UEFA Champions League 1998/99 / Manchester United

Winner photo Manchester United

The article below provides statistics from eventual winners Manchester United's Champions League matches in the 1998/99 season.

Qualifying round

As runner -up in the 1997/98 Premier League season , Manchester United had to prevail against Polish champions ŁKS Łódź in the second qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League .

Manchester United - ŁKS Łódź 2-0 (1-0)

Manchester United		ŁKS Łódź
	Qualifying round, first leg Wednesday 12 August 1998 at 8:45 p.m. in Manchester , Old Trafford Spectators: 50,906 Referee: Atanas Usunow ( Bulgaria )
	Peter Schmeichel - Gary Neville , Ronny Johnsen , Jaap Stam , Denis Irwin - David Beckham , Roy Keane , Nicky Butt , Ryan Giggs - Paul Scholes - Andy Cole (82nd Ole Gunnar Solskjær ) Trainer: Alex Ferguson	Bogusław Wyparło - Witold Bendkowski , Tomasz Kos , Grzegorz Krysiak , Darlington Omodiagbe (85. Ariel Jakubowski ) - Rafał Pawlak , Rafał Niżnik , Tomasz Wieszczycki , Zbigniew Wyciszkiewicz - Tomasz Cebula , Dzidosław Żuberek (72 Jacek Paszulewicz ) Coach: Marek Dziuba
	1-0 Giggs (16th) 2-0 Cole (81st)
	Flounder (25.)

ŁKS Łódź - Manchester United 0-0

ŁKS Łódź		Manchester United
	Qualifying round, second leg Wednesday, August 26, 1998 at 8:45 p.m. in Łódź , ŁKS Stadium Spectators: 8,700 Referee: Graziano Cesari ( Italy )
	Bogusław Wyparło - Tomasz Lenart (83. Jacek Pluciennek ) - Ariel Jakubowski (86 Artur Bugaj ), Tomasz Kos , Grzegorz Krysiak , Witold Bendkowski - Rafał Pawlak , Rafał Niżnik (57. Rodrigo Carbone ), Tomasz Wieszczycki , Zbigniew Wyciszkiewicz - Dzidosław Żuberek (52nd Piotr Matys ) Trainer: Marek Dziuba	Peter Schmeichel - Gary Neville , Ronny Johnsen , Jaap Stam , Denis Irwin - David Beckham , Roy Keane , Nicky Butt , Ryan Giggs (65th Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ) - Paul Scholes - Teddy Sheringham Trainer: Alex Ferguson
	Kos (66.)	Beckham (35.)

• Result after the first and second leg: Manchester United - ŁKS Łódź 2-0

Group stage

Manchester United - FC Barcelona 3: 3 (2: 0)

Manchester United		FC Barcelona
	1. Group game Wednesday September 16, 1998 at 8:45 p.m. in Manchester , Old Trafford Spectators: 53,601 Referee: Stefano Braschi ( Italy )   Match report
	Peter Schmeichel - Gary Neville , Henning Berg , Jaap Stam , Denis Irwin - David Beckham , Roy Keane , Paul Scholes (78th Phil Neville ), Ryan Giggs (83rd Jesper Blomqvist ) - Dwight Yorke , Ole Gunnar Solskjær (54th Nicky Butt ) Trainer: Alex Ferguson	Ruud Hesp - Luis Enrique , Michael Reiziger , Abelardo , Sergi - Luís Figo , Phillip Cocu , Boudewijn Zenden - Giovanni (68th Xavi ), Rivaldo - Sonny Anderson Trainer: Louis van Gaal
	1-0 Giggs (17th) 2-0 Scholes (24th) 3-2 Beckham (63rd)	2: 1 Anderson (47.) 2: 2 Giovanni (59./Foul penalty) 3: 3 Luis Enrique (71./Foul penalty)
	Butt (71./hand game)

FC Bayern Munich - Manchester United 2: 2 (1: 1)

