1998–99 Celta de Vigo season

Celta Vigo contested La Liga, Copa del Rey and the UEFA Cup in the 1998–99 season, which saw the club reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup and narrowly missing out on qualification for the Champions League.

Celta Vigo
1998–99 season
ChairmanHoracio Gomez
ManagerVíctor Fernández
La Liga5th
Copa del ReyRound of 16
UEFA CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLuboslav Penev (18)

Squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   FRA Richard Dutruel
2 DF   ESP Míchel Salgado
3 DF   ESP Rafael Berges
4 DF   ARG Fernando Cáceres
5 DF   ESP Óscar Vales
6 MF   BRA Mazinho
7 MF   ESP Tomás
8 MF   RUS Valery Karpin
9 MF   ISR Haim Revivo
10 FW   BIH Vladimir Gudelj
11 FW   NED Jordi Cruyff (on loan from Manchester United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK   ESP José Manuel Pinto
14 FW   BUL Lyuboslav Penev
15 DF   ESP Fran Cainzos
16 DF   NOR Dan Eggen
18 FW   ESP Juan Sánchez
19 DF   YUG Goran Đorović
20 MF   RUS Alexandr Mostovoi
22 DF   ESP Josema
23 MF   ZAI Claude Makélélé
24 MF   POR Bruno Caires
26 GK   ESP Roberto

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW   POR Jorge Cadete
21 MF   YUG Zoran Đorović

La Liga edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Mallorca 38 20 6 12 48 31 +17 66 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Valencia 38 19 8 11 63 39 +24 65
5 Celta de Vigo 38 17 13 8 69 41 +28 64 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Deportivo La Coruña 38 17 12 9 55 43 +12 63
7 Espanyol 38 16 13 9 49 38 +11 61 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.

Results by round edit

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ResultDDDDWWWDWWLDDWLWWWLLWLDDWWWDWDDWLDWWLL
Position71214127534312232222124233433232222444345

Matches edit

30 August 1998 1 Celta Vigo 0–0 Deportivo
12 September 1998 2 Villarreal 1–1 Celta Vigo
Craioveanu   9' Penev   32'
26 September 1998 4 Barcelona 2–2 Celta Vigo
Kluivert   38, 57' Salgado   43'
Mostovoi   90'
4 October 1998 5 Celta Vigo 3–2 Athletic Bilbao
Cáceres   17'
Penev   31', 63' (pen.)
Guerrero   55'
Urzaiz   90'
17 October 1998 6 Real Betis 0–3 Celta Vigo
Makélélé   51'
Sánchez   66'
Cadete   85'
24 October 1998 7 Celta Vigo 2–0 Real Zaragoza
Sánchez   43, 69'
31 October 1998 8 Racing Santander 2–2 Celta Vigo
Víctor   53', 86' (pen.) Sánchez   45'
Berges   76'
8 November 1998 9 Celta Vigo 5–1 Extremadura
Mostovoi   47, 66'
Sánchez   57'
Tomás   83'
Manuel   68'
14 November 1998 10 Real Madrid 1–2 Celta Vigo
R. Carlos   62' Penev   21' (pen.)
Makélélé   54'
21 November 1998 11 Deportivo Alavés 2–0 Celta Vigo
Gerard   28'
Sivori   69'
29 November 1998 12 Celta Vigo 2–2 Valencia
Mostovoi   34'
Sánchez   56'
Popescu   23'
Ilie   66'
5 December 1998 13 Salamanca 1–1 Celta Vigo
Cardetti   86' Mazinho   5'
13 December 1998 14 Celta Vigo 2–0 Espanyol
Penev   4'
Salgado   13'
20 December 1998 15 Real Sociedad 2–0 Celta Vigo
Kovačević   36, 87'
3 January 1999 16 Celta Vigo 6–2 Real Oviedo
Revivo   25, 84'
Karpin   32'
Penev   39, 75'
Sánchez   63'
scorer unknown
Møller   90'
10 January 1999 17 Tenerife 0–2 Celta Vigo
Karpin   65'
Mazinho   83'
16 January 1999 18 Celta Vigo 4–2 Mallorca
Karpin   22, 56'
Đorović   86'
Revivo   90'
A. López   22'
Biagini   51'
24 January 1999 19 Atlético Madrid 2–1 Celta Vigo
Serena   14'
Correa   62'
Penev   86' (pen.)
31 January 1999 20 Deportivo 2–1 Celta Vigo
Pauleta   9'
Turu Flores   44'
Sánchez   80'
7 February 1999 21 Celta Vigo 4–1 Villarreal
Sánchez   42'
Salgado   81'
Penev   87' (pen.)
Revivo   90'
Moisés   27'
14 February 1999 22 Real Valladolid 2–1 Celta Vigo
Caminero   27'
Alberto   78'
Revivo   60'
20 February 1999 23 Celta Vigo 0–0 Barcelona
7 March 1999 25 Celta Vigo 4–0 Real Betis
Gudelj   1, 80'
Tomás   6'
Revivo   70'
13 March 1999 26 Real Zaragoza 0–1 Celta Vigo
Revivo   20'
21 March 1999 27 Celta Vigo 3–0 Racing Santander
Mazinho   36'
Sánchez   61'
Mostovoi   81'
4 April 1999 28 Extremadura 1–1 Celta Vigo
Velamazán   59' Sánchez   65' (pen.)
11 April 1999 29 Celta Vigo 5–1 Real Madrid
Penev   7, 15, 61'
Mazinho   11'
Mostovoi   33'
Morientes   32'
18 April 1999 30 Celta Vigo 1–1 Deportivo Alavés
Sánchez   55' Pablo   53'
24 April 1999 31 Valencia 2–2 Celta Vigo
Vlaović   12'
Farinós   90 +'
Sánchez   41'
Karpin   90'
2 May 1999 32 Celta Vigo 1–0 Salamanca
Revivo   62'
9 May 1999 33 Espanyol 3–0 Celta Vigo
de Lucas   59'
Gălcă   74'
Tamudo   77' (pen.)
16 May 1999 34 Celta Vigo 2–2 Real Sociedad
Karpin   35'
Tomás   69'
Kovačević   10'
Idiakez   16'
23 May 1999 35 Real Oviedo 1–3 Celta Vigo
Dubovský   50' Penev   34', 67' (pen.)
Cruyff   87'
30 May 1999 36 Celta Vigo 2–0 Tenerife
Revivo   43'
Karpin   66'
13 June 1999 37 Mallorca 2–0 Celta Vigo
Ibagaza   34'
Stanković   90'

