1998–99 Serie A

Serie A
Season 1998–99
Champions Milan
16th title
Relegated Salernitana
Sampdoria
Vicenza
Empoli
Champions League Milan (First group stage)
Lazio (First group stage)
Fiorentina (Third qualifying round)
Parma (Third qualifying round)
UEFA Cup Roma (First round)
Udinese (First round)
Bologna (First round) (via play-off)
Intertoto Cup Juventus (Third round)
Perugia (Third round)
Matches played 306
Goals scored 884 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer Márcio Amoroso (22)

The 1998–99 Serie A saw Milan win their 16th Scudetto, led by coach Alberto Zaccheroni. Lazio finished second, losing the title on the last day. Inter, with an often injured or rested Ronaldo, had a disastrous season, finishing in 8th position, whereas Juventus' impressive start was cut short by a bad injury to Alessandro Del Piero, and they wound up having an unimpressive season.

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

Home ╲ Away BAR BOL CAGEMPFIOINTJUVLAZMILPARPERPIAROMSALSAMUDIVENVIC
Bari 00 11 21 00 10 01 13 00 11 21 31 14 00 31 11 10 00
Bologna 31 13 20 30 20 30 01 23 00 11 31 11 11 22 13 21 42
Cagliari 33 01 51 11 22 10 00 10 10 22 32 43 31 50 12 01 10
Empoli 02 00 21 03 12 10 00 11 35 20 12 00 23 01 13 22 10
Fiorentina 22 10 42 20 31 10 11 00 21 51 21 00 40 10 10 41 30
Internazionale 23 31 51 51 20 00 35 22 13 20 10 41 21 30 13 62 11
Juventus 11 22 10 00 21 10 01 02 24 21 10 11 30 20 21 32 20
Lazio 00 20 20 41 20 10 13 00 21 30 41 33 61 52 31 20 11
Milan 22 30 10 40 13 22 11 10 21 21 10 32 32 32 30 21 10
Parma 21 11 11 10 20 10 10 13 40 31 01 11 20 11 41 22 00
Perugia 01 00 21 31 22 21 34 22 12 21 20 32 10 20 13 10 31
Piacenza 32 50 20 00 42 00 02 11 11 36 20 20 11 41 43 01 20
Roma 11 31 31 11 21 45 20 31 10 10 51 22 31 31 40 20 30
Salernitana 22 40 13 11 11 20 10 10 12 12 20 11 21 20 12 10 21
Sampdoria 10 11 00 30 32 40 12 01 22 02 11 32 21 10 11 21 00
Udinese 40 20 21 00 10 01 22 03 15 21 12 10 21 20 22 11 21
Venezia 21 02 10 32 41 31 11 20 02 00 21 00 31 00 00 10 12
Vicenza 10 04 21 20 12 11 11 12 02 00 30 10 14 10 10 23 00

Source: lega-calcio.it (Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

UEFA Cup qualification

6th and 7th of Serie A:
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Udinese 1-1 Juventus 0-0 1-1
Coppa Italia Third place:
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Internazionale 2-4 Bologna 1-2 1-2

Udinese Calcio and Bologna F.C. 1909 qualified to 1999-00 UEFA Cup, while Juventus F.C. qualified to the 1999 Intertoto Cup.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Márcio Amoroso Udinese 22
2 Argentina Gabriel Batistuta Fiorentina 21
3 Germany Oliver Bierhoff Milan 20
4 Italy Marco Delvecchio Roma 19
5 Argentina Hernán Crespo Parma 16
Italy Roberto Muzzi Udinese 16
7 Italy Simone Inzaghi Piacenza 15
Italy Christian Vieri Lazio 15
Chile Marcelo Salas Lazio 15
Italy Giuseppe Signori Bologna 15
11 Brazil Ronaldo Internazionale 14

Personnels and Sponsoring

Team Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Bari Italy Eugenio Fascetti Lotto TELE +
Bologna Italy Carlo Mazzone Macron Granarolo
Empoli Italy Corrado Orrico Errea Sammontana
Fiorentina Italy Giovanni Trapattoni Fila Nintendo
Inter Romania Mircea Lucescu Nike Pirelli
Juventus Italy Marcelo Lippi Lotto D+ Liberta Digitale
Lazio Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson Puma Cirio
Milan Italy Alberto Zaccheroni Adidas Opel
Parma Italy Carlo Ancelotti Lotto Parmalat
Perugia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vujadin Boskov Galex No Sponsor
Piacenza Italy Giuseppe Materazzi Lotto Copra
Roma Italy Fabio Capello Kappa INA Assitalia
Salernitana Italy Delio Rossi Asics Exigo Jeans & Casual
Sampdoria England David Platt Asics Daewoo
Udinese Italy Francesco Guidolin Diadora Telital
Venezia Italy Walter Novellino Kelme Emmezeta
Vicenza Italy Franco Colomba Biemme Belfe

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Footnotes

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