1998–99 Chelsea F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 February 2015 February 2010 Chelsea 1998–99 Gianluca Vialli Ken Bates FA Premier League 3rd FA Cup Quarter-finals League Cup Quarter-finals UEFA Super Cup Winners UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Semi-finals Gianfranco Zola (13) Gianfranco Zola (15) 35,016 (vs. Derby County, 16 May 1999) 17,714 (vs. Helsingborgs IF, 17 September 1998) 34,754 _chelsea1997h _chelsea1997h _chelsea1997h _chelsea9899h 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF _chelsea1998a _chelsea1998a _chelsea1998a FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF _chelsea1998t _chelsea1998t _chelsea1998t FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 1997–98 1999–2000 The 1998–99 season was Chelsea F.C.'s 85th competitive season, seventh consecutive season in the Premier League and 93rd year as a club. Season summary After a solid fourth-place finish coupled with European and League Cup success the previous season, Chelsea really felt that they could challenge for the title this season. Chelsea made more big name signings, including French World Cup winning defender Marcel Desailly from A.C. Milan, Spanish international full-back Albert Ferrer from Barcelona and, in a club-record £5.4 million move, Italian international striker Pierluigi Casiraghi from Lazio. Casiraghi's season and career was cut short by a knee injury, but his compatriot Gianfranco Zola had arguably the best season of his career, leading Chelsea to a serious title challenge, scoring 15 goals in all competitions and setting up many other goals for his teammates. Ultimately, the European Super Cup, won by beating Champions League winners Real Madrid, was the only trophy that Chelsea had to show for them. Their defence of the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup ended in the semi-finals, while their title challenge was ended in early May when they couldn't get the better of Manchester United or Arsenal. Nonetheless, a final third-place finish booked them their first ever UEFA Champions League campaign and was another triumph for their young manager Gianluca Vialli, who, at 35, announced his retirement as a player to concentrate on his managerial duties. Final league table 1998–99 FA Premier League CHE Results summary 12 6 1 29 13 8 9 2 28 17 1998-99 FA Premier League table September 2015 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/A/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H Result L/D/D/W/W/W/D/W/D/D/W/W/D/D/W/D/D/W/W/D/W/W/L/W/D/W/W/L/W/W/W/D/D/D/W/W/D/W Position 18/17/18/15/11/7/6/4/6/5/4/4/4/6/3/3/3/1/1/2/1/1/2/2/2/2/2/3/3/3/3/3/2/3/3/3/3/3 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 11v11.com: 1998-99 Chelsea results September 2015 Squad https://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1998-1999/faprem/chelsea.htm FootballSquads - Chelsea - 1998/99http://www.11v11.com/teams/chelsea/tab/players/season/1999 All Chelsea players: 1999 1 NED GK Ed de Goey 2 ROU DF Dan Petrescu 3 NGA DF Celestine Babayaro 5 FRA DF Frank Leboeuf 6 FRA DF Marcel Desailly 7 DEN MF Bjarne Goldbæk 8 URU MF Gustavo Poyet 9 ITA FW Gianluca Vialli 10 ITA FW Pierluigi Casiraghi 11 ENG MF Dennis Wise captain 12 ENG DF Michael Duberry 13 ENG GK Kevin Hitchcock 14 ENG DF Graeme Le Saux 15 ITA MF Samuele Dalla Bona 16 ITA MF Roberto Di Matteo 17 ESP DF Albert Ferrer 18 ENG DF Andy Myers 19 NOR FW Tore André Flo 20 WAL DF Danny Slatter 21 FRA DF Bernard Lambourde 22 ENG FW Mark Nicholls 23 RUS GK Dmitri Kharine 24 ENG MF Eddie Newton 25 ITA FW Gianfranco Zola 26 ENG DF John Terry 27 ENG DF Jon Harley 28 ENG MF Jody Morris 29 ENG DF Neil Clement 30 ITA DF Luca Percassi 32 FIN FW Mikael Forssell 34 ENG MF Nick Crittenden Left club during season 4 SCO DF Steve Clarke retired 7 DEN MF Brian Laudrup to Copenhagen 15 ENG DF David Lee to Bristol Rovers 20 JAM DF Frank SinclairSinclair was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally. to Leicester City Reserve squad - ENG GK Rhys Evans - ENG DF Darren Baxter - ENG DF Stephen Broad - ITA MF Samuele Dalla Bona - ENG MF Paul Hughes - ENG MF Courtney Pitt - ENG MF Jay Richardson - SCO FW Steven Hampshire - ENG FW Sam Parkin - ENG FW