The 1998–99 UEFA Cup was won by Parma in the final against Marseille. It was their second title in the competition.
It was the last edition of the old format UEFA Cup, before the Cup Winners' Cup was merged into it to include domestic cup winners, and an extra knockout round was added. The new format was last played in the 2003–04 season and was later replaced by a Group Stage format in 2004–05.
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:UEFA European Cups 1998/1999 Results and Qualification by Bert Kassies TH: Title holders LC: League Cup winners Nth: League position IC: Intertoto Cup winners FP: Fair play CL Q2: Losers from the Champions League second qualifying round
First round Udinese Lyon Sporting CP Anorthosis Famagusta Roma Bayer Leverkusen Marítimo Celtic Fiorentina Stuttgart Metz Beitar Jerusalem Parma Schalke 04 Sparta Prague Maribor Real Sociedad Vitesse Grasshopper Skonto Celta de Vigo Feyenoord ŁKS Łódź Litex Lovech Atlético Madrid Willem II Újpest Obilić Real Betis Liverpool Club Brugge Bologna Monaco Leeds United Košice Werder Bremen Marseille Blackburn Rovers Steaua București Valencia Bordeaux Vitória Guimarães Dinamo Tbilisi Aston Villa Second qualifying round Fenerbahçe Slavia Prague GAK Silkeborg Trabzonspor Sigma Olomouc Rotor Volgograd Vejle İstanbulspor Brann Dynamo Moscow Servette AEK Athens Strømsgodset Hajduk Split Zürich PAOK Rapid Wien Osijek Molde First qualifying round Polonia Warsaw Shakhtar Donetsk Daugava Riga Newtown Wisła Kraków Ferencváros CSKA Sofia Shelbourne Germinal Ekeren Inter Bratislava Sloga Jugomagnat HB Anderlecht Kolkheti-1913 Poti Žalgiris Vilnius Tirana Argeș Pitești Omonia Red Star Belgrade Union Luxembourg Oțelul Galați Hapoel Tel Aviv Tiligul Tiraspol Dinamo Baku Göteborg Mura Tallinna Sadam Principat Malmö Belshina Bobruisk Shirak Željezničar Sarajevo Rangers ÍA Linfield Sarajevo Kilmarnock VPS Birkirkara FinnPa
First qualifying round
First leg
Second leg
Argeș Pitești won 7–1 on aggregate.
Inter Bratislava won 4–0 on aggregate.
Polonia Warsaw won 5–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Zalgiris Vilnius won on away goals.
Wisła Kraków won 7–0 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate.
Hapoel Tel Aviv won 6–2 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk won 6–1 on aggregate.
Mura won 8–2 on aggregate.
VPS won 4–2 on aggregate.
Malmö won 7–0 on aggregate.
IFK Göteborg won 7–0 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 11–0 on aggregate.
Germinal Ekeren won 4–1 on aggregate.
Oţelul Galaţi won 4–1 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 6–0 on aggregate.
Omonia won 8–6 on aggregate.
Kilmarnock won 2–1 on aggregate.
Rangers won 7–3 on aggregate.
Ferencváros won 14–1 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round
First leg
Second leg
Brann won 1–0 on aggregate.
Vejle won 6–0 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Moscow won 2–0 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.
Zürich won 6–3 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Rapid Wien won on away goals.
Silkeborg won 2–0 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 4–2 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Strømsgodset won 4–2 on penalties.
2–2 on aggregate; Fenerbahçe won on away goals.
Wisła Kraków won 7–2 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 6–4 on aggregate.
Servette won 5–3 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Anderlecht won on away goals.
Rangers won 2–0 on aggregate.
GAK won 3–0 on aggregate.
Sigma Olomouc won 4–0 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Argeş Piteşti won on away goals.
First round
1 The first leg of the Fiorentina vs. Hajduk Split tie was played at the Stadio San Nicola in Bari instead of Fiorentina's home ground in Florence due to the club serving a stadium ban over an incident during their 1996–97 Cup Winners' Cup semifinal second leg match against Barcelona on 24 April 1997. The incident saw Barcelona player Iván de la Peña requiring medical assistance after getting hit with an object thrown from the stands as Fiorentina fans pelted the pitch with missiles following Barcelona's second goal in the 35th minute of the match. Part of the punishment for Fiorentina was being required to play their next two European home matches at least 300 km away from their home stadium. Since Fiorentina failed to qualify for European competition in the 1997–98 season, the punishment was enacted during their 1998–99 UEFA Cup campaign. 2 The return leg of the Atlético Madrid vs. Obilić tie was played at the Partizan Stadium in Belgrade due to Obilić's home ground not meeting UEFA standards for European competition.
