| 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) | ||
During the1998–99FC Barcelona season, the club once again retained theLa Liga title. Barcelona enjoyed a great season with their new signingsRonald de Boer,Patrick Kluivert,Frank de Boer,Mauricio Pellegrino,Boudewijn Zenden andPhillip 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 toReal Madrid's several slips.
Barcelona were eliminated byValencia in the quarter-final ofCopa del Rey.
Following another lackluster performance in the First Group Phase against two European giantsBayern Munich andManchester United with wins, draws and losses twice respectively and thus prevented Barcelona qualified toUEFA Champions League quarter finals.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Patrick Kluivert | Milan | £8,750,000[2] |
| DF | Mauricio Pellegrino | Vélez Sarsfield | |
| MF | Phillip Cocu | PSV | |
| MF | Boudewijn Zenden | PSV | |
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Fernando Couto | Lazio | |
| MF | Iván de la Peña | Lazio | |
| DF | Albert Ferrer | Chelsea | |
| FW | Hristo Stoichkov | CSKA Sofia | |
| MF | Guillermo Amor | Fiorentina | [3] |
| FW | Juan Antonio Pizzi | River Plate | [4] |
| GK | Carles Busquets | Lleida | |
| FW | Christophe Dugarry | Marseille | |
| MF | Toni Velamazán | Extremadura | [5] |
| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Frank de Boer | Ajax | £22,000,000[6] |
| MF | Ronald de Boer | Ajax | |
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| GK | Vítor Baía | Porto | loan |
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Tournament | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July 1998 | AGOVV | A | 2–1[7] | Figo 23',Luis Enrique 79' | ||
| 23 July 1998 | Rohda Raalte | A | 13–1[8] | Sonny Anderson 9',Luis Enrique (2) 15', 20',Figo 30',Óscar 38',Gadiaga 46',Seyit (3) 48', 52', 59',Ledezma 54',Luis García (2) 65', 70' | ||
| 25 July 1998 | GVVV | A | 2–1[9] | Sonny Anderson 15',Babangida 84' | ||
| 1 August 1998 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 3–1[10] | Sonny Anderson (2) 10', 61',Mario Rosas 40' | ||
| 7 August 1998 | Derby County | A | 3–1[11] | Luis Enrique 15',Óscar 20',Own goal 75' | ||
| 11 August 1998 | Hertha BSC | A | 1–1[12] | Rivaldo 90' | ||
| 14 August 1998 | Lleida | A | 2–2 | Phillip Cocu 9',Óscar 67' | Ciutat de Lleida Trophy | |
| 25 August 1998 | Santos | H | 2–2 | Rivaldo 39',Figo 41' | Joan Gamper Trophy | |
| 2 September 1998 | Palamós | A | 2–0[16] | Sonny Anderson 16',Giovanni 43' | ||
| 10 November 1998 | Helsingborgs IF | H | 0–2[17] | |||
| 16 December 1998 | Red Star Belgrade | H | 4–1[16] | Phillip Cocu 46',Patrick Kluivert 57',Boudewijn Zenden 70',Óscar 74' | ||
| 12 January 1999 | Galatasaray | H | 2–2[18] | Giovanni 33',Óscar 36' | ||
| 27 January 1999 | La Liga XI | H | 4–0[19] | Dragan Ćirić 57',Roger 70',Winston Bogarde 71',Óscar 86' | ||
| 10 March 1999 | Johan Cruyff Dream Team | H | 2–0[20] | Patrick Kluivert 44',Giovanni 67' | Johan Cruyff Tribute | |
| 24 March 1999 | Lleida | A | 3–4[21][22] | Nadal 34',Sonny Anderson (2) 39', 89' | Copa Catalunya | |
| 6 April 1999 | Ajax | A | 2–2[23] | Mauricio Pellegrino 56',Sonny Anderson 72' | Johan Cruyff Tribute | |
| 28 April 1999 | Brazil | H | 2–2[24] | Luis Enrique 34',Phillip Cocu 63' | Centenary of FC Barcelona |
| 18 August 1998 | Mallorca | 2–1 | Barcelona | Palma de Mallorca |
