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. 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. [51], As well as reducing the capacity of the stadium, UEFA also mandated that the Camp Nou pitch be narrowed by 4 metres (13ft) from 72 metres (236ft) to 68 metres (223ft), to match UEFA's 'standard' pitch size. The party had just started in the Catalan capital. The midfield width was provided by forward runs from Tarnat and Babbel. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! 1966Template:, |- The UEFA word, the UEFA logo and all marks related to UEFA competitions, are protected by trademarks and/or copyright of UEFA. Manchester United vs Bayern Munich 2-1 - UCL Final 1999 - HD - YouTube 0:00 / 6:43 Manchester United vs Bayern Munich 2-1 - UCL Final 1999 - HD Alegole 5.59K subscribers Subscribe 26K. 1983Template:, 1967Template:, Bayern raced into the lead after six minutes when Mario Basler deceived Peter Schmeichel from a free kick just outside the box. [10] Their manager then was Matt Busby, who had been seriously injured 10 years earlier in the Munich air disaster, which killed eight of his players on the way back from a European Cup tie in Belgrade, before rebuilding the team to become European Cup winners. [113] Greater Manchester Police later estimated that the actual number of people who attended the parade was around 500,000. was manager Sir Alex Ferguson's pithy summary of a remarkable evening in Barcelona. [76] A minute later, Bayern missed a chance to secure the trophy, when an overhead kick from Jancker came off the crossbar. 1987Template:, Steve Bartram recalls a season like no other in the storied history of Manchester United. 1989-90Template:, 2013-14Template:, Bloody hell". 1985-86Template:, The match was played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, to determine the winner of the 199899 UEFA Champions League. [82] They were stunned to have lost a game they had thought won just minutes before (several celebratory flares had already been ignited by the Bayern fans moments before United equalised, and ribbons in the club's colours had already been secured to the trophy itself in preparation for the presentation ceremony). |2nd leg The original capacity of the Camp Nou was just over 93,000, but its first major final, the 1972 Cup Winners' Cup Final, was attended by fewer than 25,000 spectators. 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. 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 similar to those used in the UEFA Champions League logo over the entire surface of the ball. 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. It was the 63rd game of a taxing campaign and the FA Cup final at Wembley had been staged on the previous weekend. UNITED 2-1 BAYERN: #UCL 1999 FINAL FLASHBACK - YouTube 0:00 / 9:57 MAN. Live now, Group D 1992Template:. Manchester United were without two of their best players namely Roy Keane and Paul Scholes for the final. 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. Cole once again found himself with a chance in the Bayern box, but goalkeeper Kahn hurried out of his goal to punch the ball to safety. If you looking for actual season click here. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer'. 1982Template:, The final was contested by Manchester United and Bayern Munich. The Red Devils defeated the Bavarians at the Camp Nou in Barcelona and completed. Live now, Group B Two minutes later, David Beckham's corner was nodded on by Sheringham and Solskjr prodded in to cap an incredible turnaround at the Camp Nou. 1990-91Template:, Champions League 1999/2000 You are in old season. Template:Flagicon Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy). Bayern took full advantage of a United side missing influential midfield pair Paul Scholes and Roy Keane, seizing control through Mario Basler's early free-kick and holding sway thereafter. 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. The Camp Nou was constructed over three years from 1954 to 1957 as a replacement for Barcelona's previous home, the nearby Camp de Les Corts, which had reached its limit for expansion. [63] Keane had suffered an ankle injury in the FA Cup final that would keep him out until the start of the following season,[64] but his suspension rendered the injury irrelevant to his selection. Busby died in 1994; the day of the 1999 Champions League final would have been his 90th birthday. Newsletter. [86] Matthus had captained Bayern in the 1987 European Cup final and lost in similar circumstances to two late Porto goals. |- 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. 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. In the process, Manchester United won their second Champions League title. Remember that the results and table are updated in real time. [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. Manchester United won the toss and therefore wore their usual European colours of red shirts, white shorts and white socks, while Bayern wore silver shirts, shorts and socks, all with maroon trim. 1975Template:, 1956Template:, United put out both Italian teams, Internazionale in the quarter-final and Juventus in the semis.. [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. UEFA Champions League - The 1999 Champions League final 20 years on: most dramatic ever? Fourth official:[54] With the 90 minutes up, Schmeichel went up for a Beckham corner in desperation but actually challenged for the set-piece. 