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, to clinch their record breaking seventh European title, their first title for 32 years. The only goal was scored by Predrag Mijatović. The two teams would face each other in the final again in 2017.

1998 UEFA Champions League final
Match programme cover
Event1997–98 UEFA Champions League
Date20 May 1998
VenueAmsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
RefereeHellmut Krug (Germany)
Attendance48,500[1]
1997
1999

Venue

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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 Hamburger SV. 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.[2]

Route to the final

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  Juventus Round   Real Madrid
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
  Feyenoord 5–1 (H) Matchday 1   Rosenborg 4-1 (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

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Details

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Juventus  0–1  Real Madrid
Report Mijatović   66'
Attendance: 48,500[1]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Juventus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Real Madrid
GK 1   Angelo Peruzzi (c)
RB 3   Moreno Torricelli
CB 13   Mark Iuliano
CB 4   Paolo Montero   79'
LB 22   Gianluca Pessotto   70'
RM 7   Angelo Di Livio   46'
CM 14   Didier Deschamps   77'
CM 21   Zinedine Zidane
LM 26   Edgar Davids   34'
RF 9   Filippo Inzaghi
LF 10   Alessandro Del Piero
Substitutes:
GK 12   Michelangelo Rampulla
LB 6   Dimas
RB 15   Alessandro Birindelli
LM 8   Antonio Conte   77'
CM 20   Alessio Tacchinardi   46'
RF 16   Nicola Amoruso
LF 18   Daniel Fonseca   70'
Manager:
  Marcello Lippi
 
GK 25   Bodo Illgner
RB 17   Christian Panucci
CB 5   Manolo Sanchís (c)
CB 4   Fernando Hierro   23'
LB 3   Roberto Carlos   37'
DM 6   Fernando Redondo
RM 27   Christian Karembeu   56'
LM 10   Clarence Seedorf   90+4'
AM 7   Raúl   90'
CF 15   Fernando Morientes   81'
CF 8   Predrag Mijatović   89'
Substitutes:
GK 1   Santiago Cañizares
DF 19   Fernando Sanz
MF 11   José Amavisca   90'
MF 16   Jaime   81'
MF 18   Víctor Sánchez
MF 20   Sávio
FW 9   Davor Šuker   89'
Manager:
  Jupp Heynckes

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

Match rules

Statistics

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Source: UEFA Champions League Final 1998 Full-Time Report Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (deadl link)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Amsterdam's historic finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.