Ramos has been involved in four Champions League finals as a player and has won all four. After beating Inter Milan in the quarter-finals, Manchester United beat another Italian side, Juventus, in the semis to reach the final; meanwhile, Bayern beat fellow Germans Kaiserslautern in the quarter-finals, before overcoming Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv in the semis. A first-half goal from summer signing Kai Havertz, the most expensive. 1993Template:, "[101], In winning the trophy, Manchester United became the first English team to be crowned European champions since the Heysel Stadium disaster ban in 1985, which had resulted in English clubs being excluded from UEFA competitions for five years, and also the first team to achieve the treble of the Premier League, FA Cup, and European Cup in the same season. Champions League 1999/2000 You are in old season. "I definitely knew it wasnt offside," said Sheringham. 1974-75Template:, Quizzes. Football: How Manchester United won the Champions League in 1999 Template:Flagicon Mario Basler (Bayern Munich), Assistant referees: The German team started the second half in a more positive mood, with Jancker forcing a save from Schmeichel within a minute after the restart. 1988-89Template:, Template:Fb cl2 team [103] After becoming the first manager of an English club to achieve this honour, Ferguson was made a Knight Bachelor on 12 June 1999 in recognition of his services to football,[104] as well as a bonus from the club reported to be in the region of 350,000 (the players received bonuses of 150,000 each). [23], Matchdays 3 and 4 saw double-headers, with Manchester United taking on Brndby and Bayern Munich playing Barcelona. After becoming the first manager to achieve this honour, Alex Ferguson received a knighthood on 12 June 1999 in recognition of his services to the game of football. 1956-57Template:, But in the end, Manchester deservedly won. 1989-90Template:, No use for commercial purposes may be made of such trademarks. Busby died in 1994; the day of the 1999 Champions League final would have been his 90th birthday. |11 (H) And the Germans looked set to be crowned kings of Europe right up until the 91st minute. 1968Template:, Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld announced his team's line-up for the final two full days ahead of the match. Clive Tyldesley on ITV's broadcast call of Sheringham's injury time equaliser[79]. The game's ending was so unexpected that UEFA President Lennart Johansson had left his seat in the stands before Sheringham's equaliser to make his way down to the pitch in order to present the European Cup trophy, already decorated with Bayern ribbons. With the game seemingly drifting away from the English side, he introduced Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Teddy Sheringham who eventually won United the Champions League crown. [102] It was the first time the treble had been won since PSV Eindhoven in 1988; it would not be won again until Barcelona beat Manchester United 10 years later in the 2009 UEFA Champions League final. [18] In the second leg, played at Partizan's ground in Belgrade, an 88th-minute goal from Lothar Matthus rescued a 11 draw to give Bayern a 51 win on aggregate. However, they failed to create any clear cut chances. Bayern were also playing for a Treble of their own, having already won the Bundesliga and earned a spot in the German Cup final; however, Bayern went on to lose in the final. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer tapped in a stoppage time winner and won the trophy for United. 1981Template:, The final was contested by Manchester United and Bayern Munich. 1956Template:, |-bgcolor=#c1e0ff The latters absence resulted in Bayern playing a three man attack of Basler, Jancker and Zickler while Lizarazu was replaced by Michael Tarnat. Live now, Group C 2005-06Template:, Collina was promoted to the FIFA International Referees list in 1995, and took charge of his first UEFA Cup matches in the 199596 season. Drogba, with the last kick of his first spell at Chelsea, took the trophy to Stamford Bridge for the first and, so far, only time. Wed 26 May 1999 17.37 EDT Bayern Munich: Kahn, Babbel, Kuffour, Matthaus, Effenberg, Basler, Jeremies, Tarnat, Jancker, Zickler, Linke. The triumph capped off an amazing season for Sir Alex Fergusons men. The score remained 1-0 till the start of stoppage time, when two substitutes stepped up. [45], The Camp Nou was constructed over three years from 1954 to 1957 as a replacement for Barcelona's previous home, the nearby Camp de Les Corts. 