1998–99 FC Barcelona season

During the 1998–99 FC Barcelona season, the club once again retained the La Liga title, but eliminated by Valencia in the quarter-final of Copa del Rey. Barcelona enjoyed a great season with their new signings Ronald de Boer, Patrick Kluivert, Frank de Boer, Mauricio Pellegrino, Boudewijn Zenden and Phillip Cocu. Barcelona had a league tough start in early season but Barcelona later made a remarkable turnaround to secure La Liga in late-May, thanks to Real Madrid's several slips. Following another lackluster performance in the First Group Phase against two European giants Bayern Munich and Manchester United with wins, draws and losses twice respectively and thus prevented Barcelona qualified to UEFA Champions League quarter finals.

FC Barcelona
1998–99 season
PresidentJosep Lluís Núñez
Head CoachLouis van Gaal
StadiumCamp Nou
La Liga1st
Copa del ReyQuarter-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage (3rd)
Supercopa de EspañaRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Rivaldo (24)
All: Rivaldo (29)

Squad
Squad at end of season[1]

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 Vítor Baía
2 DF Michael Reiziger
3 DF Mauricio Pellegrino
4 MF Pep Guardiola (captain)
5 DF Abelardo
6 MF Óscar
7 MF Luís Figo
8 MF Albert Celades
9 FW Sonny Anderson
10 MF Giovanni
11 MF Rivaldo
12 DF Sergi
13 GK Ruud Hesp
14 MF Emmanuel Amunike
15 MF Phillip Cocu
No. Position Player
16 MF Dragan Ćirić
17 DF Winston Bogarde
18 MF Ronald de Boer
19 FW Patrick Kluivert
20 DF Miguel Ángel Nadal
21 MF Luis Enrique
22 DF Samuel Okunowo
23 MF Boudewijn Zenden
24 MF Roger
25 DF Frank de Boer
26 MF Xavi Hernández
27 MF Luis García
28 GK Francesc Arnau
33 DF Ibán Cuadrado
— GK Carles Busquets

Transfers

In

Winter

Out

Antinio Flores Aragon

Winter

Competitions

La Liga
Main article: 1998–99 La Liga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 38 24 7 7 87 43 +44 79 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League First group stage
2 Real Madrid 38 21 5 12 77 62 +15 68 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League First group stage
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
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.
(C) Champion.

Matches
30 August 1998 1Racing de Santander0-0FC Barcelona
Report
12 September 1998 2FC Barcelona1-0Extremadura CFBarcelona
Luis Figo 23' Report Stadium: Camp Nou
19 September 1998 3Real Madrid2-2FC Barcelona
Raúl 7' 25' Report Kluivert 12'
Anderson 82'
26 September 1998 4FC Barcelona2-2Celta de VigoBarcelona
Kluivert 38' 56' Report Salgado 42'
Mostovoi 89'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
3 October 1998 5Valencia CF1-3FC Barcelona
Lopez 15' Report Kluivert 56'
Rivaldo 73'
Anderson 92'
17 October 1998 6FC Barcelona1-1UD SalamancaBarcelona
Cocu 52' Report Alonso 62' Stadium: Camp Nou
25 October 1998 7RCD Espanyol1-2FC Barcelona
de Lucas 59' Report Kluivert 9'
Giovanni 82' (pen.)
31 October 1998 8FC Barcelona4-1Real SociedadBarcelona
Rivaldo 33' 61'
Anderson 37' 80'		 Report Kovačević 24' Stadium: Camp Nou
8 November 1998 9Real Oviedo2-1FC Barcelona
Fabio Pinto 85'
Pellegrino 92' (o.g.)		 Report Rivaldo 35'
15 November 1998 10FC Barcelona4-1CD TenerifeBarcelona
Cocu 14' 62'
Rivaldo 84'
Anderson 90'		 Report Makaay 44' Stadium: Camp Nou
21 November 1998 11RCD Mallorca1-0FC Barcelona
Barjuan 19' (o.g.) Report
28 November 1998 12FC Barcelona0-1Atletico de MadridBarcelona
Report Jugović 38' (pen.) Stadium: Camp Nou
05 December 1998 13Deportivo La Coruña2-1FC Barcelona
Hadji 75'
Fran 93'		 Report Rivaldo 90' (pen.)
13 December 1998 14FC Barcelona1-3Villarreal CFBarcelona
Craioveanu 12' 24'
Gerardo 75'		 Report Giovanni 82' Stadium: Camp Nou
20 December 1998 15Real Valladolid0-1FC Barcelona
Report Xavi 16'
03 January 1999 16FC Barcelona7-1Deportivo AlavesBarcelona
Luis Figo 19'
Luis Enrique 36' 89'
Rivaldo 57' 66'
Óscar 85' 86'		 Report Pablo 79' (pen.) Stadium: Camp Nou
09 January 1999 17FC Barcelona4-2Athletic de BilbaoBarcelona
Luis Enrique 23'
Cocu 39'
Rivaldo 53' 85'		 Report Urzáiz 51'
Guerrero 74'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
17 January 1999 18Real Betis0-3FC Barcelona
Report Luis Figo 2'
Luis Enrique 33'
Guardiola 84'
24 January 1999 19FC Barcelona3-1Real ZaragozaBarcelona
Cocu 8'
Rivaldo 57' 87'		 Report Milošević 66' Stadium: Camp Nou
31 January 1999 20FC Barcelona3-2Racing de SantanderBarcelona
Merino 36' (o.g.)
de Boer 44'
Cocu 85'		 Report Victor 27'
Munitis 48'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
07 February 1999 21Extremadura CF1-2FC Barcelona
Duré 19' Report Luis Enrique 28'
Kluivert 83'
14 February 1999 22FC Barcelona3-0Real MadridBarcelona
Luis Enrique 4' 36'
Rivaldo 80'		 Report Stadium: Camp Nou
21 February 1999 23Celta de Vigo0-0FC Barcelona
Report
27 February 1999 24FC Barcelona2-4Valencia CFBarcelona
Kluivert 29' 77' Report Ilie 4'
Claudio Lopez 38' 87'
Angulo 82'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
07 March 1999 25UD Salamanca1-4FC Barcelona
Cardetti 71' Report Luis Figo 8'
Luis Enrique 43'
Kluivert 44'
Anderson 80'
14 March 1999 26FC Barcelona3-0RCD EspanyolBarcelona
Rivaldo 16' 29' (pen.)
Kluivert 52'		 Report Stadium: Camp Nou
21 March 1999 27Real Sociedad0-2FC Barcelona
Report Cocu 29' 87'
04 April 1999 28FC Barcelona3-1Real OviedoBarcelona
Rivaldo 23' 32' (pen.) 86' (pen.) Report Valdés 25' Stadium: Camp Nou
10 April 1999 29CD Tenerife2-3FC Barcelona
Pinilla 43'
Makaay 56'		 Report Cocu 17'
Rivaldo 36'
Celades 44'
17 April 1999 30FC Barcelona2-1RCD MallorcaBarcelona
de Boer 4'
Kluivert 25'		 Report Biagini 89' (pen.) Stadium: Camp Nou
25 April 1999 31Atletico de Madrid1-1FC Barcelona
Valerón 54' Report Abelardo 63'
02 May 1999 32FC Barcelona4-0Deportivo La CoruñaBarcelona
Kluivert 14'
Luis Figo 39'
Luis Enrique 44'
Rivaldo 78'		 Report Stadium: Camp Nou
09 May 1999 33Villarreal CF2-3FC Barcelona
Alfaro 27'
Moisés 72'		 Report Kluivert 44'
Cocu 56'
Rivaldo 77'
15 May 1999 34FC Barcelona1-1Real ValladolidBarcelona
Luis Enrique 62' Report Lozano 81' Stadium: Camp Nou
22 May 1999 35Deportivo Alaves1-4FC Barcelona
Salinas 76' Report Cocu 40'
Kluivert 49'
Luis Figo 67'
Luis Enrique 88'
29 May 1999 36Athletic de Bilbao1-3FC Barcelona
Ferreira 49' Report Kluivert 6'
Rivaldo 74' (pen.) 89'
13 June 1999 37FC Barcelona4-1Real BetisBarcelona
Cocu 23'
Rivaldo 26' (pen.)
Luis Figo 30'
Celades 76'		 Report Oli 81' Stadium: Camp Nou
20 June 1999 38Real Zaragoza2-0FC Barcelona
Milošević 6' 76' Report

