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1999 UEFA Super Cup

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1999 UEFA Super Cup
Match programme cover
Date27 August 1999
VenueStade Louis II, Monaco
Man of the MatchJuan Sebastián Verón (Lazio)[1]
RefereeRyszard Wójcik (Poland)
Attendance14,461
1998
2000

The 1999 UEFA Super Cup was a football match played on 27 August 1999 between the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League winners, Manchester United, and Lazio, winners of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Against the odds, Lazio won the match 1–0, the winning goal coming from Chilean striker Marcelo Salas in the 35th minute. The match was played at a neutral venue, the Stade Louis II in Monaco, in front of 14,461 spectators.

This was the last Super Cup contested by the winners of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, as the tournament was discontinued after the 1998–99 season. Since 2000, it has been contested by the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the winners of the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League.

Venue

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The Stade Louis II in Monaco has been the venue for the UEFA Super Cup since 1998.[1] It was built in 1985, and is also the home of AS Monaco, who play in the French league system.[citation needed]

Teams

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Team Qualification Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
England Manchester United 1998–99 UEFA Champions League winners 1991
Italy Lazio 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winners None

Match

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Summary

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Lazio scored the only goal of the game in the 35th minute when Marcelo Salas hit a shot from just inside the penalty box which goalkeeper Raimond van der Gouw got his hand to but failed to keep out as the ball went under his body.[2]

Details

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Manchester United England0–1Italy Lazio
Report Salas 35'
Attendance: 14,461[1]
Manchester United
Lazio
GK 17 Netherlands Raimond van der Gouw
RB 2 England Gary Neville
CB 6 Netherlands Jaap Stam downward-facing red arrow 57'
CB 21 Norway Henning Berg
LB 12 England Phil Neville
RM 7 England David Beckham downward-facing red arrow 58'
CM 16 Republic of Ireland Roy Keane (c)
LM 18 England Paul Scholes
RF 9 England Andy Cole downward-facing red arrow 78'
CF 10 England Teddy Sheringham
LF 20 Norway Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Substitutes:
GK 31 England Nick Culkin
DF 13 England John Curtis upward-facing green arrow 57'
MF 11 Wales Ryan Giggs
MF 33 England Mark Wilson
MF 34 England Jonathan Greening upward-facing green arrow 78'
FW 14 Netherlands Jordi Cruyff upward-facing green arrow 58'
FW 19 Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke
Manager:
Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson
GK 1 Italy Luca Marchegiani
RB 2 Italy Paolo Negro
CB 13 Italy Alessandro Nesta (c)
CB 11 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Siniša Mihajlović
LB 15 Italy Giuseppe Pancaro
RM 20 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Stanković
CM 23 Argentina Juan Sebastián Verón
CM 25 Argentina Matías Almeyda
LM 18 Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd downward-facing red arrow 66'
SS 10 Italy Roberto Mancini downward-facing red arrow 84'
CF 21 Italy Simone Inzaghi downward-facing red arrow 23'
Substitutes:
GK 22 Italy Marco Ballotta
DF 5 Italy Giuseppe Favalli
MF 7 Portugal Sérgio Conceição
MF 14 Argentina Diego Simeone upward-facing green arrow 84'
MF 16 Italy Attilio Lombardo upward-facing green arrow 66'
FW 9 Chile Marcelo Salas upward-facing green arrow 23'
FW 19 Sweden Kennet Andersson
Manager:
Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson

Man of the Match:
Juan Sebastián Verón (Lazio)[1]

Assistant referees:
Jacek Pocięgiel (Poland)[3]
Eugeniusz Koczar (Poland)[3]
Fourth official:
Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)[3]

Match rules

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Match Press Kit (2009)" (PDF). UEFA. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Man Utd lose to Super Lazio". BBC Sport. 17 August 1999. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "Manchester United v Lazio official colour teamsheet 27/08/1999 Super Cup". Collectsoccer.com. Retrieved 14 July 2015.