
1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season
Encyclopedia
The 1998-99 season was Arsenal F.C.
's 109th season of league football and seventh consecutive season in the Premier League. The team finished the campaign as league runners-up, losing out to Manchester United
on the final day of the season, who also happened to eliminate Arsenal in the FA Cup
semi-finals.
Last updated:
Source: competition article
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
's 109th season of league football and seventh consecutive season in the Premier League. The team finished the campaign as league runners-up, losing out to Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
on the final day of the season, who also happened to eliminate Arsenal in the FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
semi-finals.
Squad information
Top scorers
Place | Position | Nationality | Number | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Community Shield | Total |
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1 | FW | ![]() |
9 | Nicolas Anelka Nicolas Anelka Abdul-Salam Bilal on 14 March 1979) is a French international footballer, who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Chelsea. Anelka was also a regular starter for the French national team... |
17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
2 | FW | ![]() |
10 | Dennis Bergkamp Dennis Bergkamp Dennis Nicolaas Bergkamp , is a former Dutch professional footballer who is currently the assistant manager to Frank de Boer at Ajax. At club level he played for Ajax, Internazionale, and Arsenal, and also represented the Netherlands at international level... |
12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
3 | MF | ![]() |
11 | Marc Overmars Marc Overmars Marc Overmars is a retired Dutch footballer. He is best known as a right-footed left winger, although he is able to use both his feet with equal precision and power... |
6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
4 | MF | ![]() |
25 | Kanu Nwankwo Kanu Nwankwo Kanu, OON , or simply Kanu, is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Portsmouth. He was also a member of the Nigerian national team for 16 years from 1994 until 2010... |
6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
5 | FW | ![]() |
29 | Ray Parlour Ray Parlour Raymond "Ray" Parlour , is a retired English footballer. He spent his career playing for Arsenal, Middlesbrough and Hull City. During his Arsenal career he was nicknamed "The Romford Pelé"; although the nickname was given with an ironic sense of humour, on account of his solid performance but... |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
6 | FW | ![]() |
27 | Emmanuel Petit Emmanuel Petit Emmanuel "Manu" Laurent Petit is a retired French footballer, who played his club football for Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona, and Chelsea... |
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
TOTALS | 51 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 66 |
Starting 11
Overall
Classification
Results summary
Round by round
Premier League
League Cup
Source: statto.comGroup stage
Group ETeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football... |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 | |
![]() RC Lens Racing Club de Lens is a French association football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, sang et or , comes from its traditional colours of red and gold. Their primary rivals are their northern neighbors Lille OSC, whom they contest the Derby du... |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 8 |
![]() Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups... |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
![]() Panathinaikos FC Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most... |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 |
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Source: competition article
External links
- Arseweb 1998/99 season summary
- Arsenal statistics on Statto.com