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

Switzerland Grasshopper
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Poland ŁKS Łódź
Hungary Újpest
Belgium Club Brugge
Slovakia Košice
Romania Steaua București
Sweden Halmstad

Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
Cyprus Anorthosis
Scotland Celtic
Israel Beitar Jerusalem
Slovenia Maribor
Belarus Dinamo Minsk
Iceland ÍBV
Finland HJK Helsinki

Latvia Skonto
Bulgaria Litex Lovech
North Macedonia Sileks
Lithuania Kareda Šiauliai
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Obilić
Moldova Zimbru Chișinău
Estonia Flora Tallinn
Armenia Yerevan

Northern Ireland Cliftonville
Malta Valletta
Wales Barry Town
Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic
Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn
Albania Vllaznia
Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
Azerbaijan Kapaz

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sileks North Macedonia 1–2 Belgium Club Brugge 0–0 1–2
ŁKS Łódź Poland 7–2 Azerbaijan Kapaz 4–1 3–1
Litex Lovech Bulgaria 3–2 Sweden Halmstad 2–0 1–2
Grasshopper Switzerland 8–0 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 6–0 2–0
Celtic Scotland 2–0 Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 0–0 2–0
Kareda Šiauliai Lithuania 0–4 Slovenia Maribor 0–3 0–1
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 10–1 Wales Barry Town 8–0 2–1
Cliftonville Northern Ireland 1–13 Slovakia Košice 1–5 0–8
Skonto Latvia 2–1 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 0–0 2–1
Valletta Malta 0–8 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 0–2 0–6
Beitar Jerusalem Israel 5–1 Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 4–1 1–0
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 4–3 Albania Vllaznia 3–0[a] 1–3
HJK Finland 5–0 Armenia Yerevan 2–0 3–0
Obilić Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4–1 Iceland ÍBV 2–0 2–1
Zimbru Chișinău Moldova 2–3 Hungary Újpest 1–0 1–3
Steaua București Romania 5–4 Estonia Flora 4–1 1–3
  1. ^ Match forfeited

Matches

Sileks North Macedonia0–0Belgium Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Juan Brito Arceo (Spain)
Club Brugge Belgium2–1North Macedonia Sileks
Vermant 3'
Claessens 30'		 Report Božinov 76'
Attendance: 3,317

Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.

ŁKS Łódź Poland4–1Azerbaijan Kapaz
Cebula 12'
Trzeciak 50', 76'
Wieszczycki 72'		 Report Süleymanov 82'
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Amit Klein (Israel)
Kapaz Azerbaijan1–3Poland ŁKS Łódź
Smirnov 55' Report Trzeciak 45', 49'
Wieszczycki 82'
Attendance: 8,000

ŁKS Łódź won 7–2 on aggregate.

Litex Lovech Bulgaria2–0Sweden Halmstad
Bushi 9'
Yurukov 90'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)
Halmstad Sweden2–1Bulgaria Litex Lovech
Šakiri 38'
Arvidsson 42'		 Report Yurukov 78'
Attendance: 3,438
Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary)

Litex Lovech won 3–2 on aggregate.

Grasshopper Switzerland6–0Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
Nkufo 6', 51'
Kavelashvili 28'
Cabanas 41'
Tikva 65' (pen.)
Tararache 90'		 Report
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Serguei Goussev (Russia)
Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg0–2Switzerland Grasshopper
Report Esposito 36'
Türkyilmaz 44'
Attendance: 612
Referee: John McDermott (Republic of Ireland)

Grasshopper won 8–0 on aggregate.

Celtic Scotland0–0Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic
Report
Attendance: 56,865
Referee: Bohdan Benedik (Slovakia)
St Patrick's Athletic Republic of Ireland0–2Scotland Celtic
Report Brattbakk 12'
Larsson 71'
Attendance: 8,929
Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

Celtic won 2–0 on aggregate.

