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1998 UEFA Champions League Final
Event1997–98 UEFA Champions League
Date20 May 1998
VenueAmsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
RefereeHellmut Krug (Germany)
Attendance48,500
1997
1999

The 1998 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place at the Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam, Netherlands 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, the only goal scored by Predrag Mijatović, to clinch their seventh European title, their first for 32 years.

Route to the final[]

Flag of Italy Juventus Round Flag of Spain Real Madrid
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Flag of Netherlands Feyenoord 5–1 (H) Matchday 1 Flag of Norway Rosenborg 5–1 (H)
Flag of England Manchester United 2–3 (A) Matchday 2 Flag of Portugal Porto 2–0 (A)
Flag of Slovakia Košice 1–0 (A) Matchday 3 Flag of Greece Olympiacos 5–1 (H)
Flag of Slovakia Košice 3–2 (H) Matchday 4 Flag of Greece Olympiacos 0–0 (A)
Flag of Netherlands Feyenoord 0–2 (A) Matchday 5 Flag of Norway Rosenborg 0–2 (A)
Flag of England Manchester United 1–0 (H) Matchday 6 Flag of Portugal Porto 4–0 (H)
Group B runners-up
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of England Manchester United 6 5 0 1 14 5 +9 15
Flag of Italy Juventus 6 4 0 2 12 8 +4 12
Flag of Netherlands Feyenoord 6 3 0 3 8 10 −2 9
Flag of Slovakia Košice 6 0 0 6 2 13 −11 0
Final standings Group C winner
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Spain Real Madrid 6 4 1 1 15 4 +11 13
Flag of Norway Rosenborg 6 3 2 1 13 8 +5 11
Flag of Greece Olympiacos 6 1 2 3 6 14 −8 5
Flag of Portugal Porto 6 1 1 4 3 11 −8 4
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Flag of Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 5–2 1–1 (H) 4–1 (A) Quarter-finals Flag of Germany Bayer Leverkusen 4–1 1–1 (A) 3–0 (H)
Flag of France Monaco 6–4 4–1 (H) 2–3 (A) Semi-finals Flag of Germany Borussia Dortmund 2–0 2–0 (H) 0–0 (A)

Match[]

Details[]

20 May 1998
20:45 CEST
Juventus Flag of Italy 0–1 Flag of Spain Real Madrid Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 48,500
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
Report Mijatović Goal 66'
Juventus
Real Madrid
GK 1 Flag of Italy Angelo Peruzzi (c)
CB 3 Flag of Italy Moreno Torricelli
CB 13 Flag of Italy Mark Iuliano
CB 4 Flag of Uruguay Paolo Montero Booked in the 79th minute 79'
RM 7 Flag of Italy Angelo Di Livio Substituted off in the 46th minute 46'
CM 14 Flag of France Didier Deschamps Substituted off in the 77th minute 77'
CM 26 Flag of Netherlands Edgar Davids Booked in the 34th minute 34'
LM 22 Flag of Italy Gianluca Pessotto Substituted off in the 70th minute 70'
AM 21 Flag of France Zinedine Zidane
CF 9 Flag of Italy Filippo Inzaghi
CF 10 Flag of Italy Alessandro Del Piero
Substitutes:
GK 12 Flag of Italy Michelangelo Rampulla
DF 6 Flag of Portugal Dimas Teixeira
DF 15 Flag of Italy Alessandro Birindelli
MF 8 Flag of Italy Antonio Conte Substituted on in the 77th minute 77'
MF 20 Flag of Italy Alessio Tacchinardi Substituted on in the 46th minute 46'
FW 16 Flag of Italy Nicola Amoruso
FW 18 Flag of Uruguay Daniel Fonseca Substituted on in the 70th minute 70'
Manager:
Flag of Italy Marcello Lippi
GK 25 Flag of Germany Bodo Illgner
RB 17 Flag of Italy Christian Panucci
CB 5 Flag of Spain Manuel Sanchís (c)
CB 4 Flag of Spain Fernando Hierro Booked in the 23rd minute 23'
LB 3 Flag of Brazil Roberto Carlos Booked in the 37th minute 37'
DM 6 Flag of Argentina Fernando Redondo
RM 27 Flag of France Christian Karembeu Booked in the 56th minute 56'
LM 10 Flag of Netherlands Clarence Seedorf Booked in the 90+4th minute 90+4'
AM 7 Flag of Spain Raúl Substituted off in the 90th minute 90'
CF 15 Flag of Spain Fernando Morientes Substituted off in the 81st minute 81'
CF 8 Flag of FR Yugoslavia Predrag Mijatović Substituted off in the 89th minute 89'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Flag of Spain Santiago Cañizares
DF 19 Flag of Spain Fernando Sanz
MF 11 Flag of Spain José Emilio Amavisca Substituted on in the 90th minute 90'
MF 16 Flag of Spain Jaime Substituted on in the 81st minute 81'
MF 18 Flag of Spain Víctor Sánchez
MF 20 Flag of Brazil Sávio
FW 9 Flag of Croatia Davor Šuker Substituted on in the 89th minute 89'
Manager:
Flag of Germany Jupp Heynckes

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

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutes.

Statistics[]

First half
Juventus Real Madrid
Goals scored 0 0
Total shots 3 6
Shots on target 1 2
Ball possession
Corner kicks 1 2
Fouls committed 13 10
Offsides 1 0
Yellow cards 1 2
Red cards 0 0

Second half
Juventus Real Madrid
Goals scored 0 1
Total shots 6 2
Shots on target 3 1
Ball possession
Corner kicks 2 1
Fouls committed 16 12
Offsides 2 1
Yellow cards 1 2
Red cards 0 0

Overall
Juventus Real Madrid
Goals scored 0 1
Total shots 9 8
Shots on target 4 3
Ball possession 49% 51%
Corner kicks 3 3
Fouls committed 29 22
Offsides 3 1
Yellow cards 2 4
Red cards 0 0

Source: UEFA Champions League Final 1998 Full-Time Report

See also[]

  • 1997–98 UEFA Champions League

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