# 1998–99 Celta de Vigo season

Celta Vigo contested La Liga, Copa del Rey and the UEFA Cup in the 1998–99 season, which saw the club reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup and narrowly missing out on qualification for the Champions League.

## 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 | Richard Dutruel |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Míchel Salgado |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Rafael Berges |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Fernando Cáceres |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Óscar Vales |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Mazinho |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Tomás |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Valery Karpin |
| 9 | MF | ISR | Haim Revivo |
| 10 | FW | BIH | Vladimir Gudelj |
| 11 | FW | NED | Jordi Cruyff |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | GK | ESP | José Manuel Pinto |
| 14 | FW | BUL | Lyuboslav Penev |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Fran Cainzos |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Dan Eggen |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Juan Sánchez |
| 19 | DF | YUG | Goran Đorović |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Alexandr Mostovoi |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Josema |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Claude Makélélé |
| 24 | MF | POR | Bruno Caires |
| 26 | GK | ESP | Roberto |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| MF | Claude Makélélé | Olympique Marseille |
| DF | Fernando Cáceres | Valencia CF |
| FW | Lyuboslav Penev | SD Compostela |
| GK | José Manuel Pinto | Real Betis |
| MF | Tomás | Sporting Gijon |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Ito | Real Betis | |
| GK | José Luis Diezma | CD Numancia | |
| DF | Patxi Salinas | | retired |
| MF | Geli | Racing Santander | |
| MF | Daniel Dutuel | Real Valladolid | |
| FW | Moisés | Villarreal FC | |
| MF | Milorad Ratković | Sevilla CF | |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Jordi Cruyff | Manchester United | loan |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Zoran Đorović | | released |
| FW | Jorge Cadete | Benfica | |

## Competition
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 6 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Espanyol | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 61 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round |

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 7 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 |

### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Dutruel | 47 | -46 | 37 | -39 | 2 | -2 | 8 | -5 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Salgado | 44 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Caceres | 46 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | YUG | Djorovic | 39 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Vales | 28 | 0 | 16+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Karpin | 42 | 9 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Makelele | 44 | 2 | 34+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Mazinho | 40 | 5 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Mostovoi | 41 | 9 | 30+3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 14 | FW | BUL | Penev | 41 | 18 | 30+2 | 14 | 1+1 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Sánchez | 46 | 16 | 24+12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 5+3 | 3 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Pinto | 1 | -2 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Tomás | 45 | 5 | 17+18 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+6 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | ISR | Revivo | 33 | 10 | 20+6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Berges | 21 | 1 | 16+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Josema | 24 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Eggen | 20 | 0 | 7+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BIH | Gudelj | 17 | 3 | 3+11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | NED | Cruijff | 10 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Cainzos | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | POR | Caires | 15 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ESP | Roberto |
| 11 | FW | POR | Cadete | 11 | 1 | 0+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | BRA | Adriano | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | YUG | Djorovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1998-9911.html