# 1998–99 Parma AC season

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 the club's most successful season. 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.

## Players
### Squad information

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Gianluigi Buffon |
| 2 | MF | FRA | Reynald Pedros |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Antonio Benarrivo |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Luigi Sartor |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Luigi Apolloni |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Roberto Sensini |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Diego Fuser |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Dino Baggio |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Hernán Crespo |
| 10 | FW | COL | Faustino Asprilla |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Juan Sebastián Verón |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Matteo Guardalben |
| 13 | MF | CRO | Mario Stanić |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Roberto Mussi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Alain Boghossian |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Fabio Cannavaro |
| 18 | FW | ARG | Abel Balbo |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Pierluigi Orlandini |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Enrico Chiesa |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Lilian Thuram |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Alessandro Nista |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Stefano Fiore |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Paolo Vanoli |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Raffaele Longo |
| 27 | FW | TOG | Mohamed Kader |
| 28 | GK | ITA | Davide Micillo |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Gianluca De Angelis |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| MF | Juan Veron | Sampdoria |
| MF | Alain Boghossian | Sampdoria |
| DF | Paolo Vanoli | Hellas Verona |
| FW | Faustino Asprilla | Newcastle United |
| MF | Diego Fuser | Lazio |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Jesper Blomqvist | Manchester United | |
| MF | Massimo Crippa | Torino | |
| DF | Zé Maria | Perugia | |
| MF | Pietro Strada | Perugia | |
| FW | Adaílton | Paris Saint-Germain | loan |

#### Left club on loan during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | CIV | Saliou Lassissi (on loan to Sampdoria) |

#### Sold by club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Federico Giunti (to Milan) |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Cardone (to Vicenza) |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | — | 4th | 12 September 1998 | 23 May 1999 |
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | — | Winners | 9 September 1998 | 5 May 1999 |
| UEFA Cup | First round | — | Winners | 15 September 1998 | 12 May 1999 |
Last updated: 23 May 1999

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Lazio | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 65 | 31 | +34 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Fiorentina | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 56 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Parma | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 55 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Roma | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 69 | 49 | +20 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Udinese | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ ROM 7pts. JUV 5pts. UDI 4pts.
* ↑ Udinese gained entry to the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup winning the UEFA Cup qualification match against Juventus

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 May 1999. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| 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 |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Final
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Buffon | 51 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Thuram | 53 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Benarrivo | 35 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Cannavaro | 45 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Sensini | 44 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 7+1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Veron | 42 | 5 | 25+1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Fuser | 48 | 7 | 31+1 | 7 | 6+1 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Baggio | 42 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Boghossian | 38 | 5 | 23+1 | 3 | 4+2 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Chiesa | 46 | 18 | 29+1 | 9 | 6+2 | 1 | 7+1 | 8 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Crespo | 45 | 28 | 29+1 | 16 | 5+2 | 6 | 6+2 | 6 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Guardalben | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Fiore | 47 | 3 | 16+12 | 1 | 5+4 | 0 | 6+4 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Sartor | 20 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ARG | Balbo | 44 | 12 | 10+15 | 4 | 5+3 | 4 | 6+5 | 4 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Vanoli | 30 | 4 | 9+5 | 2 | 8+1 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | CRO | Stanic | 31 | 7 | 7+11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Mussi | 31 | 0 | 3+14 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | COL | Asprilla | 16 | 3 | 2+6 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Longo | 12 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Orlandini | 20 | 0 | 0+11 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Apolloni | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Giunti | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | CIV | Lassissi | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ITA | De Angelis | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 23 May 1999 Source: Results

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Hernán Crespo | 16 | 6 | 6 | 28 |
| 2 | 20 | FW | | Enrico Chiesa | 9 | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | 18 | FW | | Abel Balbo | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | | Diego Fuser | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 13 | MF | | Mario Stanić | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 15 | MF | | Alain Boghossian | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 11 | MF | | Juan Sebastián Verón | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 24 | DF | | Paolo Vanoli | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 10 | FW | | Faustino Asprilla | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 23 | MF | | Stefano Fiore | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 6 | DF | | Roberto Sensini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 8 | MF | | Dino Baggio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 17 | DF | | Fabio Cannavaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 55 | 19 | 25 | 99 |
Last updated: 23 May 1999