1998–99 AFC Ajax season, Players, Jong Ajax
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 AHL season
The 1998–99 AHL season was the 63rd season of the American Hockey League. Nineteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Providence Bruins finished first overall in the regular season, and won their first Calder Cup championship.


1998–99 AHL season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;


1998–99 AHL season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1998–99 AHL season, All Star Classic
The 12th AHL All-Star Game was played on January 25, 1999, at the First Union Center in Philadelphia. Team PlanetUSA defeated Team Canada 5-4 in a shootout. In the skills competition held the day before the All-Star Game, Team Canada won 15-12 over Team PlanetUSA.


1998–99 Aberdeen F.C. season
Aberdeen F.C. competed in the inaugural Scottish Premier League, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup in season 1998–99.


1998–99 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team
The 1998–1999 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team (variously "Alabama", "UA", "Bama" or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 1998–99 college basketball season. The head coach was Mark Gottfried, who was in his first season at Alabama. The team played its home games at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and was a member of the Southeastern Conference. This was the 87th season of basketball in the school's history. The Crimson Tide finished the season 17–15, 6–10 in SEC play, they lost in the second round of the 1999 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament. They were invited to the 1999 National Invitation Tournament and lost in the first round.


1998–99 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey season
The 1998–99 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers ice hockey team represented the University of Alabama in Huntsville in the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The Chargers were coached by Doug Ross who was in his seventeenth season as head coach. After six seasons in Division II, including two National Championships, UAH began play in as an independent in Division I, playing a schedule mixed with Division I and II teams. The Chargers played their home games in the Von Braun Center.


1998–99 Albanian Cup
1998–99 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the forty-seventh season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began on August 1998 with the First Round and ended on May 1999 with the Final match. The winners of the competition qualified for the 1999-2000 first round of the UEFA Europa League. KS Apolonia were the defending champions, having won their first Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by KF Tirana.


1998–99 Albanian Cup
The rounds were played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregated score was tied after both games, the team with the higher number of away goals advanced. If the number of away goals was equal in both games, the match was decided by extra time and a penalty shootout, if necessary.


1998–99 Albanian Cup, Second round
All sixteen teams of the 1997–98 Superliga and First Division entered in this round. First and second legs were played on January 1999.


1998–99 Albanian Cup, Quarterfinals
In this round entered the 8 winners from the previous round.


1998–99 Albanian Cup, Semifinals
In this round entered the four winners from the previous round.


1998–99 Albanian National Championship
The 1998–99 Albanian National Championship was the 60th season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930. The season began on 29 August 1998 and concluded on 15 May 1999. Vllaznia began the season as defending champions of the 1997–98 season and Burreli was the only team promoted from the Kategoria e Dytë as the league was reduced from 18 teams to 16.


1998–99 Albanian National Championship
Tirana won their 18th Albanian title, having finished as runners-up during the previous season. The newly promoted club Burreli were the first team to be relegated, and they were followed by Laçi and Besa down to the Kategoria e Dytë.


1998–99 Albanian National Championship, Teams, Promotion and relegation
A total of 16 teams competed in the 1998–99 season, 2 less than the previous where 18 teams competed. Of these 16 teams, 15 of them were from the 1997–98 season with Burreli being the only promoted side from the Kategoria e Dytë. 3 sides from the 1997–98 season were relegated, and they were Shqiponja, Sopoti and Albpetrol.


1998–99 Algerian Championnat National
The 1998–99 Algerian Championnat National was the 37th season of the Algerian Championnat National since its establishment in 1962. A total of 28 teams contested the league, with USM El Harrach as the defending champions, The Championnat started on September 10, 1998. and ended on May 31, 1999.


1998–99 Algerian Cup
The 1998–99 Algerian Cup was the 34th edition of the Algerian Cup. USM Alger won the Cup by defeating JS Kabylie 2-0. It was USM Alger fourth  Algerian Cup in its history.


1998–99 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
The 1998–99 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 29th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1970-71. The championship began on 4 October 1998 and ended on 17 March 1999.


1998–99 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
Corofin entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Ballina Stephenites in the Ulster Club Championship.


1998–99 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
On 17 March 1999, Crossmaglen Rangers won the championship following a 0-09 to 0-08 defeat of Ballina Stephenites in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. It was their second championship title overall and their first title since 1997.


1998–99 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
Crossmaglen's Oisín McConville was the championship's top scorer with 1-31.


1998–99 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
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1998–99 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
The 1998–99 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 29th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship began on 11 October 1998 and ended on 17 March 1999.


1998–99 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
Birr were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the county championship and failed to qualify.


1998–99 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
On 17 March 1999, St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield won the championship following a 2-14 to 0-8 defeat of Rathnure in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. It remains their only championship title.


1998–99 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
Rathnure's Paul Codd was the championship's top scorer with 1-24.


1998–99 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two
The 1998-99 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two was the twelfth full season of rugby union within the second tier of the English league system, currently known as the RFU Championship. The league was expanded from twelve teams to fourteen and new teams to the division included Bristol who had been relegated from the Allied Dunbar Premiership 1997-98 while London Welsh, Rugby Lions, Leeds Tykes and Worcester were promoted from National League 1. Allied Dunbar sponsored the top two divisions of the English rugby union leagues for the second season in a row. The leagues were previously known as the Courage Clubs Championship and sponsored by Courage Brewery.


1998–99 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two
Bristol, the champions, were promoted to the Allied Dunbar Premiership for season 1999–00. The runners–up Rotherham lost to the thirteenth placed team in the Premership (Bedford) in a two legged play–off and did not gain promotion. Blackheath and Fylde were relegated to Jewson National League 1 for the following season.


1998–99 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two, Season records, Team
60 - 3 Orrell at home to Blackheath on 26 September 1998


1998–99 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two, Season records, Team
51 - 3 Worcester away to Blackheath on 16 January 1999


1998–99 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two, Season records, Team
71 - 22 London Welsh at home to Blackheath on 17 April 1999


1998–99 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two, Season records, Team
London Welsh at home to Blackheath on 17 April 1999Worcester at home to Wakefield on 17 April 1999


1998–99 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two, Season records, Team
Coventry at home to Fylde on 26 September 1998London Welsh at home to Blackheath on 17 April 1999


1998–99 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two, Season records, Player
Steve Gough for Coventry at home to London Welsh on 10 October 1998


1998–99 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two, Season records, Player
Luke Nabaro for Bristol at home to Blackheath on 13 March 1999


1998–99 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two, Season records, Player
Steve Gough for Coventry at home to Fylde on 26 September 1998 Craig Raymond for London Welsh at home to Blackheath on 17 April 1999


1998–99 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two, Season records, Player
Sateki Tuipulotu for Leeds Tykes away to Coventry on 2 January 1999


1998–99 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two, Season records, Attendances
Leeds Tykes at home to Moseley on 16 April 1999


1998–99 Alpenliga season
The 1998–99 Alpenliga season was the eight and final season of the multi-national Alpenliga ice hockey league. 16 teams participated in the league, and VEU Feldkirch of Austria won the championship by defeating HC Bozen of Italy in the final. The Alpenliga was replaced by the Interliga for the 1999–00.


1998–99 Alpha Ethniki
The 1998–99 Alpha Ethniki was the 63rd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 22 August 1998 and ended on 30 May 1999. Olympiacos won their third consecutive and 28th Greek title.


1998–99 Argentine Primera División
The 1998–99 Argentine Primera División was the 108th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season ran from August 7, 1998, to June 21, 1999.


1998–99 Argentine Primera División
Boca Juniors won both, Apertura and Clausura championships (a total of 24 league titles to date), while Platense and Huracán were relegated with the worst points averages.


1998–99 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team
The 1998–99 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Lute Olson. The team played its home games in the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona, and was a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. The Wildcats finished the season in second place in the Pacific-10 conference with a 13–5 record. Arizona reached the 1999 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, losing to Oklahoma in the first round and finishing the season with a 22–7 record.


