1998–99 Valencia CF season

Valencia CF
1998–99 season
Manager	Claudio Ranieri
La Liga	4th
UEFA Cup	Second round
Copa del Rey	Winners
Top goalscorer	Claudio López (21)
Home colours	Away colours

Valencia CF had a successful season, finishing in the top four of La Liga and thus qualifying for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in almost 30 years, thanks to the extension of the competition to include more teams from the top leagues. Valencia also won the Copa del Rey, ending a long trophy drought and marking a successful end to Italian coach Claudio Ranieri's first spell at the club. Among the main players behind the success included Gaizka Mendieta, Javier Farinós and lethal striker Claudio López.

At the end of the season, Ranieri left to manage Atlético Madrid; he was replaced by Argentine Héctor Cúper, who had led Mallorca to third place and the Cup Winners' Cup final.

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	Santiago Cañizares
2	DF	Javi Navarro
3	DF	Juanfran
4	DF	Paco Camarasa
5	DF	Miroslav Đukić
6	MF	Gaizka Mendieta
7	FW	Claudio López
8	MF	Javier Farinós
9	FW	Cristiano Lucarelli
10	MF	Stefan Schwarz
11	FW	Adrian Ilie
13	GK	Jorge Bartual
14	DF	Joachim Björklund

No.	Position	Player
15	DF	Amedeo Carboni
16	DF	Alain Roche
18	MF	Gabriel Popescu
19	FW	Goran Vlaović
20	DF	Jocelyn Angloma
21	MF	Luis Milla
22	MF	Dennis Şerban
23	MF	Angulo
25	DF	Miguel Soria
26	GK	Jonathan
27	MF	Curro Montoya
30	FW	Rubén Navarro
31	FW	Jandro

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
12		MF	Guillermo Morigi (to Vélez Sársfield)
17		FW	Sabin Ilie (on loan to Lleida)

No.		Position	Player
24		DF	Óscar Téllez (to Villarreal)

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
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	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.

Matches

28 August 1998 1	Valencia	1-0	Atletico Madrid	Valencia
	Angulo 65'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

11 September 1998 2	Deportivo	1-0	Valencia	La Coruña
	Schürrer 4'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Riazor

19 September 1998 3	Valencia	1-0	Villareal	Valencia
	Angulo 45'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

25 September 1998 4	Valladolid	3-1	Valencia	Valladolid
	Peternac 35' Javi Torres 37' Alberto Marcos 88'	Report	Angulo 31'	Stadium: Estadio Jose Zorrilla

2 October 1998 5	Valencia	1-3	Barcelona	Valencia
	Piojo López 14'	Report	Kluivert 55' Rivaldo 73' Anderson 90'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

16 October 1998 6	Athletic Bilbao	2-0	Valencia	Bilbao
	Urzaiz 27' Guerrero 51'	Report		Stadium: Estadio San Mames

24 October 1998 7	Valencia	5-1	Betis	Valencia
	Piojo López 29' Ilie 42' Schwarz 67' Piojo López 73' Ilie 82'	Report	Alexis 33'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

30 October 1998 8	Real Zaragoza	1-4	Valencia	Zaragoza
	Kily González 24'	Report	Ilie 3' Lucarelli 68' Schwarz 78' Mendieta 85'	Stadium: Estadio La Romareda

7 November 1998 9	Valencia	3-0	Racing Santander	Valencia
	Djukic 46' Schwarz 47' Piojo López 62'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

14 November 1998 10	Extremadura	1-0	Valencia	Extremadura
	Toril 60'	Report

20 November 1998 11	Valencia	3-1	Real Madrid	Valencia
	Angulo 35' Claudio López 62' Claudio López 74'	Report	Sávio 57'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

28 November 1998 12	Celta Vigo	2-2	Valencia	Vigo
	Mostovoi 34' Adrian Ilie 66'	Report	Popescu 23' Juan Sánchez 56'	Stadium: Estadio Balaidos

5 December 1998 13	Alavés	0-1	Valencia	Vitoria
		Report	Claudio López 65'

12 December 1998 14	Valencia	1-0	Salamanca	Valencia
	Angulo 76'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

19 December 1998 15	Espanyol	2-1	Valencia	Barcelona
	Joan Capdevila 35' Cristóbal 75'	Report	Javier Farinós 42'	Stadium: Estadio Olimpico Lluys Company

1 January 1999 16	Valencia	2-0	Real Sociedad	Valencia
	Stefan Schwarz 19' Claudio López 60'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

9 January 1999 17	Real Oviedo	2-2	Valencia	Oviedo
	Julio Dely Valdés 9' Julio Dely Valdés 33'	Report	Joyce Moreno 22' (o.g.) Luis Milla 90'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere

16 January 1999 18	Valencia	1-1	Tenerife	Valencia
	Claudio López 37' (pen.)	Report	Juanele 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

23 January 1999 19	Mallorca	0-1	Valencia	Palma de Mallorca
		Report	Claudio López 49'

29 January 1999 20	Atlético Madrid	1-2	Valencia	Madrid
	José Mari 18'	Report	Piojo López 12' Angulo 27'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderon

