1998–99 FC Barcelona season

FC Barcelona
1998–99 season
President	Josep Lluís Núñez
Head Coach	Louis van Gaal
Stadium	Camp Nou
La Liga	1st
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals
Supercopa de España	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Group stage (3rd)
Top goalscorer	League: Rivaldo (24); All: Rivaldo (29)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

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.

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	POR	Vítor Baía
2	DF	NED	Michael Reiziger
3	DF	ARG	Mauricio Pellegrino
4	MF	ESP	Pep Guardiola (captain)
5	DF	ESP	Abelardo
6	MF	ESP	Óscar
7	MF	POR	Luís Figo
8	MF	ESP	Albert Celades
9	FW	BRA	Sonny Anderson
10	MF	BRA	Giovanni
11	MF	BRA	Rivaldo
12	DF	ESP	Sergi
13	GK	NED	Ruud Hesp
14	MF	NGA	Emmanuel Amunike
15	MF	NED	Phillip Cocu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	SCG	Dragan Ćirić
17	DF	NED	Winston Bogarde
18	MF	NED	Ronald de Boer
19	FW	NED	Patrick Kluivert
20	DF	ESP	Miguel Ángel Nadal
21	MF	ESP	Luis Enrique
22	DF	NGA	Samuel Okunowo
23	MF	NED	Boudewijn Zenden
24	MF	ESP	Roger
25	DF	NED	Frank de Boer
26	MF	ESP	Xavi Hernández
27	MF	ESP	Luis García
28	GK	ESP	Francesc Arnau
33	DF	ESP	Ibán Cuadrado
—	GK	ESP	Carles Busquets

Transfers[]

In[]

Patrick Kluivert – Milan, 28 August, £8,750,000^[2]
Mauricio Pellegrino – Vélez Sarsfield
Phillip Cocu – PSV
Boudewijn Zenden – PSV

Winter

Ronald de Boer – Ajax, £22,000,000 (joint fee with Frank de Boer)
Frank de Boer – Ajax, joint fee

Out[]

Fernando Couto – Lazio
Iván de la Peña – Lazio
Albert Ferrer – Chelsea F.C.
Hristo Stoichkov – CSKA Sofia
Guillermo Amor – Fiorentina

Amor joined Fiorentina on July 1 after he was granted the freedom letter by Barcelona.^[3]

Juan Antonio Pizzi – River Plate

Barcelona accepted a 350 million pesetas transfer for Pizzi, which was signed on July 1. The contract included a compensation fee if River Plate was to sell the player to a European team during its three-year duration.^[4]

Carles Busquets – Lleida
Christophe Dugarry – Olympique de Marseille
Toni Velamazán – CF Extremadura

Velamazán's move to Extremadura was decided after the player met youth football director Lorenzo Serra Ferrer on June 30. Barcelona kept a two-year repurchase option.^[5]

Antinio Flores Aragon

Winter

Vítor Baía – Porto, loan-out

Competitions[]

La Liga[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	38	24	7	7	87	43	+44	79	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Real Madrid	38	21	5	12	77	62	+15	68	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Mallorca	38	20	6	12	48	31	+17	66	Qualification for the 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	Qualification for the 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

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L
Position	11	6	6	7	3	6	4	3	4	2	3	6	8	10	9	7	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

30 August 1998 1	Racing de Santander	0-0	FC Barcelona	show
		Report

12 September 1998 2	FC Barcelona	1-0	Extremadura CF	showBarcelona
	Figo 23'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

19 September 1998 3	Real Madrid	2-2	FC Barcelona	show
	Raúl 7' 25'	Report	Kluivert 12' Anderson 82'

26 September 1998 4	FC Barcelona	2-2	Celta de Vigo	showBarcelona
	Kluivert 38' 56'	Report	Salgado 42' Mostovoy 89'	Stadium: Camp Nou

