1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage

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

Seeding was based on the UEFA associations 1998 raking.[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 Real Madrid
1 Juventus
2 Kaiserslautern
3 Barcelona
4 Lens
5 Ajax
Pot 2
Assoc.Team
6 Arsenal
7 Porto
1 Internazionale
2 Bayern Munich
3 Athletic Bilbao
5 PSV Eindhoven
Pot 3
Assoc.Team
6 Manchester United
7 Benfica
8 Olympiacos
8 Panathinaikos
10 Rosenborg
11 Sturm Graz
Pot 4
Assoc.Team
12 Spartak Moscow
13 Croatia Zagreb
14 Galatasaray
15 Brøndby
17 Dynamo Kyiv
31 HJK

Groups

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

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Olympiacos 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 Croatia Zagreb 6 2 2 2 5 7 −2 8
3 Porto 6 2 1 3 11 9 +2 7
4 Ajax 6 2 1 3 4 6 −2 7
Source:
Porto 2–2 Olympiacos
Zahovič  65'
Jardel  82'		 Report Giannakopoulos  86'
Gogić  89'
Attendance: 37,000
Croatia Zagreb 0–0 Ajax
Report
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Ajax 2–1 Porto
Rudy  57'
Litmanen  86' (pen.)		 Report Zahovič  69'
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 41,000
Olympiacos 2–0 Croatia Zagreb
Alexandris  21'
Gogić  80'		 Report
Attendance: 60,502
Olympiacos 1–0 Ajax
Alexandris  38' Report
Attendance: 73,250
Porto 3–0 Croatia Zagreb
Doriva  33'
Zahovič  42', 75'		 Report
Attendance: 16,500
Ajax 2–0 Olympiacos
Witschge  36'
Gorré  88'		 Report
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 46,000
Croatia Zagreb 3–1 Porto
Mikić  7'
Rukavina  37'
Mujčin  61'		 Report Jardel  39'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Ajax 0–1 Croatia Zagreb
Report Šimić  67'
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Olympiacos 2–1 Porto
Gogić  18'
Đorđević  55'		 Report Zahovič  76'
Attendance: 70,232
Porto 3–0 Ajax
Zahovič  54', 73'
Drulović  79'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Croatia Zagreb 1–1 Olympiacos
Jeličić  35' Report Giannakopoulos  64'
Attendance: 16,546
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Juventus 6 1 5 0 7 5 +2 8 Advance to knockout stage
2 Galatasaray 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8
3 Rosenborg 6 2 2 2 7 8 −1 8
4 Athletic Bilbao 6 1 3 2 5 6 −1 6
Source:
Juventus 2–2 Galatasaray
Inzaghi  17'
Birindelli  69'		 Report Şükür  44'
Ümit  63'
Attendance: 37,192
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Athletic Bilbao 1–1 Rosenborg
Etxeberria  7' Report Strand  64'
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)
Rosenborg 1–1 Juventus
Skammelsrud  69' (pen.) Report Inzaghi  26'
Attendance: 15,385
Referee: Amand Ancion (Belgium)
Galatasaray 2–1 Athletic Bilbao
Okan  16'
Hagi  90+3'		 Report Urzaiz  17'
Attendance: 19,828
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Rosenborg 3–0 Galatasaray
Rushfeldt  69', 86', 89' Report
Attendance: 15,372
Athletic Bilbao 0–0 Juventus
Report
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Juventus 1–1 Athletic Bilbao
Lasa  68' (o.g.) Report Guerrero  45'
Attendance: 44,584
Galatasaray 3–0 Rosenborg
Şükür  55', 74'
Arif  66'		 Report
Attendance: 22,000
Rosenborg 2–1 Athletic Bilbao
Sørensen  2', 50' Report Pérez  90'
Attendance: 15,454
Galatasaray 1–1 Juventus
Suat  90' Report Amoruso  78'
Attendance: 22,920
Juventus 2–0 Rosenborg
Inzaghi  16'
Amoruso  36'		 Report
Attendance: 7,174
Athletic Bilbao 1–0 Galatasaray
Guerrero  44' Report
Attendance: 16,000