First leg
Second leg
Wisła Kraków won 5–0 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Slavia Prague won 5–4 on penalties.
Bologna won 4–1 on aggregate.
Willem II won 6–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; CSKA Sofia won on away goals.
Dynamo Moscow won 5–4 on aggregate.
Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.
Aston Villa won 6–2 on aggregate.
GAK won 3–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on penalties.
Werder Bremen won 4–2 on aggregate.
Zürich won 7–2 on aggregate.
Marseille won 6–2 on aggregate.
Real Sociedad won 5–2 on aggregate.
Stuttgart won 4–3 on aggregate.
Vitesse won 6–3 on aggregate.
Monaco won 3–1 on aggregate.
Grasshoppers won 2–0 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 7–2 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 3–2 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.
Parma won 3–2 on aggregate.
Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
Roma won 3–0 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 8–0 on aggregate.
Bayer Leverkusen won 2–1 on aggregate.
Lyon won 3–2 on aggregate.
Celta de Vigo won 8–0 on aggregate.
Real Betis won 5–1 on aggregate.
Valencia won 7–3 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Leeds United won 4–1 on penalties.
Rangers won 5–3 on aggregate.
Second round
1 The return leg of the Grasshopper vs. Fiorentina tie was played at the Arechi Stadium in Salerno instead of Fiorentina's home ground in Florence due to the club serving a stadium ban over an incident during their 1996–97 Cup Winners' Cup semifinal second leg match against Barcelona on 24 April 1997. The incident saw Barcelona player Iván de la Peña requiring medical assistance after getting hit with an object thrown from the stands as Fiorentina fans pelted the pitch with missiles following Barcelona's second goal in the 35th minute of the match. Part of the punishment for Fiorentina was being required to play their next two European home matches at least 300 km away from their home stadium. Since Fiorentina failed to qualify for European competition in the 1997–98 season, the punishment was enacted during their 1998–99 UEFA Cup campaign.
First leg
Second leg
Bologna won 4–1 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 3–1 on aggregate.
Parma won 3–2 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 4–3 on aggregate.
Monaco won 7–3 on aggregate.
Real Sociedad won 6–2 on aggregate.
Zürich won 5–3 on aggregate.
Lyon won 5–3 on aggregate.
The match was abandoned at half-time after the fourth official, Philippe Flament of Belgium, sustained a knee injury and bruising from a firecracker thrown onto the pitch by fans in the stands. At the moment of the incident, Fiorentina led 2–1 on the night and 4-1 on aggregate. Four days later at a UEFA emergency meeting, Fiorentina was kicked out of the UEFA Cup and the match was recorded as a 0–3 Grasshopper win. Future expulsion from European competition for Fiorentina was also considered by UEFA but eventually ruled out because of mitigating circumstances, specifically that the match, as part of an earlier punishment, was not played at Fiorentina's home stadium but in Salerno and credible evidence that the firecracker was likely thrown by fans of the local club Salernitana holding a grudge following a recent Serie A fixture between the two clubs. Grasshopper won 3–2 on aggregate.
Celta de Vigo won 3–2 on aggregate.
Marseille won 4–3 on aggregate.
Roma won 1–0 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid won 5–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Liverpool won on away goals.
Real Betis won 4–1 on aggregate.
Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.
Third round
First leg
Second leg
Parma won 4–2 on aggregate.
Bologna won 4–2 on aggregate.
Lyon won 5–3 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Bordeaux won on away goals.
Roma won 3–2 on aggregate.
Celta de Vigo won 4–1 on aggregate.
Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Parma won 7–2 on aggregate.
Bologna won 3–2 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.
Marseille won 2–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
1–1 on aggregate; Marseille won on away goals.
Parma won 5–2 on aggregate.
Final
See also 1998–99 UEFA Champions League 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup
References
External links
1998–99 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website Official site Results at RSSSF.com All scorers 1998–99 UEFA Cup according to (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers 1998/99 UEFA Cup – results and line-ups (archive)