1998–99 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1998–99 season
Manager	Jozef Vengloš
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish Premier League	2nd
Scottish Cup	Runners-up
Scottish League Cup	Third round
Champions League	Second qualifying round
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Henrik Larsson (29); All: ; Henrik Larsson (38)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 season was the 105th season of competitive football by Celtic. Celtic competed in the Scottish Premier League, UEFA Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

As defending league champions, they were now managed by Slovak coach Jozef Venglos following the resignation of Wim Jansen. However, they finished runners-up behind Rangers this season and also lost to them in the Scottish Cup final.

Summary

Season 1998–99 saw Celtic finish second in the league six points behind winner Rangers.^[1] They reached the final of the Scottish Cup losing to Rangers,^[2] the third round of the League Cup losing to Airdrieonians,^[3] the second qualifying round of the Champions League^[4] and the second round of the Uefa Cup losing to FC Zürich.^[5]

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
21 September 1998	Vidar Riseth	LASK Linz	£1,400,000^[6]
28 October 1998	Lubomir Moravcik	MSV Duisburg	£370,000^[7]
13 November 1998	Tony Warner	Liverpool	Loan^[8]
18 November 1998	Johan Mjallby	AIK Stockholm	£1,400,000^[9]
2 December 1998	Mark Viduka	Croatia Zagreb	£3,000,000^[10]
20 March 1999	Scott Marshall	Arsenal	Loan^[11]

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
21 September 1998	Malky Mackay	Norwich City	£350,000^[12]
5 February 1999	John Paul McBride	St Johnstone	£150,000^[13]
6 February 1999	David Hannah	Dundee United	£600,000^[14]
25 March 1999	Darren Jackson	Heart of Midlothian	£450,000^[15]
31 March 1999	Brian McLaughlin	Dundee United	Loan^[16]

Expenditure: £6,170,000
Income: £1,550,000
Total loss/gain: £4,620,000

Results and fixtures

^[17]^[18]^[19] Win Draw Loss

Friendlies

9 July 1998 Friendly	Hollandia	2–1	Celtic	Juliana Sportpark
	Veltmeyer 50' Zaoudi 83'		Blinker 11'	Referee: Van Dongen

10 July 1998 Friendly	ASWH	1–5	Celtic	Sportpark Schildman
	Koster 71' (Penalty)		Elliot 14', 57' Brattbakk 32', 55' Stubbs 49'	Attendance: 1,000

18 July 1998 Ray Montgomerie Testimonial	Kilmarnock	1–2	Celtic	Rugby Park
	Wright 19'		Larsson 35' Donnelly 40'	Attendance: 6,860 Referee: McCluskey

25 July 1998 Friendly	Celtic	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Celtic Park
	Blinker 43' Jackson 62'		Armstrong 11'	Attendance: 53,872 Referee: McCluskey

4 August 1998 Jimmy Phillips Testimonial	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Celtic	Reebok Stadium
	Sellars 33'		McNamara 87'	Attendance: 17,479 Referee: Lomas

8 August 1998 Friendly	Celtic	0–1	Liverpool	Celtic Park
			Leonhardsen 36'	Attendance: 59,727 Referee: Rowbotham

Premier League

1 August 1998 Premier League	Celtic	5–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Burley(hattrick), Donnelly, Mackay			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,377

16 August 1998 Premier League	Aberdeen	3–2	Celtic	Aberdeen
18:05 BST			Larsson, Larsson	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 16,440

22 August 1998 Premier League	Celtic	2–1	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00 BST	Burley, Burchill			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,133

29 August 1998 Premier League	Dundee	1–1	Celtic	Dundee
15:00 BST			Burley	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 9,853

12 September 1998 Premier League	Celtic	1–1	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
15:00 BST	Blinker			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,567

20 September 1998 Premier League	Rangers	0–0	Celtic	Glasgow
18:05 BST				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 50,026

23 September 1998 Premier League	Celtic	0–1	St Johnstone	Glasgow
19:45 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 55,745

26 September 1998 Premier League	Celtic	1–1	Hearts	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Donnelly			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,283 Referee: Willie Young

3 October 1998 Premier League	Motherwell	1–2	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00 BST			Brattbakk, Lambert	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 12,103

17 October 1998 Premier League	Dunfermline Athletic	2–2	Celtic	Dunfermline
15:00 BST			Larsson, Brattbakk	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 10,968