5 February 1999 21	Valencia	0-0	Deportivo	Valencia
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

13 February 1999 22	Villareal	1-0	Valencia	Villarreal
	Gheorghe Craioveanu 90'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de la Ceramica

20 February 1999 23	Valencia	0-1	Valladolid	Valencia
		Report	Alen Peternac 80'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

26 February 1999 24	Barcelona	2-4	Valencia	Barcelona
	Patrick Kluivert 30' Patrick Kluivert 78'	Report	Ilie 4' Piojo López 37' Angulo 82' Piojo López 87'	Stadium: Camp Nou

6 March 1999 25	Valencia	4-1	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
	Ilie 53' Angloma 67' Ilie 73' (pen) Claudio Piojo López 85'	Report	Ismael Urzaiz 36'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

12 March 1999 26	Betis	0-1	Valencia	Sevilla
		Report	Gaizka Mendieta 43'	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin

20 March 1999 27	Valencia	1-1	Real Zaragoza	Valencia
	Adrian Ilie 48'	Report	Gustavo López 18'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

2 April 1999 28	Racing Santander	0-1	Valencia	Santander
		Report	Björklund 80'	Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero

10 April 1999 29	Valencia	1-1	Extremadura	Valencia
	Serban 64'	Report	Esposito 62'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

17 April 1999 30	Real Madrid	3-1	Valencia	Madrid
	Morientes 11' Raúl 30' Raúl 70'	Report	Mendieta 69'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

23 April 1999 31	Valencia	2-2	Celta Vigo	Valencia
	Vlaovic 12' Farinos 90'	Report	Juan Sánchez 41' Karpin 90'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

30 April 1999 32	Valencia	5-0	Alavés	Valencia
	Piojo López 19' Mendieta 33' Piojo López 56' Piojo López 71' Mendieta 81'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

8 May 1999 33	Salamanca	0-1	Valencia	Salamanca
		Report	Vlaovic 23'

15 May 1999 34	Valencia	1-2	Espanyol	Valencia
	Piojo López 90'	Report	Tamudo 71' Posse 90'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

22 May 1999 35	Real Sociedad	1-1	Valencia	San Sebastian
	Kovacevic 74'	Report	Ilie 90'	Stadium: Estadio Anoeta

28 May 1999 36	Valencia	3-0	Real Oviedo	Valencia
	Mendieta 44' (pen.) Piojo López 60' Piojo López 76' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

12 June 1999 37	Tenerife	3-2	Valencia	Santa Cruz de la Palma
	Pier 32' Makaay 59' Pier 70'	Report	Angulo 3' Piojo López 87'	Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez

19 June 1999 38	Valencia	3-0	Mallorca	Valencia
	Ilie 12' Mendieta 51' Ilie 66'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Top scorers

Copa del Rey

Eightfinals

19 January 1999	Levante UD	0-3	Valencia	Valencia
		Report	Navarro 5' Navarro 63' Mendieta 85'	Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Valencia

2 February 1999	Valencia	1-0	Levante	Valencia
	Angloma 86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Quarterfinals

17 February 1999	FC Barcelona	2-3	Valencia	Barcelona
	Kluivert 47' Rivaldo 60'	Report	Piojo Lopez 51' Piojo Lopez 56' Mendieta 80'	Stadium: Camp Nou

23 February 1999	Valencia CF	4-3	FC Barcelona	Valencia
	Piojo Lopez 23' Piojo Lopez 35' Angulo 42' Mendieta 69'	Report	Rivaldo 57' Oscar 63' de Boer 81'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Semifinals

9 June 1999 (1999-06-09)	Valencia	6–0	Real Madrid	Valencia
	Piojo Lopez 19' Roche 31' Vlaović 34' Roche 42' Piojo Lopez 54' Mendieta 72'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto

16 June 1999 (1999-06-16)	Real Madrid	2–1	Valencia	Madrid
	Sávio 7' Predrag Mijatović 53'	Report	Piojo Lopez 85'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega

Final

26 June 1999	Atlético Madrid	0 – 3	Valencia	Sevilla
21:30 CEST		Copa del Rey 1999	Piojo López 22', 81' Mendieta 33'	Stadium: La Cartuja Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega

UEFA Cup

First round

15 September 1998	Steaua Bucharest	3–4	Valencia	Bucharest
20:30 (CET)	Lincar 30' Roşu 60' Dumitrescu 84'	Report	Ilie 11', 24' Angulo 78', 86'	Stadium: Stadionul Steaua Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Urs Meier

29 September 1998	Valencia	3–0	Steaua Bucharest	Valencia
21:30 (CET)	Roche 52' López 56' Lucarelli 89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ryszard Wójcik

Second round

20 October 1998	Liverpool	0–0	Valencia	Liverpool
20:45 (CET)		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 26,004 Referee: Livio Bazzoli

3 November 1998	Valencia	2–2 (2-2a agg.)	Liverpool	Valencia
21:30 (CET)	López 45', 90'	Report	McManaman 80' Berger 85'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière

References

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