1998–99 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
1998–99 season
Chairman Ken Bates
Manager Gianluca Vialli
FA Premier League 3rd
FA Cup Quarter-finals
League Cup Quarter-finals
UEFA Super Cup Winners
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Gianfranco Zola (13)
All:
Gianfranco Zola (15)
Highest home attendance 35,016 (vs. Derby County, 16 May 1999)
Lowest home attendance 17,714 (vs. Helsingborgs IF, 17 September 1998)
Average home league attendance 34,754
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 1997–98 1999–00 →

The 1998–99 season was Chelsea F.C.'s 94th competitive season, seventh consecutive season in the Premier League and 93rd year as a club.

Season summary

After a solid fourth-place finish coupled with European and League Cup success the previous season, Chelsea really felt that they could challenge for the title this season. Chelsea made more big name signings, including French World Cup winning defender Marcel Desailly from A.C. Milan, Spanish international full-back Albert Ferrer from Barcelona and, in a club-record £5.4 million move, Italian international striker Pierluigi Casiraghi from Lazio. Casiraghi's season and career was cut short by a knee injury, but his compatriot Gianfranco Zola had arguably the best season of his career, leading Chelsea to a serious title challenge, scoring 15 goals in all competitions and setting up many other goals for his team-mates.

Ultimately, the European Super Cup, won by beating Europeans champions Real Madrid, was the only trophy that Chelsea had to show for their excellence. Their defence of the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup ended in the semi-finals, while their title challenge was ended in early May when they just couldn't get the better of Manchester United or Arsenal. Nonetheless, a final third-place finish booked them their first ever UEFA Champions League campaign and was another triumph for their excellent young manager Gianluca Vialli, who, at 35, announced his retirement as a player to concentrate on his managerial duties.

Final league table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 38 22 13 3 80 37 +43 79 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Arsenal 38 22 12 4 59 17 +42 78
3 Chelsea 38 20 15 3 57 30 +27 75 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Leeds United 38 18 13 7 62 34 +28 67 1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round
5 West Ham United 38 16 9 13 46 53 −7 57 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
6 Aston Villa 38 15 10 13 51 46 +5 55
7 Liverpool 38 15 9 14 68 49 +19 54
8 Derby County 38 13 13 12 40 45 −5 52
9 Middlesbrough 38 12 15 11 48 54 −6 51
10 Leicester City 38 12 13 13 40 46 −6 49
11 Tottenham Hotspur 38 11 14 13 47 50 −3 47 1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round 1
12 Sheffield Wednesday 38 13 7 18 41 42 −1 46
13 Newcastle United 38 11 13 14 48 54 −6 46 1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round 2
14 Everton 38 11 10 17 42 47 −5 43
15 Coventry City 38 11 9 18 39 51 −12 42
16 Wimbledon 38 10 12 16 40 63 −23 42
17 Southampton 38 11 8 19 37 64 −27 41
18 Charlton Athletic (R) 38 8 12 18 41 56 −15 36 Relegation to 1999–2000 Football League First Division
19 Blackburn Rovers (R) 38 7 14 17 38 52 −14 35
20 Nottingham Forest (R) 38 7 9 22 35 69 −34 30

Updated to games played on 16 May 1999.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.
2 As Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Newcastle United, the losing finalists.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
 P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results Summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 20 15 3 57 30 +27 75 12 6 1 29 13 +16 8 9 2 28 17 +11

Source: 1998-99 FA Premier League table

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHHAAAAHAHHAH
Result L D D W W W D W D D W W D D W D D W W D W W L W D W W L W W W D D D W W D W
Position 18 17 18 15 11 7 6 4 6 5 4 4 4 6 3 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3

Source: 11v11.com: 1998-99 Chelsea results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Squad

[1][2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Netherlands GK Ed de Goey
2 Romania DF Dan Petrescu
3 Nigeria DF Celestine Babayaro
4 England DF Michael Duberry
5 France DF Frank Leboeuf
6 France DF Marcel Desailly
8 Uruguay MF Gustavo Poyet
9 Italy FW Gianluca Vialli
10 Italy FW Pierluigi Casiraghi
11 England MF Dennis Wise (captain)
12 Denmark MF Bjarne Goldbæk
13 England GK Kevin Hitchcock
14 England DF Graeme Le Saux
15 Italy MF Samuele Dalla Bona
16 Italy MF Roberto Di Matteo
17 Spain DF Albert Ferrer
No. Position Player
18 England DF Andy Myers
19 Norway FW Tore André Flo
20 Wales DF Danny Slatter
21 France DF Bernard Lambourde
22 England FW Mark Nicholls
23 Russia GK Dmitri Kharine
24 England MF Eddie Newton
25 Italy FW Gianfranco Zola
26 England DF John Terry
27 England DF Jon Harley
28 England MF Jody Morris
29 England DF Neil Clement
30 Italy DF Luca Percassi
32 Finland FW Mikael Forssell
34 England MF Nick Crittenden

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
4 Scotland DF Steve Clarke (retired)
7 Denmark MF Brian Laudrup (to Copenhagen)
No. Position Player
15 England DF David Lee (to Bristol Rovers)
20 Jamaica DF Frank Sinclair[3] (to Leicester City)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
- England GK Rhys Evans
- England DF Stephen Broad
- England MF Paul Hughes
- Scotland FW Steven Hampshire
No. Position Player
- England FW Sam Parkin
- England FW Joe Sheerin
- England FW Rob Wolleaston

Statistics

No. Pos Nat Player TotalFA Premier League Cup Winners Cup FA Cup Football League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Netherlands Ed de Goey 48 0 35 0 7 0 6 0 0 0
2 DF Romania Dan Petrescu 45 3 23+9 3 6 0 4 0 3 0
3 DF Nigeria Celestine Babayaro 43 4 26+2 3 7 1 4+1 0 3 0
4 DF England Michael Duberry 32 0 18+7 0 2 0 2 0 3 0
5 DF France Frank Leboeuf 45 7 33 4 6 1 4 1 2 1
6 DF France Marcel Desailly 44 1 30+1 0 7 1 6 0 0 0
7 MF Denmark Brian Laudrup 10 1 5+2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
8 MF Uruguay Gustavo Poyet 37 13 21+7 11 6 0 0 0 3 2
9 FW Italy Gianluca Vialli 20 10 9 1 5 1 3 2 3 6
10 FW Italy Pierluigi Casiraghi 14 1 10 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF England Dennis Wise 36 2 21+1 0 7 1 5 1 2 0
12 MF Denmark Bjarne Goldbæk 31 5 13+10 5 0 0 2+4 0 2 0
13 GK England Kevin Hitchcock 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF England Graeme Le Saux 45 0 30+1 0 8 0 6 0 0 0
15 DF England Andy Myers 4 0 1 0 1 0 0+2 0 0 0
16 MF Italy Roberto Di Matteo 45 3 26+4 2 7 0 4+2 1 1+1 0
17 DF Spain Albert Ferrer 40 0 30 0 7 0 2 0 0+1 0
19 FW Norway Tore Andre Flo 44 13 18+12 10 8 2 2+1 0 2+1 1
20 MF England Jody Morris 27 1 14+4 1 2 0 5 0 2 0
21 DF France Bernard Lambourde 25 1 12+5 0 3 1 2 0 2+1 0
22 FW England Mark Nicholls 16 0 0+9 0 2 0 0+3 0 2 0
23 GK Russia Dmitri Kharine 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
24 MF England Eddie Newton 9 0 1+6 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
25 FW Italy Gianfranco Zola 48 15 35+2 13 5 1 6 1 0 0
26 DF England John Terry 7 0 0+2 0 1 0 2+1 0 0+1 0
29 DF England Neil Clement 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
32 FW Finland Mikael Forssell 13 3 4+6 1 0 0 1+2 2 0 0
33 DF Italy Luca Percassi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
34 DF England Jon Harley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0

Statistics taken from . Squad details and shirt numbers from and .

Results

Premier League

Goal Scorers

UEFA Super Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
28 August 1998 Spain Real MadridN1-010,000Poyet

Goal Scorers

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
17 September 1998 R1Sweden HelsingborgH1-017,714Leboeuf
1 October 1998 R1Sweden HelsingborgA0-012,348
22 October 1998 R2Denmark CopenhagenH1-121,207Desailly
5 November 1998 R2Denmark CopenhagenA1-024,188Laudrup
4 March 1999 QFNorway VålerengaH3-034,177Babayaro, Zola, Wise
18 March 1999 QFNorway VålerengaA3-217,936Vialli, Lambourde, Flo
8 April 1999 SFSpain MallorcaH1-135524Flo
22 April 1999 SFSpain MallorcaA0-118,848

Goal Scorers

League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
28 October 1998 R3Aston VillaH4-126,790Vialli (3), Flo
11 November 1998 R4ArsenalA5-037,562Leboeuf, Vialli (2), Poyet (2)
1 December 1998 QFWimbledonA1-219,286Vialli

Goal Scorers

FA Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
2 January 1999 R3Oldham AthleticA2-012,770Vialli (2)
25 January 1999 R4Oxford UnitedA1-19,059Leboeuf (pen.)
3 February 1999 R4 (R)Oxford UnitedH4-232,106Wise, Zola, Forssell (2)
13 February 1999 R5Sheffield WednesdayA1-029,410Di Matteo
7 March 1999 R6Manchester UnitedA0-054,587
10 March 1999 R6 (R)Manchester UnitedH0-233,075

Goal Scorers

References

  1. ↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1998-1999/faprem/chelsea.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/chelsea/tab/players/season/1999
  3. ↑ Sinclair was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally.
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