24 October 1998 Premier League	Celtic	2–0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Donnelly, Donnelly			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,963

31 October 1998 Premier League	Kilmarnock	2–0	Celtic	Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 16,695

7 November 1998 Premier League	Celtic	6–1	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Larsson, Burchill, Larsson, Burchill, Larsson, Donnelly			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,974

14 November 1998 Premier League	St Johnstone	2–1	Celtic	Perth
15:00 GMT			Larsson	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 9,762

21 November 1998 Premier League	Celtic	5–1	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Moravcik, Moravcik, Larsson, Larsson, Burchill			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,783

28 November 1998 Premier League	Celtic	2–0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Larsson, O'Donnell			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,227

6 December 1998 Premier League	Hearts	2–1	Celtic	Edinburgh
18:05 GMT	Adam 37' (49)		O'Donnell 74'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 17,334 Referee: Mike McCurry

12 December 1998 Premier League	Dundee United	1–1	Celtic	Dundee
15:00 GMT			O'Donnell	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 11,612

19 December 1998 Premier League	Celtic	5–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Larsson, Larsson, Mjallby, Moravcik, Moravcik			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,024

27 December 1998 Premier League	Dundee	0–3	Celtic	Dundee
18:05 GMT			O'Donnell, Riseth, own goal	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 10,043

3 January 1999 Premier League	Rangers	2–2	Celtic	Glasgow
18:05 GMT			Stubbs, Larsson	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 50,059

31 January 1999 Premier League	Celtic	5–0	St Johnstone	Glasgow
18:05 GMT	Brattbakk, Moravcik, Larsson, Brattbakk, Brattbakk			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,746

6 February 1999 Premier League	Celtic	3–0	Hearts	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Larsson 21' (24), 66' (pen.)			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,844 Referee: Stuart Dougal

17 February 1999 Premier League	Celtic	1–0	Kilmarnock	Kilmarnock
19:45 GMT	Riseth			Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 59,220

21 February 1999 Premier League	Motherwell	1–7	Celtic	Motherwell
18:05 GMT			Larsson, Larsson, Larsson, Larsson, Moravcik, Burley, Burchill	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 11,963

27 February 1999 Premier League	Celtic	2–1	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Burley, Larsson			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,902

14 March 1999 Premier League	Aberdeen	1–5	Celtic	Aberdeen
18:05 GMT			Viduka, Viduka, Larsson, Larsson, Burley	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 16,825

21 March 1999 Premier League	Kilmarnock	0–0	Celtic	Kilmarnock
18:05 GMT				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 14,472

3 April 1999 Premier League	Celtic	5–0	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Larsson, Burley, Viduka, Larsson, Blinker			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,269

14 April 1999 Premier League	Hearts	2–4	Celtic	Edinburgh
19:45 GMT	Adam 27' (48)		Riseth 2' Blinker 7' Viduka	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 16,388 Referee: Stuart Dougal

17 April 1999 Premier League	Celtic	1–0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Larsson			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,588

24 April 1999 Premier League	St Johnstone	1–0	Celtic	Perth
15:00 GMT				Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 10,393

2 May 1999 Premier League	Celtic	0–3	Rangers	Glasgow
18:05 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,918

8 May 1999 Premier League	Dunfermline Athletic	1–2	Celtic	Dunfermline
15:00 GMT			Johnson, Johnson	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 8,848

15 May 1999 Premier League	Celtic	3–2	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Blinker, Johnson, Burchill			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,138

23 May 1999 Premier League	Dundee United	1–2	Celtic	Dundee
12:00 GMT			Burchill, Burchill	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 10,062

Champions League

22 July 1998 First Qualifying Round 1st leg	Celtic	0–0	St Patrick's Athletic	Glasgow
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 56,685 Referee: Bohdan Benedik

29 July 1998 First Qualifying Round 2nd leg	St Patrick's Athletic	0–2 (0 – 2 agg.)	Celtic	Dublin
19:45 GMT		Report	Brattbakk 12' Larsson 72'	Stadium: Richmond Park Attendance: 8,929 Referee: Mikko Vuorela

12 August 1998 Second Qualifying Round 1st leg	Celtic	1–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Glasgow
19:45	Jackson 50'	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 51,500 Referee: José María García-Aranda

