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The 1999 UEFA Champions League Final took place at the Camp Nou in Barcelona on 26 May 1999 between English Champions Manchester United and German Champions FC Bayern Munich. It is best remembered for Manchester United dramatically scoring two goals in injury time to win 2-1 having trailed for most of the game. United's victory was the culmination of their famous Treble-winning season, as they had already won the Premier League title and the FA Cup earlier that month.[1] Bayern were also playing for a treble as they had already claimed the German League and the German Cup was a few weeks later. Manchester United wore their traditional red shirts, while Bayern Munich donned their grey Champions League kit. Referee Pierluigi Collina has cited it as the most memorable match of his career, even more so than the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final, which he also refereed, due to the "lion's roar" from the crowd at the end of the game.[2] Camp Nou (Catalan for new field, often reversed in English to become Nou Camp) is a football (soccer) stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ...
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Match summary
First half Six minutes into the match, Ronny Johnsen clumsily fouled Bayern striker Carsten Jancker just outside the area, and Mario Basler duly swept home a low free kick around the United wall to hand his team the lead. Contrary to popular belief, the free kick was not a deflection, but rather swerved marvellously into Peter Schmeichel's left hand corner. Despite the bad start, United began to dominate possession but failed to create any clear cut chances despite David Beckham's tireless running. They seemed to be badly missing influential midfielders Paul Scholes and Roy Keane, both of whom were suspended for the final. The German defence remained strong and well organised, as Andy Cole found out when his close-range effort was quickly closed down by three defenders. 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. Ronny Johnsen Ronny Johnsen (born June 10, 1969 in Tønsberg) is a Norwegian football player. ...
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Cole once again found himself with a chance in the Bayern box, but keeper Oliver Kahn came hurtling out of his goal to punch the ball to safety. At the other end, Basler came close with another free kick before Alexander Zickler sent a shot just wide from the edge of the box. As half time approached, United winger Ryan Giggs, playing out of position on the right, sent a weak header towards Kahn from a Cole cross, but that was as close as they were to come to a goal in the first half. Image File history File links Sam_Kufuor_lose. ...
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Second half The German team started the second half in a more positive mood with Jancker forcing a save from Schmeichel in the first minute of the restart. Basler was proving to be Bayern's most dangerous player, first firing a thirty-yard shot towards goal and then setting up a header for Markus Babbel, who missed the ball entirely. United put together their best move of the match so far on fifty-five minutes 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. Another chance for Basler prompted United manager Alex Ferguson to bring on striker Teddy Sheringham to try and regain control of the game. 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 blast which flashed wide. Schmeichel kept his side in the game when tipping another Effenberg shot over the bar after seventy-five minutes. Scholl then almost scored from a delicate twenty yard chip after a mesmerising run from Basler, but the ball bounced back off the post and into the arms of a relieved Schmeichel. With the game seemingly drifting away from the English side, Ferguson introduced striker Ole Gunnar Solskjær with ten minutes remaining. The substitute immediately forced Kahn into a diving save with a header; the closest United had come to scoring all game. A minute later, Bayern missed a chance to secure the trophy when an overhead kick from Jancker crashed off the crossbar, leaving Schmeichel helpless once again. As the game crept into the last five minutes, United's two substitutes forced Kahn into more saves, firstly through a Sheringham volley and then from another Solskjær header. Markus Babbel (born September 8, 1972 in Munich) is a former German international footballer who played as a defender. ...
