# 1998–99 Celtic F.C. season

The 1998–99 season was the 105th 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

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| 21 September 1998 | Vidar Riseth | LASK Linz | £1,400,000 |
| 28 October 1998 | Ľubomír Moravčík | MSV Duisburg | £370,000 |
| 13 November 1998 | Tony Warner | Liverpool | Loan |
| 18 November 1998 | Johan Mjallby | AIK Stockholm | £1,400,000 |
| 2 December 1998 | Mark Viduka | Dinamo Zagreb | £3,000,000 |
| 20 March 1999 | Scott Marshall | Arsenal | Loan |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Fee |
| 21 September 1998 | Malky Mackay | Norwich City | £350,000 |
| 5 February 1999 | John Paul McBride | St Johnstone | £150,000 |
| 6 February 1999 | David Hannah | Dundee United | £600,000 |
| 25 March 1999 | Darren Jackson | Heart of Midlothian | £450,000 |
| 31 March 1999 | Brian McLaughlin | Dundee United | Loan |
* Expenditure: £6,170,000
* Income: £1,550,000
* Total loss/gain: £4,620,000

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss

### Scottish Cup
## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Jonathan Gould |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Tom Boyd |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Stéphane Mahé |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Jackie McNamara |
| 5 | DF | DEN | Marc Rieper |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Alan Stubbs |
| 7 | FW | SWE | Henrik Larsson |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Craig Burley |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Harald Brattbakk |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Phil O'Donnell |
| 11 | DF | DEN | Morten Wieghorst |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Tommy Johnson |
| 13 | MF | SCO | Simon Donnelly |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Paul Lambert |
| 15 | FW | SCO | Darren Jackson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | SCO | David Hannah |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Enrico Annoni |
| 18 | DF | SCO | Tosh McKinlay |
| 20 | MF | NED | Regi Blinker |
| 21 | GK | SCO | Stewart Kerr |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Brian McLaughlin |
| 23 | GK | SCO | Andy McCondichie |
| 24 | MF | IRL | Colin Healy |
| 25 | MF | SVK | Ľubomír Moravčík |
| 26 | FW | SCO | John Paul McBride |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Mark Burchill |
| 28 | MF | SCO | Barry Elliot |
| 30 | DF | NOR | Vidar Riseth |
| 35 | DF | SWE | Johan Mjällby |
| 36 | FW | AUS | Mark Viduka |

## Statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rangers (C) | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 78 | 31 | +47 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Celtic | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 84 | 35 | +49 | 71 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | St Johnstone | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 57 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Kilmarnock | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 56 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Dundee | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 46 | |
* ↑ Since Rangers, the winners of the 1998–99 Scottish Cup, already qualified for the UEFA Champions League, Celtic, the losing finalist, earned a spot in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. As such, the league's UEFA Cup place moved down to third-placed St Johnstone. Scotland were also awarded an additional UEFA Cup place as the association was top of the UEFA Fair Play ranking. Kilmarnock earned this place as winners of the Scottish Fair Play ranking.