# 1998–99 Juventus FC season

The 1998–99 season was Juventus Football Club's 101st in existence and 97th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

## Season summary

Juventus endured their worst domestic season since 1990–91, largely due to injury woes plaguing their star players.
Alessandro Del Piero picked up a serious knee injury in the final minutes of a 2–2 draw with Udinese on 8 November 1998. France's World Cup hero Zinedine Zidane was similarly plagued by injury. Having won the World Cup with France the previous July, Zidane promptly picked up a knee injury and further injured himself in November .
Unlike the preceding four seasons, under the guidance of Marcello Lippi, Juventus' attack malfunctioned. In December 1998, Lippi announced his intention to depart the following June to manage Inter. In February Lippi was let go by the club, with successful former Parma coach Carlo Ancelotti taking over.
With Ancelotti at the helm, Juve managed to salvage a little respectability by reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League, drawing the first-leg 1–1 at Old Trafford. Following the first-leg, playmaker Zidane limped off at half-time in Juve's home draw against Bologna on 12 April 1999. Eventual champions Manchester United then defeated Juventus 3–2 at Stadio delle Alpi in the second-leg of the semi-final.
Following that Champions League semi-final defeat, Juve's season ended poorly by their high standards, finishing a lowly seventh in Serie A. Juve had to settle for the relative ignominy of the UEFA Cup the next season.

## Players
### Squad information

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 | Angelo Peruzzi |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Ciro Ferrara |
| 3 | DF | YUG | Zoran Mirković |
| 4 | DF | URU | Paolo Montero |
| 6 | FW | FRA | Thierry Henry |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Angelo Di Livio |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Antonio Conte (captain) |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Filippo Inzaghi |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Del Piero |
| 11 | FW | URU | Daniel Fonseca |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Morgan De Sanctis |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Mark Iuliano |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Didier Deschamps |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Birindelli |
| 16 | FW | ITA | Nicola Amoruso |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Pessotto |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Jocelyn Blanchard |
| 19 | DF | CRO | Igor Tudor |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Alessio Tacchinardi |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Zinedine Zidane |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Michelangelo Rampulla |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Simone Perrotta |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Massimo Paci |
| 26 | MF | NED | Edgar Davids |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Massimiliano Marchio |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Luca Pellegrini |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Marco Rigoni |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Salvatore Papa |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Francesco Scardina |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Manuel Sinato |
| 33 | GK | ITA | Stefano Pergolizzi |
| 34 | FW | ARG | Juan Esnáider |

### Transfers
#### Summer

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| DF | Zoran Mirković | Atalanta |
| DF | Igor Tudor | Hajduk Split |
| MF | Jocelyn Blanchard | Metz |
| MF | Simone Perrotta | Reggina |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | to | |
| DF | Salvatore Aronica | Reggina | |
| DF | César Pellegrín | Ternana | |
| DF | Moreno Torricelli | Fiorentina | |
| MF | Raffaele Ametrano | Genoa | loan |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| A | Juan Esnáider | Espanyol |
| A | Thierry Henry | Monaco |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | to | |
| D | Dimas | Fenerbahçe | |
| C | Fabio Pecchia | Sampdoria | loan |
| A | Marcelo Zalayeta | Empoli | loan |

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

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

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 |

#### Matches
### Top Scorers

* Filippo Inzaghi 13
* Daniel Fonseca 6
* Antonio Conte 4
* Thierry Henry 3
* Nicola Amoruso 3
* Zinedine Zidane 2
* Alessandro Del Piero 2

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Juventus | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Athletic Bilbao | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Semi-finals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Peruzzi | 33 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Iuliano | 32 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | CRO | Tudor | 33 | 1 | 18+5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | URU | Montero | 33 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Pessotto | 32 | 1 | 15+4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Di Livio | 45 | 2 | 28+5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Deschamps | 39 | 0 | 26+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Zidane | 39 | 2 | 24+1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | NED | Davids | 40 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Inzaghi | 39 | 19 | 25+3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 6 | FW | FRA | Henry | 17 | 3 | 12+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Rampulla | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Conte | 37 | 7 | 23+6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Birindelli | 34 | 2 | 17+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Tacchinardi | 35 | 1 | 17+6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Ferrara | 23 | 1 | 17+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | YUG | Mirkovic | 28 | 1 | 13+6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | ITA | Amoruso | 28 | 6 | 12+8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | URU | Fonseca | 34 | 10 | 8+17 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Del Piero | 13 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ARG | Esnaider | 12 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | De Sanctis | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Blanchard | 21 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Perrotta | 12 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Paci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Marchio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Pellegrini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Rigoni | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Papa |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Scardina |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Sinato |
| 33 | GK | ITA | Pergolizzi |
| | MF | ITA | Pecchia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | POR | Dimas | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | URU | Zalayeta | 3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
* Source: