Peter Schmeichel: Goalkeeper
The Champions League final was the Great Dane's final appearance for United. He went on to play for Sporting Lisbon, Aston Villa and Manchester City before retiring in 2003. Since then, Schmeichel has worked as a TV pundit in Denmark and England, including for the BBC - and appeared on The Weakest Link and Strictly Come Dancing.
Earlier this month he saw his son, Kasper, follow in his footsteps and lift the Premier League trophy with Leicester City.
Gary Neville: Right-back
Played on at United until 2011, before establishing himself as the foremost pundit in the country.
His sharp analysis on Sky Sports, especially on shows such as Monday Night Football played a key role in him being appointed as manager of Spanish side Valencia in December. His spell in Spain was ill-fated, however, and was relieved of his duties in March 2016.
Additionally Neville is also co-owner of Salford City.
Ronny Johnsen: Centre-back
Johnsen left Manchester in 2002 and retired six years later after spells at Aston Villa, Newcastle and Valerenga. He now works as a TV pundit for Norwegian channel TV2, and enjoys cross-country skiing in his spare time.
Jaap Stam: Centre-back
Voted best defender in the Champions League in both 1999 and 2000, Stam was the rock of this team's defence. In 2001 though amid allegations made by Stam in his autobiography, Sir Alex Ferguson decided to sell the player to Lazio, despite his continuing brilliance on the pitch. Fergie later admitted that the Dutchman was one of the few players he regrets selling: "At the time he had just come back from an achilles injury and we thought he had just lost a little bit," Ferguson said. "We got the offer from Lazio, £16.5m for a centre-back who was 29. It was an offer I couldn't refuse. But in playing terms it was a mistake." Stam has since revealed that his relationship with Ferguson is now "non-existent." After retiring in 2007, Stam went into coaching - first with PEC Zwolle and now with Ajax, where he is an assistant coach who looks after defensive training.
Denis Irwin: Left-back
The Irish defender spent 12 years at Old Trafford between 1990 and 2002, and then finished his career with a two-year spell at Wolves. Since retiring, Irwin has worked for RTE and MUTV as a pundit, and is a columnist for Ireland's Sunday World newspaper.
Ryan Giggs: Right midfield
A club legend, Giggs spent 24 years as a player at United from 1990, and after a brief caretaker manager stint last April, became Louis van Gaal's assistant manager a month later.
The Welshman's future at United is in doubt after the Dutchman's departure on Monday, but has reportedly been offered a new deal to remain at the club.
David Beckham: Central midfield
Part of the 'Class of '92', along with the Nevilles, Giggs, Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes, Beckham made 394 appearances for United before leaving for Real Madrid in 2003. He went on to win La Liga with Real in 2007, and then enjoyed a five-year spell with LA Galaxy, alongside short-term cameos at AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain. Since retiring in 2013, the former England captain has established himself as the most famous man in the world, through a range of enterprises, including modelling, charitable work with UNICEF and the ownership of an MLS expansion team in Miami.
Nicky Butt: Central midfield
But enjoyed an accomplished career in the heart of the United midfield between 1992 and 2004. His career dovetailed after his Old Trafforf departure, with underwhelming spells at Newcastle, Birmingham (loan) and South China bringing an end to his career in 2011. After managing United's reserve side, Butt was appointed head of the club's youth academy in February 2016. He is also co-owner of Salford City.
Jesper Blomqvist: Left midfield
Along with Johnsen, probably the least heralded of United's starting team against Bayern. Blomqvist started the Champions League final largely due to the Keane and Scholes suspensions, and actually lost his winner's medal in the celebrations. Luckily for him, he found it again before returning to Manchester. A serious knee injury meant he never played for United again, and retired after spells with Everton and Charlton. After finsihing his playing career, Blomqvist began a career in media with Swedish television station TV4.
Dwight Yorke: Forward
Known for always playing with a smile on his face, Yorke was a key member of the 1999 treble-winning team. Fell down the pecking order towards the end of his spell at Old Trafford, and was sold to Blackburn in 2002. Yorke went on play in Australia and then his native Trinidad and Tobago, before hanging up his boots in 2010. In retirement, Yorke has completed his Level B coaching badge, and works as an occasional pundit for Sky Sports.
