1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage

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The group stage of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League began on 16 September 1998 and ended on 9 December 1998. Eight teams qualified automatically for the group stage, while 16 more qualified via a preliminary round. The 24 teams were divided into six groups of four, and the teams in each group played against each other on a home-and-away basis, meaning that each team played a total of six group matches. For each win, teams were awarded three points, with one point awarded for each draw.

Seeding[edit]

Seeding was based on the UEFA associations 1998 ranking,[1] similarly to the previous season.[2] Title holders and champions of nations ranked 1–5 were put in the Pot 1. Champions of nations ranked 6–7 as well as runners-up of nations ranked 1–5 (except France) formed Pot 2. The remaining qualified runners-up (from the nations 6–8) and champions of top three nations ranked below 7 formed Pot 3. Finally, the remaining six national champions formed Pot 4.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and best-ranked runners-up advance to the knockout stage
Pot 1
Assoc. Team
TH Spain Real Madrid
1 Italy Juventus
2 Germany Kaiserslautern
3 Spain Barcelona
4 France Lens
5 Netherlands Ajax
Pot 2
Assoc. Team
6 England Arsenal
7 Portugal Porto
1 Italy Internazionale
2 Germany Bayern Munich
3 Spain Athletic Bilbao
5 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Pot 3
Assoc. Team
6 England Manchester United
7 Portugal Benfica
8 Greece Olympiacos
8 Greece Panathinaikos
10 Norway Rosenborg
11 Austria Sturm Graz
Pot 4
Assoc. Team
12 Russia Spartak Moscow
13 Croatia Croatia Zagreb
14 Turkey Galatasaray
15 Denmark Brøndby
17 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
31 Finland HJK

Groups[edit]

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses)

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Greece Olympiacos 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 Croatia Croatia Zagreb 6 2 2 2 5 7 −2 8
3 Portugal Porto 6 2 1 3 11 9 +2 7
4 Netherlands Ajax 6 2 1 3 4 6 −2 7
Source: UEFA
Porto Portugal2–2Greece Olympiacos
Zahovič 65'
Jardel 82'		 Report Giannakopoulos 86'
Gogić 89'
Attendance: 26,000[3]
Croatia Zagreb Croatia0–0Netherlands Ajax
Report
Attendance: 27,600[4]
Ajax Netherlands2–1Portugal Porto
Rudy 57'
Litmanen 86' (pen.)		 Report Zahovič 69'
Attendance: 41,000
Olympiacos Greece2–0Croatia Croatia Zagreb
Alexandris 21'
Gogić 80'		 Report
Attendance: 60,502
Olympiacos Greece1–0Netherlands Ajax
Alexandris 38' Report
Attendance: 73,208[5]
Porto Portugal3–0Croatia Croatia Zagreb
Doriva 33'
Zahovič 42', 75'		 Report
Attendance: 16,500
Ajax Netherlands2–0Greece Olympiacos
Witschge 36'
Gorré 88'		 Report
Attendance: 46,000
Croatia Zagreb Croatia3–1Portugal Porto
Mikić 7'
Rukavina 37'
Mujčin 61'		 Report Jardel 39'
Attendance: 5,000[6]
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Ajax Netherlands0–1Croatia Croatia Zagreb
Report Šimić 67'
Attendance: 47,000[7]
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Olympiacos Greece2–1Portugal Porto
Gogić 18'
Đorđević 55'		 Report Zahovič 76'
Attendance: 70,232
Porto Portugal3–0Netherlands Ajax
Zahovič 54', 73'
Drulović 79'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Croatia Zagreb Croatia1–1Greece Olympiacos
Jeličić 35' Report Giannakopoulos 64'
Attendance: 16,546

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Italy Juventus 6 1 5 0 7 5 +2 8 Advance to knockout stage
2 Turkey Galatasaray 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8
3 Norway Rosenborg 6 2 2 2 7 8 −1 8
4 Spain Athletic Bilbao 6 1 3 2 5 6 −1 6
Source: UEFA
Juventus Italy2–2Turkey Galatasaray
Inzaghi 17'
Birindelli 69'		 Report Şükür 44'
Ümit 63'
Attendance: 37,192
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Athletic Bilbao Spain1–1Norway Rosenborg
Etxeberria 7' Report Strand 64'
Attendance: 33,500[8]
Rosenborg Norway1–1Italy Juventus
Skammelsrud 69' (pen.) Report Inzaghi 26'
Attendance: 15,385
Referee: Amand Ancion (Belgium)
Galatasaray Turkey2–1Spain Athletic Bilbao
Okan 16'
Hagi 90+3'		 Report Urzaiz 17'
Attendance: 19,828
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Rosenborg Norway3–0Turkey Galatasaray
Rushfeldt 69', 86', 89' Report
Attendance: 15,372
Athletic Bilbao Spain0–0Italy Juventus
Report
Attendance: 39,000
Juventus Italy1–1Spain Athletic Bilbao
Lasa 68' (o.g.) Report Guerrero 45'
Attendance: 44,584
Galatasaray Turkey3–0Norway Rosenborg
Şükür 55', 74'
Arif 66'		 Report
Attendance: 21,856[9]
Rosenborg Norway2–1Spain Athletic Bilbao
Sørensen 2', 50' Report Pérez 90'
Attendance: 15,454
Galatasaray Turkey1–1Italy Juventus
Suat 90' Report Amoruso 78'
Attendance: 22,920
Juventus Italy2–0Norway Rosenborg
Inzaghi 16'
Amoruso 36'		 Report
Attendance: 7,174
Athletic Bilbao Spain1–0Turkey Galatasaray
Guerrero 44' Report
Attendance: 16,000

Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Italy Internazionale 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13 Advance to knockout stage
2 Spain Real Madrid 6 4 0 2 17 8 +9 12
3 Russia Spartak Moscow 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8
4 Austria Sturm Graz 6 0 1 5 2 16 −14 1
Source: UEFA
Real Madrid Spain2–0Italy Internazionale
Hierro 80' (pen.)
Seedorf 90'		 Report
Attendance: 42,000
Sturm Graz Austria0–2Russia Spartak Moscow
Report Titov 60'
Tsymbalar 63'
Attendance: 11,000
Internazionale Italy1–0Austria Sturm Graz
Djorkaeff 90' Report
Attendance: 24,791
Spartak Moscow Russia2–1Spain Real Madrid
Tsymbalar 72'
Titov 78'		 Report Raúl 63'
Attendance: 60,000
Real Madrid Spain6–1Austria Sturm Graz
Sávio 13', 90'
Raúl 22'
Jarni 61', 79'
Popović 67' (o.g.)		 Report Vastić 8'
Attendance: 21,600[15]
Internazionale Italy2–1Russia Spartak Moscow
Ventola 32'
Ronaldo 59'		 Report Tsymbalar 64'
Attendance: 44,199
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Spartak Moscow Russia1–1Italy Internazionale
Tikhonov 67' Report Simeone 88'
Attendance: 75,500[16]
Sturm Graz Austria1–5Spain Real Madrid
Haas 3' Report Panucci 8', 61'
Mijatović 35'
Seedorf 57'
Šuker 74'
Attendance: 13,851
Internazionale Italy3–1Spain Real Madrid
Zamorano 51'
Baggio 86', 90'		 Report Seedorf 57'
Attendance: 77,829
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Spartak Moscow Russia0–0Austria Sturm Graz
Report
Attendance: 38,000[17]
Real Madrid Spain2–1Russia Spartak Moscow
Raúl 34'
Sávio 66'		 Report Khlestov 89'
Attendance: 60,000
Sturm Graz Austria0–2Italy Internazionale
Report Zanetti 64'
Baggio 80'
Attendance: 12,685
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