1998–99 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team
The 1998–99 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 1998–99 college basketball season. The head coach was Nolan Richardson, serving for his 14th year. The team played its home games in Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season
The 1998–99 season was the 101st season of competitive football played by Arsenal. The club, managed by Arsène Wenger, entered the campaign as Premier League and FA Cup double winners. They ended this campaign as league runners-up, a point behind Manchester United, who secured the title on the final day of the season. United also eliminated Arsenal in a FA Cup semi-final replay; Ryan Giggs scored an extra time winner in the 109th minute. Arsenal competed in Europe's premier club competition – the UEFA Champions League – for the first time since its rebrand in 1992, but failed to progress past the group stage.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season
In the transfer window, Arsenal purchased several players, including Swedish midfielder Freddie Ljungberg and Argentine Nelson Vivas. Ian Wright – the club's all-time top goalscorer, left in the summer to play for West Ham United. Striker Nwankwo Kanu joined Arsenal in January 1999.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season
Arsenal made an indifferent start to their league campaign with four consecutive draws from their first five matches. After defeat to Aston Villa in December 1998, the team embarked on a 19 match unbeaten run to steadily climb up the league table. A 6–1 win against Middlesbrough in April 1999 moved Arsenal to the top of the table for the first time in the season and victory against Tottenham Hotspur put the team three points clear as main challenger United drew with Liverpool. Both Arsenal and Manchester United went into the final two games of the league season on the same number of points, but the former's defeat to Leeds United all but ended their chances of retaining the title.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season
30 different players represented Arsenal in five competitions and there were 14 different goalscorers. Arsenal's top goalscorer was Nicolas Anelka, who scored 19 goals in 45 appearances.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Background
In the 1997–98 season, Arsenal participated in the Premier League. The club made several new purchases, notably midfielders Emmanuel Petit and Marc Overmars from AS Monaco and Ajax respectively. Ian Wright scored his 179th and 180th goals for Arsenal against Bolton Wanderers in September 1997 and in the process broke Cliff Bastin's goalscoring record at the club. A run of three defeats in four matches, starting away at Derby County in November, concluded with a 3–1 loss at home to Blackburn Rovers and left the team in sixth place.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Background
Although they were 12 points behind league leaders Manchester United by the end of February, a winning streak of nine matches ensured Arsenal won the championship, with a 4–0 win over Everton in May 1998. At Wembley Stadium, Arsenal beat Newcastle United 2–0 in the 1998 FA Cup Final to win the competition and complete a domestic double.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Background
Manager Arsène Wenger was awarded the Carling Manager of the Year award and striker Dennis Bergkamp was given the accolade of PFA Players' Player of the Year by his fellow peers and FWA Footballer of the Year by football writers, in recognition of Arsenal's achievements.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Background, Transfers
David Platt retired from career football at the end of the 1997–98 season. Wright left the club to join West Ham United on a two-year contract in July 1998. Wenger intended to replace him with either striker Patrick Kluivert or winger Thierry Henry, but wages and interest from other clubs proved to be a stumbling block. Defender Nelson Vivas was purchased on a £1.6 million deal to provide cover for Lee Dixon and Nigel Winterburn. Swedish midfielder Freddie Ljungberg joined the club on an undisclosed fee in September 1998, after reported interest from Chelsea.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Background, Transfers
Wenger made the decision to sign him after his performance for the Sweden national football team against England; "I have been aware of Ljungberg for some time but after watching him against England I decided to move for him very quickly." In January 1999, Arsenal completed the signing of striker Nwankwo Kanu.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies
To prepare for the upcoming season, Arsenal played a series of friendlies against, firstly, local sides Boreham Wood, Enfield Town and Luton Town, before travelling to Germany for their final pre-season games.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies, South Asian Tour
After the end of the season, Arsenal travelled to Asia to play the national sides of both Malaysia and Thailand. After a win against Malaysia, Arsenal suffered a shock loss to the Thai National Football team on 22 May.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, FA Charity Shield
Arsenal started the season with a 3–0 win in the Charity Shield against last season's Premier League runners-up Manchester United. Goals came from Overmars in the first half, Christopher Wreh after 61 minutes and Nicolas Anelka 11 minutes after. The result was the first time that a club from Southern England had won the Shield outright since Tottenham Hotspur in 1962.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, August–October
Arsenal began their defence of the league title against newly promoted team Nottingham Forest on 17 August 1998. A goal by Overmars, eleven minutes from the end gave Arsenal the lead; Geoff Thomas equalised for Nottingham Forest after Petit headed in the opening goal. A goalless draw against Liverpool was followed by successive 0–0 draws, at home to Charlton Athletic and away to Chelsea. Stephen Hughes scored a last minute equaliser at Filbert Street on 12 September 1998 to deny Leicester City a win.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, August–October
After the match, Wenger admitted the club were looking for a new striker to replace Ian Wright, being impressed with Leicester City's goalscorer Emile Heskey: "We will still be buying a striker but unfortunately Leicester do not want to sell Heskey so we will have to go somewhere else … I'm impressed by Heskey. Today he did very well offensively and tried like crazy; too much for me."


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, August–October
In Arsenal's next match, at home to Manchester United, goals from Tony Adams, Anelka and Freddie Ljungberg helped the champions inflict a 3–0 defeat; the result was Wenger's third consecutive win over rival manager Alex Ferguson. However, in the following match, Arsenal lost for the first time in the season, against Sheffield Wednesday. Substitute Lee Briscoe scored in the 89th minute, lobbing the ball precisely over goalkeeper Alex Manninger after Sheffield Wednesday striker Paolo Di Canio was sent off for pushing the referee.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, August–October
On 4 October 1998, Arsenal hosted Newcastle United at Highbury; Dennis Bergkamp scored his first league goal of the season in a 3–0 win. The team failed to convert several chances against Southampton, with the match ending in a 1–1 draw; Anelka and Petit did however score against Blackburn Rovers the following game, thus putting pressure on opposing manager Roy Hodgson as Blackburn remained in the bottom four. The month ended with a 1–0 win away to Coventry City; Anelka scored his fifth league goal of the season, tapping the ball in the net after a counterattack started by Overmars.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November–February
"Perhaps we gave our fans too much by winning the Double. Once you've eaten caviar, it is difficult to go back to sausages."


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November–February
Another 1–0 win, this time at home to Everton was followed by a goalless draw against rivals Tottenham Hotspur. After defeat midweek in the Champions League, Arsenal played Wimbledon at Selhurst Park. Striker Efan Ekoku scored the winning goal to condemn Arsenal to a second successive loss; Patrick Vieira sustained a hamstring injury in the match. Two more draws, against Middlesbrough and Derby County left Arsenal in fourth position but Wenger took comfort in the latter match, praising Steve Bould and David Seaman: "the real symbols of spirit."


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November–February
They faced league leaders Aston Villa on 13 December 1998, and having taken a 2–0 lead, through two goals scored by Bergkamp, had in unprecedented circumstances conceded three goals in the second half to lose the match. Arsenal responded to their third defeat of the season by putting a run together of three consecutive wins during the Christmas period – starting against Leeds United, followed by West Ham United and finally Charlton Athletic. The team ended the calendar year in fourth position, two points behind Chelsea.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November–February
On 9 January 1999, Arsenal were held to a stalemate by Liverpool; Wenger, commenting on the performance was disappointed about Liverpool's approach, adding: "Usually we create chances and don't score, but today we just didn't create chances." A headed goal by Martin Keown, from a Petit corner earned Arsenal a 1–0 win the following week, away to Nottingham Forest. Against Chelsea on the final day of January, Arsenal won 1–0 at Highbury to end the visitors 21-game unbeaten run in the Premier League. Wenger hailed the performance, saying "I knew my players were ready. After a few years you just know. It's like working for the weather forecast: you have a feeling whether it will rain or not."


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November–February
An inspired performance by Bergkamp helped Arsenal win 0–4 at West Ham United in the first weekend of February. He, however missed the following match, away to Manchester United, due to suspension along with Petit; Keown was absent due to a hamstring injury. Arsenal conceded a first half penalty when Ray Parlour brought down Ronny Johnsen. Dwight Yorke missed, chipping the ball wide of the right-hand post, and was made to pay early in the second half as new signing Nwankwo Kanu's through ball found striker Anelka, who scored.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November–February
Andy Cole equalised moments after – Arsenal's first goal conceded in two months, and with both teams spurring chances to win the match, it ended in a 1–1 draw. Three days after, Anelka scored his first career hat-trick against Leicester City. Bergkamp after the match felt Arsenal were now equipped to push on for a title challenge, like last season: "It's all coming back. I feel it, for myself and for the team." A draw at Newcastle left the team three points behind Chelsea, in third position.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, March–May
Arsenal moved into second place with a 3–0 win over Sheffield Wednesday on 9 March 1999. A brace from Bergkamp and a debut goal scored by Kanu – dumming the goalkeeper inside the penalty box and shooting past the middle of the net, meant the club now picked up 27 points out of a possible last 33. A 2–0 win against Everton was followed by another 2–0 win, at home to Coventry City. Arsenal drew 0–0 with Southampton on 3 April 1999, which left the team four points behind league leaders Manchester United.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, March–May
A 1–0 victory against Blackburn Rovers three days later, helped them move a point behind first position. The team scored five goals against Wimbledon and hit Middlesbrough for six the following week; Kanu's first goal, Arsenal's third was described as an "illustration of the African's deceptive subtlety," side-stepping defender Dean Gordon before stroking the ball past the net. The result moved Arsenal to the top of the table for the first time in the season, albeit having played a match more than Manchester United.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, March–May
In May Arsenal beat Derby County 1–0 to return to first spot, after Manchester United recorded three points against Aston Villa. A 1–3 away win against Tottenham Hotspur moved them three points clear after Paul Ince scored a late equaliser for Liverpool against Manchester United. Wenger was adamant that Ferguson's team were marginal favourites, but it was evident the title race would be decided on the final day, akin to 1995. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's late winner for Leeds United against Arsenal two days later all but ended their chances of retaining the league championship. Although Manchester United drew their penultimate match away to Blackburn Rovers, they eventually secured the title with a 2–1 victory at home to Tottenham Hotspur; a second half goal scored by Kanu against Aston Villa on the final day ensured Arsenal finished a point behind, in second place.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, FA Cup
As holders and participants of the top division, Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round, in which they were drawn to play Preston North End of the Second Division. Despite being 2–0 down in the first half, Arsenal came back to win the match 4–2 at Deepdale. In the fourth round, Arsenal played Wolverhampton Wanderers – a repeat of last year's semi-final. Goals from Overmars and Bergkamp helped Arsenal win 2–1; the match was overshadowed by the sending off of midfielder Petit.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, FA Cup
A fifth round tie against Sheffield United was replayed on 23 February 1999 at the suggestion of Wenger. The winning goal, scored by Overmars came from failure to return the ball to the opposition, in order to get defender Lee Morris off the pitch. Arsenal went on to win the replay 2–1 and a 1–0 victory against Derby County meant the team reached the semi-finals for the second consecutive season.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, FA Cup
Arsenal played league challengers Manchester United on 11 April 1999. Neither team was able to score even after extra time had been played, therefore the match was decided in a replay four days later. David Beckham opened the scoring for United from a long range shot, but Bergkamp equalised with a shot that deflected off United's centre back Jaap Stam. United captain Roy Keane was red-carded for two bookable offences, with his team playing the last thirty minutes of normal time a man down. In injury time, Phil Neville fouled Parlour in the penalty area, conceding a penalty.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, FA Cup
Peter Schmeichel parried away Bergkamp's resultant spot kick and the game went into extra time. Giggs scored partway through the second half of extra time. Picking up possession on the halfway line after a loose pass from Patrick Vieira, he dribbled past the entire Arsenal back line before shooting just under Seaman's bar. Giggs ran celebrating towards the United fans, and the team held on win 2–1. The goal was the last ever scored in a FA Cup semi-final replay; it was to be abolished from the following season.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, League Cup
In the third round of the League Cup, Arsenal faced Derby County at Pride Park. Wenger made several first team changes to give his younger players playing time; Arsenal ran out 2–1 winners, a performance where "every touch by a Derby player was greeted with ironic cheers." However, the team were beaten comprehensively in the next round to Chelsea at Highbury, losing 0–5. The result inflicted Arsenal's biggest defeat in over eight years and Wenger defended his team selection, virtually a 'second team': "I knew before the game that this kind of thing might happen.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, League Cup
You only had to look at the team sheets. If we had won I would still have gone on playing the same side because the players need the experience." Bergkamp, who was rested for the match, echoed his manager's comments: "We had a lot of young players on the field against Chelsea and, although they were feeling very down after losing like that, they will learn from it. To be honest, the scoreline doesn't mean anything, whether it was 1–0 or 5–0. The supporters will feel bad but I hope they understand Saturday will be a different game [at home to Tottenham Hotspur]."