Kareda Šiauliai Lithuania0–3Slovenia Maribor
Report Gajser 42', 87'
Filipović 70'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Brian Lawlor (Wales)
Maribor Slovenia1–0Lithuania Kareda Šiauliai
Balajić 77' Report
Attendance: 2,405

Maribor won 4–0 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine8–0Wales Barry Town
Rebrov 9', 16', 37', 81'
Shevchenko 32', 58'
Gerasimenko 48'
Byalkevich 65'		 Report
Attendance: 11,800
Referee: Andreas Georgiou (Cyprus)
Barry Town Wales1–2Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Williams 30' Report Mykhaylenko 10'
Venhlynskyi 49'
Attendance: 890
Referee: Bujar Pregia (Albania)

Dynamo Kyiv won 10–1 on aggregate.

Cliftonville Northern Ireland1–5Slovakia Košice
Flynn 45' Report Zvara 22', 29'
Németh 36'
Lyubarskyi 65'
Prohászka 76'
Attendance: 1,492
Referee: Gylfi Orrason (Iceland)
Košice Slovakia8–0Northern Ireland Cliftonville
Kozák 4'
Janočko 15', 54'
Németh 32'
Prohászka 58', 73'
Lyubarskyi 67'
Kožlej 83'		 Report
Attendance: 1,948
Referee: Milan Mitrović (Slovenia)

Košice won 13–1 on aggregate.

Skonto Latvia0–0Belarus Dinamo Minsk
Report
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Robert Sedlacek (Austria)
Dinamo Minsk Belarus1–2Latvia Skonto
Asipovich 25' Report Astafjevs 44'
Novikovs 72'
Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Constantin Zotta (Romania)

Skonto won 2–1 on aggregate.

Valletta Malta0–2Cyprus Anorthosis
Report Elia 49'
Okkas 78'
Attendance: 1,706
Referee: Joaquim Bento Marques (Portugal)
Anorthosis Cyprus6–0Malta Valletta
Ćirić 16'
Charalambous 18'
Andreou 45' (pen.)
Sotiriou 52', 90'
Okkas 71'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ladislav Gádoši (Slovakia)

Anorthosis won 8–0 on aggregate.

Beitar Jerusalem Israel4–1Faroe Islands B36
Shitrit 2'
Sallói 9', 45', 78'		 Report Petersen 73'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Spiridon Papadakos (Greece)
B36 Faroe Islands0–1Israel Beitar Jerusalem
Report Hamar 68'
Attendance: 285
Referee: Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania)

Beitar Jerusalem won 5–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country)3–0
Awarded[note 2]		Albania Vllaznia Shkodër
Khomeriki 52' Report
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)
Vllaznia Shkodër Albania3–1Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
Cungu 14'
Miloti 86'
Noga 90' (pen.)		 Report Ashvetia 88'
Attendance: 1,155
Referee: Alfred Micallef (Malta)

Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–3 on aggregate.

HJK Finland2–0Armenia Yerevan
Wiss 50'
Kuqi 85'		 Report
Attendance: 2,317
Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)
Yerevan Armenia0–3Finland HJK
Report Lehkosuo 1', 79'
Jäväjä 28'
Attendance: 1,500

HJK won 5–0 on aggregate.

FK Obilić Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–0Iceland ÍBV
Juškić 17'
Grozdić 64'		 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Peter Jones (England)
ÍBV Iceland1–2Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK Obilić
Hafliðason 21' Report Vasiljević 61'
Grozdić 89'
Attendance: 654
Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)

FK Obilić won 4–1 on aggregate.

Zimbru Chișinău Moldova1–0Hungary Újpest
Kulik 11' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Újpest Hungary3–1Moldova Zimbru Chișinău
Miriuță 18'
Kovács 72', 89'		 Report Kulyk 28'
Attendance: 3,050
Referee: Georgios Psychomanis (Greece)

Újpest won 3–2 on aggregate.

Steaua București Romania4–1Estonia Flora Tallinn
Ciocoiu 12', 38'
Șerban 78'
Dănciulescu 90'		 Report Terehhov 41'
Attendance: 5,603
Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)
Flora Tallinn Estonia3–1Romania Steaua București
Smirnov 41'
Zelinski 46'
Oper 80'		 Report Dănciulescu 70'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: John Ferry (Northern Ireland)

Steaua București won 5–4 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

Italy Internazionale
Germany Bayern Munich
Spain Athletic Bilbao
France Metz
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
England Manchester United
Portugal Benfica
Greece Olympiacos

