1998–99 Valencia CF season

Valencia CF had a successful season, finishing in the top four of La Liga, and thus qualifying for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in almost thirty years, thanks to the extension of the competition to include more teams from the top leagues. Valencia also won the Copa del Rey, ending a long trophy drought and marking a successful end to Italian coach Claudio Ranieri's first spell at the club. Among the main players behind the success included Gaizka Mendieta, Javier Farinós and lethal striker Claudio López.

Valencia CF
1998–99 season
PresidentPedro Cortés
ManagerClaudio Ranieri
StadiumMestalla
La Liga4th
Copa del ReyWinners
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerClaudio López (21)

At the end of the season, Ranieri left to manage Atlético Madrid; he was replaced by Argentine Héctor Cúper, who had led Mallorca to third place and the Cup Winners' Cup final.

Squad

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Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ESP Santiago Cañizares
2 DF   ESP Javi Navarro
3 DF   ESP Juanfran
4 DF   ESP Paco Camarasa
5 DF   SRB Miroslav Đukić
6 MF   ESP Gaizka Mendieta
7 FW   ARG Claudio López
8 MF   ESP Javier Farinós
9 FW   ITA Cristiano Lucarelli
10 MF   SWE Stefan Schwarz
11 FW   ROU Adrian Ilie
12 FW   ARG Guillermo Morigi
13 GK   ESP Jorge Bartual
14 DF   SWE Joachim Björklund
15 DF   ITA Amedeo Carboni
16 DF   FRA Alain Roche
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF   ROU Sabin Ilie
18 MF   ROU Gabriel Popescu
19 FW   CRO Goran Vlaović
20 DF   FRA Jocelyn Angloma
21 MF   ESP Luis Milla
22 MF   ROU Dennis Şerban
23 MF   ESP Angulo
24 MF   ESP Oscar Tellez
25 DF   ESP Miguel Ángel Soria
26 GK   ESP Jonathan
27 MF   ESP Curro Torres
28 MF   ESP Porras
29 FW   ESP Pérez
30 FW   ESP Rubén Navarro
31 FW   ESP Jandro
32 MF   ESP Soto

Transfers

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Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF   ARG Guillermo Morigi (to Vélez Sársfield)
17 FW   ROU Sabin Ilie (on loan to Lleida)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF   ESP Óscar Téllez (to Villarreal)

Competitions

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La Liga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Real Madrid 38 21 5 12 77 62 +15 68 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3 Mallorca 38 20 6 12 48 31 +17 66 Qualification for the Champions 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 the UEFA Cup first round
6 Deportivo La Coruña 38 17 12 9 55 43 +12 63
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
ResultWLWLLLWWWLWDWWLWDDWWDLLWWWDWDWDWWLDWLW
Position49691316126555754444532445322323465356564

Matches

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28 August 1998 1 Valencia 1-0 Atlético Madrid Valencia
Angulo   65' Report Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
19 September 1998 3 Valencia 1-0 Villarreal Valencia
Angulo   45' Report Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
2 October 1998 5 Valencia 1-3 Barcelona Valencia
Piojo López   14' Report Kluivert   55'
Rivaldo   73'
Anderson   90'
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
24 October 1998 7 Valencia 5-1 Betis Valencia
Piojo López   29'
Ilie   42'
Schwarz   67'
Piojo López   73'
Ilie   82'
Report Alexis   33' Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
30 October 1998 8 Real Zaragoza 1-4 Valencia Zaragoza
Kily González   24' Report Ilie   3'
Lucarelli   68'
Schwarz   78'
Mendieta   85'
Stadium: La Romareda
20 November 1998 11 Valencia 3-1 Real Madrid Valencia
Angulo   35'
Claudio López   62'
Claudio López   74'
Report Sávio   57' Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
28 November 1998 12 Celta Vigo 2-2 Valencia Vigo
Mostovoi   34'
Adrian Ilie   66'
Report Popescu   23'
Juan Sánchez   56'
Stadium: Balaídos
5 December 1998 13 Alavés 0-1 Valencia Vitoria
Report Claudio López   65' Stadium: Mendizorroza
12 December 1998 14 Valencia 1-0 Salamanca Valencia
Angulo   76' Report Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
16 January 1999 18 Valencia 1-1 Tenerife Valencia
Claudio López   37' (pen.) Report Juanele   68' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
26 February 1999 24 Barcelona 2-4 Valencia Barcelona
Patrick Kluivert   30'
Patrick Kluivert   78'
Report Ilie   4'
Piojo López   37'
Angulo   82'
Piojo López   87'
Stadium: Camp Nou
23 April 1999 31 Valencia 2-2 Celta Vigo Valencia
Vlaovic   12'
Farinos   90'
Report Juan Sánchez   41'
Karpin   90'
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
15 May 1999 34 Valencia 1-2 Espanyol Valencia
Piojo López   90' Report Tamudo   71'
Posse   90'
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
19 June 1999 38 Valencia 3-0 Mallorca Valencia
Ilie   12'
Mendieta   51'
Ilie   66'
Report Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Top scorers

