1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

Two qualifying rounds comprised the first stage of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League, the 44th season of Europe's premier club football competition and the seventh since it was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League. The stage determined which 16 teams joined the eight automatic qualifiers in the group stage. 32 teams entered at the first qualifying round, with a further 16 teams receiving a bye to the second qualifying round. Among the teams in the first qualifying round was Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv, who went on to reach the semi-finals of the competition proper, while both finalists – Manchester United of England and Bayern Munich of Germany – entered the competition in the second qualifying round, having finished as runners-up in their domestic leagues the previous season.

First qualifying round

Seeding

32 champions from associations ranked 16–48 (except Liechtenstein) started in First qualifying round. Champions of nations ranked 16–31 were seeded, while champions of nations ranked 32 and below were unseeded.[1] The draw was performed on 6 July 1998 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Seeded Unseeded

Grasshopper
Dynamo Kyiv
ŁKS Łódź
Újpest
Club Brugge
Košice
Steaua București
Halmstad

Dinamo Tbilisi
Anorthosis
Celtic
Beitar Jerusalem
Maribor
Dinamo Minsk
ÍBV
HJK Helsinki

Skonto
Litex Lovech
Sileks
Kareda Šiauliai
Obilić
Zimbru Chișinău
Flora Tallinn
Yerevan

Cliftonville
Valletta
Barry Town
St Patrick's Athletic
B36 Tórshavn
Vllaznia
Jeunesse Esch
Kapaz

Matches
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sileks 1–2 Club Brugge 0–0 1–2
ŁKS Łódź 7–2 Kapaz 4–1 3–1
Litex Lovech 3–2 Halmstad 2–0 1–2
Grasshopper 8–0 Jeunesse Esch 6–0 2–0
Celtic 2–0 St Patrick's Athletic 0–0 2–0
Kareda Šiauliai 0–4 Maribor Branik 0–3 0–1
Dynamo Kyiv 10–1 Barry Town 8–0 2–1
Cliftonville 1–13 Košice 1–5 0–8
Skonto 2–1 Dinamo Minsk 0–0 2–1
Valletta 0–8 Anorthosis Famagusta 0–2 0–6
Beitar Jerusalem 5–1 B36 Tórshavn 4–1 1–0
Dinamo Tbilisi 4–3 Vllaznia Shkodër 3–0 1 1–3
HJK 5–0 Yerevan 2–0 3–0
Obilić 4–1 ÍBV 2–0 2–1
Zimbru Chișinău 2–3 Újpest 1–0 1–3
Steaua București 5–4 Flora 4–1 1–3
  1. ^ Match forfeited

First leg
Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 Vllaznia Shkodër
Khomeriki  52' Report
Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)

Match finished 1–0 after normal time, but later awarded 3–0 by default.

FK Obilić 2–0 ÍBV
Juškić  17'
Grozdić  64'		 Report
Obilić Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Peter Jones (England)
Kareda Šiauliai 0–3 Maribor
Report Gajser  42', 87'
Filipović  70'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Brian Lawlor (Wales)
Zimbru Chișinău 1–0 Újpest
Kulik  11' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Sileks 0–0 Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Juan Brito Arceo (Spain)
Beitar Jerusalem 4–1 B36
Shitrit  2'
Sallói  9', 45', 78'		 Report Petersen  73'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Spiridon Papadakos (Greece)
HJK 2–0 Yerevan
Wiss  50'
Kuqi  85'		 Report
Attendance: 2,317
Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)
ŁKS Łódź 4–1 Kapaz
Cebula  12'
Trzeciak  50', 76'
Wieszczycki  72'		 Report Süleymanov  82'
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Amit Klein (Israel)
Skonto 0–0 Dinamo Minsk
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Robert Sedlacek (Austria)
Dynamo Kyiv 8–0 Barry Town
Rebrov  9', 16', 37', 81'
Shevchenko  32', 58'
Gerasimenko  48'
Byalkevich  65'		 Report
Attendance: 11,800
Referee: Andreas Georgiou (Cyprus)
Grasshopper 6–0 Jeunesse Esch
Nkufo  6', 51'
Kavelashvili  28'
Cabanas  41'
Tikva  65' (pen.)
Tararache  90'		 Report
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Serguei Goussev (Russia)
Steaua București 4–1 Flora Tallinn
Ciocoiu  12', 38'
Șerban  78'
Dănciulescu  90'		 Report Terehhov  41'
Attendance: 5,603
Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)
Valletta 0–2 Anorthosis
Report Elia  49'
Okkas  78'
Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 1,706
Referee: Joaquim Bento Marques (Portugal)
Litex Lovech 2–0 Halmstad
Bushi  9'
Yurukov  90'		 Report
Lazur Stadium, Burgas
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)
Cliftonville 1–5 Košice
Flynn  45' Report Zvara  22', 29'
Németh  36'
Lyubarskyi  65'
Prohászka  76'
Attendance: 1,492
Referee: Gylfi Orrason (Iceland)
Celtic 0–0 St Patrick's Athletic
Report
Attendance: 56,865
Referee: Bohdan Benedik (Slovakia)

