1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup


The 1998–99 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup club tournament was the last season of the competition before it was abolished. Lazio won the final against Mallorca to earn their only title in the competition. Chelsea were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Mallorca.

Teams

TH Title Holders

Qualifying round

First leg

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Second leg

Rudar Velenje won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Helsingborg won 5–0 on aggregate.
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Lausanne-Sport won 7–2 on aggregate.
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CSKA Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Apollon Limassol won 5–4 on aggregate.
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The game was played in Brussels as Genk's home stadium did not meet UEFA requirements.
Genk won 9–1 on aggregate.
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Haka won 3–0 on aggregate.
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Levski Sofia won 9–2 on aggregate.
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Liepājas Metalurgs won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Rapid București won 8–2 on aggregate.
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Heart of Midlothian won 6–0 on aggregate.
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Amica Wronki won 5–0 on aggregate.
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MTK won 10–1 on aggregate.
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Maccabi Haifa won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Spartak Trnava won 3–0 on aggregate.
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Copenhagen won 10–0 on aggregate.
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Partizan won 2–1 on aggregate.

First round

First leg

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Second leg

Lokomotiv Moscow won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Braga won 4–0 on aggregate.
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SV Ried won 3–0 on aggregate.
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Maccabi Haifa won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Panionios won 5–1 on aggregate.
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FK Jablonec 97 3–3 Apollon Limassol on aggregate. Apollon Limassol advanced after winning the penalty shootout 4–3.'
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Lausanne-Sport 3–3 Lazio on aggregate. Lazio won on away goals rule.
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Partizan 2–2 Newcastle United on aggregate. Partizan won on away goals rule.
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Chelsea won 1–0 on aggregate.
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FC København won 6–1 on aggregate.
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Vålerenga I.F. 2–2 Rapid București on aggregate. Vålerenga I.F. won on away goals rule.
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Beşiktaş J.K. won 4–2 on aggregate.
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SC Heerenveen won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Varteks won 2–0 on aggregate.
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The game was played in Brussels as Genk's stadium did not meet UEFA requirements.
Genk won 6–1 on aggregate.
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Before the game the delegate of Hearts complained about the non-standard goal height, and the referee measured it to be one centimetre lower than regulation. Hearts agreed to play the game anyway.
Mallorca won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round

First leg

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The game was played in Brussels as Genk's home stadium did not meet UEFA requirements.

Second leg

Lokomotiv Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Maccabi Haifa won 5–3 on aggregate.
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Panionios won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Lazio won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Chelsea won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Vålerenga won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Varteks won 5–4 on aggregate.
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Genk raised an official protest, claiming that the corner spots are too close to the fence around the pitch. It was denied.
Mallorca 1–1 Genk on aggregate. Mallorca won on away goals rule.

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Lokomotiv Moscow won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Lazio won 7–0 on aggregate.
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Chelsea won 6–2 on aggregate.
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Mallorca won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Lazio 1–1 Lokomotiv Moscow on aggregate. Lazio won on away goals rule.
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Mallorca won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1998–99 UEFA Winners' Cup are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals
1 Alon Mizrahi Maccabi Haifa7
2 Zaza Janashia Lokomotiv Moscow6
3 Souleymane Oularé Genk5
3 Milenko Spoljaric Apollon Limassol5
5 Dmitri Bulykin Lokomotiv Moscow4
5 John Carew Vålerenga4
5 Fabio Celestini Lausanne-Sport4
5 Dani Mallorca4
5 Krisztián Kenesei MTK4
5 Pavel Nedvěd Lazio4
5 Oktay Derelioğlu Beşiktaş4
5 Dejan Stanković Lazio4
5 Branko Strupar Genk4
14 Georgi Borisov Levski Sofia3
14 Rolands Bulders Liepājas Metalurgs3
14 Bjarne Goldbæk Copenhagen3
14 Kenneth Jensen Copenhagen3
14 Daniel Pancu Rapid București3
14 Antonis Sapountzis Panionios3
14 Gerald Strafner Ried3
14 Thomas Thorninger Copenhagen3
14 Marcelo Salas S.S. Lazio3