1998 UEFA Champions League Final

The 1998 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place at the Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam, on 20 May 1998 to determine the winner of the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League. It pitted Real Madrid of Spain and Juventus of Italy. Juventus appeared in their third consecutive final, while Real Madrid were in their first of the Champions League era. Real Madrid won 1–0, the only goal scored by Predrag Mijatović, to clinch their record breaking seventh European title, their first for 32 years. The two teams faced each other in the final again in 2017 in Cardiff; Real Madrid won 4–1.

1998 UEFA Champions League Final
Match programme cover
Event1997–98 UEFA Champions League
Juventus Real Madrid
0 1
Date20 May 1998
VenueAmsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
RefereeHellmut Krug (Germany)
Attendance48,500

Venue
The Amsterdam Arena, host of the final.

The Amsterdam Arena has served as the home stadium of Ajax since 1996. The previous home for Ajax's European matches, the Olympisch Stadion, also hosted European finals. One-legged finals include the 1962 European Cup Final, in which Benfica defeated Real Madrid 5–3, and the 1977 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, in which Anderlecht were beaten 2–0 by Hamburg. It also hosted the second legs of the 1981 UEFA Cup Final between AZ '67 and Ipswich Town, and of the 1992 UEFA Cup Final between Ajax and Torino.[1]

Route to the final
Further information: 1997–98 UEFA Champions League
Juventus Round Real Madrid
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Feyenoord 5–1 (H) Matchday 1 Rosenborg 5–1 (H)
Manchester United 2–3 (A) Matchday 2 Porto 2–0 (A)
Košice 1–0 (A) Matchday 3 Olympiacos 5–1 (H)
Košice 3–2 (H) Matchday 4 Olympiacos 0–0 (A)
Feyenoord 0–2 (A) Matchday 5 Rosenborg 0–2 (A)
Manchester United 1–0 (H) Matchday 6 Porto 4–0 (H)
Group B runners-up
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Manchester United 6 15
2 Juventus 6 12
3 Feyenoord 6 9
4 Košice 6 0
Source: UEFA
 Final standings Group D winner
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Real Madrid 6 13
2 Rosenborg 6 11
3 Olympiacos 6 5
4 Porto 6 4
Source: UEFA
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Dynamo Kyiv 5–2 1–1 (H) 4–1 (A) Quarter-finals Bayer Leverkusen 4–1 1–1 (A) 3–0 (H)
Monaco 6–4 4–1 (H) 2–3 (A) Semi-finals Borussia Dortmund 2–0 2–0 (H) 0–0 (A)

Match

Details
Juventus 0–1 Real Madrid
Report Mijatović  66'
Attendance: 48,500
Juventus
Real Madrid
GK1 Angelo Peruzzi (c)
CB3 Moreno Torricelli
CB13 Mark Iuliano
CB4 Paolo Montero 79'
RM7 Angelo Di Livio 46'
CM14 Didier Deschamps 77'
CM26 Edgar Davids 34'
LM22 Gianluca Pessotto 70'
AM21 Zinedine Zidane
CF9 Filippo Inzaghi
CF10 Alessandro Del Piero
Substitutes:
GK12 Michelangelo Rampulla
DF6 Dimas
DF15 Alessandro Birindelli
MF8 Antonio Conte 77'
MF20 Alessio Tacchinardi 46'
FW16 Nicola Amoruso
FW18 Daniel Fonseca 70'
Manager:
Marcello Lippi
GK25 Bodo Illgner
RB17 Christian Panucci
CB5 Manolo Sanchís (c)
CB4 Fernando Hierro 23'
LB3 Roberto Carlos 37'
DM6 Fernando Redondo
RM27 Christian Karembeu 56'
LM10 Clarence Seedorf 90+4'
AM7 Raúl 90'
CF15 Fernando Morientes 81'
CF8 Predrag Mijatović 89'
Substitutes:
GK1 Santiago Cañizares
DF19 Fernando Sanz
MF11 José Amavisca 90'
MF16 Jaime 81'
MF18 Víctor Sánchez
MF20 Sávio
FW9 Davor Šuker 89'
Manager:
Jupp Heynckes

Assistant referees:
Thorsten Bastian (Germany)
Christian Schräer (Germany)
Fourth official:
Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)

Match rules

Statistics

Source: UEFA Champions League Final 1998 Full-Time Report (deadl link)

See also

References
  1. "Amsterdam's historic finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
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