# 1998–99 Real Madrid CF season

The 1998–99 season was Real Madrid's 68th season in La Liga.

## Summary

Real Madrid sacked Jupp Heynckes shortly after winning the Champions League in May and hired former Valencia coach Guus Hiddink. Having come fourth in the league and achieving continental success last season, Real Madrid was considered a favorite for the 1998–99 season. There were also new arrivals such as Edgar Pacheco, Robert Jarni and Perica Ognjenović. Despite these transfers, manager Hiddink was sacked in February due to criticizing several players. Real Madrid also suffered an embarrassing Copa del Rey semi-finals exit after a 2–7 aggregate loss to eventual cup winners Valencia, as well as the Champions League quarter-finals exit against Ukrainian powerhouse Dynamo Kyiv, only winning the Intercontinental Cup that season.

## Squad
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 1 | GK | Bodo Illgner | 31 | EU | 1996 | 34 | 0 | | |
| 2 | DF | Christian Panucci | 25 | EU | 1996 | 31 | 0 | | |
| 3 | DF | Roberto Carlos | 25 | Non-EU | 1996 | 35 | 5 | | |
| 4 | DF | Fernando Hierro | 30 | EU | 1989 | 28 | 6 | | |
| 5 | DF | Manolo Sanchís | 33 | EU | 1983 | 33 | 0 | | Youth system |
| 6 | DF | Fernando Redondo | 29 | Non-EU | 1994 | 23 | 0 | | $5,000,000 |
| 7 | FW | Raúl | 21 | EU | 1994 | 37 | 25 | | Youth system |
| 8 | FW | Predrag Mijatović | 29 | Non-EU | 1996 | 28 | 5 | | |
| 9 | FW | Davor Šuker | 30 | Non-EU | 1996 | 19 | 4 | | |
| 10 | MF | Clarence Seedorf | 22 | EU | 1996 | 37 | 3 | | |
| 11 | FW | Sávio | 24 | Non-EU | 1998 | 34 | 6 | | |
| 12 | DF | Iván Campo | 24 | EU | 1998 | 27 | 1 | | |
| 13 | GK | Pedro Contreras | 26 | EU | 1997 | 4 | 0 | | Youth system |
| 14 | MF | Guti | 21 | EU | 1995 | 28 | 1 | | Youth system |
| 15 | FW | Fernando Morientes | 22 | EU | 1997 | 33 | 19 | | €6,600,000 |
| 16 | MF | Jaime | 24 | EU | 1996 | 14 | 0 | | Youth system |
| 17 | DF | Robert Jarni | 29 | Non-EU | 1998 | 27 | 1 | 1999 | £3,400,000 |
| 18 | DF | Aitor Karanka | 24 | EU | 1997 | 4 | 0 | | |
| 19 | DF | Fernando Sanz | 24 | EU | 1996 | 9 | 0 | | Youth system |
| 21 | DF | Rojas | 23 | EU | 1998 | 5 | 0 | 1999 | Youth system |
| 22 | MF | Christian Karembeu | 27 | EU | 1997 | 20 | 0 | | |
| 23 | MF | Samuel Eto'o | 17 | Non-EU | 1997 | 1 | 0 | | |
| 23 | FW | Perica Ognjenović | 21 | Non-EU | 1999 | 1 | 0 | | €2,500,000 |
| 24 | MF | Álvaro Benito | 21 | EU | 1995 | 0 | 0 | | Youth system |
| 29 | DF | Manuel Tena | 20 | EU | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1999 | Youth system |
| 31 | FW | Tote | 19 | EU | 1999 | 1 | 0 | | Youth system |
* Last updated: 21 January 2012
* Source: BDFutbol

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Iván Campo | RCD Mallorca | |
| MF | Robert Jarni | Coventry City | |
| FW | Samuel Eto'o | CD Leganes | loan ended |
| MF | Álvaro Benito | CD Tenerife | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| GK | Santiago Cañizares | Valencia CF | |
| FW | Dani García | RCD Mallorca | |
| DF | Chendo | | retired |
| MF | Victor | Racing Santander | |
| MF | Zé Roberto | Bayer Leverkusen | €7,000,000 |

#### Winter

Reference:
In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Perica Ognjenovic | Flamengo | €2,500,000 |
| FW | Rolando Zárate | Velez Sarsfield | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | José Amavisca | Racing Santander | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Reference:

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Barcelona (C) | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 87 | 43 | +44 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 77 | 62 | +15 | 68 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Mallorca | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Valencia | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 63 | 39 | +24 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 64 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |

#### Positions by round

| Team / 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Real Madrid | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |

#### Matches
### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | INT | RMA | SPM | STM |
| 1 | Internazionale | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 6–1 |
| 3 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 1 | | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | — |

#### Quarter-finals
### Intercontinental Cup
## Statistics
### Player statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Illgner | 45 | -73 | 34 | -56 | 3 | -6 | 8 | -11 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Panucci | 40 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Hierro | 38 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Sanchís | 44 | 0 | 27+6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Roberto Carlos | 47 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Seedorf | 50 | 7 | 35+2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | ARG | Redondo | 32 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Savio | 47 | 10 | 24+10 | 6 | 5+1 | 1 | 6+1 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Rául | 47 | 28 | 37 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Morientes | 42 | 25 | 24+9 | 19 | 3+2 | 6 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | YUG | Mijatović | 39 | 9 | 26+2 | 5 | 3+1 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Contreras | 7 | -9 | 4 | -6 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Iván Campo | 36 | 1 | 24+3 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | CRO | Jarni | 34 | 3 | 19+8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Guti | 36 | 3 | 11+17 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Karembeu | 30 | 0 | 12+8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Almansa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Šuker | 26 | 4 | 9+10 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Jaime | 23 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Sanz | 12 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Karanka | 7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Rojas | 10 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | CMR | Samuel Eto'o | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Tena | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | YUG | Ognjenovic | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Tote | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ESP | Rubio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Dorado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Alvaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Villa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ARG | Bizzarri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | ESP | Casillas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1998-992.html