1998/99 UEFA Cup

1998/99 UEFA Cup
Cup winners	AC Parma (2nd title)
Beginning	July 21, 1998
final	May 12, 1999
Final stadium	Luzhniki Stadium , Moscow
Top scorer	Darko Kovačević ( Real Sociedad San Sebastián ) Enrico Chiesa ( AC Parma ) (8 goals each)
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The UEFA Cup 1998/99 was the 28th edition of the competition and was the AC Parma won after the Italians the French club Olympique Marseille in the final at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow with 3: could defeat 0th It was the club's second UEFA Cup victory since 1995 .

German participants were FC Schalke 04 (eliminated in the first round), Bayer 04 Leverkusen , VfB Stuttgart and Werder Bremen (all second round). SK Rapid Wien (1st round) and the Grazer AK (2nd round) started for Austria , Switzerland was represented by Servette Geneva (1st round) as well as Grasshopper Club Zurich and FC Zurich (both 3rd round) .

mode

All clubs that had occupied one of the UEFA Cup places regulated by the UEFA five-year ranking at the end of last season were eligible to participate ; the remaining participants were played in two qualifying rounds. The competition was played in six rounds in two legs. In the case of a tie, the number of goals scored away was decided first , then an overtime, if no decision was reached after two 15 minutes, a penalty shoot-out followed until the winner was determined. As in the previous year, three clubs were able to qualify for the first round via the UEFA Intertoto Cup .

1st qualifying round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Germinal Ekeren	4: 1	FK Sarajevo	4: 1	0-0
US Luxembourg	0: 7	IFK Gothenburg	0: 3	0: 4
Oțelul Galați	4: 1	FK Sloga Jugomagnat Skopje	3-0	1: 1
FC Argeş Piteşti	7: 1	Dinamo Baku	5: 1	2-0
Belshyna Babruysk	1: 3	CSKA Sofia	0-0	1: 3
Shakhtar Donetsk	6: 1	FC Birkirkara	2: 1	4-0
FC Kolcheti 1913 Poti	00:11	Red Star Belgrade	0: 4	0: 7
AŠK Inter Bratislava	4-0	SK Tirana	2-0	2-0
Tallinna Sadam	1: 5	Polonia Warsaw	0: 2	1: 3
FK Željezničar Sarajevo	1: 2	FC Kilmarnock	1: 1	0: 1
ÍA Akranes	(a)3: 3 ( a )	Žalgiris Vilnius	3: 2	0: 1
Hapoel Tel Aviv	6: 2	Finnairin Palloilijat Helsinki	3: 1	3: 1
FC Shirak Gyumri	0: 7	Malmö FF	0: 2	0: 5
Ferencváros Budapest	14: 10	CE Principat	6-0	8: 1
Tiligul Tiraspol	0: 6	RSC Anderlecht	0: 1	0: 5
Newtown AFC	0: 7	Wisła Krakow	0-0	0: 7
Shelbourne FC	3: 7	Glasgow Rangers	3: 5	0: 2
Omonia Nicosia	8: 6	Linfield FC	5: 1	3: 5
HB Tórshavn	2: 4	Vaasan PS	2-0	0: 4
NŠ Mura	8: 2	LU / Daugava Rīga	6: 1	2: 1

2nd qualifying round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Red Star Belgrade	4: 2	Rotor Volgograd	2: 1	2: 1
Ferencváros Budapest	4: 6	AEK Athens	4: 2	0: 4
Germinal Ekeren	3: 5	Servette Geneva	1: 4	2: 1
Molde FK	0: 2	CSKA Sofia	0-0	0: 2
IFK Gothenburg	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	2: 1	0: 1
NŠ Mura	0: 2	Silkeborg IF	0-0	0: 2
Glasgow Rangers	2-0	PAOK Thessaloniki	2-0	0-0
Slavia Prague	4: 2	AŠK Inter Bratislava	4-0	0: 2
Brann Bergen	1-0	Žalgiris Vilnius	1-0	0-0
Wisła Krakow	7: 2	Trabzonspor	5: 1	2: 1
Vejle BK	6-0	Oțelul Galați	3-0	3-0
Hapoel Tel Aviv	1: 1 (2: 4 i.E.)	Strømsgodset IF	1-0	0: 1 a.d.
NK Osijek	(a)3: 3 ( a )	RSC Anderlecht	3: 1	0: 2
Omonia Nicosia	(a)3: 3 ( a )	SK Rapid Vienna	3: 1	0: 2
Vaasan PS	0: 3	Graz AK	0-0	0: 3
Polonia Warsaw	0: 2	FK Dynamo Moscow	0: 1	0: 1
Hajduk Split	3: 2	Malmö FF	1: 1	2: 1
SK Sigma Olomouc	4-0	FC Kilmarnock	2-0	2-0
FC Argeş Piteşti	( a ) 4: 4(a)	İstanbulspor	2-0	2: 4
FC Zurich	6: 3	Shakhtar Donetsk	4-0	2: 3