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage
Winning the Premier League the previous season ensured Arsenal's qualification into the UEFA Champions League. They last participated in Europe's premier competition seven years ago, losing to Portuguese club Benfica, in the second round; the competition since was rebranded. In order to boost attendance figures, Arsenal was granted permission by UEFA and the Football Association to host their home Champions League matches at Wembley Stadium. A Wembley spokesman added "We would be delighted for Arsenal to use the stadium. It makes financial sense."


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage
The club were drawn in Group E, along with French champions Lens, Ukraine's Dynamo Kyiv and Panathinaikos of Greece. In the opening match against Lens, Arsenal conceded a late equaliser having dominated possession and chances. A win against Panathinaikos was followed by a draw at home to Dynamo Kyiv; Serhiy Rebrov scoring the equaliser in stoppage time. In the reverse fixture, Arsenal – depleted due to injuries, lost 3–1 and a further defeat, at home to Lens meant the team effectively were out of the competition. An understrength Arsenal team won their final group game away to Panathinaikos but finished third in Group B; Wenger asserted after the match that his main aim was to retain the Premier League, going further to describe the group as "very average".


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Player statistics
Arsenal used a total of 30 players during the 1998–99 season and there were 14 different goalscorers. There were also three squad members who did not make a first-team appearance in the campaign. Overmars featured in 49 matches – the most of any Arsenal player in the campaign. Vivas made the most appearances as a substitute with 18.


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Player statistics
The team scored a total of 82 goals in all competitions. The highest scorer was Anelka, with 19 goals, followed by Bergkamp who scored 16 goals. Three Arsenal players were sent off during the season: Dixon, Keown and Petit (twice).


1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season, Player statistics
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with number struck through and marked  left the club during the playing season.


1998–99 Asian Club Championship
The 1998–99 Asian Club Championship was the 18th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia.


1998–99 Asian Club Championship
Júbilo Iwata of Japan won the final and became Asian champions for the first time.


1998–99 Asian Club Championship, First round, West Asia
1 Both legs were played in Baghdad, Iraq by mutual agreement. 2 FC Irtysh were ejected from the competition for using two ineligible players. 3 FK Neftchy Farg'ona withdrew.


1998–99 Asian Club Championship, First round, East Asia
1 Selangor FA were entered after Penang, who had beaten them for the championship, withdrew due to excessive travel costs. 2 BEC Tero Sasana finished fourth, but were entered after the three clubs who finished above them for the championship withdrew due to excessive travel costs. 3 The match was played over one leg by mutual agreement. 4 Allied Bank Limited FC withdrew.


1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
The winners of the 1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup, the association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation, are listed below.


1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup, First round, East Asia
1 Police SC withdrew. 2 PIA FC withdrew. 3 Yangon City Development had been drawn against the representatives of Indonesia, but the 1997/98 Indonesian season was abandoned due to political and economic turmoil in the country.


1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup, Second round, East Asia
1 Yangon City Development were unable to field a team for the second leg to player illness.


1998–99 Asian Test Championship
The first Asian Test Championship, organized by the Asian Cricket Council was held between 16 February and 16 March 1999. India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka competed in the tournament; Bangladesh could not compete because the ICC had not granted them Test status. This tournament was considered to be the predecessor to the Test Cricket World Cup that the ICC was planning for the nine member nations. The tournament was almost canceled in January 1999 due to tour conflicts, television rights and security concerns.


1998–99 Asian Test Championship
Three round-robin tournament matches were played with each team meeting each other once and the top two sides playing a final. A win was worth 12 points, a tie 6 points and no points were awarded for a draw or loss. In addition to this, bonus points were awarded to teams for bowling and batting performances (see Scoring system). The venues of the round robin matches were rotated between the three countries: India (Calcutta), Sri Lanka (Colombo) and Pakistan (Lahore), while the final was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh as a neutral venue.


1998–99 Asian Test Championship
Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 175 in the final to become the first Asian Test Champions and received US$250,000 in prize money. Sri Lanka, the losing finalists, were awarded US$145,000, and India, the losers of the first round, US$100,000. ' Man of the Series', Wasim Akram, won US$20,000, while 'Man of the Match' winners received US$5,000 in prize money.


1998–99 Asian Test Championship, Squads, Umpires
The matches were officiated by two independent umpires of the ICC panel. This was the first time that this had occurred, traditionally one ICC umpire and one home umpire stand in Test matches. However, one home umpire was selected as the Third Umpire in each Test match. The ICC Match referee for the entire Championship was Cammie Smith of the West Indies.


1998–99 Asian Test Championship, Scoring system
A scoring system was devised by the Asian Test Championship Technical Committee consisting of Duleep Mendis (tournament director), Ashantha De Mel, Sunil Gavaskar and Majid Khan. It was based on the systems used in the Asian countries' domestic leagues.


1998–99 Asian Test Championship, Scoring system
Bonus points were awarded to teams for good bowling and batting performances (see table below). A maximum of 20 points could be gained in one match (including the 12 match winning points). The bonus bowling and batting points were confined to the first 100 overs of the first innings. The two teams with the highest number of points qualify for the final. If two teams are tied on points, the team with a better run rate in the first 100 overs will go through. If the final ends in a draw, the side with the higher bonus points will win.


1998–99 Aston Villa F.C. season
During the 1998–99 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons). The season was Villa's eighth in the Premier League, and their eleventh consecutive season in the top division of English football.


1998–99 Aston Villa F.C. season
This would be manager John Gregory's first full season. The early-season sale of Dwight Yorke to Manchester United seemed to rule out Villa's chances of challenging for a place in Europe, but new signings Dion Dublin and Paul Merson soon revitalised the attack and the team spent much of the first half of the season at the top of the Premiership.


1998–99 Aston Villa F.C. season
Eventually, the challenge from Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea proved to be too strong, and Villa's season capitulated. The team finally finished sixth below fellow blue-claret team West Ham United and thus missing out on a European place.


1998–99 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, First-team squad
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1998–99 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Left club during season
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1998–99 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad
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1998–99 Aston Villa F.C. season, Youth team
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1998–99 Aston Villa F.C. season, Other players
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1998–99 Athletic Bilbao season, Season summary
Athletic had finished second the previous season, and though they gathered only five points fewer - all from losing instead of drawing games - this was enough to drag them down to 8th place.


1998–99 Athletic Bilbao season, Season summary
The club had applied and qualified for the Intertoto Cup, but in the end declined to enter the competition.


