[76] Although they were now a goal down, United began to dominate possession, but failed to create any clear-cut chances. It featured a large "swoosh" across two adjacent hexagonal panels with the Champions League logo on a pentagonal panel above, and a pattern of five-pointed stars over the entire surface of the ball. Goals from Keane and Yorke before half-time levelled the tie but gave United the advantage on away goals, before Cole secured victory with the winning goal seven minutes from the end of the match. The substitute immediately forced Kahn into a diving save with a header; the closest United had come to scoring all game. Their next meeting saw the pair again play out a draw as the game finished 1-1. Template:Fb cl2 team 2008Template:, 1959-60Template:, It looked as if, having been behind for most of the match, United had forced extra time. However, the two clubs felt it would have been a shame for neither to wear their traditional colours, and they agreed to toss a coin to see who would have first choice. 1992-93Template:, Ramos has been involved in four Champions League finals as a player and has won all four. With the final taking place at their own Fuball Arena Mnchen, Bayern were expecting to claim the trophy for a fifth time. [65] Norwegian defender Henning Berg also missed out through injury, meaning that his compatriot Ronny Johnsen who had been an early contender to play alongside Butt in midfield[66] played in central defence alongside Jaap Stam, who overcame an Achilles injury. We already had victory in the bag and there were only a few seconds to go. 1983Template:, The 1999 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place on Wednesday, 26 May 1999. 1972-73Template:, Claudio Puglisi (Italy) 1997Template:, "When Giggsy actually struck it, I knew I was onside because he was by the post. The original capacity of the Camp Nou was just over 93,000, but its first major final, the 1972 Cup Winners' Cup Final, was attended by fewer than 25,000 spectators. [76] Hitzfeld responded with a substitution of his own, bringing on Mehmet Scholl, who immediately set up Effenberg for a long-range shot that went narrowly wide. [13] Both teams were also playing for the treble; in addition to their league win, Manchester United had beaten Newcastle United in the 1999 FA Cup Final on 22 May to claim the Double,[14] while Bayern were due to play Werder Bremen in the 1999 DFB-Pokal Final on 12 June. |-bgcolor=#c1e0ff However, if the Rossoneri thought the job was done, they were sorely mistaken. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer tapped in a stoppage time winner and won the trophy for United. [110] While Manchester United finished the season as treble champions, Bayern ultimately lost the DFB-Pokal final to Werder Bremen, which meant they finished the season with the Bundesliga title as their only silverware. [122] Ferguson returned to manage the side, six years after his retirement from full-time management, joined by his 1999 assistant Steve McClaren and former club captain Bryan Robson as head coach. 2000-01Template:, "Football, bloody hell!" [40] Manchester United fell behind early in the second leg in Turin, as Filippo Inzaghi scored twice in the first 11 minutes. In the process, Manchester United won their second Champions League title. The 1999 UEFA Champions League final was an association football match between Manchester United of England and Bayern Munich of Germany, played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, on 26 May 1999, to determine the winner of the 1998-99 UEFA Champions League. Cleared Giggs with the shot Sheringham! The UEFA word, the UEFA logo and all marks related to UEFA competitions, are protected by trademarks and/or copyright of UEFA. Quizzes. On 26th of May 1999, Manchester United and Bayern Munich battled each other in the UEFA Champions League final. Contrary to popular belief, the free kick was not a deflection, but rather swerved into the far bottom corner of Peter Schmeichel's goal. The 1999 final, Bayern had been in control of the game, leading 1-0 with only four minutes to go. |20 (H) Of these, around two-thirds were reserved for the two finalist clubs (approximately 30,000 tickets per team). [28] With Bayern beating Brndby 20 at home, the German side moved onto 10 points and took top spot in the group going into the final round of matches, one point ahead of United. Normally when the opposition equalise you are expecting extra-time and it was a shock to our team when they scored the winner two minutes later. |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Semi-finals With Keane out, goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel was named as captain. 2007Template:, [54], The match ball for the final was the Nike NK 800 Geo, a white ball with a standard 32-panel design. 1978Template:, 2001-02Template:, [45], The Camp Nou was constructed over three years from 1954 to 1957 as a replacement for Barcelona's previous home, the nearby Camp de Les Corts. 1987Template:, Six minutes into the match, Ronny Johnsen fouled Bayern striker Carsten Jancker just outside the area, and Mario Basler placed a low free kick around the United wall to score the first goal. The Bayern defence was anchored around sweeper Matthus, who played behind Thomas Linke and Ghana international Samuel Kuffour the only non-German in the Bayern side (by comparison, Manchester United had four Englishmen in their team); Linke and Kuffour's partnership at centre-back meant club captain Thomas Helmer had to settle for a place on the bench. "I hit it over the bar. On this day 21 years ago, United came back from 1-0 to beat Bayern Munich with two stoppage-time goals to win a historic treble. The 1999 Champions League final was the first without a Serie A side for eight years. Collina was promoted to the FIFA International Referees list in 1995, and took charge of his first UEFA Cup matches in the 199596 season. Both first legs finished as draws; Giggs scored in injury time to secure a 11 home draw for Manchester United after Antonio Conte had put Juventus ahead midway through the first half,[38] while Bayern also had to come from behind to draw 33 in Kyiv. The Red Devils defeated the Bavarians at the Camp Nou in Barcelona and completed. [95] He spent two seasons in Portugal before returning to England for spells with Aston Villa and Manchester City. Basler was the man of the match on the. [10] Their manager then was Matt Busby, who had been seriously injured 10 years earlier in the Munich air disaster, which killed eight of his players on the way back from a European Cup tie in Belgrade, before rebuilding the team to become European Cup winners. [29] Qualification for the quarter-finals was only guaranteed for the group winners,[30] meaning that both United and Bayern had to play for victory in their final match against each other at Old Trafford. A scene from the dressing room after the heroic comeback against Bayern Munich. 1975-76Template:, [70] Effenberg and Jens Jeremies played in central midfield for Bayern, with Jeremies man-marking Beckham.[75]. Paul Scholes was suspended for the 1999 UEFA Champions League final A foul on Juventus' Didier Deschamps in the semi-final cost Scholes his place He watched from the stands but felt. Manchester United have reached the promised land! [76] With the game seemingly drifting away from the English side, Ferguson introduced Solskjr with 10 minutes remaining. 1994-95Template:, Manchester United left England two days before the final, first flying from Manchester Ringway Airport to Heathrow,[60] where they boarded a Concorde aircraft for the flight to Barcelona. Mario Basler put Bayern into a sixth minute lead in the 1999 Champions League final, and it appeared to be the winning goal for most of the game. The 1999 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place on Wednesday, 26 May 1999. 2004Template:, The first meeting between United and Bayern was at the Olympiastadion on matchday 2. It would have been Sir Matt's 90th birthday, after all, so maybe it was fate. Sir Alex Ferguson had originally considered selecting Ryan Giggs to join Nicky Butt in central midfield, but ultimately picked David Beckham. 1989-90Template:, [31][32][33], In the quarter-finals, Bayern Munich were drawn against Group F winners and fellow German side Kaiserslautern, while Manchester United were paired with Group C winners Inter Milan. Penalty shoot-out if no goals occur in extra time. Solskjaer came off the bench in the 81st minute to shatter Bayern's hopes in the final held at Barcelona's Camp Nou Stadium. But for Clive Tyldesley as much as Manchester United, the night of May 26, 1999 was about seizing unexpected chances and turning them into memories. 