Joe Sheerin - ENG FW Rob Wolleaston Statistics FA Premier League Cup Winners Cup FA Cup Football League Cup 1 Ed de Goey GK NED 35 0 7 0 6 0 0 0 2 Dan Petrescu DF ROU 23+9 3 6 0 4 0 3 0 3 Celestine Babayaro DF NGA 26+2 3 7 1 4+1 0 3 0 5 Frank Leboeuf DF FRA 33 4 6 1 4 1 2 1 6 Marcel Desailly DF FRA 30+1 0 7 1 6 0 0 0 7 Brian Laudrup MF DEN 5+2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 7 Bjarne Goldbæk MF DEN 13+10 5 0 0 2+4 0 2 0 8 Gustavo Poyet MF URU 21+7 11 6 0 0 0 3 2 9 Gianluca Vialli FW ITA 9 1 5 1 3 2 3 6 10 Pierluigi Casiraghi FW ITA 10 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 Dennis Wise MF ENG 21+1 0 7 1 5 1 2 0 12 Michael Duberry DF ENG 18+7 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 13 Kevin Hitchcock GK ENG 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Graeme Le Saux DF ENG 30+1 0 8 0 6 0 0 0 15 Andy Myers DF ENG 1 0 1 0 0+2 0 0 0 16 Roberto Di Matteo MF ITA 26+4 2 7 0 4+2 1 1+1 0 17 Albert Ferrer DF ESP 30 0 7 0 2 0 0+1 0 19 Tore Andre Flo FW NOR 18+12 10 8 2 2+1 0 2+1 1 21 Bernard Lambourde DF FRA 12+5 0 3 1 2 0 2+1 0 22 Mark Nicholls FW ENG 0+9 0 2 0 0+3 0 2 0 23 Dmitri Kharine GK RUS 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 24 Eddie Newton MF ENG 1+6 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 25 Gianfranco Zola FW ITA 35+2 13 5 1 6 1 0 0 26 John Terry DF ENG 0+2 0 1 0 2+1 0 0+1 0 27 Jon Harley DF ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 28 Jody Morris MF ENG 14+4 1 2 0 5 0 2 0 29 Neil Clement DF ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 30 Luca Percassi DF ITA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 32 Mikael Forssell FW FIN 4+6 1 0 0 1+2 2 0 0 |} Statistics taken from https://web.archive.org/web/20090520151010/http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=536 20 May 2009 . Squad details and shirt numbers from https://web.archive.org/web/20080303112017/http://www.zanziball.it/en/28/22b9.html 3 March 2008 and . Results Premier League 1 15 August 1998 Coventry City 2–1 Chelsea Huckerby 10Dublin 16 Poyet 37 Coventry Highfield Road L 2 22 August 1998 Chelsea 1–1 Newcastle United Babayaro 23 A. Andersson 43 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge D 3 9 September 1998 Chelsea 0–0 Arsenal Fulham, London Stamford Bridge D 4 12 September 1998 Chelsea 2–1 Nottingham Forest Zola 1Poyet 35 Darcheville 69 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 5 21 September 1998 Blackburn Rovers 3–4 Report Chelsea Sutton 34 79 pen.Pérez 57 0 66 Zola 15Leboeuf 51 pen.Le Saux 0 66Flo 82 86 Blackburn, Lancashire Ewood Park Peter Jones W 6 26 September 1998 Chelsea 2–0 Report Middlesbrough Pallister 46 o.g.Zola 81 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge Mike Reed W 7 4 October 1998 Liverpool 1–1 Chelsea Redknapp 83 Casiraghi 10 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield D 8 17 October 1998 Chelsea 2–1 Charlton Athletic Leboeuf 18 pen.Poyet 88 Youds 58 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 9 25 October 1998 Leeds United 0–0 Chelsea Leeds, West Yorkshire Elland Road D 10 8 November 1998 West Ham United 1–1 Chelsea Ruddock 4 Babayaro 76 Newham, London Boleyn Ground D 11 14 November 1998 Chelsea 3–0 Wimbledon Zola 32Poyet 55Petrescu 70 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 12 21 November 1998 Leicester City 2–4 Chelsea Izzet 40Guppy 60 Zola 28 90Poyet 39Flo 56 Leicester, Leicestershire Filbert Street W 13 28 November 1998 Chelsea 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Zola 27 Booth 67 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge D 14 5 December 1998 Everton 0–0 Chelsea Liverpool, Merseyside Goodison Park D 15 9 December 1998 Chelsea 2–1 Aston Villa Zola 30Flo 90 Hendrie 32 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 16 12 December 1998 Derby County 2–2 Chelsea Carbonari 26Sturridge 90 Flo 55Poyet 59 Derby, Derbyshire Pride Park Stadium D 17 16 December 1998 Manchester United 1–1 Chelsea A. Cole 45 Zola 83 Trafford, Greater Manchester Old Trafford D 18 19 December 1998 Chelsea 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Poyet 80Flo 90 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 19 26 December 1998 Southampton 0–2 Chelsea