UEFA Champions League 1998–99

The 1998–99 UEFA Champions League was the seventh season of the UEFA Champions League, Europe's premier club football tournament, 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 a memorable final. Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored the United's goals after Bayern had hit the post and the bar.

Manchester United also completed the Treble, and became the fourth side in Europe to do so, a feat they prevented Bayern Munich from achieving themselves by leaving Camp Nou victorious.

Also they won the trophy without losing a single game, even though they faced the so called group of Death with Bayern Munich and Barcelona, and two Italian teams in the knock-out stages.

It was the first time that a team that had not won their league the previous season won the Champions League and it was also the first time that Europe's top honour was won by a team who would not have qualified for the tournament under the old qualification rules (National League Champion or defending Cup Holder).

First qualifying round

¹ Match forfeited

econd qualifying round

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 Pisa Calcio's Arena Garibaldi in Pisa instead of Internazionale's San Siro in Milan.
³ This match was played at Tsirion Stadium in Limassol because Anorthosis Famagusta's temporary home ground in Larnaca did not meet UEFA standards.
⁴ 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

Group A

footballbox
date=1998-09-16
team1=Real Madrid flagicon|ESP
score=2 – 0
team2=flagicon|ITA Internazionale
goals1=Hierro goal|80|pen.
Seedorf goal|90
goals2=
stadium=Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
referee=Hugh Dallas (Scotland) ----footballbox
date=1998-09-16
team1=Sturm Graz flagicon|AUT
score=0 – 2
team2=flagicon|RUS Spartak Moscow
goals1=
goals2=Titov goal|60
Tsymbalar goal|63
stadium=Liebenau Stadium, Graz
referee=Atanas Ouzounov (Bulgaria) ----footballbox
date=1998-09-30
team1=Internazionale flagicon|ITA
score=1 – 0
team2=flagicon|AUT Sturm Graz
goals1=Djorkaeff goal|90
goals2=
stadium=San Siro, Milano
referee=Rune Pedersen (Norway) ----footballbox
date=1998-09-30
team1=Spartak Moscow flagicon|RUS
score=2 – 1
team2=flagicon|ESP Real Madrid
goals1=Tsymbalar goal|72
Titov goal|78
goals2=Raúl goal|63
stadium=Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
referee=Bernd Heynemann (Germany) ----footballbox
date=1998-10-21
team1=Real Madrid flagicon|ESP
score=6 – 1
team2=flagicon|AUT Sturm Graz
goals1=Sávio goal|13 goal|90
Raúl goal|22
Jarni goal|61 goal|79
Popovic goal|67|o.g.
goals2=Vastić goal|8
stadium=Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
referee=Graham Barber (England) ----footballbox
date=1998-10-21
team1=Internazionale flagicon|ITA
score=2 – 1
team2=flagicon|RUS Spartak Moscow
goals1=Ventola goal|32
Ronaldo goal|59
goals2=Tsymbalar goal|65
stadium=San Siro, Milano
referee=Marc Batta (France) ----footballbox
date=1998-11-04
team1=Spartak Moscow flagicon|RUS
score=1 – 1
team2=flagicon|ITA Internazionale
goals1=Tikhonov goal|68
goals2=Simeone goal|89
stadium=Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
referee=Urs Meier (Switzerland) ----footballbox
date=1998-11-05
team1=Sturm Graz flagicon|AUT
score=1 – 5
team2=flagicon|ESP Real Madrid
goals1=Haas goal|3
goals2=Panucci goal|8 goal|61
Mijatovic goal|35
Seedorf goal|57
Šuker goal|74
stadium=Liebenau Stadium, Graz
referee=Nilsson (Sweden) ----footballbox
date=1998-11-25
team1=Internazionale flagicon|ITA
score=3 – 1
team2=flagicon|ESP Real Madrid
goals1=Zamorano goal|51
Baggio goal|86 goal|90
goals2=Seedorf goal|57
stadium=San Siro, Milano
referee=Markus Merk (Germany) ----footballbox
date=1998-11-25
team1=Spartak Moscow flagicon|RUS
score=0 – 0
team2=flagicon|AUT Sturm Graz
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
referee=Michel Piraux (Belgium) ----footballbox
date=1998-12-09
team1=Real Madrid flagicon|ESP
score=2 – 1
team2=flagicon|RUS Spartak Moscow
goals1=Raúl goal|34
Sávio goal|66
goals2=Chlestow goal|89
stadium=Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
referee=László Vagner (Hungary) ----footballbox
date=1998-12-09
team1=Sturm Graz flagicon|AUT
score=0 – 2
team2=flagicon|ITA Internazionale
goals1=
goals2=Zanetti goal|64
Baggio goal|80
stadium=Liebenau Stadium, Graz
referee=Jacek Granat (Poland)

