1998–99 Valencia CF season
| 1998–99 season | |||
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| President | Pedro Cortés | ||
| Manager | Claudio Ranieri | ||
| Stadium | Mestalla | ||
| La Liga | 4th | ||
| Copa del Rey | Winners | ||
| UEFA Cup | Second round | ||
| Top goalscorer | Claudio López (21) | ||
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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
- Squad at end of season[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
| In | |||
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| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| GK | Santiago Cañizares | Real Madrid | |
| DF | Alain Roche | Paris Saint-Germain | |
| DF | Joachim Björklund | Rangers | |
| MF | Stefan Schwarz | Fiorentina | |
| MF | Gabriel Popescu | Salamanca | |
| FW | Cristiano Lucarelli | Atalanta | |
| MF | Dennis Serban | Steaua București | |
| DF | Oscar Tellez | Alavés | |
| MF | Sabin Ilie | Kocaelispor | |
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| GK | Andoni Zubizarreta | retired | |
| MF | Fernando | Wolverhampton | |
| FW | Ariel Ortega | Sampdoria | €2.60 million |
| DF | Fernando Cáceres | Celta Vigo | |
| GK | Gustavo Campagnuolo | San Lorenzo | |
| DF | Moussa Saib | Tottenham Hotspur | €4.00 million |
| MF | José del Solar | Beşiktaş | |
| MF | Gerard López | Alavés | loan |
| MF | Marcelinho Carioca | Corinthians | |
| MF | David Albelda | Villarreal | loan |
| DF | Oscar Tellez | Villarreal | loan |
| FW | Nicolás Olivera | Sevilla | |
| MF | Sabin Ilie | Lleida | loan |
Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competitions
La Liga
League table
| 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 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.
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
Source: https://www.worldfootball.net/schedule/esp-primera-division-1999-2000-spieltag/38/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stage; = 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stage; = 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League qualifying round; = 1999–2000 UEFA Cup; = 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup; = 1999–2000 Segunda División
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stage; = 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stage; = 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League qualifying round; = 1999–2000 UEFA Cup; = 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup; = 1999–2000 Segunda División
Matches
| 28 August 1998 1 | Valencia | 1-0 | Atlético Madrid | Valencia |
Angulo  65' |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
| 19 September 1998 3 | Valencia | 1-0 | Villarreal | Valencia |
| Angulo 45' |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
| 25 September 1998 4 | Valladolid | 3-1 | Valencia | Valladolid |
| Peternac 35' Javi Torres 37'Alberto Marcos 88' |
Report | Angulo 31' |
Stadium: Estadio Jose Zorrilla |
| 2 October 1998 5 | Valencia | 1-3 | Barcelona | Valencia |
| Piojo López 14' |
Report | Kluivert 55' Rivaldo 73'Anderson 90' |
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
| 16 October 1998 6 | Athletic Bilbao | 2-0 | Valencia | Bilbao |
| Urzaiz 27' Guerrero 51' |
Report | Stadium: San Mamés |
| 24 October 1998 7 | Valencia | 5-1 | Betis | Valencia |
| Piojo López 29' Ilie 42'Schwarz 67'Piojo López 73'Ilie 82' |
Report | Alexis 33' |
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
| 30 October 1998 8 | Real Zaragoza | 1-4 | Valencia | Zaragoza |
| Kily González 24' |
Report | Ilie 3' Lucarelli 68'Schwarz 78'Mendieta 85' |
Stadium: La Romareda |
| 7 November 1998 9 | Valencia | 3-0 | Racing Santander | Valencia |
| Djukic 46' Schwarz 47'Piojo López 62' |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
| 14 November 1998 10 | Extremadura | 1-0 | Valencia | Almendralejo |
| Toril 60' |
Report | Stadium: Francisco de la Hera |
| 20 November 1998 11 | Valencia | 3-1 | Real Madrid | Valencia |
| Angulo 35' Claudio López 62'
Claudio López 74' |
Report | Sávio 57' |
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
| 28 November 1998 12 | Celta Vigo | 2-2 | Valencia | Vigo |
| Mostovoi 34' Adrian Ilie 66' |
Report | Popescu 23' Juan Sánchez 56' |
Stadium: Balaídos |
| 5 December 1998 13 | Alavés | 0-1 | Valencia | Vitoria |
| Report | Claudio López 65' |
Stadium: Mendizorroza |
| 19 December 1998 15 | Espanyol | 2-1 | Valencia | Barcelona |
| Joan Capdevila 35' Cristóbal 75' |
Report | Javier Farinós 42' |
Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys |
| 1 January 1999 16 | Valencia | 2-0 | Real Sociedad | Valencia |
| Stefan Schwarz 19' Claudio López 60' |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
| 9 January 1999 17 | Real Oviedo | 2-2 | Valencia | Oviedo |
| Julio Dely Valdés 9' Julio Dely Valdés 33' |
Report | Joyce Moreno 22' (o.g.) Luis Milla 90' |
Stadium: Carlos Tartiere |
| 16 January 1999 18 | Valencia | 1-1 | Tenerife | Valencia |
| Claudio López 37' (pen.) |
Report | Juanele 68' (pen.) |
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
