1998–99 Liverpool F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 February 2015 Liverpool 1998–99 Roy Evans and Gérard Houllier (joint managers until November)Gérard Houllier (from November) David Moores Anfield Premier League 7th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Fourth round UEFA Cup Third round Michael Owen (18) Michael Owen (23) _whiteborder _whiteborder _whitecollar _whitestripes _white_halfhorizontal FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 _liverpool9899a _liverpool9899a _liverpool9899a _redstripes _redtop FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF _liverpool9798a _liverpool9798a _liverpool9798a _redstripes _redtop FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 1997–98 1999–2000 The 1998–99 Liverpool F.C. season was the 107th season in the club's existence, and their 37th consecutive year in the top-flight of English football. In addition to the Premier League, the club also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup, and the UEFA Cup. This season covered the period of 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999. Season overview The appointment of former France national team head coach Gérard Houllier as joint manager alongside Roy Evans was seen as Liverpool's best chance of making a title challenge, but Evans did not enjoy the partnership and resigned in November to leave Houllier in sole charge. Despite Michael Owen's brilliant form, Liverpool were unable to mount anything like a title challenge and seemed to be a side in transition following the appointment of their new head coach and adapting to a new style, which saw new signing Rigobert Song arrive and the likes of Jason McAteer and Rob Jones leave, along with the club's longest serving player Steve Harkness, who joined Benfica on 7 March 1999 after almost ten years at Anfield. By January, the side was reshuffled but the failure of the club to retain the services of Steve McManaman, transferred to Real Madrid at the end of the season in a deal labelled as the Bosman scandal of the season, hurt the club financially. Performance wise, their seventh-place finish was not enough to attain even a UEFA Cup place, as well as being the club's lowest finish in five years. The season had not started poorly, with a 2–1 win at Southampton followed by a 0–0 draw at home to the previous season's double winners Arsenal and an impressive 4–1 away win over Newcastle United just days after the Tynesiders had sacked former Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish. September began with a 2–0 win over Coventry City which saw the Reds top the table after four matches, level on points with Aston Villa, while title favourites Arsenal and Manchester United were fifth and ninth respectively.http://www.liverpool-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?day=09&month=Sep&ssnno=128&teamno=342 Liverpool News - LFC Online However, Liverpool's lead of the Premier League was lost in their fifth match after they lost 2–1 at West Ham United. They travelled to Old Trafford for an encounter with fierce rivals Manchester United on 24 September, but lost 2–0. They were now fourth in the league, while United were third, unfancied Derby County were second and Aston Villa now led the league.http://www.liverpool-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?day=24&month=Sep&ssnno=128&teamno=342 Liverpool News - LFC Online 15 September saw the beginning of the club's UEFA Cup campaign, where they defeated Slovak side Košice 3–0 away in Košice. A comprehensive 5–0 win in the second leg booked Liverpool's place in the next round. October was a mixed month for the Reds, who crushed Nottingham Forest 5–1 in the Premier League at Anfield but were held to draws by Chelsea and Everton and ended the month with a 1–0 defeat at Leicester City which saw them still restricted to fourth place. However, they were now six points behind leaders Aston Villa – who had a game in hand – and more than a quarter of the league season had now passed. Manchester United were now one point off