1989Template:, Serginho blazed over before Jerzy Dudek denied Pirlo and, decisively, Andriy Shevchenko to complete Liverpool's Lazarus act. [46], Due to UEFA regulations regarding standing at football matches, the Camp Nou's terraced sections were closed for the 1999 Champions League final, reducing the capacity to approximately 92,000. We were playing well in the last 20 minutes and should have been able to hold on to victory. Ole Solskjr! Is this their moment? The bigger picture was the fact United had not won the European Cup since the days of Sir Matt Busby in 1968 and had only reached the semi-finals in the competition's present format as the Champions League. Beckham again swung the corner in, finding the head of Sheringham, who nodded the ball down across the face of goal. 1959Template:, [16][17] Bayern Munich had an easier time against Yugoslavian champions Obili, winning 40 in the first leg at the Olympiastadion with goals from Stefan Effenberg, Giovane lber, Alexander Zickler and Thorsten Fink, all scored in the space of 17 second-half minutes. Template:Fb cl2 team |align=left|Template:Flagicon Kaiserslautern The score remained 1-0 till the start of stoppage time, when two substitutes stepped up. Can you name Real Madrid's XI from their CL win vs Barcelona in 2002? Bayern Munichs team selection had been impacted by injuries with left back Lizarazu and forward Elber suffering season ending knee injuries. Manchester United and Bayern Munich were drawn together in the group of death, alongside Spanish champions Barcelona and Danish champions Brondby. United put together an attack when, after a healthy period of possession, Giggs crossed towards Blomqvist, who could only knock the ball over the bar after a desperate stretch. [15], Since neither Manchester United nor Bayern Munich had won their respective leagues in 199798, both sides faced a qualifier to enter the 199899 Champions League. As half time approached, United winger Ryan Giggs, playing out of position on the right, sent a weak header towards Kahn from a Cole cross, but that was as close as they were to come to a goal in the first half. United put together an attack when, after a healthy period of possession, Giggs sent in a cross towards Jesper Blomqvist who could only knock the ball over the bar after a desperate stretch. |20 (H) 2013Template:, The game's ending was so unexpected that UEFA President Lennart Johansson had left his seat in the stands before Sheringham's equaliser to make his way down to the pitch in order to present the European Cup trophy, already decorated with Bayern ribbons. Tyldesley on ITV's broadcast of Solskjr's injury time winner[79], Less than 30seconds after the subsequent kick-off, United forced another corner, but Schmeichel stayed in his penalty area this time, under instruction from Ferguson. |2nd leg 1962-63Template:, [11], Although it was the second Champions League season to feature clubs that had not won their national leagues the year before, Manchester United and Bayern Munich were the first such clubs to reach the final of the competition. [44] The Camp Nou had hosted one previous European Cup final: Italian club Milan's 40 victory over Steaua Bucureti of Romania in 1989. Bayern had taken the lead in the sixth minute, courtesy Mario Basler's free-kick. He had only refereed eight Champions League matches before the 1999 final, three of which came in the group stage earlier in the season, including the match between Barcelona and Bayern Munich at the Camp Nou on 4 November 1998; however, he had also taken charge of four matches at the 1996 Summer Olympics, including the final between Nigeria and Argentina, and two group stage matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Although it was the second Champions League season to feature clubs that had not won their national leagues the previous season, Manchester United and Bayern Munich were the first such clubs to reach the final of the competition. Bayern were also playing for a Treble of their own, having already won the Bundesliga and earned a spot in the German Cup final; however, Bayern went on to lose in the final. Beckham flighted the corner in just over Schmeichel's head, Dwight Yorke put the ball back towards the crowded area, and after Thorsten Fink failed to clear sufficiently, the ball arrived at the feet of Ryan Giggs on the edge of the area. [80] Schmeichel, in his own penalty area, cartwheeled with glee. Newsletter. Manchester United and Bayern Munich had only met twice in competitive matches before the final, both meetings coming earlier in the 199899 season and both finished as draws. [47] 1982 was the stadium's busiest year to date, hosting not only the 1982 Cup Winners' Cup Final, but also five matches at the FIFA World Cup, including the opening match, all three matches in Group A of the second group stage and the semi-final between Poland and Italy. |colspan=4 align=center valign=top|Group D winner Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld announced his team's line-up for the final two full days ahead of the match. [98] For Bayern Munich, substitutes Helmer and Ali Daei left the club in the summer of 1999; Helmer moved to England to play for Sunderland, while Daei remained in Germany with Hertha BSC. Three years after hosting its first European Cup final in 1989, the Camp Nou was selected as the principle stadium for