3 October 1998 5	Valencia CF	1-3	FC Barcelona	show
	López 15'	Report	Kluivert 56' Rivaldo 73' Anderson 89'

17 October 1998 6	FC Barcelona	1-1	UD Salamanca	showBarcelona
	Cocu 52'	Report	Alonso 62'	Stadium: Camp Nou

25 October 1998 7	RCD Espanyol	1-2	FC Barcelona	show
	de Lucas 59'	Report	Kluivert 9' Giovanni 82' (pen.)

31 October 1998 8	FC Barcelona	4-1	Real Sociedad	showBarcelona
	Rivaldo 33' 61' Anderson 37' 80'	Report	Kovačević 24'	Stadium: Camp Nou

8 November 1998 9	Real Oviedo	2-1	FC Barcelona	show
	Pinto 85' Pellegrino 89' (o.g.)	Report	Rivaldo 35'

15 November 1998 10	FC Barcelona	4-1	CD Tenerife	showBarcelona
	Cocu 14' 62' Rivaldo 84' Anderson 89'	Report	Makaay 44'	Stadium: Camp Nou

21 November 1998 11	RCD Mallorca	1-0	FC Barcelona	show
	Barjuán 19' (o.g.)	Report

28 November 1998 12	FC Barcelona	0-1	Atlético de Madrid	showBarcelona
		Report	Jugović 38' (pen.)	Stadium: Camp Nou

5 December 1998 13	Deportivo La Coruña	2-1	FC Barcelona	show
	Hadji 75' Fran 89'	Report	Rivaldo 86' (pen.)

13 December 1998 14	FC Barcelona	1-3	Villarreal CF	showBarcelona
	Giovanni 82'	Report	Craioveanu 12' 24' Gerardo 75'	Stadium: Camp Nou

20 December 1998 15	Real Valladolid	0-1	FC Barcelona	show
		Report	Xavi 16'

3 January 1999 16	FC Barcelona	7-1	Deportivo Alavés	showBarcelona
	Figo 19' Enrique 36' 89' Rivaldo 57' 66' Óscar 85' 86'	Report	Pablo 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Camp Nou

9 January 1999 17	FC Barcelona	4-2	Athletic de Bilbao	showBarcelona
	Enrique 23' Cocu 39' Rivaldo 53' 85'	Report	Urzaiz 51' Guerrero 74'	Stadium: Camp Nou

17 January 1999 18	Real Betis	0-3	FC Barcelona	show
		Report	Figo 2' Enrique 33' Guardiola 84'

24 January 1999 19	FC Barcelona	3-1	Real Zaragoza	showBarcelona
	Cocu 8' Rivaldo 57' 87'	Report	Milošević 66'	Stadium: Camp Nou

31 January 1999 20	FC Barcelona	3-2	Racing de Santander	showBarcelona
	36' (o.g.) de Boer 44' Cocu 85'	Report	Víctor 27' Munitis 48'	Stadium: Camp Nou

7 February 1999 21	Extremadura CF	1-2	FC Barcelona	show
	19'	Report	Enrique 28' Kluivert 83'

14 February 1999 22	FC Barcelona	3-0	Real Madrid	showBarcelona
	Enrique 4' 36' Rivaldo 80'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

21 February 1999 23	Celta de Vigo	0-0	FC Barcelona	show
		Report

27 February 1999 24	FC Barcelona	2-4	Valencia CF	showCamp Nou
	Kluivert 29' 77'	Report	Ilie 4' López 38' 87' Angulo 82'

7 March 1999 25	UD Salamanca	1-4	FC Barcelona	show
	Cardetti 71'	Report	Figo 8' Enrique 43' Kluivert 44' Anderson 80'

14 March 1999 26	FC Barcelona	3-0	RCD Espanyol	showBarcelona
	Rivaldo 16' 29' (pen.) Kluivert 52'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

21 March 1999 27	Real Sociedad	0-2	FC Barcelona	show
		Report	Cocu 29' 87'

4 April 1999 28	FC Barcelona	3-1	Real Oviedo	showBarcelona
	Rivaldo 23' 32' (pen.) 86' (pen.)	Report	Valdés 26'	Stadium: Camp Nou