the top, while Arsenal had re-emerged as contenders for the title they had won the previous season, now occupying third place. Derby County's challenge had fallen away as they slipped to mid-table.http://www.liverpool-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?day=31&month=Oct&ssnno=128&teamno=342 Liverpool News - LFC Online There was positive news on the European scene that late autumn as they edged past Valencia on away goals in the UEFA Cup second round. Liverpool's League Cup quest began well with a 3–1 home win over Division Two leaders Fulham in the third round, but ended in the next round with a 3–1 home defeat to a Tottenham Hotspur side who were recovering well from their dismal start to the season since the appointment of George Graham as manager. The first half of November was a disaster for the Reds, who lost at home to both Derby County and Leeds United. However, the month ended on a higher note as wins over Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers lifted them back up to eighth place.http://www.liverpool-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?day=29&month=Nov&ssnno=128&teamno=342 Liverpool News - LFC Online Liverpool's dreams of European glory were ended on 8 December 1998 when they suffered a hefty defeat to Celta Vigo in the UEFA Cup third round. The Reds had stuttered in the league early in the month and a 1–0 defeat at Wimbledon on 13 December saw them occupy 12th place in the league.http://www.liverpool-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?day=13&month=Dec&ssnno=128&teamno=342 Liverpool News - LFC Online However, three straight wins saw them rise to seventh by the end of the year.http://www.liverpool-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?day=28&month=Dec&ssnno=128&teamno=342 Liverpool News - LFC Online By the dawn of the new year, Liverpool's last hope of silverware was in the FA Cup. They had an easy start in the competition, travelling to Vale Park for a third round tie with Division One strugglers Port Vale, coming away 3–0 winners. However, their hopes of glory ended in the fourth round when they surrendered a 1–0 lead in the dying minutes to lose 2–1 to Manchester United at Old Trafford. Their dismal league form that month saw them draw 0–0 at Arsenal and lose 2–1 at Coventry City, though they had some wry consolation in the form of a 7–1 hammering of strugglers Southampton at Anfield, in a match that saw Robbie Fowler score his 100th Premier League goal. They were now sixth in the league, now being led by Chelsea, who were eight points ahead of them with a game in hand.http://www.liverpool-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?day=30&month=Jan&ssnno=128&teamno=342 Liverpool News - LFC Online Spring brought a similar pattern of results, and by 21 April, they had slid down to tenth place in the league with even their UEFA Cup qualification hopes looking slim. They needed a good run of results to even finish eighth, the lowest position they had finished in since their current spell as a top flight club began in 1962.http://www.liverpool-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?day=21&month=Apr&ssnno=128&teamno=342 Liverpool News - LFC Online Wins over Blackburn and Tottenham kept the Reds in contention for European qualification with three matches to play,http://www.liverpool-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?day=01&month=May&ssnno=128&teamno=342 Liverpool News - LFC Online but a draw at home to Manchester United and a defeat at Sheffield Wednesday meant a 3–0 home win over Wimbledon on the final day of the season was not enough for anything higher than seventh place, meaning the 1999–2000 season would be Liverpool's first season in five years without European football. Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1998-1999/faprem/liverpool.htm FootballSquads - Liverpool - 1998/99 1 ENG GK David James 2 ENG DF Rob Jones 3 NOR DF Bjørn Tore Kvarme 4 CMR DF Rigobert Song 5 IRL DF Steve Staunton 6 IRL DF Phil BabbBabb was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1994. 