Second leg
B36 0–1 Beitar Jerusalem
Report Hamar  68'
Attendance: 285
Referee: Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania)

Beitar Jerusalem won 5–1 on aggregate.

Kapaz 1–3 ŁKS Łódź
Smirnov  55' Report Trzeciak  45', 49'
Wieszczycki  82'
Attendance: 8,000

ŁKS Łódź won 7–2 on aggregate.

Yerevan 0–3 HJK
Report Lehkosuo  1', 79'
Jäväjä  28'
Attendance: 1,500

HJK won 5–0 on aggregate.

Flora Tallinn 3–1 Steaua București
Smirnov  41'
Zelinski  46'
Oper  80'		 Report Dănciulescu  70'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: John Ferry (Northern Ireland)

Steaua București won 5–4 on aggregate.

Vllaznia Shkodër 3–1 Dinamo Tbilisi
Cungu  14'
Miloti  86'
Noga  90' (pen.)		 Report Ashvetia  88'
Attendance: 1,155
Referee: Alfred Micallef (Malta)

Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–3 on aggregate.

Dinamo Minsk 1–2 Skonto
Asipovich  25' Report Astafjevs  44'
Novikovs  72'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Constantin Zotta (Romania)

Skonto won 2–1 on aggregate.

Maribor 1–0 Kareda Šiauliai
Balajić  77' Report
Attendance: 2,405

Maribor won 4–0 on aggregate.

Košice 8–0 Cliftonville
Kozák  4'
Janočko  15', 54'
Németh  32'
Prohászka  58', 73'
Lyubarskyi  67'
Kožlej  83'		 Report
Attendance: 1,948
Referee: Milan Mitrović (Slovenia)

Košice won 13–1 on aggregate.

ÍBV 1–2 FK Obilić
Hafliðason  21' Report Vasiljević  61'
Grozdić  89'
Attendance: 654
Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)

FK Obilić won 4–1 on aggregate.

Halmstad 2–1 Litex Lovech
Šakiri  38'
Arvidsson  42'		 Report Yurukov  78'
Attendance: 3,438
Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary)

Litex Lovech won 3–2 on aggregate.

Anorthosis 6–0 Valletta
Ćirić  16'
Charalambous  18'
Andreou  45' (pen.)
Sotiriou  52', 90'
Okkas  71'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ladislav Gádoši (Slovakia)

Anorthosis won 8–0 on aggregate.

Újpest 3–1 Zimbru Chișinău
Miriuță  18'
Kovács  72', 89'		 Report Kulyk  28'
Ferenc Szusza Stadium, Budapest
Attendance: 3,050
Referee: Georgios Psichomanis (Greece)

Újpest won 3–2 on aggregate.

Jeunesse Esch 0–2 Grasshopper
Report Esposito  36'
Türkyilmaz  44'
Attendance: 612
Referee: John McDermott (Republic of Ireland)

Grasshopper won 8–0 on aggregate.

Barry Town 1–2 Dynamo Kyiv
Williams  30' Report Mykhaylenko  10'
Venhlynskyi  49'
Attendance: 890
Referee: Bujar Pregia (Albania)

Dynamo Kyiv won 10–1 on aggregate.

Club Brugge 2–1 Sileks
Vermant  3'
Claessens  30'		 Report Božinov  76'
Attendance: 3,317

Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.