FC Bayern Munich		Manchester United
	2. Group game Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 8:45 p.m. in Munich , Munich Olympic Stadium Spectators: 55,000 Referee: Marc Batta ( France )   Match report
	Oliver Kahn - Markus Babbel , Lothar Matthäus , Thomas Linke - Hasan Salihamidžić (63rd Berkant Göktan ), Thomas Strunz , Jens Jeremies (82nd Thorsten Fink ), Bixente Lizarazu - Stefan Effenberg - Giovane Élber , Carsten Jancker (63rd Ali Daei ) Trainer: Ottmar Hitzfeld	Peter Schmeichel - Gary Neville , Phil Neville , Jaap Stam , Denis Irwin - David Beckham (69th Jordi Cruyff ), Roy Keane , Paul Scholes , Jesper Blomqvist - Dwight Yorke , Teddy Sheringham Trainer: Alex Ferguson
	1: 0 Élber (11th) 2: 2 Sheringham (90th / own goal)	1: 1 Yorke (30th) 1: 2 Scholes (49th)
	Matthew (28/28 blocked)	Beckham (39th / 2nd suspended), Sheringham (68th), Cruyff (74th)

Brøndby IF - Manchester United 2: 6 (1: 3)

Brøndby IF		Manchester United
	3. Group game Wednesday, October 21, 1998 at 8:45 p.m. in Copenhagen , parking Spectators: 40,315 Referee: Vitor Melo Pereira ( Portugal )   Match report
	Mogens Krogh - Søren Colding , Per Nielsen (31st Mikkel Jensen ), Brian Jensen (27th Vragel da Silva ), Kenneth Rasmussen - Ole Bjur , Allan Ravn , Kim Daugaard , Thomas Lindrup - Bo Hansen (67th Ruben Bagger ), Ebbe Sand Trainer: Ebbe Skovdahl	Peter Schmeichel - Wes Brown , Gary Neville , Jaap Stam , Phil Neville - Ryan Giggs (60th Jordi Cruyff ), Roy Keane , Paul Scholes , Jesper Blomqvist - Dwight Yorke (65th Mark Wilson ), Andy Cole (60th Ole Gunnar Solskjær ) Trainer: Alex Ferguson
	1: 3 Daugaard (35th) 2: 6 clay (90th)	0: 1 Giggs (2nd) 0: 2 Giggs (21st) 0: 3 Cole (28th) 1: 4 Keane (55th) 1: 5 Yorke (59th) 1: 6 Solskjær (62nd)

Manchester United - Brøndby IF 5: 0 (4: 0)

Manchester United		Brøndby IF
	4. Group game Wednesday 4 November 1998 at 8:45 p.m. in Manchester , Old Trafford Spectators: 53,250 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ ( Slovakia )   Match report
	Peter Schmeichel - Gary Neville , Phil Neville (31st Wes Brown ), Jaap Stam , Denis Irwin - David Beckham , Roy Keane , Paul Scholes , Jesper Blomqvist (46th Jordi Cruyff ) - Dwight Yorke , Andy Cole (55th Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ) Trainer: Alex Ferguson	Emeka Andersen - Søren Colding , Per Nielsen , Aurelijus Skarbalius , Kenneth Rasmussen - Allan Ravn - Ole Bjur (74th Søren Krogh ), John Jensen , Kim Daugaard , Ruben Bagger (68th Jesper Thygesen ) - Ebbe Sand (77th Bo Hansen ) Coach: Ebbe Skovdahl
	1-0 Beckham (6th) 2-0 Cole (13th) 3-0 P. Neville (15th) 4-0 Yorke (27th) 5-0 Scholes (63rd)

FC Barcelona - Manchester United 3: 3 (1: 1)