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Copa del Rey

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Eightfinals

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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9 June 1999 (1999-06-09) Valencia 6–0 Real Madrid Valencia
Piojo Lopez   19'
Roche  31'
Vlaović   34'
Roche  42'
Piojo Lopez  54'
Mendieta   72'
Report Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto
16 June 1999 (1999-06-16) Real Madrid 2–1 Valencia Madrid
Sávio   7'
Predrag Mijatović  53'
Report Piojo Lopez   85' Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega

Final

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26 June 1999 Atlético Madrid 0 – 3 Valencia Sevilla
21:30 CEST Copa del Rey 1999 Piojo López   22', 81'
Mendieta   33'
Stadium: La Cartuja
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega

UEFA Intertoto Cup

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Quarterfinals

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18 July 1998 (1998-07-18) Valencia   4–1   Shinnik Yaroslavl Mestalla Stadium, Valencia
Farinós   11'
Roche   25'
C. López   48', 87'
Report Serebrennikov   50' Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)
25 July 1998 (1998-07-25) Shinnik Yaroslavl   1–0   Valencia Shinnik Stadium, Yaroslavl
Yuminov   12' Report Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Semifinals

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29 July 1998 (1998-07-29) Espanyol   0–1   Valencia Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona
21:30 Report C. López   44' Attendance: 15,200
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany)
5 August 1998 (1998-08-05) Valencia   2–0   Espanyol Mestalla Stadium, Valencia
21:30 C. López   40', 79' Report Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Finals

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11 August 1998 (1998-08-11) Austria Salzburg   0–2   Valencia Stadion Lehen, Salzburg
19:00 Report Angulo   6'
Schwarz   44'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey)
25 August 1998 (1998-08-25) Valencia   2–1   Austria Salzburg Mestalla Stadium, Valencia
22:00 Lucarelli   17'
Roche   36'
Report Hütter   84' Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

UEFA Cup

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First round

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15 September 1998 Steaua Bucharest   3–4   Valencia Bucharest
20:30 (CET) Lincar   30'
Roşu   60'
Dumitrescu   84'
Report Ilie   11', 24'
Angulo   78', 86'
Stadium: Stadionul Steaua
Attendance: 12,000
Referee:  Urs Meier
29 September 1998 Valencia   3–0   Steaua Bucharest Valencia
21:30 (CET) Roche   52'
López   56'
Lucarelli   89'
Report Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
Attendance: 15,000
Referee:  Ryszard Wójcik

Second round

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20 October 1998 Liverpool   0–0   Valencia Liverpool
20:45 (CET) Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 26,004
Referee:  Livio Bazzoli
3 November 1998 Valencia   2–2
(2-2a agg.)
  Liverpool Valencia
21:30 (CET) López   45', 90' Report McManaman   80'
Berger   85'
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
Attendance: 53,000
Referee:  Gilles Veissière

Statistics

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Players statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total La Liga Copa del Rey UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ESP Cañizares 48 -51 38 -39 6 -7 4 -5
20 DF   FRA Angloma 36 2 22+7 1 5+1 1 0+1 0
16 DF   FRA Roche 37 3 25+4 0 5 2 3 1
5 DF   SRB Djukic 41 1 32 1 5 0 4 0
15 DF   ITA Carboni 46 0 36 0 6 0 4 0
6 MF   ESP Mendieta 48 12 36+1 7 6+1 5 4 0
8 MF   ESP Farinos 41 2 28+4 2 6 0 0+3 0
21 MF   ESP Luis Milla 39 1 28+3 1 5 0 3 0
23 FW   ESP Angulo 46 12 31+5 8 5+1 2 4 2
11 FW   ROU Ilie 32 12 22+2 10 2+2 0 4 2
7 FW   ARG Claudio López 42 32 31+1 21 5+1 8 4 3
13 GK   ESP Bartual 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
10 MF   SWE Schwarz 33 4 22+8 4 1 0 2 0
14 DF   SWE Bjorklund 33 1 23+1 1 4+1 0 4 0
3 DF   ESP Juanfran 27 0 15+6 0 3+2 0 0+1 0
18 MF   ROU Popescu 35 1 5+20 1 2+4 0 3+1 0
19 FW   CRO Vlaovic 23 3 11+9 2 3 1
25 DF   ESP Soria 17 0 6+4 0 2+3 0 1+1 0
9 FW   ITA Lucarelli 15 1 4+8 1 0 0 0+3 0
22 MF   ROU Serban 10 1 0+10 1
4 DF   ESP Camarasa 5 0 2+1 0 1+1 0
30 FW   ESP Navarro 6 2 0+4 0 2 2
31 FW   ESP Jandro 4 0 0+2 0 1+1 0
2 DF   ESP Navarro 0 0 0 0
12 MF   ARG Morigi
17 DF   ROU Ilie 0 0 0 0
24 DF   ESP Tellez 1 0 1 0
26 GK   ESP Jonathan
27 DF   ESP Curro Torres 2 0 0 0 1+1 0
28 MF   ESP Porras
29 DF   ESP Perez
32 MF   ESP Soto

References

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  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Valencia - 1998/99".