1958Template:, The veteran defender is one of. On this day 21 years ago, United came back from 1-0 to beat Bayern Munich with two stoppage-time goals to win a historic treble. Zinedine Zidane's perfect volley: An oral history of his 2002 UCL final 2010Template:, For the best possible experience, we recommend using. 1994-95Template:, 1999 UEFA Champions League Final - FootballOldCopy Wiki 2003Template:, Manchester United's treble winners of 1999: Where are they now? "Football, bloody hell!" The official licensed stores are operated by 3rd party commercial partners appointed under license by UEFA. 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. Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld announced his team's line-up for the final two full days ahead of the match. |Opponent [62] Captain Roy Keane and midfielder Paul Scholes both missed out on the final due to suspension; manager Alex Ferguson had originally considered selecting Giggs to join Nicky Butt in central midfield, but ultimately picked David Beckham as a player who could help the team control possession in the middle of the pitch,[52] with Giggs on the right wing and Jesper Blomqvist starting on the left. 1974Template:, Quizzes. Contrary to popular belief, the free kick was not a deflection, but rather swerved into the far bottom corner of Peter Schmeichel's goal. 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. 1998Template:, The power of a pause Clive Tyldesley on his - Evening Standard The scores were level and United were buzzing. Alex Fergusons tactical adeptness won the day for the Red Devils. The Champions League final began . Bayern were deflated and conceded another corner soon afterwards. The goal was timed at 90:36. Football Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. United did not play well, that is almost universally accepted, and fell behind after only six minutes. Sheringham swept the Red Devils level in the 91st minute from Ryan Giggs' mis-hit shot and the usually unflappable German giants caved in. [15], Manchester United received 2million in prize money from UEFA for winning the competition, on top of the 10million they had already won just for reaching the final; by comparison, Bayern Munich received 1.6million for finishing as runners-up. The match is best remembered for Manchester United scoring two last-minute goals in injury time to win 21, after having trailed for most of the match. 1967-68Template:, [112], Manchester United planned an open-top bus tour of the city of Manchester the day after the game, at which they would parade their three trophies for an expected 700,000 people lining the streets between Sale and the city centre. |32 (A) Six minutes into the match, Johnsen fouled Bayern striker Jancker just outside the area,[76] and Basler placed a low free kick around the United wall to score the first goal, as Schmeichel was caught flat-footed. [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). 1977-78Template:, 2013-14Template:, Busby died in 1994; the day of the 1999 Champions League final would have been his 90th birthday. 1999 Champions League final, the 2004 UEFA Cup finals, the men . Although it was the second Champions League season to feature clubs that had not won their national leagues the previous season, Manchester United and Bayern Munich were the first such clubs to reach the final of the competition. United won a corner just as the fourth official indicated three minutes of injury time, and with so little time left for an equaliser, Peter Schmeichel ventured up to Bayern's penalty area. The substitute immediately forced Kahn into a diving save with a header; the closest United had come to scoring all game. [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. "This was perfection," stated Capello. Bayern raced into the lead after six minutes when Mario Basler deceived Peter Schmeichel from a free kick just outside the box. Bayern Munich's fans, meanwhile, created a mosaic of the name of their team with thousands of coloured cards. |Agg. Template:Flagicon Gennaro Mazzei (Italy) Manchester United vs Bayern Munich 2-1 - UCL Final 1999 - HD Bayern Munich's fans, meanwhile, created a tifo of the name of their team with thousands of coloured cards.[59]. Champions League: The Ten Most Unforgetable Comebacks Beckham again swung the corner in, finding the head of Sheringham, who nodded the ball down across the face of goal. 1978-79Template:, 1988Template:, Beckham again swung the corner in, finding the head of Sheringham, who nodded the ball down across the face of goal. [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. "I hit it over the bar. The 'Miracle of Istanbul' appeared a long way off with Liverpool 3-0 down at half-time. |31 The UEFA word, the UEFA logo and all marks related to UEFA competitions, are protected by trademarks and/or copyright of UEFA. Beckham flighted the corner in just over Schmeichel's head, Yorke put the ball back towards the crowded area, and after Fink failed to clear sufficiently, the ball arrived at the feet of Giggs on the edge of the area. [4], Including the victory over Leeds in 1975, Bayern Munich had won the European Cup on three occasions going into the 1999 final. Template:Fb cl2 team With three victories in a row from 1974 to 1976,[5] they became only the third team to achieve such a feat after Real Madrid (1956 to 1960)[6] and Ajax (1971 to 1973). The 1999 Champions League final 20 years on: most dramatic ever? On 26th of May 1999, Manchester United and Bayern Munich battled each other in the UEFA Champions League final. Teddy Sheringham, with 30 seconds of added time played, has equalised for Manchester United they are still in the European Cup! Despite the bad start United began to dominate possession. ManUtd.com's Adam Marshall recalls the emotions of being in the crowd at the Nou Camp 20 years ago today. On May 26, 1999, Manchester United produced arguably their most famous night as they won the Champions League by beating Bayern Munich 2-1. Ramos has been involved in four Champions League finals as a player and has won all four. [29] Qualification for the quarter-finals was only guaranteed for the group winners,[30] meaning that both United and Bayern had to play for victory in their final match against each other at Old Trafford. No surprise as to who the players are who have topped the list on most occasions:. 