1 round

The FC Valencia , Werder Bremen and FC Bologna qualified via the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1998 for the first round.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sparta Prague	2: 5	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	2: 4	0: 1
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	2: 3	AC Parma	1-0	1: 3
Blackburn Rovers	2: 3	Olympique Lyon	0: 1	2: 2
FK Dynamo Moscow	5: 4	Riga discount	2: 2	3: 2
Vitória Guimarães	2: 4	Celtic Glasgow	1: 2	1: 2
VfB Stuttgart	4: 3	Feyenoord Rotterdam	1: 3	3-0
FC Argeş Piteşti	0: 8	Celta Vigo	0: 1	0: 7
Silkeborg IF	0: 3	AS Roma	0: 2	0: 1
ŁKS Łódź	1: 3	AS Monaco	1: 3	0-0
Litex Lovech	1: 3	Graz AK	1: 1	0: 2
AC Florence	2: 1	Hajduk Split	2: 1	0-0
1. FC Košice	0: 8	Liverpool FC	0: 3	0: 5
Sporting Lisbon	1: 4	Bologna FC	0: 2	1: 2
NK Maribor	0: 5	Wisła Krakow	0: 2	0: 3
Vejle BK	1: 5	Betis Seville	1-0	0: 5
Aston Villa	6: 2	Strømsgodset IF	3: 2	3-0
FC Schalke 04	1: 1 (4: 5 i. E.)	Slavia Prague	1-0	0: 1 a.d.
Servette Geneva	(a)2: 2 ( a )	CSKA Sofia	2: 1	0: 1
Red Star Belgrade	3: 3 (4: 3 in good condition)	FC Metz	2: 1	1: 2 a.d.
Girondins Bordeaux	3: 2	SK Rapid Vienna	1: 1	2: 1
Atlético Madrid	3-0	FK Obilić	2-0	1-0
Leeds United	1: 1 (4: 1 i.E.)	Marítimo Funchal	1-0	0: 1 a.d.
Udinese Calcio	1: 2	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	1: 1	0: 1
Steaua Bucharest	3: 7	Valencia CF	3: 4	0: 3
Willem II Tilburg	6-0	Dinamo Tbilisi	3-0	3-0
FC Zurich	7: 2	Anorthosis Famagusta	4-0	3: 2
Újpest Budapest	2: 7	Club Bruges	0: 5	2: 2
Vitesse Arnhem	6: 3	AEK Athens	3-0	3: 3
Brann Bergen	2: 4	Werder Bremen	2-0	0: 4 a.d.
SK Sigma Olomouc	2: 6	Olympique Marseille	2: 2	0: 4
Beitar Jerusalem	3: 5	Glasgow Rangers	1: 1	2: 4
RSC Anderlecht	0: 2	Grasshopper Club Zurich	0-0	0: 2

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Wisła Krakow	2: 3	AC Parma	1: 1	1: 2
Liverpool FC	( a ) 2: 2(a)	Valencia CF	0-0	2: 2
FK Dynamo Moscow	2: 6	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	2: 3	0: 3
Red Star Belgrade	3: 5	Olympique Lyon	1: 2	2: 3
Graz AK	3: 7	AS Monaco	3: 3	0: 4
VfB Stuttgart	3: 4	Club Bruges	1: 1	2: 3 a.d.
Willem II Tilburg	1: 4	Betis Seville	1: 1	0: 3
Grasshopper Club Zurich	3: 2	AC Florence	0: 2	( 1 )3: 0 ( 1 )
Celta Vigo	3: 2	Aston Villa	0: 1	3: 1
Celtic Glasgow	3: 5	FC Zurich	1: 1	2: 4
Werder Bremen	3: 4	Olympique Marseille	1: 1	2: 3
Bologna FC	4: 1	Slavia Prague	2: 1	2-0
Vitesse Arnhem	1: 3	Girondins Bordeaux	0: 1	1: 2
CSKA Sofia	2: 5	Atlético Madrid	2: 4	0: 1
AS Roma	1-0	Leeds United	1-0	0-0
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2: 3	Glasgow Rangers	1: 2	1: 1

¹ The second leg was abandoned at half-time, when the score was 2-1 for Fiorentina, after the referee was injured by a fireworks. The game was rated 3-0 for Grasshopper Club Zurich.

