# 1999–2000 AC Fiorentina season

Associazione Calcio Fiorentina did not manage to repeat its near-miss season from 1998–99, and instead missed out on qualification to the Champions League, following an inconsistent season. Its topscorer Gabriel Batistuta finally gave up on clinching the Serie A title with Fiorentina, and switched to Roma in the summer, a move which was greeted with controversy since Roma had only finished sixth in the 1999–2000 season.
Fiorentina came close to advancing to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, but ultimately a draw at home against Bordeaux ensured that home wins against Manchester United and Valencia were not enough.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Francesco Toldo |
| 2 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Řepka |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Moreno Torricelli |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Daniele Adani |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Pasquale Padalino |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Aldo Firicano |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Guillermo Amor |
| 8 | FW | YUG | Predrag Mijatović |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Gabriel Batistuta |
| 10 | MF | POR | Rui Costa |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Fabio Rossitto |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Giuseppe Taglialatela |
| 13 | MF | ITA | Luigi Pagliuca |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Sandro Cois |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Paul Okon |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Angelo Di Livio |
| 17 | MF | GER | Jörg Heinrich |
| 18 | FW | ARG | Abel Balbo |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Christian Amoroso |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Enrico Chiesa |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Mauro Bressan |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Gianmatteo Mareggini |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Pierini |
| 25 | FW | BEL | Luís Oliveira |
| 25 | FW | GRE | Georgios Vakouftsis |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Andrea Tarozzi |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Taddei |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Enrico Chiesa | Parma | |
| MF | Angelo Di Livio | Juventus | |
| FW | Abel Balbo | Parma | |
| FW | Predrag Mijatović | Real Madrid | |
| DF | Stefano Bettarini | Bologna | loan ended |
| MF | Fabio Rossitto | Napoli | |
| GK | Giuseppe Taglialatela | Napoli | €2.582 million |
| DF | Daniele Adani | Brescia | |
| DF | Mauro Bressan | Bari | |
| MF | Paul Okon | Lazio | |
| FW | Riccardo Taddei | Pontedera | |
| MF | Luigi Pagliuca | Youth squad | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Edmundo | Vasco da Gama | |
| FW | Francesco Flachi | Sampdoria | |
| FW | Anselmo Robbiati | Napoli | |
| MF | Domenico Morfeo | Cagliari | loan |
| DF | Giulio Falcone | Bologna | |
| FW | Carmine Esposito | Sampdoria | |
| DF | Roberto Mirri | Empoli | |
| DF | Lorenzo Collacchioni | Pisa | |
| MF | Emiliano Bigica | | |
| DF | Stefano Bettarini | Venezia | |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Luis Airton Oliveira | Cagliari | |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Parma | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Roma | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 51 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | Udinese | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 50 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 43 | |
* ↑ Fiorentina gained entry to the 2000–01 UEFA Cup as both 1999–2000 Coppa Italia finalists had qualified for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 July 2015. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 14 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | Fiorentina | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | Arsenal | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | AIK | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 1 | |

#### Second group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Manchester United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Valencia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Fiorentina | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Bordeaux | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 2 | |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Toldo | 50 | -53 | 34 | -38 | 3 | -1 | 13 | -14 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Adani | 40 | 3 | 23+4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | CZE | Repka | 46 | 0 | 26+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Pierini | 41 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Firicano | 30 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Heinrich | 41 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Di Livio | 46 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | POR | Rui Costa | 48 | 6 | 29+1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Cois | 35 | 2 | 20+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Chiesa | 39 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 9+2 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Batistuta | 43 | 29 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Taglialatela | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | -2 |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Amoroso | 35 | 0 | 15+8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Torricelli | 23 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Rossitto | 37 | 0 | 12+14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | YUG | Mijatovic | 25 | 3 | 12+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | ARG | Balbo | 31 | 7 | 9+10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3+7 | 4 |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Tarozzi | 23 | 1 | 8+10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Padalino | 14 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Bressan | 29 | 3 | 6+14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Okon | 16 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Amor | 11 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | GRE | Vakouftsis | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Taddei | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | BEL | Oliveira | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ITA | Pagliuca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Mareggini |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Mugnaini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ITA | Musso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1999/1162/

### Goalscorers

* Gabriel Batistuta 23
* Enrico Chiesa 7
* Rui Costa 4
* Abel Balbo 3