1998–99 NK Croatia Zagreb season
# 1998–99 NK Croatia Zagreb season

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

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 12 | GK | CRO | Tomislav Butina |
| 1 | GK | CRO | Dražen Ladić |
| 30 | GK | CRO | Ivan Turina |
| 23 | GK | CRO | Vladimir Vasilj |
| 17 | DF | CRO | Mario Cvitanović |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Goran Jurić |
| 3 | DF | CRO | Damir Krznar |
| 11 | DF | CRO | Tomislav Rukavina |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Daniel Šarić |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Danijel Štefulj |
| 2 | DF | CRO | Mario Tokić |
| 20 | DF | CRO | Stjepan Tomas |
| 4 | DF | MKD | Goce Sedloski |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Mario Bazina |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | CRO | Igor Bišćan |
| 21 | MF | CRO | Joško Jeličić |
| 24 | MF | CRO | Krunoslav Jurčić |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Mihael Mikić |
| 8 | MF | CRO | Robert Prosinečki |
| 10 | MF | BIH | Edin Mujčin |
| 7 | MF | BIH | Nermin Šabić |
| 28 | FW | CRO | Domagoj Abramović |
| 26 | FW | CRO | Ardian Kozniku |
| 16 | FW | CRO | Josip Šimić |
| 25 | FW | CRO | Tomo Šokota |
| 9 | FW | LTU | Gražvydas Mikulėnas |
| 13 | FW | JPN | 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. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 4 | MF | CRO | Silvio Marić (to Newcastle United) |

## Results

### Champions League

**Second qualifying round**

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