FC Barcelona		Manchester United
	5. Group game Wednesday 25 November 1998 at 8:45 p.m. in Barcelona , Camp Nou Spectators: 54,213 Referee: Günter Benkö ( Austria )   Match report
	Ruud Hesp - Albert Celades , Samuel Okunowo , Michael Reiziger , Sergi - Luís Figo , Xavi , Boudewijn Zenden - Giovanni , Rivaldo - Sonny Anderson Trainer: Louis van Gaal	Peter Schmeichel - Wes Brown , Gary Neville , Jaap Stam , Denis Irwin - David Beckham (80th Nicky Butt ), Roy Keane , Paul Scholes , Jesper Blomqvist - Dwight Yorke , Andy Cole Trainer: Alex Ferguson
	1: 0 Anderson (1.) 2: 2 Rivaldo (57.) 3: 3 Rivaldo (73.)	1: 1 Yorke (25th) 1: 2 Cole (53rd) 2: 3 Yorke (68th)
		Blomqvist (14th), Keane (43rd), Scholes (50th)

Manchester United - FC Bayern Munich 1: 1 (1: 0)

Manchester United		FC Bayern Munich
	6. Group game Wednesday 9 December 1998 at 8:45 p.m. in Manchester , Old Trafford Spectators: 54,434 Referee: Dick Jol ( Netherlands )   Match report
	Peter Schmeichel - Wes Brown , Gary Neville , Jaap Stam , Denis Irwin (46th Ronny Johnsen ) - David Beckham , Roy Keane , Paul Scholes , Ryan Giggs - Dwight Yorke (64th Nicky Butt ), Andy Cole Trainer: Alex Ferguson	Oliver Kahn - Markus Babbel , Lothar Matthäus (61st Thomas Linke ), Samuel Kuffour - Thomas Strunz , Stefan Effenberg , Jens Jeremies , Bixente Lizarazu - Hasan Salihamidžić , Giovane Élber (81st Carsten Jancker ), Alexander Zickler (82nd Mario Basler ) Trainer: Ottmar Hitzfeld
	1-0 Keane (43rd)	1: 1 Salihamidžić (56.)
		Lizarazu (86.)

Final table of group D

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Bayern Munich	6th	3	2	1	009: 600	+3	11
2.	Manchester United	6th	2	4th	0	020:110	+9	10
3.	FC Barcelona	6th	2	2	2	011: 900	+2	08th
4th	Brøndby IF	6th	1	0	5	004:180	−14	03

Quarter finals

Manchester United - Inter Milan 2-0 (2-0)

Manchester United		Inter Milan
	Quarter-finals, first leg Wednesday 3 March 1999 at 8:45 p.m. in Manchester , Old Trafford Spectators: 54,682 Referee: Hellmut Krug ( Germany )   Match report
	Peter Schmeichel - Gary Neville , Ronny Johnsen (46th Henning Berg ), Jaap Stam , Denis Irwin - David Beckham , Roy Keane , Paul Scholes (69th Nicky Butt ), Ryan Giggs - Dwight Yorke , Andy Cole Trainer: Alex Ferguson	Gianluca Pagliuca - Fabio Galante , Giuseppe Bergomi , Francesco Colonnese - Javier Zanetti , Benoît Cauet , Diego Simeone , Aron Winter - Youri Djorkaeff - Roberto Baggio (79th Andrea Pirlo ), Iván Zamorano (68th Nicola Ventola ) Coach: Mea Lucescu
	1-0 Yorke (6th) 2-0 Yorke (45th)
	Keane (25th), Irwin (38th), Scholes (48th)	Zamorano (25th), winter (79th)

Inter Milan - Manchester United 1: 1 (0: 0)

Inter Milan		Manchester United
	Quarter-finals, second leg Wednesday 17th March 1999 at 8:45 p.m. in Milan , Giuseppe Meazza Stadium Spectators: 79,528 Referee: Gilles Veissière ( France )   Match report
	Gianluca Pagliuca - Taribo West , Giuseppe Bergomi (69th Francesco Moriero ), Francesco Colonnese - Javier Zanetti , Benoît Cauet , Diego Simeone (32nd Zé Elias ), Mikaël Silvestre - Roberto Baggio - Ronaldo (60th Nicola Ventola ), Iván Zamorano coach : Mircea Lucescu	Peter Schmeichel - Gary Neville , Henning Berg , Jaap Stam , Denis Irwin - David Beckham , Roy Keane , Ronny Johnsen (77th Paul Scholes ), Ryan Giggs (82nd Phil Neville ) - Dwight Yorke , Andy Cole Trainer: Alex Ferguson
	1: 0 Ventola (63rd)	1: 1 Scholes (88th)
	Bergomi (36th), Zé Elias (59th), Silvestre (73rd), Colonnese (87th)	Johnsen (36.), P. Neville (89.)

