1998–99 NK Croatia Zagreb season

Croatia Zagreb made their debut in the Champions League group stage, drawn against Olympiakos, Porto and Ajax. Zagreb failed to win any of their first three group games, resulting in the departure of manager Zlatko Kranjčar. His replacement, Velimir Zajec, inspired a turnaround and wins against Porto and Ajax gave the club hope of reaching the quarter-finals. A home draw with Olympiakos in the final group stage match saw Croatia Zagreb finish second in their group, but as they were the lowest-ranked of all the group stage runners-up they did not progress.

Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  CRO Tomislav Butina 1 GK  CRO Dražen Ladić 30 GK  CRO Ivan Turina 23 GK  CRO Vladimir Vasilj[2] 17 DF  CRO Mario Cvitanović 5 DF  CRO Goran Jurić 3 DF  CRO Damir Krznar 11 DF  CRO Tomislav Rukavina 15 DF  CRO Daniel Šarić 6 DF  CRO Danijel Štefulj 2 DF  CRO Mario Tokić 20 DF  CRO Stjepan Tomas[3] 4 DF  MKD Goce Sedloski 19 MF  CRO Mario Bazina[4]

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  CRO Igor Bišćan 21 MF  CRO Joško Jeličić 24 MF  CRO Krunoslav Jurčić 14 MF  CRO Mihael Mikić 8 MF  CRO Robert Prosinečki[5] 10 MF  BIH Edin Mujčin 7 MF  BIH Nermin Šabić 28 FW  CRO Domagoj Abramović 26 FW  CRO Ardian Kozniku[6] 16 FW  CRO Josip Šimić 25 FW  CRO Tomo Šokota 9 FW  LTU Gražvydas Mikulėnas 27 FW  JPN Kazuyoshi Miura

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 4 MF  CRO Silvio Marić (to Newcastle United)