Flo 20Poyet 48 Southampton, Hampshire The Dell W 20 29 December 1998 Chelsea 0–0 Manchester United Fulham, London Stamford Bridge D 21 9 January 1999 Newcastle United 0–1 Chelsea Petrescu 39 Newcastle-upon-Tyne St. James' Park W 22 16 January 1999 Chelsea 2–1 Coventry City Leboeuf 45Di Matteo 90 Huckerby 9 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 23 31 January 1999 Arsenal 1–0 Chelsea Bergkamp 32 Islington, London Highbury L 24 6 February 1999 Chelsea 1–0 Southampton Zola 11 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 25 17 February 1999 Chelsea 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Morris 44 Ward 84 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge D 26 20 February 1999 Nottingham Forest 1–3 Chelsea van Hooijdonk 39 Forssell 6Goldbæk 25, 83 Nottingham City Ground W 27 27 February 1999 Chelsea 2–1 Report Liverpool Leboeuf 7 pen.Goldbæk 38 Owen 77 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge Paul Durkin W 28 13 March 1999 Chelsea 0–1 West Ham United Kitson 75 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge L 29 21 March 1999 Aston Villa 0–3 Chelsea Flo 59 89Goldbæk 86 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park W 30 3 April 1999 Charlton Athletic 0–1 Chelsea Di Matteo 11 Greenwich, London The Valley W 31 11 April 1999 Wimbledon 1–2 Chelsea Gayle 90 Flo 24Poyet 53 Croydon, London Selhurst Park W 32 14 April 1999 Middlesbrough 0–0 Chelsea Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire Riverside Stadium D 33 18 April 1999 Chelsea 2–2 Leicester City Zola 30Elliott 69 o.g. Duberry 82 o.g.Guppy 88 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge D 34 25 April 1999 Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 Chelsea Sheffield Hillsborough D 35 1 May 1999 Chelsea 3–1 Everton Zola 25 81Petrescu 60 Jeffers 69 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 36 5 May 1999 Chelsea 1–0 Leeds United Poyet 68 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 37 10 May 1999 Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Chelsea Iversen 38Ginola 64 Poyet 4Goldbæk 73 Haringey, London White Hart Lane D 38 16 May 1999 Chelsea 2–1 Derby County Babayaro 40Vialli 68 Carbonari 88 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W Goalscorers ITA Gianfranco Zola 13 URU Gustavo Poyet 11 NOR Tore Andre Flo 10 DEN Bjarne Goldbaek 5 FRA Frank Leboeuf 4 NGA Celestine Babayaro 3 ROM Dan Petrescu 3 ITA Roberto Di Matteo 2 ITA Pierluigi Casiraghi 1 ENG Jody Morris 1 FIN Mikael Forssell 1 ITA Gianluca Vialli 1 UEFA Super Cup DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 28 August 1998 ESP Real MadridN1–010,000Poyet Goalscorers URU Gustavo Poyet 1 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 17 September 1998 R1SWE HelsingborgH1–017,714Leboeuf 1 October 1998 R1SWE HelsingborgA0–012,348 22 October 1998 R2DEN CopenhagenH1–121,207Desailly 5 November 1998 R2DEN CopenhagenA1–024,188Laudrup 4 March 1999 QFNOR VålerengaH3–034,177Babayaro, Zola, Wise 18 March 1999 QFNOR VålerengaA3–217,936Vialli, Lambourde, Flo 8 April 1999 SFESP MallorcaH1–135,524Flo 22 April 1999 SFESP MallorcaA0–118,848 Goalscorers NOR Tore Andre Flo 2 FRA Frank Leboeuf 1 FRA Marcel Desailly 1 DEN Brian Laudrup 1 NGA Celestine Babayaro 1 ITA Gianfranco Zola 1 ENG Dennis Wise 1 ITA Gianluca Vialli 1 FRA Bernard Lambourde 1 League Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 28 October 1998 R3Aston VillaH4–126,790Vialli (3), Flo 11 November 1998 R4ArsenalA5–037,562Leboeuf, Vialli (2), Poyet (2) 1 December 1998 QFWimbledonA1–219,286Vialli Goalscorers ITA Gianluca Vialli 6 URU Gustavo Poyet 2 NOR Tore Andre Flo 1 FRA Frank Leboeuf 1 FA Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 2 January 1999 R3Oldham AthleticA2–012,770Vialli (2) 25 January 1999 R4Oxford UnitedA1–19,059Leboeuf (pen.) 3 February 1999 R4 (R)Oxford UnitedH4–232,106Wise, Zola, Forssell (2) 13 February 1999 R5Sheffield WednesdayA1–029,410Di Matteo 7 March 1999 R6Manchester UnitedA0–054,587 10 March 1999 R6 (R)Manchester UnitedH0–233,075 Goalscorers ITA Gianluca Vialli 2 FIN Mikael Forssell 2 FRA Frank Leboeuf 1 ENG Dennis Wise 1 ITA Gianfranco Zola 1 ITA Roberto Di Matteo 1 References Category:Chelsea F.C. seasons Chelsea