1998–99 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic

1998–99 season
Manager	Jozef Vengloš
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish Premier League	2nd
Scottish Cup	Runners-up
Scottish League Cup	Third round
Champions League	Second qualifying round
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Henrik Larsson (29) All: Henrik Larsson (38)
Home colours Away colours

The 1998–99 season was the 112th season of competitive football by Celtic. Celtic competed in the Scottish Premier League, UEFA Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

As defending league champions, they were now managed by Slovak coach Jozef Venglos following the resignation of Wim Jansen. However, they finished runners-up behind Rangers this season and also lost to them in the Scottish Cup final.

Summary

Season 1998–99 saw Celtic finish second in the league six points behind winner Rangers. They reached the final of the Scottish Cup losing to Rangers, the third round of the League Cup losing to Airdrieonians, the second qualifying round of the Champions League and the second round of the Uefa Cup losing to FC Zürich.

Transfers

In

Out

• Expenditure: £6,170,000
• Income: £1,550,000
• Total loss/gain: £4,620,000

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendlies

9 July 1998 Friendly	Hollandia	2–1	Celtic	Juliana Sportpark
	Veltmeyer 50' Zaoudi 83'		Blinker 11'	Referee: Van Dongen

10 July 1998 Friendly	ASWH	1–5	Celtic	Sportpark Schildman
	Koster 71' (Penalty)		Elliot 14', 57' Brattbakk 32', 55' Stubbs 49'	Attendance: 1,000

18 July 1998 Ray Montgomerie Testimonial	Kilmarnock	1–2	Celtic	Rugby Park
	Wright 19'		Larsson 35' Donnelly 40'	Attendance: 6,860 Referee: McCluskey

25 July 1998 Friendly	Celtic	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Celtic Park
	Blinker 43' Jackson 62'		Armstrong 11'	Attendance: 53,872 Referee: McCluskey

4 August 1998 Jimmy Phillips Testimonial	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Celtic	Reebok Stadium
	Sellars 33'		McNamara 87'	Attendance: 17,479 Referee: Lomas

8 August 1998 Friendly	Celtic	0–1	Liverpool	Celtic Park
			Leonhardsen 36'	Attendance: 59,727 Referee: Rowbotham

Premier League

6 December 1998 Premier League	Hearts	2–1	Celtic	Edinburgh
18:05 GMT	Adam 37' (49)		O'Donnell 74'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 17,334 Referee: Mike McCurry

6 February 1999 Premier League	Celtic	3–0	Hearts	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Larsson 21' (24), 66' (pen.)			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,844 Referee: Stuart Dougal

14 April 1999 Premier League	Hearts	2–4	Celtic	Edinburgh
19:45 GMT	Adam 27' (48)		Riseth 2' Blinker 7' Viduka	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 16,388 Referee: Stuart Dougal

Champions League

29 July 1998 First Qualifying Round 2nd leg	St Patrick's Athletic	0–2 (0 – 2 agg.)	Celtic	Dublin
19:45 GMT		Report	Brattbakk 12' Larsson 72'	Stadium: Richmond Park Attendance: 8,929 Referee: Mikko Vuorela

12 August 1998 Second Qualifying Round 1st leg	Celtic	1–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Glasgow
19:45	Jackson 50'	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 51,500 Referee: José María García-Aranda

26 August 1998 Second Qualifying Round 2nd leg	Dinamo Zagreb	3–0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Celtic	Zagreb
19:15 GMT	Maric 23' Prosinečki 44' (Penalty), 68'			Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 23,570 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

UEFA Cup

15 September 1998 First round 1st leg	Vitória	1–2	Celtic	Guimarães
21:00 GMT	Geraldo 86'	Report	Larsson 1' Donnelly 70'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich

29 September 1998 First round 2nd leg	Celtic	2–1 (4 – 2 agg.)	Vitória	Glasgow
19:45 GMT	Stubbs 38' Larsson 90' 85'	Report	Sodestrom 87'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 38,076 Referee: Oguz Sarvan

20 October 1998 Second round 1st leg	Celtic	1–1	FC Zürich	Glasgow
20:00	Brattbakk 23' Boyd  45'	Report	Fischer 75'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 44,121 Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk

3 November 1998 Second round 2nd leg	FC Zürich	4–2 (5 – 3 agg.)	Celtic	Zürich
19:15 GMT	Signore 51' Chassot 56' Bartlett 61' Santanna 75'	Report	O'Donnell 57' Larsson 72'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Leif Sundell

League Cup

19 August 1998 Third round	Airdrieonians	1–0	Celtic	Airdrie
19:45 BST	Wilson 16'	BBC Report		Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Hugh Dallas

Scottish Cup

23 January 1999 Third round	Celtic	3–1	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Larsson 3' Stewart 49' (Own Goal) O'Donnell 51'		Cooper 23'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 43,642 Referee: Kenny Clark

13 February 1999 Fourth round	Celtic	4–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Larsson 26', 31' (Penalty), 41' Brattbakk 41'			Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 47,194 Referee: Eddie Martindale

8 March 1999 Quarter-final	Morton	0–3	Celtic	Greenock
20:00 GMT			Viduka 9', 83' Larsson 58' Mjällby  85'	Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Kenny Clark

10 April 1999 Semi-final	Celtic	2–0	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Blinker 30' Viduka 39'			Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 43,691 Referee: Willie Young

29 May 1999 Final	Celtic	0–1	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00 BST		BBC Report	Wallace 48'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 52,670 Referee: Hugh Dallas

Squad

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

Statistics

League table

See also

• List of Celtic F.C. seasons