1998–99 Atlético Madrid season


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The 1998–1999 campaign was the 93rd season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 64th season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football.

Atlético Madrid
1998–99 season
PresidentSpain Jesús Gil
Head coachArrigo Sacchi
(until 14 February)
Carlos Sánchez Aguiar
(from 15 February to 23 March)
Radomir Antić
La Liga13th
Copa del ReyRunners-up
UEFA CupSemi-final

Arrigo Sacchi was sacked in February with Atlético in the UEFA Cup quarter-finals but also mired in the bottom half of the table. B-team manager Carlos Sánchez Aguiar took charge for the next month, guiding Atlético to the UEFA Cup semi-finals, before handing the reins to Radomir Antić. Antić had guided the club to the title three years previously, but ultimately the high point of his second spell in charge would be reaching the Copa del Rey final, only to be thrashed 3-0 by Valencia. The league form under Antić continued to be mediocre and Atlético were also knocked out of the UEFA Cup in the semi-finals for the second season running, by eventual champions Parma. Although Atlético qualified for the UEFA Cup due to their domestic cup run, this season would prove to be the beginning of the end for Atlético's status as one of Spain's top clubs for most of the next decade; it would be five more years until Atlético recorded their next top-half finish, and another three before their return to European competition.

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
11 Real Betis 38 14 7 17 47 58 −11 49
12 Valladolid 38 13 9 16 35 44 −9 48
13 Atlético Madrid 38 12 10 16 54 50 +4 46 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
14 Oviedo 38 11 12 15 41 57 −16 45
15 Racing Santander 38 10 12 16 41 53 −12 42

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:

  1. ^ Since Valencia, winners of 1998–99 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists Atlético Madrid earned a spot in the first round of the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup.
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Eightfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Atlético Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.

Atlético Madrid won 5–2 on aggregate.

Atlético Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate.

Atlético Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

Parma won 5–2 on aggregate.

No. Pos Nat Player Total La Liga Copa del Rey UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ESP Molina 53 -66 38 -49 7 -7 8 -10
15 DF   ESP Carlos Aguilera 42 2 27+1 1 7 0 5+2 1
2 DF   ARG Chamot 47 1 33 1 5 0 9 0
6 DF   ESP Santi 44 1 29+1 0 5+1 0 8 1
23 DF   ITA Serena 51 4 35 3 6 1 9+1 0
16 MF   ESP Valeron 40 3 26+4 3 4+1 0 5 0
18 MF   ESP Roberto 46 9 19+11 4 2+4 1 7+3 4
22 MF   ARG Óscar Mena 40 2 19+10 2 2+2 0 6+1 0
10 MF   BRA Juninho 47 13 20+12 8 5+1 1 9 4
14 FW   ESP José Mari 51 16 33+4 9 7 4 6+1 3
11 FW   ESP Jordi Lardín 33 2 18+3 2 4+2 0 5+1 0
13 GK   ESP Jaro 5 -3 0+2 -1 0 0 2+1 -2
3 DF   ESP Toni 33 0 16+6 0 1+2 0 6+2 0
7 MF   YUG Jugovic 27 5 15+2 3 2 0 8 2
21 DF   ITA Torrisi 27 2 15+2 1 5 0 4+1 1
25 FW   URU Correa 26 10 11+9 8 1+2 2 0+3 0
24 MF   CZE Bejbl 21 0 10+4 0 3 0 1+3 0
19 FW   ESP Kiko 15 7 10+1 4 0 0 4 3
4 DF   YUG Njegus 22 1 8+7 1 1 0 3+3 0
8 MF   ITA Venturin 13 0 7+4 0 1+1 0 0 0
17 FW   URU Juan González 9 2 7+1 2 1 0 0 0
28 MF   ESP Baraja 14 1 7+1 1 3+1 0 2 0
9 MF   ARG Solari 16 1 5+7 1 0+3 0 1 0
20 DF   ESP Delfí Geli 11 0 4+2 0 3 0 1+1 0
27 DF   ESP Ramón 11 0 3+3 0 2 0 0+3 0
12 MF   RSA Fortune 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW   ESP Loren 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF   ESP Tevenet 7 0 0+5 0 0 0 1+1 0
30 DF   ESP Gaspar 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF   ESP Juanma López 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 FW   ESP Rubio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF   ARG Cristian Díaz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rank Position Number Player La Liga Copa del Rey UEFA Cup Total
1 FW 14   José Mari 9 4 3 16
2 MF 10   Juninho Paulista 8 1 4 13
3 FW 25   Fernando Correa 8 2 0 10
4 MF 18   Roberto Fresnedoso 4 1 4 9
5 FW 19   Kiko 4 0 3 7
6 MF 7   Vladimir Jugović 3 0 2 5
7 DF 23   Michele Serena 3 1 0 4
8 MF 16   Juan Carlos Valerón 3 0 0 3
9 FW 11   Jordi Lardín 2 0 0 0
DF 15   Aguilera 1 0 1 2
FW 17   Juan González 2 0 0 2
DF 21   Stefano Torrisi 1 0 1 2
MF 22   Oscar Mena 2 0 0 2
14 DF 2   José Chamot 1 0 0 1
DF 4   Zoran Njeguš 1 0 0 1
DF 6   Santi Denia 0 0 1 1
MF 9   Santiago Solari 1 0 0 1
MF 28   Rubén Baraja 1 0 0 1
Own goals 0 0 0 0
Totals 54 9 19 82