1972Template:, The night, which eventually became one of Manchester Uniteds most memorable nights, didn't start well. 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 over the entire surface of the ball. It looked as if, having been behind for most of the match, United had forced extra time. The night, which eventually became one of Manchester Uniteds most memorable nights, didn't start well. Can you name Real Madrid's XI from their CL win vs Barcelona in 2002? [95] He spent two seasons in Portugal before returning to England for spells with Aston Villa and Manchester City. With Keane out, goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel was named as captain. Manchester United v Bayern Munich: 1999 Lineups - Bleacher Report |11 (A) 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. [49] Despite the club receiving only 30,000 tickets, it was estimated that up to 100,000 Manchester United fans travelled to Barcelona for the final, paying around 300 for flights and around 1,000 for match tickets. [19], In the draw for the group stage, Bayern Munich were placed in Pot 2 and Manchester United in Pot 3 as Germany was higher than England in the UEFA association club coefficient rankings. 0 results are available, use up and down arrow keys to navigate, Classic Match: United 2-1 Bayern Munich Video. --http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=uefaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/uefacomTwitter: https://twitter.com/UEFAcomG+: https://plus.google.com/+UEFAcomhttp://uefa.com Main article: 1999 UEFA Champions League Final 26 May 1999 20:45 Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 90,245 Referee: Pierluigi Collina ( Italy) Top goalscorers [ edit] The top scorers from the 1998-99 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying rounds) are as follows: See also [ edit] 1998-99 UEFA Cup 1998-99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup [124] The match was played in front of 61,175 spectators and raised 1.5million for the Manchester United Foundation.[125]. Chelsea clinched the Champions League title on Saturday after beating Manchester City 1-0 in the all-English final. The game attracted an average of 15million viewers on British television with a peak audience of 19million in injury time. 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. 1981-82Template:, The climax of the game was voted as the fourth-greatest sporting moment ever by Channel 4 viewers in a poll in early 2002. 1975Template:, It was the first time a team needing to score two injury-time goals to triumph in the Champions League has done so since Manchester United in the 1999 final Dortmund remain the only. That proved the turning point. |Opponent [20] United and Bayern found themselves bottom of the group after the first round of matches, in which Bayern lost 21 away to Brndby after surrendering a 10 lead in the last three minutes;[21] United, meanwhile, played out a 33 draw at home to Barcelona after twice giving up the lead. |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Semi-finals Hes ball watching. [92] Matthus later commented that "it was not the best team that won but the luckiest". 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, while Bayern were due to play Werder Bremen in the 1999 DFB-Pokal Final on 12 June. If you looking for actual season click here. [27] On matchday 5, United played their second match against Barcelona their first trip of the season to the Camp Nou and again the two sides played out a 33 draw. 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 199899 UEFA Champions League. Three years after hosting its first European Cup final in 1989, the Camp Nou was selected as the principle stadium for the football tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona; it was used as the venue for one group match, two quarter-finals, one semi-final and both medal matches as the host nation, Spain, claimed gold. It's 2,104 days since United's last trophy, and 197 since they were 4-0 down to Brentford at half-time.Erik ten Hag has done a phenomenal job in so many way - coaching, tactics, man . As Bayern began to look increasingly more dangerous on the counter-attack than their opponents did in possession, Jancker repeatedly tested the United back four with a number of clever runs, some of which were flagged offside. 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. 1988-89Template:, 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. Gareth Bale nudged them clear, with Marcelo and Cristiano Ronaldo adding late gloss. 1999 Champions League final - Manchester United No club has won the final by four goals since. [36] Meanwhile, Bayern won convincingly at Kaiserslautern, as goals from Effenberg, Carsten Jancker, Mario Basler and an own goal from Uwe Rsler gave them a 40 win, 60 on aggregate. Highlights Real Madrid vs Liverpool 5-2 champions league 2023 UEFA.com works better on other browsers For the best possible experience, we. It would have been Sir Matt's 90th birthday, after all, so maybe it was fate. [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. 1962Template:, 1971-72Template:, The Bayern defence remained strong and well organised, as Andy Cole found out when his close-range effort was quickly closed down by three defenders. [52], The match referee was Pierluigi Collina of the Italian Football Federation. [121] Most of the Manchester United squad from the 199899 season returned for the match,[122] with the exception of Giggs, who was on coaching duty with the Wales national team. Ferguson threw on Sheringham and Solskjr but could only watch as Carsten Jancker's overhead kick hit the bar late on. Beckham in towards Schmeichel it's come for Dwight Yorke. Denied victory in the dying seconds of their only previous European Cup final in 1974, Atltico suffered the same fate 40 years later. 