1998–99 UEFA Champions League

1998–99 UEFA Champions League

The final was played at Camp Nou in Barcelona
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 22 July – 26 August 1998 Competition proper: 16 September 1998 – 26 May 1999
Teams	Competition proper: 24 Total: 56
Final positions
Champions	Manchester United (2nd title)
Runners-up	Bayern Munich
Tournament statistics
Matches played	85
Goals scored	238 (2.8 per match)
Attendance	3,549,002 (41,753 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv) Dwight Yorke (Manchester United) 8 goals each
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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.

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.

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)

Group stage
Real Madrid TH (4th)	1. FC Kaiserslautern (1st)	Lens (1st)	Arsenal (1st)
Juventus (1st)	Barcelona (1st)	Ajax (1st)	Porto (1st)
Second qualifying round
Internazionale (2nd)	PSV Eindhoven (2nd)	Panathinaikos (2nd)	Spartak Moscow (1st)
Bayern Munich (2nd)	Manchester United (2nd)	Sparta Prague (1st)	Croatia Zagreb (1st)
Athletic Bilbao (2nd)	Benfica (2nd)	Rosenborg (1st)	Galatasaray (1st)
Metz (2nd)	Olympiacos (1st)	Sturm Graz (1st)	Brøndby (1st)
First qualifying round
Grasshopper (1st)	Dinamo Tbilisi (1st)	Skonto (1st)	Cliftonville (1st)
Dynamo Kyiv (1st)	Anorthosis Famagusta (1st)	Litex Lovech (1st)	Valletta (1st)
ŁKS Łódź (1st)	Celtic (1st)	Sileks (1st)	Barry Town (1st)
Újpest (1st)	Beitar Jerusalem (1st)	Kareda Šiauliai (1st)	St Patrick's Athletic (1st)
Club Brugge (1st)	Maribor (1st)	Obilić (1st)	B36 Tórshavn (1st)
Košice (1st)	Dinamo Minsk (1st)	Zimbru Chișinău (1st)	Vllaznia (1st)
Steaua București (1st)	ÍBV (1st)	Flora Tallinn (1st)	Jeunesse Esch (1st)
Halmstad (1st)	HJK (1st)	Yerevan (1st)	Kapaz (1st)

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sileks	1–2	Club Brugge	0–0	1–2
ŁKS Łódź	7–2	Kapaz	4–1	3–1
Litex Lovech	3–2	Halmstad	2–0	1–2
Grasshopper	8–0	Jeunesse Esch	6–0	2–0
Celtic	2–0	St Patrick's Athletic	0–0	2–0
Kareda Šiauliai	0–4	Maribor	0–3	0–1
Dynamo Kyiv	10–1	Barry Town	8–0	2–1
Cliftonville	1–13	Košice	1–5	0–8
Skonto	2–1	Dinamo Minsk	0–0	2–1
Valletta	0–8	Anorthosis Famagusta	0–2	0–6
Beitar Jerusalem	5–1	B36 Tórshavn	4–1	1–0
Dinamo Tbilisi	4–3	Vllaznia	3–0 1	1–3
HJK	5–0	Yerevan	2–0	3–0
Obilić	4–1	ÍBV	2–0	2–1
Zimbru Chișinău	2–3	Újpest	1–0	1–3
Steaua București	5–4	Flora	4–1	1–3

1. ^ Match forfeited

The losing teams qualified for the first round of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup. The winning teams of the first qualifying round were drawn against teams qualified directly for the second qualifying round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rosenborg	4–4 (a)	Club Brugge	2–0	2–4
Manchester United	2–0	ŁKS Łódź	2–0	0–0
Litex Lovech	2–11	Spartak Moscow	0–51	2–6
Galatasaray	5–3	Grasshopper	2–1	3–2
Celtic	1–3	Croatia Zagreb	1–0	0–3
Maribor	3–5	PSV Eindhoven	2–1	1–4 (aet)
Dynamo Kyiv	1–1 (3–1 p)	Sparta Prague	0–1	1–0 (aet)
Košice	1–2	Brøndby	0–2	1–0
Internazionale	7–1	Skonto	4–02	3–1
Olympiacos	6–3	Anorthosis Famagusta	2–1	4–2
Benfica	8–4	Beitar Jerusalem	6–0	2–4
Dinamo Tbilisi	2–2 (a)	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	0–1
HJK	2–1	Metz	1–0	1–1
Bayern Munich	5–1	Obilić	4–0	1–13
Sturm Graz	7–2	Újpest	4–0	3–2
Steaua București	5–8	Panathinaikos	2–2	3–6

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. ^ Played at Arena Garibaldi in Pisa because Internazionale were temporarily banned from playing at their San Siro stadium in Milan.^{[citation needed]}
3. ^ 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.