the football tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona; it was used as the venue for one group match, two quarter-finals, one semi-final and both medal matches as the host nation, Spain, claimed gold. [109] Had Bayern won the cup, they would have become the first team to achieve this feat, having also finished second in the Bundesliga to Kaiserslautern the season before. United won a corner just as the fourth official indicated three minutes of injury time, and with so little time left for an equaliser, Peter Schmeichel ventured up to Bayern's penalty area. |32 (A) Main article: 1999 UEFA Champions League Final 26 May 1999 20:45 Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 90,245 Referee: Pierluigi Collina ( Italy) Top goalscorers [ edit] The top scorers from the 1998-99 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying rounds) are as follows: See also [ edit] 1998-99 UEFA Cup 1998-99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Bayern took full advantage of a United side missing influential midfield pair Paul Scholes and Roy Keane, seizing control through Mario Basler's early free-kick and holding sway thereafter. 1974Template:, On 26th of May 1999, Manchester United and Bayern Munich battled each other in the UEFA Champions League final. was manager Sir Alex Ferguson's pithy summary of a remarkable evening in Barcelona. They seemed to be badly missing influential midfielders Paul Scholes and Roy Keane. When emerging from the tunnel at the final whistle, he was stunned. The opening ceremony featured inflatable versions of some of Barcelona's most recognisable landmarks, as well as flag-bearers waving flags of the crests of the participating teams. Thomas Mller headed them into an 83rd-minute lead but, just as Bayern was preparing to celebrate, Didier Drogba levelled for a Chelsea team that had proved incredibly resilient during the knockout rounds. [37], United again came up against Italian opposition in the semi-finals, facing Juventus, who had beaten Greek side Olympiacos in the quarters, and Bayern were drawn against Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv, who beat reigning champions Real Madrid to reach the semis. 2002-03Template:, It took nearly an hour, but it was Real Madrid's Vinicius Jr. who opened the scoring on Saturday in the UEFA Champions League final against Liverpool, putting home a ball from Federico Valverde . Yorke made it 20 on the half-hour mark, before second-half goals from Butt, Saha and Beckham completed the scoring. Paolo Maldini swept in Andrea Pirlo's free-kick inside a minute and Kak ran the Reds ragged, conducting the moves for both of Hernn Crespo's goals. United's treble was the first since that of PSV Eindhoven in 1988, and the last until FC Barcelona completed their treble, 10 years later against United in the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final. 1994Template:, It had also hosted two Cup Winners' Cup finals, in 1972 and 1982; the latter was won on home turf by Barcelona. The scores were level and United were buzzing. The two substitutes have scored the two goals in stoppage time and the treble looms large! Matthus had captained Bayern in the 1987 European Cup Final and lost in similar circumstances to two late Porto goals. The result allowed Bayern to finish as group winners while United went through to the knockout stage as one of the two group runners- up with the best record. "[101] Manager Hitzfeld seemed more stunned by the result in his reaction: "I feel so sorry for my team because they were so close to winning this match but they have lost. Ferguson threw on Sheringham and Solskjr but could only watch as Carsten Jancker's overhead kick hit the bar late on. They had also finished as runners-up twice, in 1982 and 1987. [48] After an initial announcement that the clubs would only receive 25,000 tickets each, the Independent Manchester United Supporters Association (IMUSA) called that figure "ridiculous", claiming it would push black market prices to "astronomical levels"; the group's spokesman, Lee Hodgkiss, suggested a figure closer to 50,000 would be more appropriate, given the stadium's usual capacity of around 115,000. Champions League 1999/2000 You are in old season. UEFA.com works better on other browsers For the best possible experience, we. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer reveals why he could not sleep on the eve of his Nou Camp heroics in 1999. The United boss provided a rousing speech in the dressing room but Peter Schmeichel needed to keep out Carsten Jancker before a clean opportunity was passed up by the Reds when Blomqvist could not convert from inside the box. Beckham in towards Schmeichel it's come for Dwight Yorke. The result meant that Bayern finished as group winners, but United's points total was enough to see them go through as one of the two group runners-up with the best record. The remaining third was divided between fans of FC Barcelona (around 7,500 tickets), UEFA, and competition sponsors. 