1981-82Template:, The Bayern defence was anchored around sweeper Lothar Matthus, who played behind Thomas Linke and Ghana international Samuel Kuffour the only non-German in the Bayern side (by comparison, Manchester United had four Englishmen, one Welshman and one Irishman in their team). The substitute immediately forced Kahn into a diving save with a header; the closest United had come to scoring all game. #football #viral #highlights #championsleague #like #youtube #youtubeshorts #ytshorts #manchesterunited #bayenmunich #olegunnarsolskjaer #iconic #siralexferg. 1992-93Template:, |33 (A) The Camp Nou had hosted one previous European Cup final: Italian club Milan's 40 victory over Steaua Bucureti of Romania in 1989. Beckham again swung the corner in, finding the head of Sheringham, who nodded the ball down across the face of goal. By then, the stadium's capacity had been increased to over 120,000. With the game seemingly drifting away from the English side, Ferguson introduced striker Ole Gunnar Solskjr with ten minutes remaining. 1973Template:, The goal was timed at 36 seconds into injury time. Schmeichel kept his side in the game when tipping another Effenberg shot over the bar after 75 minutes. 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. [114], In the United Kingdom, the final was broadcast by ITV Sport with commentary provided by Clive Tyldesley and Ron Atkinson. 2000Template:, Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld announced his team's line-up for the final two full days ahead of the match. [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. [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. But those few seconds were enough for Manchester [United] to get back into the game. |Opponent [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. 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. |2nd leg Their next meeting saw the pair again play out a draw as the game finished 1-1. [40] Manchester United fell behind early in the second leg in Turin, as Filippo Inzaghi scored twice in the first 11 minutes. He had only refereed eight Champions League matches before the 1999 final, three of which came in the group stage earlier in the season, including the match between Barcelona and Bayern Munich at the Camp Nou on 4 November 1998; however, he had also taken charge of four matches at the 1996 Summer Olympics, including the final between Nigeria and Argentina, and two group stage matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. 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. 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". 1971Template:, Injuries also impacted on his selections, with French left-back Bixente Lizarazu and Brazilian forward Giovane lber suffering season-ending knee injuries. 1961Template:, |-bgcolor=#c1e0ff The triumph capped off an amazing season for Sir Alex Fergusons men. 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. The 1999 final, Bayern had been in control of the game, leading 1-0 with only four minutes to go. United never got going in the game and survived two late scares in the second half when Bayern were denied by the woodwork. The winners are crying and the losers are dancing. Of these, around two-thirds were reserved for the two finalist clubs (approximately 30,000 tickets per team). 1978-79Template:, 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. No use for commercial purposes may be made of such trademarks. On 26th of May 1999, Manchester United and Bayern Munich battled each other in the UEFA Champions League final. [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. Template:ImportTemplate:Infobox football match |Opponent 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. 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. They were stunned to have lost a game they had thought won just minutes before (several celebratory flares had already been ignited by the Munich fans moments before United equalised, and Bayern Munich ribbons had already been secured to the trophy itself in preparation for the presentation ceremony). I was off to celebrate after scoring the equaliser.". Referee Pierluigi Collina has cited it as one of the most memorable matches of his career, due to the incredible noise like a "lion's roar" from the crowd at the end of the game. [44] The Camp Nou had hosted one previous European Cup final: Italian club Milan's 40 victory over Steaua Bucureti of Romania in 1989. In the process, Manchester United won their second Champions League title. |40 (A) Drogba, with the last kick of his first spell at Chelsea, took the trophy to Stamford Bridge for the first and, so far, only time. Despite the bad start United began to dominate possession. We were playing well in the last 20 minutes and should have been able to hold on to victory. The Bayern defence was anchored around sweeper Matthus, who played behind Thomas Linke and Ghana international Samuel Kuffour the only non-German in the Bayern side (by comparison, Manchester United had four Englishmen in their team); Linke and Kuffour's partnership at centre-back meant club captain Thomas Helmer had to settle for a place on the bench. Cole once again found himself with a chance in the Bayern box, but keeper Oliver Kahn hurried out of his goal to punch the ball to safety. On 26 May 1999, Manchester United snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in the UEFA Champions League final against Bayern. 