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.

Teams

The national champions from associations ranked 8 and below, along with all league runners-up, entered the qualifying rounds.[1]

Key to colours
Winners of second qualifying round advanced to group stage
Losers of second qualifying round entered UEFA Cup first round
Second qualifying round
Assoc. Team
1 Italy Internazionale
2 Germany Bayern Munich
3 Spain Athletic Bilbao
4 France Metz
5 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
6 England Manchester United
7 Portugal Benfica
8 Greece Olympiacos
Greece Panathinaikos
9 Czech Republic Sparta Prague
10 Norway Rosenborg
11 Austria Sturm Graz
12 Russia Spartak Moscow
13 Croatia Croatia Zagreb
14 Turkey Galatasaray
15 Denmark Brøndby
First qualifying round
Assoc. Team
16 Switzerland Grasshopper
17 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
18 Poland ŁKS Łódź
19 Hungary Újpest
20 Belgium Club Brugge
21 Slovakia Košice
22 Romania Steaua București
23 Sweden Halmstads BK
24 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
25 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta
26 Scotland Celtic
27 Israel Beitar Jerusalem
28 Slovenia Maribor
29 Belarus Dinamo Minsk
30 Iceland ÍBV
31 Finland HJK
32 Latvia Skonto
33 Bulgaria Litex Lovech
34 North Macedonia Sileks
35 Lithuania Kareda
36 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Obilić
37 Moldova Zimbru Chișinău
39 Estonia Flora
40 Armenia Yerevan
41 Northern Ireland Cliftonville
42 Malta Valletta
43 Wales Barry Town
44 Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic
45 Faroe Islands B36
46 Albania Vllaznia
47 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
48 Azerbaijan Kapaz

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.[2] The draw was performed on 6 July 1998 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Seeded Unseeded

Summary

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Sileks North Macedonia1–2Belgium Club Brugge0–01–2
ŁKS Łódź Poland7–2Azerbaijan Kapaz4–13–1
Litex Lovech Bulgaria3–2Sweden Halmstads BK2–01–2
Grasshopper Switzerland8–0Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch6–02–0
Celtic Scotland2–0Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic0–02–0
Kareda Lithuania0–4Slovenia Maribor0–30–1
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine10–1Wales Barry Town8–02–1
Cliftonville Northern Ireland1–13Slovakia Košice1–50–8
Skonto Latvia2–1Belarus Dinamo Minsk0–02–1
Valletta Malta0–8Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta0–20–6
Beitar Jerusalem Israel5–1Faroe Islands B364–11–0
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country)4–3Albania Vllaznia3–0[a]1–3
HJK Finland5–0Armenia Yerevan2–03–0
Obilić Federal Republic of Yugoslavia4–1Iceland ÍBV2–02–1
Zimbru Chișinău Moldova2–3Hungary Újpest1–01–3
Steaua București Romania5–4Estonia Flora4–11–3
Notes:
  1. ^ Awarded

Matches

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

Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.

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

ŁKS Łódź won 7–2 on aggregate.

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

Litex Lovech won 3–2 on aggregate.

Grasshopper Switzerland6–0Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
 Report
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Sergei Gusev (Russia)
Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg0–2Switzerland Grasshopper
Report
Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette
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
Attendance: 8,929
Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

Celtic won 2–0 on aggregate.

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

Maribor won 4–0 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine8–0Wales Barry Town
 Report
Attendance: 11,800
Referee: Andreas Georgiou (Cyprus)
Barry Town Wales1–2Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
  • Williams 30'
 Report
  • Mykhaylenko 10'
  • Venhlinskyi 49'
Jenner Park, Barry
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
Všešportový areál, Košice
Attendance: 1,948
Referee: Milan Mitrovič (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
Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Constantin Zotta (Romania)

Skonto won 2–1 on aggregate.

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

Anorthosis Famagusta won 8–0 on aggregate.

Beitar Jerusalem Israel4–1Faroe Islands B36
  • Shitrit 2'
  • Sallói 9', 45', 78'
 Report
  • Petersen 73' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Spyros 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
  • Khomeriki 52'
 Report
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)
Vllaznia 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
 Report
Attendance: 2,317
Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)
Yerevan Armenia0–3Finland HJK
Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)

HJK won 5–0 on aggregate.

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

Obilić won 4–1 on aggregate.

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

Újpest won 3–2 on aggregate.