26 August 1998 Second Qualifying Round 2nd leg	Dinamo Zagreb	3–0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Celtic	Zagreb
19:15 GMT	Maric 23' Prosinečki 44' (Penalty), 68'			Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 23,570 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

UEFA Cup

15 September 1998 First round 1st leg	Vitória	1–2	Celtic	Guimarães
21:00 GMT	Geraldo 86'	Report	Larsson 1' Donnelly 70'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich

29 September 1998 First round 2nd leg	Celtic	2–1 (4 – 2 agg.)	Vitória	Glasgow
19:45 GMT	Stubbs 38' Larsson 90' 85'	Report	Sodestrom 87'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 38,076 Referee: Oguz Sarvan

20 October 1998 Second round 1st leg	Celtic	1–1	FC Zürich	Glasgow
20:00	Brattbakk 23' Boyd 45'	Report	Fischer 75'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 44,121 Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk

3 November 1998 Second round 2nd leg	FC Zürich	4–2 (5 – 3 agg.)	Celtic	Zürich
19:15 GMT	Signore 51' Chassot 56' Bartlett 61' Santanna 75'	Report	O'Donnell 57' Larsson 72'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Leif Sundell

League Cup

19 August 1998 Third round	Airdrieonians	1–0	Celtic	Airdrie
19:45 BST	Wilson 16'	BBC Report		Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Hugh Dallas

Scottish Cup

23 January 1999 Third round	Celtic	3–1	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Larsson 3' Stewart 49' (Own Goal) O'Donnell 51'		Cooper 23'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 43,642 Referee: Kenny Clark

13 February 1999 Fourth round	Celtic	4–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Larsson 26', 31' (Penalty), 41' Brattbakk 41'			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 47,194 Referee: Eddie Martindale

8 March 1999 Quarter-final	Morton	0–3	Celtic	Greenock
20:00 GMT			Viduka 9', 83' Larsson 58' Mjällby 85'	Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Kenny Clark

10 April 1999 Semi-final	Celtic	2–0	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Blinker 30' Viduka 39'			Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 43,691 Referee: Willie Young

29 May 1999 Final	Celtic	0–1	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00 BST		BBC Report	Wallace 48'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 52,670 Referee: Hugh Dallas

Squad

^[20] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SCO	Jonathan Gould
2	DF	SCO	Tom Boyd
3	DF	FRA	Stéphane Mahé
4	DF	SCO	Jackie McNamara
5	DF	DEN	Marc Rieper
6	DF	ENG	Alan Stubbs
7	FW	SWE	Henrik Larsson
8	MF	SCO	Craig Burley
9	FW	NOR	Harald Brattbakk
10	MF	SCO	Phil O'Donnell
11	DF	DEN	Morten Wieghorst
12	FW	ENG	Tommy Johnson
13	MF	SCO	Simon Donnelly
14	MF	SCO	Paul Lambert
15	FW	SCO	Darren Jackson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	SCO	David Hannah
17	DF	ITA	Enrico Annoni
18	DF	SCO	Tosh McKinlay
20	MF	NED	Regi Blinker
21	GK	SCO	Stewart Kerr
22	MF	SCO	Brian McLaughlin
23	GK	SCO	Andy McCondichie
24	MF	IRL	Colin Healy
25	MF	SVK	Ľubomír Moravčík
26	FW	SCO	John Paul McBride
27	FW	SCO	Mark Burchill
28	MF	SCO	Barry Elliot
30	DF	NOR	Vidar Riseth
35	DF	SWE	Johan Mjällby
36	FW	AUS	Mark Viduka

Statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	36	23	8	5	78	31	+47	77	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Celtic	36	21	8	7	84	35	+49	71	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round^[a]
3	St Johnstone	36	15	12	9	39	38	+1	57
4	Kilmarnock	36	14	14	8	47	29	+18	56
5	Dundee	36	13	7	16	36	56	−20	46

Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Soccerway and SPL official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since Rangers, the winners of the 1998–99 Scottish Cup, already qualified for the UEFA Champions League, Celtic, the losing finalist, earned a spot in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. As such, the league's UEFA Cup place moved down to third-placed St Johnstone. Scotland were also awarded an additional UEFA Cup place as the association was top of the UEFA Fair Play ranking. Kilmarnock earned this place as winners of the Scottish Fair Play ranking.