Greece Panathinaikos
Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Norway Rosenborg
Austria Sturm Graz
Russia Spartak Moscow
Croatia Croatia Zagreb
Turkey Galatasaray
Denmark Brøndby

Switzerland Grasshopper[†]
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv[†]
Poland ŁKS Łódź[†]
Hungary Újpest[†]
Belgium Club Brugge[†]
Slovakia Košice[†]
Romania Steaua București[†]
Bulgaria Litex Lovech[†]

Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi[†]
Cyprus Anorthosis[†]
Scotland Celtic[†]
Israel Beitar Jerusalem[†]
Slovenia Maribor[†]
Latvia Skonto[†]
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Obilić[†]
Finland HJK Helsinki[†]

Notes
  1. † Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.

Summary

The losing teams qualified for the first round of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup. The winning teams of the first qualifying round were drawn against teams qualified directly for the second qualifying round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rosenborg Norway 4–4 (a) Belgium Club Brugge 2–0 2–4
Manchester United England 2–0 Poland ŁKS Łódź 2–0 0–0
Litex Lovech Bulgaria 2–11 Russia Spartak Moscow 0–5 2–6
Galatasaray Turkey 5–3 Switzerland Grasshopper 2–1 3–2
Celtic Scotland 1–3 Croatia Croatia Zagreb 1–0 0–3
Maribor Slovenia 3–5 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2–1 1–4 (aet)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 1–1 (3–1 p) Czech Republic Sparta Prague 0–1 1–0 (aet)
Košice Slovakia 1–2 Denmark Brøndby 0–2 1–0
Internazionale Italy 7–1 Latvia Skonto 4–0 3–1
Olympiacos Greece 6–3 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 2–1 4–2
Benfica Portugal 8–4 Israel Beitar Jerusalem 6–0 2–4
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 2–2 (a) Spain Athletic Bilbao 2–1 0–1
HJK Finland 2–1 France Metz 1–0 1–1
Bayern Munich Germany 5–1 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Obilić 4–0 1–1
Sturm Graz Austria 7–2 Hungary Újpest 4–0 3–2
Steaua București Romania 5–8 Greece Panathinaikos 2–2 3–6

Matches

Rosenborg Norway2–0Belgium Club Brugge
Rushfeldt 62'
Skammelsrud 82'		 Report
Attendance: 12,191
Club Brugge Belgium4–2Norway Rosenborg
Fadiga 22'
Claessens 47', 83'
Schockaert 78'		 Report Rushfeldt 44', 72'
Attendance: 7,000

4–4 on aggregate; Rosenborg won on away goals.

Manchester United England2–0Poland ŁKS Łódź
Giggs 16'
Cole 80'		 Report
Attendance: 50,906
ŁKS Łódź Poland0–0England Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

Manchester United won 2–0 on aggregate.

Litex Lovech Bulgaria0–5Russia Spartak Moscow
Report Pisarev 55', 86'
Leomar 76'
Titov 66'
Tsymbalar 90'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Spartak Moscow Russia6–2Bulgaria Litex Lovech
Tikhonov 6', 31'
Titov 35'
Tsymbalar 49'
Robson 54', 90'		 Report Belyakov 27'
Bushi 70'
Attendance: 10,000

Spartak Moscow won 11–2 on aggregate.

Galatasaray Turkey2–1Switzerland Grasshopper
Hagi 58' (pen.)
Şükür 66'		 Report Vogel 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 21,043
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Grasshopper Switzerland2–3Turkey Galatasaray
Türkyilmaz 50'
Vogel 70' (pen.)		 Report Şükür 17', 46'
Hagi 64' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,000

Galatasaray won 5–3 on aggregate.

Celtic Scotland1–0Croatia Croatia Zagreb
Jackson 51' Report
Attendance: 51,335
Croatia Zagreb Croatia3–0Scotland Celtic
Marić 22'
Prosinečki 45' (pen.), 68'		 Report
Attendance: 23,570

Croatia Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate.

Maribor Slovenia2–1Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Filipović 12'
Breznik 84'		 Report Marcos 61'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands4–1 (a.e.t.)Slovenia Maribor
Van Nistelrooy 8'
Bruggink 69'
Rommedahl 100'
De Bilde 102'		 Report Filipović 5'
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

PSV Eindhoven won 5–3 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine0–1Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Report Baranek 5'
Attendance: 15,000

1–1 on aggregate; Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on penalties.