| 23 January 1999 19 | Mallorca | 0-1 | Valencia | Palma de Mallorca |
| Report | Claudio López 49' |
Stadium: Lluís Sitjar |
| 29 January 1999 20 | Atlético Madrid | 1-2 | Valencia | Madrid |
| José Mari 18' |
Report | Piojo López 12' Angulo 27' |
Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón |
| 5 February 1999 21 | Valencia | 0-0 | Deportivo | Valencia |
| Report | Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
| 13 February 1999 22 | Villarreal | 1-0 | Valencia | Villarreal |
| Gheorghe Craioveanu 90' |
Report | Stadium: El Madrigal |
| 20 February 1999 23 | Valencia | 0-1 | Valladolid | Valencia |
| Report | Alen Peternac 80' |
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
| 26 February 1999 24 | Barcelona | 2-4 | Valencia | Barcelona |
| Patrick Kluivert 30' Patrick Kluivert 78' |
Report | Ilie 4' Piojo López 37'Angulo 82'Piojo López 87' |
Stadium: Camp Nou |
| 6 March 1999 25 | Valencia | 4-1 | Athletic Bilbao | Valencia |
| Ilie 53' Angloma 67'Ilie 73' (pen.)Claudio Piojo López 85' |
Report | Ismael Urzaiz 36' |
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
| 12 March 1999 26 | Betis | 0-1 | Valencia | Sevilla |
| Report | Gaizka Mendieta 43' |
Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin |
| 20 March 1999 27 | Valencia | 1-1 | Real Zaragoza | Valencia |
| Adrian Ilie 48' |
Report | Gustavo López 18' |
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
| 2 April 1999 28 | Racing Santander | 0-1 | Valencia | Santander |
| Report | Björklund 80' |
Stadium: El Sardinero |
| 10 April 1999 29 | Valencia | 1-1 | Extremadura | Valencia |
| Serban 64' |
Report | Esposito 62' |
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
| 17 April 1999 30 | Real Madrid | 3-1 | Valencia | Madrid |
| Morientes 11' Raúl 30'Raúl 70' |
Report | Mendieta 69' |
Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu |
| 23 April 1999 31 | Valencia | 2-2 | Celta Vigo | Valencia |
| Vlaovic 12' Farinos 90' |
Report | Juan Sánchez 41' Karpin 90' |
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
| 30 April 1999 32 | Valencia | 5-0 | Alavés | Valencia |
| Piojo López 19' Mendieta 33'Piojo López 56'Piojo López 71'Mendieta 81' |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
| 15 May 1999 34 | Valencia | 1-2 | Espanyol | Valencia |
| Piojo López 90' |
Report | Tamudo 71' Posse 90' |
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
| 22 May 1999 35 | Real Sociedad | 1-1 | Valencia | San Sebastián |
| Kovacevic 74' |
Report | Ilie 90' |
Stadium: Anoeta |
| 28 May 1999 36 | Valencia | 3-0 | Real Oviedo | Valencia |
| Mendieta 44' (pen.) Piojo López 60'Piojo López 76' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
| 12 June 1999 37 | Tenerife | 3-2 | Valencia | Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Pier 32' Makaay 59'Pier 70' |
Report | Angulo 3' Piojo López 87' |
Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez |
| 19 June 1999 38 | Valencia | 3-0 | Mallorca | Valencia |
| Ilie 12' Mendieta 51'Ilie 66' |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
Top scorers
Claudio López 21
Adrian Ilie 11
Angulo 8- Gaizka Mendieta 7
Stefan Schwarz 4
Copa del Rey
Eightfinals
| 19 January 1999 | Levante UD | 0-3 | Valencia | Valencia |
| Report | Navarro 5' Navarro 63'Mendieta 85' |
Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Valencia |
Quarterfinals
| 17 February 1999 | FC Barcelona | 2-3 | Valencia | Barcelona |
| Kluivert 47' Rivaldo 60' |
Report | Piojo Lopez 51' Piojo Lopez 56'Mendieta 80' |
Stadium: Camp Nou |
| 23 February 1999 | Valencia CF | 4-3 | FC Barcelona | Valencia |
| Piojo Lopez 23' Piojo Lopez 35'Angulo 42'Mendieta 69' |
Report | Rivaldo 57' Óscar 63'de Boer 81' |
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
Semifinals
| 9 June 1999 | 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 | Real Madrid | 2–1 | Valencia | Madrid |
| Sávio 7' Predrag Mijatović 53' |
Report | Piojo Lopez 85' |
Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega |
Final
| 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
Quarterfinals
| 18 July 1998 | Valencia | 4–1 |  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 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 1–0 | Valencia | Shinnik Stadium, Yaroslavl |
| Yuminov 12' |
Report | Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark) |
Semifinals
| 29 July 1998 | Espanyol | 0–1 | Valencia | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona |
| 21:30 | Report | C. López 44' |
Attendance: 15,200 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany) |
| 5 August 1998 | Valencia | 2–0 | Espanyol | Mestalla Stadium, Valencia |
| 21:30 | C. López 40', 79' |
Report | Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Graham Poll (England) |
Finals
| 11 August 1998 | Austria Salzburg  | 0–2 | Valencia | Stadion Lehen, Salzburg |
| 19:00 | Report | Angulo 6' Schwarz 44' |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey) |
| 25 August 1998 | Valencia | 2–1 | Austria Salzburg | Mestalla Stadium, Valencia |
| 22:00 | Lucarelli 17' Roche 36' |