7 ENG MF Steve McManaman 8 NOR MF Øyvind Leonhardsen 9 ENG FW Robbie Fowler 10 ENG FW Michael Owen 11 ENG MF Jamie Redknapp 13 GER FW Karl-Heinz Riedle 14 NOR MF Vegard Heggem 15 CZE MF Patrik Berger 16 RSA FW Sean DundeeDundee was born in Durban, South Africa, but also holds German nationality and would make his international debut for the Germany B team in March 2000. 17 ENG MF Paul Ince 18 FRA MF Jean-Michel Ferri 19 USA GK Brad Friedel 20 NOR DF Stig Inge Bjørnebye 21 ENG DF Dominic MatteoMatteo was born in Dumfries, Scotland, but was raised in England from the age of four and represented them at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Scotland in November 2000. 22 ENG GK Tony WarnerWarner was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and would make his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in February 2006. 23 ENG DF Jamie Carragher 24 ENG MF Danny Murphy 25 ENG MF David Thompson 26 DEN GK Jorgen Nielsen 27 ISL MF Haukur Ingi Guðnason 28 ENG MF Steven Gerrard 29 ENG DF Stephen Wright 30 MLI DF Djimi TraoréTraoré was born in Saint-Ouen, France, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally and would make his international debut for Mali in 2004. Left club during season 4 IRL DF Jason McAteerMcAteer was born in Tranmere, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1994. to Blackburn Rovers 12 ENG DF Steve Harkness to Benfica WAL MF Danny Williams to Wrexham Reserves ENG MF Jamie Cassidy WAL DF Gareth Roberts Pre-season and friendlies DateOpponentsH / AResult F–AScorers24 July 1998Crewe AlexandraA3–1Murphy 64', Matteo 65' Kvarme 67'27 July 1998Randers FrejaA1–1Riedle 79'29 July 1998RosenborgA0–231 July 1998St Patrick's Athletic1998 Carlsberg TrophyN3–2Berger 12', Riedle 29', Murphy 37'1 August 1998Leeds United1998 Carlsberg Trophy finalN2–0Berger 56', Owen 57'4 August 1998Inter MilanCoppa PirelliH2–1Ince 29', Harkness 76'8 August 1998CelticA1–0Leonhardsen 36'17 March 1999BoulogneA1–2Berger 13'18 May 1999SunderlandFootball League 100th Championship Challenge matchA3–2Fowler 39' (pen.), Redknapp 66', Ince 77' Competitions Premier League 1998–99 FA Premier League League table LIV Results summary 10 5 4 44 24 5 4 10 24 25 1998-99 FA Premier League table September 2015 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H Result W/D/W/W/L/D/L/D/D/W/L/L/L/W/W/L/L/W/W/W/D/W/L/W/L/D/L/L/W/D/D/L/L/W/W/D/L/W Position 2/4/1/1/2/3/4/5/7/3/4/8/11/9/8/9/12/9/9/7/7/6/6/5/5/6/7/9/8/8/9/9/10/9/8/7/8/7 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 11v11.com: 1998-99 Liverpool results September 2015 Matches 1 16 August 1998 Southampton 1–2 Report Liverpool Østenstad 36 Riedle 38Owen 72 Southampton, Hampshire The Dell 15,202 W 2 22 August 1998 Liverpool 0–0 Report Arsenal Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 44,429 David Elleray D 3 30 August 1998 Newcastle United 1–4 Report Liverpool Guivarc'h 28 Owen 17 18 32Berger 45 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear St. James' Park 36,740 Graham Barber W 4 9 September 1998 Liverpool 2–0 Report Coventry City Berger 26Redknapp 48 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 41,771 W 5 12 September 1998 West Ham United 2–1 Report Liverpool Hartson 4Berkovic 51 Riedle 88 Upton Park, London Boleyn Ground 26,010 L 6 19 September 1998 Liverpool 3–3 Report Charlton Athletic Fowler 33 pen. 82Berger 67 Rufus 24Mendonca 61S. Jones 83 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 44,526 Paul Alcock D 7 24 September 1998 Manchester United 2–0 Report Liverpool Irwin 19 pen.Scholes 79 Trafford, Greater Manchester Old Trafford 55,181 Stephen Lodge L 8 4 October 1998 Liverpool 1–1 Report Chelsea Redknapp 83 Casiraghi 10 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 44,404 Graham Poll D 9 17 October 1998 Everton 0–0 Report Liverpool Liverpool, Merseyside Goodison Park 40,185 D 10 24 October 1998 Liverpool 5–1 Report Nottingham Forest Owen 10 38 71 pen. 77McManaman 23 Freedman 18 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 44,595 Steve Dunn W 11 31 