1961Template:, Template:Fb cl2 header navbar Manchester United 2-1 Bayern Munich: Remembering the 1999 Champions 1999 UEFA Champions League Final - FootballOldCopy Wiki The substitute immediately forced Kahn into a diving save with a header; the closest United had come to scoring all game. 1962Template:, 1997Template:, The goal was timed at 36 seconds into injury time. Wikizero - 1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final UCL Final 1999 - Manchester United vs Bayern Munich part 1of2 The original capacity of the Camp Nou was just over 93,000, but its first major final, the 1972 Cup Winners' Cup Final, was attended by fewer than 25,000 spectators. [13] Both teams were also playing for the treble; in addition to their league win, Manchester United had beaten Newcastle United in the 1999 FA Cup Final on 22 May to claim the Double,[14] while Bayern were due to play Werder Bremen in the 1999 DFB-Pokal Final on 12 June. 1958-59Template:, Sir Alex Ferguson had originally considered selecting Ryan Giggs to join Nicky Butt in central midfield, but ultimately picked David Beckham. [35] In the second leg, Nicola Ventola pulled a goal back for Inter, but Paul Scholes secured United's passage to the semi-finals with a late away goal. Beckham again swung the corner in, finding the head of Sheringham, who nodded the ball down across the face of goal. United never got going in the game and survived two late scares in the second half when Bayern were denied by the woodwork. 1963-64Template:, Template:Fb cl2 team The crowd were euphoric. [41], The Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, was selected as the venue for the final at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Lisbon, Portugal, on 6 October 1998. After the treble was secured, much debate arose among English football fans as to whether the 1999 Manchester United team was the greatest club side ever, alongside past European Cup-winning teams. Manchester United left England two days before the final, first flying from Manchester Ringway Airport to Heathrow,[60] where they boarded a Concorde aircraft for the flight to Barcelona. The German team started the second half in a more positive mood with Jancker forcing a save from Schmeichel in the first minute of the restart. The match ended in a 2-2 draw with Bayern drawing level in the dying minutes. The 1999 UEFA Champions League final was an association football match between Manchester United of England and Bayern Munich of Germany, played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, on 26 May 1999, to determine the winner of the 1998-99 UEFA Champions League. [94], Staying true to his word from earlier in the season, the match was Schmeichel's last in a Manchester United shirt, and a month later he signed for Portuguese club Sporting CP. 1961-62Template:, Manchester United 's Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scores the winning goal in the 1999 Champions League final between Manchester United and Bayern Munich. He had been substituted with 10 minutes remaining, with victory seemingly assured, and the European Cup was the only major trophy he had failed to win during his career. 1993-94Template:, On 26 May 1999, Manchester United snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in the UEFA Champions League final against Bayern. In the process, Manchester United won their second Champions League title. Teddy Sheringham, who had scored just four goals until that point in the season, guided home Giggs scuffed shot from Beckhams corner in the 91st minute. [109] Had Bayern won the cup, they would have become the first team to achieve this feat, having also finished second in the Bundesliga to Kaiserslautern the season before. 1999 Champions League final, the 2004 UEFA Cup finals, the men . Teddy Sheringham, who had scored just four goals until that point in the season, guided home Giggs scuffed shot from Beckhams corner in the 91st minute. When emerging from the tunnel at the final whistle, he was stunned. We were playing well in the last 20 minutes and should have been able to hold on to victory. The match was played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, to determine the winner of the 199899 UEFA Champions League. 2002-03Template:, They had also finished as runners-up twice, in 1982 and 1987. Despite the introduction of Sheringham for Blomqvist and our dire need for a goal, Bayern looked the likelier scorers. 1960-61Template:, Champions League top goal scorers 2022/23: Updated golden boot rankings [96][97] It was also Blomqvist's last competitive appearance for the club. Bayern Munichs team selection had been impacted by injuries with left back Lizarazu and forward Elber suffering season ending knee injuries. 1976-77Template:, 1975Template:, On May 26, 1999, Manchester United produced arguably their most famous night as they won the Champions League by beating Bayern Munich 2-1. 2012Template:, Paolo Maldini swept in Andrea Pirlo's free-kick inside a minute and Kak ran the Reds ragged, conducting the moves for both of Hernn Crespo's goals. 