1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup

The 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were won by Valencia, Werder Bremen, and Bologna. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup. The 1998 tournament saw Spanish clubs debut in the competition and also the return of English clubs, since the controversy surrounding its participants in 1995.

Qualified teams

First round

First leg

20 June 1998

Baltika Stadium, Kaliningrad

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Jonny Ditlefsen (Norway)

20 June 1998

Eugene Cross Park, Ebbw Vale

Attendance: 520

Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

20 June 1998

Ólafsfjarðarvöllur, Ólafsfjörður

Attendance: 350

Referee: Philippe Kalt (France)

Match awarded because Leiftur fielded an ineligible player.

20 June 1998

Stadionul Cotroceni, Bucharest

Attendance: 200

Referee: Vančo Kocev (Macedonia)

20 June 1998

Diósgyőri Stadion, Miskolc

Attendance: 3,485

Referee: Yevi Kollari (Albania)

20 June 1998

Spartak Stadium, Mogilev

Attendance: 5,300

Referee: Hubert Byrne (Republic of Ireland)

20 June 1998

Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca

Attendance: 111

Referee: Lubomír Puček (Czech Republic)

20 June 1998

Stade Koericherberg, Hobscheid

Attendance: 177

Referee: Džemal Čalija (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

20 June 1998

Nadderud Stadion, Bærum

Attendance: 162

Referee: Luc Huyghe (Belgium)

20 June 1998

Á Skørðunum, Hvalba

Attendance: 549

Referee: Brian Lawlor (Wales)

20 June 1998

Espenmoos, St. Gallen

Attendance: 717

Referee: Bujar Pregja (Albania)

20 June 1998

ŠRC Stanko Vlainić-Dida, Slavonski Brod

Attendance: 700

Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

20 June 1998

Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

21 June 1998

İzmir Alsancak Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Florin Chivulete (Romania)

21 June 1998

Tselnieks, Daugavpils

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Mirosław Milewski (Poland)

21 June 1998

Veritas Stadion, Turku

Attendance: 400

Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

21 June 1998

Inkaras Stadium, Kaunas

Attendance: 500

Referee: Lassin Isaksen (Faroe Islands)

21 June 1998

Gjorče Petrov Stadium, Skopje

Attendance: 300

Referee: Dominique Tavel (Switzerland)

21 June 1998

Givi Kiladze Stadium, Kutaisi

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Haim Yaacov (Israel)

21 June 1998

Na Zahradkach Stadium, Rimavská Sobota

Attendance: 5,537

Referee: Marcel Lică (Romania)

Second leg

27 June 1998

Spartak Stadium, Varna

Attendance: 200

Referee: Erol Ersoy (Turkey)

Baltika Kaliningrad won 5–1 on aggregate.

27 June 1998

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 243

Referee: Sergejs Braga (Latvia)

Örgryte won 5–2 on aggregate.

27 June 1998

Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Khagani Mammadov (Azerbaijan)

National București won 5–2 on aggregate.

27 June 1998

Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, Debrecen

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Sten Johanzon (Sweden)

Debrecen won 10–2 on aggregate.

27 June 1998

Stadion Za Lužánkami, Brno

Attendance: 1,495

Referee: Sergo Kvaratskhelia (Georgia)

Brno won 6–1 on aggregate.

27 June 1998

Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Ferenc Bede (Hungary)

Vojvodina won 5–3 on aggregate.

27 June 1998

Linnastaadion, Viljandi

Attendance: 185

Referee: Eyjölfur Ólafsson (Iceland)

St. Gallen won 9–3 on aggregate.

27 June 1998

Štadión na Sihoti, Trenčín

Attendance: 3,211

Referee: Anton Getzov (Bulgaria)

OD Trenčín won 5–2 on aggregate.

27 June 1998

Vorskla Stadium, Poltava

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Genadz Yakubovskiy (Belarus)

Vorskla Poltava won 6–0 on aggregate.

27 June 1998

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 150

Referee: Vladimir Antonov (Moldova)

Makedonija GP won 5–3 on aggregate.

27 June 1998

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 100

Referee: Richard O'Hanlon (Republic of Ireland)

Torpedo Kutaisi won 7–1 on aggregate.

