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.

Bari

Bologna

Cagliari

Empoli

Fiorentina

Inter Milan
Milan

Juventus

Lazio
Roma

Parma

Perugia

Piacenza

Salernitana

Sampdoria

Udinese

Venezia

Vicenza

Serie A 1998-99 team distribution

Serie A

Season	1998–99
Dates	12 September 1998 – 23 May 1999
Champions	Milan 16th title
Relegated	Salernitana Sampdoria Vicenza Empoli
Champions League	Milan Lazio Fiorentina Parma
UEFA Cup	Roma Udinese Bologna
Intertoto Cup	Juventus Perugia
Matches played	306
Goals scored	845 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	Márcio Amoroso (22 goals)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

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
3	Fiorentina	34	16	8	10	55	41	+14	56	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round[1]
4	Parma	34	15	10	9	55	36	+19	55
5	Roma	34	15	9	10	69	49	+20	54[a]	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Udinese[b]	34	16	6	12	52	52	0	54
7	Juventus[c]	34	15	9	10	42	36	+6	54	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round[2]
8	Inter Milan	34	13	7	14	59	54	+5	46
9	Bologna[d]	34	11	11	12	44	47	−3	44	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
10	Bari	34	9	15	10	39	44	−5	42[e]
11	Venezia	34	11	9	14	38	45	−7	42[e]
12	Piacenza	34	11	8	15	48	49	−1	41[f]
13	Cagliari	34	11	8	15	49	50	−1	41[f]
14	Perugia[g]	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
17	Vicenza (R)	34	8	9	17	27	47	−20	33
18	Empoli[h] (R)	34	4	10	20	26	63	−37	20

Source: Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[3]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. ROM 7pts. JUV 5pts. UDI 4pts.
2. Udinese gained entry to the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup winning the UEFA Cup qualification match against Juventus
3. Juventus qualified to the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round.
4. Bologna gained entry to the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup winning the cup third place UEFA Cup qualification match against Inter Milan
5. BAR 1–0 VEN, VEN 2–1 BAR
6. CAG 3–2 PIA, PIA 2–0 CAG
7. Perugia gained entry to the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round after the renounce of several teams.
8. 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

Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

UEFA Cup qualification

6th and 7th of Serie A:

28 May 1999

Udinese	0–0	Juventus

Stadio Friuli, Udine

Referee: Graziano Cesari (Genoa)

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31 May 1999

Juventus	1–1	Udinese
Inzaghi 23' (pen.)		Poggi 71'

Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin

Referee: Stefano Braschi (Prato)

Coppa Italia Third place:

27 May 1999

Inter Milan	1–2	Bologna
Baggio 59'		Andersson 7' Paramatti 49'

Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan

Referee: Robert Boggi (Salerno)

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30 May 1999

Bologna	2–1	Inter Milan
Signori 3' Bettarini 41'		Ventola 90'

Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna

Referee: Graziano Cesari (Genoa)

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
	Roberto Muzzi	Cagliari
7	Simone Inzaghi	Piacenza	15
	Marcelo Salas	Lazio
	Giuseppe Signori	Bologna
10	Ronaldo	Inter Milan	14