1999–2000 Serie A

The 1999–2000 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 98th season of top-tier Italian football, the 68th in a round-robin tournament. It was contested by 18 teams.

Serie A

Season	1999–2000
Dates	28 August 1999 – 14 May 2000
Champions	Lazio 2nd title
Relegated	Torino Venezia Cagliari Piacenza
Champions League	Lazio Juventus Milan Internazionale
UEFA Cup	Parma Roma Fiorentina
Intertoto Cup	Udinese Perugia
Matches played	306
Goals scored	764 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andriy Shevchenko (24 goals)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

By late March, Juventus topped the table by nine points over Lazio with only eight games remaining, but they lost to Milan, to Lazio at the Stadio delle Alpi, and to Hellas Verona, with Lazio only dropping two points, against Fiorentina.^[1] Lazio won the title on the final day of the season when Juventus lost their match against Perugia 1–0 on an almost flooded pitch, while Lazio comfortably beat Reggina 3–0 at home at the Stadio Olimpico.^[1][2]

Teams

Serie A 1999-2000 team distribution

Hellas Verona, Torino, Lecce and Reggina had been promoted from Serie B.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bari	Eugenio Fascetti	Lotto	TELE+
Bologna	Francesco Guidolin	Diadora	Granarolo
Cagliari	Renzo Ulivieri	Biemme	Pecorino Sardo
Fiorentina	Giovanni Trapattoni	Fila	Toyota
Hellas Verona	Cesare Prandelli	Errea	Salumi Marsili
Internazionale	Marcello Lippi	Nike	Pirelli
Juventus	Carlo Ancelotti	Kappa	D+
Lazio	Sven-Göran Eriksson	Puma	Cirio
Lecce	Alberto Cavasin	Asics	Banca 121
Milan	Alberto Zaccheroni	Adidas	Opel
Parma	Alberto Malesani	Champion	Parmalat
Perugia	Carlo Mazzone	Galex	Perugina
Piacenza	Maurizio Braghin	Lotto	Copra (H)/Gruppo DAC (A)
Roma	Fabio Capello	Diadora	INA Assitalia
Reggina	Franco Colomba	Asics	Caffè Mauro
Torino	Emiliano Mondonico	Kelme	SDA Express Courier
Udinese	Luigi De Canio	Diadora	Telit
Venezia	Francesco Oddo	Kronos	Emmezeta

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lazio (C)	34	21	9	4	64	33	+31	72	Qualification to Champions League first group stage
2	Juventus	34	21	8	5	46	20	+26	71
3	Milan	34	16	13	5	65	40	+25	61	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round[3]
4	Internazionale[a]	34	17	7	10	58	36	+22	58
5	Parma	34	16	10	8	52	37	+15	58	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Roma	34	14	12	8	57	34	+23	54
7	Fiorentina[b]	34	13	12	9	48	38	+10	51
8	Udinese	34	13	11	10	55	45	+10	50	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round[4]
9	Hellas Verona	34	10	13	11	40	45	−5	43
10	Perugia[c]	34	12	6	16	36	52	−16	42	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
11	Bologna	34	9	13	12	32	39	−7	40[d]
12	Reggina	34	9	13	12	31	42	−11	40[d]
13	Lecce	34	10	10	14	33	49	−16	40[d]
14	Bari	34	10	9	15	34	48	−14	39
15	Torino (R)	34	8	12	14	35	47	−12	36	Relegation to Serie B
16	Venezia (R)	34	6	8	20	30	60	−30	26
17	Cagliari (R)	34	3	13	18	29	54	−25	22
18	Piacenza (R)	34	4	9	21	19	45	−26	21

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).^[5]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Internazionale entered the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League after winning the UEFA Champions League qualification match against Parma.
2. Fiorentina gained entry to the 2000–01 UEFA Cup as both 1999–2000 Coppa Italia finalists had qualified for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League.
3. Perugia gained entry to the 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup as Hellas Verona had declined to enter.
4. REG: 9 pts; BOL: 4 pts → BOL 2–0 LEC; LEC: 4 pts → LEC 1–1 BOL

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BOL	CAG	FIO	INT	JUV	LAZ	LCE	MIL	PAR	PER	PIA	REG	ROM	TOR	UDI	VEN	VER
Bari		1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1
Bologna	1–0		1–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	2–3	2–0	2–3	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0
Cagliari	2–3	2–2		1–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–1
Fiorentina	1–0	2–2	2–0		2–1	1–1	3–3	3–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–0	4–1
Internazionale	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–4		1–2	1–1	6–0	1–2	5–1	5–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–0
Juventus	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0		0–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	4–1	1–0	1–0
Lazio	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–0		4–2	4–4	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–2	4–0
Lecce	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1		2–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1
Milan	4–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–2		2–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–0	3–3
Parma	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–2	4–1	1–0		1–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	3–1	3–0
Perugia	1–2	3–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–2	0–3	1–1		2–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–5	2–1	0–0
Piacenza	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–0		0–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–0
Reggina	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–0		0–4	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1
Roma	3–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	0–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–2		1–0	1–1	5–0	3–1
Torino	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–4	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1		0–1	2–1	0–3
Udinese	5–1	2–1	5–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–3	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	3–0	3–2	0–2	0–0		5–2	3–3
Venezia	0–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–4	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1		2–2
Hellas Verona	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–0

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

UEFA Champions League qualification

23 May 2000

20:30 CEST

Internazionale	3–1	Parma
Baggio 35', 73' Zamorano 89'		Stanić 69'

Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Graziano Cesari (Genoa)

Internazionale qualified to 2000–01 UEFA Champions League's third qualifying round, while Parma qualified to the 2000–01 UEFA Cup first round.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Andriy Shevchenko	Milan	24
2	Gabriel Batistuta	Fiorentina	23
3	Hernán Crespo	Parma	22
4	Marco Ferrante	Torino	18
	Vincenzo Montella	Roma
6	Filippo Inzaghi	Juventus	15
	Cristiano Lucarelli	Lecce
	Giuseppe Signori	Bologna
9	Christian Vieri	Internazionale	13
10	Roberto Muzzi	Udinese	12
	Marcelo Salas	Lazio

References and sources

• Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005