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Injury time United won a corner just as the fourth official indicated a three minute injury time period, and in a last ditch attempt at an equaliser, Peter Schmeichel ventured up to Bayern's penalty area. At this point, ITV commentator Clive Tyldesley, himself a Manchester United fan, asked: "Can Manchester United score? They always score!".[3] Beckham flighted the corner in just over Schmeichel's head, Dwight Yorke put the ball back towards the crowded area, and after Thorsten Fink failed to clear sufficiently, the ball arrived at the feet of Ryan Giggs on the edge of the area. 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. It looked as if, having been behind for most of the match, United had forced extra time. "Name on the trophy!" declared Tyldesley (referring to the fact Bayern almost had their name etched on the trophy at this point of the game). Less than 30 seconds after the subsequent kick-off, United forced another corner, but Schmeichel stayed in his penalty area this time. Beckham again swung the corner in, which was headed downwards by Sheringham. Solskjær shot out a foot and poked the ball into the roof of the Bayern goal for United to take an astonishing lead. Solskjær celebrated by sliding on his knees, mimicking Basler's earlier celebration, before quickly being mobbed by the United players, substitutes and coaching staff. Schmeichel, in his own penalty area, famously cartwheeled with glee. Tyldesley's commentary on Solskjær's goal is famous among Manchester United fans for its direct nature: "Beckham... into Sheringham... and Solskjær has won it!" Tyldesley again followed this with the exclamation, "Manchester United have reached the Promised Land." In a game of association football (soccer), the fourth official is a match official who assists the referee in a variety of tasks, and who may be called upon to replace another match official. ...
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The game restarted, but many Bayern players were virtually unable to continue and needed the assistance of referee Pierluigi Collina to drag themselves off the ground. 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). United held onto their lead to record their second European Cup title. Samuel Kuffour memorably broke out in tears after the game, beating the floor in despair, and even the giant Carsten Jancker had collapsed in anguish. The television cameras also showed the expression of sheer disbelief on Lothar Matthäus's face after United's second goal went in. He had been substituted with just four minutes remaining, and the European Cup was the only major trophy he had failed to win during his career. This led Clive Tyldesley to say: "What must Lothar Matthäus be thinking?", before adding, with a considerable amount of bias: "Well, with the greatest respect, who cares?" Pierluigi Collina (born 13 February 1960) is an Italian former football referee, who was widely regarded as one of the worlds best officials. ...
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When the trophy was presented to Manchester United, the captain on the night, Peter Schmeichel, and manager Alex Ferguson raised the trophy together.
Match details | MANCHESTER UNITED: | | | | GK | 1 |
 Peter Schmeichel (c) | | RB | 2 |
 Gary Neville | | CB | 6 |
 Jaap Stam | | CB | 5 |
 Ronny Johnsen | | LB | 3 |
 Denis Irwin | | RM | 11 |
 Ryan Giggs | | CM | 8 |
Nicky Butt | | CM | 7 |
David Beckham | | LM | 15 |
 Jesper Blomqvist | |
 67' | | CF | 9 |
Andy Cole | |
81' | | CF | 19 |
 Dwight Yorke | | Substitutes: | | GK | 17 |
Raimond van der Gouw | | DF | 4 |
David May | | DF | 12 |
Philip Neville | | DF | 30 |
Wes Brown | | MF | 34 |
Jonathan Greening | | CF | 10 |
Teddy Sheringham | |
 67' | | CF | 20 |
Ole Gunnar Solskjær | |
81' | | Manager: |
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Match statistics | Manchester United | Bayern Munich | | Goals scored | 2 | 1 | | Total shots | | | | Shots on target | | | | Ball possession | | | | Corner kicks | | | | Fouls committed | | | | Offsides | | | | Yellow cards | 0 | 1 | | Red cards | 0 | 0 |
Aftermath The game's ending was so unexpected that UEFA President Lennart Johansson had left his seat in the stands before Sheringham's equaliser to make his way down to the pitch in order to present the European Cup trophy, already decorated with Bayern ribbons.[4] When emerging from the tunnel at the final whistle, he was stunned. "I can't believe it," he later said, "The winners are crying and the losers are dancing."[4] When the two teams went to collect their medals, television viewers around the world watched as Matthäus removed his runners-up medal, almost before he received it. He never won the competition, having moved to play in the USA for MetroStars in the MLS before Bayern next won the European Cup in 2001. Matthäus later commented that "it was not the best team that won but the luckiest."[5] The Union Européenne de Football Association or Union of European Football Associations in English, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ...