Group D[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Germany Bayern Munich 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 England Manchester United 6 2 4 0 20 11 +9 10
3 Spain Barcelona 6 2 2 2 11 9 +2 8
4 Denmark Brøndby 6 1 0 5 4 18 −14 3
Source: UEFA
Manchester United England3–3Spain Barcelona
Giggs 16'
Scholes 24'
Beckham 63'		 Report Anderson 47'
Giovanni 59' (pen.)
Luis Enrique 70' (pen.)
Attendance: 53,601
Brøndby Denmark2–1Germany Bayern Munich
Helmer 87' (o.g.)
Ravn 89'		 Report Babbel 76'
Attendance: 30,378
Bayern Munich Germany2–2England Manchester United
Élber 11', 89' Report Yorke 30'
Scholes 49'
Attendance: 53,000[18]
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Barcelona Spain2–0Denmark Brøndby
Anderson 44', 85' Report
Attendance: 65,000[19]
Brøndby Denmark2–6England Manchester United
Daugaard 35'
Sand 90'		 Report Giggs 2', 21'
Cole 28'
Keane 55'
Yorke 60'
Solskjær 62'
Attendance: 40,315
Bayern Munich Germany1–0Spain Barcelona
Effenberg 45' Report
Attendance: 56,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Barcelona Spain1–2Germany Bayern Munich
Giovanni 29' (pen.) Report Zickler 48'
Salihamidžić 87'
Attendance: 85,000[20]
Manchester United England5–0Denmark Brøndby
Beckham 7'
Cole 12'
P. Neville 16'
Yorke 28'
Scholes 63'		 Report
Attendance: 53,250
Barcelona Spain3–3England Manchester United
Anderson 1'
Rivaldo 57', 73'		 Report Yorke 25', 68'
Cole 53'
Attendance: 67,648
Bayern Munich Germany2–0Denmark Brøndby
Jancker 51'
Basler 57'		 Report
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)
Manchester United England1–1Germany Bayern Munich
Keane 43' Report Salihamidžić 55'
Attendance: 54,434
Brøndby Denmark0–2Spain Barcelona
Report Figo 6'
Rivaldo 36'
Attendance: 40,892

Group E[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 France Lens 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8
3 England Arsenal 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8
4 Greece Panathinaikos 6 2 0 4 6 9 −3 6
Source: UEFA
Panathinaikos Greece2–1Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Mykland 56'
Liberopoulos 69'		 Report Rebrov 31'
Attendance: 20,310
Lens France1–1England Arsenal
Vairelles 90+2' Report Overmars 51'
Attendance: 33,371
Arsenal England2–1Greece Panathinaikos
Adams 62'
Keown 75'		 Report Mauro 87'
Attendance: 73,454
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine1–1France Lens
Shevchenko 61' Report Vairelles 62'
Attendance: 52,500[22]
Arsenal England1–1Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Bergkamp 74' Report Rebrov 90+2'
Attendance: 73,256
Lens France1–0Greece Panathinaikos
Eloi 80' Report
Attendance: 32,757
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine3–1England Arsenal
Rebrov 26' (pen.)
Holovko 61'
Shevchenko 72'		 Report Hughes 82'
Attendance: 76,600
Panathinaikos Greece1–0France Lens
Vokolos 53' Report
Attendance: 55,031
Arsenal England0–1France Lens
Report Debève 72'
Attendance: 73,707
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine2–1Greece Panathinaikos
Rebrov 72'
Basinas 80' (o.g.)		 Report Lagonikakis 36'
Attendance: 46,000[23]
Panathinaikos Greece1–3England Arsenal
Sypniewski 74' Report Asanović 64' (o.g.)
Anelka 80'
Boa Morte 86'
Attendance: 41,105
Lens France1–3Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Šmicer 78' Report Kaladze 60'
Vashchuk 75'
Shevchenko 85'
Attendance: 39,423

