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

Summary
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

Matches
Sileks 0–0 Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Juan Brito Arceo (Spain)
Club Brugge 2–1 Sileks
Vermant 3'
Claessens 30'		 Report Božinov 76'
Attendance: 3,317

Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.

ŁKS Łódź 4–1 Kapaz
Cebula 12'
Trzeciak 50', 76'
Wieszczycki 72'		 Report Süleymanov 82'
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Amit Klein (Israel)
Kapaz 1–3 ŁKS Łódź
Smirnov 55' Report Trzeciak 45', 49'
Wieszczycki 82'
Attendance: 8,000

ŁKS Łódź won 7–2 on aggregate.

Litex Lovech 2–0 Halmstad
Bushi 9'
Yurukov 90'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)
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.

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

Grasshopper won 8–0 on aggregate.

Celtic 0–0 St Patrick's Athletic
Report
Attendance: 56,865
Referee: Bohdan Benedik (Slovakia)
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.

Kareda Šiauliai 0–3 Maribor
Report Gajser 42', 87'
Filipović 70'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Brian Lawlor (Wales)
Maribor 1–0 Kareda Šiauliai
Balajić 77' Report
Attendance: 2,405

Maribor won 4–0 on aggregate.

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)
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.

Cliftonville 1–5 Košice
Flynn 45' Report Zvara 22', 29'
Németh 36'
Lyubarskyi 65'
Prohászka 76'
Attendance: 1,492
Referee: Gylfi Orrason (Iceland)
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.

Skonto 0–0 Dinamo Minsk
Report
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Robert Sedlacek (Austria)
Dinamo Minsk 1–2 Skonto
Asipovich 25' Report Astafjevs 44'
Novikovs 72'
Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Constantin Zotta (Romania)

Skonto won 2–1 on aggregate.

Valletta 0–2 Anorthosis
Report Elia 49'
Okkas 78'
Attendance: 1,706
Referee: Joaquim Bento Marques (Portugal)
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.

Beitar Jerusalem 4–1 B36
Shitrit 2'
Sallói 9', 45', 78'		 Report Petersen 73'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Spiridon Papadakos (Greece)
B36 0–1 Beitar Jerusalem
Report Hamar 68'
Attendance: 285
Referee: Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania)

Beitar Jerusalem won 5–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 Vllaznia Shkodër
Khomeriki 52' Report
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)
Vllaznia Shkodër 3–1 Dinamo Tbilisi
Cungu 14'
Miloti 86'
Noga 90' (pen.)		 Report Ashvetia 88'
Attendance: 1,155
Referee: Alfred Micallef (Malta)

The first leg was finished 1–0 after normal time, but later awarded 3–0 by default. Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–3 on aggregate.

HJK 2–0 Yerevan
Wiss 50'
Kuqi 85'		 Report
Attendance: 2,317
Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)
Yerevan 0–3 HJK
Report Lehkosuo 1', 79'
Jäväjä 28'
Attendance: 1,500

HJK won 5–0 on aggregate.

FK Obilić 2–0 ÍBV
Juškić 17'
Grozdić 64'		 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Peter Jones (England)
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.

Zimbru Chișinău 1–0 Újpest
Kulik 11' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Újpest 3–1 Zimbru Chișinău
Miriuță 18'
Kovács 72', 89'		 Report Kulyk 28'
Attendance: 3,050
Referee: Georgios Psichomanis (Greece)

Újpest won 3–2 on aggregate.

Steaua București 4–1 Flora Tallinn
Ciocoiu 12', 38'
Șerban 78'
Dănciulescu 90'		 Report Terehhov 41'
Attendance: 5,603
Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)
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.

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.

Summary
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.

Matches
Rosenborg 2–0 Club Brugge
Rushfeldt 62'
Skammelsrud 82'		 Report
Attendance: 12,191
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.

Manchester United 2–0 ŁKS Łódź
Giggs 16'
Cole 80'		 Report
Attendance: 50,906
ŁKS Łódź 0–0 Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

Manchester United won 2–0 on aggregate.

Litex Lovech 0–5 Spartak Moscow
Report Pisarev 55', 86'
Leomar 76'
Titov 66'
Tsymbalar 90'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
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.

Galatasaray 2–1 Grasshopper
Hagi 58' (pen.)
Şükür 66'		 Report Vogel 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 21,043
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
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.

Celtic 1–0 Croatia Zagreb
Jackson 51' Report
Attendance: 51,335
Croatia Zagreb 3–0 Celtic
Marić 22'
Prosinečki 45' (pen.), 68'		 Report
Attendance: 23,570

Croatia Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate.

Maribor 2–1 PSV Eindhoven
Filipović 12'
Breznik 84'		 Report Marcos 61'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
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.

Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 Sparta Prague
Report Baranek 5'
Attendance: 15,000
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.

Košice 0–2 Brøndby
Report Daugaard 54'
Thygesen 85'
Attendance: 4,725
Brøndby 0–1 Košice
Report Lapsansky 39'
Attendance: 16,962

Brøndby won 2–1 on aggregate.

Internazionale 4–0 Skonto
Zamorano 4'
Simeone 10'
Ventola 20'
Baggio 59'		 Report
Attendance: 16,166
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
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.

Olympiacos 2–1 Anorthosis
Giannakopoulos 11'
Luciano 32'		 Report Mihajlović 64'
Attendance: 28,047
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.

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)
Beitar Jerusalem 4–2 Benfica
Hamar 24'
Sallói 26' (pen.)
Shitrit 51'
Abukasis 79'		 Report Nuno Gomes 17' (pen.)
João Pinto 90+2'
Attendance: 1,290

Benfica won 8–4 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tbilisi 2–1 Athletic Bilbao
Khomeriki 15'
Tskitishvili 30'		 Report Imaz 46'
Attendance: 12,500
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.

HJK 1–0 Metz
Strasser 71' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 8,287
Referee: Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)
Metz 1–1 HJK
Meyrieu 78' (pen.) Report Vasara 68'
Attendance: 11,922
Referee: William Young (Scotland)

HJK won 2–1 on aggregate.

Bayern Munich 4–0 FK Obilić
Effenberg 59'
Élber 63'
Zickler 64'
Fink 76'		 Report
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
FK Obilić 1–1 Bayern Munich
Šarac 67' Report Matthäus 88'
Attendance: 8,500

Bayern Munich won 5–1 on aggregate.

Sturm Graz 4–0 Újpest
Vastić 6', 70'
Neukirchner 81'
Haas 88'		 Report
Attendance: 10,323
Referee: Robert Boggi (Italy)
Újpest 2–3 Sturm Graz
Kovács 36'
Jenei 72'		 Report Haas 8'
Reinmayr 49', 55'
Attendance: 2,350
Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibáñez (Spain)

Sturm Graz won 7–2 on aggregate.

Steaua București 2–2 Panathinaikos
Șerban 10'
Szekely 76'		 Report Asanović 6'
Liberopoulos 68'
Attendance: 9,800
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.

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