1982 was the stadium's busiest year to date, hosting not only the 1982 Cup Winners' Cup Final, but also five matches at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, including all three matches in Group A of the second group stage and the semi-final between Poland and Italy. Template:Fb cl2 team 1961Template:, [95] He spent two seasons in Portugal before returning to England for spells with Aston Villa and Manchester City. |11 (A) The German team started the second half in a more positive mood with Jancker forcing a save from Schmeichel in the first minute of the restart. 2014-15Template:, |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Quarter-finals |60 Vincius Jnior was born 49 days after Real Madrid won the 1999-00 # . A minute later, Bayern missed a chance to secure the trophy when an overhead kick from Jancker came off the crossbar. But those few seconds were enough for Manchester [United] to get back into the game. Champions League 1999/2000 You are in old season. Steve McManaman, Real Madrid midfielder 1999-2003: . Chelsea clinched the Champions League title on Saturday after beating Manchester City 1-0 in the all-English final. [115] The broadcast attracted an average of 15.5million viewers, with a peak audience of 18.8million at 21:30, just as Manchester United scored their two goals. |20 (H) UNITED 2-1 BAYERN: #UCL 1999 FINAL FLASHBACK UEFA 3.62M subscribers Subscribe 53K 3.5M views 4 years ago Relive. With Keane out, goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel was named as captain. Again, Beckham played it into a perfect area and Sheringham rose to meet it, this time heading the ball on for Solskjaer to prod home and spark scenes of sheer jubilation among the huge ranks of United fans behind the 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. We were playing well in the last 20 minutes and should have been able to hold on to victory. [56], Before kick-off, opera singer Montserrat Caball moving around the field on the back of a golf cart[57] performed a live version of "Barcelona", a song she recorded with the late Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury in 1987, accompanied by a recording of Mercury on the stadium's electronic screen. 1989Template:, However, if the Rossoneri thought the job was done, they were sorely mistaken. 2003-04Template:, Name on the trophy! Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! |colspan=4 align=center valign=top|Group D winner |} Giggs started on the right wing whereas Jesper Blomqvist starting on the left. The match ball for the final was the Nike NK 800 Geo, a white ball with a standard 32-panel design. The final was contested by Manchester United and Bayern Munich. [22] The first group stage meeting between United and Bayern took place at the Olympiastadion on matchday 2 and finished in a 22 draw; lber opened the scoring for Bayern before goals from Dwight Yorke and Paul Scholes gave United the lead, only for a Teddy Sheringham own goal brought about by an error by Peter Schmeichel to level the scores in the 89th minute. I didnt want to see him with his flag up. Im lucky enough to guide it in.". Manchester United were without two of their best players namely Roy Keane and Paul Scholes for the final. 2010-11Template:, Manchester United came into the final knowing that the Champions. 1983Template:, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer'. Appropriately, the team contained a fair sprinkling of homegrown talent - Gary Neville, David Beckham, Ryan Giggs and Nicky Butt all started - in the same way the '68 side had, with George Best, Bobby Charlton, Nobby Stiles, John Aston and company. The night, which eventually became one of Manchester Uniteds most memorable nights, didn't start well. [2] Manchester United's only other German opponents in their history were Borussia Dortmund, against whom they had an overall winning record, with three wins, two defeats and a draw in their six matches, including a 101 aggregate win in the second round of the 196465 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and a 20 aggregate defeat in the 199697 UEFA Champions League semi-finals. [76] With the game seemingly drifting away from the English side, Ferguson introduced Solskjr with 10 minutes remaining. It was high, and only . After playing in all four matches of the club's pre-season tour of Australia and China in July 1999, he suffered a succession of knee injuries that ruled him out of competitive action for the next two seasons. Lothar Matthaus says Bayern Munich's defeat to Manchester United in the 1999 Champions League final still pains him: 'We were a lot better' Ryan Dabbs2 days ago Sean Hannity, Maria. With three victories in a row from 1974 to 1976,[5] they became only the third team to achieve such a feat after Real Madrid (1956 to 1960)[6] and Ajax (1971 to 1973). Template:Fb cl2 team 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 similar to those used in the UEFA Champions League logo over the entire surface of the ball. 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. It had also hosted two Cup Winners' Cup finals, in 1972 and 1982; the latter was won on home turf by Barcelona. 1999Template:, Group A Manchester United vs Bayern Munich 2-1 - UCL Final 1999 - HD - YouTube 0:00 / 6:43 Manchester United vs Bayern Munich 2-1 - UCL Final 1999 - HD Alegole 5.59K subscribers Subscribe 26K. 1967Template:, 1981-82Template:, Live now. 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 winners are crying and the losers are dancing. As half-time approached, United winger 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. 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. |-bgcolor=#c1e0ff 1960Template:, |- On 26th of May 1999, Manchester United and Bayern Munich battled each other in the UEFA Champions League final. Drogba, with the last kick of his first spell at Chelsea, took the trophy to Stamford Bridge for the first and, so far, only time. [9] Although Bayern had been waiting 23 years for a European Cup title, Manchester United had had to wait even longer, their only victory having come in 1968. That proved the turning point. The 1999 Champions League final saw the two best sides in Europe play in a final that will be remembered forever. [91] He never won the competition as a player, having moved to play in the United States for the MetroStars in March 2000, the year before Bayern next won the European Cup in 2001. 1979Template:, 1990-91Template:, However, Fabio Capello had a surprise up his sleeve, deciding to fight fire with fire, and Johan Cruyff's men were caught unawares. 1986Template:, Manchester United UEFA Champions League Manchester United legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has explained the bizarre reason he wore blacked-out boots to seal the club's historic treble in 1999.. And the Germans looked set to be crowned kings of Europe right up until the 91st minute. The 1999 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place on Wednesday, 26 May 1999. 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. Scholl then almost scored from a delicate twenty yard chip after a run from Basler, but the ball bounced back off the post and into the arms of a relieved Schmeichel. 1990Template:, 2002Template:, At the other end, Basler came close with another free kick before Zickler sent a shot just wide from the edge of the box. A scene from the dressing room after the heroic comeback against Bayern Munich. The remaining third was divided between fans of FC Barcelona (around 7,500 tickets), UEFA, and competition sponsors. 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. Yorke made it 20 on the half-hour mark, before second-half goals from Butt, Saha and Beckham completed the scoring. Despite the bad start United began to dominate possession. Stefan Effenberg had a couple of efforts, as did Mehmet Scholl, who hit a post. 2013Template:, Although Bayern had been waiting 23 years for a European Cup title, Manchester United had had to wait even longer, their only victory having come in 1968. He had been substituted with 10 minutes remaining, with victory seemingly assured. As the famous commentary line from ITV's Clive Tyldesley said, it did indeed feel like United had reached the promised land. Manchester United's only other German opponents in their history were Borussia Dortmund, against whom they had an overall winning record, with three wins, two defeats and a draw in their six matches, including a 101 aggregate win in the second round of the 196465 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and a 20 aggregate defeat in the 199697 UEFA Champions League semi-finals. [4], Including the victory over Leeds in 1975, Bayern Munich had won the European Cup on three occasions going into the 1999 final. With three victories in a row from 1974 to 1976, they became only the third team to achieve such a feat after Real Madrid (19561960) and Ajax (19711973). 2008-09Template:, He had been substituted with 10 minutes remaining, with victory seemingly assured, and the European Cup was the only major trophy he had failed to win during his career. But in the end, Manchester deservedly won. Reserve referee: [70] As Manchester United's top two goalscorers throughout the season, Cole and Yorke started up front, leaving Sheringham who had played a part in both goals in the FA Cup Final a few days earlier on the bench. 1974Template:, Official in-depth guide to UEFA Champions League 1999/00, including results, stats and video highlights. Man Utd 2 Bayern Munich 1 | 1999 Champions League final | Manchester United Glory Days: How we secured the Treble by Adam Marshall Monday 25 May 2020 23:00 Manchester United defeated Bayern. If two or more clubs are level on points, alphabetical order is applied based on full club names until teams have played each other twice, at which point the competition regulations are applied. Despite the club receiving only 30,000 tickets, it is estimated that more than 50,000 Manchester United fans travelled to Barcelona for the final. We already had victory in the bag and there were only a few seconds to go. Basler was proving to be Bayern's most dangerous player, first firing a 30-yard shot towards goal and then setting up a header for Markus Babbel, who missed the ball entirely. 1999-00Template:, [93] As captain of Manchester United, Schmeichel should have received his medal last, but instead he went up first before having to return to the back of the queue with Ferguson; the pair then lifted the trophy together, surrounded by the rest of Manchester United's players, including May, who climbed the presentation podium to a position of prominence in the celebration photographs. 1961-62Template:, Including the victory over Leeds in 1975, Bayern Munich had won the European Cup on three occasions going into the 1999 final. 'Who put the ball in the Germans' net? A first-half goal from summer signing Kai Havertz, the most expensive. The score remained 1-0 till the start of stoppage time, when two substitutes stepped up. 1978Template:, He never won the competition, having moved to play in the United States for the MetroStars Major League Soccer team before Bayern next won the European Cup in 2001. Claudio Puglisi (Italy) 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. Ole Solskjr! 1979-80Template:, [113] Greater Manchester Police later estimated that the actual number of people who attended the parade was around 500,000. The final was contested by Manchester United and Bayern Munich. 1977Template:, 1995-96Template:, Injury time goals from Manchester United's Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjr cancelled out Mario Basler's early goal for Bayern to give Manchester United a 21 win. The Champions League final began . Matthus later commented that "it was not the best team that won but the luckiest". [76][77] Scholl then almost scored from a delicate 20-yard chip after a run from Basler, but the ball bounced back off the post and into Schmeichel's arms. Busby died in 1994; the day of the 1999 Champions League final would have been his 90th birthday. The UEFA word, the UEFA logo and all marks related to UEFA competitions, are protected by trademarks and/or copyright of UEFA. 30 March 2010: With Manchester United playing Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals tonight, we look back at contemporary accounts of the 1999 final in which United achieved. Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld announced his team's line-up for the final two full days ahead of the match. It was the first time a team needing to score two injury-time goals to triumph in the Champions League has done so since Manchester United in the 1999 final Dortmund remain the only. It's 2,104 days since United's last trophy, and 197 since they were 4-0 down to Brentford at half-time.Erik ten Hag has done a phenomenal job in so many way - coaching, tactics, man . It was, for the spectators, one of the best goals in a Champions League final. Cole once again found himself with a chance in the Bayern box, but keeper Oliver Kahn hurried out of his goal to punch the ball to safety. The latters absence resulted in Bayern playing a three man attack of Basler, Jancker and Zickler while Lizarazu was replaced by Michael Tarnat. [44] The Camp Nou had hosted one previous European Cup final: Italian club Milan's 40 victory over Steaua Bucureti of Romania in 1989. 2012Template:, Schmeichel kept his side in the game when tipping another Effenberg shot over the bar after 75 minutes. The match ended in a 2-2 draw with Bayern drawing level in the dying minutes. [46] The original capacity of the Camp Nou was just over 93,000,[46] but its first major European final, the 1972 Cup Winners' Cup Final, was attended by just 35,000 spectators. Twenty years on, and with less than a week to go until Liverpool and Spurs meet in Madrid, UEFA.com ponders which was the most dramatic final in UEFA Champions League history. The goal was timed at 92:17. "When Giggsy actually struck it, I knew I was onside because he was by the post. The Red Devils defeated the Bavarians at the Camp Nou in Barcelona and completed. Template:Fb cl2 header navbar 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. [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. 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. Final of the 199899 edition of the UEFA Champions League, Independent Manchester United Supporters Association, FC Bayern Munich in international football competitions, Manchester United F.C. As I struck it, and scored, I had to glance over my shoulder to make sure the linesman hadnt got it wrong as well. 1985Template:, [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. [76] Although they were now a goal down, United began to dominate possession, but failed to create any clear-cut chances. The party had just started in the Catalan capital. Manchester United's top two goalscorers, Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke started up front leaving Teddy Sheringham on the bench. 1970-71Template:, The Red Devils defeated the Bavarians at the Camp Nou in Barcelona and completed a historic treble (Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League) in the 1998-99 season. It's really difficult to digest and this is inconceivable for us but then this is what football is all about. 