1995Template:, 1999Template:, The party had just started in the Catalan capital. |align=left|Template:Flagicon Juventus Penalty shoot-out if no goals occur in extra time. 1981-82Template:, Six minutes into the match, Ronny Johnsen fouled Bayern striker Carsten Jancker just outside the area, and Mario Basler placed a low free kick around the United wall to score the first goal. The defence was anchored by Lothar Matthaus, Thomas Linke and Ghana international Samuel Kuffour. |2nd leg It featured a large "swoosh" across two adjacent hexagonal panels with the Champions League logo on a pentagonal panel above, and a pattern of five-pointed stars over the entire surface of the ball. Quizzes. The game restarted, but many Bayern players were overwhelmed with despair, virtually unable to continue and needed the assistance of referee Pierluigi Collina to drag themselves off the ground. Share. The original capacity of the Camp Nou was just over 93,000, but its first major final, the 1972 Cup Winners' Cup Final, was attended by fewer than 25,000 spectators. 2012Template:, 1997Template:, The 1999 Champions League final 20 years on: most dramatic ever? As half-time approached, United winger Giggs, playing out of position on the right, sent a weak header towards Kahn from a Cole cross, but that was as close as they were to come to a goal in the first half. However, the crowning glory for Ferguson was the substitutions he made. 1982Template:, Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld announced his team's line-up for the final two full days ahead of the match. lber's absence resulted in Bayern playing a three-man attack of Mario Basler, Carsten Jancker and Alexander Zickler, while Lizarazu was replaced by Michael Tarnat playing in a wing-back role opposite Markus Babbel on the right. The goal was timed at 92:17. "[101], In winning the trophy, Manchester United became the first English team to be crowned European champions since the Heysel Stadium disaster ban in 1985, which had resulted in English clubs being excluded from UEFA competitions for five years, and also the first team to achieve the treble of the Premier League, FA Cup, and European Cup in the same season. 2010Template:, Manchester United and Bayern Munich had only met twice in competitive matches before the final, both meetings coming earlier in the 199899 season and both finished as draws. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! [12] They had finished second behind Arsenal in the 199798 FA Premier League,[108] but had qualified through UEFA's expanded 24-team format, which had been introduced a season earlier. The triumph capped off an amazing season for Sir Alex Fergusons men. [76] A minute later, Bayern missed a chance to secure the trophy, when an overhead kick from Jancker came off the crossbar. "I can't believe it," he later said, "The winners are crying and the losers are dancing." |- [93] As captain of Manchester United, Schmeichel should have received his medal last, but instead he went up first before having to return to the back of the queue with Ferguson; the pair then lifted the trophy together, surrounded by the rest of Manchester United's players, including May, who climbed the presentation podium to a position of prominence in the celebration photographs. 1982-83Template:, United put together an attack when, after a healthy period of possession, Giggs crossed towards Blomqvist, who could only knock the ball over the bar after a desperate stretch. 1968-69Template:, [83] United held onto their lead to record their second European Cup title,[84] and at the final whistle, referee Collina described the cheers from the fans as being like a "lion's roar". Collina was supported by fellow Italian officials Gennaro Mazzei and Claudio Puglisi as assistant referees, and fourth official Fiorenzo Treossi. It's really difficult to digest and this is inconceivable for us but then this is what football is all about. Beckham in towards Schmeichel it's come for Dwight Yorke. [44] The Camp Nou had hosted one previous European Cup final: Italian club Milan's 40 victory over Steaua Bucureti of Romania in 1989. Bloody hell". But in a blink of an eye, United scored two quick goals, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. The result meant that Bayern finished as group winners, but United's points total was enough to see them go through as one of the two group runners-up with the best record. 1983Template:, Fourth official:[54] Template:Fb cl2 team Of these, around two-thirds were reserved for the two finalist clubs (approximately 30,000 tickets per team). The Norwegian forward will always be remembered for his winner in the 93rd minute as Manchester United dramatically won the 1999 Champions League title. |33 (A) Seven named substitutes, of which a maximum of three may be used. Two Yorke goals gave United a 20 win in their first leg at Old Trafford,[34] while Bayern beat Kaiserslautern by the same scoreline at the Olympiastadion through goals from lber and Effenberg. |Opponent [87], Assistant referees:[54] Bayern Munich's fans, meanwhile, created a tifo of the name of their team with thousands of coloured cards.