Top scorers edit

Copa del Rey edit

Eightfinals edit

20 January 1999 Celta Vigo 0-1 Deportivo Vigo
Report Stadium: Balaídos
3 February 1999 Deportivo 1-1 Celta Vigo La Coruña
Report Stadium: Riazor

UEFA Cup edit

1st round edit

29 September 1998 Celta Vigo 7–0 Argeş Pitești
Penev   6, 13, 26'
Mazinho   16'
Sánchez   82'
Tomás   87, 90'

2nd round edit

20 October 1998 Celta Vigo 0–1 Aston Villa
Joachim   15'
3 November 1998 Aston Villa 1–3 Celta Vigo
Collymore   30' (pen.) Sánchez   26'
Mostovoi   34'
Penev   48'

Round of 16 edit

24 November 1998 Celta Vigo 3–1 Liverpool
Mostovoi   49'
Karpin   56'
Gudelj   90'
Owen   35'
8 December 1998 Liverpool 0–1 Celta Vigo
Revivo   57'

Quarter-finals edit

2 March 1999 Marseille 2–1 Celta Vigo
Maurice   33, 68' Mostovoi   54'
16 March 1999 Celta Vigo 0–0 Marseille

Statistics edit

Players statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total La Liga Copa del Rey UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   FRA Dutruel 47 -46 37 -39 2 -2 8 -5
2 DF   ESP Salgado 44 3 35 3 2 0 7 0
4 DF   ARG Caceres 46 2 36 1 2 1 8 0
19 DF   YUG Djorovic 39 1 31 1 1 0 7 0
5 DF   ESP Vales 28 0 16+8 0 1 0 3 0
8 MF   RUS Karpin 42 9 34 8 1 0 7 1
23 MF   ZAI Makelele 44 2 34+2 2 1 0 7 0
6 MF   BRA Mazinho 40 5 31 4 1 0 8 1
20 MF   RUS Mostovoi 41 9 30+3 6 1 0 7 3
14 FW   BUL Penev 41 18 30+2 14 1+1 0 7 4
18 FW   ESP Sánchez 46 16 24+12 13 2 0 5+3 3
13 GK   ESP Pinto 1 -2 1 -2 0 0 0 0
7 MF   ESP Tomás 45 5 17+18 3 1+1 0 2+6 2
9 MF   ISR Revivo 33 10 20+6 9 2 0 5 1
3 DF   ESP Berges 21 1 16+2 1 1 0 2 0
22 DF   ESP Josema 24 0 14+4 0 0+1 0 4+1 0
16 DF   NOR Eggen 20 0 7+9 0 1 0 1+2 0
10 FW   BIH Gudelj 17 3 3+11 2 0 0 0+3 1
11 FW   NED Cruijff 10 1 1+7 1 0+2 0
15 DF   ESP Cainzos 3 0 0+2 0 0 0 0+1 0
24 MF   POR Caires 15 0 1+10 0 1 0 0+3 0
26 GK   ESP Roberto
11 FW   POR Cadete 11 1 0+7 1 0 0 0+4 0
17 DF   BRA Adriano 1 1 0+1 1
21 MF   YUG Djorovic 0 0 0 0

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