| 22:00 CET | Dani 57',Stanković 81 | Report | Xavi 16' | Stadium:Lluís Sitjar Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee:Antonio López Nieto |
| 22 August 1998 | Barcelona | 0–1 (3–1agg.) | Mallorca | Barcelona |
| 22:00CET | [citation needed] | Dani 29' | Stadium:Camp Nou Attendance: 55,000 Referee:Manuel Díaz Vega |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona(C) | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 87 | 43 | +44 | 79 | Qualification for theChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 77 | 62 | +15 | 68 | |
| 3 | Mallorca | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 66 | Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Valencia | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 63 | 39 | +24 | 65 | |
| 5 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 64 | Qualification for theUEFA Cup first 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 |
| 30 August 19981 | Racing Santander | 0–0 | Barcelona | Santander |
| Report |
| 12 September 19982 | Barcelona | 1–0 | Extremadura | Barcelona |
| Figo 23' | Report | Stadium:Camp Nou |
| 19 September 19983 | Real Madrid | 2–2 | Barcelona | Madrid |
| Raúl 7' 25' | Report | Kluivert 12' Anderson 82' | Stadium:Santiago Bernabéu Stadium |
| 26 September 19984 | Barcelona | 2–2 | Celta Vigo | Barcelona |
| Kluivert 38' 56' | Report | Salgado 42' Mostovoy 89' | Stadium:Camp Nou |
| 3 October 19985 | Valencia | 1–3 | Barcelona | Valencia |
| López 15' | Report | Kluivert 56' Rivaldo 73'Anderson 89' | Stadium:Mestalla |
| 17 October 19986 | Barcelona | 1–1 | Salamanca | Barcelona |
| Cocu 52' | Report | Alonso 62' | Stadium:Camp Nou |
| 25 October 19987 | Espanyol | 1–2 | Barcelona | Barcelona |
| de Lucas 59' | Report | Kluivert 9' Giovanni 82' (pen.) | Stadium:Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys |
| 31 October 19988 | Barcelona | 4–1 | Real Sociedad | Barcelona |
| Rivaldo 33' 61' Anderson 37' 80' | Report | Kovačević 24' | Stadium:Camp Nou |
| 8 November 19989 | Real Oviedo | 2–1 | Barcelona | Oviedo |
| Pinto 85' Pellegrino 89' (o.g.) | Report | Rivaldo 35' | Stadium:Carlos Tartiere |
| 15 November 199810 | Barcelona | 4–1 | Tenerife | Barcelona |
| Cocu 14' 62' Rivaldo 84'Anderson 89' | Report | Makaay 44' | Stadium:Camp Nou |
| 21 November 199811 | Mallorca | 1–0 | Barcelona | Palma de Mallorca |
| Barjuán 19' (o.g.) | Report | Stadium:Lluís Sitjar Stadium |
| 28 November 199812 | Barcelona | 0–1 | Atlético de Madrid | Barcelona |
| Report | Jugović 38' (pen.) | Stadium:Camp Nou |
| 5 December 199813 | Deportivo La Coruña | 2–1 | Barcelona | La Coruña |
| Hadji 75' Fran 89' | Report | Rivaldo 86' (pen.) | Stadium:Riazor |
| 13 December 199814 | Barcelona | 1–3 | Villarreal | Barcelona |
| Giovanni 82' | Report | Craioveanu 12' 24' Gerardo 75' | Stadium:Camp Nou |
| 20 December 199815 | Real Valladolid | 0–1 | Barcelona | Valladolid |
| Report | Xavi 16' | Stadium:Estadio José Zorrilla |
| 3 January 199916 | Barcelona | 7–1 | Alavés | Barcelona |
| Figo 19' Enrique 36' 89'Rivaldo 57' 66'Óscar 85' 86' | Report | Pablo 79' (pen.) | Stadium:Camp Nou |
| 9 January 199917 | Barcelona | 4–2 | Athletic Bilbao | Barcelona |
| Enrique 23' Cocu 39'Rivaldo 53' 85' | Report | Urzaiz 51' Guerrero 74' | Stadium:Camp Nou |
| 17 January 199918 | Real Betis | 0–3 | Barcelona | Seville |
| Report | Figo 2' Enrique 33'Guardiola 84' | Stadium:Estadio Benito Villamarín |
| 24 January 199919 | Barcelona | 3–1 | Real Zaragoza | Barcelona |