10 April 1999 29	CD Tenerife	2-3	FC Barcelona	show
	Pinilla 43' Makaay 56'	Report	Cocu 17' Rivaldo 36' Celades 44'

17 April 1999 30	FC Barcelona	2-1	RCD Mallorca	showBarcelona
	de Boer 4' Kluivert 25'	Report	Biagini 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Camp Nou

25 April 1999 31	Atlético de Madrid	1-1	FC Barcelona	show
	Valerón 54'	Report	Abelardo 63'

2 May 1999 32	FC Barcelona	4-0	Deportivo La Coruña	showBarcelona
	Kluivert 14' Figo 39' Enrique 44' Rivaldo 78'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

9 May 1999 33	Villarreal CF	2-3	FC Barcelona	show
	Alfaro 27' Moisés 72'	Report	Kluivert 44' Cocu 56' Rivaldo 77'

15 May 1999 34	FC Barcelona	1-1	Real Valladolid	showBarcelona
	Enrique 62'	Report	Lozano 81'	Stadium: Camp Nou

22 May 1999 35	Deportivo Alavés	1-4	FC Barcelona	show
	Salinas 76'	Report	Cocu 40' Kluivert 49' Figo 67' Enrique 88'

29 May 1999 36	Athletic de Bilbao	1-3	FC Barcelona	show
	Ferreira 49'	Report	Kluivert 6' Rivaldo 74' (pen.) 89'

13 June 1999 37	FC Barcelona	4-1	Real Betis	showBarcelona
	Cocu 23' Rivaldo 26' (pen.) Figo 30' Celades 76'	Report	Oli 81'	Stadium: Camp Nou

20 June 1999 38	Real Zaragoza	2-0	FC Barcelona	show
	Milošević 6' 76'	Report

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:^{[citation needed]}

16 September 1998	Manchester United	3–3	Barcelona	showOld 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	Brøndby	showCamp 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	Barcelona	showOlympiastadion, Munich
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Effenberg 45'	Report		Attendance: 56,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

4 November 1998	Barcelona	1–2	Bayern Munich	showCamp 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 United	showCamp 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	Barcelona	showParken Stadium, Copenhagen
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)		Report	Figo 6' Rivaldo 36'	Attendance: 40,892 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

Copa del Rey[]

Eightfinals[]

20 January 1999	Benidorm	0-1	FC Barcelona	show
			de Boer 88'

4 February 1999	FC Barcelona	3-0	Benidorm	show
	de Boer 21' Barjuán 38' Giovanni 77'

Quarterfinals[]

17 February 1999	FC Barcelona	2-3	Valencia	showBarcelona
	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	showValencia
	Piojo Lopez 23' Piojo Lopez 35' Angulo 42' Mendieta 69'	Report	Rivaldo 57' Óscar 63' de Boer 81'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Results[]

GAMES 1998–1999 [1]
21-07-1998 FRIENDLY AGOW-BARCELONA 1-2 23-07-1998 FRIENDLY ROHDA RAALTE-BARCELONA 1-13 25-07-1998 FRIENDLY GVVV-BARCELONA 1-2 01-08-1998 FRIENDLY WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS-BARCELONA 2-3 07-08-1998 FRIENDLY DERBY COUNTY-BARCELONA 1-3 11-08-1998 FRIENDLY . HERTHA BERLÍN-BARCELONA 1-1 14-08-1998 Ciutat de Lleida Trophy. LLEIDA-BARCELONA 2-2 PENALTY (2-4) 18-08-1998 Supercopa de España. MALLORCA-BARCELONA 2-1 22-08-1998 Supercopa de España. BARCELONA-MALLORCA 0-1 25-08-1998 Joan Gamper Trophy. BARCELONA-SANTOS 2-2 (5-4) PENALTY 02-09-1998 FRIENDLY PALAMÓS-BARCELONA 0-2 10-11-1998 FRIENDLY. BARCELONA-HELSINGBORGS 0-2 16-12-1998 FRIENDLY. BARCELONA-RED STAR BELGRADE 4-1 12-01-1999 FRIENDLY. BARCELONA-GALATASARAY 2-2 27-01-1999 FRIENDLY BARCELONA-SELECT LLIGA 4-0 10-03-1999 Johan Cruyff TRIBUTE. BARCELONA-DREAM TEAM 2-0 24-03-1999 Copa Catalunya (semifinal). LLEIDA-BARCELONA 4-3 06-04-1999 Johan Cruyff TRIBUTE. AJAX-BARCELONA 2-2 28-04-1999 Centenary of FCB. BARCELONA-BRASIL 2-2

