1998 UEFA Champions League final

1998 UEFA Champions League final
Match programme cover
Event1997–98 UEFA Champions League
Date20 May 1998
VenueAmsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
RefereeHellmut Krug (Germany)
Attendance48,500[1]
WeatherMostly cloudy
16 °C (61 °F)
63% humidity[2]

The 1998 UEFA Champions League final was a football match that took place at the Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam, 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, to clinch their record breaking seventh European title, their first title for 32 years. The only goal was scored by Predrag Mijatović. The two teams would face each other in the final again in 2017.

Venue

The Amsterdam Arena has served as the home stadium of Ajax since 1996. The previous home for Ajax's European matches, the Olympisch Stadion, also hosted European finals.

One-legged finals include the 1962 European Cup final, in which Benfica defeated Real Madrid 5–3, and the 1977 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, in which Anderlecht were beaten 2–0 by Hamburger SV. It also hosted the second legs of the 1981 UEFA Cup Final between AZ '67 and Ipswich Town, and of the 1992 UEFA Cup Final between Ajax and Torino.[3]

Route to the final

Juventus Round Real Madrid
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Feyenoord 5–1 (H) Matchday 1 Rosenborg 4-1 (H)
Manchester United 2–3 (A) Matchday 2 Porto 2–0 (A)
Košice 1–0 (A) Matchday 3 Olympiacos 5–1 (H)
Košice 3–2 (H) Matchday 4 Olympiacos 0–0 (A)
Feyenoord 0–2 (A) Matchday 5 Rosenborg 0–2 (A)
Manchester United 1–0 (H) Matchday 6 Porto 4–0 (H)
Group B runners-up

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Manchester United 6 15
2 Juventus 6 12
3 Feyenoord 6 9
4 Košice 6 0
Source: UEFA
Final standings Group D winner

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Real Madrid 6 13
2 Rosenborg 6 11
3 Olympiacos 6 5
4 Porto 6 4
Source: UEFA
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Dynamo Kyiv 5–2 1–1 (H) 4–1 (A) Quarter-finals Bayer Leverkusen 4–1 1–1 (A) 3–0 (H)
Monaco 6–4 4–1 (H) 2–3 (A) Semi-finals Borussia Dortmund 2–0 2–0 (H) 0–0 (A)

Match

Details

Juventus 0–1 Real Madrid
Report
  • Mijatović 66'
Attendance: 48,500[1]
Juventus
Real Madrid
GK 1 Angelo Peruzzi (c)
CB 3 Moreno Torricelli
CB 13 Mark Iuliano
CB 4 Paolo Montero  79'
LWB 22 Gianluca Pessotto  70'
RWB 7 Angelo Di Livio  46'
CM 14 Didier Deschamps  77'
CM 26 Edgar Davids  34'
AM 21 Zinedine Zidane
RF 9 Filippo Inzaghi
LF 10 Alessandro Del Piero
Substitutes:
GK 12 Michelangelo Rampulla
LB 6 Dimas
RB 15 Alessandro Birindelli
LM 8 Antonio Conte  77'
CM 20 Alessio Tacchinardi  46'
RF 16 Nicola Amoruso
LF 18 Daniel Fonseca  70'
Manager:
Marcello Lippi
GK 25 Bodo Illgner
RB 17 Christian Panucci
CB 5 Manolo Sanchís (c)
CB 4 Fernando Hierro  23'
LB 3 Roberto Carlos  37'
DM 6 Fernando Redondo
RM 27 Christian Karembeu  56'
LM 10 Clarence Seedorf  90+4'
AM 7 Raúl  90'
CF 15 Fernando Morientes  81'
CF 8 Predrag Mijatović  89'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Santiago Cañizares
DF 19 Fernando Sanz
MF 11 José Amavisca  90'
MF 16 Jaime  81'
MF 18 Víctor Sánchez
MF 20 Sávio
FW 9 Davor Šuker  89'
Manager:
Jupp Heynckes

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

Match rules

Statistics

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Amsterdam, Schiphol, North Holland, Netherlands Weather History". Weather Underground. The Weather Channel. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Amsterdam's historic finals". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "UEFA Champions League Final 1998 Full-Time Report". UEFA. 20 May 1998. Retrieved 2 January 2008.