UEFA Champions League
Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Champions League

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BAY MUN BAR BRO
Bayern Munich 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 — 2–2 1–0 2–0
Manchester United 6 2 4 0 20 11 +9 10 1–1 — 3–3 5–0
Barcelona 6 2 2 2 11 9 +2 8 1–2 3–3 — 2–0
Brøndby 6 1 0 5 4 18 −14 3 2–1 2–6 0–2 —
Source:
16 September 1998 Manchester United 3–3 BarcelonaOld Trafford, Manchester
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)		 Giggs  16'
Scholes  24'
Beckham  63'		 Report Anderson  47'
Giovanni  59' (pen.)
Luis Enrique  70' (pen.)		 Attendance: 53,601
Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)
30 September 1998 Barcelona 2–0 BrøndbyCamp Nou, Barcelona
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)		 Anderson  44', 85' Report Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)
21 October 1998 Bayern Munich 1–0 BarcelonaOlympiastadion, Munich
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)		 Effenberg  45' Report Attendance: 56,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
4 November 1998 Barcelona 1–2 Bayern MunichCamp Nou, Barcelona
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)		 Giovanni  29' (pen.) Report Zickler  48'
Salihamidžić  87'		 Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
25 November 1998 Barcelona 3–3 Manchester UnitedCamp Nou, Barcelona
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)		 Anderson  1'
Rivaldo  57', 73'		 Report Yorke  25', 68'
Cole  53'		 Attendance: 54,213
Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
9 December 1998 Brøndby 0–2 BarcelonaParken Stadium, Copenhagen
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)		 Report Figo  6'
Rivaldo  36'		 Attendance: 40,892
Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

Copa del Rey
Main article: 1998–99 Copa del Rey

Eightfinals
20 January 1999 Benidorm0-1FC Barcelona
4 February 1999 FC Barcelona3-0Benidorm

Quarterfinals
17 February 1999 FC Barcelona2-3ValenciaBarcelona
Kluivert 47'
Rivaldo 60'		 Report Piojo Lopez 51'
Piojo Lopez 56'
Mendieta 80'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
23 February 1999 Valencia CF4-3FC BarcelonaValencia
Piojo Lopez 23'
Piojo Lopez 35'
Angulo 42'
Mendieta 69'		 Report Rivaldo 57'
Oscar 63'
de Boer 81'		 Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Results

References
  1. "FootballSquads - Barcelona - 1998/99". Archived from the original on 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  2. Hicks, Danny (30 August 1998). "Nou Camp becomes Little Holland". London: The Independent. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
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