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In winning the trophy, Manchester United became the first English team to be crowned European Champions since the Heysel ban in 1985, and also the first team to achieve a unique (to date) Treble in English Football, by winning the Premiership, FA Cup and European Cup in the same season. After becoming the first ever manager to achieve this honour, Alex Ferguson received a knighthood on 12 June 1999 in recognition of his services to the game. In the post-match interview, Ferguson produced his now legendary summation of the game: "Football, bloody hell!" The final also signalled Peter Schmeichel's last ever game for Manchester United after eight years of service. For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...
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Two years later, Bayern and Manchester United met again in the Champions league 1/4-final stage. Bayern won both legs by 1-0 and 2-1 respectively and went on to win the trophy.
Notable facts - The climax of the game was voted as the 4th greatest sporting moment ever by Channel 4 viewers in a poll in early 2002.
- Manchester United became the first team to win the European Cup or Champions League having failed to be either the champions of Europe, champions of their country, or the winners of their country's domestic cup the preceding season. They had finished second in the 1997-98 season to Arsenal, but had qualified through UEFA's expanded format, which had been introduced a few seasons earlier. Had Bayern won the cup, they would have become the first team to achieve this feat, having also finished second in the Bundesliga to Kaiserslautern the season before.
- The day of the Final would have been the 90th birthday of former United manager Sir Matt Busby, who died in 1994, the only other Manchester United manager to lead the team to a European Cup title (in 1968).
- After trailing 1-0 for most of the game, Manchester United became the first team in the new-format UEFA Champions League to come back from a goal deficit to win the final.
- The two last minute goals were timed at 90:36 and 92:17.
- The game attracted an average of 15 million viewers on British television with a peak audience of 19 million in injury time. [7]
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Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, north London. ...
The Union Européenne de Football Association or Union of European Football Associations in English, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ...
The Bundesliga is the highest level of Germanys football league system. ...
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Sir Matthew Busby (Orbiston, Glasgow May 26, 1909 - January 20, 1994) was a football player and manager, most noted for his spell managing Manchester United F.C. during the 1950s and 1960s As a player, Busby enjoyed spells at Manchester City F.C and Liverpool F.C. and played at...
The term last minute goal is used in football (soccer) to describe a goal scored very late in a game. ...
See also - Manchester United F.C. season 1998-99
- The Treble
- UEFA Champions League 1998-99
Preceding article: Manchester United 1986-1998 Succeeding article: Manchester United 1999-present The 1998-99 season was the most successful in the history of Manchester United Football Club. ...
The Treble is a term in football that refers to a club winning their countrys top tier league and two cup competitions in the same season. ...
The 1998-99 season of the UEFA Champions League football club tournament was won by Manchester United, coming back from a goal down in the last two minutes of injury time to defeat Bayern Munich 2-1 in a memorable final. ...
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2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 Pierluigi Collina (born 13 February 1960) is an Italian former football referee, who was widely regarded as one of the worlds best officials. ...
The 1998 UEFA Champions League Final took place at the Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam on 20 May 1998. ...
The UEFA Champions League (also known as the European Cup, UCL, CE1, C1[1] or CL) is a seasonal club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ...
Manchester United Football Club are a world-famous English football club, based at the Old Trafford stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and are one of the most popular sports clubs in the world, with over 50 million supporters worldwide. ...
The 2000 UEFA Champions League Final took place at Stade de France in Paris, France on May 24, 2000. ...
The UEFA Champions League (also known as the European Cup, UCL, CE1, C1[1] or CL) is a seasonal club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ...
This page lists all the finals of the European Cup and Champions League. ...
1956 European Cup Final The 1956 European Cup Final was the first ever final in the pan-European football competition, the European Cup, now known as the UEFA Champions League. ...