St Patrick's Athletic 0–2 Celtic
Report Brattbakk  12'
Larsson  71'
Attendance: 8,929
Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

Celtic won 2–0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

Seeding

16 clubs (champions of nations ranked 8–15 and runners-up of nations ranked 1–8) started in this round and were seeded. 16 winners of the First qualifying round were unseeded.[2] Losing teams in the second qualifying round qualified for the first round of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup. The draw was performed on 6 July 1998 in Geneva, Switzerland, immediately after First qualifying round draw.

Seeded Unseeded

Internazionale
Bayern Munich
Athletic Bilbao
Metz
PSV Eindhoven
Manchester United
Benfica
Olympiacos

Panathinaikos
Sparta Prague
Rosenborg
Sturm Graz
Spartak Moscow
Croatia Zagreb
Galatasaray
Brøndby

Grasshopper[†]
Dynamo Kyiv[†]
ŁKS Łódź[†]
Újpest[†]
Club Brugge[†]
Košice[†]
Steaua București[†]
Litex Lovech[†]

Dinamo Tbilisi[†]
Anorthosis[†]
Celtic[†]
Beitar Jerusalem[†]
Maribor[†]
Skonto[†]
Obilić[†]
HJK Helsinki[†]

Notes
  1. † Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.

Matches
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rosenborg 4–4 (a) Club Brugge 2–0 2–4
Manchester United 2–0 ŁKS Łódź 2–0 0–0
Litex Lovech 2–11 Spartak Moscow 0–51 2–6
Galatasaray 5–3 Grasshopper 2–1 3–2
Celtic 1–3 Croatia Zagreb 1–0 0–3
Maribor 3–5 PSV Eindhoven 2–1 1–4 (aet)
Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 (3–1 p) Sparta Prague 0–1 1–0 (aet)
Košice 1–2 Brøndby 0–2 1–0
Internazionale 7–1 Skonto 4–02 3–1
Olympiacos 6–3 Anorthosis 2–1 4–23
Benfica 8–4 Beitar Jerusalem 6–0 2–4
Dinamo Tbilisi 2–2 (a) Athletic Bilbao 2–1 0–1
HJK 2–1 Metz 1–0 1–1
Bayern Munich 5–1 FK Obilić 4–0 1–1
Sturm Graz 7–2 Újpest 4–0 3–2
Steaua București 5–8 Panathinaikos 2–2 3–6
  1. ^ Played at Neftochimik Stadium in Burgas because Litex Lovech's Lovech Stadium in Lovech did not meet UEFA standards.
  2. ^ Played at Arena Garibaldi in Pisa because Internazionale were temporarily banned from playing at their San Siro stadium in Milan.
  3. ^ Played at Tsirion Stadium in Limassol because Anorthosis' Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca did not meet UEFA standards.

First leg
Dinamo Tbilisi 2–1 Athletic Bilbao
Khomeriki  15'
Tskitishvili  30'		 Report Imaz  46'
Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
Galatasaray 2–1 Grasshopper
Hagi  58' (pen.)
Şükür  66'		 Report Vogel  85' (pen.)
Attendance: 21,043
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
HJK 1–0 Metz
Strasser  71' (o.g.) Report
Referee: Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)
Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 Sparta Prague
Report Baranek  5'
Attendance: 15,000
Košice 0–2 Brøndby
Report Daugaard  54'
Thygesen  85'
Attendance: 5,000
Steaua București 2–2 Panathinaikos
Șerban  10'
Szekely  76'		 Report Asanović  6'
Liberopoulos  68'
Attendance: 9,800
Rosenborg 2–0 Club Brugge
Rushfeldt  62'
Skammelsrud  82'		 Report
Attendance: 12,191
Litex Lovech 0–5 Spartak Moscow
Report Pisarev  55', 86'
Leomar  76'
Titov  66'
Tsymbalar  90'
Neftochimik Stadium, Burgas
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Maribor 2–1 PSV Eindhoven
Filipović  12'
Breznik  84'		 Report Marcos  61'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Olympiacos 2–1 Anorthosis
Giannakopoulos  11'
Luciano  32'		 Report Mihajlović  64'
Attendance: 28,000
Bayern Munich 4–0 FK Obilić
Effenberg  59'
Élber  63'
Zickler  64'
Fink  76'		 Report
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Sturm Graz 4–0 Újpest
Vastić  6', 70'
Neukirchner  81'
Haas  88'		 Report
Attendance: 10,323
Referee: Robert Boggi (Italy)
Manchester United 2–0 ŁKS Łódź
Giggs  16'
Cole  80'		 Report
Attendance: 50,906
Celtic 1–0 Croatia Zagreb
Jackson  51' Report
Attendance: 51,335
Internazionale 4–0 Skonto
Zamorano  4'
Simeone  10'
Ventola  20'
Baggio  59'		 Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
Benfica 6–0 Beitar Jerusalem
Pembridge  25', 82'
Deane  29'
Calado  64' (pen.)
Schelach  79' (o.g.)
Nuno Gomes  85' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Germany)