1998–99 Athletic Bilbao season, Squad
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1998–99 Athletic Bilbao season, Squad, Left club during season
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1998–99 Atlanta Hawks season
The 1998–99 NBA season was the Hawks' 50th season in the National Basketball Association, and 31st season in Atlanta. During a season cut to 50 games by a lockout, the Hawks continued to split their home games between the Georgia Dome, and the Alexander Memorial Coliseum. In the off-season, the team signed free agents LaPhonso Ellis, second-year guard Anthony Johnson and re-signed former Hawks forward Grant Long. Ellis would reunite with his former teammate of the Denver Nuggets, 3-time Defensive Player of the Year Dikembe Mutombo.


1998–99 Atlanta Hawks season
However, Ellis would be out for the remainder of the season with a hernia injury after just 20 games, being replaced in the lineup by second-year forward Chris Crawford as starting small forward. The Hawks played around .500 with a 9–9 start, then later on posted a 7-game winning streak in April, and won nine of their final eleven games. The team finished second in the Central Division with a 31–19 record.


1998–99 Atlanta Hawks season
Steve Smith led the team in scoring with 18.7 points per game, while Mutombo averaged 10.8 points, 12.2 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game. Mookie Blaylock provided the team with 13.3 points, 5.8 assists and 2.1 steals per game, and Alan Henderson averaged 12.5 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. Mutombo and Blaylock were both named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. In the Eastern Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Hawks would defeat the Detroit Pistons in five games, but would be swept by the 8th-seeded New York Knicks in four straight games in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals. This season would also be the last time the Hawks appear in the playoffs until 2008.


1998–99 Atlanta Hawks season
Following the season, Smith was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, Blaylock was traded to the Golden State Warriors after seven seasons in Atlanta, Long signed as a free agent with the Vancouver Grizzlies, and Tyrone Corbin re-signed with the Sacramento Kings.


1998–99 Atlético Madrid season
The 1998–1999 campaign was the 93rd season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 64th season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football.


1998–99 Atlético Madrid season, Season summary
Arrigo Sacchi was sacked in February with Atlético in the UEFA Cup quarter-finals but also mired in the bottom half of the table. B-team manager Carlos Sánchez Aguiar took charge for the next month, guiding Atlético to the UEFA Cup semi-finals, before handing the reins to Radomir Antić. Antić had guided the club to the title three years previously, but ultimately the high point of his second spell in charge would be reaching the Copa del Rey final, only to be thrashed 3-0 by Valencia.


1998–99 Atlético Madrid season, Season summary
The league form under Antić continued to be mediocre and Atlético were also knocked out of the UEFA Cup in the semi-finals for the second season running, by eventual champions Parma. Although Atlético qualified for the UEFA Cup due to their domestic cup run, this season would prove to be the beginning of the end for Atlético's status as one of Spain's top clubs for most of the next decade; it would be five more years until Atlético recorded their next top-half finish, and another three before their return to European competition.


1998–99 Atlético Madrid season, First-team squad
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1998–99 Atlético Madrid season, First-team squad, Left club during season
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1998–99 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team
The 1998–99 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team represented Auburn University in the 1998–99 college basketball season. The team's head coach was Cliff Ellis, who was in his fifth season at Auburn. The team played their home games at Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum in Auburn, Alabama. They finished the season 29–4, 14–2 in SEC play to win the SEC regular season championship. They defeated Alabama to advance to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament where they lost to Kentucky. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Winthrop and Oklahoma State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to Ohio State.


1998–99 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team, Previous season
The Tigers finished the 1997–98 season 16–14, 7–9 in SEC play. They lost to Florida in the first round of the SEC Tournament. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Southern Miss to advance to the second round where they lost to Marquette.


1998–99 Australia Tri-Nation Series
The 1998–99 Australia Tri-Nation Series (more commonly known as the 1998–99 Carlton and United Series) was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tri-series where Australia played host to England and Sri Lanka. Australia and England reached the Finals, which Australia won 2–0.


1998–99 Australia Tri-Nation Series, Final series
Australia won the best of three final series against England 2–0.


1998–99 Australian Athletics Championships
The 1998–99 Australian Athletics Championships was the 77th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Australia. It was held from 18–20 February 1999 at the Olympic Park Stadium in Melbourne. It served as a selection meeting for Australia at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. The 10,000 metres event took place separately at the Zatopek 10K on 5 December 1998 at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne. The combined events were also held separately at the Hobart Grand Prix on 25–26 February 1999.


1998–99 Australian Baseball League season
The 1998–99 Australian Baseball League season was the 10th season of the original Australian Baseball League, contested between six teams representing state and regional capitals:  Adelaide Giants,  Gold Coast Cougars,  Melbourne Monarchs,  Melbourne Reds,  Perth Heat and  Sydney Storm. The championship was won by the Gold Coast Cougars, who defeated the Sydney Storm in 2 games in the championship series at the Sydney Showground Stadium. The Adelaide Giants finished the season on top of the ladder but were knocked out in Semi Final 1 by the Sydney Storm.


1998–99 Australian Baseball League season
All play-off games in the 1998–99 ABL season were held at the then-recently completed Sydney Showground, which was to become the main venue for baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics.


1998–99 Australian Baseball League season
1998–99 was the final season of the original Australian Baseball League. At the completion of the season the rights to the league were purchased by Dave Nilsson who then attempted to form the International Baseball League of Australia.


1998–99 Australian Baseball League season, Teams
Only 6 of the 8 teams from the previous season returned, The Hunter Eagles and Brisbane Bandits were both unable to continue in the league due to increasing financial pressure.


1998–99 Australian Baseball League season, Teams, Rosters
During the regular season each team made use of an active roster of 22–24 men, with a maximum of 4 import players.


1998–99 Australian Baseball League season, Postseason, Finals Series at Sydney Showground Stadium
The 1999 Postseason was held at the newly constructed Sydney Showground Stadium, The Showgrounds Stadium was to be the main venue for Baseball at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.


1998–99 Australian Baseball League season, Postseason, Finals Series at Sydney Showground Stadium
The Postseason followed a 3-game Semi Final playoff format, 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd. The winners of the two Semi Finals series then played off in a 3-game Championship series.


1998–99 Australian Figure Skating Championships
The 1998–99 Australian Figure Skating Championships was held in Melbourne from 25 July through 1 August 1998. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing across many levels, including senior, junior, novice, adult, and the pre-novice disciplines of primary and intermediate.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season
The 1998–99 Australian region cyclone season was an above average tropical cyclone season that featured Gwenda, the most intense tropical cyclone in the Australian Region (later tied with Inigo in 2003) . It began on 1 November 1998 and ended on 30 April 1999. The regional tropical cyclone operational plan also defines a tropical cyclone year separately from a tropical cyclone season, which runs from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season
Tropical cyclones in this area are monitored by four Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWCs): the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in Perth, Darwin, and Brisbane; and TCWC Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Alison
A tropical depression formed on 6 November 1998 near Cocos Island. The tropical depression rapidly strengthened into Tropical Cyclone Alison on the same day. Alison was 130 miles northeast of Cocos Island and was moving southeast. Alison passed only 25 miles south of Cocos bringing gale-force winds to the island. On 11 November, Alison encountered wind shear which weakened the storm and by 13 November the storm dissipated.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Billy
Billy formed on 1 December 1998 off the northwestern Australia coast. The storm moved nearly due south before making landfall near Onslow, Western Australia. Damage estimates from Australia are unavailable.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Thelma
On 3 December a tropical depression formed in the Arafura Sea, 250 miles east-northeast of Darwin. The system drifted southwestward, strengthening into Tropical Cyclone Thelma on 6 December. Thelma continued to intensify as it turned to the south-southwest, reaching Category 5 strengthen on the Australian cyclone scale as it brushed the Tiwi Islands. Cyclone Thelma reached a peak of 140 mph with a minimum pressure of 925 mbar on the 8th, and made landfall on the western Australian coastline on the 10th. After making landfall, the storm paralleled the coastline, and rapidly weakened to a tropical storm. Favorable conditions aloft allowed it to remain a tropical storm until the 15th, when the storm dissipated near Port Hedland. Thelma was responsible for moderate rainfall and downed trees, but caused no casualties due to the sparse population of where it hit.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low
On 3 December, an area of concentrated convection developed from a monsoon trough over the Indian Ocean. The next day RSMC La Reunion issued one advisory on this system, labeling it "A3". Over the next few days the area drifted eastward into the Australian region and slowly organized. The warning center at Perth initiated bulletins on the tropical low on 7 December when the system was located 175 nm west-northwest of Cocos Island. The low remained essentially stationary for the next 48 hours while slowly weakening.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low
Perth discontinued bulletins on the 8th, but continued to track the low for the next few days. The remnants of the low drifted eastward to a point about 150 nm north-northwest of Cocos. There is a significant possibility that this low is the same persistent one that developed into Tropical Cyclone Cathy.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low
A tropical disturbance was first noted by JTWC over the Gulf of Carpentaria on 25 December. The system deepened as it moved slowly westward over the next two days. The disturbance continued to intensify over the Northern Territory, until it stalled over the border of Queensland for a couple of days. On 30 December the system moved over water and began to develop further, prompting TCWC Brisbane to issue a Tropical Cyclone Watch for portions of the southern Gulf coast. The low turned south-southeast shortly afterwards, and warnings were canceled when it became apparent that the center moved back inland. The system weakened over northwestern Queensland and dissipated on 2 January.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low
The low brought heavy rains to the state of Queensland, with many centers reporting 24-hour totals over 150 mm. This rainfall activity was enhanced by an upper-level trough which brought showers as far south as Sydney on 1 January. Widespread flooding caused some of river systems which feed into Lake Eyre to reach flood stage. At least one death was indirectly attributed to the storm, when heavy rain and fog caused a car to drive off a road north of Brisbane.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Damien–Birenda
Severe Tropical Cyclone Damien–Birenda existed from 21 to 28 January.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 16P
An elongated monsoon trough spread across northern Australia in late January. On 22 January the Joint Typhoon Warning Center began mentioning a disturbance in the Gulf of Carpentaria in their daily Tropical Weather Outlooks. The disturbance drifted eastward from the north of Arnhem Land into the northern Gulf. The TCWC at Darwin begin issuing warnings on 24 January and a cyclone watch was posted for portions of the southern Gulf Coast. JTWC issued a Formation Alert early that day and began issuing warnings on the 25th.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 16P
The system drifted slowly in a south-southwesterly direction over the next couple of days. According to JTWC estimates, the system strengthened into a tropical storm at 1200 UTC on 25 January. Conditions deteriorated on 26 January when the system ran into some vertical wind shear and weakened. The JTWC noted that a second circulation appeared to the east of the warning position and that dry air entrainment had led to decreased organization of the depressions. When the low was about 125 nm east of Alyangula, Darwin issued the last gale warning, and ceased advices on the slow-moving system 24 hours later.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 18S
A tropical low numbered 18S existed from 31 January to 14 February.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Rona
Rona formed in the Coral Sea and crossed the Queensland coast on 11 February causing major flooding between Cairns and Townsville with extensive crop damage. It eventually reformed into Severe Tropical Cyclone Frank in the South Pacific.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low (26S)
A tropical low numbered 26S existed from 7 to 14 March.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Elaine
Making landfall on 20 March, this cyclone devastated the small town of Moora, where houses and commercial properties in the town were inundated by the floodwaters and approximately 1000 people were evacuated.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Vance
A tropical depression formed in the Timor Sea on 16 March 1999. The storm lingered before being upgraded to cyclone status and was named Vance. By 19 March, Cyclone Vance had reached Category 3 status as it neared the Australian coast. On 20 March, Vance became a Category 5 Australian cyclone as it made landfall near Exmouth. Moving southward, the interaction with land weakened Vance and by 24 March, the storm dissipated before reaching Victoria, Australia.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Vance
Vance caused significant flooding and property damage but there were no deaths.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Vance
Severe Tropical Cyclone Vance devastated the northwest town of Exmouth. A measured wind gust of 267 km/h, recorded at 11.50 am (WST) 22 March, at Learmonth Meteorological Office, is the highest wind speed ever recorded on mainland Australia. The Bureau's Regional Director Len Broadbridge said that Vance was one of the most severe cyclones in Australia's history. "The wind speeds experienced at Exmouth are possibly the strongest experienced by an Australian town or city in recorded history."