Sturm Graz

Croatia Zagreb

Brøndby

Man. United

Arsenal

Real Madrid

Athletic Bilbao

Barcelona

HJK

Lens

Kaiserslautern

Bayern Munich

Olympiacos

Panathinaikos

Juventus

Internazionale

PSV

Ajax

Rosenborg

Benfica

Porto

Spartak Moscow

Galatasaray

Dynamo Kyiv

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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, 1. FC 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.

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OLY	CZG	POR	AJX
1	Olympiacos	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–0	2–1	1–0
2	Croatia Zagreb	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8			1–1	—	3–1	0–0
3	Porto	6	2	1	3	11	9	+2	7			2–2	3–0	—	3–0
4	Ajax	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7			2–0	0–1	2–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JUV	GAL	ROS	ATH
1	Juventus	6	1	5	0	7	5	+2	8	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–2	2–0	1–1
2	Galatasaray	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8			1–1	—	3–0	2–1
3	Rosenborg	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8			1–1	3–0	—	2–1
4	Athletic Bilbao	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6			0–0	1–0	1–1	—

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

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DKV	LEN	ARS	PAN
1	Dynamo Kyiv	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–1	3–1	2–1
2	Lens	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8			1–3	—	1–1	1–0
3	Arsenal	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8			1–1	0–1	—	2–1
4	Panathinaikos	6	2	0	4	6	9	−3	6			2–1	1–0	1–3	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KAI	BEN	PSV	HJK
1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	3–1	5–2
2	Benfica	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8			2–1	—	2–1	2–2
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7			1–2	2–2	—	2–1
4	HJK	6	1	2	3	8	12	−4	5			0–0	2–0	1–3	—

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

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]

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]

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Manchester United	2	1	3
	Internazionale	0	1	1
							Manchester United	1	3	4
							Juventus	1	2	3
	Juventus	2	1	3
	Olympiacos	1	1	2
													Manchester United	2
													Bayern Munich	1
	Real Madrid	1	0	1
	Dynamo Kyiv	1	2	3
							Dynamo Kyiv	3	0	3
							Bayern Munich	3	1	4
	Bayern Munich	2	4	6
	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0	0	0

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manchester United	4–3	Juventus	1–1	3–2
Dynamo Kyiv	3–4	Bayern Munich	3–3	0–1

The final was played on 26 May 1999 at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain.

26 May 1999 (1999-05-26)

20:45 CEST

Manchester United	2–1	Bayern Munich
Sheringham 90+1' Solskjær 90+3'	Report	Basler 6'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 90,245^[7]

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

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

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Andriy Shevchenko	Dynamo Kyiv	8
	Dwight Yorke	Manchester United
3	Zlatko Zahovič	Porto	7
4	Filippo Inzaghi	Juventus	6
5	Ruud van Nistelrooy	PSV Eindhoven	5
	Nuno Gomes	Benfica
7	Sonny Anderson	Barcelona	4
	Mario Basler	Bayern Munich
	Andy Cole	Manchester United
	Stefan Effenberg	Bayern Munich
	Ryan Giggs	Manchester United
	Siniša Gogić	Olympiacos
	Serhiy Rebrov	Dynamo Kyiv
	Jürgen Rische	1. FC Kaiserslautern
	Paul Scholes	Manchester United

• 1998–99 UEFA Cup
• 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
• 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup

• 1998–99 All matches – season at UEFA website
• 1998–99 season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at RSSSF
• All scorers 1998–98 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round
• 1998/99 UEFA Champions League – results and line-ups (archive)