1999 UEFA Super Cup
# 1999 UEFA Super Cup

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

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

## Teams

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

## Match

### Summary

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.

### Details

| Manchester United | Lazio |
| - | - |
| GK | 17 | Raimond van der Gouw |
| RB | 2 | Gary Neville |
| CB | 6 | Jaap Stam | 57' |
| CB | 21 | Henning Berg |
| LB | 12 | Phil Neville |
| RM | 7 | David Beckham | 58' |
| CM | 16 | Roy Keane (c) |
| LM | 18 | Paul Scholes |
| RF | 9 | Andy Cole | 78' |
| CF | 10 | Teddy Sheringham |
| LF | 20 | Ole Gunnar Solskjær |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 31 | Nick Culkin |
| DF | 13 | John Curtis | 57' |
| MF | 11 | Ryan Giggs |
| MF | 33 | Mark Wilson |
| MF | 34 | Jonathan Greening | 78' |
| FW | 14 | Jordi Cruyff | 58' |
| FW | 19 | Dwight Yorke |
| Manager: ||
| Sir Alex Ferguson ||
| GK | 1 | Luca Marchegiani |
| RB | 2 | Paolo Negro |
| CB | 13 | Alessandro Nesta (c) |
| CB | 11 | Siniša Mihajlović |
| LB | 15 | Giuseppe Pancaro |
| RM | 20 | Dejan Stanković |
| CM | 23 | Juan Sebastián Verón |
| CM | 25 | Matías Almeyda |
| LM | 18 | Pavel Nedvěd | 66' |
| SS | 10 | Roberto Mancini | 84' |
| CF | 21 | Simone Inzaghi | 23' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 22 | Marco Ballotta |
| DF | 5 | Giuseppe Favalli |
| MF | 7 | Sérgio Conceição |
| MF | 14 | Diego Simeone | 84' |
| MF | 16 | Attilio Lombardo | 66' |
| FW | 9 | Marcelo Salas | 23' |
| FW | 19 | Kennet Andersson |
| Manager: ||
| Sven-Göran Eriksson ||
| Man of the Match: Juan Sebastián Verón (Lazio) Assistant referees: Jacek Pocięgiel (Poland) Eugeniusz Koczar (Poland) Fourth official: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland) | Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions |
