1998–99 Valencia CF season

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

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.

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[edit]

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

Transfers[edit]

Left club during season[edit]

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

Competitions[edit]

La Liga[edit]

League table[edit]

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 de 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[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
ResultWLWLLLWWWLWDWWLWDDWWDLLWWWDWDWDWWLDWLW
Position49691316126555754444532445322323465356564

Matches[edit]

28 August 1998 1 Valencia 1-0 Atlético Madrid Valencia
Angulo 65' Report Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Top scorers[edit]

Copa del Rey[edit]

Eightfinals

Quarterfinals[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Quarterfinals[edit]

18 July 1998 (1998-07-18) Valencia Spain 4–1 Russia 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 Russia 1–0 Spain Valencia Shinnik Stadium, Yaroslavl
Yuminov 12' Report Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Semifinals[edit]

29 July 1998 (1998-07-29) Espanyol Spain 0–1 Spain 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 Spain 2–0 Spain Espanyol Mestalla Stadium, Valencia
21:30 C. López 40', 79' Report Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Finals[edit]

11 August 1998 (1998-08-11) Austria Salzburg Austria 0–2 Spain 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 Spain 2–1 Austria Austria Salzburg Mestalla Stadium, Valencia
22:00 Lucarelli 17'
Roche 36'
Report Hütter 84' Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

UEFA Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

15 September 1998 Steaua Bucharest Romania 3–4 Spain 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: SwitzerlandUrs Meier
29 September 1998 Valencia Spain 3–0 Romania Steaua Bucharest Valencia
21:30 (CET) Roche 52'
López 56'
Lucarelli 89'
Report Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: PolandRyszard Wójcik

Second round[edit]

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

Statistics[edit]

Players statistics[edit]

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

References[edit]

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