| Cocu 8' Rivaldo 57' 87' | Report | Milošević 66' | Stadium:Camp Nou |
| 31 January 199920 | Barcelona | 3–2 | Racing Santander | Barcelona |
| Merino 36' (o.g.) de Boer 44'Cocu 85' | Report | Víctor 27' Munitis 48' | Stadium:Camp Nou |
| 7 February 199921 | Extremadura | 1–2 | Barcelona | Almendralejo |
| Duré 19' | Report | Enrique 28' Kluivert 83' | Stadium:de la Hera |
| 14 February 199922 | Barcelona | 3–0 | Real Madrid | Barcelona |
| Enrique 4' 36' Rivaldo 80' | Report | Stadium:Camp Nou |
| 21 February 199923 | Celta Vigo | 0–0 | Barcelona | Vigo |
| Report | Stadium:Balaídos |
| 27 February 199924 | Barcelona | 2–4 | Valencia | Camp Nou |
| Kluivert 29' 77' | Report | Ilie 4' López 38' 87'Angulo 82' |
| 7 March 199925 | Salamanca | 1–4 | Barcelona | Villares de la Reina |
| Cardetti 71' | Report | Figo 8' Enrique 43'Kluivert 44'Anderson 80' | Stadium:Helmántico Stadium |
| 14 March 199926 | Barcelona | 3–0 | Espanyol | Barcelona |
| Rivaldo 16' 29' (pen.) Kluivert 52' | Report | Stadium:Camp Nou |
| 21 March 199927 | Real Sociedad | 0–2 | Barcelona | San Sebastián |
| Report | Cocu 29' 87' | Stadium:Anoeta |
| 4 April 199928 | Barcelona | 3–1 | Real Oviedo | Barcelona |
| Rivaldo 23' 32' (pen.) 86' (pen.) | Report | Valdés 26' | Stadium:Camp Nou |
| 10 April 199929 | Tenerife | 2–3 | Barcelona | Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Pinilla 43' Makaay 56' | Report | Cocu 17' Rivaldo 36'Celades 44' | Stadium:Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López |
| 17 April 199930 | Barcelona | 2–1 | Mallorca | Barcelona |
| de Boer 4' Kluivert 25' | Report | Biagini 89' (pen.) | Stadium:Camp Nou |
| 25 April 199931 | Atlético de Madrid | 1–1 | Barcelona | Madrid |
| Valerón 54' | Report | Abelardo 63' | Stadium:Vicente Calderón Stadium |
| 2 May 199932 | Barcelona | 4–0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Barcelona |
| Kluivert 14' Figo 39'Enrique 44'Rivaldo 78' | Report | Stadium:Camp Nou |
| 9 May 199933 | Villarreal | 2–3 | Barcelona | Villarreal |
| Alfaro 27' Moisés 72' | Report | Kluivert 44' Cocu 56'Rivaldo 77' | Stadium:Estadio de la Cerámica |
| 15 May 199934 | Barcelona | 1–1 | Real Valladolid | Barcelona |
| Enrique 62' | Report | Lozano 81' | Stadium:Camp Nou |
| 22 May 199935 | Alavés | 1–4 | Barcelona | Vitoria-Gasteiz |
| Salinas 76' | Report | Cocu 40' Kluivert 49'Figo 67'Enrique 88' | Stadium:Mendizorrotza |
| 29 May 199936 | Athletic Bilbao | 1–3 | Barcelona | Bilbao |
| Ferreira 49' | Report | Kluivert 6' Rivaldo 74' (pen.) 89' | Stadium:San Mamés |
| 13 June 199937 | Barcelona | 4–1 | Real Betis | Barcelona |
| Cocu 23' Rivaldo 26' (pen.)Figo 30'Celades 76' | Report | Oli 81' | Stadium:Camp Nou |
| 20 June 199938 | Real Zaragoza | 2–0 | Barcelona | Zaragoza |
| Milošević 6' 76' | Report | Stadium:La Romareda |
| 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 | — |
vBarcelona| 16 September 1998 | Manchester United | 3–3 | Barcelona | Old Trafford,Manchester |
| 20:45 (19:45UTC+1) | Giggs 16' Scholes 24'Beckham 63' | Report | Anderson 47' Giovanni 59' (pen.)Luis Enrique 70' (pen.) | Attendance: 53,601 Referee:Stefano Braschi (Italy) |
vBrøndby| 30 September 1998 | Barcelona | 2–0 | Brøndby | Camp Nou,Barcelona |
| 20:45 (20:45UTC+2) | Anderson 44',85' | Report | Attendance: 55,000 Referee:Gerd Grabher (Austria) |
vBarcelona| 21 October 1998 | Bayern Munich | 1–0 | Barcelona | Olympiastadion,Munich |
