1999 UEFA Super Cup

1999 UEFA Super Cup
	Match programme cover
Date	27 August 1999
Venue	Stade Louis II, Monaco
Man of the Match	Juan Sebastián Verón (Lazio)
Referee	Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)
Attendance	14,461
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The 1999 UEFA Super Cup was a football match played on 27 August 1999 between the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League winners, Manchester United, and Lazio, winners of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Against the odds, Lazio won the match 1–0, the winning goal coming from Chilean striker Marcelo Salas in the 35th minute. The match was played at a neutral venue, the Stade Louis II in Monaco, in front of 14,461 spectators.

This was the last Super Cup contested by the winners of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, as the tournament was discontinued after the 1998–99 season. Since 2000, it has been contested by the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the winners of the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League.

Venue edit

The Stade Louis II in Monaco has been the venue for the UEFA Super Cup since 1998.^[1] It was built in 1985, and is also the home of AS Monaco, who play in the French league system.^{[citation needed]}

Teams edit

Team	Qualification	Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Manchester United	1998–99 UEFA Champions League winners	1991
Lazio	1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winners	None

Match edit

Summary edit

Lazio scored the only goal of the game in the 35th minute when Marcelo Salas hit a shot from just inside the penalty box which goalkeeper Raimond van der Gouw got his hand to but failed to keep out as the ball went under his body.^[2]

Details edit

27 August 1999

20:45 CEST

Manchester United	0–1	Lazio
	Report	Salas 35'

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Attendance: 14,461^[1]

Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)^[3]

Manchester United

Lazio


GK	17	Raimond van der Gouw
RB	2	Gary Neville
CB	6	Jaap Stam	57'
CB	21	Henning Berg
LB	12	Phil Neville
RM	7	David Beckham	58'
CM	16	Roy Keane (c)
LM	18	Paul Scholes
RF	9	Andy Cole	78'
CF	10	Teddy Sheringham
LF	20	Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Substitutes:
GK	31	Nick Culkin
DF	13	John Curtis	57'
MF	11	Ryan Giggs
MF	33	Mark Wilson
MF	34	Jonathan Greening	78'
FW	14	Jordi Cruyff	58'
FW	19	Dwight Yorke
Manager:
Sir Alex Ferguson


GK	1	Luca Marchegiani
RB	2	Paolo Negro
CB	13	Alessandro Nesta (c)
CB	11	Siniša Mihajlović
LB	15	Giuseppe Pancaro
RM	20	Dejan Stanković
CM	23	Juan Sebastián Verón
CM	25	Matías Almeyda
LM	18	Pavel Nedvěd	66'
SS	10	Roberto Mancini	84'
CF	21	Simone Inzaghi	23'
Substitutes:
GK	22	Marco Ballotta
DF	5	Giuseppe Favalli
MF	7	Sérgio Conceição
MF	14	Diego Simeone	84'
MF	16	Attilio Lombardo	66'
FW	9	Marcelo Salas	23'
FW	19	Kennet Andersson
Manager:
Sven-Göran Eriksson