1998–99 RCD Mallorca season

RCD Mallorca

1998–99 season
Manager	Héctor Cúper
La Liga	3rd
Copa del Rey	Quarter finals
Cup Winners' Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	Dani García (12)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Season summary

Mallorca finished third in La Liga, qualifying for the Champions League third qualifying round, and also reached the final of the last ever UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, but lost to Italian giants Lazio.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK César Gálvez 2 MF Mauricio Pineda (on loan from Udinese) 3 DF Miquel Soler 4 DF Gustavo Siviero 5 DF Marcelino 6 DF Paco 7 DF Lluís Carreras 8 FW Carlitos 9 FW Dani García 10 MF Ariel Ibagaza 11 MF Jovan Stanković 12 DF Lauren

No. Position Player 13 GK Carlos Roa 14 MF Javier Olaizola 15 MF Paco Soler 16 MF Óscar Arpón 21 FW Veljko Paunović (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 22 FW Leonardo Biagini 23 MF Vicente Engonga 24 FW Ariel López 26 DF Fernando Niño 27 FW Diego Tristán 30 FW Albert Luque 33 GK Leo Franco

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 18 MF Francisco Rufete (to Málaga)

Results

Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Heart of Midlothian v Mallorca

17 September 1998	Heart of Midlothian	0 – 1	Mallorca	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
		[ Report]	Marcelino  17'	Attendance: 13,573 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

Mallorca v Heart of Midlothian

1 October 1998	Mallorca	1 – 1	Heart of Midlothian	Estadio Lluís Sitjar, Palma de Mallorca
	Ariel López  49'		Hamilton  78'	Attendance: 12,218 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Germany)

Before the game, the delegate of Hearts complained about the non-standard goal height, and the referee measured it to be one centimeter lower than regulation. Hearts agreed to play the game anyway.

Second round

Genk v Mallorca

22 October 1998	Genk	1 – 1	Mallorca	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels[2]
	Oulare  71'		Dani  56'	Attendance: 24,046 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Mallorca v Genk

5 November 1998	Mallorca	0 – 0	Genk	Estadio Lluís Sitjar, Palma de Mallorca
				Attendance: 14,555 Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)

Quarter-final

Varteks v Mallorca

4 March 1999	Varteks	0 – 0	Mallorca	Gradski Stadion, Varaždin
				Attendance: 9,400 Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

Mallorca v Varteks

18 March 1999	Mallorca	3 – 1	Varteks	Estadio Lluís Sitjar, Palma de Mallorca
	Ibagaza  53' Paunović  55' Dani  75'		Balajić  90'	Attendance: 16,109 Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

Semi-final

Chelsea v Mallorca

8 April 1999	Chelsea	1 – 1	Mallorca	Stamford Bridge, London
	Flo  50'		Dani  32'	Attendance: 32,524 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Mallorca v Chelsea

24 April 1999	Mallorca	1 – 0	Chelsea	Estadio Lluís Sitjar, Palma de Mallorca
	Biagini  15'			Attendance: 18,848 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Final

Lazio v Mallorca

19 May 1999	Lazio	2 – 1	Mallorca	Villa Park, Birmingham
	Vieri  7' Nedvěd  81'		Dani  11'	Attendance: 35,021 Referee: Günther Benkö (Austria)

See also

• RCD Mallorca
• 1998–99 La Liga
• 1998–99 Copa del Rey
• 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

References

1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/spain/1998-1999/laliga/mallorca.htm
2. The game was played in Brussels as Genk's home stadium did not meet UEFA requirements.