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. Twelve years on from their most recent triumph, Madrid's dream of securing 'La Dcima' had finally been realised. 1955-56Template:, 2008Template:, [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. |2nd leg Collina: Man United's 1999 win the 'ultimate final in Champions League 1963-64Template:, |32 (A) 1961-62Template:, 1961Template:, 1974Template:, That proved the turning point. Template:Flagicon Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy). 2010Template:, I was off to celebrate after scoring the equaliser.". [37], United again came up against Italian opposition in the semi-finals, facing Juventus, who had beaten Greek side Olympiacos in the quarters, and Bayern were drawn against Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv, who beat reigning champions Real Madrid to reach the semis. "Football, bloody hell!" Bayern Munichs team selection had been impacted by injuries with left back Lizarazu and forward Elber suffering season ending knee injuries. [120], On 26 May 2019, Manchester United hosted a reunion match at Old Trafford against a Bayern Munich Legends team to mark the 20th anniversary of winning the treble and to raise money for the Manchester United Foundation. Mario Basler's free-kick deceived Peter Schmeichel and Bayern clearly deserved to be ahead at the interval with Oliver Kahn barely extended in their goal. 1988-89Template:, Nevertheless, both went into the match as champions, having won their domestic leagues in 199899; Bayern Munich claimed the Bundesliga title with a 11 draw against Hertha BSC on 9 May with three games to go, while Manchester United left it until the last day of the season (16 May), when they came back from 10 down against Tottenham Hotspur to win 21 and beat Arsenal to the title by a point. Appropriately, the team contained a fair sprinkling of homegrown talent - Gary Neville, David Beckham, Ryan Giggs and Nicky Butt all started - in the same way the '68 side had, with George Best, Bobby Charlton, Nobby Stiles, John Aston and company. 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. 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. "This was perfection," stated Capello. 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. Ferguson took advantage and played a three man attack in the second half. 1973-74Template:, Injury time goals from Manchester United's Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjr cancelled out Mario Basler's early goal for Bayern to give Manchester United a 21 win. 1993Template:, A first-half goal from summer signing Kai Havertz, the most expensive. [52], The match referee was Pierluigi Collina of the Italian Football Federation. Fellow striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, back up goalkeeper Raimond Van Der Gouw, defenders David May, Phil Neville and Wes Brown and midfielder Jonathan Greening were also on the bench. [71] Injuries also impacted on his selections, with French left-back Bixente Lizarazu and Brazilian forward lber having suffered season-ending knee injuries. Benzema has 10 goals in his last five Champions League games which is a record for a . It could take days or even weeks to recover from this but I must say that Manchester are great champions. Football Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. 1966-67Template:, He never won the competition, having moved to play in the United States for the MetroStars Major League Soccer team before Bayern next won the European Cup in 2001. |43 On this day 1999: Manchester United's amazing Champions League final Template:ImportTemplate:Infobox football match 1998-99 UEFA Champions League - Wikipedia With Keane out, goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel was named as captain. [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. 2015Template:. National Football Teams without an confederation, Champions League era, 1992present finals, North America, Central America and the Caribbean. They had finished second in the 199798 season to Arsenal, but had qualified through UEFA's expanded format, which had been introduced a few seasons earlier. UNITED 2-1 BAYERN: #UCL 1999 FINAL FLASHBACK - YouTube 0:00 / 9:57 MAN. Petr ech then took centre stage, first denying ex-Blues winger Arjen Robben from the penalty spot in extra time, then saving from Ivica Oli and Bastian Schweinsteiger in the shoot-out. United's victory was the culmination of their Treble-winning season, after they had already won the FA Premier League and the FA Cup earlier in the month. 1968Template:, 1964-65Template:, [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. 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. "I can't believe it," he later said, "The winners are crying and the losers are dancing." The 'Miracle of Istanbul' appeared a long way off with Liverpool 3-0 down at half-time. [23], Matchdays 3 and 4 saw double-headers, with Manchester United taking on Brndby and Bayern Munich playing Barcelona. 1984-85Template:, |31 The triumph capped off an amazing season for Sir Alex Fergusons men. [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). He was one of his side's best performers in each one of those finals. Final of the 199899 edition of the UEFA Champions League, Independent Manchester United Supporters Association, FC Bayern Munich in international football competitions, Manchester United F.C. Toughest Defeats in UCL Finals Part 1 The Champions League Fi Template:Fb cl2 header navbar They were drawn together in Group D, along with Spanish champions Barcelona and Danish champions Brndby, in what became known as the "group of death". Here, the PA news agency takes a look back at that. 