1998-99 season

1998-99 season
General information
Manager	Roy Evans and Gerard Houllier
Captain	Paul Ince
Performance
{{{division}}}	7th
FA Cup	4th round
League Cup	4th round
Europe	UEFA Cup: 3rd round
Top scorers
Attendances
Average	39,427

The 1998-99 season was Liverpool's 108th season of football since they were established.

Squad

• 1 David James
• 2 Rob Jones
• 3 Bjorn Tore Kvarme
• 4 Jason McAteer
• 4 Rigobert Song
• 5 Steve Staunton
• 6 Phil Babb
• 7 Steve McManaman
• 8 Oyvind Leonhardsen
• 9 Robbie Fowler
• 10 Michael Owen
• 11 Jamie Redknapp
• 12 Steve Harkness
• 13 Karl-Heinz Riedle
• 14 Vegard Heggem
• 15 Patrik Berger
• 16 Sean Dundee
• 17 Paul Ince
• 18 Jean-Michel Ferri
• 19 Brad Friedel
• 20 Stig Inge Bjornebye
• 21 Dominic Matteo
• 22 Tony Warner
• 23 Jamie Carragher
• 24 Danny Murphy
• 25 David Thompson
• 26 Jorgen Nielsen
• 27 Haukur Gudnason
• 28 Steven Gerrard
• 29 Stephen Wright
• 30 Djimi Traore
• 31 Gareth Roberts

Pre season

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
24 July 1998	Crewe	3-1	Murphy (64), Matteo (65), Kvarme (67)
27 July 1998	Randers Freja	1-1	Riedle (79)
29 July 1998	Rosenborg	0-2
31 July 1998	St Patrick's	3-2	Berger (12), Riedle (29), Murphy (37)
1 August 1998	Leeds	2-0	Berger (56), Owen (57)
4 August 1998	Inter Milan	2-1	Ince (29), Harkness (76)
8 August 1998	Celtic	1-0	Leonhardsen (36)

Other friendles:

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
17 March 1999	Boulogne	1-2	Berger (13)
18 May 1999	Sunderland	3-2	Fowler (pen 39), Redknapp (66), Ince (77)

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
16 August 1998	Southampton	2-1	Riedle (39), Owen (73)
22 August 1998	Arsenal	0-0
30 August 1998	Newcastle	4-1	Owen (17, 18, 32), Berger (45)
9 September 1998	Coventry	2-0	Berger (26), Redknapp (48)
12 September 1998	West Ham	1-2	Riedle (87)
19 September 1998	Charlton	3-3	Fowler (pen 33, 82), Berger (67)
24 September 1998	ManUtd	0-2
4 October 1998	Chelsea	1-1	Redknapp (83)
17 October 1998	Everton	0-0
24 October 1998	Nottingham Forest	5-1	Owen (10, 38, pen 71, 77), McManaman (23)
31 October 1998	Leicester	0-1
7 November 1998	Derby	1-2	Redknapp (84)
14 November 1998	Leeds	1-3	Fowler (pen 68)
21 November 1998	Aston Villa	4-2	Ince (2), Fowler (7, 58, 66)
29 November 1998	Blackburn	2-0	Ince (30), Owen (33)
5 December 1998	Tottenham	1-2	Berger (55)
13 December 1998	Wimbledon	0-1
19 December 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	2-0	Berger (19), Owen (34)
26 December 1998	Middlesbrough	3-1	Owen (17), Redknapp (35), |- Heggem (88)
28 December 1998	Newcastle	4-2	Owen (67, 80), Riedle (71, 84)
9 January 1999	Arsenal	0-0
16 January 1999	Southampton	7-1	Fowler (22, 37, 47), Matteo (35), Carragher (55), Owen (63), Thompson (73)
30 January 1999	Coventry	1-2	McManaman (86)
6 February 1999	Middlesbrough	3-1	Owen (9), Heggem (44), Ince (45)
13 February 1999	Charlton	0-1
20 February 1999	West Ham	2-2	Fowler (22), Owen (45)
27 February 1999	Chelsea	1-2	Owen (77)
13 March 1999	Derby	2-3	Fowler (pen 36, 57)
3 April 1999	Everton	3-2	Fowler (pen 15, 21), Berger (82)
5 April 1999	Nottingham Forest	2-2	Redknapp (15), Owen (72)
12 April 1999	Leeds	0-0
17 April 1999	Aston Villa	0-1
21 April 1999	Leicester	0-1
24 April 1999	Blackburn	3-1	McManaman (23), Redknapp (31), Leonhardsen (32)
1 May 1999	Tottenham	3-2	Redknapp (pen 49), Ince (77), McManaman (79)
5 May 1999	Man Udt	2-2	Redknapp (pen 69), Ince (89)
8 May 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	0-1
16 May 1999	Wimbledon	3-0	Berger (12), Riedle (50), Ince (65)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	3 January 1999	Port Vale	3-0	Owen (pen 34), Ince (38), Fowler (90)
4	24 January 1999	Man Utd	1-2	Owen (3)

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers

UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers