1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

Two qualifying rounds comprised the first stage of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League, the 44th season of Europe's premier club football competition and the seventh since it was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League. The stage determined which 16 teams joined the eight automatic qualifiers in the group stage. 32 teams entered at the first qualifying round, with a further 16 teams receiving a bye to the second qualifying round. Among the teams in the first qualifying round was Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv, who went on to reach the semi-finals of the competition proper, while both finalists – Manchester United of England and Bayern Munich of Germany – entered the competition in the second qualifying round, having finished as runners-up in their domestic leagues the previous season.

First qualifying round[]

Seeding[]

32 champions from associations ranked 16–48 (except Liechtenstein) started in First qualifying round. Champions of nations ranked 16–31 were seeded, while champions of nations ranked 32 and below were unseeded.^[1] The draw was performed on 6 July 1998 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Seeded		Unseeded
Grasshopper Dynamo Kyiv ŁKS Łódź Újpest Club Brugge Košice Steaua București Halmstad	Dinamo Tbilisi Anorthosis Celtic Beitar Jerusalem Maribor Dinamo Minsk ÍBV HJK Helsinki	Skonto Litex Lovech Sileks Kareda Šiauliai Obilić Zimbru Chișinău Flora Tallinn Yerevan	Cliftonville Valletta Barry Town St Patrick's Athletic B36 Tórshavn Vllaznia Jeunesse Esch Kapaz

Matches[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sileks	1–2	Club Brugge	0–0	1–2
ŁKS Łódź	7–2	Kapaz	4–1	3–1
Litex Lovech	3–2	Halmstad	2–0	1–2
Grasshopper	8–0	Jeunesse Esch	6–0	2–0
Celtic	2–0	St Patrick's Athletic	0–0	2–0
Kareda Šiauliai	0–4	Maribor Branik	0–3	0–1
Dynamo Kyiv	10–1	Barry Town	8–0	2–1
Cliftonville	1–13	Košice	1–5	0–8
Skonto	2–1	Dinamo Minsk	0–0	2–1
Valletta	0–8	Anorthosis Famagusta	0–2	0–6
Beitar Jerusalem	5–1	B36 Tórshavn	4–1	1–0
Dinamo Tbilisi	4–3	Vllaznia Shkodër	3–0 1	1–3
HJK	5–0	Yerevan	2–0	3–0
Obilić	4–1	ÍBV	2–0	2–1
Zimbru Chișinău	2–3	Újpest	1–0	1–3
Steaua București	5–4	Flora	4–1	1–3

1. ^ Match forfeited

First leg[]

Match finished 1–0 after normal time, but later awarded 3–0 by default.

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Second leg[]

Beitar Jerusalem won 5–1 on aggregate.

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ŁKS Łódź won 7–2 on aggregate.

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HJK won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Steaua București won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Skonto won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Maribor won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Košice won 13–1 on aggregate.

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FK Obilić won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Litex Lovech won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Anorthosis won 8–0 on aggregate.

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Újpest won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Grasshopper won 8–0 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Kyiv won 10–1 on aggregate.

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Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Celtic won 2–0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round[]

Seeding[]

16 clubs (champions of nations ranked 8–15 and runners-up of nations ranked 1–8) started in this round and were seeded. 16 winners of the First qualifying round were unseeded.^[2] Losing teams in the second qualifying round qualified for the first round of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup. The draw was performed on 6 July 1998 in Geneva, Switzerland, immediately after First qualifying round draw.

Seeded		Unseeded
Internazionale Bayern Munich Athletic Bilbao Metz PSV Eindhoven Manchester United Benfica Olympiacos	Panathinaikos Sparta Prague Rosenborg Sturm Graz Spartak Moscow Croatia Zagreb Galatasaray Brøndby	Grasshopper[†] Dynamo Kyiv[†] ŁKS Łódź[†] Újpest[†] Club Brugge[†] Košice[†] Steaua București[†] Litex Lovech[†]	Dinamo Tbilisi[†] Anorthosis[†] Celtic[†] Beitar Jerusalem[†] Maribor[†] Skonto[†] Obilić[†] HJK Helsinki[†]

Notes

Matches[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rosenborg	4–4 (a)	Club Brugge	2–0	2–4
Manchester United	2–0	ŁKS Łódź	2–0	0–0
Litex Lovech	2–11	Spartak Moscow	0–51	2–6
Galatasaray	5–3	Grasshopper	2–1	3–2
Celtic	1–3	Croatia Zagreb	1–0	0–3
Maribor	3–5	PSV Eindhoven	2–1	1–4 (aet)
Dynamo Kyiv	1–1 (3–1 p)	Sparta Prague	0–1	1–0 (aet)
Košice	1–2	Brøndby	0–2	1–0
Internazionale	7–1	Skonto	4–02	3–1
Olympiacos	6–3	Anorthosis	2–1	4–23
Benfica	8–4	Beitar Jerusalem	6–0	2–4
Dinamo Tbilisi	2–2 (a)	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	0–1
HJK	2–1	Metz	1–0	1–1
Bayern Munich	5–1	FK Obilić	4–0	1–1
Sturm Graz	7–2	Újpest	4–0	3–2
Steaua București	5–8	Panathinaikos	2–2	3–6

1. ^ Played at Neftochimik Stadium in Burgas because Litex Lovech's Lovech Stadium in Lovech did not meet UEFA standards.^{[citation needed]}
2. ^ Played at Arena Garibaldi in Pisa because Internazionale were temporarily banned from playing at their San Siro stadium in Milan.^{[citation needed]}
3. ^ Played at Tsirion Stadium in Limassol because Anorthosis' Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca did not meet UEFA standards.^{[citation needed]}

First leg[]

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Second leg[]

Spartak Moscow won 11–2 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 8–4 on aggregate.

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Galatasaray won 5–3 on aggregate.

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PSV Eindhoven won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Internazionale won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Olympiacos won 6–3 on aggregate.

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HJK won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Panathinaikos won 8–5 on aggregate.

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Brøndby won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Rosenborg 4–4 Club Brugge on aggregate. Rosenborg won on away goals.

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Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 Sparta Prague on aggregate. Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on penalties.

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Croatia Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Tbilisi 2–2 Athletic Bilbao on aggregate. Athletic Bilbao won on away goals.

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Bayern Munich won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Sturm Graz won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Manchester United won 2–0 on aggregate.

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