1998 UEFA Champions League final

The 1998 UEFA Champions League final was a football match that took place at the Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam, on 20 May 1998 to determine the winner of the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League. It pitted Real Madrid of Spain and Juventus of Italy. Juventus appeared in their third consecutive final, while Real Madrid were in their first of the Champions League era. Real Madrid won 1–0, to clinch their record breaking seventh European title, their first title for 32 years. The only goal was scored by Predrag Mijatović. The two teams would face each other in the final again in 2017.

1998 UEFA Champions League final

Match programme cover
Event	1997–98 UEFA Champions League
Juventus Real Madrid 0 1
Date	20 May 1998
Venue	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Referee	Hellmut Krug (Germany)
Attendance	48,500[1]
Weather	Mostly cloudy 16 °C (61 °F) 63% humidity[2]
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Venue

The Amsterdam Arena, host of the final.

The Amsterdam Arena has served as the home stadium of Ajax since 1996. The previous home for Ajax's European matches, the Olympisch Stadion, also hosted European finals.

One-legged finals include the 1962 European Cup final, in which Benfica defeated Real Madrid 5–3, and the 1977 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, in which Anderlecht were beaten 2–0 by Hamburger SV. It also hosted the second legs of the 1981 UEFA Cup Final between AZ '67 and Ipswich Town, and of the 1992 UEFA Cup Final between Ajax and Torino.^[3]

Route to the final

Further information: 1997–98 UEFA Champions League

Juventus				Round	Real Madrid
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Feyenoord	5–1 (H)			Matchday 1	Rosenborg	4-1 (H)
Manchester United	2–3 (A)			Matchday 2	Porto	2–0 (A)
Košice	1–0 (A)			Matchday 3	Olympiacos	5–1 (H)
Košice	3–2 (H)			Matchday 4	Olympiacos	0–0 (A)
Feyenoord	0–2 (A)			Matchday 5	Rosenborg	0–2 (A)
Manchester United	1–0 (H)			Matchday 6	Porto	4–0 (H)
Group B runners-up Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Manchester United 6 15 2 Juventus 6 12 3 Feyenoord 6 9 4 Košice 6 0 Source: UEFA				Final standings	Group D winner Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Real Madrid 6 13 2 Rosenborg 6 11 3 Olympiacos 6 5 4 Porto 6 4 Source: UEFA
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Dynamo Kyiv	5–2	1–1 (H)	4–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	Bayer Leverkusen	4–1	1–1 (A)	3–0 (H)
Monaco	6–4	4–1 (H)	2–3 (A)	Semi-finals	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	2–0 (H)	0–0 (A)

Match

Details

20 May 1998 (1998-05-20)

20:45 UTC+2

Juventus	0–1	Real Madrid
	Report	Mijatović 66'

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 48,500^[1]

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Juventus

Real Madrid

GK 1 Angelo Peruzzi (c) CB 3 Moreno Torricelli CB 13 Mark Iuliano CB 4 Paolo Montero  79' LWB 22 Gianluca Pessotto  70' RWB 7 Angelo Di Livio  46' CM 14 Didier Deschamps  77' CM 26 Edgar Davids  34' AM 21 Zinedine Zidane RF 9 Filippo Inzaghi LF 10 Alessandro Del Piero Substitutes: GK 12 Michelangelo Rampulla LB 6 Dimas RB 15 Alessandro Birindelli LM 8 Antonio Conte  77' CM 20 Alessio Tacchinardi  46' RF 16 Nicola Amoruso LF 18 Daniel Fonseca  70' Manager: Marcello Lippi

GK 25 Bodo Illgner RB 17 Christian Panucci CB 5 Manolo Sanchís (c) CB 4 Fernando Hierro  23' LB 3 Roberto Carlos  37' DM 6 Fernando Redondo RM 27 Christian Karembeu  56' LM 10 Clarence Seedorf  90+4' AM 7 Raúl  90' CF 15 Fernando Morientes  81' CF 8 Predrag Mijatović  89' Substitutes: GK 1 Santiago Cañizares DF 19 Fernando Sanz MF 11 José Amavisca  90' MF 16 Jaime  81' MF 18 Víctor Sánchez MF 20 Sávio FW 9 Davor Šuker  89' Manager: Jupp Heynckes

Assistant referees: Thorsten Bastian (Germany) Christian Schräer (Germany) Fourth official: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutes.

Statistics

First half[4] Juventus Real Madrid Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 3 6 Shots on target 1 2 Ball possession Corner kicks 1 2 Fouls committed 13 10 Offsides 1 0 Yellow cards 1 2 Red cards 0 0

Second half[4] Juventus Real Madrid Goals scored 0 1 Total shots 6 2 Shots on target 3 1 Ball possession Corner kicks 2 1 Fouls committed 16 12 Offsides 2 1 Yellow cards 1 2 Red cards 0 0

Overall[4] Juventus Real Madrid Goals scored 0 1 Total shots 9 8 Shots on target 4 3 Ball possession 49% 51% Corner kicks 3 3 Fouls committed 29 22 Offsides 3 1 Yellow cards 2 4 Red cards 0 0

See also

• 1997–98 UEFA Champions League
• 2017 UEFA Champions League final – contested between same teams
• Juventus F.C. in European football
• Real Madrid CF in international football competitions