Group D

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date=1998-09-16
team1=PSV Eindhoven flagicon|NED
score=2 – 1
team2=flagicon|FIN HJK Helsinki
goals1=Ooijer goal|57
Bruggink goal|90+3
goals2=Kottila goal|32
stadium=Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
referee=Ľuboš Micheľ flagicon|SVK ----footballbox
date=1998-09-16
team1=Kaiserslautern flagicon|GER
score=1 – 0
team2=flagicon|POR Benfica
goals1=Wagner goal|41
goals2=
stadium=Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern
referee=Pierluigi Collina flagicon|ITA ----footballbox
date=1998-09-30
team1=Benfica flagicon|POR
score=2 – 1
team2=flagicon|NED PSV Eindhoven
goals1=Nuno Gomes goal|47
João Pinto goal|76
goals2=Rommedahl goal|72
stadium=Estádio da Luz, Lisboa
referee=Nikolai Levnikov flagicon|RUS ----footballbox
date=1998-09-30
team1=HJK Helsinki flagicon|FIN
score=0 – 0
team2=flagicon|GER Kaiserslautern
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
referee=Leslie Irvine flagicon|NIR ----footballbox
date=1998-10-21
team1=PSV Eindhoven flagicon|NED
score=1 – 2
team2=flagicon|GER Kaiserslautern
goals1=Khokhlov goal|78
goals2=Riedl goal|67
Rische goal|81
stadium=Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
referee=Alain Sars flagicon|FRA ----footballbox
date=1998-10-21
team1=HJK Helsinki flagicon|FIN
score=2 – 0
team2=flagicon|POR Benfica
goals1=Lehkosuo goal|20|pen
Kottila goal|70
goals2=
stadium=Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
referee=Václav Krondl flagicon|CZE ----footballbox
date=1998-11-04
team1=Kaiserslautern flagicon|GER
score=3 – 1
team2=flagicon|NED PSV Eindhoven
goals1=Rische goal|68
Riedl goal|77
Hristov goal|90
goals2=van Nistelrooy goal|18
stadium=Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern
referee=David Elleray flagicon|ENG ----footballbox
date=1998-11-04
team1=Benfica flagicon|POR
score=2 – 2
team2=flagicon|FIN HJK Helsinki
goals1=Nuno Gomes goal|78
Calado goal|81
goals2=Minto goal|5|o.g.
Luiz Antonio goal|84
stadium=Estádio da Luz, Lisboa
referee=Laszlo Vagner flagicon|HUN ----footballbox
date=1998-11-25
team1=HJK Helsinki flagicon|FIN
score=1 – 3
team2=flagicon|NED PSV Eindhoven
goals1=Lehkosuo goal|70 pen
goals2=van Nistelrooy goal|30 goal|67 goal|82|pen.
stadium=Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
referee=José García Aranda flagicon|ESP ----footballbox
date=1998-11-25
team1=Benfica flagicon|POR
score=2 – 1
team2=flagicon|GER Kaiserslautern
goals1=Nuno Gomes goal|30
João Pinto goal|70
goals2=Rische goal|90
stadium=Estádio da Luz, Lisboa
referee=Paul Durkin flagicon|ENG ----footballbox
date=1998-12-09
team1=PSV Eindhoven flagicon|NED
score=2 – 2
team2=flagicon|POR Benfica
goals1=Khokhlov goal|41
van Nistelrooy goal|89
goals2=Nuno Gomes goal|47|pen. goal|65
stadium=Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
referee=Nilsson flagicon|SWE ----footballbox
date=1998-12-09
team1=Kaiserslautern flagicon|GER
score=5 – 2
team2=flagicon|FIN HJK Helsinki
goals1=Rösler goal|43 goal|61 goal|80
Marschall goal|49
Rische goal|85
goals2=Ilola goal|29
Luiz Antonio goal|68
stadium=Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern
referee=Kim Milton Nielsen flagicon|DEN

Ranking of runners-up

Knockout stage

Bracket

8TeamBracket-Tennis3
RD1=Quarter-finals
RD2=Semi-finals
RD3=Final
group1=
group2=

score-width=30px
team-width=160px

RD1-seed1=flagicon|ENG
RD1-team1=Manchester United
RD1-score1-1=2
RD1-score1-2=1
RD1-score1-3=3
RD1-seed2=flagicon|ITA
RD1-team2=Internazionale
RD1-score2-1=0
RD1-score2-2=1
RD1-score2-3=1