October 1998 Leicester City 1–0 Liverpool Cottee 79 Leicester, East Midlands Filbert Street 21,837 L 12 7 November 1998 Liverpool 1–2 Report Derby County Redknapp 84 Harper 6Wanchope 27 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 44,020 Uriah Rennie L 13 14 November 1998 Liverpool 1–3 Report Leeds United Fowler 68 pen. Smith 79Hasselbaink 81 86 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 44,305 L 14 21 November 1998 Aston Villa 2–4 Report Liverpool Dublin 47 63 Ince 2Fowler 7 58 66 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 39,241 Peter Jones W 15 29 November 1998 Liverpool 2–0 Report Blackburn Rovers Ince 30Owen 33 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 41,753 Jeff Winter W 16 5 December 1998 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Liverpool Fox 28Carragher 50 o.g. Berger 55 Tottenham, London White Hart Lane 36,125 L 17 13 December 1998 Wimbledon 1–0 Liverpool Earle 48 Croydon, London Selhurst Park 26,080 L 18 19 December 1998 Liverpool 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Berger 19Owen 34 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 40,003 W 19 26 December 1998 Middlesbrough 1–3 Report Liverpool Deane 32 Owen 17Redknapp 35Heggem 88 Middlesbrough, Teesside Riverside Stadium 34,626 W 20 28 December 1998 Liverpool 4–2 Newcastle United Owen 67 80Riedle 71 84 Solano 29Andersson 56 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 44,605 W 21 9 January 1999 Arsenal 0–0 Liverpool Islington, London Highbury 38,107 Graham Barber D 22 16 January 1999 Liverpool 7–1 Report Southampton Fowler 22 32 47Matteo 35Carragher 55Owen 63Thompson 73 Østenstad 59 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 44,011 Uriah Rennie W 23 30 January 1999 Coventry City 2–1 Liverpool Boateng 60Whelan 71 McManaman 86 Coventry, West Midlands Highfield Road 23,057 L 24 6 February 1999 Liverpool 3–1 Middlesbrough Owen 9Heggem 44Ince 45 Stamp 86 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 44,384 W 25 13 February 1999 Charlton Athletic 1–0 Liverpool Jones 70 Charlton, London The Valley 20,043 Mike Reed L 26 20 February 1999 Liverpool 2–2 West Ham United Fowler 22Owen 45 Lampard 24 pen.Keller 74 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 44,511 D 27 27 February 1999 Chelsea 2–1 Liverpool Leboeuf 7Goldbæk 38 Owen 77 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge 34,822 Paul Durkin L 28 13 March 1999 Derby County 3–2 Liverpool Burton 12Wanchope 44 49 Fowler 36 57 pen. Derby, East Midlands Pride Park 32,913 L 29 3 April 1999 Liverpool 3–2 Everton Fowler 15 pen. 21Berger 82 Dacourt 1Jeffers 84 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 44,852 W 30 5 April 1999 Nottingham Forest 2–2 Liverpool Freedman 60Van Hooijdonk 90 Redknapp 15Owen 72 Nottingham, East Midlands The City Ground 28,374 D 31 12 April 1999 Leeds United 0–0 Liverpool Leeds, Yorkshire Elland Road 39,372 D 32 17 April 1999 Liverpool 0–1 Report Aston Villa Taylor 33 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 44,306 L 33 21 April 1999 Liverpool 0–1 Report Leicester City Marshall 90 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 36,019 L 34 24 April 1999 Blackburn Rovers 1–3 Liverpool Duff 63 McManaman 23Redknapp 31Leonhardsen 32 Blackburn, Lancashire Ewood Park 29,944 Rob Harris W 35 1 May 1999 Liverpool 3–2 Tottenham Hotspur Redknapp 49 pen.Ince 77McManaman 79 Carragher 13 o.g.Iversen 35 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 44,007 Stephen Lodge W 36 5 May 1999 Liverpool 2–2 Manchester United Redknapp 69 pen.Ince 89 Yorke 23Irwin 56 pen., 0 75 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 44,712 David Elleray D 37 8 May 1999 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Liverpool Cresswell 87 Sheffield, Yorkshire Hillsborough 27,383 L 38 16 May 1999 Liverpool 3–0 Report Wimbledon Berger 12Riedle 50Ince 65 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 41,792 Neale Barry W FA Cup 1998-99 FA Cup Matches W 3 3 January 1999 Port Vale 0–3 Liverpool Owen 34 pen.Ince 38Fowler 90 