[59]. Also on the bench were fellow striker Ole Gunnar Solskjr, back-up goalkeeper Raimond van der Gouw, defenders David May, Phil Neville and Wes Brown, and midfielder Jonathan Greening. 2003-04Template:, 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary. Manchester United captain Roy Keane and midfielder Paul Scholes both missed out on the final due to suspension, resulting in David Beckham joining Nicky Butt in centre midfield, Ryan Giggs to the right wing and Jesper Blomqvist starting on the left. The United boss provided a rousing speech in the dressing room but Peter Schmeichel needed to keep out Carsten Jancker before a clean opportunity was passed up by the Reds when Blomqvist could not convert from inside the box. 1975-76Template:, Paul Scholes was suspended for the 1999 UEFA Champions League final A foul on Juventus' Didier Deschamps in the semi-final cost Scholes his place He watched from the stands but felt. Champions League top goal scorers 2022/23: Updated golden boot rankings The latters absence resulted in Bayern playing a three man attack of Basler, Jancker and Zickler while Lizarazu was replaced by Michael Tarnat. |Opponent 1956-57Template:, The Camp Nou was constructed over three years from 1954 to 1957 as a replacement for Barcelona's previous home, the nearby Camp de Les Corts, which had reached its limit for expansion. Normally when the opposition equalise you are expecting extra-time and it was a shock to our team when they scored the winner two minutes later. Man. United 2-1 Bayern: #Ucl 1999 Final Flashback Lothar Matthaus says Bayern Munich's defeat to Manchester United in the Top-division clubs. Manchester United 's Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scores the winning goal in the 1999 Champions League final between Manchester United and Bayern Munich. The 1999 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place on Wednesday, 26 May 1999. #football #viral #highlights #championsleague #like #youtube #youtubeshorts #ytshorts #manchesterunited #bayenmunich #olegunnarsolskjaer #iconic #siralexferg. Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson and the 1999 Treble - Eurosport [49] Despite the club receiving only 30,000 tickets, it was estimated that up to 100,000 Manchester United fans travelled to Barcelona for the final, paying around 300 for flights and around 1,000 for match tickets. The triumph capped off an amazing season for Sir Alex Fergusons men. However, if the Rossoneri thought the job was done, they were sorely mistaken. Consequently, Ryan Giggs played on the right with Beckham switched to the middle alongside Butt, and Jesper Blomqvist operating on his favoured left flank. [98] For Bayern Munich, substitutes Helmer and Ali Daei left the club in the summer of 1999; Helmer moved to England to play for Sunderland, while Daei remained in Germany with Hertha BSC. [16][17] Bayern Munich had an easier time against Yugoslavian champions Obili, winning 40 in the first leg at the Olympiastadion with goals from Stefan Effenberg, Giovane lber, Alexander Zickler and Thorsten Fink, all scored in the space of 17 second-half minutes. [116] The climax of the game was voted as the fourth-greatest sporting moment ever by Channel 4 viewers in a 2002 poll. The German team started the second half in a more positive mood, with Jancker forcing a save from Schmeichel within a minute after the restart. ManUtd.com's Adam Marshall recalls the emotions of being in the crowd at the Nou Camp 20 years ago today. |43 It looked as if, having been behind for most of the match, United had forced extra time. 1993Template:, Busby died in 1994; the day of the 1999 Champions League final would have been his 90th birthday. No surprise as to who the players are who have topped the list on most occasions:. As half time approached, United winger Ryan Giggs, playing out of position on the right, sent a weak header towards Kahn from a Cole cross, but that was as close as they were to come to a goal in the first half. The match ball for the final was the Nike NK 800 Geo, a white ball with a standard 32-panel design. 1958-59Template:, 1999 UEFA Champions League Final | Football Wiki | Fandom 1998Template:, Bayern Munich 1 - 2 Manchester United | Soccer | The Guardian Solskjaer came off the bench in the 81st minute to shatter Bayern's hopes in the final held at Barcelona's Camp Nou Stadium. Manchester United's top two goalscorers, Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke started up front leaving Teddy Sheringham on the bench. 2009Template:, Manchester United came into the final knowing that the Champions. 