1961-62Template:, Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Quarter-finals 1996-97Template:, 1991-92. A first-half goal from summer signing Kai Havertz, the most expensive. Sir Alex Ferguson had originally considered selecting Ryan Giggs to join Nicky Butt in central midfield, but ultimately picked David Beckham. [76] As Bayern began to look increasingly 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. [25] Bayern also recorded a pair of victories over Barcelona, winning 10 at the Olympiastadion[26] and 21 at the Camp Nou. 2015Template:. 1963Template:, 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. 1983-84Template:, It would have been Sir Matt's 90th birthday, after all, so maybe it was fate. [119] In Spain, the match was shown on TVE. He was one of his side's best performers in each one of those finals. Both first legs finished as draws; Giggs scored in injury time to secure a 11 home draw for Manchester United after Antonio Conte had put Juventus ahead midway through the first half,[38] while Bayern also had to come from behind to draw 33 in Kyiv. United took the lead just before half-time through a Roy Keane strike from just outside the penalty area; however, Hasan Salihamidi equalised for Bayern in the 55th minute and the game finished as a 11 draw. 1974Template:, 1998Template:, It looked as if, having been behind for most of the match, United had forced extra time. 1958Template:, The official licensed stores are operated by 3rd party commercial partners appointed under license by UEFA. 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. 2006Template:, Manchester United came into the final knowing that the Champions. United won a corner just as the fourth official indicated three minutes of injury time, and with so little time left for an equaliser, Schmeichel ventured up to Bayern's penalty area. Live now, Group C 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. Contrary to popular belief, the free kick was not a deflection, but rather swerved into the far bottom corner of Peter Schmeichel's goal. Solskjr reacted fastest, shot out a foot and poked the ball into the roof of the Bayern goal for United to take the lead. The triumph capped off an amazing season for Sir Alex Fergusons men. The UEFA word, the UEFA logo and all marks related to UEFA competitions, are protected by trademarks and/or copyright of UEFA. Maybe wed have lost the game if it had gone in, so Im happy with the way it went in the end!". "I can't believe it," he later said, "The winners are crying and the losers are dancing." 1980Template:, |1st leg "I hit it over the bar. [96][97] It was also Blomqvist's last competitive appearance for the club. 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. The game restarted, but many Bayern players were overwhelmed with despair, virtually unable to continue and needed the assistance of referee Pierluigi Collina to drag themselves off the ground. Im lucky enough to guide it in.". When emerging from the tunnel at the final whistle, he was stunned. With Keane out, goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel was named as captain for his final Manchester United appearance. 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. 1991Template:, [124] The match was played in front of 61,175 spectators and raised 1.5million for the Manchester United Foundation.[125]. United's treble was the first since that of PSV Eindhoven in 1988, and the last until FC Barcelona completed their treble, 10 years later against United in the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final. 1978Template:, 2007-08Template:, 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. 2002-03Template:, [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). Yet the Reds were going strong deep into stoppage time, when the chips were down, and everything seemed to be slipping away. 2014-15Template:, 2009-10Template:, The match was played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, to determine the winner of the 1998-99 UEFA Champions League. 1997Template:, [92] Matthus later commented that "it was not the best team that won but the luckiest". 1958-59Template:, [54], The match ball for the final was the Nike NK 800 Geo, a white ball with a standard 32-panel design. Beckham, into Sheringham and Solskjr has won it! An overhead kick by Jancker bounced back off the bar as fortune was smiling on the Reds when we needed it most. Despite the introduction of Sheringham for Blomqvist and our dire need for a goal, Bayern looked the likelier scorers. 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. [31][32][33], In the quarter-finals, Bayern Munich were drawn against Group F winners and fellow German side Kaiserslautern, while Manchester United were paired with Group C winners Inter Milan. 