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Internazionale 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13 Advance to knockout stage
2 Real Madrid 6 4 0 2 17 8 +9 12
3 Spartak Moscow 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8
4 Sturm Graz 6 0 1 5 2 16 −14 1
Source:
Real Madrid 2–0 Internazionale
Hierro  80' (pen.)
Seedorf  90'		 Report
Attendance: 42,000
Sturm Graz 0–2 Spartak Moscow
Report Titov  60'
Tsymbalar  63'
Attendance: 11,000
Internazionale 1–0 Sturm Graz
Djorkaeff  90' Report
Attendance: 24,791
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
Spartak Moscow 2–1 Real Madrid
Tsymbalar  72'
Titov  78'		 Report Raúl  63'
Attendance: 60,000
Real Madrid 6–1 Sturm Graz
Sávio  13', 90'
Raúl  22'
Jarni  61', 79'
Popović  67' (o.g.)		 Report Vastić  8'
Attendance: 32,500
Internazionale 2–1 Spartak Moscow
Ventola  32'
Ronaldo  59'		 Report Tsymbalar  64'
Attendance: 44,199
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Spartak Moscow 1–1 Internazionale
Tikhonov  67' Report Simeone  88'
Attendance: 84,000
Sturm Graz 1–5 Real Madrid
Haas  3' Report Panucci  8', 61'
Mijatović  35'
Seedorf  57'
Šuker  74'
Attendance: 13,851
Internazionale 3–1 Real Madrid
Zamorano  51'
Baggio  86', 90'		 Report Seedorf  57'
Attendance: 77,829
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Spartak Moscow 0–0 Sturm Graz
Report
Attendance: 37,000
Real Madrid 2–1 Spartak Moscow
Raúl  34'
Sávio  66'		 Report Khlestov  89'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: László Vagner (Hungary)
Sturm Graz 0–2 Internazionale
Report Zanetti  64'
Baggio  80'
Attendance: 12,685
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bayern Munich 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 Manchester United 6 2 4 0 20 11 +9 10
3 Barcelona 6 2 2 2 11 9 +2 8
4 Brøndby 6 1 0 5 4 18 −14 3
Source:
Manchester United 3–3 Barcelona
Giggs  16'
Scholes  24'
Beckham  63'		 Report Anderson  47'
Giovanni  59' (pen.)
Luis Enrique  70' (pen.)
Attendance: 53,601
Brøndby 2–1 Bayern Munich
Helmer  87' (o.g.)
Ravn  89'		 Report Babbel  76'
Attendance: 30,378
Referee: László Vagner (Hungary)
Bayern Munich 2–2 Manchester United
Élber  11', 89' Report Yorke  30'
Scholes  49'
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Barcelona 2–0 Brøndby
Anderson  44', 85' Report
Attendance: 55,000
Brøndby 2–6 Manchester United
Daugaard  35'
Sand  90'		 Report Giggs  2', 21'
Cole  28'
Keane  55'
Yorke  60'
Solskjær  62'
Attendance: 40,315
Bayern Munich 1–0 Barcelona
Effenberg  45' Report
Attendance: 56,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Barcelona 1–2 Bayern Munich
Giovanni  29' (pen.) Report Zickler  48'
Salihamidžić  87'
Attendance: 100,000
Manchester United 5–0 Brøndby
Beckham  7'
Cole  12'
P. Neville  16'
Yorke  28'
Scholes  63'		 Report
Attendance: 53,250
Barcelona 3–3 Manchester United
Anderson  1'
Rivaldo  57', 73'		 Report Yorke  25', 68'
Cole  53'
Attendance: 54,213
Bayern Munich 2–0 Brøndby
Jancker  51'
Basler  57'		 Report
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)
Manchester United 1–1 Bayern Munich
Keane  43' Report Salihamidžić  55'
Attendance: 54,434
Brøndby 0–2 Barcelona
Report Figo  6'
Rivaldo  36'
Attendance: 40,892

