1998–99 Valencia CF season

Valencia CF

1998–99 season
Manager	Claudio Ranieri
La Liga	4th
UEFA Cup	Second round
Copa del Rey	Winners
Top goalscorer	Claudio López (21)
Home colours Away colours
← 1997–98 1999–00 →

Valencia CF had a successful season, finishing in the top four of La Liga and thus qualifying for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in almost 30 years, thanks to the extension of the competition to include more teams from the top leagues. Valencia also won the Copa del Rey, ending a long trophy drought and marking a successful end to Italian coach Claudio Ranieri's first spell at the club. Among the main players behind the success included Gaizka Mendieta, Javier Farinós and lethal striker Claudio López.

At the end of the season, Ranieri left to manage Atlético Madrid; he was replaced by Argentine Héctor Cúper, who had led Mallorca to third place and the Cup Winners' Cup final.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Santiago Cañizares 2 DF Javi Navarro 3 DF Juanfran 4 DF Paco Camarasa 5 DF Miroslav Đukić 6 MF Gaizka Mendieta 7 FW Claudio López 8 MF Javier Farinós 9 FW Cristiano Lucarelli 10 MF Stefan Schwarz 11 FW Adrian Ilie 13 GK Jorge Bartual 14 DF Joachim Björklund

No. Position Player 15 DF Amedeo Carboni 16 DF Alain Roche 18 MF Gabriel Popescu 19 FW Goran Vlaović 20 DF Jocelyn Angloma 21 MF Luis Milla 22 MF Dennis Şerban 23 MF Angulo 25 DF Miguel Soria 26 GK Jonathan 27 MF Curro Montoya 30 FW Rubén Navarro 31 FW Jandro

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player 12 MF Guillermo Morigi (to Vélez Sársfield) 17 FW Sabin Ilie (on loan to Lleida)

No. Position Player 24 DF Óscar Téllez (to Villarreal)

