League Record
| Division | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals for | Goals against | Points | Finish | English top-flight champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prem | 38 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 80 | 37 | 79 | 1st | Manchester United |
Cups And Honours
| FA Cup | League Cup | Community Shield | Europe / world | Archive honours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | R5 | Runners-up | Champions League - Winners | English league title; FA Cup; Champions League - Winners |
People and Context
Top scorer: Dwight Yorke (29 goals in all competitions). [3]
Season in focus
United became the first English club to win the league, FA Cup and European Cup in the same season. Dwight Yorke’s 29 goals made him the leading scorer, but the achievement depended on contributions across the side: Ryan Giggs’s FA Cup semi-final replay goal against Arsenal and the late substitutes in Barcelona are part of the campaign’s identity. The league title was secured with a 2–1 win over Tottenham, the FA Cup with a 2–0 final win over Newcastle, and the Champions League with two stoppage-time goals against Bayern Munich. The treble remains the defining historical benchmark for the club’s modern era. [1] [3] [4]
UEFA’s 1998–99 Champions League archive records the Barcelona final. [1] [3] [4]
The league margin
United collected 79 league points from 22 wins and thirteen draws. The wins contributed 66 points and the draws thirteen. Three defeats meant United avoided defeat in 35 of 38 fixtures.
Sheringham’s contribution across two finals
Teddy Sheringham scored in the FA Cup final four days before the European final. In Barcelona he supplied the equaliser, then the flick from David Beckham’s corner that Ole Gunnar Solskjær converted. His goals contributed to both cup victories. UEFA’s final reconstruction records that sequence.
Absences and the limits of the final score
Roy Keane and Paul Scholes were suspended for Barcelona, with Peter Schmeichel captaining United. Bayern hit the woodwork twice before the late goals. The 2–1 result therefore records the outcome without describing sustained United control. Read the Treble turning-points feature for the wider route through the three competitions.
Research feature
The league, FA Cup and European turning points of the 1998–99 Treble.