1986Template:, 0 results are available, use up and down arrow keys to navigate, Classic Match: United 2-1 Bayern Munich Video. Manchester United UEFA Champions League Manchester United legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has explained the bizarre reason he wore blacked-out boots to seal the club's historic treble in 1999.. Injury time goals from Manchester United's Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjr cancelled out Mario Basler's early goal for Bayern to give Manchester United a 21 win. The crowd were euphoric. [15], Manchester United received 2million in prize money from UEFA for winning the competition, on top of the 10million they had already won just for reaching the final; by comparison, Bayern Munich received 1.6million for finishing as runners-up. An episode will publish every Sunday before a Champions League match-week through the 2018/19 season. |align=left|Template:Flagicon Dynamo Kyiv Stefan Effenberg and Lothar Matthaus speak to our programme about their memories of the 1999 Champions League final. The Camp Nou had hosted one previous European Cup final: Italian club Milan's 40 victory over Steaua Bucureti of Romania in 1989. Bayern were also playing for a treble, having won the Bundesliga and reached the DFB-Pokal final, although they went on to lose that match as well. 1999-00Template:, 2011-12Template:, 1955-56Template:, 1972Template:, 2003Template:, Template:Flagicon Claudio Puglisi (Italy) | UEFA Champions League | UEFA.com United's extraordinary Camp Nou success happened 20 years ago today; was it the biggest. Despite the bad start, United began to dominate possession but failed to create any clear cut chances despite David Beckham's tireless running. [76] As Bayern began to look increasingly dangerous on the counter-attack than their opponents did in possession, Jancker repeatedly tested the United back four with a number of clever runs, some of which were flagged offside. When emerging from the tunnel at the final whistle, he was stunned. Thomas Mller headed them into an 83rd-minute lead but, just as Bayern was preparing to celebrate, Didier Drogba levelled for a Chelsea team that had proved incredibly resilient during the knockout rounds. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer reveals why he could not sleep on the eve of his Nou Camp heroics in 1999. Twenty years on, and with less than a week to go until Liverpool and Spurs meet in Madrid, UEFA.com ponders which was the most dramatic final in UEFA Champions League history. Beckham again swung the corner in, finding the head of Sheringham, who nodded the ball down across the face of goal. Is this their moment? At the other end, Basler came close with another free kick before Alexander Zickler sent a shot just wide from the edge of the box. Of these, around two-thirds were reserved for the two finalist clubs (approximately 30,000 tickets each). 1983-84Template:, The match ended in a 2-2 draw with Bayern drawing level in the dying minutes. We already had victory in the bag and there were only a few seconds to go. 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Technically, it was very hard for him. 1960Template:, But those few seconds were enough for Manchester [United] to get back into the game. I was off to celebrate after scoring the equaliser.". United held onto their lead to record their second European Cup title. 1966Template:, Collina was promoted to the FIFA International Referees list in 1995, and took charge of his first UEFA Cup matches in the 199596 season. 1999 Champions League final - Manchester United These matches are a reminder of the fine margins that separate victory from defeat in football. Please logout and login again. As the famous commentary line from ITV's Clive Tyldesley said, it did indeed feel like United had reached the promised land. Matthus had captained Bayern in the 1987 European Cup Final and lost in similar circumstances to two late Porto goals. Submit . 1989-90Template:, With three victories in a row from 1974 to 1976,[5] they became only the third team to achieve such a feat after Real Madrid (1956 to 1960)[6] and Ajax (1971 to 1973). United did not play well, that is almost universally accepted, and fell behind after only six minutes. Bayern Munich's fans, meanwhile, created a mosaic of the name of their team with thousands of coloured cards. United took the lead just before half-time through a Roy Keane strike from just outside the penalty area; however, Hasan Salihamidi equalised for Bayern in the 55th minute and the game finished as a 11 draw. In that 1999 Champions League final, Solskjaer was brought on for Andy Cole in the 81st minute with United 1-0 down, having trailed to Mario Basler's free-kick since the sixth minute. [54], The match ball for the final was the Nike NK 800 Geo, a white ball with a standard 32-panel design. LIVE Champions League final: Liverpool, Real Madrid clash in Paris 2000Template:, 1991Template:, Gareth Bale nudged them clear, with Marcelo and Cristiano Ronaldo adding late gloss. 1977-78Template:, 1992-93Template:, [48] After an initial announcement that the clubs would only receive 25,000 tickets each, the Independent Manchester United Supporters Association (IMUSA) called that figure "ridiculous", claiming it would push black market prices to "astronomical levels"; the group's spokesman, Lee Hodgkiss, suggested a figure closer to 50,000 would be more appropriate, given the stadium's usual capacity of around 115,000. Fellow striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, back up goalkeeper Raimond Van Der Gouw, defenders David May, Phil Neville and Wes Brown and midfielder Jonathan Greening were also on the bench. Six minutes into the match, Johnsen fouled Bayern striker Jancker just outside the area,[76] and Basler placed a low free kick around the United wall to score the first goal, as Schmeichel was caught flat-footed. Twelve years on from their most recent triumph, Madrid's dream of securing 'La Dcima' had finally been realised. [74] Babbel was originally intended to play a man-marking role on Giggs, with his defensive abilities earning him selection ahead of the more attack-minded Thomas Strunz;[71] however, this was nullified by Giggs' selection on the right wing, where he would play against Tarnat. 