Results

La Liga

• Valencia-Athletic Bilbao 1-0
• 1-0 Angulo  65'
• Deportivo-Valencia 1-0
• 1-0 Gabriel Schürrer  4'
• Valencia-Villareal 1-0
• 1-0 Angulo  45'
• Valladolid-Valencia 3-1
• 0-1 Angulo  31'
• 1-1 Alen Peternac  35'
• 2-1 Javi Torres  37'
• 3-1 Alberto Marcos  88'
• Valencia-Barcelona 1-3
• 1-0 Claudio López  14'
• 1-1 Patrick Kluivert  55'
• 1-2 Rivaldo  73'
• 1-3 Sonny Anderson  90'
• Athletic Bilbao-Valencia 2-0
• 1-0 Ismael Urzaiz  27'
• 2-0 Julen Guerrero  51'
• Valencia-Betis 5-1
• 1-0 Claudio López  29'
• 1-1 Alexis  33'
• 2-1 Adrian Ilie  42'
• 3-1 Stefan Schwarz  67'
• 4-1 Claudio López  73'
• 5-1 Adrian Ilie  82'
• Real Zaragoza-Valencia 1-4
• 0-1 Adrian Ilie  3'
• 1-1 Kily González  24'
• 1-2 Cristiano Lucarelli  68'
• 1-3 Stefan Schwarz  78'
• 1-4 Gaizka Mendieta  85'
• Valencia-Racing Santander 3-0
• 1-0 Miroslav Đukić  46'
• 2-0 Stefan Schwarz  47'
• 3-0 Claudio López  62'
• Extremadura-Valencia 1-0
• 1-0 Alberto Toril  60'
• Valencia-Real Madrid 3-1
• 1-0 Angulo  35'
• 1-1 Sávio  57'
• 2-1 Claudio López  62'
• 3-1 Claudio López  74'
• Celta Vigo-Valencia 2-2
• 0-1 Gabriel Popescu  23'
• 1-1 Alexandr Mostovoi  34'
• 2-1 Juan Sánchez  56'
• 2-2 Adrian Ilie  66'
• Alavés-Valencia 0-1
• 0-1 Claudio López  65'
• Valencia-Salamanca 1-0
• 1-0 Angulo  76'
• Espanyol-Valencia 2-1
• 1-0 Joan Capdevila  35'
• 1-1 Javier Farinós  42'
• 2-1 Cristóbal  75'
• Valencia-Real Sociedad 2-0
• 1-0 Stefan Schwarz  19'
• 2-0 Claudio López  60'
• Real Oviedo-Valencia 2-2
• 1-0 Julio Dely Valdés  9'
• 1-1 Joyce Moreno  22' (o.g.)
• 2-1 Julio Dely Valdés  33'
• 2-2 Luis Milla  90'
• Valencia-Tenerife 1-1
• 1-0 Claudio López  37' (pen.)
• 1-1 Juanele  68' (pen.)
• Mallorca-Valencia 0-1
• 0-1 Claudio López  49'
• Atlético Madrid-Valencia 1-2
• 0-1 Claudio López  12'
• 1-1 José Mari  18'
• 1-2 Angulo  27'
• Valencia-Deportivo 0-0
• Villareal-Valencia 1-0
• 1-0 Gheorghe Craioveanu  90'
• Valencia-Valladolid 0-1
• 0-1 Alen Peternac  80'
• Barcelona-Valencia 2-4
• 0-1 Adrian Ilie  4'
• 1-1 Patrick Kluivert  30'
• 1-2 Claudio López  37'
• 2-2 Patrick Kluivert  78'
• 2-3 Angulo  82'
• 2-4 Claudio López  87'
• Valencia-Athletic Bilbao 4-1
• 0-1 Ismael Urzaiz  36'
• 1-1 Adrian Ilie  53'
• 2-1 Jocelyn Angloma  67'
• 3-1 Adrian Ilie  73' (pen.)
• 4-1 Claudio López  85'
• Betis-Valencia 0-1
• 0-1 Gaizka Mendieta  43'
• Valencia-Real Zaragoza 1-1
• 0-1 Gustavo López  18'
• 1-1 Adrian Ilie  48'
• Racing Santander-Valencia 0-1
• 0-1 Joachim Björklund  80'
• Valencia-Extremadura 1-1
• 0-1 Antonio Esposito  62'
• 1-1 Dennis Şerban  64'
• Real Madrid-Valencia 3-1
• 1-0 Fernando Morientes  11'
• 2-0 Raúl  30'
• 2-1 Gaizka Mendieta  69'
• 3-1 Raúl  70'
• Valencia-Celta Vigo 2-2
• 1-0 Goran Vlaović  12'
• 1-1 Juan Sánchez  41'
• 1-2 Valery Karpin  90'
• 2-2 Javier Farinós  90'
• Valencia-Alavés 5-0
• 1-0 Claudio López  19'
• 2-0 Gaizka Mendieta  33'
• 3-0 Claudio López  56'
• 4-0 Claudio López  71'
• 5-0 Gaizka Mendieta  81'
• Salamanca-Valencia 0-1
• 0-1 Goran Vlaović  23'
• Valencia-Espanyol 1-2
• 0-1 Raúl Tamudo  71'
• 0-2 Martín Posse  90'
• 1-2 Claudio López  90'
• Real Sociedad-Valencia 1-1
• 1-0 Darko Kovačević  74'
• 1-1 Adrian Ilie  90'
• Valencia-Real Oviedo 3-0
• 1-0 Gaizka Mendieta  44' (pen.)
• 2-0 Claudio López  60'
• 3-0 Claudio López  76' (pen.)
• Tenerife-Valencia 3-2
• 0-1 Angulo  3'
• 1-1 Pier  32'
• 2-1 Roy Makaay  59'
• 3-1 Pier  70'
• 3-2 Claudio López  87'
• Valencia-Mallorca 3-0
• 1-0 Adrian Ilie  12'
• 2-0 Gaizka Mendieta  51'
• 3-0 Adrian Ilie  66'

Top scorers

La Liga

• Claudio López 21
• Adrian Ilie 11
• Angulo 8
• Gaizka Mendieta 7
• Stefan Schwarz 4

References