Statistics[]

Players statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		UEFA Champions League		Supercopa
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
13	GK		Hesp	46	-58	37	-42	3	-7	6	-9
2	DF		Reiziger	31	0	24+2	0	0	0	4+1	0
5	DF		Abelardo	37	1	28+2	1	3	0	4	0
25	DF		Frank de Boer	23	4	19	2	4	2	0	0
12	DF		Sergi	43	1	34+1	0	3	1	5	0
15	MF		Cocu	45	12	36	12	3+1	0	5	0
4	MF		Guardiola	26	1	21+1	1	3	0	1	0
21	MF		Luis Enrique	32	12	26	11	3	0	3	1
7	FW		Figo	44	8	34	7	4	0	6	1
19	FW		Kluivert	38	15	35	14	3	1	0	0
11	FW		Rivaldo	46	29	37	24	3	2	6	3
1	GK		Baia	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Pellegrino	25	0	16+7	0	2	0
6	MF		Óscar	10	3	1+5	2	1+2	1	0+1	0
8	MF		Celades	19	2	11+5	2	0	0	3	0
9	FW		Anderson	31	10	4+20	6	0+1	0	6	4
10	MF		Giovanni	21	5	9+5	2	1	1	5+1	2
14	MF		Amunike
16	MF		Ciric	5	0	0+5	0
17	DF		Bogarde	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
18	MF		Ronald de Boer	17	1	11+2	0	3+1	1
20	DF		Nadal	3	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
22	DF		Okunowo	19	0	8+6	0	0	0	5	0
23	MF		Zenden	30	0	8+17	0	1	0	2+2	0
24	MF		Roger	9	0	1+5	0	1	0	1+1	0
26	MF		Xavi	25	1	16+1	1	1+1	0	4+2	0
27	MF		Luis García
28	GK		Arnau	1	0	0	0	1	0
33	DF		Cuadrado	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
—	GK		Busquets	0	0	0	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ "FootballSquads - Barcelona - 1998/99". Archived from the original on 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
^ Hicks, Danny (30 August 1998). "Nou Camp becomes Little Holland". The Independent. London. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^ "Amor se presenta hoy con el Fiorentina" [Amor is presented today with Fiorentina] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 1 July 1998. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
^ Serra, Jose Maria (1 July 1998). "Pizzi firma hoy por tres años con el River" [Pizzi signs today for three years with River] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^ "Toni Velamazán se va al Extremadura" [Toni Velamazán moves to Extremadura] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 1 July 1998. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

External links[]

1998–99 Results and Statistics
FC Barcelona Official Site
FCBarcelonaweb.co.uk English Speaking FC Barcelona Supporters
ESPNsoccernet: Barcelona Team Page
FC Barcelona (Spain) profile
uefa.com - UEFA Champions League
Web Oficial de la Liga de Fútbol Profesional
FIFA.com
Federació Catalana de Futbol

[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". The Independent. London. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

[3] "Amor se presenta hoy con el Fiorentina" [Amor is presented today with Fiorentina] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 1 July 1998. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

[4] Serra, Jose Maria (1 July 1998). "Pizzi firma hoy por tres años con el River" [Pizzi signs today for three years with River] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2021.

[5] "Toni Velamazán se va al Extremadura" [Toni Velamazán moves to Extremadura] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 1 July 1998. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

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