1998–99 FC Barcelona season

During the 1998–99 FC Barcelona season, the club once again retained the La Liga title. Barcelona enjoyed a great season with their new signings Ronald de Boer, Patrick Kluivert, Frank de Boer, Mauricio Pellegrino, Boudewijn Zenden and Phillip Cocu. Barcelona had a league tough start in early season but Barcelona later made a remarkable turnaround to secure La Liga in late-May, thanks to Real Madrid's several slips.

Barcelona were eliminated by Valencia in the quarter-final of Copa del Rey.

Following another lackluster performance in the First Group Phase against two European giants Bayern Munich and Manchester United with wins, draws and losses twice respectively and thus prevented Barcelona qualified to UEFA Champions League quarter finals.

Squad

 * Squad at end of season

In
Winter
 * Patrick Kluivert – 🇮🇹 Milan, 28 August, £8,750,000
 * 🇦🇷 Mauricio Pellegrino – 🇦🇷 Vélez Sarsfield
 * Phillip Cocu – PSV
 * Boudewijn Zenden – PSV
 * Ronald de Boer – Ajax, £22,000,000 (joint fee with Frank de Boer)
 * Frank de Boer – Ajax, joint fee

Out

 * Fernando Couto – 🇮🇹 Lazio
 * 🇪🇸 Iván de la Peña – 🇮🇹 Lazio
 * 🇪🇸 Albert Ferrer – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chelsea F.C.
 * 🇧🇬 Hristo Stoichkov – 🇧🇬 CSKA Sofia
 * 🇪🇸 Guillermo Amor – 🇮🇹 Fiorentina
 * Amor joined Fiorentina on July 1 after he was granted the freedom letter by Barcelona.


 * 🇪🇸 Juan Antonio Pizzi – 🇦🇷 River Plate
 * Barcelona accepted a 350 million pesetas transfer for Pizzi, which was signed on July 1. The contract included a compensation fee if River Plate was to sell the player to a European team during its three-year duration.


 * 🇪🇸 Carles Busquets – 🇪🇸 Lleida
 * 🇫🇷 Christophe Dugarry – 🇫🇷 Olympique de Marseille
 * 🇪🇸 Toni Velamazán – 🇪🇸 CF Extremadura
 * Velamazán's move to Extremadura was decided after the player met youth football director Lorenzo Serra Ferrer on June 30. Barcelona kept a two-year repurchase option.

Antinio Flores Aragon

Winter
 * Vítor Baía – Porto, loan-out