RD1-seed3=flagicon|ITA
RD1-team3=Juventus
RD1-score3-1=2
RD1-score3-2=1
RD1-score3-3=3
RD1-seed4=flagicon|GRE
RD1-team4=Olympiacos
RD1-score4-1=1
RD1-score4-2=1
RD1-score4-3=2

RD1-seed5=flagicon|ESP
RD1-team5=Real Madrid
RD1-score5-1=1
RD1-score5-2=0
RD1-score5-3=1
RD1-seed6=flagicon|UKR
RD1-team6=Dynamo Kyiv
RD1-score6-1=1
RD1-score6-2=2
RD1-score6-3=3

RD1-seed7=flagicon|GER
RD1-team7=Bayern Munich
RD1-score7-1=2
RD1-score7-2=4
RD1-score7-3=6
RD1-seed8=flagicon|GER
RD1-team8=Kaiserslautern
RD1-score8-1=0
RD1-score8-2=0
RD1-score8-3=0

RD2-seed1=flagicon|ENG
RD2-team1=Manchester United
RD2-score1-1=1
RD2-score1-2=3
RD2-score1-3=4
RD2-seed2=flagicon|ITA
RD2-team2=Juventus
RD2-score2-1=1
RD2-score2-2=2
RD2-score2-3=3

RD2-seed3=flagicon|UKR
RD2-team3=Dynamo Kyiv
RD2-score3-1=3
RD2-score3-2=0
RD2-score3-3=3
RD2-seed4=flagicon|GER
RD2-team4=Bayern Munich
RD2-score4-1=3
RD2-score4-2=1
RD2-score4-3=4

RD3-seed1=flagicon|ENG
RD3-team1=Manchester United
RD3-score1-1=-
RD3-score1-2=-
RD3-score1-3=2
RD3-seed2=flagicon|GER
RD3-team2=Bayern Munich
RD3-score2-1=-
RD3-score2-2=-
RD3-score2-3=1

Quarter-finals

emi-finals

First leg

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date=1999-04-07
team1=flagicon|ENG Manchester United
score=1 – 1
report= [http://www.ucl.uefa.org/ucl.99/match/index.asp?MatchCode=09MUJU&Report=F (Report)]
team2=Juventus flagicon|ITA
goals1=Giggs goal|90+3
goals2=Conte goal|25
stadium=Old Trafford, Manchester
referee=Manuel Díaz Vega flagicon|ESP ----footballbox
date=1999-04-07
team1=flagicon|UKR Dynamo Kyiv
score=3 – 3
report= [http://www.ucl.uefa.org/ucl.99/match/index.asp?MatchCode=09DKBM&Report=F (Report)]
team2=Bayern Munich flagicon|GER
goals1=Shevchenko goal|16 goal|43
Kosovsky goal|50
goals2=Tarnat goal|45
Effenberg goal|78
Jancker goal|88
stadium=Olimpiysky, Kyiv
referee=Kim Milton Nielsen flagicon|DEN

econd leg

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date=1999-04-21
team1=flagicon|ITA Juventus
score=2 – 3
report= [http://www.ucl.uefa.org/ucl.99/match/index.asp?MatchCode=10JUMU&Report=F (Report)]
team2=Manchester United flagicon|ENG
goals1=Inzaghi goal|6 goal|11
goals2=Keane goal|24
Yorke goal|34
Cole goal|84
stadium=Stadio delle Alpi, Torino
referee=Urs Meier flagicon|SUI ----footballbox
date=1999-04-21
team1=flagicon|GER Bayern Munich
score=1 – 0
report= [http://www.ucl.uefa.org/ucl.99/match/index.asp?MatchCode=10BMDK&Report=F (Report)]
team2=Dynamo Kyiv flagicon|UKR
goals1=Basler goal|35
goals2=
stadium=Olympic Stadium, Munich
referee=Vítor Melo Pereira flagicon|POR

Final

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date=1999-05-26
time=20:45 CEST
team1=Manchester United flagicon|ENG
score=2 – 1
team2=flagicon|GER Bayern
goals1=Sheringham goal|90+1
Solskjær goal|90+3
goals2=Basler goal|6
stadium=Camp Nou, Barcelona
attendance=90,000
referee=Pierluigi Collina flagicon|ITA

ee also

*UEFA Cup 1998-99
*UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1998-99
*UEFA Intertoto Cup 1998

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=1998/intro.html 1998-99 season at UEFA website]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec199899.html#cc European Cup results at RSSSF]