Second leg
Spartak Moscow 6–2 Litex Lovech
Tikhonov  6', 31'
Titov  35'
Tsymbalar  49'
Robson  54', 90'		 Report Belyakov  27'
Bushi  70'
Attendance: 10,000

Spartak Moscow won 11–2 on aggregate.

Beitar Jerusalem 4–2 Benfica
Hamar  24'
Sallói  26' (pen.)
Shitrit  51'
Abukasis  79'		 Report Nuno Gomes  17' (pen.)
João Pinto  90+2'
Attendance: 1,300

Benfica won 8–4 on aggregate.

Grasshopper 2–3 Galatasaray
Türkyilmaz  50'
Vogel  70' (pen.)		 Report Şükür  17', 46'
Hagi  64' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,000

Galatasaray won 5–3 on aggregate.

PSV Eindhoven 4–1 (a.e.t.) Maribor
Van Nistelrooy  8'
Bruggink  69'
Rommedahl  100'
De Bilde  102'		 Report Filipović  5'
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

PSV Eindhoven won 5–3 on aggregate.

Skonto 1–3 Internazionale
Miholaps  21' Report Zamorano  6'
Galante  53'
Djorkaeff  69'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Greece)

Internazionale won 7–1 on aggregate.

Anorthosis 2–4 Olympiacos
Mihajlović  39'
Krčmarević  80'		 Report Georgatos  48'
Đorđević  60', 87'
Gogić  90'
Attendance: 6,380
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia)

Olympiacos won 6–3 on aggregate.

Metz 1–1 HJK
Meyrieu  78' (pen.) Report Vasara  68'
Referee: William Young (Scotland)

HJK won 2–1 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos 6–3 Steaua București
Milojević  8' (pen.)
Lincar  28'
Liberopoulos  34'
Warzycha  58', 66'
Asanović  87'		 Report Răchită  12', 16'
Belodedici  60'
Attendance: 52,529

Panathinaikos won 8–5 on aggregate.

Brøndby 0–1 Košice
Report Lapsansky  39'
Parken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 17,000

Brøndby won 2–1 on aggregate.

Club Brugge 4–2 Rosenborg
Fadiga  22'
Claessens  47', 83'
Schockaert  78'		 Report Rushfeldt  44', 72'
Attendance: 7,000

Rosenborg 4–4 Club Brugge on aggregate. Rosenborg won on away goals.

Sparta Prague 0–1 (a.e.t.) Dynamo Kyiv
Report Gabriel  88' (o.g.)
Penalties
Čížek
Votava
Stracený
Baranek 		1–3 Rebrov
Kaladze
Shevchenko
Konovalov
Dmytrulin
Attendance: 17,998

Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 Sparta Prague on aggregate. Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on penalties.

Croatia Zagreb 3–0 Celtic
Marić  22'
Prosinečki  45' (pen.), 68'		 Report
Attendance: 23,570

Croatia Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate.

Athletic Bilbao 1–0 Dinamo Tbilisi
Etxeberria  52' Report
Attendance: 34,600

Dinamo Tbilisi 2–2 Athletic Bilbao on aggregate. Athletic Bilbao won on away goals.

FK Obilić 1–1 Bayern Munich
Šarac  67' Report Matthäus  88'
Attendance: 10,000

Bayern Munich won 5–1 on aggregate.

Újpest 2–3 Sturm Graz
Kovács  36'
Jenei  72'		 Report Haas  8'
Reinmayr  49', 55'
Ferenc Szusza Stadium, Budapest
Attendance: 2,350
Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibáñez (Spain)

Sturm Graz won 7–2 on aggregate.

ŁKS Łódź 0–0 Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

Manchester United won 2–0 on aggregate.

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References
  1. "UEFA Country Ranking 1998". Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. "UEFA Country Ranking 1998". Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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