1996Template:, Sir Alex Ferguson had originally considered selecting Ryan Giggs to join Nicky Butt in central midfield, but ultimately picked David Beckham. 2006-07Template:, Stefan Effenberg and Jens Jeremies played in central midfield for Bayern, with Jeremies man-marking David Beckham. When the trophy was presented to Manchester United, the captain on the night, Peter Schmeichel, who had just finished his final match for the club, and manager Alex Ferguson raised the trophy together. 1997-98Template:, [116] The climax of the game was voted as the fourth-greatest sporting moment ever by Channel 4 viewers in a 2002 poll. As Manchester United's top two goalscorers throughout the season, Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke started up front, leaving Teddy Sheringham who had played a part in both goals in the FA Cup Final a few days earlier on the bench. 1965Template:, With the game seemingly drifting away from the English side, he introduced Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Teddy Sheringham who eventually won United the Champions League crown. Prior to kick-off, opera singer Montserrat Caball moving around the field on the back of a golf cart performed "Barcelona" live, accompanied by a recording of the late rock singer Freddie Mercury, which appeared on the stadium's electronic screen. Of these, around two-thirds were reserved for the two finalist clubs (approximately 30,000 tickets per team). |}. [54], The match ball for the final was the Nike NK 800 Geo, a white ball with a standard 32-panel design. Champions League 1999/2000 Advertisements On the following page an easy way you can check the results of recent matches and statistics for Champions League. Cleared Giggs with the shot Sheringham! 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. Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld announced his team's line-up for the final two full days ahead of the match. [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. If you looking for actual season click here. [76] Another chance for Basler prompted Ferguson to bring on Sheringham. [51], As well as reducing the capacity of the stadium, UEFA also mandated that the Camp Nou pitch be narrowed by 4 metres (13ft) from 72 metres (236ft) to 68 metres (223ft), to match UEFA's 'standard' pitch size. The two substitutes have scored the two goals in stoppage time and the treble looms large! The score remained 1-0 till the start of stoppage time, when two substitutes stepped up. "As Giggsy struck the ball from there, and it was coming past me, I can remember the Bayern defender coming off the line past me and pushing up, putting his hand up in the air for offside. 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. Template:ImportTemplate:Infobox football match Beckham again swung the corner in, finding the head of Sheringham, who nodded the ball down across the face of goal. Share. The parade culminated with a reception at the Manchester Arena, for which 17,500 tickets were made available at 3 each; proceeds went to Ferguson's testimonial fund. 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. 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. Teddy Sheringham, with 30 seconds of added time played, has equalised for Manchester United they are still in the European Cup! |Agg. He made two more appearances for the first team during the 200001 pre-season campaign, as well as three matches for the reserves in September and October 2001, before a free transfer to Everton in November that year. |1st leg |Opponent 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 final was contested by Manchester United and Bayern Munich. Schmeichel kept his side in the game when tipping another Effenberg shot over the bar after 75 minutes. 1978-79Template:, 2006Template:, [99][100], Bayern president Franz Beckenbauer recognised that it was a loss of concentration in the last few minutes that led to his side's defeat: "That was the cruellest defeat possible because victory was so close. Bayern had taken the lead in the sixth minute, courtesy Mario Basler's free-kick. 1968-69Template:, "[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. 1988Template:, Manchester United became the first team to win the European Cup or Champions League having failed to be the champions of Europe, champions of their country, or the winners of their country's domestic cup the preceding season. The 1999 Champions League final 20 years on: most dramatic ever? For the best possible experience, we recommend using. Manchester United won the toss and therefore wore their usual European colours of red shirts, white shorts and white socks, while Bayern wore silver shirts, shorts and socks, all with maroon trim. Real Madrid were back on top of Europe after victory at the Stade de France. 1972-73Template:, Schmeichel, in his own penalty area, cartwheeled with glee. 1971Template:, #football #viral #highlights #championsleague #like #youtube #youtubeshorts #ytshorts #manchesterunited #bayenmunich #olegunnarsolskjaer #iconic #siralexferg.