# 1999–2000 Serie A

The 1999–2000 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 98th season of top-tier Italian football, the 68th in a round-robin tournament. It was contested by 18 teams.
By late March, Juventus topped the table by nine points over Lazio with only eight games remaining, but they lost to Milan, to Lazio at the Stadio delle Alpi, and to Hellas Verona, with Lazio only dropping two points, against Fiorentina. Lazio won the title on the final day of the season when Juventus lost their match against Perugia 1–0 on an almost flooded pitch, while Lazio comfortably beat Reggina 3–0 at home at the Stadio Olimpico.

## Teams

Hellas Verona, Torino, Lecce and Reggina had been promoted from Serie B.

## Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Bari | Eugenio Fascetti | Lotto | TELE+ |
| Bologna | Francesco Guidolin | Diadora | Granarolo |
| Cagliari | Renzo Ulivieri | Biemme | Pecorino Sardo |
| Fiorentina | Giovanni Trapattoni | Fila | Toyota |
| Hellas Verona | Cesare Prandelli | Errea | Salumi Marsili |
| Internazionale | Marcello Lippi | Nike | Pirelli |
| Juventus | Carlo Ancelotti | Kappa | D+ |
| Lazio | Sven-Göran Eriksson | Puma | Cirio |
| Lecce | Alberto Cavasin | Asics | Banca 121 |
| Milan | Alberto Zaccheroni | Adidas | Opel |
| Parma | Alberto Malesani | Champion | Parmalat |
| Perugia | Carlo Mazzone | Galex | Perugina |
| Piacenza | Maurizio Braghin | Lotto | Copra (H)/Gruppo DAC (A) |
| Roma | Fabio Capello | Diadora | INA Assitalia |
| Reggina | Franco Colomba | Asics | Caffè Mauro |
| Torino | Emiliano Mondonico | Kelme | SDA Express Courier |
| Udinese | Luigi De Canio | Diadora | Telit |
| Venezia | Francesco Oddo | Kronos | Emmezeta |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lazio (C) | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 64 | 33 | +31 | 72 | Qualification to Champions League first group stage |
| 2 | Juventus | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 71 | Qualification to Champions League first group stage |
| 3 | Milan | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 65 | 40 | +25 | 61 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Internazionale | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 58 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 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 | |
| 10 | Perugia | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 42 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 11 | Bologna | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 40 | |
| 12 | Reggina | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 40 | |
| 13 | Lecce | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 40 | |
| 14 | Bari | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 39 | |
| 15 | Torino (R) | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 36 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 16 | Venezia (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 60 | −30 | 26 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 17 | Cagliari (R) | 34 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 54 | −25 | 22 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 18 | Piacenza (R) | 34 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 19 | 45 | −26 | 21 | Relegation to Serie B |
* ↑ Internazionale entered the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League after winning the UEFA Champions League qualification match against Parma.
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ Perugia gained entry to the 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup as Hellas Verona had declined to enter.
* 1 2 3 REG: 9 pts; BOL: 4 pts → BOL 2–0 LEC; LEC: 4 pts → LEC 1–1 BOL

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BOL | CAG | FIO | INT | JUV | LAZ | LCE | MIL | PAR | PER | PIA | REG | ROM | TOR | UDI | VEN | VER |
| Bari | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Bologna | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Cagliari | 2–3 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Fiorentina | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Internazionale | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Juventus | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Lazio | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 4–2 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 |
| Lecce | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Milan | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 |
| Parma | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Perugia | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Piacenza | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Reggina | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Roma | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 |
| Torino | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Udinese | 5–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 5–2 | 3–3 |
| Venezia | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 2–2 |
| Hellas Verona | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |

## UEFA Champions League qualification

Internazionale qualified to 2000–01 UEFA Champions League's third qualifying round, while Parma qualified to the 2000–01 UEFA Cup first round.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Andriy Shevchenko | Milan | 24 |
| 2 | Gabriel Batistuta | Fiorentina | 23 |
| 3 | Hernán Crespo | Parma | 22 |
| 4 | Marco Ferrante | Torino | 18 |
| 4 | Vincenzo Montella | Roma | 18 |
| 6 | Filippo Inzaghi | Juventus | 15 |
| 6 | Cristiano Lucarelli | Lecce | 15 |
| 6 | Giuseppe Signori | Bologna | 15 |
| 9 | Christian Vieri | Internazionale | 13 |
| 10 | Roberto Muzzi | Udinese | 12 |
| 10 | Marcelo Salas | Lazio | 12 |

## References and sources

* Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

## Footnotes

* 1 2 Newman, Blair (30 March 2015). "How Sven-Goran Eriksson's Lazio won the great Serie A title race of 1999-2000". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
* ↑ Sutherland, Ben (9 October 2019). "Typhoon Hagibis: When the weather changed a sporting result". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
* ↑ Inter was consequently demoted to UEFA Cup first round
* ↑ With consequent qualification to UEFA Cup first round
* ↑ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. – Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.