International football competition
The group stage of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League began on 16 September 1998 and ended on 9 December 1998. Eight teams qualified automatically for the group stage, while 16 more qualified via a preliminary round. The 24 teams were divided into six groups of four, and the teams in each group played against each other on a home-and-away basis, meaning that each team played a total of six group matches. For each win, teams were awarded three points, with one point awarded for each draw.
Seeding
Seeding was based on the UEFA associations 1998 ranking, similarly to the previous season. Title holders and champions of nations ranked 1–5 were put in the Pot 1. Champions of nations ranked 6–7 as well as runners-up of nations ranked 1–5 (except France) formed Pot 2. The remaining qualified runners-up (from the nations 6–8) and champions of top three nations ranked below 7 formed Pot 3. Finally, the remaining six national champions formed Pot 4.
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and best-ranked runners-up advance to the knockout stage
Groups
Times are CET /CEST , as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses)
Group A
Source: UEFA
16 September 199820:45 (19:45 UTC+1 ) Estádio das Antas , Porto Attendance: 26,000Referee: Gilles Veissière (France )
16 September 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) Stadion Maksimir , Zagreb Attendance: 27,600Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark )
30 September 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) Amsterdam Arena , Amsterdam Attendance: 41,000Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy )
30 September 199820:45 (21:45 UTC+3 ) Olympic Stadium , Athens Attendance: 60,502Referee: David Elleray (England )
21 October 199820:45 (21:45 UTC+3 ) Olympic Stadium , Athens Attendance: 73,208Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain )
21 October 199820:45 (19:45 UTC+1 ) Estádio das Antas , Porto Attendance: 16,500Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria )
4 November 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+1 ) Amsterdam Arena , Amsterdam Attendance: 46,000Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy )
4 November 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+1 ) Stadion Maksimir , Zagreb Attendance: 5,000Referee: Markus Merk (Germany )
25 November 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+1 ) Amsterdam Arena , Amsterdam Attendance: 47,000Referee: Marc Batta (France )
25 November 199820:45 (21:45 UTC+2 ) Olympic Stadium , Athens Attendance: 70,232Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland )
9 December 199820:45 (19:45 UTC±0 ) Estádio das Antas , Porto Attendance: 15,000Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy )
9 December 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+1 ) Stadion Maksimir , Zagreb Attendance: 16,546Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway )
Group B
Source: UEFA
16 September 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) Stadio delle Alpi , Turin Attendance: 37,192Referee: Markus Merk (Germany )
16 September 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) San Mamés Stadium , Bilbao Attendance: 33,500Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine )
30 September 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) Lerkendal Stadion , Trondheim Attendance: 15,385Referee: Amand Ancion (Belgium )
30 September 199820:45 (21:45 UTC+3 ) Ali Sami Yen Stadium , Istanbul Attendance: 19,828Referee: Graham Poll (England )
21 October 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) Lerkendal Stadion , Trondheim Attendance: 15,372Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia )
21 October 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) San Mamés Stadium , Bilbao Attendance: 39,000Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark )
4 November 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+1 ) Stadio delle Alpi , Turin Attendance: 44,584Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland )
4 November 199820:45 (21:45 UTC+2 ) Ali Sami Yen Stadium , Istanbul Attendance: 21,856Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany )
25 November 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+1 ) Lerkendal Stadion , Trondheim Attendance: 15,454Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany )
2 December 199820:45 (21:45 UTC+2 ) Ali Sami Yen Stadium , Istanbul Attendance: 22,920Referee: Gilles Veissière (France )
9 December 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+1 ) Stadio delle Alpi , Turin Attendance: 7,174Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands )
9 December 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+1 ) San Mamés Stadium , Bilbao Attendance: 16,000Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland )
Group C
Source: UEFA
16 September 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán , Seville Attendance: 42,000Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland )
16 September 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadion , Graz Attendance: 11,000Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria )
30 September 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) San Siro , Milan Attendance: 24,791Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway )
30 September 199817:45 (19:45 UTC+4 ) Luzhniki Stadium , Moscow Attendance: 60,000Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany )
21 October 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) Santiago Bernabéu , Madrid Attendance: 21,600Referee: Graham Barber (England )
21 October 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) San Siro , Milan Attendance: 44,199Referee: Marc Batta (France )
4 November 199817:45 (19:45 UTC+3 ) Luzhniki Stadium , Moscow Attendance: 75,500Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland )
5 November 199820:00 (20:00 UTC+1 ) Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadion , Graz Attendance: 13,851Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden )
25 November 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+1 ) San Siro , Milan Attendance: 77,829Referee: Markus Merk (Germany )
25 November 199817:45 (19:45 UTC+3 ) Luzhniki Stadium , Moscow Attendance: 38,000Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium )
9 December 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+1 ) Santiago Bernabéu , Madrid Attendance: 60,000Referee: László Vagner (Hungary )
9 December 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+1 ) Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadion , Graz Attendance: 12,685Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland )
Group D
Source: UEFA
16 September 199820:45 (19:45 UTC+1 ) Old Trafford , Manchester Attendance: 53,601Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy )
16 September 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) Parken Stadium , Copenhagen Attendance: 30,378Referee: László Vagner (Hungary )
30 September 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) Olympiastadion , Munich Attendance: 53,000Referee: Marc Batta (France )
30 September 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) Camp Nou , Barcelona Attendance: 65,000Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria )
21 October 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) Parken Stadium , Copenhagen Attendance: 40,315Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal )
21 October 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) Olympiastadion , Munich Attendance: 56,000Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden )
4 November 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+1 ) Camp Nou , Barcelona Attendance: 85,000Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy )
4 November 199820:45 (19:45 UTC±0 ) Old Trafford , Manchester Attendance: 53,250Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia )
25 November 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+1 ) Camp Nou , Barcelona Attendance: 67,648Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria )
25 November 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+1 ) Olympiastadion , Munich Attendance: 34,000Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey )
9 December 199820:45 (19:45 UTC±0 ) Old Trafford , Manchester Attendance: 54,434Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands )
9 December 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+1 ) Parken Stadium , Copenhagen Attendance: 40,892Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia )
Group E
Source: UEFA
16 September 199820:45 (21:45 UTC+3 ) Nikos Goumas Stadium , Athens Attendance: 20,310Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal )
16 September 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) Stade Félix-Bollaert , Lens Attendance: 33,371Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany )
30 September 199820:45 (19:45 UTC+1 ) Wembley Stadium , London Attendance: 73,454Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain )
30 September 199820:45 (21:45 UTC+3 ) Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex , Kyiv Attendance: 52,500Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria )
21 October 199820:45 (19:45 UTC+1 ) Wembley Stadium , London Attendance: 73,256Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland )
21 October 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) Stade Félix-Bollaert , Lens Attendance: 32,757Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands )
4 November 199820:45 (21:45 UTC+2 ) Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex , Kyiv Attendance: 76,600Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy )
4 November 199820:45 (21:45 UTC+2 ) Olympic Stadium , Athens Attendance: 55,031Referee: José García-Aranda (Spain )
25 November 199820:45 (19:45 UTC±0 ) Wembley Stadium , London Attendance: 73,707Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden )
25 November 199818:45 (19:45 UTC+2 ) Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex , Kyiv Attendance: 46,000Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany )
9 December 199820:45 (21:45 UTC+2 ) Olympic Stadium , Athens Attendance: 41,105Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy )
9 December 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+1 ) Stade Félix-Bollaert , Lens Attendance: 39,423Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia )
Group F
Source: UEFA
16 September 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) Philips Stadion , Eindhoven Attendance: 14,460Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia )
16 September 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) Fritz-Walter-Stadion , Kaiserslautern Attendance: 31,112Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy )
30 September 199820:45 (19:45 UTC+1 ) Estádio da Luz , Lisbon Attendance: 45,000Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia )
30 September 199820:45 (21:45 UTC+3 ) Olympic Stadium , Helsinki Attendance: 21,217Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland )
21 October 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+2 ) Philips Stadion , Eindhoven Attendance: 20,500Referee: Alain Sars (France )
21 October 199820:45 (21:45 UTC+3 ) Olympic Stadium , Helsinki Attendance: 25,126Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic )
4 November 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+1 ) Fritz-Walter-Stadion , Kaiserslautern Attendance: 31,444Referee: David Elleray (England )
4 November 199820:45 (19:45 UTC±0 ) Estádio da Luz , Lisbon Attendance: 28,500Referee: László Vagner (Hungary )
25 November 199818:45 (19:45 UTC+2 ) Olympic Stadium , Helsinki Attendance: 34,146Referee: José García-Aranda (Spain )
25 November 199820:45 (19:45 UTC±0 ) Estádio da Luz , Lisbon Attendance: 15,000Referee: Paul Durkin (England )
9 December 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+1 ) Philips Stadion , Eindhoven Attendance: 17,900Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden )
9 December 199820:45 (20:45 UTC+1 ) Fritz-Walter-Stadion , Kaiserslautern Attendance: 27,310Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark )
Ranking of second-placed teams
Source: RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Association coefficient ; 6) Club coefficient .
Notes
CET (UTC+1 ) for matches from 4 November 1998, and CEST (UTC+2 ) for matches to 21 October 1998.
Originally scheduled for 25 November, delayed for political tensions between Turkey and Italy due to the Öcalan affair .
Real Madrid were ordered to play one match away from their usual home ground due to crowd trouble at their last home game in UEFA competition against Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of the 1997–98 Champions League semi-final.
Panathinaikos played their home match at Nikos Goumas Stadium instead of their regular stadium Olympic Stadium due to The Rolling Stones concert being held there.
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Knockout phases
Note: In 1991–92, the competition was still known as the European Cup, but is included as it was the first to use a group stage format. In that season and 1992–93, there was no knockout phase between the group stage and final.
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