UEFA Champions League 1998–99
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The UEFA Champions League 1998–99 was the European club football season in which Manchester United famously won a dramatic treble, capped by a last-minute comeback victory over Bayern Munich in the final at Camp Nou.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UEFA Champions League season
ⓘ
football competition ⓘ |
| champion | Manchester United F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | top-tier European club competition ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| decidedBy | normal time ⓘ |
| defendingChampion | Real Madrid CF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defendingChampionEliminatedBy | FC Dynamo Kyiv NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1999-05-26 ⓘ |
| finalCity | Barcelona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalCountry | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalDate | 1999-05-26 ⓘ |
| finalReferee | Pierluigi Collina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalRunnerUpGoals | 1 ⓘ |
| finalScore | 2–1 ⓘ |
| finalScoreAfter90Minutes | 2–1 ⓘ |
| finalVenue | Camp Nou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalWinnerGoals | 2 ⓘ |
| groupStageFormat | league system home-and-away ⓘ |
| knockoutPhaseFormat | two-legged ties plus single-match final ⓘ |
| nextSeason | UEFA Champions League 1999–2000 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Manchester United completed a continental treble with this title
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Manchester United scored two injury-time goals in the final ⓘ |
| notableMatch | 1999 UEFA Champions League Final NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfGroups | 6 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeamsInGroupStage | 24 ⓘ |
| organizer | UEFA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousSeason | UEFA Champions League 1997–98 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUp | FC Bayern Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUpCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUpManager | Ottmar Hitzfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonNumber | 44 ⓘ |
| seasonNumberAsChampionsLeague | 7 ⓘ |
| semiFinalist |
FC Bayern Munich
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
FC Dynamo Kyiv NERFINISHED ⓘ Juventus F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ Manchester United F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsorName | UEFA Champions League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| startTime | 1998-07-22 ⓘ |
| topScorer | Andriy Shevchenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topScorerClub | FC Dynamo Kyiv NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topScorerGoals | 8 ⓘ |
| winnerAchievement | continental treble ⓘ |
| winnerCaptain | Peter Schmeichel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerCountry | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerDomesticCup | FA Cup 1998–99 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerDomesticLeague | FA Premier League 1998–99 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerManager | Alex Ferguson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.