1963Template:, [76][77] The substitute immediately forced Kahn into a diving save with a header; it was the closest United had come to scoring all game. Despite the bad start United began to dominate possession. 1999 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL | MAN UNITED 2-1 BAYEN MUNICH #shorts Trailing 1-0 going into added time, United were soon lifting the trophy thanks to last-gasp goals from Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjr. Prior to kick-off, opera singer Montserrat Caball moving around the field on the back of a golf cart performed "Barcelona" live, accompanied by a recording of the late rock singer Freddie Mercury, which appeared on the stadium's electronic screen. After playing in all four matches of the club's pre-season tour of Australia and China in July 1999, he suffered a succession of knee injuries that ruled him out of competitive action for the next two seasons. 2005Template:, The Bayern defence remained strong and well-organised, as Cole found out when his close-range effort was quickly closed down by three defenders. United put together an attack when, after a healthy period of possession, Giggs sent in a cross towards Jesper Blomqvist who could only knock the ball over the bar after a desperate stretch. 2015-16Template:. Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld responded with a substitution of his own, bringing on Mehmet Scholl, who immediately set up Stefan Effenberg for a long-range shot which went narrowly wide. His right-footed snap-shot was weak and poorly struck, but it went straight to Sheringham, who swiped at the shot with his right foot, and nestled the ball in the bottom corner of the net. Gennaro Mazzei (Italy) 2007-08Template:, 2000-01Template:, 1968-69Template:, Teddy wins this ball. [50] Many were able to buy tickets from touts, who had paid up to 400 to buy from Barcelona fans who had bought through their club for the equivalent of 28. [98] For Bayern Munich, substitutes Helmer and Ali Daei left the club in the summer of 1999; Helmer moved to England to play for Sunderland, while Daei remained in Germany with Hertha BSC. [72][73] lber's absence resulted in Bayern playing a three-man attack of Basler, Jancker and Zickler, while Lizarazu was replaced on the left flank by Michael Tarnat playing in a wing-back role opposite Markus Babbel on the right. [12] They had finished second behind Arsenal in the 199798 FA Premier League,[108] but had qualified through UEFA's expanded 24-team format, which had been introduced a season earlier. UEFA Champions League - The 1999 Champions League final 20 years on: most dramatic ever? It had also hosted two Cup Winners' Cup finals, in 1972 and 1982; the latter was won on home turf by FC Barcelona. Technically, it was very hard for him. 1980Template:, Bayern Munich had an equally narrow advantage in their 22 matches against English opposition, with seven wins, nine draws and six defeats, including a win over Leeds United in the 1975 European Cup Final and a defeat to Aston Villa in the 1982 final. Group A Can you name Real Madrid's XI from their CL win vs Barcelona in 2002? Scholl then almost scored from a delicate twenty yard chip after a run from Basler, but the ball bounced back off the post and into the arms of a relieved Schmeichel. [42] The selection process had begun more than four months earlier, in May 1998, when FC Barcelona submitted the Camp Nou as a contender to host the match in recognition of the club's centenary year. Samuel Kuffour broke out in tears after the game, beating the floor in despair, and even the giant Carsten Jancker had collapsed in anguish. The remaining third was divided between fans of FC Barcelona (around 7,500 tickets), UEFA, and competition sponsors. 1998-99Template:, 1962-63Template:, |- The Drogba final Didier Drogba's goal against Bayern was his ninth goal in nine cup finals for Chelsea Chelsea 1-1 Bayern Munich, 4-3 on penalties (2012, Munich) It is hard to imagine a more. [58] The opening ceremony featured inflatable versions of some of Barcelona's most recognisable landmarks,[59] as well as flag-bearers waving flags of the crests of the participating teams. Champions League 1999/2000 Advertisements On the following page an easy way you can check the results of recent matches and statistics for Champions League. |align=left|Template:Flagicon Juventus As the game crept into the last five minutes, United's two substitutes forced Kahn into more saves, firstly through a Sheringham volley and then from another Solskjr header. UEFA.com works better on other browsers For the best possible experience, we. 0 results are available, use up and down arrow keys to navigate, Classic Match: United 2-1 Bayern Munich Video. [53] Collina was supported by fellow Italian officials Gennaro Mazzei and Claudio Puglisi as assistant referees, and fourth official Fiorenzo Treossi. Had Bayern won the cup, they would have become the first team to achieve this feat, having also finished second in the Bundesliga to Kaiserslautern the season before. 