Overview over the participants in the 1998/99 European Competitions
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This is a list of prospective participants in next season's European
Competitions.
Standings as of Jul 10
Seeding (preliminary)
Champions' Cup:
seeded for league stage (8 teams):
Real Madrid and champions of countries 1 through 7 (Italy - Portugal)
seeded for qualification round (16 teams):
second placed teams from countries 1 through 8 (Italy - Greece)
champions from countries 8 - 15 (Greece - Denmark)
preliminary round (32 teams):
champions from countries 16 - 48 w/o Liechtenstein (Switzerland - Azerbaidjan)
Cup Winners' Cup:
seeded for first round (15 teams):
Chelsea + teams from countries 1 - 14 (Italy - Turkey)
qualification round (34 teams):
teams from countries 15 - 48 (Denmark - Azerbadjan)
UEFA Cup:
seeded for first round (44 teams):
25 teams from countries 1 - 7 (Italy - Portugal)
16 losers from the Champions' Cup qualification round
3 teams from the Intertoto competition
seeded for qualification round (20 teams):
teams from countries 9 - 16 (Greece - Switzerland)
qualification round (40 teams)
teams from countries 17 - 50 (Ukraine and lower)
% - CWC berth went to losing Cup finalist
%% - CWC berth went to winner of play-off between losing semifinalists
$ - berth earned through League Cup
# - UC berth earned via the Fair Play ranking
& - extra berth for defending trophy holder
@ - UIC berth earned as higher placed teams did not apply
Champions Cup Winners UEFA Intertoto
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--- Italy ---------------------------------------------------------------
Juventus Lazio FC Udinese FC Bologna
Inter AS Roma Sampdoria
Fiorentina
AC Parma
--- Germany ---------------------------------------------------------------
Kaiserslautern Duisburg % Leverkusen Hansa Rostock
Bayern VfB Stuttgart Werder Bremen
Schalke 04
--- Spain ---------------------------------------------------------------
Barcelona RCD Mallorca % San Sebastian FC Valencia
Athletic Bilbao Atletico Madrid Espanyol Barcelona
Real Madrid & Celta de Vigo
Real Betis
--- France ---------------------------------------------------------------
RC Lens Paris SG AS Monaco AJ Auxerre
FC Metz Olymp. Marseilles SC Bastia
Gir. Bordeaux
Olymp. Lyon
--- Netherlands ---------------------------------------------------------------
Ajax Heerenveen %% Vitesse Fortuna Sittard
PSV Feyenoord FC Twente @
Willem II
--- England ---------------------------------------------------------------
Arsenal Newcastle % Liverpool Chrystal Palace @
Manchester United Chelsea & Leeds United -
Blackburn
Aston Villa #
--- Portugal ---------------------------------------------------------------
Porto Braga % Vitoria Guimaraes Estrela Amadora @
Benfica Sporting -
Maritimo Funchal
--- Greece ---------------------------------------------------------------
Olimpiakos Panionios AEK Iraklis Thessaloniki
Panathinaikos PAOK Saloniki -
AEK has not been admitted to the UC as it is owned by an investment
group which also owns Slavia Praha. They can be replaced by another
Greek team (Ionikos Nikea).
--- Czech Rep. ---------------------------------------------------------------
Sparta Praha FK Jablonec Slavia Praha FC Boby Brno @
Sigma Olomouc SK Hradec Kralovi @
--- Norway ---------------------------------------------------------------
Rosenborg Valerengen IF Brann Stabaek
Stroemsgodset Kongsvinger IL
Molde #
--- Austria ---------------------------------------------------------------
Sturm Graz SV Ried Rapid Austria Salzburg
Grazer AK Austria Wien @
--- Russia ---------------------------------------------------------------
Spartak Moskva Lokomotiv % Rotor Volgograd Shinnik Yaroslavl
Dynamo Moskva Baltika Kalinigrad @
--- Croatia ---------------------------------------------------------------
Croatia Varteks Varazdin % Hajduk Hr.dragovoljac
Osijek
--- Turkey ---------------------------------------------------------------
Galatasaray Besiktas Fenerbahce Samsunspor
Trabzonspor Altay Izmir
Istanbulspor
--- Denmark ---------------------------------------------------------------
Broendby FC Koebnhavn % Silkeborg AB Koebnhavn
Vejle Lyngby
--- Switzerland ---------------------------------------------------------------
Grasshopper Lausanne Sports Servette FC Sion
FC Zurich FC St. Gallen
--- Ukraina ---------------------------------------------------------------
Dynamo Kyiv CSKA Kyiv % Shakhtar Donetsk Vorskla Poltava @
-
--- Poland ---------------------------------------------------------------
LKS Lodz Amica Wronki Polonia Warzaw Ruch Chorzow @
Wisla Krakow
--- Hungary ---------------------------------------------------------------
Ujpest MTK Ferencvaros Debreceni VSC @
Dissgyori FC @
--- Belgium ---------------------------------------------------------------
FC Brugge RC Genk Germinal Ekeren RC Harelbeke
RSC Anderlecht Lommel $
--- Slovakia ---------------------------------------------------------------
1. FC Kosice Spartak Trnava Inter Bratislava OD Trencin
Rimavska Sobota @
(reason for inclusion of Subota unclear)
--- Romania ---------------------------------------------------------------
Steaua Bucuresti Rapid Bucuresti Arges Pitesti National Bucuresti
Otelul Galati
--- Sweden ---------------------------------------------------------------
Halmstad Helsingborg IF IFK Goeteborg Oerebro
Malmoe FF Oergryte
--- Georgia ---------------------------------------------------------------
Dinamo Tbilisi Dinamo Batumi Kolkheti Poti Torpedo Kutaisi
--- Cyprus ---------------------------------------------------------------
Anorthosis Apollon % Omonia Ethnikos Achna
--- Scotland ---------------------------------------------------------------
Celtic Hearts Rangers n/p
Kilmarnock
--- Israel ---------------------------------------------------------------
Beitar Jerusalem Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Haifa
--- Slovenia ---------------------------------------------------------------
Maribor Teatanic Rudar Velenje Mura Murska Olimpija Ljubljana @
--- Belarus ---------------------------------------------------------------
Dinamo Minsk Lok-96 Vitebsk Belshina Bobruisk Dnepr Mogilyov
--- Iceland ---------------------------------------------------------------
IBV Keflavik IA Akranes Leiftur
--- Finland ---------------------------------------------------------------
HJK Haka Valkeakoski Vaasan PS TPS Turku
FinnPa Helsinki #
--- Latvia ---------------------------------------------------------------
Skonto Liepaja Metalurgs % Daugava Dinaburga
--- Bulgaria ---------------------------------------------------------------
Litex Lovetch Levski CSKA Spartak Varna @
--- Macedonia ---------------------------------------------------------------
Sileks Kratovo Vardar Skopje Sloga-Jugomagnat Makedonija Skopje
--- Lithuania ---------------------------------------------------------------
Kareda Siauliai Ekranas Panevezys Zalgiris Vilnius Inkaras Kaunas
--- Yugoslavia ---------------------------------------------------------------
FK Obilic Partizan Crvena zvezda Vojvodina Novi Sad
--- Moldova ---------------------------------------------------------------
Zimbru Chisinau Constructorul % Tiligul Tiraspol n/p
--- Estonia ---------------------------------------------------------------
Flora Tallinn Lantana Tallinn % Sadam Tallinn Tulevik Viljandi @
--- Liechtenstein ------------------------------------------------------------
- FC Vaduz - -
--- Armenia ---------------------------------------------------------------
FK Yerevan Tsement Ararat Shirak Gyumri Erebuni Yerevan
--- Nth.Ireland ---------------------------------------------------------------
Cliftonville Glentoran Linfield Omagh Town @
--- Malta ---------------------------------------------------------------
Valletta Hibernians Birkirkara Sliema Wanderers
--- Ireland ---------------------------------------------------------------
St Patrick's Ath. Cork Shelbourne Shamrock Rovers
--- Wales ---------------------------------------------------------------
Barry Town Bangor City Newtown Ebbw Vale
--- Faroe Islands -------------------------------------------------------------
B 36 Thorshavn Gotu Itrottarfelag Havnar Boltfelag VB
--- Albania ---------------------------------------------------------------
Vllaznia Shkodkr Apolonia Fier SK Tirana -
--- Luxembourg ---------------------------------------------------------------
Jeunesse Esch CS Grevenmacher Union Luxembourg CS Hobscheid @
--- Azerbaidchan --------------------------------------------------------------
Kapaz Ganja Karabakh Agdam % Dinamo Baku Baki Fahlasi @
--- Andorra ------------ ??? ----------------------------------------------
Charlot Principat ? Santa Coloma -
only CE Principat plays in the UC (like last year)
--- Bosnia ---------------------------------------------------------------
Zeljesnicar (FK Sarajevo) FK Sarajevo -
Zeljesnicar and Sarajevo play in the UC
no team will enter the CWC since the three regional
federations failed to agree on a playoff.
--- San Marino ------------ ??? ----------------------------------------------
Folgore ? Folgore -
has not been admitted to the competitions (like last year)
Prepared and maintained by Martin Protzen for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Martin Protzen
Last updated: 10 Jul 1998
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