# 1998–99 Serie A

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 Milan, 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.

## Teams

Salernitana, Venezia, Cagliari and Perugia had been promoted from Serie B.

## Personnels and Sponsoring

| Team | Head Coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Bari | Eugenio Fascetti | Lotto | TELE+ |
| Bologna | Carlo Mazzone | Diadora | Granarolo |
| Cagliari | Gian Piero Ventura | Biemme | Pecorino Sardo |
| Empoli | Corrado Orrico | Errea | Sammontana |
| Fiorentina | Giovanni Trapattoni | Fila | Nintendo |
| Inter | Roy Hodgson | Nike | Pirelli |
| Juventus | Carlo Ancelotti | Kappa | D+ |
| Lazio | Sven-Göran Eriksson | Puma | Cirio |
| Milan | Alberto Zaccheroni | Adidas | Opel |
| Parma | Alberto Malesani | Lotto | Parmalat |
| Perugia | Vujadin Boškov | Galex | None |
| Piacenza | Giuseppe Materazzi | Lotto | Copra (Home)/Gruppo DAC (Away) |
| Roma | Zdenek Zeman | Diadora | INA Assitalia |
| Salernitana | Francesco Oddo | Asics | Exigo Jeans & Casual |
| Sampdoria | Luciano Spalletti | Asics | Daewoo Matiz |
| Udinese | Francesco Guidolin | Diadora | Telital |
| Venezia | Walter Novellino | Kronos | Emmezeta |
| Vicenza | Edoardo Reja | Biemme | Belfe |

## 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 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 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 |
| 7 | Juventus | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 54 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | Inter Milan | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 46 | |
| 9 | Bologna | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 44 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 10 | Bari | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 42 | |
| 11 | Venezia | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 42 | |
| 12 | Piacenza | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 41 | |
| 13 | Cagliari | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 41 | |
| 14 | Perugia | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 39 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 15 | Salernitana (R) | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 38 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 16 | Sampdoria (R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 55 | −17 | 37 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 17 | Vicenza (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 33 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 18 | Empoli (R) | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 63 | −37 | 20 | Relegation to Serie B |
* ↑ ROM 7pts. JUV 5pts. UDI 4pts.
* ↑ Udinese gained entry to the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup winning the UEFA Cup qualification match against Juventus
* ↑ Juventus qualified to the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round.
* ↑ Bologna gained entry to the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup winning the cup third place UEFA Cup qualification match against Inter Milan
* 1 2 BAR 1–0 VEN, VEN 2–1 BAR
* 1 2 CAG 3–2 PIA, PIA 2–0 CAG
* ↑ Perugia gained entry to the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round after the renounce of several teams.
* ↑ Empoli were docked two points due to attempted bribery of referee during a match against Sampdoria on 25 October 1998.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BOL | CAG | EMP | FIO | INT | JUV | LAZ | MIL | PAR | PER | PIA | ROM | SAL | SAM | UDI | VEN | VIC |
| Bari | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Bologna | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| Cagliari | 3–3 | 0–1 | | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Empoli | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Fiorentina | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Inter Milan | 2–3 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 3–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 6–2 | 1–1 |
| Juventus | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Lazio | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Milan | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Parma | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Perugia | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Piacenza | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–6 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Roma | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–5 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Salernitana | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Sampdoria | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Udinese | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Venezia | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 |
| Vicenza | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | |

## UEFA Cup qualification

    6th and 7th of Serie A:
    Coppa Italia Third place:
Udinese and Bologna qualified to 1999–2000 UEFA Cup, while Juventus qualified for the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Márcio Amoroso | Udinese | 22 |
| 2 | Gabriel Batistuta | Fiorentina | 21 |
| 3 | Oliver Bierhoff | Milan | 20 |
| 4 | Marco Delvecchio | Roma | 18 |
| 5 | Hernán Crespo | Parma | 16 |
| 5 | Roberto Muzzi | Cagliari | 16 |
| 7 | Simone Inzaghi | Piacenza | 15 |
| 7 | Marcelo Salas | Lazio | 15 |
| 7 | Giuseppe Signori | Bologna | 15 |
| 10 | Ronaldo | Inter Milan | 14 |

## References and sources

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