Group F[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Germany Kaiserslautern 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 13 Advance to knockout stage
2 Portugal Benfica 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 8
3 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 7
4 Finland HJK 6 1 2 3 8 12 −4 5
Source: UEFA
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands2–1Finland HJK
Ooijer 57'
Bruggink 90+3'		 Report Kottila 32'
Attendance: 14,460
Kaiserslautern Germany1–0Portugal Benfica
Wagner 41' Report
Attendance: 31,112
Benfica Portugal2–1Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Nuno Gomes 47'
João Pinto 76'		 Report Rommedahl 70'
Attendance: 45,000
HJK Finland0–0Germany Kaiserslautern
Report
Attendance: 21,217
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands1–2Germany Kaiserslautern
Khokhlov 78' Report Riedl 67'
Rische 81'
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
HJK Finland2–0Portugal Benfica
Lehkosuo 20' (pen.)
Kottila 70'		 Report
Attendance: 25,126
Kaiserslautern Germany3–1Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Rische 68'
Reich 77'
Hristov 90'		 Report Van Nistelrooy 18'
Attendance: 31,444
Benfica Portugal2–2Finland HJK
Nuno Gomes 78'
Calado 80'		 Report Minto 5' (o.g.)
Luiz Antônio 84'
Attendance: 28,500
HJK Finland1–3Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Lehkosuo 70' (pen.) Report Van Nistelrooy 30', 67', 82' (pen.)
Attendance: 34,146
Benfica Portugal2–1Germany Kaiserslautern
Nuno Gomes 31'
João Pinto 70'		 Report Rische 90'
Attendance: 15,000[24]
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands2–2Portugal Benfica
Khokhlov 41'
Van Nistelrooy 89'		 Report Nuno Gomes 47' (pen.), 64'
Attendance: 17,900
Kaiserslautern Germany5–2Finland HJK
Rösler 43', 61', 80'
Marschall 49'
Rische 85'		 Report Ilola 29'
Luiz Antônio 68'
Attendance: 27,310[25]

Ranking of second-placed teams[edit]

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C Spain Real Madrid 6 4 0 2 17 8 +9 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 D England Manchester United 6 2 4 0 20 11 +9 10
3 B Turkey Galatasaray 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8
4 F Portugal Benfica 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 8
5 E France Lens 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8
6 A Croatia Croatia Zagreb 6 2 2 2 5 7 −2 8
Source: [citation needed]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches from 4 November 1998, and CEST (UTC+2) for matches to 21 October 1998.
  2. ^ Originally scheduled for 25 November, delayed for political tensions between Turkey and Italy due to the Öcalan affair.[10][11][12][13]
  3. ^ Real Madrid were ordered to play one match away from their usual home ground due to crowd trouble at their last home game in UEFA competition against Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of the 1997–98 Champions League semi-final.[14]
  4. ^ Panathinaikos played their home match at Nikos Goumas Stadium instead of their regular stadium Olympic Stadium due to The Rolling Stones concert being held there.[21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 1998". Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. ^ 1997–98 European Cups draw
  3. ^ "Porto v Olympiacos, 16 September 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Croatia Zagreb v Ajax, 16 September 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Olympiacos v Ajax, 21 October 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Croatia Zagreb v Porto, 4 November 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Ajax v Croatia Zagreb, 25 November 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Athletic Bilbao v Rosenborg, 16 September 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Galatasaray v Rosenborg, 4 November 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  10. ^ Ullman, Seva (1998-12-02). "Ocalan violence feared at soccer match". The Independent. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  11. ^ Delaney, Sarah (1998-11-25). "ITALY SEEKS HELP ON TURKISH CLASH". Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  12. ^ Metcalf, Rupert (1998-11-25). "Football: Around The World - Juventus spared journey to Turkey". The Independent. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  13. ^ Morris, Chris (1998-12-03). "Troops on alert for grudge match". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  14. ^ Fylan, Kevin (1998-04-05). "Football: Real punished for trouble at European Cup tie". The Independent. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  15. ^ "Real Madrid v Sturm Graz, 21 October 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Spartak Moscow v Internazionale, 25 November 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  17. ^ "Spartak Moscow v Sturm Graz, 25 November 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  18. ^ "Bayern Munich v Manchester United, 30 September 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  19. ^ "Barcelona v Brøndby, 30 September 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  20. ^ "Barcelona v Bayern Munich, 4 November 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  21. ^ Kyryliuk, Viktor (31 January 2014). "Валерий Лобановский. Четыре жизни в футболе. Жизнь четвертая. 1997-13 мая 2002. Классик - часть 6" (in Russian). Tribuna. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  22. ^ "Dynamo Kyiv v Lens, 30 September 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  23. ^ "Dynamo Kyiv v Panathinaikos, 25 November 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  24. ^ "Benfica v Kaiserslautern, 25 November 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  25. ^ "Kaiserslautern v HJK, 9 December 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
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