1990-91Template:, was manager Sir Alex Ferguson's pithy summary of a remarkable evening in Barcelona. 1998-99 UEFA Champions League - Wikipedia Live now, Group B Manchester United captain Roy Keane and midfielder Paul Scholes both missed out on the final due to suspension, resulting in David Beckham joining Nicky Butt in centre midfield, Ryan Giggs to the right wing and Jesper Blomqvist starting on the left. United took the lead just before half-time through a Roy Keane strike from just outside the penalty area; however, Hasan Salihamidi equalised for Bayern in the 55th minute and the game finished as a 11 draw. The Camp Nou had hosted one previous European Cup final: Italian club Milan's 40 victory over Steaua Bucureti of Romania in 1989. Manchester United have reached the promised land! Six minutes into the match, Ronny Johnsen fouled Bayern striker Carsten Jancker just outside the area, and Mario Basler placed a low free kick around the United wall to score the first goal. [67] With Keane out, goalkeeper Schmeichel who in November 1998 had announced his intention to leave Manchester United at the end of the season[68] was named as captain for his final Manchester United appearance;[69] this meant that both sides were captained by their goalkeepers, as Oliver Kahn wore the armband for Bayern. 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary. The parade culminated with a reception at the Manchester Arena, for which 17,500 tickets were made available at 3 each; proceeds went to Ferguson's testimonial fund. [99][100], Bayern president Franz Beckenbauer recognised that it was a loss of concentration in the last few minutes that led to his side's defeat: "That was the cruellest defeat possible because victory was so close. Use of UEFA.com signifies your agreement to the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. Bayern Munich's fans, meanwhile, created a mosaic of the name of their team with thousands of coloured cards. 1991-92. [106] After the treble was secured, much debate arose among English football fans as to whether the 1999 Manchester United team was the greatest club side ever, alongside past European Cup-winning teams. Yet the Reds were going strong deep into stoppage time, when the chips were down, and everything seemed to be slipping away. But those few seconds were enough for Manchester [United] to get back into the game. Fourth official:[54] |Knockout stage It featured a large "swoosh" across two adjacent hexagonal panels with the Champions League logo on a pentagonal panel above, and a pattern of five-pointed stars similar to those used in the UEFA Champions League logo over the entire surface of the ball. [71] Injuries also impacted on his selections, with French left-back Bixente Lizarazu and Brazilian forward lber having suffered season-ending knee injuries. The result allowed Bayern to finish as group winners while United went through to the knockout stage as one of the two group runners- up with the best record. [76] Basler was proving to be Bayern's most dangerous player, first firing a 30-yard shot towards goal and then setting up a header for Babbel, who missed the ball entirely. UNITED 2-1 BAYERN: #UCL 1999 FINAL FLASHBACK - YouTube 0:00 / 9:57 MAN. 1969Template:, [122] Ferguson returned to manage the side, six years after his retirement from full-time management, joined by his 1999 assistant Steve McClaren and former club captain Bryan Robson as head coach. Matthus later commented that "it was not the best team that won but the luckiest". 1985Template:, When the two teams went to collect their medals, television viewers around the world watched as Matthus removed his runners-up medal, almost before he received it. Milan were underdogs, their suspension-hit back line expected to buckle under the weight of the Spanish side's attacking talent. Champions League final: Vote for the best one yet - BBC Sport The match was played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, to determine the winner of the 1998-99 UEFA Champions League. |Opponent The venue for the final was the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. If you looking for actual season click here. The power of a pause Clive Tyldesley on his - Evening Standard Maybe wed have lost the game if it had gone in, so Im happy with the way it went in the end!". Norwegian defender Henning Berg also missed out through injury, meaning that his compatriot Ronny Johnsen who had been an early contender to play alongside Butt in midfield played in central defence alongside Jaap Stam, who overcame an Achilles injury. Steve McManaman, Real Madrid midfielder 1999-2003: . Champions League: Dortmund 3-2 Malaga (agg 3-2) - BBC Sport