# 1998–99 AS Roma season

Associazione Sportiva Roma was left trailing in the wake of city rivals Lazio's resurgence to fight for domestic and international glory. In coach Zdeněk Zeman's second season at the reins, Roma finished fifth in the table, and just missed out on qualification for the final Champions League spot. Roma reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, but lost to Atlético Madrid.
Zeman employed an attacking 4–3–3 formation. Forwards Marco Delvecchio, Francesco Totti and Paulo Sérgio scored 42 league goals between them. As a team, Roma scored the most goals in Serie A, but poor defensive play led to them conceding 49 goals, the most of any of the top six teams.

## Players

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 | AUT | Michael Konsel |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Cafu |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Antonio Carlos |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Luigi Di Biagio |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Vincent Candela |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Aldair |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Paulo Sérgio |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Alenichev |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Gustavo Bartelt |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Totti |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Eusebio Di Francesco |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Antonio Chimenti |
| 13 | MF | ITA | Fabio Petruzzi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Carmine Gautieri |
| 15 | DF | CMR | Pierre Womé |
| 16 | MF | SCG | Ivan Tomić |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Damiano Tommasi |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Frau |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Marco Quadrini |
| 21 | DF | RUS | Omari Tetradze |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Andrea Campagnolo |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Daniele Conti |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Marco Delvecchio |
| 27 | FW | BRA | Fábio Júnior |
| — | FW | ITA | Filippo Dal Moro |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Fábio Júnior | Cruzeiro | €13.80 million |
| MF | Ivan Tomić | Partizan | |
| FW | Gustavo Bartelt | Lanus | |
| MF | Dmitri Alenichev | Spartak Moscow | €6.15 million |
| DF | Pierre Womé | Lucchese | |
| GK | Marvin Ficarra | - | |
| MF | Alessandro Frau | Torres | |
| GK | Giorgio Sterchele | Bologna | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Abel Balbo | Parma | |
| DF | Cristian Servidei | Ternana | |
| DF | Matteo Pivotto | Chievo | |
| DF | Stefano Fanucci | Teramo | |
| MF | Vágner | Vasco da Gama | |
| MF | Daniele Bordacconi | Foggia | |
| MF | Cristiano Scapolo | Napoli | |
| DF | Filippo Dal Moro | Ternana | loan |
| MF | Manuele Blasi | Lecce | loan |
| GK | Giorgio Sterchele | Ternana | loan |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | 5th | 12 September 1998 | 23 May 1999 |
| Coppa Italia | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 9 September 1998 | 12 November 1998 |
| UEFA Cup | First round | Quarter-finals | 15 September 1998 | 16 March 1999 |
Last updated: 23 May 1999

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
* ↑ 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.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | UEFA | UEFA |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Chimenti | 24 | -32 | 23+1 | -32 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Cafu | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Antonio Carlos | 28 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Aldair | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Candela | 30 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Tommasi | 33 | 1 | 29+4 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Di Biagio | 27 | 4 | 24+3 | 4 |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Di Francesco | 33 | 8 | 32+1 | 8 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Totti | 31 | 12 | 30+1 | 12 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Paulo Sérgio | 30 | 12 | 27+3 | 12 |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Delvecchio | 31 | 18 | 30+1 | 18 |
| 1 | GK | AUT | Konsel | 11 | -17 | 11 | -17 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Petruzzi | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Alenichev | 21 | 1 | 11+10 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Gautieri | 24 | 6 | 10+14 | 6 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Quadrini | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CMR | Wome | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Dal Moro | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCG | Tomic | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | BRA | Fábio Júnior | 7 | 3 | 4+3 | 3 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Conti | 4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Bartelt | 12 | 0 | 1+11 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Frau | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Campagnolo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Ferri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ITA | De Vezze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Lanzaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1998/1156/

### Goalscorers

* Marco Delvecchio 18
* Francesco Totti 12 (3)
* Paulo Sérgio 12
* Eusebio Di Francesco 8
* Carmine Gautieri 6