1998–99 Celta de Vigo season

Celta Vigo contested La Liga, Copa del Rey and the UEFA Cup in the 1998-99 season, which saw the club reach the quarter finals of the UEFA Cup and narrowly missing out on qualification for the Champions League.

Celta Vigo
1998–99 season
ManagerVíctor Fernández
La Liga5th
Copa del ReyRound of 16
UEFA CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLuboslav Penev (18)

Squad

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  FRA Richard Dutruel
2 DF  ESP Míchel Salgado
3 DF  ESP Rafael Berges
4 DF  ARG Fernando Cáceres
5 DF  ESP Óscar Vales
6 MF  BRA Mazinho
7 MF  ESP Tomás
8 MF  RUS Valery Karpin
9 MF  ISR Haim Revivo
10 FW  BIH Vladimir Gudelj
11 FW  NED Jordi Cruyff (on loan from Manchester United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK  ESP José Manuel Pinto
14 FW  BUL Lyuboslav Penev
15 DF  ESP Fran Cainzos
16 DF  NOR Dan Eggen
18 FW  ESP Juan Sánchez
19 DF  YUG Goran Đjorović
20 MF  RUS Alexandr Mostovoi
22 DF  ESP Josema
23 MF  FRA Claude Makélélé
24 MF  POR Bruno Caires
26 GK  ESP Roberto

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW  POR Jorge Cadete
21 MF  YUG Zoran Đorović

La Liga
Main article: 1998–99 La Liga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
7 Espanyol 38 16 13 9 49 38 +11 61 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
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.

Matches
30 August 1998 1 Celta Vigo 0–0 Deportivo
12 September 1998 2 Villarreal 1–1 Celta Vigo
Craioveanu  9' Penev  32'
19 September 1998 3 Celta Vigo 0–0 Real Valladolid
26 September 1998 4 Barcelona 2–2 Celta Vigo
Kluivert  38, 57' Salgado  43'
Mostovoi  90'
4 October 1998 5 Celta Vigo 3–2 Athletic Bilbao
Cáceres  17'
Penev  31', 63' (pen.)		 Guerrero  55'
Urzaiz  90'
17 October 1998 6 Real Betis 0–3 Celta Vigo
Makélélé  51'
Sánchez  66'
Cadete  85'
24 October 1998 7 Celta Vigo 2–0 Real Zaragoza
Sánchez  43, 69'
31 October 1998 8 Racing Santander 2–2 Celta Vigo
Víctor  53', 86' (pen.) Sánchez  45'
Berges  76'
8 November 1998 9 Celta Vigo 5–1 Extremadura
Mostovoi  47, 66'
Sánchez  57'
Tomás  83'		 Manuel  68'
14 November 1998 10 Real Madrid 1–2 Celta Vigo
R. Carlos  62' Penev  21' (pen.)
Makélélé  54'
21 November 1998 11 Deportivo Alavés 2–0 Celta Vigo
Gerard  28'
Sivori  69'
29 November 1998 12 Celta Vigo 2–2 Valencia
Mostovoi  34'
Sánchez  56'		 Popescu  23'
Ilie  66'
5 December 1998 13 Salamanca 1–1 Celta Vigo
Cardetti  86' Mazinho  5'
13 December 1998 14 Celta Vigo 2–0 Espanyol
Penev  4'
Salgado  13'
20 December 1998 15 Real Sociedad 2–0 Celta Vigo
Kovačević  36, 87'
3 January 1999 16 Celta Vigo 6–2 Real Oviedo
Revivo  25, 84'
Karpin  32'
Penev  39, 75'
Sánchez  63'		 scorer unknown
Møller  90'
10 January 1999 17 Tenerife 0–2 Celta Vigo
Karpin  65'
Mazinho  83'
16 January 1999 18 Celta Vigo 4–2 Mallorca
Karpin  22, 56'
Đorović  86'
Revivo  90'		 A. López  22'
Biagini  51'
24 January 1999 19 Atlético Madrid 2–1 Celta Vigo
Serena  14'
Correa  62'		 Penev  86' (pen.)
31 January 1999 20 Deportivo 2–1 Celta Vigo
Pauleta  9'
Turu Flores  44'		 Sánchez  80'
7 February 1999 21 Celta Vigo 4–1 Villarreal
Sánchez  42'
Salgado  81'
Penev  87' (pen.)
Revivo  90'		 Moisés  27'
14 February 1999 22 Real Valladolid 2–1 Celta Vigo
Caminero  27'
Alberto  78'		 Revivo  60'
20 February 1999 23 Celta Vigo 0–0 Barcelona
27 February 1999 24 Athletic Bilbao 0–0 Celta Vigo
7 March 1999 25 Celta Vigo 4–0 Real Betis
Gudelj  1, 80'
Tomás  6'
Revivo  70'
13 March 1999 26 Real Zaragoza 0–1 Celta Vigo
Revivo  20'
21 March 1999 27 Celta Vigo 3–0 Racing Santander
Mazinho  36'
Sánchez  61'
Mostovoi  81'
4 April 1999 28 Extremadura 1–1 Celta Vigo
Velamazán  59' Sánchez  65' (pen.)
11 April 1999 29 Celta Vigo 5–1 Real Madrid
Penev  7, 15, 61'
Mazinho  11'
Mostovoi  33'		 Morientes  32'
18 April 1999 30 Celta Vigo 1–1 Deportivo Alavés
Sánchez  55' Pablo  53'
24 April 1999 31 Valencia 2–2 Celta Vigo
Vlaović  12'
Farinós  90 +'		 Sánchez  41'
Karpin  90'
2 May 1999 32 Celta Vigo 1–0 Salamanca
Revivo  62'
9 May 1999 33 Espanyol 3–0 Celta Vigo
de Lucas  59'
Gălcă  74'
Tamudo  77' (pen.)
16 May 1999 34 Celta Vigo 2–2 Real Sociedad
Karpin  35'
Tomás  69'		 Kovačević  10'
Idiakez  16'
23 May 1999 35 Real Oviedo 1–3 Celta Vigo
Dubovský  50' Penev  34', 67' (pen.)
Cruyff  87'
30 May 1999 36 Celta Vigo 2–0 Tenerife
Revivo  43'
Karpin  66'
13 June 1999 37 Mallorca 2–0 Celta Vigo
Ibagaza  34'
Stanković  90'
19 June 1999 38 Celta Vigo 0–1 Atlético Madrid
Solari  9'

Top scorers

UEFA Cup

1st Round
15 September 1998 Argeş Piteşti 0–1 Celta Vigo
Sánchez  25'
29 September 1998 Celta Vigo 7–0 Argeş Piteşti
Penev  6, 13, 26'
Mazinho  16'
Sánchez  82'
Tomás  87, 90'

2nd Round
20 October 1998 Celta Vigo 0–1 Aston Villa
Joachim  15'
3 November 1998 Aston Villa 1–3 Celta Vigo
Collymore  30' (pen.) Sánchez  26'
Mostovoi  34'
Penev  48'

Round of 16
24 November 1998 Celta Vigo 3–1 Liverpool
Mostovoi  49'
Karpin  56'
Gudelj  90'		 Owen  35'
8 December 1998 Liverpool 0–1 Celta Vigo
Revivo  57'

Quarter-finals
2 March 1999 Marseille 2–1 Celta Vigo
Maurice  33, 68' Mostovoi  54'
16 March 1999 Celta Vigo 0–0 Marseille
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