1961-62Template:, Bayern Munich had an equally narrow advantage in their 22 matches against English opposition, with seven wins, nine draws and six defeats, including a win over Leeds United in the 1975 European Cup Final and a defeat to Aston Villa in the 1982 final. It took nearly an hour, but it was Real Madrid's Vinicius Jr. who opened the scoring on Saturday in the UEFA Champions League final against Liverpool, putting home a ball from Federico Valverde . Bayern raced into the lead after six minutes when Mario Basler deceived Peter Schmeichel from a free kick just outside the box. 1978Template:, [123] Despite not having been with Manchester United during the 199899 season, Karel Poborsk, Mikal Silvestre and Louis Saha completed the squad as regular participants in Manchester United Legends matches. Sir Alex Ferguson had originally considered selecting Ryan Giggs to join Nicky Butt in central midfield, but ultimately picked David Beckham. Wikizero - 1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final [29] Qualification for the quarter-finals was only guaranteed for the group winners,[30] meaning that both United and Bayern had to play for victory in their final match against each other at Old Trafford. 1959Template:, UNITED 2-1 BAYERN: #UCL 1999 FINAL FLASHBACK UEFA 3.62M subscribers Subscribe 53K 3.5M views 4 years ago Relive. |Agg. The Bayern defence was anchored around sweeper Matthus, who played behind Thomas Linke and Ghana international Samuel Kuffour the only non-German in the Bayern side (by comparison, Manchester United had four Englishmen in their team); Linke and Kuffour's partnership at centre-back meant club captain Thomas Helmer had to settle for a place on the bench. Again, Beckham played it into a perfect area and Sheringham rose to meet it, this time heading the ball on for Solskjaer to prod home and spark scenes of sheer jubilation among the huge ranks of United fans behind the goal. At the other end, Basler came close with another free kick before Zickler sent a shot just wide from the edge of the box. 1962-63Template:, I didnt want to see him with his flag up. Also on the bench were fellow striker Ole Gunnar Solskjr, back-up goalkeeper Raimond van der Gouw, defenders David May, Phil Neville and Wes Brown, and midfielder Jonathan Greening. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored the 1999 Champions League winner / Getty Images/Getty Images United career: 1996 - 2007 United appearances: 366 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer could have scored more United. 1998-99 UEFA Champions League - Wikipedia 1970-71Template:, The Red Devils defeated the Bavarians at the Camp Nou in Barcelona and completed. Collina: Man United's 1999 win the 'ultimate final in Champions League Alex Fergusons tactical adeptness won the day for the Red Devils. "Football, bloody hell!" Relive Manchester United's dramatic last-minute win over Bayern in the 1999 UEFA Champions League final in Barcelona.The #UCL Final Flashback series takes an amazing behind-the-scenes look at some of the greatest finals in the competition's history. Template:Fb cl2 header navbar They had finished second in the 199798 season to Arsenal, but had qualified through UEFA's expanded format, which had been introduced a few seasons earlier. That proved the turning point. Here, the PA news agency takes a look back at that. "As Giggsy struck the ball from there, and it was coming past me, I can remember the Bayern defender coming off the line past me and pushing up, putting his hand up in the air for offside. Seven named substitutes, of which a maximum of three may be used. [81], The game restarted, but many Bayern players were overwhelmed with despair, virtually unable to continue and needed the assistance of referee Collina to drag themselves off the ground. Your login session has expired. 1997-98Template:, National Football Teams without an confederation, Champions League era, 1992present finals, North America, Central America and the Caribbean. |43 1980Template:, The Red Devils defeated the Bavarians at the Camp Nou in Barcelona and completed a historic treble (Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League) in the 1998-99 season. The first meeting between United and Bayern was at the Olympiastadion on matchday 2. The scores were level and United were buzzing. [41], The Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, was selected as the venue for the final at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Lisbon, Portugal, on 6 October 1998. Manchester United's treble winners of 1999: Where are they now?

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