Report | Hütter 84' |
Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden) |
UEFA Cup
First round
| 15 September 1998 | Steaua Bucharest | 3–4 | 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:  Urs Meier |
| 29 September 1998 | Valencia | 3–0 | Steaua Bucharest | Valencia |
| 21:30 (CET) | Roche 52' López 56'Lucarelli 89' |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Mestalla Attendance: 15,000 Referee:  Ryszard Wójcik |
Second round
| 20 October 1998 | Liverpool  | 0–0 | Valencia | Liverpool |
| 20:45 (CET) | Report | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 26,004 Referee:  Livio Bazzoli |
| 3 November 1998 | Valencia | 2–2 (2-2a agg.) | Liverpool | Valencia |
| 21:30 (CET) | López 45', 90' |
Report | McManaman 80' Berger 85' |
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla Attendance: 53,000 Referee:  Gilles Veissière |
Statistics
Players statistics
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | La Liga | Copa del Rey | UEFA Cup | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | ESP
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Cañizares | 48 | -51 | 38 | -39 | 6 | -7 | 4 | -5 |
| 20 | DF | FRA
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Angloma | 36 | 2 | 22+7 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | FRA
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Roche | 37 | 3 | 25+4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | DF |  SRB
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Djukic | 41 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA
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Carboni | 46 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP
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Mendieta | 48 | 12 | 36+1 | 7 | 6+1 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP
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Farinos | 41 | 2 | 28+4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP
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Luis Milla | 39 | 1 | 28+3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ESP
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Angulo | 46 | 12 | 31+5 | 8 | 5+1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | ROU
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Ilie | 32 | 12 | 22+2 | 10 | 2+2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | ARG
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Claudio López | 42 | 32 | 31+1 | 21 | 5+1 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| 13 | GK | ESP
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Bartual | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SWE
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Schwarz | 33 | 4 | 22+8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SWE
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Bjorklund | 33 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP
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Juanfran | 27 | 0 | 15+6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ROU
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Popescu | 35 | 1 | 5+20 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW |  CRO
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Vlaovic | 23 | 3 | 11+9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 25 | DF | ESP
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Soria | 17 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA
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Lucarelli | 15 | 1 | 4+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ROU
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Serban | 10 | 1 | 0+10 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | DF | ESP
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Camarasa | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
| 30 | FW | ESP
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Navarro | 6 | 2 | 0+4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 31 | FW | ESP
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Jandro | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
| 2 | DF | ESP
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Navarro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | MF | ARG
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Morigi | ||||||||
| 17 | DF | ROU
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Ilie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | DF | ESP
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Tellez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | GK | ESP
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Jonathan | ||||||||
| 27 | DF | ESP
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Curro Torres | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
| 28 | MF | ESP
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Porras | ||||||||
| 29 | DF | ESP
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Perez | ||||||||
| 32 | MF | ESP
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Soto | ||||||||
- Source: [citation needed]