1998–99 Celta de Vigo season

Celta Vigo contested La Liga, Copa del Rey and the UEFA Cup in the 1998-99 season, which saw the club reach the quarter finals of the UEFA Cup and narrowly missing out on qualification for the Champions League.

Celta Vigo
1998–99 season
ManagerVíctor Fernández
La Liga5th
Copa del ReyRound of 16
UEFA CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLuboslav Penev (18)

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Richard Dutruel
2 DF Míchel Salgado
3 DF Rafael Berges
4 DF Fernando Cáceres
5 DF Óscar Vales
6 MF Mazinho
7 MF Tomás
8 MF Valery Karpin
9 MF Haim Revivo
10 FW Vladimir Gudelj
11 FW Jordi Cruyff (on loan from Manchester United)
No. Position Player
13 GK José Manuel Pinto
14 FW Lyuboslav Penev
15 DF Fran Cainzos
16 DF Dan Eggen
18 FW Juan Sánchez
19 DF Goran Đjorović
20 MF Alexandr Mostovoi
22 DF Josema
23 MF Claude Makelele
24 MF Bruno Caires
26 GK Roberto

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
11 FW Jorge Cadete
21 MF Zoran Đorović

La Liga
Main article: 1998–99 La Liga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Mallorca 38 20 6 12 48 31 +17 66 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Valencia 38 19 8 11 63 39 +24 65
5 Celta de Vigo 38 17 13 8 69 41 +28 64 1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round
6 Deportivo La Coruña 38 17 12 9 55 43 +12 63
7 Espanyol 38 16 13 9 49 38 +11 61 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.

Matches
30 August 1998 1Celta Vigo0–0Deportivo
12 September 1998 2Villarreal1–1Celta Vigo
Craioveanu  9' Penev  32'
19 September 1998 3Celta Vigo0–0Real Valladolid
26 September 1998 4Barcelona2–2Celta Vigo
Kluivert  38, 57' Salgado  43'
Mostovoi  90'
4 October 1998 5Celta Vigo3–2Athletic Bilbao
Cáceres  17'
Penev  31', 63' (pen.)		 Guerrero  55'
Urzaiz  90'
17 October 1998 6Real Betis0–3Celta Vigo
Makelele  51'
Sánchez  66'
Cadete  85'
24 October 1998 7Celta Vigo2–0Real Zaragoza
Sánchez  43, 69'
31 October 1998 8Racing Santander2–2Celta Vigo
Víctor  53', 86' (pen.) Sánchez  45'
Berges  76'
8 November 1998 9Celta Vigo5–1Extremadura
Mostovoi  47, 66'
Sánchez  57'
Tomás  83'		 Manuel  68'
14 November 1998 10Real Madrid1–2Celta Vigo
R. Carlos  62' Penev  21' (pen.)
Makelele  54'
21 November 1998 11Deportivo Alavés2–0Celta Vigo
Gerard  28'
Sivori  69'
29 November 1998 12Celta Vigo2–2Valencia
Mostovoi  34'
Sánchez  56'		 Popescu  23'
Ilie  66'
5 December 1998 13Salamanca1–1Celta Vigo
Cardetti  86' Mazinho  5'
13 December 1998 14Celta Vigo2–0Espanyol
Penev  4'
Salgado  13'
20 December 1998 15Real Sociedad2–0Celta Vigo
Kovačević  36, 87'
3 January 1999 16Celta Vigo6–2Real Oviedo
Revivo  25, 84'
Karpin  32'
Penev  39, 75'
Sánchez  63'		 scorer unknown
Møller  90'
10 January 1999 17Tenerife0–2Celta Vigo
Karpin  65'
Mazinho  83'
16 January 1999 18Celta Vigo4–2Mallorca
Karpin  22, 56'
Đorović  86'
Revivo  90'		 A. López  22'
Biagini  51'
24 January 1999 19Atlético Madrid2–1Celta Vigo
Serena  14'
Correa  62'		 Penev  86' (pen.)
31 January 1999 20Deportivo2–1Celta Vigo
Pauleta  9'
Turu Flores  44'		 Sánchez  80'
7 February 1999 21Celta Vigo4–1Villarreal
Sánchez  42'
Salgado  81'
Penev  87' (pen.)
Revivo  90'		 Moisés  27'
14 February 1999 22Real Valladolid2–1Celta Vigo
Caminero  27'
Alberto  78'		 Revivo  60'
20 February 1999 23Celta Vigo0–0Barcelona
27 February 1999 24Athletic Bilbao0–0Celta Vigo
7 March 1999 25Celta Vigo4–0Real Betis
Gudelj  1, 80'
Tomás  6'
Revivo  70'
13 March 1999 26Real Zaragoza0–1Celta Vigo
Revivo  20'
21 March 1999 27Celta Vigo3–0Racing Santander
Mazinho  36'
Sánchez  61'
Mostovoi  81'
4 April 1999 28Extremadura1–1Celta Vigo
Velamazán  59' Sánchez  65' (pen.)
11 April 1999 29Celta Vigo5–1Real Madrid
Penev  7, 15, 61'
Mazinho  11'
Mostovoi  33'		 Morientes  32'
18 April 1999 30Celta Vigo1–1Deportivo Alavés
Sánchez  55' Pablo  53'
24 April 1999 31Valencia2–2Celta Vigo
Vlaović  12'
Farinós  90 +'		 Sánchez  41'
Karpin  90'
2 May 1999 32Celta Vigo1–0Salamanca
Revivo  62'
9 May 1999 33Espanyol3–0Celta Vigo
de Lucas  59'
Gălcă  74'
Tamudo  77' (pen.)
16 May 1999 34Celta Vigo2–2Real Sociedad
Karpin  35'
Tomás  69'		 Kovačević  10'
Idiakez  16'
23 May 1999 35Real Oviedo1–3Celta Vigo
Dubovský  50' Penev  34', 67' (pen.)
Cruyff  87'
30 May 1999 36Celta Vigo2–0Tenerife
Revivo  43'
Karpin  66'
13 June 1999 37Mallorca2–0Celta Vigo
Ibagaza  34'
Stanković  90'
19 June 1999 38Celta Vigo0–1Atlético Madrid
Solari  9'

Top scorers
  • Luboslav Penev 18
  • Juan Sánchez 13
  • Haim Revivo 9
  • Valery Karpin 8
  • Alexandr Mostovoi 6

UEFA Cup

1st Round
15 September 1998 Argeş Piteşti0–1Celta Vigo
Sánchez  25'
29 September 1998 Celta Vigo7–0Argeş Piteşti
Penev  6, 13, 26'
Mazinho  16'
Sánchez  82'
Tomás  87, 90'

2nd Round
20 October 1998 Celta Vigo0–1Aston Villa
Joachim  15'
3 November 1998 Aston Villa1–3Celta Vigo
Collymore  30' (pen.) Sánchez  26'
Mostovoi  34'
Penev  48'

Round of 16
24 November 1998 Celta Vigo3–1Liverpool
Mostovoi  49'
Karpin  56'
Gudelj  90'		 Owen  35'
8 December 1998 Liverpool0–1Celta Vigo
Revivo  57'

Quarter-finals
2 March 1999 Marseille2–1Celta Vigo
Maurice  33, 68' Mostovoi  54'
16 March 1999 Celta Vigo0–0Marseille
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