27 June 1998

Stadion Miejski, Chorzów

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

Ruch Chorzów won 3–2 on aggregate.

27 June 1998

Na Zahradkach Stadium, Rimavská Sobota

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Henri Diederich (Luxembourg)

Rimavská Sobota won 3–2 on aggregate.

28 June 1998

Gjemselund Stadion, Kongsvinger

Attendance: 214

Referee: Oleg Timofejev (Estonia)

Kongsvinger won 9–1 on aggregate.

28 June 1998

Lyngby Stadion, Lyngby

Attendance: 650

Referee: Georgios Psichomanis (Greece)

Lyngby won 4–2 on aggregate.

28 June 1998

Hibernians Ground, Paola

Attendance: 179

Referee: Herbie Barr (Northern Ireland)

Diósgyőr won 5–2 on aggregate.

28 June 1998

Všesportovní stadion, Hradec Králové

Attendance: 1,218

Referee: Igor Horozhankin (Ukraine)

Hradec Králové won 2–1 on aggregate.

28 June 1998

Tolka Park, Dublin

Attendance: 550

Referee: Bohdan Benedik (Slovakia)

Altay won 5–4 on aggregate.

28 June 1998

Stade Tourbillon, Sion

Attendance: 1,350

Referee: Slavik Kazaryan (Armenia)

TPS 3–3 Sion on aggregate. TPS won on away goals rule.

28 June 1998

Ismat Gayibov Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Drago Kos (Slovenia)

Inkaras Kaunas 1–1 Baki Fahlasi on aggregate. Inkaras Kaunas won 5–4 on penalties.

Second round

First leg

4 July 1998

Marschweg-Stadion, Oldenburg

Attendance: 2,400

Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

4 July 1998

Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Stéphane Bre (France)

4 July 1998

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Dieter Schoch (Switzerland)

4 July 1998

Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

4 July 1998

Gjorče Petrov Stadium, Skopje

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: İlhami Kaplan (Turkey)

4 July 1998

İzmir Alsancak Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 3,880

Referee: Zdravko Savić (FR Yugoslavia)

4 July 1998

Štadión na Sihoti, Trenčín

Attendance: 2,384

Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

5 July 1998

Akademisk Skovdiget, Copenhagen

Attendance: 600

Referee: Michal Beneš (Czech Republic)

5 July 1998

Soevereinstadion, Lommel

Attendance: 672

Referee: Jørn West Larsen (Denmark)

5 July 1998

19 Mayıs Stadium, Samsun

Attendance: 5,011

Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Germany)

5 July 1998

Stadion Lehen, Salzburg

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti (Italy)

5 July 1998

Stadion Za Lužánkami, Brno

Attendance: 4,800

Referee: Jon Skjervold (Norway)

5 July 1998

Kupittaan jalkapallostadion, Turku

Attendance: 720

Referee: Kjell Alseth (Norway)

5 July 1998

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 418

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

5 July 1998

Arke Stadion, Enschede

Attendance: 5,800

Referee: José Mendes Pratas (Portugal)

5 July 1998

Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, Debrecen

Attendance: 4,280

Referee: Mustafa Çulcu (Turkey)

Second leg

11 July 1998

Inkaras Stadium, Kaunas

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Kostadin Gerginov (Bulgaria)

Werder Bremen won 5–1 on aggregate.

11 July 1998

Na Zahradkach Stadium, Rimavská Sobota

Attendance: 6,223

Referee: Steve Dunn (England)

Sampdoria won 2–1 on aggregate.

11 July 1998

Stadionul Cotroceni, Bucharest

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Naţional București won 4–3 on aggregate.

11 July 1998

Eyravallen, Örebro

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Vojvodina won 4–0 on aggregate.

11 July 1998

Stade Armand Cesari, Furiani

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Paulo Paraty (Portugal)

Bastia won 7–1 on aggregate.

11 July 1998

Diósgyőri Stadion, Miskolc

Attendance: 3,880

Referee: Per-Olof Ståhl (Sweden)

Altay won 2–1 on aggregate.

11 July 1998

Baltika Stadium, Kaliningrad

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany)

Baltika Kaliningrad won 1–0 on aggregate.

11 July 1998

Vorskla Stadium, Poltava

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)

Akademisk Boldklub 3–3 Vorskla Poltava on aggregate. Vorskla Poltava won on away goals rule.

11 July 1998

Givi Kiladze Stadium, Kutaisi

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Andrei Butenko (Russia)

Lommel 2–2 Torpedo Kutaisi on aggregate. Lommel won on away goals rule.

11 July 1998

Lyngby Stadium, Lyngby

Attendance: 993

Referee: Dietmar Drabek (Austria)

Samsunspor won 4–3 on aggregate.

11 July 1998

Espenmoos, St. Gallen

Attendance: 1,700

Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

Austria Salzburg won 3–2 on aggregate.

11 July 1998

Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell

Attendance: 3,250

Referee: Lawrence Sammut (Malta)

Brno 5–5 Espanyol on aggregate. Espanyol won on away goals rule.

11 July 1998

Shinnik Stadium, Yaroslavl

Attendance: 5,800

Referee: Eyal Zur (Israel)

Shinnik Yaroslavl won 5–2 on aggregate.

11 July 1998

Stadion Miejski, Chorzów

Attendance: 2,792

Referee: Zoran Arsić (FR Yugoslavia)

Örgryte 2–2 Ruch Chorzów on aggregate. Ruch Chorzów won on away goals rule.

12 July 1998

Gjemselund Stadion, Kongsvinger

Attendance: 356

Referee: Graham Barber (England)

Twente won 2–0 on aggregate.

12 July 1998

Všesportovní stadion, Hradec Králové

Attendance: 1,447

Referee: Mika Peltola (Finland)

Debrecen 1–1 Hradec Králové on aggregate. Debrecen won on away goals rule.

Third round

First leg

18 July 1998

Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, Debrecen

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy)

19 July 1998

Forestierstadion, Harelbeke

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

18 July 1998

Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)

18 July 1998

Stadion Miejski, Chorzów

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

18 July 1998

Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)

18 July 1998

Mestalla Stadium, Valencia

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

19 July 1998

Selhurst Park, London

Attendance: 11,758

Referee: Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)

18 July 1998

De Baandert, Sittard

Attendance: 1,786

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

18 July 1998

Stade Armand Cesari, Furiani

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Victor José Esquinas Torres (Spain)

18 July 1998

Soevereinstadion, Lommel

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Morgan Norman (Sweden)

18 July 1998

De Grolsch Veste, Enschede

Attendance: 3,250

Referee: Vasily Melnichuk (Ukraine)

18 July 1998

Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)

Second leg

25 July 1998

Ostseestadion, Rostock

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)

Debrecen won 3–2 on aggregate.

25 July 1998

Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Germany)

Sampdoria won 4–0 on aggregate.

25 July 1998

Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell^[1]

Attendance: 6,750

Referee: William Young (Scotland)

Espanyol won 2–1 on aggregate.

25 July 1998

Estádio José Gomes, Amadora

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Dick J.H. Van Egmond (Netherlands)

Ruch Chorzów 2–2 Estrela da Amadora on aggregate. Ruch Chorzów won 4–2 on penalties.

25 July 1998

Stadionul Cotroceni, Bucharest

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)

Bologna 3–3 Naţional București on aggregate. Bologna won on away goals rule.

25 July 1998

Shinnik Stadium, Yaroslavl

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Valencia won 4–2 on aggregate.

25 July 1998

19 Mayıs Stadium, Samsun

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)

Samsunspor won 4–0 on aggregate.

25 July 1998

Vorskla Stadium, Poltava

Attendance: 1,322

Referee: Fernand Meese (Belgium)

Fortuna Sittard won 5–2 on aggregate.

25 July 1998

İzmir Alsancak Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Alan Freeland (Scotland)

Bastia won 4–3 on aggregate.

25 July 1998

Marschweg-Stadion, Oldenburg

Attendance: 2,340

Referee: Livio Bazzoli (Italy)

Werder Bremen won 5–2 on aggregate.

25 July 1998

Stadion Lehen, Salzburg

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)

Austria Salzburg won 5–3 on aggregate.

25 July 1998

Baltika Stadium, Kaliningrad

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

Vojvodina won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi–finals

First leg

29 July 1998