1998–99 PSV Eindhoven season

During the 1998–99 Dutch football season, PSV Eindhoven competed in the Eredivisie.

PSV Eindhoven

1998–99 season
Manager	Bobby Robson
Stadium	Philips Stadion
Eredivisie	3rd
KNVB Cup	Semi-final
Champions League	Group stage
Johan Cruyff Shield	Winners
Top goalscorer	Ruud van Nistelrooy (31)
Home colours Away colours
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Season summary

PSV dropped one place in the final league table to third, only qualifying for the Champions League on the final day of the season. Manager Bobby Robson's contract expired at the end of the season, and former PSV right-back Eric Gerets was signed from Belgian champions Club Brugge as his replacement.

Players

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 1 GK  NED Patrick Lodewijks 2 DF  NED André Ooijer 3 DF  RUS Yuriy Nikiforov[notes 1] 4 DF  NED Stan Valckx 5 DF  BEL Davy Oyen 6 MF  NED Robert Fuchs 7 DF  POR Abel Xavier[notes 2] 8 FW  NED Ruud van Nistelrooy 9 FW  BEL Gilles De Bilde 10 FW  BEL Luc Nilis (captain) 11 MF  FIN Joonas Kolkka 12 MF  NED Arnold Bruggink 13 MF  GEO Giorgi Gakhokidze 14 DF  NED Ernest Faber 15 DF  NED Jürgen Dirkx 16 DF  NED Chris van der Weerden

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  BRA Marcos 18 MF  SVK Igor Demo 19 MF  POL Tomasz Iwan 20 MF  RUS Dmitri Khokhlov 21 DF  NED Theo Lucius 22 FW  BRA Claudio 23 GK  NED Ronald Waterreus 24 MF  ROU Ovidiu Stîngă 25 MF  NED Marciano Vink[notes 3] 28 DF  BRA Jorginho Paulista 29 MF  DEN Dennis Rommedahl 30 DF  LTU Andrius Skerla 31 GK  NED Wilbert Need 32 MF  NED Björn van der Doelen 33 DF  NED Rob Wielaert

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 — DF  NED Wilfred Bouma (on loan to Fortuna Sittard)

No. Pos. Nation Player

Jong PSV

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  DEN Kasper Bøgelund — MF  NED Johan Pater

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  NED Björn Becker

Transfers

In

• Jürgen Dirkx - Fortuna Sittard
• Joonas Kolkka - Willem II
• Patrick Lodewijks - Groningen
• Theo Lucius - Den Bosch
• Giorgi Gakhokidze - Alania Vladikavkaz
• Marcos - Rio Ave
• Jorginho Paulista - Palmeiras

Out

• Wilfred Bouma - Fortuna Sittard, loan
• Jorginho Paulista - Udinese, January, loan^[1]

References

1. "L' Udinese sempre piu' brasiliana: arrivano Jorginho e Warley". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 26 January 1999. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

Notes

1. Nikiforov was born in Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, and made his international debut for Ukraine in 1992, but also qualified to represent Russia internationally and made his international debut for Russia in 1993.
2. Xavier was born in Nampula, Mozambique, but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally and represented Portugal at U-16, U-17, U-18, U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Portugal in March 1993.
3. Vink was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and made his international debut for the Netherlands in 1991.