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Vale Park 16,557 Rob Harris L 4 24 January 1999 Manchester United 2–1 Report Liverpool Yorke 88Solskjær 90 Owen 3 Trafford, Greater Manchester Old Trafford 54,591 Graham Poll League Cup 1998-99 Football League Cup Matches W 3 27 October 1998 Liverpool 3–1 Fulham Morgan 53 o.g.Fowler 66 pen.Ince 76 Peschisolido 60 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 22,296 Peter Jones L 4 10 November 1998 Liverpool 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur Owen 81 Iversen 2Scales 20Nielsen 62 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 20,772 Gary Willard UEFA Cup 1998-99 UEFA Cup Matches 15 September 1998 1 Košice SVK 0–3 Report ENG Liverpool Berger 18Riedle 23Owen 59 Lokomotíva Stadium Košice, Slovakia 4,500 W 29 September 1998 1 W Liverpool ENG 5–0 Report SVK Košice Redknapp 23 55Ince 52Fowler 53 90 Anfield Liverpool, England 23,792 2 D 20 October 1998 Liverpool ENG 0–0 Report ESP Valencia Anfield Liverpool, England 26,004 2 D 3 November 1998 Valencia ESP 2–2 (away goals) Report ENG Liverpool López 45 90 McManaman 80Berger 85 Mestalla Stadium Valencia, Spain 53,000 3 L 24 November 1998 Celta Vigo ESP 3–1 Report ENG Liverpool Mostovoi 49Karpin 56Gudelj 90 Owen 35 Balaídos Vigo, Spain 24,600 3 L 8 December 1998 Liverpool ENG 0–1 Report ESP Celta Vigo Revivo 57 Anfield Liverpool, England 30,289 Statistics Appearances and goals Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 1 David James GK ENG 26 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 19 Brad Friedel GK USA 12 0 0 0 2 0 1+1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 3 Bjørn Tore Kvarme DF NOR 2+5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Rigobert Song DF CMR 10+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Steve Staunton DF IRL 31 0 1 0 2 0 5+1 0 6 Phil Babb DF IRL 24+1 0 1 0 0 0 3+1 0 14 Vegard Heggem DF NOR 27+2 2 1 0 1 0 4+1 0 20 Stig Inge Bjørnebye DF NOR 20+3 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 21 Dominic Matteo DF ENG 16+4 1 1 0 0 0 1+1 0 23 Jamie Carragher DF ENG 34 1 2 0 2 0 6 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 7 Steve McManaman MF ENG 25+3 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 8 Øyvind Leonhardsen MF NOR 7+2 1 0 0 1 0 1+2 0 11 Jamie Redknapp MF ENG 33+1 8 2 0 0 0 4 2 15 Patrik Berger MF CZE 30+2 7 2 0 1 0 6 2 17 Paul Ince MF ENG 34 6 2 1 2 1 3 1 18 Jean-Michel Ferri MF FRA 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Danny Murphy MF ENG 0+1 0 0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 25 David Thompson MF ENG 4+10 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 28 Steven Gerrard MF ENG 4+8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 9 Robbie Fowler FW ENG 23+2 14 1+1 1 2 1 5+1 2 10 Michael Owen FW ENG 30 18 2 2 2 1 5+1 2 13 Karl-Heinz Riedle FW GER 16+18 5 1 0 0+1 0 2+2 1 16 Sean Dundee FW RSA 0+3 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season 4 Jason McAteer MF IRL 6+7 0 1+1 0 2 0 3+2 0 12 Steve Harkness DF ENG 4+2 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 15 May 1999 Competitions October 2016 Goal scorers Rank RankNo. Squad NumberPos PositionNat NationalityNamePremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupUEFA CupTotal110FWENGMichael Owen182122329FWENGRobbie Fowler1411218311MFENGJamie Redknapp800210415MFCZEPatrick Berger7002917MFENGPaul Ince61119613FWGERKarl-Heinz Riedle5001677MFENGSteve McManaman40015814DFNORVegard Heggem2000298MFNORØyvind Leonhardsen1000121DFENGDominic Matteo1000123DFENGJamie Carragher1000125MFENGDavid Thompson10001Own goal00101Totals68441187 Competition top scorers Competition Result Top scorer Premier League 7th ENG Michael Owen, 18 UEFA Cup Third round CZE Patrik Berger, 2ENG Robbie Fowler, 2ENG Michael Owen, 2ENG Jamie Redknapp, 2 FA Cup Fourth round ENG Michael Owen, 2 League Cup Fourth round ENG Robbie Fowler, 1ENG Paul Ince, 1ENG Michael Owen, 1 Overall ENG Michael Owen, 23 Notes notes 30em References External links 1998–99 Liverpool F.C. season at LFC History Category:Liverpool F.C. seasons Liverpool