1998–99 Parma A.C. season

Parma
1998–99 season
President Calisto Tanzi
Manager Alberto Malesani
Stadium Stadio Ennio Tardini
Serie A 4th
Coppa Italia Winners
UEFA Cup Winners
Top goalscorer League:
Hernán Crespo (16)
All:
Hernán Crespo (28)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 1998–99 season was Parma Associazione Calcio's 9th season in Serie A. The club competed in Serie A, finishing fourth, and won both the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Cup.

Season review

Parma won two trophies in one of the club's most successful seasons. The Coppa Italia win over Fiorentina was followed by a spectacular 3–0 victory against French giants Marseille in the UEFA Cup Final. In the league, Parma could not quite match Milan and Lazio, but managed to clinch the fourth and final Champions League spot.

In the summer, Parma was hit by the departure of playmaker Juan Sebastián Verón to Lazio. The club brought in Ariel Ortega as his replacement, but clearly lost a key ingredient in its perennial championship challenge.

Controversy with regard to this season did affect the club a few years later, when video footage of key player Fabio Cannavaro receiving suspicious injections prior to the UEFA Cup final hit the Internet. It has never been proved that Cannavaro was doping, but the legacy of the season was tainted.

Players

Squad information

Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Position Player
1 Italy GK Gianluigi Buffon
2 France MF Reynald Pedros
3 Italy DF Antonio Benarrivo
4 Italy DF Luigi Sartor
5 Italy DF Luigi Apolloni
6 Argentina DF Roberto Sensini
7 Italy MF Diego Fuser
8 Italy MF Dino Baggio
9 Argentina FW Hernán Crespo
10 Colombia FW Faustino Asprilla
11 Argentina MF Juan Sebastián Verón
12 Italy GK Matteo Guardalben
13 Croatia MF Mario Stanić
No. Position Player
14 Italy DF Roberto Mussi
15 France MF Alain Boghossian
17 Italy DF Fabio Cannavaro
18 Argentina FW Abel Balbo
19 Italy MF Pierluigi Orlandini
20 Italy FW Enrico Chiesa
21 France DF Lilian Thuram
22 Italy GK Alessandro Nista
23 Italy MF Stefano Fiore
24 Italy DF Paolo Vanoli
25 Italy MF Raffaele Longo
27 Togo FW Mohamed Kader
28 Italy GK Davide Micillo

Left club on loan during season

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

No. Position Player
16 Ivory Coast DF Saliou Lassissi (on loan to Sampdoria)

Sold by club during season

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

No. Position Player
26 Italy MF Federico Giunti (to Milan)
No. Position Player
26 Italy DF Giuseppe Cardone (to Vicenza)

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1998–99 Serie A

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Milan (C) 34 20 10 4 59 34+25 70 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League First group stage
2 Lazio 34 20 9 5 65 31+34 69
3 Fiorentina 34 16 8 10 55 41+14 56 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Parma 34 15 10 9 55 36+19 55
5 Roma 34 15 9 10 69 49+20 54 1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round
6 Udinese 34 16 6 12 52 520 54
7 Juventus 34 15 9 10 42 36+6 0541 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8 Internazionale 34 13 7 14 59 54+5 46
9 Bologna 34 11 11 12 44 473 0442 1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round
10 Bari 34 9 15 10 39 445 42
11 Venezia 34 11 9 14 38 457 42
12 Piacenza 34 11 8 15 48 491 41
13 Cagliari 34 11 8 15 49 501 41
14 Perugia 34 11 6 17 43 6118 0393 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
15 Salernitana (R) 34 10 8 16 37 5114 38 Relegation to Serie B
16 Sampdoria (R) 34 9 10 15 38 5517 37
17 Vicenza (R) 34 8 9 17 27 4720 33
18 Empoli (R) 34 4 10 20 26 6337 0224

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Udinese gained entry to the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup after tie-break against Juventus.
2Bologna gained entry to the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup after tie-break against Internazionale.
3 Perugia gained entry to the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup after the renounce of several teams.
4 2 points deducted.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 15 10 9 55 36 +19 55 9 6 2 27 13 +14 6 4 7 28 23 +5

Last updated: 6 August 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Result D D W D W L W D W L W W D W W W L D D W D W W L W L D L D L W W L L

Last updated: 6 August 2015.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Coppa Italia

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Cup

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Main article: 1999 UEFA Cup Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total
1 9 FW Argentina Hernán Crespo 16 6 6 28
2 20 FW Italy Enrico Chiesa 9 1 8 18
3 18 FW Argentina Abel Balbo 4 4 4 12
4 7 MF Italy Diego Fuser 7 0 0 7
13 MF Croatia Mario Stanić 7 0 0 7
6 15 MF France Alain Boghossian 3 1 1 5
7 11 MF Argentina Juan Sebastián Verón 1 3 0 4
24 DF Italy Paolo Vanoli 2 1 1 4
9 10 FW Colombia Faustino Asprilla 1 2 0 3
23 MF Italy Stefano Fiore 1 0 2 3
11 6 DF Argentina Roberto Sensini 1 0 1 2
8 MF Italy Dino Baggio 2 0 0 2
13 17 DF Italy Fabio Cannavaro 1 0 0 1
Own goal 0 1 2 3
Totals 55 19 25 99

Last updated: 23 May 1999

References

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