1999 UEFA Super Cup

Match programme cover
Manchester United Lazio 0 1
Date	27 August 1999
Venue	Stade Louis II, Monaco
Man of the Match	Juan Sebastián Verón (Lazio)[1]
Referee	Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)
Attendance	14,461
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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.^[1] It was built in 1985, and is also the home of AS Monaco, who play in the French league system.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[2]

Details

27 August 1999

20:45 CEST

Manchester United	0–1	Lazio
	Report	Salas 35'

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Attendance: 14,461^[1]

Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)^[3]

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