3rd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
AS Roma	3: 2	FC Zurich	1-0	2: 2
AS Monaco	2: 3	Olympique Marseille	2: 2	0: 1
Real Sociedad San Sebastian	3: 5	Atlético Madrid	2: 1	1: 4 a.d.
Olympique Lyon	5: 3	Club Bruges	1-0	4: 3
Glasgow Rangers	2: 4	AC Parma	1: 1	1: 3
Celta Vigo	4: 1	Liverpool FC	3: 1	1-0
Bologna FC	4: 2	Betis Seville	4: 1	0: 1
Grasshopper Club Zurich	(a)3: 3 ( a )	Girondins Bordeaux	3: 3	0-0

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Olympique Marseille	2: 1	Celta Vigo	2: 1	0-0
Bologna FC	3: 2	Olympique Lyon	3-0	0: 2
Girondins Bordeaux	2: 7	AC Parma	2: 1	0: 6
Atlético Madrid	4: 2	AS Roma	2: 1	2: 1

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Atlético Madrid	2: 5	AC Parma	1: 3	1: 2
Olympique Marseille	( a ) 1: 1(a)	Bologna FC	0-0	1: 1

final

AC Parma		Olympique Marseille		Lineup
	May 12, 1999 in Moscow ( Luzhniki Stadium ) Result: 3: 0 (2: 0) Spectators: 61,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas ( Scotland )
	Gianluigi Buffon - Lilian Thuram , Roberto Néstor Sensini , Fabio Cannavaro , Paolo Vanoli - Alain Boghossian , Dino Baggio , Diego Fuser , Juan Sebastián Verón (77th Stefano Fiore ) - Enrico Chiesa (72nd Abel Balbo ), Hernán Crespo (84th Faustino Asprilla ) Trainer: Alberto Malesani	Stéphane Porato - Patrick Blondeau , Laurent Blanc , Cyril Domoraud , Edson (46th Titi Camara ) - Pierre Issa , Frédéric Brando , Daniel Bravo , Jocelyn Gourvennec - Robert Pirès , Florian Maurice Trainer: Rolland Courbis
	1-0 Hernán Crespo (26th) 2-0 Paolo Vanoli (36th) 3-0 Enrico Chiesa (55th)
	Faustino Asprilla	Patrick Blondeau

Best goal scorers

without qualifying rounds

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Enrico Chiesa	AC Parma	8th
	Darko Kovačević	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	8th
3	Alain Caveglia	Olympique Lyon	7th
4th	Hernán Crespo	AC Parma	6th
	Shaun Bartlett	FC Zurich	6th
6th	Giuseppe Signori	Bologna FC	5
	Sylvain Wiltord	Girondins Bordeaux	5

→ Main article : List of UEFA Europa League top scorers

Players used AC Parma

AC Parma

Goal: Gianluigi Buffon (11 / -) Defense: Lilian Thuram (11 / -); Roberto Néstor Sensini (10/1); Fabio Cannavaro (8 / -); Paolo Vanoli (7/1); Antonio Benarrivo (7 / -); Roberto Mussi (6 / -); Luigi Sartor (4 / -) Midfield: Stefano Fiore (10/2); Juan Sebastián Verón (10 / -); Diego Fuser (9 / -); Alain Boghossian (8/1); Dino Baggio (8 / -); Mario Stanić (6 / -); Raffaele Longo (3 / -); Pierluigi Orlandini (1 / -) Storm: Abel Balbo (11/4); Enrico Chiesa (8/8); Hernan Crespo (8/6); Faustino Asprilla (5 / -) Coach: Alberto Malesani

See also

• UEFA Champions League 1998/99
• European Cup Winners' Cup 1998/99
• UEFA Intertoto Cup 1998

Web links

Commons : 1998/99 UEFA Cup  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official UEFA website for the 1998/99 season
• Game details for the 1998/99 season at fussballdaten.de
• List of goalscorers for the 1998/1999 UEFA Cup season on weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of goalscorers on uefa.com