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Frederic–Evrina
This cyclone moved into Reunion area of responsibility on 1 April.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Gwenda
Cyclone Gwenda was another category 5 cyclone, the strongest of the season and the most powerful cyclone in this region on record. It formed on 4 April, and fortunately weakened before making landfall near Port Hedland, Australia on 7 April. Damage was minimal.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Hamish
This cyclone moved into Reunion area of responsibility on 21 April at tropical cyclone intensity. However, it was designated F1 and not named.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Storm names
Tropical cyclones are assigned names by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology or Papua New Guinea. Tropical cyclones are named if they are non-frontal low pressure systems of synoptic scale developing over warm waters, or if Dvorak intensity analysis indicate the presence of gale force or stronger winds near the centre. Therefore, tropical systems with gales in one or more quadrants, but not near the centre, are not named. All names assigned in the Australian region are selected sequentially. Only the names used during this cyclone season are listed below. The complete list of names for each basin are found in the World Meteorological Organization's official lists.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Storm names
Each Australian Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (Perth, Darwin, and Brisbane) maintains a list of names arranged alphabetically and alternating male and female. Tropical cyclones that develop in the South-East Indian Ocean are assigned names by the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Perth. This region includes the areas east of 90°E, south of the Equator, and west of 125°E. Tropical cyclones that develop south of the Equator between 125°E and 141°E are assigned names by the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Darwin, Northern Territory. This area includes most of the cyclones that form in the Arafura Sea and Western Gulf of Carpentaria. Tropical cyclones in the Coral Sea and Eastern Gulf of Carpentaria between 141°E and 160°E and south of 10°S are assigned names by the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Brisbane, Queensland.


1998–99 Australian region cyclone season, Storm names
Additionally, the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea reserves the right to name cyclones that develop in the Solomon Sea and Gulf of Papua, north of 10°S between 141°E and 160°E. Names are selected randomly from their list and retired once they are used. No cyclones were named by this warning centre during the 1998–99 season.


1998–99 Austrian Cup
The Austrian Cup 1998–99 was the sixty-fifth season of Austria's nationwide football cup competition. The final was held at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna on 18 May 1999.


1998–99 Austrian Cup
The competition was won by Sturm Graz after beating LASK Linz 4–2 on penalties after the match finished 1-1 after extra time.


1998–99 Austrian Cup, Second round
The second round games were played on August 21 – 23, 1998.


1998–99 Austrian Cup, Third round
The third-round games were played on September 4 – 17, 1998.


1998–99 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and SK Sturm Graz won the championship.


1998–99 Austrian Hockey League season
The 1998–99 Austrian Hockey League season was the 69th season of the Austrian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Austria. Four teams participated in the league, and EC VSV won the championship.


1998–99 Azadegan League
The 1998–99 Azadegan League was the 8th season of the Azadegan League that was won by Persepolis. The following is the final results of the Azadegan League's 1998–99 football season.


1998–99 Azerbaijan Top League
The 1998-99 Azerbaijan Top League was the eighth season of the Azerbaijan Top League, since their independence from the USSR in August 1991, and was contested by 14 clubs. The season took place between 15 August 1998 and May 1999 and was won by Kapaz with Neftqaz Bakı and Shahdag being relegated to the Azerbaijan First Division as well as Bakili Baku due to financial problems.


1998–99 Azerbaijan Top League, Teams, Stadia and locations
1Qarabağ played their home matches at Surakhani Stadium in Baku before moving to their current stadium on 3 May 2009.


1998–99 BVSC Budapest season, First team squad
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1998–99 BVSC Budapest season, Transfers, Summer
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1998–99 BVSC Budapest season, Transfers, Summer
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1998–99 BVSC Budapest season, Transfers, Winter
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1998–99 BVSC Budapest season, Transfers, Winter
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1998–99 Bahraini Premier League, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and Muharraq Club won the championship.


1998–99 Bangladeshi cricket season
For the first time since independence in 1971, first-class cricket was played in Bangladesh in the 1998–99 season.


1998–99 Bangladeshi cricket season
Bangladesh hosted the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy (known as the Wills International Cup) during October and November, although it being for Test nations only they could not play themselves but providing neutral venue. South Africa won the tournament.


1998–99 Bangladeshi cricket season
During November, the West Indies A team visited and having played three List A matches against Bangladesh, starting on 12 November the two teams played the first-ever first-class match in Bangladesh (i.e., since independence). West Indies A won by 8 wickets.


1998–99 Bangladeshi cricket season
The final of the 1998–99 Asian Test Championship was played at Dhaka in March 1999, Pakistan winning by an innings and 175 runs against Sri Lanka. Later that month, Bangladesh hosted Kenya and Zimbabwe for the List A Meril International Tournament, won convincingly by Zimbabwe.


1998–99 Bangladeshi cricket season
Domestic cricket was still of minor standard because Bangladesh had not yet achieved ICC Full Member status until June 2000. The Dhaka Premier Division was again the main club-level tournament but there were two competitions organised on a national level which presaged the future National Cricket League being launched in November 1999.


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1998–99 Barnsley F.C. season
During the 1998–99 English football season, Barnsley F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1998–99 Barnsley F.C. season, Season summary
In the summer, Danny Wilson departed Barnsley to join Sheffield Wednesday, and with the team looking to bounce back to the Premier League John Hendrie was named manager.


1998–99 Barnsley F.C. season, Season summary
The Red's promotion hopes were hampered when they lost influential captain Neil Redfearn who was sold to Charlton Athletic after making 338 first team appearances for Barnsley.


1998–99 Barnsley F.C. season, Season summary
The season was mostly unremarkable in terms of results and on 19 April 1999, Hendrie was sacked with the club nowhere near the top six and Hendrie's assistant Eric Winstanley took caretaker charge for the remaining games of the season. Barnsley then went on to finish a disappointing campaign in 13th place. One of the highlights of the season was a 7–1 home victory against local rivals Huddersfield Town. This was the only time new signing Craig Hignett and Ashley Ward played together, with Ward leaving for Blackburn. After the season Barnsley lost yet more players from the promotion season, with solid defender Arjan de Zeeuw and attacking midfield player Clint Marcelle both leaving the club. Goalkeeper David Watson also suffered an injury mid-season that later ended his career.


1998–99 Barnsley F.C. season, Squad
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1998–99 Barnsley F.C. season, Squad, Left club during the season
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1998–99 Belarusian Cup
The 1998–99 Belarusian Cup was the eighth season of the annual Belarusian football cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it is conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. It began on 18 July 1998 with the first of five rounds and ended on 29 May 1998 with the final at the Dinamo Stadium in Minsk.


1998–99 Belarusian Cup
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk were the defending champions, having defeated FC Dinamo Minsk in the 1998 final, but were knocked out in the second round by FC Belshina Bobruisk, the eventual winners.


1998–99 Belarusian Cup
FC Belshina Bobruisk won the final against FC Slavia Mozyr after the penalty shootout to win their second title.


1998–99 Belarusian Cup, Final
The final match was played on 29 May 1999 at the Dinamo Stadium in Minsk.


1998–99 Belarusian Extraliga season
The 1998–99 Belarusian Extraliga season was the seventh season of the Belarusian Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Belarus. Four teams participated in the league, and HK Neman Grodno won the championship.


1998–99 Belgian Cup
The 1998–99 Belgian Cup was the 44th season of the main knockout competition in Belgian association football, the Belgian Cup.


1998–99 Belgian Cup, Final rounds
The final phase started in the round of 32 when all clubs from the first division entered the competition (18 clubs plus 14 clubs from the qualifications). All rounds were played in one leg except for the semifinals. The final game was played at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels and won by Lierse against Standard Liège.


1998–99 Belgian First Division
The 1998–99 season of the Jupiler League was held between August 21, 1998, and May 16, 1999. Racing Genk became champions.


1998–99 Belgian First Division, Promoted teams
These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:


1998–99 Belgian First Division, Relegated teams
These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:


1998–99 Belgian First Division, Genk's title success
After a deceiving start of the competition Anderlecht managed to come back at the top of the ranking under the management of Jean Dockx and Franky Vercauteren even beating its long-time rival Standard Liège in a memorable 0-6 demonstration. Two matches before the end of the season, the ranking was as such:


1998–99 Belgian First Division, Genk's title success
Those three teams were thus still able to win the championship. While Club Brugge lost its game to Mouscron 2-0, Anderlecht secured a 2-5 win to Genk. However the Racing did win its last match at Harelbeke and it thus became champion.


1998–99 Belgian First Division, Battle for Europe
With Genk qualifying for the UEFA Champions League, Anderlecht and Brugge entered the UEFA Cup.


1998–99 Belgian First Division, The relegation dog fight
Lommel avoided relegation by winning its last match 2-1 to Charleroi while the newcomer Kortrijk lost to Anderlecht. The other newcomer (Oostende) was already relegated at this moment.


1998–99 Belgian Hockey League season
The 1998–99 Belgian Hockey League season was the 79th season of the Belgian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Belgium. Five teams participated in the league, and Olympia Heist op den Berg won the championship.


1998–99 Biathlon World Cup
The 1998–99 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 11 December 1998 in Hochfilzen, Austria, and ended on 14 March 1999 in Holmenkollen, Norway. It was the twenty-second season of the Biathlon World Cup.


1998–99 Biathlon World Cup, Calendar
Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1998–99 season.


1998–99 Birmingham City F.C. season
The 1998–99 season was Birmingham City Football Club's 96th in the Football League. They finished in fourth place in the Football League First Division, qualifying for the promotion play-offs, in which they were eliminated in the semi-final by Watford in a penalty shootout. Birmingham lost to Leicester City in the third round of the FA Cup and to Wimbledon in the third round of the Football League Cup.


1998–99 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season
The 1998–99 season was Blackburn Rovers' seventh season in the Premier League, and their seventh consecutive season in the top division of English football.


1998–99 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Season summary
Four years earlier, Blackburn Rovers were Premiership champions. Just one year earlier, they had qualified for the UEFA Cup. They were among some people's outsiders for a title challenge.


1998–99 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Season summary
But it all went wrong for Rovers, who were soon in the depth of a relegation battle. Manager Roy Hodgson paid with his job in November. Manchester United assistant Brian Kidd was named as his replacement, but he was unable to steer Rovers to safety and their relegation was confirmed in the penultimate game of the season. They were condemned to a place in Division One, but managed to hold on to many key players and approached the new season as most people's favourites for an immediate return to the elite.


1998–99 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, First-team squad
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1998–99 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season
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1998–99 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, First-team squad, Reserve squad
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1998–99 Blackpool F.C. season
The 1998–99 season was Blackpool F.C. 's 91st season (88th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Two, then the third tier of English league football, finishing fourteenth.


1998–99 Blackpool F.C. season
Martin Aldridge was the club's top scorer, with ten goals (seven in the league, one in the FA Cup and two in the League Cup).


1998–99 Bologna F.C. 1909 season, Season summary
Carlo Mazzone guided Bologna to the semi-finals of both the UEFA Cup and Coppa Italia, and ensured European qualification again after victory over Inter Milan in the play-offs. He then left for Perugia.


1998–99 Bologna F.C. 1909 season, Kit
Bologna's kit was manufactured by Italian company Diadora and sponsored by Granarolo.


1998–99 Bologna F.C. 1909 season, First-team squad
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1998–99 Bologna F.C. 1909 season, First-team squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Bologna F.C. 1909 season, Competitions, Intertoto Cup, Third round
Bologna 3–3 Naţional București on aggregate. Bologna won on away goals rule.


1998–99 Bologna F.C. 1909 season, Competitions, UEFA Cup, Semi-finals
Bologna 1–1 Marseille on aggregate. Marseille won on away goals.


1998–99 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season
The 1998–1999 season was the 120th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C. 's existence, and their first season back in the Football League First Division after relegation from the Premier League. It covers the period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999.


1998–99 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Appearances
Bolton used a total of 27 players during the season.


1998–99 Borussia Dortmund season
Dortmund's form improved during the 1998–99 season and they climbed to 4th, qualifying again for the Champions League.


1998–99 Borussia Dortmund season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Borussia Dortmund season, Players, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup
1998–99 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup was the fifth season of the Bosnia and Herzegovina's annual football cup. The Cup was won by Bosna Visoko who defeated Sarajevo in the final.


1998–99 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Overview
Unlike the previous season in this edition there was no agreement between Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Football Federation of Herzeg-Bosnia so that each one organized its own competition.


1998–99 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Overview
This was the only one to be recognized by UEFA.


1998–99 Boston Bruins season
The 1998–99 Boston Bruins season was the teams' 75th season.


1998–99 Boston Bruins season, Regular season
The Bruins' 11 shutouts were the most among all 27 teams. The Bruins also scored the fewest short-handed goals (3), allowed the fewest power-play goals (33) and had the best penalty-kill percentage (89.18%)


1998–99 Boston Bruins season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.


1998–99 Boston Bruins season, Regular season, Final standings
Divisions: ATL – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division


1998–99 Boston Bruins season, Player statistics, Goaltending
† Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Bruins. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only. ‡ Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.


1998–99 Boston Bruins season, Draft picks
Boston's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.


1998–99 Boston Celtics season
The 1998–99 NBA season was the 53rd season for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association. This season is memorable when the Celtics selected future All-Star, and one-time champion Paul Pierce from the University of Kansas with the tenth pick in the 1998 NBA draft. In the offseason, the team acquired second-year center Tony Battie from the Los Angeles Lakers. Pierce would get off to a fast start as he was named Rookie of The Month in February after the season was delayed by a lockout, which cut the season to 50 games.


1998–99 Boston Celtics season
However, after a 7–7 start to the season, the Celtics struggled losing ten of their next eleven games, as they traded Andrew DeClercq to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Vitaly Potapenko. The Celtics finished fifth in the Atlantic Division with a 19–31 record, as fans began to get restless with head coach Rick Pitino's slow growth.


1998–99 Boston Celtics season
Pierce averaged 16.5 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, while Antoine Walker led the team with 18.7 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, and second-year star Ron Mercer provided the team with 17.0 points per game. Following the season, Mercer was traded to the Denver Nuggets, and Bruce Bowen signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers.


1998–99 Botola
The 1998–99 Botola is the 43rd season of the Moroccan Premier League. Raja Casablanca are the holders of the title.


1998–99 Bradford City A.F.C. season
During the 1998–99 English football season, Bradford City competed in the Football League First Division.


1998–99 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Season summary
In the summer, Jewell signed strikers Lee Mills from Port Vale and Isaiah Rankin from Arsenal, for £1 million and £1.3 million respectively, and signed former captain Stuart McCall from Rangers on a free transfer to lead the side. Despite a poor start, Bradford secured promotion to the top division for the first time in 77 years with a 3–2 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the final game of the 1998-99 season. Bradford's success meant that Dean Windass, who had signed from Oxford United in March, became the club's third £1 million signing of the season: Windass had originally been signed for £950,000, but an additional fee of £50,000 was paid to Oxford because of Bradford's promotion.


1998–99 Bradford City A.F.C. season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Brentford F.C. season
During the 1998–99 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Third Division. The club finished the season as champions after victory over runners-up Cambridge United on the final day.


