# 1998–99 Bologna FC 1909 season

During the 1998–99 season Bologna F.C. competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup.

## Season summary

Carlo Mazzone guided Bologna to the semi-finals of both the UEFA Cup and Coppa Italia, and ensured European qualification again after victory over Inter Milan in the play-offs. He then left for Perugia.

## Kit

Bologna's kit was manufactured by Italian company Diadora and sponsored by Granarolo.

## First-team squad

    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 | Francesco Antonioli |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Cristian Zaccardo |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Michele Paramatti |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Massimo Paganin |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Giancarlo Marocchi |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Massimo Tarantino |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Carlo Nervo |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Klas Ingesson |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Igor Kolyvanov |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Signori |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Marco Roccati |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Nicola Boselli |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Christophe Sanchez |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Eriberto |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Massimiliano Cappioli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Giovanni Pompei |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Davide Fontolan |
| 19 | FW | SWE | Kennet Andersson |
| 20 | FW | RUS | Igor Simutenkov |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Jonatan Binotto |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Alex Brunner |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Rinaldi |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Amedeo Mangone |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Bia |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Stefano Bettarini (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Claudio Gallicchio |
| 28 | FW | ITA | Giacomo Cipriani |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Giampiero Maini |
| 31 | DF | SWE | Teddy Lučić |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Giuseppe Signori | S.S. Lazio | co-ownership |
| MF | Eriberto | Palmeiras | |
| FW | Igor Simutenkov | A.C. Reggiana | |
| MF | Klas Ingesson | A.S. Bari | |
| FW | Christophe Sanchez | Montpellier HSC | |
| MF | Jonatan Binotto | Juventus | free |
| DF | Alessandro Rinaldi | Ravenna F.C. | |
| DF | Giovanni Bia | Brescia Calcio | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Roberto Baggio | Inter | |
| DF | Stefano Torrisi | Atletico Madrid | |
| GK | Giorgio Sterchele | A.S. Roma | loan ended |
| MF | Igor Shalimov | S.S.C. Napoli | |
| DF | Daniele Carnasciali | Venezia F.C. | |
| DF | Giovanni Dall'Igna | Ravenna F.C. | |
| MF | Andres Martinez | Defensor Sporting | |
| FW | Mohamed Kallon | Inter | loan ended |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Giampiero Maini | A.C. Milan | |
| DF | Teddy_Lučić | IFK Goteborg | |
| MF | Massimiliano Cappioli | Atalanta B.C. | |
| DF | Stefano Bettarini | Fiorentina | loan |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Oscar Magoni | S.S.C. Napoli | |

### Left 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 |
| 31 | MF | ITA | Oscar Magoni (to Napoli) |

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

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

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### UEFA Cup
#### First round

Bologna won 4–1 on aggregate.

#### Second round

Bologna won 4–1 on aggregate.

#### Third round

Bologna won 4–2 on aggregate.

#### Quarter-finals

Bologna won 3–2 on aggregate.

#### Semi-finals

Bologna 1–1 Marseille on aggregate. Marseille won on away goals.

## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1998-99 Serie A | 1998-99 Serie A |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Francesco Antonioli | 32 | -41 | 32 | -41 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Rinaldi | 22 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Bia | 20 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Amedeo Mangone | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Massimo Tarantino | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Jonatan Binotto | 29 | 3 | 22+7 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Giancarlo Marocchi | 29 | 0 | 24+5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Klas Ingesson | 30 | 3 | 28+2 | 3 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Davide Fontolan | 24 | 2 | 18+6 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Signori | 28 | 15 | 27+1 | 15 |
| 19 | FW | SWE | Kennet Andersson | 25 | 6 | 25 | 6 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Alex Brunner | 3 | -6 | 2+1 | -6 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Michele Paramatti | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Massimo Paganin | 17 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Stefano Bettarini | 14 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Giampiero Maini | 19 | 0 | 13+6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Carlo Nervo | 15 | 2 | 13+2 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Igor Kolyvanov | 20 | 6 | 10+10 | 6 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Massimiliano Cappioli | 22 | 1 | 10+12 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Eriberto | 19 | 1 | 6+13 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Nicola Boselli | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | SWE | Teddy Lučić | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | RUS | Igor Simutenkov | 14 | 3 | 3+11 | 3 |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Christophe Sanchez | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Oscar Magoni | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ITA | Di Leo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Marco Roccati |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Giovanni Pompei |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Claudio Gallicchio |
| 28 | FW | ITA | Giacomo Cipriani |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1998/1149/