| 20:45 (20:45UTC+2) | Effenberg 45' | Report | Attendance: 56,000 Referee:Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
vBayern Munich| 4 November 1998 | Barcelona | 1–2 | Bayern Munich | Camp Nou,Barcelona |
| 20:45 (20:45UTC+1) | Giovanni 29' (pen.) | Report | Zickler 48' Salihamidžić 87' | Attendance: 100,000 Referee:Pierluigi Collina (Italy) |
vManchester United| 25 November 1998 | Barcelona | 3–3 | Manchester United | Camp Nou,Barcelona |
| 20:45 (20:45UTC+1) | Anderson 1' Rivaldo 57',73' | Report | Yorke 25',68' Cole 53' | Attendance: 54,213 Referee:Günter Benkö (Austria) |
vBarcelona| 9 December 1998 | Brøndby | 0–2 | Barcelona | Parken Stadium,Copenhagen |
| 20:45 (20:45UTC+1) | Report | Figo 6' Rivaldo 36' | Attendance: 40,892 Referee:Nikolai Levnikov (Russia) |
| 17 February 1999 | 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 | 4–3 | Barcelona | Valencia |
| Piojo Lopez 23' Piojo Lopez 35'Angulo 42'Mendieta 69' | Report | Rivaldo 57' Óscar 63'de Boer 81' | Stadium:Estadio Mestalla |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | La Liga | Copa del Rey | UEFA Champions League | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 13 | GK |  NED | Hesp | 46 | -58 | 37 | -42 | 3 | -7 | 6 | -9 |
| 2 | DF | NED | Reiziger | 31 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Abelardo | 37 | 1 | 28+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | NED | Frank de Boer | 23 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 12 | DF | ESP | Sergi | 43 | 1 | 34+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF |  POR | Figo | 44 | 8 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | NED | Cocu | 45 | 12 | 36 | 12 | 3+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Guardiola | 26 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Luis Enrique | 32 | 12 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | NED | Kluivert | 38 | 15 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 11 | FW |  BRA | Rivaldo | 46 | 29 | 37 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 28 | GK | ESP | Arnau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF |  ARG | Pellegrino | 25 | 0 | 16+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 26 | MF | ESP | Xavi | 25 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Celades | 19 | 2 | 11+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NED | Ronald de Boer | 17 | 1 | 11+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | MF | BRA | Giovanni | 21 | 5 | 9+5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | NED | Zenden | 30 | 0 | 8+17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF |  NGA | Okunowo | 19 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Anderson | 31 | 10 | 4+20 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Óscar | 10 | 3 | 1+5 | 2 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Roger | 9 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Nadal | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF |  YUG | Ciric | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | DF | NED | Bogarde | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Luis García | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Cuadrado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| — | GK | ESP | Busquets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1 | GK | POR | Baia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | MF | NGA | Amunike | ||||||||
