1998–99 NK Croatia Zagreb season

Croatia Zagreb 1998–99 Zlatko Kranjčar(until 24 October) Velimir Zajec(25 October to 21 April)Ilija Lončarević(from 22 April) President Zlatko Canjuga Stadion Maksimir 1. HNL 1st (5th title) Croatian Cup First round Champions League Group stage Edin Mujčin (10) 1997–98 1999–2000 During the 1998–99 Croatian football season, Croatia Zagreb competed in the Prva HNL. Season summary Croatia Zagreb made their debut in the Champions League group stage, drawn against Olympiakos, Porto and Ajax. Zagreb failed to win any of their first three group games, resulting in the departure of manager Zlatko Kranjčar. His replacement, Velimir Zajec, inspired a turnaround and wins against Porto and Ajax gave the club hope of reaching the quarter-finals. A home draw with Olympiakos in the final group stage match saw Croatia Zagreb finish second in their group, but as they were the lowest-ranked of all the group stage runners-up they did not progress. In the first round of the Croatian Football Cup the club was sensationally knocked out by fourth-level amateur side NK Dugo Selo 3–2. In the league, Croatia was unbeaten in the first 11 matches of the season. Their first defeat came in November against Rijeka. They ended the first stage of the championship in March on top of the table, with a single point ahead of Rijeka, and 11 points ahead of their biggest rivals Hajduk Split in third place. In the championship playoff, played as a round-robin mini-league involving top six teams from the first stage, Croatia finished on top, winning their fifth Croatian title since the country's independence, and ninth national title overall. First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttps://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te489/dinamo-zagreb/squad/ Dinamo Zagreb - Squad 1998/1999 12 CRO GK Tomislav Butina 1 CRO GK Dražen Ladić 30 CRO GK Ivan Turina 23 CRO GK Vladimir Vasilj 17 CRO DF Mario Cvitanović 5 CRO DF Goran Jurić 3 CRO DF Damir Krznar 11 CRO DF Tomislav Rukavina 15 CRO DF Daniel Šarić 6 CRO DF Danijel Štefulj 2 CRO DF Mario Tokić 20 CRO DF Stjepan Tomas 4 MKD DF Goce Sedloski 19 CRO MF Mario Bazina 22 CRO MF Igor Bišćan 21 CRO MF Joško Jeličić 24 CRO MF Krunoslav Jurčić 14 CRO MF Mihael Mikić 8 CRO MF Robert Prosinečki 10 BIH MF Edin Mujčin 7 BIH MF Nermin Šabić 28 CRO FW Domagoj Abramović 26 CRO FW Ardian Kozniku 16 CRO FW Josip Šimić 25 CRO FW Tomo Šokota 9 LTU FW Gražvydas Mikulėnas 13 JPN FW Kazuyoshi Miura Left club during season 4 CRO MF Silvio Marić to Newcastle United 9 AUS FW Mark Viduka to Celtic 13 CRO DF Dario Šimić to Inter Competitions 1. HNL 1998–99 Croatian First Football League First stage (Rounds 1–22) 1 7 August 1998 Croatia Zagreb 4–1 Šibenik Marić 11 53 Jeličić 36 D. Šimić 45 Popović 62 Maksimir Zagreb W 2 16 August 1998 Zadarkomerc 1–1 Croatia Zagreb Zupan 67 Jurčić 62 Stanovi Zadar D 3 20 August 1998 Croatia Zagreb 4–2 Osijek Jeličić 45 71 D. Šimić 47 Šokota 62 Perković 38 Tadić 75 Maksimir Zagreb W 4 30 August 1998 Croatia Zagreb 2–1 Hrvatski Dragovoljac Marić 53 Šokota 73 Bošnjak 16 Maksimir Zagreb W 5 11 September 1998 Mladost 127 0–4 Croatia Zagreb Mujčin 15 18 Viduka 60 Mikić 85 Park Suhopolje W 6 20 September 1998 Croatia Zagreb 2–1 Cibalia Mujčin 20 pen. Šarić 42 Jurčec 57 Maksimir Zagreb W 7 25 September 1998 Slaven Belupo 0–1 Croatia Zagreb Marić 39 Gradski stadion Koprivnica W 8 4 October 1998 Croatia Zagreb 2–0 Varteks Šokota 35 Krznar 61 Maksimir Zagreb W 10 25 October 1998 Croatia Zagreb 4–0 NK Zagreb Mujčin 2 pen. 9 59 pen. Marić 86 Maksimir Zagreb W 11 1 November 1998 Hajduk Split 1–1 Croatia Zagreb Leko 49 Viduka 9 Poljud Split D 12 7 November 1998 Šibenik 1–2 Croatia Zagreb Bulat 72 Viduka 65 75 Šubićevac Šibenik W 9 11 November 1998 Rijeka 1–0 Croatia Zagreb Ivančić ? Kantrida Rijeka L 13 14 November 1998 Croatia Zagreb 4–0 Zadarkomerc Mujčin 20 49 Mikić 39 Jeličić 58 Maksimir Zagreb W 14 21 November 1998 Osijek 0–1 Croatia Zagreb Jeličić 61 Gradski Vrt Osijek W 15 29 November 1998 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 1–0 Croatia Zagreb Siget Zagreb L 17 14 December 1998 Cibalia 0–1 Croatia