1999 champions league final — 1999 football final between Manchester United and Bayern München
Manchester United's injury-time comeback victory completed a treble and ended a 31-year wait for a European Cup title, widely considered one of the greatest finals in the tournament's history.
Key Facts
- Final Score
- Manchester United 2–1 Bayern Munich
- Venue
- Camp Nou, Barcelona
- First Goal
- Mario Basler (6th minute)
- Equaliser
- Teddy Sheringham (90+1 min)
- Winner
- Ole Gunnar Solskjær (90+3 min)
- Man Utd's last European Cup
- 1968 (31 years prior)
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Both Manchester United and Bayern Munich navigated the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage together in Group D, with Bayern winning the group and United qualifying as runners-up. United defeated Inter Milan and Juventus, while Bayern overcame Kaiserslautern and Dynamo Kyiv, setting up a highly anticipated all-or-nothing final at Camp Nou.
On 26 May 1999, Bayern Munich took an early lead through Mario Basler and dominated for most of the match. In injury time, Manchester United dramatically equalised through substitute Teddy Sheringham, then won the match seconds later when Ole Gunnar Solskjær turned in a header, completing a 2–1 comeback and claiming the UEFA Champions League trophy.
The victory gave Manchester United a historic treble — the Premier League, FA Cup, and UEFA Champions League — all won within a single season, and ended the club's 31-year absence from the top of European football. Bayern Munich, denied a treble of their own, also subsequently lost the DFB-Pokal final to Werder Bremen on penalties.