# 1998–99 Paris Saint-Germain FC season

The 1998–99 season was Paris Saint-Germain's 29th season in existence. PSG played their home league games at the Parc des Princes in Paris, registering an average attendance of 40,910 spectators per match. The club was presided by Charles Biétry and Laurent Perpère and the team was coached by Alain Giresse, Artur Jorge and Philippe Bergeroo. Marco Simone was the team captain.

## Players

    As of the 1998–99 season.

### 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 | FRA | Bernard Lama |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Laspalles |
| 4 | DF | GER | Christian Wörns |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Alain Goma |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Bruno Carotti |
| 7 | MF | POR | Hélder Baptista |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Yann Lachuer |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Marco Simone (captain) |
| 10 | MF | NGA | Jay-Jay Okocha |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Xavier Gravelaine |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Francis Llacer |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Éric Rabésandratana |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Dominique Casagrande |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Jimmy Algerino |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Nicolas Ouédec |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Laurent Leroy |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Adaílton |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Bruno Rodriguez |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Igor Yanovsky |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Pierre Ducrocq |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Mickaël Madar |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Grégory Paisley |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Aliou Cissé |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Didier Martel |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Jérôme Leroy |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Laurent Quievreux |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Division 1 | 8 August 1998 | 29 May 1999 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 029.41 |
| Coupe de France | January 1999 | February 1999 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 9 January 1999 | 6 March 1999 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Trophée des Champions | 30 July 1998 | 30 July 1998 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 17 September 1998 | 1 October 1998 | First round | First round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 030.95 |
Source: Competitions

### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Nantes | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | Montpellier | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 43 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 9 | Paris Saint-Germain | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 39 | |
| 10 | Metz | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 39 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 11 | Nancy | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 39 | |
* ↑ Lens was qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup as winners of the 1998–99 Coupe de la Ligue. Also, Nantes was qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup as winners of the 1998–99 Coupe de France.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Division 1

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 17 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 |