2004-05Template:, It was high, and only . 1982 was the stadium's busiest year to date, hosting not only the 1982 Cup Winners' Cup Final, but also five matches at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, including all three matches in Group A of the second group stage and the semi-final between Poland and Italy. If two or more clubs are level on points, alphabetical order is applied based on full club names until teams have played each other twice, at which point the competition regulations are applied. Bayern were also playing for a treble, having won the Bundesliga and reached the DFB-Pokal final, although they went on to lose that match as well. A first-half goal from summer signing Kai Havertz, the most expensive. 1959-60Template:, 1964Template:, "[90] When the two teams went to collect their medals, Matthus received his runner-up medal but removed it from his neck almost immediately. [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. [76] 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.[78]. [11], Manchester United became the first team to win the European Cup or Champions League without being the champions of Europe or champions of their country the preceding season. It could take days or even weeks to recover from this but I must say that Manchester are great champions. [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. 1998-99 UEFA Champions League - Wikipedia Collina was supported by fellow Italian officials Gennaro Mazzei and Claudio Puglisi as assistant referees, and fourth official Fiorenzo Treossi. 1956-57Template:, Cleared Giggs with the shot Sheringham! Goals from Keane and Yorke before half-time levelled the tie but gave United the advantage on away goals, before Cole secured victory with the winning goal seven minutes from the end of the match. Real Madrid were back on top of Europe after victory at the Stade de France. 2006-07Template:, [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. 2005-06Template:, Im lucky enough to guide it in.". [65] 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[66] played in central defence alongside Jaap Stam, who overcame an Achilles injury. Mario Basler put Bayern into a sixth minute lead in the 1999 Champions League final, and it appeared to be the winning goal for most of the game. Here, the PA news agency takes a look back at that. 1993-94Template:, Collina was promoted to the FIFA International Referees list in 1995, and took charge of his first UEFA Cup matches in the 199596 season. UNITED 2-1 BAYERN: #UCL 1999 FINAL FLASHBACK UEFA 3.62M subscribers Subscribe 53K 3.5M views 4 years ago Relive. Also on the bench were fellow striker Ole Gunnar Solskjr, back-up goalkeeper Raimond van der Gouw, defenders David May, Phil Neville and Wes Brown, and midfielder Jonathan Greening. Live now, Group B 2007Template:, 1999 UEFA Champions League Final | Football Wiki | Fandom [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. 1995Template:, Matthus later commented that "it was not the best team that won but the luckiest". Despite the club receiving only 30,000 tickets, it is estimated that more than 50,000 Manchester United fans travelled to Barcelona for the final. Despite the bad start, United began to dominate possession but failed to create any clear cut chances despite David Beckham's tireless running. 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. 1987Template:, The Norwegian forward will always be remembered for his winner in the 93rd minute as Manchester United dramatically won the 1999 Champions League title. Your login session has expired. [47] 1982 was the stadium's busiest year to date, hosting not only the 1982 Cup Winners' Cup Final, but also five matches at the FIFA World Cup, including the opening match, all three matches in Group A of the second group stage and the semi-final between Poland and Italy. [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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 1960Template:, 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. [2] Manchester United's only other German opponents in their history were Borussia Dortmund, against whom they had an overall winning record, with three wins, two defeats and a draw in their six matches, including a 101 aggregate win in the second round of the 196465 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and a 20 aggregate defeat in the 199697 UEFA Champions League semi-finals. Wed 26 May 1999 17.37 EDT Bayern Munich: Kahn, Babbel, Kuffour, Matthaus, Effenberg, Basler, Jeremies, Tarnat, Jancker, Zickler, Linke. Solskjr reacted fastest, stuck out a foot and poked the ball into the roof of the Bayern goal for United to take the lead with just 43 seconds of the three minutes of injury time to play. When the trophy was presented to Manchester United, the captain on the night, Peter Schmeichel, who had just finished his final match for the club, and manager Alex Ferguson raised the trophy together. The duo missed out on the final due to suspension. [122] The Bayern squad featured six players who appeared in the 1999 final Babbel, Kuffour, Effenberg, Matthus, Jancker and Fink as well as striker lber, who missed the original match through injury. The match is best remembered for Manchester United scoring two last-minute goals in injury time to win 2-1, after having trailed for most of the match. [80] Schmeichel, in his own penalty area, cartwheeled with glee. The 1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match between Mallorca of Spain and Lazio of Italy played on 19 May 1999 at Villa Park, Birmingham, England.It was the final match of the 1998-99 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the culmination of the competition before it was absorbed into the UEFA Cup1998-99 season of the UEFA Cup Winners