1998–99 NK Croatia Zagreb season

Croatia Zagreb

1998–99 season

Manager

Zlatko Kranjčar (until October)
Velimir Zajec (from October)

Stadium

1st

Top goalscorer

Edin Mujčin (10)

← 1997–98

1999–2000 →

During the 1998–99 Croatian football season, Croatia Zagreb competed in the Prva HNL.

Season summary

Croatia Zagreb made their debut in the Champions League group stage, drawn against Olympiakos, Porto and Ajax. Zagreb failed to win any of their first three group games, resulting in the departure of manager Zlatko Kranjčar. His replacement, Velimir Zajec, inspired a turnaround and wins against Porto and Ajax gave the club hope of reaching the quarter-finals. A home draw with Olympiakos in the final group stage match saw Croatia Zagreb finish second in their group, but as they were the lowest-ranked of all the group stage runners-up they did not progress.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Tomislav Butina
		GK	Dražen Ladić
		GK	Ivan Turina
		GK	Vladimir Vasilj^[2]
		DF	Mario Cvitanović
		DF	Goran Jurić
		DF	Damir Krznar
		DF	Tomislav Rukavina
		DF	Daniel Šarić
		DF	Danijel Štefulj
		DF	Mario Tokić
		DF	Stjepan Tomas^[3]
		DF	Goce Sedloski
		MF	Mario Bazina^[4]

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Igor Bišćan
		MF	Joško Jeličić
		MF	Krunoslav Jurčić
		MF	Mihael Mikić
		MF	Robert Prosinečki^[5]
		MF	Edin Mujčin
		MF	Nermin Šabić
		FW	Domagoj Abramović
		FW	Ardian Kozniku^[6]
		FW	Josip Šimić
		FW	Tomo Šokota
		FW	Gražvydas Mikulėnas
		FW	Kazuyoshi Miura

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Silvio Marić (to Newcastle United)

Results

Champions League

Second qualifying round

Celtic 1-0 Croatia Zagreb
Croatia Zagreb 3-0 Celtic

Group stage

16 September 1998	Croatia Zagreb	0–0	Ajax	Maksimir, Zagreb
				Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

30 September 1998	Olympiacos	2–0	Croatia Zagreb	Spiridon Louis, Athens
	Alexandris 21' Gogić 80'			Attendance: 60,000 Referee: David Elleray (England)

21 October 1998	Porto	3–0	Croatia Zagreb	Estádio das Antas, Porto
	Doriva 33' Zahovič 43', 73'			Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

4 November 1998	Croatia Zagreb	3–1	Porto	Maksimir, Zagreb
	Mikić 7' Rukavina 37' Mujčin 61'		Jardel 39'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

25 November 1998	Ajax	0–1	Croatia Zagreb	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
			Šimić 68'	Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Marc Batta (France)

9 December 1998	Croatia Zagreb	1–1	Olympiacos	Maksimir, Zagreb
	Jeličić 35'		Giannakopoulos 64'	Attendance: 16,546 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

References

↑ http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/dinamo-zagreb/1999/2/
↑ Vasilj in Hanover, West Germany (now Germany).
↑ Tomas was born in Bugojno, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina).
↑ Bazina was born in Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina).
↑ Prosinečki was born in Schwenningen, West Germany (now Germany).
↑ Kozniku was born in Đakovica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo).

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