30 6 CB Marcel Desailly31 5 CB Frank Leboeuf33 14 LB Graeme Le Saux31 2 RM Dan Petrescu32 11 CM Dennis Wise (Captain)22 16 CM Roberto Di Matteo30 8 LM Gustavo Poyet28 25 CF Gianfranco Zola37 19 CF Tore Andre Flo30 Results
Premier League
1 Coventry 2–1 Chelsea Huckerby 
10'
Dublin 16'Poyet 37'2 Chelsea 1–1 Newcastle Babayaro 23'A. Andersson 43'3 Chelsea 0–0 Arsenal 4 Chelsea 2–1 Nottingham Zola 1'
Poyet 35'Darcheville 69'5 Blackburn 3–4 Chelsea Sutton 34', 79' (pen.)
Pérez 57'Zola 15'
Leboeuf 51' (pen.)
Flo 82, 86'6 Chelsea 2–0 Middlesbrough Pallister 46' (o.g.)
Zola 81'7 Liverpool 1–1 Chelsea Redknapp 83'Casiraghi 10'8 Chelsea 2–1 Charlton Leboeuf 18' (pen.)
Poyet 88'Youds 58'9 Leeds 0–0 Chelsea 10 West Ham 1–1 Chelsea Ruddock 4'Babayaro 76'11 Chelsea 3–0 Wimbledon Zola 32'
Poyet 55'
Petrescu 70'12 Leicester 2–4 Chelsea Izzet 40'
Guppy 60'Zola 28, 90'
Poyet 39'
Flo 56'13 Chelsea 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Zola 27'Booth 67'14 Everton 0–0 Chelsea 15 Chelsea 2–1 Aston Villa Zola 30'
Flo 90'Hendrie 32'16 Derby 2–2 Chelsea Carbonari 26'
Sturridge 90'Flo 55'
Poyet 59'17 Manchester United 1–1 Chelsea A. Cole 45'Zola 83'18 Chelsea 2–0 Tottenham Poyet 80'
Flo 90'19 Southampton 0–2 Chelsea Flo 20'
Poyet 48'20 Chelsea 0–0 Manchester United 21 Newcastle 0–1 Chelsea Petrescu 39'22 Chelsea 2–1 Coventry Leboeuf 45'
Di Matteo 90'Huckerby 9'23 Arsenal 1–0 Chelsea Bergkamp 32'24 Chelsea 1–0 Southampton Zola 11'25 Chelsea 1–1 Blackburn Morris 44'Ward 84'26 Nottingham 1–3 Chelsea van Hooijdonk 39'Forssell 6'
Goldbæk 25, 83'27 Chelsea 2–1 Liverpool Leboeuf 7' (pen.)
Goldbæk 38'Owen 77'28 Chelsea 0–1 West Ham Kitson 75'29 Aston Villa 0–3 Chelsea Flo 59, 89'
Goldbæk 86'30 Charlton 0–1 Chelsea Di Matteo 11'31 Wimbledon 1–2 Chelsea Gayle 90'Flo 24'
Poyet 53'32 Middlesbrough 0–0 Chelsea 33 Chelsea 2–2 Leicester Zola 30'
Elliott 69' (o.g.)Duberry 82' (o.g.)
Guppy 88'34 Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 Chelsea 35 Chelsea 3–1 Everton Zola 25, 81'
Petrescu 60'Jeffers 69'36 Chelsea 1–0 Leeds Poyet 68'37 Tottenham 2–2 Chelsea Iversen 38'
Ginola 64'Poyet 4'
Goldbæk 73'38 Chelsea 2–1 Derby Babayaro 40'
Vialli 68'Carbonari 88'UEFA Super Cup
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 28 August 1998 Real Madrid N 1-0 10,000 Poyet UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 17 September 1998 R1 Helsingborg H 1-0 17,714 Leboeuf 1 October 1998 R1 Helsingborg A 0-0 12,348 22 October 1998 R2 Copenhagen H 1-1 21,207 Desailly 5 November 1998 R2 Copenhagen A 1-0 24,188 Laudrup 4 March 1999 QF Vålerenga H 3-0 34,177 Babayaro, Zola, Wise 18 March 1999 QF Vålerenga A 3-2 17,936 Vialli, Lambourde, Flo 8 April 1999 SF Mallorca H 1-1 35524 Flo 22 April 1999 SF Mallorca A 0-1 18,848 League Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 28 October 1998 R3 Aston Villa H 4-1 26,790 Vialli (3), Flo 11 November 1998 R4 Arsenal A 5-0 37,562 Leboeuf, Vialli (2), Poyet (2) 1 December 1998 QF Wimbledon A 1-2 19,286 Vialli FA Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 2 January 1999 R3 Oldham Athletic A 2-0 12,770 Vialli (2) 25 January 1999 R4 Oxford United A 1-1 9,059 Leboeuf (pen.) 3 February 1999 R4 (R) Oxford United H 4-2 32,106 Wise, Zola, Forssell (2) 13 February 1999 R5 Sheffield Wednesday A 1-0 29,410 Di Matteo 7 March 1999 R6 Manchester United A 0-0 54,587 10 March 1999 R6 (R) Manchester United H 0-2 33,075 References
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