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. 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 Paul Scholes was suspended for the 1999 UEFA Champions League final A foul on Juventus' Didier Deschamps in the semi-final cost Scholes his place He watched from the stands but felt. In the post-match interview, Ferguson produced his now legendary summary of the game: "Football; bloody hell" The final also signalled Peter Schmeichel's last ever game for Manchester United after eight years of service. 1978-79Template:, FootballOldCopy Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. But for Clive Tyldesley as much as Manchester United, the night of May 26, 1999 was about seizing unexpected chances and turning them into memories. "As Giggsy struck the ball from there, and it was coming past me, I can remember the Bayern defender coming off the line past me and pushing up, putting his hand up in the air for offside. "[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. Manchester United 2-1 Bayern Munich: Remembering the 1999 Champions 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 Markus Babbel, who missed the ball entirely. Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson and the 1999 Treble - Eurosport When emerging from the tunnel at the final whistle, he was stunned. 1964Template:, However, if the Rossoneri thought the job was done, they were sorely mistaken. 2002Template:, The score remained 1-0 till the start of stoppage time, when two substitutes stepped up. 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. 2010-11Template:, Consequently, Ryan Giggs played on the right with Beckham switched to the middle alongside Butt, and Jesper Blomqvist operating on his favoured left flank. Collina was promoted to the FIFA International Referees list in 1995, and took charge of his first UEFA Cup matches in the 199596 season. [110] While Manchester United finished the season as treble champions, Bayern ultimately lost the DFB-Pokal final to Werder Bremen, which meant they finished the season with the Bundesliga title as their only silverware. Milan were underdogs, their suspension-hit back line expected to buckle under the weight of the Spanish side's attacking talent. [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. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer tapped in a stoppage time winner and won the trophy for United. No use for commercial purposes may be made of such trademarks. Template:Fb cl2 header navbar 2009Template:, 1987Template:, Vincius Jnior was born 49 days after Real Madrid won the 1999-00 # . The Camp Nou had hosted one previous European Cup final: Italian club Milan's 40 victory over Steaua Bucureti of Romania in 1989. [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]. However, they failed to create any clear cut chances. Teddy wins this ball. 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. Here are the top scorers for each UEFA Champions League tournament since the new format was adopted in 1992-93. [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. Template:Flagicon Claudio Puglisi (Italy) [43] The other venues in contention to host the match were London's Wembley Stadium and Marseille's Stade Vlodrome, but the Camp Nou was considered by UEFA's Stadiums Commission to be the favourite for its superior security, comfort and capacity. Collina was promoted to the FIFA International Referees list in 1995, and took charge of his first UEFA Cup matches in the 199596 season. On 26th of May 1999, Manchester United and Bayern Munich battled each other in the UEFA Champions League final. Gennaro Mazzei (Italy) Champions League top goal scorers 2022/23: Updated golden boot rankings On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Of these, around two-thirds were reserved for the two finalist clubs (approximately 30,000 tickets each). Schmeichel kept his side in the game when tipping another Effenberg shot over the bar after 75 minutes. The winners are crying and the losers are dancing. Reserve referee: Manchester United defeated Bayern Munich 2-1 on this day, 26 May, in 1999, but that scoreline does not even begin to tell the story of one of our most famous matches of all time. [117] In Germany, the match was shown on RTL Television,[118] and was seen by an average of 13.59million people over the course of the broadcast. On 26 May 1999, Manchester United snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in the UEFA Champions League final against Bayern. The scores were level and United were buzzing. [61] They stayed in the Meli Gran hotel in the town of Sitges, about 20 miles (32 kilometres) down the coast south-west of Barcelona. 2007-08Template:, 2008-09Template:, |10 (H) |11 (A) [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. 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. [28] With Bayern beating Brndby 20 at home, the German side moved onto 10 points and took top spot in the group going into the final round of matches, one point ahead of United. 1989Template:, [93] As captain of Manchester United, Schmeichel should have received his medal last, but instead he went up first before having to return to the back of the queue with Ferguson; the pair then lifted the trophy together, surrounded by the rest of Manchester United's players, including May, who climbed the presentation podium to a position of prominence in the celebration photographs. Sir Alex Ferguson had originally considered selecting Ryan Giggs to join Nicky Butt in central midfield, but ultimately picked David Beckham. Champions League final: Vote for the best one yet - BBC Sport Is this their moment? 