Andy Cole: Forward
'Cole the Goal' formed a lethal partnership with Dwight Yorke in the 1998-99 season, but left the club in 2001 after the signing of Ruud van Nistelrooy. He went on to play for eight English clubs in seven years before retiring in 2008. The former forward has since worked as a coach at MK Dons and Huddersfield. His son, Devante, is also a professional footballer, plying his trade at Fleetwood Town.
Earlier this year, it emerged that Cole was diagnosed with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, a form of kidney failure.
Raimond van der Gouw: Goalkeeper (substitute)
Reliable understudy until leaving United in 2002, the Dutch keeper retired from football in 2007 after returning to Holland. Once retired, Van der Gouw linked up with former team-mate Roy Keane at Sunderland as a goalkeeping coach, before moving to Vitesse Arnhem in 2009 to take up the same role, which he still holds now.
David May: Centre-back (substitute)
A valuable squad member during his time at Old Trafford, May left United in 2003 after four injury seasons following the club's Champions League success. After a one-year stint at Burnley in 2003, May ended his career in 2006 with non-league team Bacup Borough. After retiring, May moved to coach football in Dubai in 2007, and also runs a successful wine importing business. In 2014, he was suspended by MUTV for claiming that then manager David Moyes was out of his depth, but was reinstated two days later after Moyes was sacked.
Phil Neville: Full-back/central midfield (substitute)
Utility man Neville spent 10 years in the United first team before moving to Everton in 2005. After spending eight years on Merseyside, Neville retired in 2013 and returned to Manchester United to take up a coaching position as part of David Moyes' backroom staff. In July 2015, Neville joined the coaching staff at Valencia before being joined at the club by brother, Gary, six months later.
Wes Brown, full-back/centre-back (substitute)
Brown won 14 major honours during his 15 year spell with manchester United before leaving for Sunderland in 2011, where he is still playing - forming a reliable centre-back axis with another former United defender John O'Shea.
Brown won 14 major honours during his 15 year spell with manchester United before leaving for Sunderland in 2011, where he is still playing - forming a reliable centre-back axis with another former United defender John O'Shea.
Jonathan Greening, right/left midfield (substitute)
A bit-part player while at United, Greening left the club in 2001 to join Middlesbrough. Spells at West Brom, Fulham, Nottingham Forest and Barnsley followed before joining non-league outfit Tadcaster Albion.
Teddy Sheringham: Forward (substitute)
Sheringham, who came off the bench to draw United level in the 1999 final, went on to win PFA Player of the Year in 2001. In the same year, he left Manchester United to rejoin Tottenham, and retired in 2008 after spells at Portsmouth, West Ham and Colchester. He was appointed as West Ham's attacking coach under Sam Allardyce in 2014 before being named as manager of Stevenage May 2015. However, after a run of poor performances he was sacked in February 2016.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: Forward (substitute)
Known as the baby-faced assassin, Solskjaer will always be fondly remembered for his injury-time winner for Manchester United in the 1999 Champions League final. Despite being ravaged by injuries, the Norweigan remained at Old Trafford until his retirement in 2007.
He went on to manageme Molde in his native Norway, before taking over at Cardiff City in 2014. This was an ill-fated spell, however, and his tenure lasted just eight months. He also supervises a training academy for young footballers in his home town of Kristiansund, and is a patron of the Manchester United Supporters' Trust.
Sir Alex Ferguson: Manager
The most successful boss in United's history, Ferguson retired in 2013 after winning 38 trophies in 27 years. Now a member of the club's board, the Scotsman was also invited to lecture students at Harvard University business school in 2014.
Steve McClaren: Assistant manager
After impressing as Ferguson's assistant, McClaren became Middlesbrough manager in 2001, and then landed the England job five years later. A disastrous reign ended with the sack and 'wally in a brolly' headlines just over a year later, before McClaren recovered and went on to take charge of Twente, Wolfsburg and Nottingham Forest. After a coaching role at QPR, McClaren was sacked as Derby County in 2015 after failing to get them into the play-offs. A few months later, he took over at Newcastle United, but had his tenure terminated in march 2016 after a run of six wins in 26 games left them 19th in the table.
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