• Round trip result: Manchester United 3-1 Inter Milan

Semifinals

Manchester United - Juventus Turin 1: 1 (0: 1)

Manchester United		Juventus Turin
	Semi-finals, first leg Wednesday 7 April 1999 at 8:45 p.m. in Manchester , Old Trafford Spectators: 54,487 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega ( Spain )   Match report
	Peter Schmeichel - Gary Neville , Henning Berg (46th Ronny Johnsen ), Jaap Stam , Denis Irwin - David Beckham , Roy Keane , Paul Scholes (69th Nicky Butt ), Ryan Giggs - Dwight Yorke (79th Teddy Sheringham ), Andy Cole Coach: Alex Ferguson	Angelo Peruzzi - Zoran Mirković , Paolo Montero (68th Ciro Ferrara ), Mark Iuliano , Gianluca Pessotto - Antonio Conte , Didier Deschamps , Edgar Davids , Angelo di Livio (77th Alessio Tacchinardi ) - Zinédine Zidane - Filippo Inzaghi (88th Juan Esnáider ) Coach: Carlo Ancelotti
	1: 1 Giggs (90th + 2 ')	0: 1 Conte (25.)
		Mirković (81st)

Juventus Turin - Manchester United 2: 3 (2: 2)

Juventus Turin		Manchester United
	Semi-finals, second leg Wednesday 21 April 1999 at 8.45 p.m. in Turin , Stadio delle Alpi Spectators: 60,806 Referee: Urs Meier ( Switzerland )   Match report
	Angelo Peruzzi - Alessandro Birindelli (46th Nicola Amoruso ), Mark Iuliano (46th Paolo Montero ), Ciro Ferrara , Gianluca Pessotto - Antonio Conte , Didier Deschamps , Edgar Davids , Angelo di Livio (80th Daniel Fonseca ) - Zinédine Zidane - Filippo Inzaghi Coach: Carlo Ancelotti	Peter Schmeichel - Gary Neville , Ronny Johnsen , Jaap Stam , Denis Irwin - David Beckham , Roy Keane , Nicky Butt , Jesper Blomqvist (68th Paul Scholes ) - Dwight Yorke , Andy Cole Trainer: Alex Ferguson
	1: 0 Inzaghi (6th) 2: 0 Inzaghi (11th)	2: 1 Keane (24th) 2: 2 Yorke (34th) 2: 3 Cole (83rd)
	David's (53rd)	Keane (33./2. Blocked), Scholes (76./2. Blocked)

• Result after the first and second leg: Manchester United - Juventus Turin 4: 3

final

Manchester United - FC Bayern Munich 2: 1 (0: 1)

Manchester United		FC Bayern Munich
	final Wednesday, May 26, 1999 at 8:45 p.m. in Barcelona , Camp Nou Spectators: 98,000 (sold out) Referee: Pierluigi Collina ( Italy )   Match report
	Peter Schmeichel - Gary Neville , Ronny Johnsen , Jaap Stam , Denis Irwin - Ryan Giggs , David Beckham , Nicky Butt , Jesper Blomqvist (67th Teddy Sheringham ) - Dwight Yorke , Andy Cole (81st Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ) Trainer: Alex Ferguson	Oliver Kahn - Thomas Linke , Lothar Matthäus (80th Thorsten Fink ), Samuel Kuffour - Markus Babbel , Stefan Effenberg , Jens Jeremies , Michael Tarnat - Mario Basler (87th Hasan Salihamidžić ), Carsten Jancker , Alexander Zickler (71st Mehmet Scholl ) Trainer: Ottmar Hitzfeld
	1: 1 Sheringham (90th + 1 ') 2: 1 Solskjær (90th + 3')	0: 1 Basel (6th)
		Effenberg (60th)

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