The 1998–99 UEFA Cup was won by
Parma
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in the final against
Marseille
Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...
. It was their second title in the competition.
It was the last edition of the old format UEFA Cup, before the
Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The competition's official name was originally the European Cup Winners' Cup; it was renamed the UEFA Cup Winne ...
was merged into it to include domestic cup winners, and an extra knockout round was added. The new format was last played in the 2003–04 season and was later replaced by a Group Stage format in 2004–05.
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
UEFA European Cups 1998/1999 Results and Qualification by Bert Kassies
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* TH: Title holders
* LC: League Cup winners
* Nth: League position
* IC: Intertoto Cup winners
* FP: Fair play
* CL Q2: Losers from the Champions League second qualifying round
First qualifying round
First leg
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Second leg
''Argeş Piteşti won 7–1 on aggregate.''
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''Inter Bratislava won 4–0 on aggregate.''
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''Polonia Warsaw won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''3–3 on aggregate; Zalgiris Vilnius won on away goals.''
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''Wisła Kraków won 7–0 on aggregate.''
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''CSKA Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Hapoel Tel Aviv won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''Shakhtar Donetsk won 6–1 on aggregate.''
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''Mura won 8–2 on aggregate.''
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''VPS won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Malmö won 7–0 on aggregate.''
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''IFK Göteborg won 7–0 on aggregate.''
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''Red Star Belgrade won 11–0 on aggregate.''
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''Germinal Ekeren won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Oţelul Galaţi won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Anderlecht won 6–0 on aggregate.''
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''Omonia won 8–6 on aggregate.''
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''Kilmarnock won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Rangers won 7–3 on aggregate.''
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''Ferencváros won 14–1 on aggregate.''
Second qualifying round
First leg
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Second leg
''Brann won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''Vejle won 6–0 on aggregate.''
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''CSKA Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.''
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''Dynamo Moscow won 2–0 on aggregate.''
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''Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Zürich won 6–3 on aggregate.''
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''3–3 on aggregate; Rapid Wien won on away goals.''
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''Silkeborg won 2–0 on aggregate.''
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''Slavia Prague won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''1–1 on aggregate; Strømsgodset won 4–2 on penalties.''
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''2–2 on aggregate; Fenerbahçe won on away goals.''
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''Wisła Kraków won 7–2 on aggregate.''
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''AEK Athens won 6–4 on aggregate.''
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''Servette won 5–3 on aggregate.''
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''3–3 on aggregate; Anderlecht won on away goals.''
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''Rangers won 2–0 on aggregate.''
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''GAK won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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''Sigma Olomouc won 4–0 on aggregate.''
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''4–4 on aggregate; Argeş Piteşti won on away goals.''
First round
* 1 The first leg of the Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Florence, Tuscany. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while ...
vs. Hajduk Split tie was played at the Stadio San Nicola in Bari
Bari ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia Regions of Italy, region, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy. It is the first most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy. It is a port and ...
instead of Fiorentina's home ground in Florence
Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025.
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due to the club serving a stadium ban over an incident during their 1996–97 Cup Winners' Cup semifinal second leg match against Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
on 24 April 1997. The incident saw Barcelona player Iván de la Peña requiring medical assistance after getting hit with an object thrown from the stands as Fiorentina fans pelted the pitch with missiles following Barcelona's second goal in the 35th minute of the match.Atlético Madrid
Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...
vs. Obilić tie was played at the Partizan Stadium in Belgrade
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due to Obilić's home ground not meeting UEFA standards for European competition.
First leg
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Second leg
''Wisła Kraków won 5–0 on aggregate.''
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''1–1 on aggregate; Slavia Prague won 5–4 on penalties.''
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''Bologna won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Willem II won 6–0 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate; CSKA Sofia won on away goals.''
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''Dynamo Moscow won 5–4 on aggregate.''
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''Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Aston Villa won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''GAK won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''3–3 on aggregate; Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on penalties.''
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''Werder Bremen won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Zürich won 7–2 on aggregate.''
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''Marseille won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''Real Sociedad won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''Stuttgart won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''Vitesse won 6–3 on aggregate.''
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''Monaco won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Grasshoppers won 2–0 on aggregate.''
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''Club Brugge won 7–2 on aggregate.''
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''Bordeaux won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Atlético Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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''Parma won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Roma won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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''Liverpool won 8–0 on aggregate.''
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''Bayer Leverkusen won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Lyon won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Celta de Vigo won 8–0 on aggregate.''
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''Real Betis won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''Valencia won 7–3 on aggregate.''
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''1–1 on aggregate; Leeds United won 4–1 on penalties.''
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''Rangers won 5–3 on aggregate.''
Second round
* 1 The return leg of the Grasshopper
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vs. Fiorentina
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tie was played at the Arechi Stadium in Salerno
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instead of Fiorentina's home ground in Florence
Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025.
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due to the club serving a stadium ban over an incident during their 1996–97 Cup Winners' Cup semifinal second leg match against Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
on 24 April 1997. The incident saw Barcelona player Iván de la Peña requiring medical assistance after getting hit with an object thrown from the stands as Fiorentina fans pelted the pitch with missiles following Barcelona's second goal in the 35th minute of the match.
First leg
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Second leg
''Bologna won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Bordeaux won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Parma won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Club Brugge won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''Monaco won 7–3 on aggregate.''
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''Real Sociedad won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''Zürich won 5–3 on aggregate.''
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''Lyon won 5–3 on aggregate.''
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''The match was abandoned at half-time after the fourth official, Philippe Flament of Belgium, sustained a knee injury and bruising from a firecracker
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thrown onto the pitch by fans in the stands. At the moment of the incident, Fiorentina led 2–1 on the night and 4-1 on aggregate. Four days later at a UEFA emergency meeting, Fiorentina was kicked out of the UEFA Cup and the match was recorded as a 0–3 Grasshopper win. Future expulsion from European competition for Fiorentina was also considered by UEFA but eventually ruled out because of mitigating circumstances
In criminal law, a mitigating factor, also known as an extenuating circumstance, is any information or evidence presented to the court regarding the defendant or the circumstances of the crime that might result in reduced charges or a lesser sente ...
, specifically that the match, as part of an earlier punishment, was not played at Fiorentina's home stadium but in Salerno and credible evidence that the firecracker was likely thrown by fans of the local club Salernitana holding a grudge following a recent Serie A
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fixture between the two clubs.
''Grasshopper won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Celta de Vigo won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Marseille won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''Roma won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''Atlético Madrid won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate; Liverpool won on away goals.''
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''Real Betis won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.''
Third round
First leg
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Second leg
''Parma won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Bologna won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Lyon won 5–3 on aggregate.''
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''3–3 on aggregate; Bordeaux won on away goals.''
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''Roma won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Celta de Vigo won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Atlético Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Parma won 7–2 on aggregate.''
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''Bologna won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Atlético Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Marseille won 2–1 on aggregate.''
Semi-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''1–1 on aggregate; Marseille won on away goals.''
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''Parma won 5–2 on aggregate.''
Final
See also
* 1998–99 UEFA Champions League
* 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
* 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup
References
External links
1998–99 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
* All scorers 1998–99 UEFA Cup according to (excluding preliminary round) according t
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