The 1957 European Cup Final was a football match which took place at Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid, Spain, on May 30, 1957. ...
The 1958 European Cup Final was a football match which took place at Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, on May 28, 1958. ...
1959 European Cup Final The 1959 European Cup Final was the fourth final in the pan-European football competition, the European Cup, now known as the UEFA Champions League. ...
The 1960 European Cup Final was the fifth final in the prestigious European Cups history, contested between Real Madrid of Spain and Eintracht Frankfurt of Germany. ...
The 1961 European Cup Final was held at the Wankdorf Stadium, Berne, on May 31, 1961, that saw S.L. Benfica play against FC Barcelona. ...
The season 1961-62 of the European Cup football club tournament was won by SL Benfica for the second time in a row in a thrilling final against Real Madrid in the Olympic Stadium of Amsterdam. ...
The 1963 European Cup Final was a football match between A.C. Milan and at that time, the surprising SL Benfica, held at the Wembley Stadium, London. ...
The 1964 European Cup Final was a football match between Internazionale and at that time, the five time winners Real Madrid, held at the Prater Stadium, Vienna. ...
The 1965 European Cup Final was a football match between Internazionale and Portuguese club S.L. Benfica, held at the San Siro, Milan. ...
The 1966 European Cup Final was a football match held at Heysel Stadium, Brussells, on May 28, 1968, that saw Real Madrid CF of Spain defeat FK Partizan of Yugoslavia 2 - 1. ...
The Final of the European Cup in 1967 was contested at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon, Portugal on May 25, 1967. ...
The 1968 European Cup final was held at Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom on May 28, 1968 between Manchester United of England and SL Benfica of Portugal Wembley Stadium, London May 28, 1968 Attendance: 100 000 spectators Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy) Scorers: 53 Bobby Charlton 1-0, 75 Jaime...
The 1969 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, on May 26, 1969, that saw AC Milan of Italy defeat Ajax Amsterdam of the Netherlands 4 - 1. ...
The 1970 European Cup Final was a football match held at the San Siro, Milan, on May 6, 1970, that saw Feyenoord Rotterdam of the Netherlands defeat Celtic F.C. of Scotland 2 - 1 after extra-time. ...
The 1971 European Cup Final was a football match held at Wembley Stadium, London, on June 2, 1971, that saw Ajax Amsterdam of the Netherlands defeat Panathinaikos FC of Greece 2 - 0. ...
The 1972 European Cup Final was a football match held at Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, on May 31, 1972, that saw AFC Ajax of the Netherlands defeat F.C. Internazionale Milano of Italy 2 - 0. ...
The 1973 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, on May 30, 1973, that saw Ajax Amsterdam of the Netherlands defeat Juventus F.C. of Italy 1 - 0. ...
The season 1973-74 of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by Bayern Munich, beginning their own three year period of domination, in a replayed final against Atlético Madrid. ...
1975 European Cup Final The 1975 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Parc des Princes, Paris, on May 28, 1975, that saw FC Bayern Munich of Germany defeat Leeds United F.C. of England 2 - 0. ...
1976 European Cup Final The 1976 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Hampden Park, Glasgow, on May 12, 1976, that saw FC Bayern Munich of Germany defeat AS Saint-Étienne of France 1 - 0. ...
The 1977 European Cup Final took place at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on May 25, 1977. ...
1978 European Cup Final The 1978 European Cup Final took place at Wembley stadium in London on May 10, 1978. ...
The 1979 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Olympiastadion, Munich, on May 30, 1979, that saw Nottingham Forest F.C. of England defeat Malmö FF of Sweden 1 - 0. ...
The 1980 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, on May 28, 1980, that saw Nottingham Forest F.C. of England defeat Hamburger SV of Germany 1 - 0. ...
