1998–99 Valencia CF season
1998–99 season | |||
Manager | Claudio Ranieri | ||
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La Liga | 4th | ||
UEFA Cup | Second round | ||
Copa del Rey | Winners | ||
Top goalscorer | Claudio López (21) | ||
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Valencia CF had a successful season, finishing in the top four of La Liga and thus qualifying for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in almost 30 years, thanks to the extension of the competition to include more teams from the top leagues. Valencia also won the Copa del Rey, ending a long trophy drought and marking a successful end to Italian coach Claudio Ranieri's first spell at the club. Among the main players behind the success included Gaizka Mendieta, Javier Farinós and lethal striker Claudio López.
At the end of the season, Ranieri left to manage Atlético Madrid; he was replaced by Argentine Héctor Cúper, who had led Mallorca to third place and the Cup Winners' Cup final.
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.
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Left club during season
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Results
La Liga
- Valencia-Athletic Bilbao 1-0
- 1-0 Angulo
65'
- Deportivo-Valencia 1-0
- 1-0 Gabriel Schürrer
4'
- Valencia-Villareal 1-0
- 1-0 Angulo
45'
- Valladolid-Valencia 3-1
- 0-1 Angulo
31'
- 1-1 Alen Peternac
35'
- 2-1 Javi Torres
37'
- 3-1 Alberto Marcos
88'
- Valencia-Barcelona 1-3
- 1-0 Claudio López
14'
- 1-1 Patrick Kluivert
55'
- 1-2 Rivaldo
73'
- 1-3 Sonny Anderson
90'
- Athletic Bilbao-Valencia 2-0
- 1-0 Ismael Urzaiz
27'
- 2-0 Julen Guerrero
51'
- Valencia-Betis 5-1
- 1-0 Claudio López
29'
- 1-1 Alexis
33'
- 2-1 Adrian Ilie
42'
- 3-1 Stefan Schwarz
67'
- 4-1 Claudio López
73'
- 5-1 Adrian Ilie
82'
- Real Zaragoza-Valencia 1-4
- 0-1 Adrian Ilie
3'
- 1-1 Kily González
24'
- 1-2 Cristiano Lucarelli
68'
- 1-3 Stefan Schwarz
78'
- 1-4 Gaizka Mendieta
85'
- Valencia-Racing Santander 3-0
- 1-0 Miroslav Đukić
46'
- 2-0 Stefan Schwarz
47'
- 3-0 Claudio López
62'
- Extremadura-Valencia 1-0
- 1-0 Alberto Toril
60'
- Valencia-Real Madrid 3-1
- 1-0 Angulo
35'
- 1-1 Sávio
57'
- 2-1 Claudio López
62'
- 3-1 Claudio López
74'
- Celta Vigo-Valencia 2-2
- 0-1 Gabriel Popescu
23'
- 1-1 Alexandr Mostovoi
34'
- 2-1 Juan Sánchez
56'
- 2-2 Adrian Ilie
66'
- Alavés-Valencia 0-1
- 0-1 Claudio López
65'
- Valencia-Salamanca 1-0
- 1-0 Angulo
76'
- Espanyol-Valencia 2-1
- 1-0 Joan Capdevila
35'
- 1-1 Javier Farinós
42'
- 2-1 Cristóbal
75'
- Valencia-Real Sociedad 2-0
- 1-0 Stefan Schwarz
19'
- 2-0 Claudio López
60'
- Real Oviedo-Valencia 2-2
- 1-0 Julio Dely Valdés
9'
- 1-1 Joyce Moreno
22' (o.g.)
- 2-1 Julio Dely Valdés
33'
- 2-2 Luis Milla
90'
- Valencia-Tenerife 1-1
- 1-0 Claudio López
37' (pen.)
- 1-1 Juanele
68' (pen.)
- Mallorca-Valencia 0-1
- 0-1 Claudio López
49'
- Atlético Madrid-Valencia 1-2
- 0-1 Claudio López
12'
- 1-1 José Mari
18'
- 1-2 Angulo
27'
- Valencia-Deportivo 0-0
- Villareal-Valencia 1-0
- 1-0 Gheorghe Craioveanu
90'
- Valencia-Valladolid 0-1
- 0-1 Alen Peternac
80'
- Barcelona-Valencia 2-4
- 0-1 Adrian Ilie
4'
- 1-1 Patrick Kluivert
30'
- 1-2 Claudio López
37'
- 2-2 Patrick Kluivert
78'
- 2-3 Angulo
82'
- 2-4 Claudio López
87'
- Valencia-Athletic Bilbao 4-1
- 0-1 Ismael Urzaiz
36'
- 1-1 Adrian Ilie
53'
- 2-1 Jocelyn Angloma
67'
- 3-1 Adrian Ilie
73' (pen.)
- 4-1 Claudio López
85'
- Betis-Valencia 0-1
- 0-1 Gaizka Mendieta
43'
- Valencia-Real Zaragoza 1-1
- 0-1 Gustavo López
18'
- 1-1 Adrian Ilie
48'
- Racing Santander-Valencia 0-1
- 0-1 Joachim Björklund
80'
- Valencia-Extremadura 1-1
- 0-1 Antonio Esposito
62'
- 1-1 Dennis Şerban
64'
- Real Madrid-Valencia 3-1
- 1-0 Fernando Morientes
11'
- 2-0 Raúl
30'
- 2-1 Gaizka Mendieta
69'
- 3-1 Raúl
70'
- Valencia-Celta Vigo 2-2
- 1-0 Goran Vlaović
12'
- 1-1 Juan Sánchez
41'
- 1-2 Valery Karpin
90'
- 2-2 Javier Farinós
90'
- Valencia-Alavés 5-0
- 1-0 Claudio López
19'
- 2-0 Gaizka Mendieta
33'
- 3-0 Claudio López
56'
- 4-0 Claudio López
71'
- 5-0 Gaizka Mendieta
81'
- Salamanca-Valencia 0-1
- 0-1 Goran Vlaović
23'
- Valencia-Espanyol 1-2
- 0-1 Raúl Tamudo
71'
- 0-2 Martín Posse
90'
- 1-2 Claudio López
90'
- Real Sociedad-Valencia 1-1
- 1-0 Darko Kovačević
74'
- 1-1 Adrian Ilie
90'
- Valencia-Real Oviedo 3-0
- 1-0 Gaizka Mendieta
44' (pen.)
- 2-0 Claudio López
60'
- 3-0 Claudio López
76' (pen.)
- Tenerife-Valencia 3-2
- 0-1 Angulo
3'
- 1-1 Pier
32'
- 2-1 Roy Makaay
59'
- 3-1 Pier
70'
- 3-2 Claudio López
87'
- Valencia-Mallorca 3-0
- 1-0 Adrian Ilie
12'
- 2-0 Gaizka Mendieta
51'
- 3-0 Adrian Ilie
66'
Top scorers
La Liga
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Claudio López 21
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Adrian Ilie 11
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Angulo 8
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Gaizka Mendieta 7
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Stefan Schwarz 4