1999 UEFA Champions League Final | Football Wiki | Fandom [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. With the final taking place at their own Fuball Arena Mnchen, Bayern were expecting to claim the trophy for a fifth time. 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. Collina was supported by fellow Italian officials Gennaro Mazzei and Claudio Puglisi as assistant referees, and fourth official Fiorenzo Treossi. 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. Manchester United's Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scores - Planet Football UCL Final 1999 - Manchester United vs Bayern Munich part 1of2 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. 1971Template:, The Norwegian forward will always be remembered for his winner in the 93rd minute as Manchester United dramatically won the 1999 Champions League title. Man. United 2-1 Bayern: #Ucl 1999 Final Flashback [9] Although Bayern had been waiting 23 years for a European Cup title, Manchester United had had to wait even longer, their only victory having come in 1968. |align=left|Template:Flagicon Internazionale 1959Template:, Referee Pierluigi Collina has cited this match as one of the most memorable of his career, and described the noise from the crowd at the end of the game as being like a "lion's roar". The fact we're facing Bayern Munich this summer gives us the perfect excuse to relive THAT historic night in 1999. Maybe wed have lost the game if it had gone in, so Im happy with the way it went in the end!". The final was contested by Manchester United and Bayern Munich. 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. 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. 1969Template:, The 1999 Champions League final 20 years on: most dramatic ever? Beckham flighted the corner in just over Schmeichel's head, Dwight Yorke put the ball back towards the crowded area, and after Thorsten Fink failed to clear sufficiently, the ball arrived at the feet of Ryan Giggs on the edge of the area. Barcelona v Man Utd: 'I've seen my Treble goal a million times [89] When emerging from the tunnel at the final whistle, he was stunned, and he later said: "I can't believe it. 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. 1990-91Template:, By then, the stadium's capacity had been increased to over 120,000. The 1999 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place on Wednesday, 26 May 1999. [91] He never won the competition as a player, having moved to play in the United States for the MetroStars in March 2000, the year before Bayern next won the European Cup in 2001. [76] Hitzfeld responded with a substitution of his own, bringing on Mehmet Scholl, who immediately set up Effenberg for a long-range shot that went narrowly wide. It was high, and only . 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. [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. Bayern Munich 1 - 2 Manchester United | Soccer | The Guardian Manchester United and Bayern Munich had only met twice in competitive matches before the final, both meetings coming earlier in the 199899 season and both finished as draws. "I definitely knew it wasnt offside," said Sheringham. Tyldesley on ITV's broadcast of Solskjr's injury time winner[79], Less than 30seconds after the subsequent kick-off, United forced another corner, but Schmeichel stayed in his penalty area this time, under instruction from Ferguson. [70] As Manchester United's top two goalscorers throughout the season, Cole and Yorke started up front, leaving Sheringham who had played a part in both goals in the FA Cup Final a few days earlier on the bench. 1984Template:, |Knockout stage These matches are a reminder of the fine margins that separate victory from defeat in football. |Agg. Manchester United were without two of their best players namely Roy Keane and Paul Scholes for the final. For the best possible experience, we recommend using. 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. 1968-69Template:, The venue for the final was the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. 1995Template:, [81], The game restarted, but many Bayern players were overwhelmed with despair, virtually unable to continue and needed the assistance of referee Collina to drag themselves off the ground. Live now, Group C With the game seemingly drifting away from the English side, Ferguson introduced striker Ole Gunnar Solskjr with ten minutes remaining. [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. Schmeichel kept his side in the game when tipping another Effenberg shot over the bar after 75 minutes. Template:Flagicon Gennaro Mazzei (Italy) Although Bayern had been waiting 23 years for a European Cup title, Manchester United had had to wait even longer, their only victory having come in 1968. 1966Template:, 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 . [80] Schmeichel, in his own penalty area, cartwheeled with glee. 1998Template:, At the other end, Basler came close with another free kick before Zickler sent a shot just wide from the edge of the box. The first meeting between United and Bayern was at the Olympiastadion on matchday 2. Bayern were deflated and conceded another corner soon afterwards. [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. The 1999 Champions League final saw the two best sides in Europe play in a final that will be remembered forever. 1972-73Template:, Template:Fb cl2 team 1999-00Template:, 1975Template:, The midfield width was provided by forward runs from Tarnat and Babbel. 1998-99Template:, 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. - News. Use of UEFA.com signifies your agreement to the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
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