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dynamo Kyiv 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 Lens 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8
3 Arsenal 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8
4 Panathinaikos 6 2 0 4 6 9 −3 6
Source:
Panathinaikos 2–1 Dynamo Kyiv
Mykland  56'
Liberopoulos  69'		 Report Rebrov  31'
Attendance: 20,300
Lens 1–1 Arsenal
Vairelles  90+2' Report Overmars  51'
Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
Attendance: 33,371
Arsenal 2–1 Panathinaikos
Adams  62'
Keown  75'		 Report Mauro  87'
Attendance: 73,454
Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 Lens
Shevchenko  61' Report Vairelles  62'
Attendance: 40,000
Arsenal 1–1 Dynamo Kyiv
Bergkamp  74' Report Rebrov  90+2'
Attendance: 73,256
Lens 1–0 Panathinaikos
Eloi  80' Report
Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
Attendance: 32,757
Dynamo Kyiv 3–1 Arsenal
Rebrov  26' (pen.)
Holovko  61'
Shevchenko  72'		 Report Hughes  82'
Attendance: 76,600
Panathinaikos 1–0 Lens
Vokolos  53' Report
Attendance: 55,031
Arsenal 0–1 Lens
Report Debève  72'
Attendance: 73,707
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 Panathinaikos
Rebrov  72'
Basinas  80' (o.g.)		 Report Lagonikakis  36'
Attendance: 50,000
Panathinaikos 1–3 Arsenal
Sypniewski  74' Report Asanović  64' (o.g.)
Anelka  80'
Boa Morte  86'
Attendance: 41,105
Lens 1–3 Dynamo Kyiv
Šmicer  78' Report Kaladze  60'
Vashchuk  75'
Shevchenko  85'
Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
Attendance: 39,423

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kaiserslautern 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 13 Advance to knockout stage
2 Benfica 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 8
3 PSV Eindhoven 6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 7
4 HJK 6 1 2 3 8 12 −4 5
Source:
PSV Eindhoven 2–1 HJK
Ooijer  57'
Bruggink  90+3'		 Report Kottila  32'
Attendance: 14,460
Kaiserslautern 1–0 Benfica
Wagner  41' Report
Attendance: 31,112
Benfica 2–1 PSV Eindhoven
Nuno Gomes  47'
João Pinto  76'		 Report Rommedahl  70'
Attendance: 45,000
HJK 0–0 Kaiserslautern
Report
Attendance: 21,217
PSV Eindhoven 1–2 Kaiserslautern
Khokhlov  78' Report Riedl  67'
Rische  81'
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
HJK 2–0 Benfica
Lehkosuo  20' (pen.)
Kottila  70'		 Report
Attendance: 25,126
Kaiserslautern 3–1 PSV Eindhoven
Rische  68'
Riedl  77'
Hristov  90'		 Report Van Nistelrooy  18'
Attendance: 31,444
Benfica 2–2 HJK
Nuno Gomes  78'
Calado  80'		 Report Minto  5' (o.g.)
Luiz Antônio  84'
Attendance: 28,500
Referee: László Vagner (Hungary)
HJK 1–3 PSV Eindhoven
Lehkosuo  70' (pen.) Report Van Nistelrooy  30', 67', 82' (pen.)
Attendance: 34,146
Benfica 2–1 Kaiserslautern
Nuno Gomes  31'
João Pinto  70'		 Report Rische  90'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)
PSV Eindhoven 2–2 Benfica
Khokhlov  41'
Van Nistelrooy  89'		 Report Nuno Gomes  47' (pen.), 64'
Attendance: 17,900
Kaiserslautern 5–2 HJK
Rösler  43', 61', 80'
Marschall  49'
Rische  85'		 Report Ilola  29'
Luiz Antônio  68'
Attendance: 27,300
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Ranking of runners-up
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Real Madrid 6 4 0 2 17 8 +9 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Manchester United 6 2 4 0 20 11 +9 10
3 Galatasaray 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8
4 Benfica 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 8
5 Lens 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8
6 Croatia Zagreb 6 2 2 2 5 7 −2 8
Source:

Notes
  1. CET (UTC+1) for matches from 4 November 1998, and CEST (UTC+2) for matches to 21 October 1998.
  2. 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.[5]

References
  1. "UEFA Country Ranking 1998". Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. 1997–98 European Cups draw
  3. Originally scheduled for 25 November, delayed for political tensions between Turkey and Italy due to the Öcalan affair.
  4. 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.
    Fylan, Kevin (6 April 1998). "Football: Real punished for trouble at European Cup tie". The Independent. Independent News and Media. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
  5. 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.
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