1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage

The **group stage of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League** began on 16 September 1998 and ended on 9 December 1998. Eight teams qualified automatically for the group stage, while 16 more qualified via a preliminary round. The 24 teams were divided into six groups of four, and the teams in each group played against each other on a home-and-away basis, meaning that each team played a total of six group matches. For each win, teams were awarded three points, with one point awarded for each draw.

## Seeding

Seeding was based on the UEFA associations 1998 ranking, similarly to the previous season. Title holders and champions of nations ranked 1–5 were put in the Pot 1. Champions of nations ranked 6–7 as well as runners-up of nations ranked 1–5 (except France) formed Pot 2. The remaining qualified runners-up (from the nations 6–8) and champions of top three nations ranked below 7 formed Pot 3. Finally, the remaining six national champions formed Pot 4.

## Groups

Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses)

## Notes

1. ↑ CET (UTC+1) for matches from 4 November 1998, and CEST (UTC+2) for matches to 21 October 1998.
2. ↑ Panathinaikos played their home match at Nikos Goumas Stadium instead of their regular stadium Olympic Stadium due to The Rolling Stones concert being held there.

## References

1. ↑ UEFA Country Ranking 1998. Retrieved on October 11, 2019.
2. ↑ 1997–98 European Cups draw
3. ↑ "Porto v Olympiacos, 16 September 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
4. ↑ "Croatia Zagreb v Ajax, 16 September 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
5. ↑ "Olympiacos v Ajax, 21 October 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
6. ↑ "Croatia Zagreb v Porto, 4 November 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
7. ↑ "Ajax v Croatia Zagreb, 25 November 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
8. ↑ "Athletic Bilbao v Rosenborg, 16 September 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
9. ↑ "Galatasaray v Rosenborg, 4 November 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
10. ↑ Originally scheduled for 25 November, delayed for political tensions between Turkey and Italy due to the Öcalan affair.
11. ↑ Real Madrid were ordered to play one match away from their usual home ground due to crowd trouble at their last home game in UEFA competition against Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of the 1997–98 Champions League semi-final.
Fylan, Kevin. "Football: Real punished for trouble at European Cup tie", *The Independent*, Independent News and Media, 6 April 1998. Retrieved on 15 February 2010. Template:Cbignore
12. ↑ "Real Madrid v Sturm Graz, 21 October 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
13. ↑ "Spartak Moscow v Internazionale, 25 November 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
14. ↑ "Spartak Moscow v Sturm Graz, 25 November 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
15. ↑ "Bayern Munich v Manchester United, 30 September 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
16. ↑ "Barcelona v Brøndby, 30 September 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
17. ↑ "Barcelona v Bayern Munich, 4 November 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
18. ↑ Kyryliuk, Viktor. "Валерий Лобановский. Четыре жизни в футболе. Жизнь четвертая. 1997-13 мая 2002. Классик - часть 6", Tribuna, 31 January 2014. Retrieved on 23 May 2019. (in Russian)
19. ↑ "Dynamo Kyiv v Lens, 30 September 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
20. ↑ "Dynamo Kyiv v Panathinaikos, 25 November 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
21. ↑ "Benfica v Kaiserslautern, 25 November 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
22. ↑ "Kaiserslautern v HJK, 9 December 1998" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

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