Steaua București Romania4–1Estonia Flora
 Report
Attendance: 5,603
Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)
Flora Estonia3–1Romania Steaua București
 Report
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.[4] 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
Notes
  1. † Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher association coefficient, thus effectively taking the association coefficient of their opponent in 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 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Rosenborg Norway4–4 (a)Belgium Club Brugge2–02–4
Manchester United England2–0Poland ŁKS Łódź2–00–0
Litex Lovech Bulgaria2–11Russia Spartak Moscow0–52–6
Galatasaray Turkey5–3Switzerland Grasshopper2–13–2
Celtic Scotland1–3Croatia Croatia Zagreb1–00–3
Maribor Slovenia3–5Netherlands PSV Eindhoven2–11–4 (a.e.t.)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine1–1 (3–1 p)Czech Republic Sparta Prague0–11–0 (a.e.t.)
Košice Slovakia1–2Denmark Brøndby0–21–0
Internazionale Italy7–1Latvia Skonto4–03–1
Olympiacos Greece6–3Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta2–14–2
Benfica Portugal8–4Israel Beitar Jerusalem6–02–4
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country)2–2 (a)Spain Athletic Bilbao2–10–1
HJK Finland2–1France Metz1–01–1
Bayern Munich Germany5–1Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Obilić4–01–1
Sturm Graz Austria7–2Hungary Újpest4–03–2
Steaua București Romania5–8Greece Panathinaikos2–23–6

Matches

Rosenborg Norway2–0Belgium Club Brugge
 Report
Attendance: 12,191
Club Brugge Belgium4–2Norway Rosenborg
  • Fadiga 22'
  • Claessens 47', 83'
  • Schockaert 78'
 Report
Attendance: 7,000

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

Manchester United England2–0Poland ŁKS Łódź
 Report
Attendance: 50,906
Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)
ŁKS Łódź Poland0–0England Manchester United
Report
Stadion ŁKS, Łódź
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

Manchester United won 2–0 on aggregate.

Litex Lovech Bulgaria0–5Russia Spartak Moscow
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Spartak Moscow Russia6–2Bulgaria Litex Lovech
 Report
  • Belyakov 27'
  • Bushi 70'
Attendance: 10,000

Spartak Moscow won 11–2 on aggregate.

Galatasaray Turkey2–1Switzerland Grasshopper
 Report
Attendance: 21,043
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Grasshopper Switzerland2–3Turkey Galatasaray
 Report
Attendance: 15,000

Galatasaray won 5–3 on aggregate.

Celtic Scotland1–0Croatia Croatia Zagreb
  • Jackson 51'
 Report
Attendance: 51,335
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
Croatia Zagreb Croatia3–0Scotland Celtic
 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
 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
Sparta Prague Czech Republic0–1 (a.e.t.)Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Report
Penalties
  • Čížek soccer ball with check mark
  • Votava soccer ball with red X
  • Stracený soccer ball with red X
  • Baranek soccer ball with red X
 1–3
Attendance: 17,998

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

Košice Slovakia0–2Denmark Brøndby
Report
  • Daugaard 54'
  • Thygesen 85'
Všešportový areál, Košice
Attendance: 4,725
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
Brøndby Denmark0–1Slovakia Košice
Report
  • Lapsansky 39'
Attendance: 16,962
Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

Brøndby won 2–1 on aggregate.

Internazionale Italy4–0Latvia Skonto
 Report
Attendance: 16,166
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
Skonto Latvia1–3Italy Internazionale
  • Miholaps 21'
 Report
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Greece)

Internazionale won 7–1 on aggregate.

Olympiacos Greece2–1Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta
 Report
  • Mihajlović 64'
Attendance: 28,047
Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus2–4Greece Olympiacos
  • Mihajlović 39'
  • Krčmarević 80'
 Report
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 6,380
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia)

Olympiacos won 6–3 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal6–0Israel Beitar Jerusalem
 Report
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Germany)
Beitar Jerusalem Israel4–2Portugal Benfica
 Report
Attendance: 1,290
Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

Benfica won 8–4 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country)2–1Spain Athletic Bilbao
  • Khomeriki 15'
  • Tskitishvili 30'
 Report
  • Imaz 46'
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
Athletic Bilbao Spain1–0Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
 Report
Attendance: 34,600
Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

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

HJK Finland1–0France Metz
 Report
Attendance: 8,287
Referee: Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)
Metz France1–1Finland HJK
 Report
  • Vasara 68'
Attendance: 11,922
Referee: William Young (Scotland)

HJK won 2–1 on aggregate.

Bayern Munich Germany4–0Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Obilić
 Report
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Obilić Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–1Germany Bayern Munich
  • Šarac 67'
 Report
Attendance: 8,500

Bayern Munich won 5–1 on aggregate.

Sturm Graz Austria4–0Hungary Újpest
 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
Attendance: 9,800
Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)
Panathinaikos Greece6–3Romania Steaua București
 Report
Attendance: 52,529
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Panathinaikos won 8–5 on aggregate.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Played at Stadion Neftochimik in Burgas because Litex Lovech's Gradski Stadion 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 after Vllaznia fielded an ineligible player.[3]
  3. ^ Played at Arena Garibaldi in Pisa because Internazionale were temporarily banned from playing at their San Siro stadium in Milan.
  4. ^ This match was played at FK Partizan's Partizan Stadium in Belgrade because Obilić's Miloš Obilić Stadium in Belgrade did not meet UEFA standards.

References

  1. ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 1998". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  2. ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 1998". Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. ^ Ross, James M.; Stokkermans, Karel (4 June 2015). "UEFA Champions' League 1998–99". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  4. ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 1998". Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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