Jim Leighton Les Sealey Paul Ince Steve Bruce Bryan Robson Mark Hughes Mike Phelan Ryan Giggs Andrei Kanchelskis Mark Robins Gary Pallister Neil Webb Brian McClair Clayton Blackmore Russell Beardsmore Danny Wallace Mal Donaghy Darren Ferguson Lee Martin Giuliano Maiorana Lee Sharpe Manager: Alex Ferguson Assistant Manager: Archie Knox Chairman: Martin Edwards Beckham flighted the corner in just over Schmeichel's head, Dwight Yorke put the ball back towards the crowded area, and after Fink failed to clear sufficiently, the ball arrived at the feet of Ryan Giggs on the edge of the area. [citation needed] 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. The 1998–99 season was the most successful season in the history of Manchester United Football Club. Manchester United. At present, the former Aston Villa keeper is associated with the fitness portal Nabufit which provides advice and insight from professional trainers and international athletes. Tyldesley on ITV's broadcast of Solskjær's injury time winner[82], Less than 30 seconds after the subsequent kick-off, United forced another corner, but Schmeichel stayed in his penalty area this time, under instruction from Ferguson. [123] The match was played in front of 61,175 spectators and raised £1.5 million for the Manchester United Foundation. At the other end, Basler came close with another free kick before Zickler sent a shot just wide from the edge of the box. "[90] When the two teams went to collect their medals, Matthäus received his runners-up medal but removed it from his neck almost immediately. 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. Six minutes into the match, Ronny Johnsen fouled Bayern striker Jancker just outside the area, and Basler placed a low free kick around the United wall to score the first goal, with Peter Schmeichel caught flat-footed. 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. The remaining third was divided between fans of FC Barcelona (around 7,500 tickets), UEFA, and competition sponsors. [86] Matthäus had captained Bayern in the 1987 European Cup Final and lost in similar circumstances to two late Porto goals. The Bayern defence was anchored around sweeper Matthäus, 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. [60], Prior to kick-off, opera singer Montserrat Caballé – moving around the field on the back of a golf cart[61] – 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. Manchester United were drawn against Polish champions ŁKS Łódź and won 2–0 on aggregate, goals from Ryan Giggs and Andy Cole in the first leg at Old Trafford giving them the victory. [51] The Camp Nou had hosted one previous European Cup final: Italian club Milan's 4–0 victory over Steaua București of Romania in 1989. [108] 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. Shuttling between his two managerial positions, Neville has also invested in non-league club Salford City and a chain of football-themed hotels and cafes with Ryan Giggs. The Bayern defence remained strong and well-organised, as Andy Cole found out when his close-range effort was quickly closed down by three defenders. Sir Alex Ferguson’s ragtag group of veterans such as Peter Schmeichel and Roy Keane and academy graduates like Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes took Europe by storm with their exciting football on their way to glory. It's really difficult to digest and this is inconceivable for us but then this is what football is all about. Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld announced his team's line-up for the final two full days ahead of the match. After finishing the previous season without winning any titles, United won the treble of trophies (the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League), the first side in English football to achieve such a feat. Solskjær reacted fastest, shot out a foot and poked the ball into the roof of the Bayern goal for United to take the lead. [121], Manchester United won the match 5–0, with current manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær opening the scoring in the fifth minute, having come on for Andy Cole in the first minute of the match due to Cole's continued struggle with kidney trouble. [76][77] Élber's absence resulted in Bayern playing a three-man attack of Basler, Jancker and Zickler, while Lizarazu was replaced on the left flank by Michael Tarnat playing in a wing-back role opposite Markus Babbel on the right. View Manchester United FC squad and player information on the official website of the Premier League. Manchester United legends squad vs Bayern Munich confirmed for 1999 match including David Beckham Manchester United will face Bayern Munich … He was hired as part of the coaching staff by England manager Roy Hodgson in 2012 before he landed his second, rather surprising coaching stint with Valencia in 2015. Squad of Manchester United . Referee Pierluigi Collina has cited this match as one of the most memorable of his career, and described the noise from the crowd at the end of the game as being like a "lion's roar". [113], In the United Kingdom, the final was broadcast by ITV Sport with commentary provided by Clive Tyldesley and Ron Atkinson. Squad Manchester United. [36] Qualification for the quarter-finals was only guaranteed for the group winners,[37] meaning that both United and Bayern had to play for victory in their final match against each other at Old Trafford. The two sides had played each other earlier in the competition, having both been drawn in Group D in the group stage; Bayern won the group, while Manchester United qualified for the knockout phase as one of the two best runners-up across all six groups. The 53-year-old also attempted to invest in former club Brøndby IF but the deal fell through. Reserve referee:[1]Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy), 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 to present the European Cup trophy, already decorated with Bayern ribbons. [80] The substitute immediately forced Kahn into a diving save with a header; it was the closest United had come to scoring all game. [62] The opening ceremony featured inflatable versions of some of Barcelona's most recognisable landmarks,[63] as well as flag-bearers waving flags of the crests of the participating teams. Squad Manchester United Season 1999-00 Premier League: Bosnich, Phil Neville, Irwin, … 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. [48], The Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, was selected as the venue for the final at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Lisbon, Portugal, on 6 October 1998. [121] The Bayern squad featured six players who appeared in the 1999 final – Markus Babbel, Samuel Kuffour, Stefan Effenberg, Lothar Matthäus, Carsten Jancker and Thorsten Fink – as well as striker Giovane Élber, who missed the original match through injury. Victors of the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League, they were the first English side to win the treble entering a hallowed group of some of the best teams in Europe. During the campaign United lost only five times, including a one-off Charity Shield fixture, in the League Cup against eventual winners Tottenham Hotspur and their only home defeat, a league match against M… [3][4] The victory completed a treble-winning season for Manchester United,[5] after they had won the Premier League[6] and FA Cup. [104] In a post-match interview with ITV's Gary Newbon, Ferguson provided a succinct summary of the game: "Football, eh? [109] 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.

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