Zagreb Kozniku ? Stadion HNK Cibalia Vinkovci W 16 17 February 1999 Croatia Zagreb 3–0 Mladost 127 Jeličić ? Mikulėnas ? Mikić ? Maksimir Zagreb W 18 21 February 1999 Croatia Zagreb 2–1 Slaven Belupo Mikulėnas ? Jurčić ? Drvosek ? Maksimir Zagreb W 19 26 February 1999 Varteks 2–0 Croatia Zagreb Posavec ? Karić ? Stadion Varteks Varaždin L 20 7 March 1999 Croatia Zagreb 3–0 Rijeka Mujčin 4 Bišćan 22 Prosinečki 62 pen. Maksimir Zagreb W 21 14 March 1999 NK Zagreb 1–2 Croatia Zagreb Kosić 90 Prosinečki 18 Mikulėnas 72 Kranjčevićeva Zagreb W 22 21 March 1999 Croatia Zagreb 1–0 Hajduk Split M. Cvitanović 76 Maksimir Zagreb W Standings First stage CZG Championship playoff (Rounds 23–32) 1 18 April 1999 Croatia Zagreb 1–0 Hrvatski Dragovoljac Mujčin 41 Maksimir Zagreb W 2 21 April 1999 Croatia Zagreb 0–1 Rijeka Balaban 14 Maksimir Zagreb L 3 25 April 1999 Hajduk Split 1–0 Croatia Zagreb Erceg 66 Poljud Split L 4 2 May 1999 Croatia Zagreb 1–1 Osijek Prosinečki 74 pen. Vuica 4 Maksimir Zagreb D 5 9 May 1999 Varteks 1–2 Croatia Zagreb Kamberović 4 Mikić 2 Jurčić 74 Stadion Varteks Varaždin W 6 12 May 1999 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 1–1 Croatia Zagreb Jazić 29 Prosinečki 60 pen. Vlainić-Dida Slavonski Brod D 7 16 May 1999 Rijeka 0–2 Croatia Zagreb Bišćan 5 Šokota 84 Kantrida Rijeka W 8 19 May 1999 Croatia Zagreb 1–1 Hajduk Split J. Šimić 26 Vuković 56 Maksimir Zagreb D 9 23 May 1999 Osijek 0–1 Croatia Zagreb Kozniku 84 Gradski Vrt Osijek W 10 26 May 1999 Croatia Zagreb 2–0 Varteks J. Šimić 20 Kozniku 79 Maksimir Zagreb W Standings Championship group CZG Croatian Cup 1998–99 Croatian Football Cup Round of 32 8 September 1998 Dugo Selo (IV) 3–2 Croatia Zagreb Benkoci 48 Rukavina 75 o.g. Car 88 Viduka 17 Šokota 45 Gradski stadion Dugo Selo 2,000 Miro Martinović (Osijek) L UEFA Champions League 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round 1st leg 12 August 1998 20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Celtic SCO 1–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/champions-league-qual-1998-1999-2-runde-celtic-fc-dinamo-zagreb/ CRO Croatia Zagreb Jackson 50 Celtic Park Glasgow 51,335 José María García-Aranda L 2nd leg 26 August 1998 20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Dinamo Zagreb CRO 3–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/champions-league-qual-1998-1999-2-runde-dinamo-zagreb-celtic-fc/ SCO Celtic Marić 22 Prosinečki 45 pen. 68 Maksimir Zagreb 23,570 Pierluigi Collina W 3–1 Group stage Matchday 1 16 September 1998 20:45 Croatia Zagreb CRO 0–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/champions-league-1998-1999-gruppe-a-dinamo-zagreb-afc-ajax/ NED Ajax Maksimir Zagreb 28,000 Kim Milton Nielsen D Matchday 2 30 September 1998 Olympiacos GRE 2–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/champions-league-1998-1999-gruppe-a-olympiakos-piraeus-dinamo-zagreb/ CRO Croatia Zagreb Alexandris 21Gogić 80 Spiridon Louis Athens 60,502 David Elleray L Matchday 3 21 October 1998 Porto POR 3–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/champions-league-1998-1999-gruppe-a-fc-porto-dinamo-zagreb/ CRO Croatia Zagreb Doriva 33Zahovič 42 75 Estádio das Antas Porto 16,500 Günter Benkö L Matchday 4 4 November 1998 Croatia Zagreb CRO 3–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/champions-league-1998-1999-gruppe-a-dinamo-zagreb-fc-porto/ POR Porto Mikić 7Rukavina 37Mujčin 61 Jardel 39 Maksimir Zagreb 10,000 Markus Merk W Matchday 5 25 November 1998 Ajax NED 0–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/champions-league-1998-1999-gruppe-a-afc-ajax-dinamo-zagreb/ CRO Croatia Zagreb J. Šimić 67 Amsterdam ArenA Amsterdam 48,000 Marc Batta W Matchday 6 9 December 1998 Croatia Zagreb CRO 1–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/champions-league-1998-1999-gruppe-a-dinamo-zagreb-olympiakos-piraeus/ GRE Olympiacos Jeličić 35 Giannakopoulos 64 Maksimir Zagreb 16,546 Rune Pedersen D Standings Group A n References 2 External links Croatia 1998–99 list of matches at RSSSF.org Category:GNK Dinamo Zagreb seasons Croatia Zagreb Category:Croatian football championship–winning seasons