1966-67Template:, However, the crowning glory for Ferguson was the substitutions he made. [95] He spent two seasons in Portugal before returning to England for spells with Aston Villa and Manchester City. Penalty shoot-out if no goals occur in extra time. Bayern Munich had an equally narrow advantage in their 22 matches against English opposition, with seven wins, nine draws and six defeats, including a win over Leeds United in the 1975 European Cup Final and a defeat to Aston Villa in the 1982 final. United did not play well, that is almost universally accepted, and fell behind after only six minutes. For the best possible experience, we recommend using. 1977-78Template:, Of these, around two-thirds were reserved for the two finalist clubs (approximately 30,000 tickets each). [46], Due to UEFA regulations regarding standing at football matches, the Camp Nou's terraced sections were closed for the 1999 Champions League final, reducing the capacity to approximately 92,000. Man Utd 2 Bayern Munich 1 | 1999 Champions League final | Manchester United Glory Days: How we secured the Treble by Adam Marshall Monday 25 May 2020 23:00 Manchester United defeated Bayern. [74] Babbel was originally intended to play a man-marking role on Giggs, with his defensive abilities earning him selection ahead of the more attack-minded Thomas Strunz;[71] however, this was nullified by Giggs' selection on the right wing, where he would play against Tarnat. Here, the PA news agency takes a look back at that. [106] After the treble was secured, much debate arose among English football fans as to whether the 1999 Manchester United team was the greatest club side ever, alongside past European Cup-winning teams. Wed 26 May 1999 17.37 EDT Bayern Munich: Kahn, Babbel, Kuffour, Matthaus, Effenberg, Basler, Jeremies, Tarnat, Jancker, Zickler, Linke. 1988Template:, 1962Template:, |32 (A) 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. UNITED 2-1 BAYERN: #UCL 1999 FINAL FLASHBACK UEFA 3.62M subscribers Subscribe 53K 3.5M views 4 years ago Relive. [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. 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. [11], Although it was the second Champions League season to feature clubs that had not won their national leagues the year before, Manchester United and Bayern Munich were the first such clubs to reach the final of the competition. The scores were level and United were buzzing. [111] Manchester United also received another financial boost in the form of an increase in the share price of their parent company on the London Stock Exchange; following the match, the price rose from 187 pence per share to 190 pence; however, this was still around 50p less than the shares were trading for earlier in the season during the attempted buyout of the club by BSkyB. Use of UEFA.com signifies your agreement to the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. 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. 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. 0 results are available, use up and down arrow keys to navigate, Classic Match: United 2-1 Bayern Munich Video. A scene from the dressing room after the heroic comeback against Bayern Munich. Hes ball watching. |align=left|Template:Flagicon Kaiserslautern [15], Since neither Manchester United nor Bayern Munich had won their respective leagues in 199798, both sides faced a qualifier to enter the 199899 Champions League. The defence was anchored by Lothar Matthaus, Thomas Linke and Ghana international Samuel Kuffour. [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. [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. [107] It was such a significant achievement for an English football club that Prime Minister Tony Blair took the time to watch part of the match and congratulate Manchester United from the opening of the new National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff. The official licensed stores are operated by 3rd party commercial partners appointed under license by UEFA. The night, which eventually became one of Manchester Uniteds most memorable nights, didn't start well. 1995-96Template:, [87], Assistant referees:[54] The venue for the final was the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. 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 Twenty years on, and with less than a week to go until Liverpool and Spurs meet in Madrid, UEFA.com ponders which was the most dramatic final in UEFA Champions League history. [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. The match referee was Pierluigi Collina of the Italy. 1972-73Template:, |60 No club has won the final by four goals since. 1986-87Template:, 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. "That was one of my strengths as well to know that I can come on and make a difference. The night, which eventually became one of Manchester Uniteds most memorable nights, didn't start well. 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. And the Germans looked set to be crowned kings of Europe right up until the 91st minute. The 1999 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place on Wednesday, 26 May 1999. [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. After the treble was secured, much debate arose among English football fans as to whether the 1999 Manchester United team was the greatest club side ever, alongside past European Cup-winning teams. Solskjr celebrated by sliding on his knees, mimicking Basler's earlier celebration, before quickly being mobbed by the United players, substitutes and coaching staff.
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