1981 European Cup Final The 1981 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Parc des Princes, Paris, on May 27, 1981, that saw Liverpool F.C. of England defeat Real Madrid of Spain 1 - 0. ...
1982 European Cup Final The 1982 European Cup Final was played on 26th May 1982. ...
The 1983 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, on May 25, 1983, that saw Hamburger SV of Germany defeat Juventus F.C. of Italy 1 - 0. ...
1984 European Cup Final The 1984 European Cup Final took place at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on May 30, 1984. ...
The 1985 European Cup Final was played between Liverpool FC of England and Juventus FC of Italy at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium on May 29th, 1985. ...
The 1986 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, on May 7, 1986, that saw Steaua Bucureşti of Romania defeat FC Barcelona of Spain in an extraordinary penalty shoot out, after 120 minutes of normal and extra time...
Madjer scores the equalizer with his back-heel for FC Porto in the 1987 European Cup final The 1987 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Prater Stadium, Vienna, on May 27, 1987, that saw FC Porto of Portugal defeat Bayern Munich of Germany 2 - 1. ...
The 1988 European Cup Final was played between PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands and Benfica of Portugal and won by PSV Eindhoven (on penalties). ...
The 1989 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Nou Camp, Barcelona, on May 24, 1989, that saw AC Milan of Italy defeat Steaua BucureÅŸti of Romania 4 - 0. ...
The 1990 European Cup final was a football match between AC Milan of Italy and SL Benfica of Portugal, the match was played on May 23, 1990 at the Praterstadion in Vienna, Austria. ...
The 1991 European Cup Final was a football match held at Stadio San Nicola, Bari, on May 29, 1991, that saw FK Red Star Belgrade of Yugoslavia defeat Olympique de Marseille of France in a penalty shoot out. ...
The 1992 European Cup Final was between FC Barcelona of Spain and U.C. Sampdoria of Italy. ...
The 1993 UEFA Champions League final was a football match between French club Olympique de Marseille and Italys AC Milan, played on May 18, 1993 at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany. ...
The 1994 UEFA Champions League final was a football match between Spanish club FC Barcelona and Italys AC Milan, played on May 18, 1994 at the Athens Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. ...
The 1995 UEFA Champions League Final was the 40th edition and took place in Vienna. ...
1996 European Cup Final The 1996 UEFA Champions League Final was between Juventus of Italy and Ajax of the Netherlands. ...
The 1997 UEFA Champions League Final took place at the Olympiastadion in Munich on 28 May 1997. ...
The 1998 UEFA Champions League Final took place at the Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam on 20 May 1998. ...
The 2000 UEFA Champions League Final took place at Stade de France in Paris, France on May 24, 2000. ...
The 2001 UEFA Champions League Final took place at San Siro in Milan, Italy on May 23, 2001. ...
The 2002 UEFA Champions League Final took place at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland on May 15, 2002. ...
The 2003 UEFA Champions League Final took place at Old Trafford in Manchester, England on May 28, 2003. ...
The 2004 UEFA Champions League Final took place at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on May 26, 2004. ...
The 2005 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey on May 25, 2005 and lasted until the early hours of May 26, 2005. ...
The 2006 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match between FC Barcelona of Spain and Arsenal F.C. of England. ...
The 2007 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match played at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece, on 23 May 2007, to decide the winner of the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League. ...
The 2008 UEFA Champions League Final will take place at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. ...
The 2009 UEFA Champions League Final will be the 54th final of the UEFA Champions League football tournament and the 17th final under the current format. ...
The 2010 UEFA Champions League Final will be the 55th final of the UEFA Champions League football tournament and the 18th final under the current format. ...
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The FIFA Club World Cup, formerly known as the FIFA Club World Championship, is a football competition contested between the champion clubs from all 6 continental confederations, although since 2007 the champions of Oceania must play a qualifying play-off against the champion club of the host country. ...
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The FIFA World Player of the Year is a football award given annually to the male and female player who are thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams. ...
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