References

^ "1998-99 Premier League". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
^ "Scottish Cup Results for 1998-99". London Hearts. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
^ "Scottish League Cup Results for 1998-99". London Hearts. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
^ "UEFA Champions League 1998/99 Celtic". Uefa. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
^ "Celtic 1998/99 Uefa Cup". Uefa.com. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
^ "Dr Jozef makes Norwegian midfielder his first Parkhead new boy of the season: £1.4m Riseth joins Celts". The Herald. 22 September 1998.
^ "Celtic's Dr Venglos defends his signing of 33-year-old Slovakian midfielder: Moravcik will have to fight for team place". The Herald. 29 October 1998.
^ "Old Firm solve goalkeeper worries". The Herald. 14 November 1998.
^ "Mjallby will outshine Larsson at Parkhead". The Herald. 19 November 1998.
^ "Celtic hierarchy make it clear that Norwegian still has a big part to play at Parkhead: Viduka's arrival does not spell the end for Brattbakk". The Herald. 3 December 1998.
^ "Sibling rivalry could be the answer to Celtic's troubles". The Herald. 20 March 1999.
^ "Malky Mackay". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
^ "Parkhead pair move on to do battle". The Herald. 6 February 1999.
^ "Parkhead pair move on to do battle". The Herald. 6 February 1999.
^ "Jackson happy to give his all for Hearts cause: Jefferies calls for fans to forget old animosities and get behind his new boy". The Herald. 26 March 1999.
^ "Advocaat ready to discuss extension to his contract". The Herald. 1 April 1999.
^ "Celtic results 1998/1999". Celtic Mad. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
^ "1998 Fixtures". Celtic Wiki. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
^ "1999 Fixtures". Celtic Wiki. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
^ "Celtic FC Player's Squad Numbers 1998-99 to 2011-12". Myfootballfacts. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

[table_note_res_UCQ0.79713251106307-21] Since Rangers, the winners of the 1998–99 Scottish Cup, already qualified for the UEFA Champions League, Celtic, the losing finalist, earned a spot in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. As such, the league's UEFA Cup place moved down to third-placed St Johnstone. Scotland were also awarded an additional UEFA Cup place as the association was top of the UEFA Fair Play ranking. Kilmarnock earned this place as winners of the Scottish Fair Play ranking.

[1] "1998-99 Premier League". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2011.

[2] "Scottish Cup Results for 1998-99". London Hearts. Retrieved 5 December 2011.

[3] "Scottish League Cup Results for 1998-99". London Hearts. Retrieved 5 December 2011.

[4] "UEFA Champions League 1998/99 Celtic". Uefa. Retrieved 5 December 2011.

[5] "Celtic 1998/99 Uefa Cup". Uefa.com. Retrieved 5 December 2011.

[6] "Dr Jozef makes Norwegian midfielder his first Parkhead new boy of the season: £1.4m Riseth joins Celts". The Herald. 22 September 1998.

[7] "Celtic's Dr Venglos defends his signing of 33-year-old Slovakian midfielder: Moravcik will have to fight for team place". The Herald. 29 October 1998.

[8] "Old Firm solve goalkeeper worries". The Herald. 14 November 1998.

[9] "Mjallby will outshine Larsson at Parkhead". The Herald. 19 November 1998.

[10] "Celtic hierarchy make it clear that Norwegian still has a big part to play at Parkhead: Viduka's arrival does not spell the end for Brattbakk". The Herald. 3 December 1998.

[11] "Sibling rivalry could be the answer to Celtic's troubles". The Herald. 20 March 1999.

[soccerbase-12] "Malky Mackay". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 5 February 2011.

[13] "Parkhead pair move on to do battle". The Herald. 6 February 1999.

[14] "Parkhead pair move on to do battle". The Herald. 6 February 1999.

[15] "Jackson happy to give his all for Hearts cause: Jefferies calls for fans to forget old animosities and get behind his new boy". The Herald. 26 March 1999.

[16] "Advocaat ready to discuss extension to his contract". The Herald. 1 April 1999.

[17] "Celtic results 1998/1999". Celtic Mad. Retrieved 5 December 2011.

[18] "1998 Fixtures". Celtic Wiki. Retrieved 5 December 2011.

[19] "1999 Fixtures". Celtic Wiki. Retrieved 5 December 2011.

[20] "Celtic FC Player's Squad Numbers 1998-99 to 2011-12". Myfootballfacts. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

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