Košice Slovakia0–2Denmark Brøndby
Report Daugaard 54'
Thygesen 85'
Attendance: 4,725
Brøndby Denmark0–1Slovakia Košice
Report Lapsansky 39'
Attendance: 16,962

Brøndby won 2–1 on aggregate.

Internazionale Italy4–0Latvia Skonto
Zamorano 4'
Simeone 10'
Ventola 20'
Baggio 59'		 Report
Attendance: 16,166
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
Skonto Latvia1–3Italy Internazionale
Miholaps 21' Report Zamorano 6'
Galante 53'
Djorkaeff 69'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Greece)

Internazionale won 7–1 on aggregate.

Olympiacos Greece2–1Cyprus Anorthosis
Giannakopoulos 11'
Luciano 32'		 Report Mihajlović 64'
Attendance: 28,047
Anorthosis Cyprus2–4Greece Olympiacos
Mihajlović 39'
Krčmarević 80'		 Report Georgatos 48'
Đorđević 60', 87'
Gogić 90'
Attendance: 6,380
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia)

Olympiacos won 6–3 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal6–0Israel Beitar Jerusalem
Pembridge 25', 82'
Deane 29'
Calado 64' (pen.)
Schelach 79' (o.g.)
Nuno Gomes 85' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 55,000
Beitar Jerusalem Israel4–2Portugal Benfica
Hamar 24'
Sallói 26' (pen.)
Shitrit 51'
Abukasis 79'		 Report Nuno Gomes 17' (pen.)
João Pinto 90+2'
Attendance: 1,290

Benfica won 8–4 on aggregate.

Athletic Bilbao Spain1–0Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
Etxeberria 52' Report
Attendance: 34,600

2–2 on aggregate; Athletic Bilbao won on away goals.

HJK Finland1–0France Metz
Strasser 71' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 8,287
Referee: Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)
Metz France1–1Finland HJK
Meyrieu 78' (pen.) Report Vasara 68'
Attendance: 11,922
Referee: William Young (Scotland)

HJK won 2–1 on aggregate.

Bayern Munich Germany4–0Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK Obilić
Effenberg 59'
Élber 63'
Zickler 64'
Fink 76'		 Report
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
FK Obilić Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–1Germany Bayern Munich
Šarac 67' Report Matthäus 88'
Attendance: 8,500

Bayern Munich won 5–1 on aggregate.

Sturm Graz Austria4–0Hungary Újpest
Vastić 6', 70'
Neukirchner 81'
Haas 88'		 Report
Attendance: 10,323
Referee: Robert Boggi (Italy)
Újpest Hungary2–3Austria Sturm Graz
Kovács 36'
Jenei 72'		 Report Haas 8'
Reinmayr 49', 55'
Attendance: 2,350
Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibáñez (Spain)

Sturm Graz won 7–2 on aggregate.

Steaua București Romania2–2Greece Panathinaikos
Șerban 10'
Szekely 76'		 Report Asanović 6'
Liberopoulos 68'
Attendance: 9,800
Panathinaikos Greece6–3Romania Steaua București
Milojević 8' (pen.)
Lincar 28'
Liberopoulos 34'
Warzycha 58', 66'
Asanović 87'		 Report Răchită 12', 16'
Belodedici 60'
Attendance: 52,529

Panathinaikos won 8–5 on aggregate.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Played at Naftex's Neftochimik Stadium in Burgas because Litex Lovech's Lovech Stadium in Lovech did not meet UEFA standards.
  2. ^ The first leg originally finished 1–0 to Dinamo Tbilisi, but later was awarded to them 3–0 by default.
  3. ^ Played at Arena Garibaldi in Pisa because Internazionale were temporarily banned from playing at their San Siro stadium in Milan.[citation needed]
  4. ^ This match was played at FK Partizan's Partizan Stadium in Belgrade because FK Obilić's Miloš Obilić Stadium in Belgrade did not meet UEFA standards.

References

  1. ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 1998". Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 1998". Retrieved 11 October 2019.