1998–99 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
After relegation to the Third Division at the end of the previous season, the ownership of Brentford changed hands for the second time in two summers, when Ron Noades took over the club as owner and chairman during the 1998 off-season. Noades installed himself as manager and appointed a three-man coaching team of Ray Lewington, Terry Bullivant and Brian Sparrow. Nearly £1.5 million was spent to assemble almost an entirely new starting lineup, with goalkeeper Jason Pearcey, defenders Danny Boxall, Darren Powell, Rob Quinn and Hermann Hreiðarsson (the club's then-record £750,000 signing), midfielders Martin Rowlands and Tony Folan and forwards Lloyd Owusu and Darren Freeman added to the ranks.


1998–99 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
9 wins in the opening 13 league matches put the Bees firmly in control at the top of the table, though three successive defeats in the midst of the run temporarily dropped the club back to 7th place. There was some early-season excitement in the League Cup, with a 4–2 aggregate victory over First Division club West Bromwich Albion in the first round setting up a two-legged tie with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. 3–2 defeats in each of the two legs (with Brentford taking the lead in both matches) ended the cup run, with memorable goals being scored by Andy Scott, Darren Freeman and Lloyd Owusu.


1998–99 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Three league defeats in a four-match spell in November and injuries and suspensions to Andy Scott, Darren Powell, Danny Boxall, Jamie Bates and Martin Rowlands led Noades to further strengthen the squad with forward Leo Fortune-West and midfielder Gavin Mahon. Though Fortune-West would be sold on a matter of months later, Mahon replaced Warren Aspinall in midfield and remained an ever-present until the end of the season. Five wins in the following six league matches saw the club begin 1999 firmly placed in the automatic promotion places. A spell of just one win from a spell of seven league matches in January and February saw Noades reach for the chequebook again and sign forward Scott Partridge from Torquay United for £100,000.


1998–99 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
With the purchase of new captain Paul Evans and buoyed by the goalscoring of Partridge and Owusu, the Bees went undefeated from late February through to early May. The club secured automatic promotion back to the Second Division with two matches to spare after a 3–0 victory over Exeter City on 1 May. A resounding 4–1 win over Swansea City in the following match returned Brentford to the top of the table for the first time since 20 October 1998. The victory set up a "winner takes all" match for the title on the final day at the Abbey Stadium versus nearest challengers Cambridge United. Lloyd Owusu's 25th goal of the season was enough for victory and for Brentford to win the Third Division championship.


1998–99 Bristol City F.C. season
During the 1998–99 English football season, Bristol City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1998–99 Bristol City F.C. season, Season summary
The Robins struggled back in Division One, and manager John Ward stepped down in October 1998 after chairman Davidson appointed Benny Lennartsson as coach for rest of the season which infuriated the supporters. They were relegated by finishing bottom of the league which saw Lennartsson sacked and was replaced by Gillingham's Tony Pulis.


1998–99 Bristol City F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 British Basketball League season
The 1998–1999 BBL season was the 12th season of the British Basketball League, known as the Budweiser Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, since its establishment in 1987. The regular season commenced on September 12, 1998, and ended on April 4, 1999, with a total of 13 teams competing, playing 36 games each. The post-season Play-offs began on April 9 and culminated in the end-of-season finale on May 2 at Wembley Arena.


1998–99 British Basketball League season
Start-up franchise Edinburgh Rocks became the League's newest member following their addition as the 14th franchise during the pre-season and the first Scottish team to appear in the top-flight since Glasgow Rangers' participation in the 1988–89 season. The League membership was reduced to 13 teams shortly after following the merger of the London Towers and Crystal Palace franchises, whilst another notable change was the uprooting of Watford Royals, who moved to the Bletchley Centre in Milton Keynes to become the Milton Keynes Lions.


1998–99 British Basketball League season
Sheffield Sharks were a dominant force throughout the season, winning the Sainsbury's Classic Cola Cup whilst storming the Budweiser League and taking the Championship to complete the "Double". The campaign came down to a memorable final game where Sharks claimed the title from rivals Manchester Giants with the last shot of the game, winning 85–87 to take the crown. Their successful run fell short in the Play-offs however, managing only a third-placed finish thus allowing a new-look London Towers to claim the title. Manchester Giants also ended a decade-long drought of silverware with their win in the uni-ball Trophy.


1998–99 British Basketball League season
No teams participated in European competition after Birmingham Bullets and Greater London Leopards both declined to compete in the Saporta Cup.


1998–99 British Collegiate American Football League
The 1998–99 British Collegiate American Football League season was the 14th full season of the BCAFL, organised by the British Students American Football Association (BSAFA, now the BAFA).


1998–99 British Collegiate American Football League, Changes from last season
Team ChangesThere were no team changes, meaning the BCAFL stayed at 27 teams.


1998–99 British National League season
The 1998–99 British National League season was the third season of the British National League, the second level of ice hockey in Great Britain. Nine teams participated in the league, and the Fife Flyers won the championship.


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season
The 1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season was the Sabres' 29th season in the National Hockey League. Miroslav Šatan scored 40 goals and the Sabres would add influential centers Stu Barnes and Joé Juneau from the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals, respectively. Michal Grošek had the best season of his career, and the team finally returned to the Stanley Cup Final, which was a losing effort against the Dallas Stars.


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Off-season
In the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, the Sabres picked Dmitri Kalinin with their first-round pick, 18th overall.


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Regular season, Season standings
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Regular season, Season standings
Divisions: ATL – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Finals
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Buffalo Sabres met in the 1999 Eastern Conference Finals. The Maple Leafs were coming off a six-game series win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, while the Sabres were coming off a six-game series win themselves, over the Boston Bruins. Toronto was having its best playoff since 1994, when they last made a conference final series. Buffalo, on the other hand, was in the third round for the second consecutive year.


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Finals
In Game 1, Dwayne Roloson filled in for injured Sabres goaltender Dominik Hasek at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Leading 3–2 midway through the game, Toronto appeared to be in control, but Stu Barnes tied the game for Buffalo at 14:37 of the second period. The Sabres went on to score twice in the third period, on goals by Curtis Brown at 5:21 and Geoff Sanderson at 11:02. Steve Thomas' goal with 6:01 remaining in the game brought Toronto to within one, but Buffalo held on to win 5–4. Roloson impressed the critics, stopping 28 of 32 shots.


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Finals
In Game 2, the Maple Leafs scored two goals 18 seconds apart in the first period, as Steve Sullivan scored at 10:28 followed by Sylvain Cote at 10:46. With just over ten minutes to go in the game, Toronto held a 4–3 lead with Buffalo pressing. Steve Thomas' goal at with 7:43 to go gave the Maple Leafs a 5–3 lead and Garry Valk sealed the 6–3 win with an empty-net goal at 19:30.


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Finals
With series tied at 1–1, the two teams traveled south to the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo for Games 3 and 4. Dominik Hasek returned for the Sabres in game three, but it was the away team that netted the first goal, as Maple Leafs forward Yanic Perreault scored at 16:08 of the first period. But Buffalo was not to be denied, and they scored three goals in the first 7:38 of the second period.


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Finals
Alexander Karpovtsev scored at 13:09 of the second to pull the Maple Leafs to within one, but they could not score the equalizer and Curtis Brown iced the game with an empty-net goal at 19:31 of the third period and the Sabres won, 4–2. Dominik Hasek made 24 saves in the victory.


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Finals
Buffalo came out flying again in Game 4, holding a 5–0 lead after two periods. Hasek's shutout bid was erased when Mats Sundin scored on a penalty shot at 6:59. He scored again with 1:57 remaining in the game as Buffalo won, 5–2. This time, Hasek made 31 saves.


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Finals
In Game 5 at the Air Canada Centre on May 31, the Sabres looked to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1975. After a scoreless first period, Steve Sullivan got Toronto on the board first just 33 seconds into the second. After goals by Curtis Brown, Kris King and Vaclav Varada, the game was tied 2–2 after two periods. Erik Rasmussen broke the tie with a goal at 11:35 of the third period.


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Finals
With less than two minutes remaining, the Maple Leafs got a power play and pulled Joseph to get a six-on-four situation, but could not score on Hasek. Dixon Ward added a shorthanded empty-net goal with 1:02 remaining as the Sabres went on to win 4–2 and take the series four games to one. With the victory, they advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1975.


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, "No Goal!"
In Game 6, Dallas Stars winger Brett Hull's triple-overtime goal — as Hull's skate was visibly in Dominik Hasek's crease — ended the series, and the Stars were awarded the Cup. In 1999, it was illegal to score a goal if an offensive player's skate entered the crease before the puck did. At the time, even Dallas Morning News hockey writer Keith Gave questioned the legality of the goal.


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, "No Goal!"
NHL officials, however, maintained that Hull's two shots in the goal mouth constituted a single possession of the puck since the puck deflected off Hasek, and their ruling stood, citing that they "were going to change the rule the following year anyway." It is widely speculated that, by the time the Sabres mentioned the foul, the red carpet had already been unrolled at center ice, and the officials refused to acknowledge the non-call, also due to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman's desires to see a team "South of the Mason–Dixon line" hoist the Stanley Cup.