2004-05Template:, The 'Miracle of Istanbul' appeared a long way off with Liverpool 3-0 down at half-time. 1965-66Template:, Within 15 minutes of the restart, Milan's imposing rearguard had been breached by Steven Gerrard, Vladimr micer and Xabi Alonso, and an absorbing final eventually had to be settled by penalties. |}. Solskjr, who had been appointed as manager of Manchester United in December 2018, opened the scoring in the fifth minute, having come on for Cole in the first minute of the match due to Cole's continued struggle with kidney trouble. The match is best remembered for Manchester United scoring two last-minute goals in injury time to win 2-1, after having trailed for most of the match. 1985Template:, 1977-78Template:, Manchester United were without two of their best players namely Roy Keane and Paul Scholes for the final. Two Yorke goals gave United a 20 win in their first leg at Old Trafford,[34] while Bayern beat Kaiserslautern by the same scoreline at the Olympiastadion through goals from lber and Effenberg. [63] Keane had suffered an ankle injury in the FA Cup final that would keep him out until the start of the following season,[64] but his suspension rendered the injury irrelevant to his selection. I didnt want to see him with his flag up. Six minutes into the match, Johnsen fouled Bayern striker Jancker just outside the area,[76] and Basler placed a low free kick around the United wall to score the first goal, as Schmeichel was caught flat-footed. 1982Template:, Manchester United were drawn against Polish champions KS d and won 20 on aggregate, goals from Ryan Giggs and Andy Cole in the first leg at Old Trafford giving them the victory. Fellow striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, back up goalkeeper Raimond Van Der Gouw, defenders David May, Phil Neville and Wes Brown and midfielder Jonathan Greening were also on the bench. The night, which eventually became one of Manchester Uniteds most memorable nights, didn't start well. Stefan Effenberg and Jens Jeremies played in central midfield for Bayern, with Jeremies man-marking David Beckham. Yet the Reds were going strong deep into stoppage time, when the chips were down, and everything seemed to be slipping away. Share. At the other end, Basler came close with another free kick before Alexander Zickler sent a shot just wide from the edge of the box. [122] The Bayern squad featured six players who appeared in the 1999 final Babbel, Kuffour, Effenberg, Matthus, Jancker and Fink as well as striker lber, who missed the original match through injury. Relive Manchester United's dramatic last-minute win over Bayern in the 1999 UEFA Champions League final in Barcelona.The #UCL Final Flashback series takes an amazing behind-the-scenes look at some of the greatest finals in the competition's history. |- Less than 30seconds after the subsequent kick-off, United forced another corner, but Schmeichel stayed in his penalty area this time under instruction from Alex Ferguson. 1999-00Template:, [121] Most of the Manchester United squad from the 199899 season returned for the match,[122] with the exception of Giggs, who was on coaching duty with the Wales national team. "[101], In winning the trophy, Manchester United became the first English team to be crowned European champions since the Heysel Stadium disaster ban in 1985, which had resulted in English clubs being excluded from UEFA competitions for five years, and also the first team to achieve the treble of the Premier League, FA Cup, and European Cup in the same season. Teddy Sheringham, who had scored just four goals until that point in the season, guided home Giggs scuffed shot from Beckhams corner in the 91st minute. Subsequent renovations meant that by 1999, the stadium's capacity had reached 115,000. They were stunned to have lost a game they had thought won just minutes before (several celebratory flares had already been ignited by the Munich fans moments before United equalised, and Bayern Munich ribbons had already been secured to the trophy itself in preparation for the presentation ceremony). 1990-91Template:, The winners are crying and the losers are dancing. The Camp Nou had hosted one previous European Cup final: Italian club Milan's 40 victory over Steaua Bucureti of Romania in 1989. Despite the introduction of Sheringham for Blomqvist and our dire need for a goal, Bayern looked the likelier scorers.