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, "No Goal!"
ESPN has ranked the call as the fifth worst officiating call in sports history. Conversely, Al Strachan of the Toronto Sun wrote, "There should have been no controversy whatsoever. When Hull first kicked the rebound on to his stick, he had neither foot in the crease. At the instant he kicked the puck, he became in control of it. It was only in the follow-through of that kick that his left foot moved into the crease."


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, "No Goal!"
Buffalo sports fans, who have suffered through some of the biggest misfortunes in sports history (such as "Wide Right" and "Music City Miracle"), refer to the game as "No Goal," a phrase still used in western New York to this day, even having bumper stickers saying the phrase. The rule was changed for the following season, allowing players to be inside the goaltender's crease as long as they do not interfere with the goalie.


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Player statistics, Forwards
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Player statistics, Forwards
* – player was traded during season; stats only include games played with Buffalo


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Player statistics, Defensemen
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Player statistics, Defensemen
* – player was traded during season; stats only include games played with Buffalo


1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season, Player statistics, Goaltending
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average


1998–99 Bulgarian Cup
The 1998–99 Bulgarian Cup was the 59th season of the Bulgarian Cup. CSKA Sofia won the competition, beating Litex Lovech 1–0 in the final at the Stadion Balgarska Armia in Sofia.


1998–99 Bulgarian Cup, First round
In this round entered winners from the preliminary rounds together with the teams from B Group.


1998–99 Bulgarian Cup, Second round
This round featured winners from the First Round and all teams from A Group.


1998–99 Bulgarian Hockey League season
The 1998–99 Bulgarian Hockey League season was the 47th season of the Bulgarian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Bulgaria. Four teams participated in the league, and HK Levski Sofia won the championship.


1998–99 Bundesliga
The 1998–99 Bundesliga was the 36th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 14 August 1998 and ended on 29 May 1999. 1. FC Kaiserslautern were the defending champions.


1998–99 Bundesliga, Competition modus
Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received three points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga.


1998–99 Bundesliga, Team changes to 1997–98
Karlsruher SC, 1. FC Köln and Arminia Bielefeld were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by Eintracht Frankfurt, SC Freiburg and 1. FC Nürnberg.


1998–99 Bundesliga, Season overview
While Bayern Munich clearly dominated the league and secured the championship in round 31, the season is well remembered for the struggle against relegation which remained close until the final whistle. In the last round (round 34), five teams needed a win to remain in the top flight, with one team having to join Mönchengladbach and Bochum who already had lost their chances. At halftime, Frankfurt looked like the relegated team, but they turned a 0–0 draw into a 5–1 win against Kaiserslautern. Rostock (3–2 at Bochum) and Stuttgart (1–0 against Bremen) also won their matches, and the other two teams, Nürnberg and Freiburg, faced each other. Nürnberg lost 1–2 and was eventually overtaken by the other four teams, dropping from position 12 to 16, and had to go down to League Two.


1998–99 Bundesliga, Season overview
With around twenty minutes to go, league table position #16 changed hands several times:


1998–99 Bundesliga, Season overview
In a famous post-match interview, Frankfurt's striker Jan Åge Fjørtoft, who had scored the team's decisive goal, praised Frankfurt's manager Jörg Berger claiming that he would have also saved RMS Titanic.


1998–99 Bundesliga, Champion squad
Defenders: Markus Babbel (27 / 1); Thomas Linke (27 / 1); Lothar Matthäus (25 / 1); Thomas Helmer (captain; 21 / 2); Bixente Lizarazu  (19 / 2); Samuel Kuffour  (15). Midfielders: Stefan Effenberg (31 / 8); Hasan Salihamidžić  (30 / 3); Jens Jeremies (30 / 1); Thorsten Fink (28); Mario Basler (27 / 5); Thomas Strunz (24 / 4); Michael Tarnat (20 / 1); Mehmet Scholl (13 / 4); Nils-Eric Johansson  (2); David Jarolím  (1). Forwards: Carsten Jancker (26 / 13); Alexander Zickler (26 / 7); Ali Daei  (23 / 6); Giovane Élber  (21 / 13); Alexander Bugera (2); Berkant Göktan  (1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


1998–99 Bundesliga, Champion squad
On the roster but have not played in a league game: none.


1998–99 Bundesliga, Champion squad
Transferred out during the season: Alexander Bugera (on loan to MSV Duisburg); Berkant Göktan  (on loan to Borussia Mönchengladbach).


1998–99 Burnley F.C. season
The 1998–1999 season was Burnley's 4th successive season in the third tier of English football. They were managed by Stan Ternent in his first full season since he replaced Chris Waddle at the beginning of the campaign.


1998–99 Bury F.C. season
During the 1998–99 English football season, Bury F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1998–99 Bury F.C. season, Season summary
After Stan Ternent moved to Burnley in the summer of 1998, Bury appointed Neil Warnock as manager, but with sales of players such as Paul Butler to Sunderland and a cash crisis at the club, Bury suffered relegation from Division One in May 1999, but only on goals scored. This was the only season where goals scored took precedence over goal difference. If it were not for this rule, Bury would have survived at the expense of Port Vale.


1998–99 Bury F.C. season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Bury F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 CERH European League
The 1998–99 CERH European League was the 35th edition of the CERH European League organized by CERH. Its Final Four was held on 1 and 2 May 1999 in Igualada, Spain.


1998–99 CERH European League, Group stage
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a home-and-away round-robin format.


1998–99 CERH European League, Group stage
The two first qualified teams advanced to the Final Four.


1998–99 CERH European League, Final four
The Final Four was played in the Poliesportiu Les Comes, Igualada, Spain.


1998–99 CF Extremadura season, Season summary
Extremadura finished the season in 17th place. Although this was the club's highest-ever finish in the Spanish football pyramid (the season was only the second Extremadura had played in the top flight), they still finished one point adrift of safety. Extremadura thus qualified for the relegation play-off, where they faced the fifth-placed team of the Segunda División, Rayo Vallecano. The Madrid-based side easily defeated Extremadura 2-0 both home and away for a 4-0 aggregate win which saw Extremadura relegated after a single season in the top flight of Spanish football. Manager Rafael Benítez resigned after only two seasons in charge, deciding to instead study in Italy and England.


1998–99 CF Extremadura season, Season summary
On the plus side, Extremadura won the Fair Play award.


1998–99 CF Extremadura season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 CF Extremadura season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 CHL season
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1998–99 CHL season
The 1998–99 CHL season was the seventh season of the Central Hockey League (CHL).


1998–99 CHL season, Regular season, Division standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout loss;  Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against


1998–99 CHL season, Regular season, Division standings
y - clinched league title; x - clinched playoff spot; e - eliminated from playoff contention


1998–99 Calgary Flames season
The 1998–99 Calgary Flames season was the 19th National Hockey League season in Calgary. The Flames opened their season up at "home", in Tokyo, Japan, as the NHL scheduled a two-game series in the Asian country between the Flames and the San Jose Sharks.


1998–99 Calgary Flames season
The Flames were plagued by numerous injuries to their goaltenders, including both starter Ken Wregget and backup Tyler Moss at the same time. Ultimately, the Flames were forced to recall Tyrone Garner from his junior team on an emergency basis before finally signing Fred Brathwaite, who was playing in Europe with the Canadian National team. The highly popular Brathwaite recorded a shutout against the Dallas Stars in his first start, allowing the Flames goaltending situation to stabilize. In all, the Flames used six different goaltenders.


1998–99 Calgary Flames season
February 28, 1999, marked the end of an era for the Flames, as diminutive star Theoren Fleury was dealt to the Colorado Avalanche in a five player trade that ultimately saw prospect Robyn Regehr come to the Flames as part of the deal. Fleury was the Flames' all-time leading scorer when he was dealt. The deal was made as the small-market Flames felt they would be unable to meet Fleury's contract demands, as he was set to become an Unrestricted Free Agent in the summer.


1998–99 Calgary Flames season
Despite losing their top star, the Flames proceeded to win seven of their first ten games without Fleury, propelling them into a playoff position. Calgary would win only two of their last eleven games, however, falling to 9th in the conference and missing the playoffs by six points.


1998–99 Calgary Flames season
Before being dealt, Fleury represented the Flames at the 1999 NHL All Star Game, recording two assists for the North American team.


1998–99 Calgary Flames season
During this season, the Flames introduced the "flaming horse" third jerseys in conjunction with the "Year of the Cowboy."


1998–99 Calgary Flames season
Prior to the season, the Flames lost defenceman Joel Bouchard to the Nashville Predators in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft. In addition, the Flames dealt Jim Dowd to the Preds in exchange for a promise not to draft a goaltender in the draft.


1998–99 Calgary Flames season, Regular season, Season standings
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest


1998–99 Calgary Flames season, Regular season, Season standings
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division


1998–99 Calgary Flames season, Playoffs
The Flames finished 9th in the Western Conference, just six points behind the 8th place Edmonton Oilers. Calgary failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third straight season.


1998–99 Calgary Flames season, Player statistics, Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1998–99 Calgary Flames season, Player statistics, Skaters
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.


1998–99 Calgary Flames season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average


1998–99 Calgary Flames season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.


1998–99 Calgary Flames season, Transactions
The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1998–99 season.