1998–99 Inter Milan season

Season

Inter continued its increasingly frustrating run without the league title, which was extended to ten years following a chaotic season. Coach Luigi Simoni was fired when the side did not perform to the expected level, and the season saw a further three coaches trying to tame Inter without any success. Despite the chaos, the side managed to reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, where it lost to eventual champions Manchester United.

Another worry was the injury problems affecting star striker Ronaldo, who only played in 19 of the 34 league matches (although in those 19 games he scored 14 goals).

After the season, Inter signed Christian Vieri from Lazio for a world-record transfer fee of £32 million to help out with the goalscoring, while successful ex-Juventus coach Marcello Lippi was appointed in the hope he could end Inter's title drought.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Gianluca Pagliuca 2 DF Giuseppe Bergomi (captain) 3 DF Francesco Colonnese 4 DF Javier Zanetti 5 DF Fabio Galante 6 MF Youri Djorkaeff 7 DF Salvatore Fresi 8 MF Aron Winter 9 FW Ronaldo 10 FW Roberto Baggio 11 FW Nicola Ventola 13 MF Zé Elias

No. Position Player 14 MF Diego Simeone 15 MF Benoît Cauet 16 DF Taribo West 17 MF Francesco Moriero 18 FW Iván Zamorano 19 MF Paulo Sousa 20 MF Gilberto 21 MF Andrea Pirlo 22 GK Sebastien Frey 23 DF Dario Šimić 24 DF Mikaël Silvestre 25 DF Mauro Milanese (on loan from Parma)

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 12 GK Andrea Mazzantini (to Perugia)

No. Position Player 20 FW Álvaro Recoba (on loan to Venezia)

Results

Serie A

Cagliari v Inter

1	Cagliari	2–2	Inter
	Kallon  31' Muzzi  42'		Ventola  32', 37'

Inter v Piacenza

2	Inter	1–0	Piacenza
	Ronaldo  66' (pen.)

Empoli v Inter

3	Empoli	1–2	Inter
	Carparelli  13'		Ventola  37' Bergomi  53'

Inter v Perugia

4	Inter	2–0	Perugia
	Zamorano  11' Djorkaeff  55'

Inter v Lazio

5	Inter	3–5	Lazio
	Winter  22' Ventola  77', 90'		Salas  2' Nedvěd  29' Conceição  36', 53' Mancini  40'

Juventus v Inter

6	Juventus	1–0	Inter
	Del Piero  87' (pen.)

Inter v Bari

7	Inter	2–3	Bari
	Ronaldo  81' (pen.) Colonnese  90'		Zambrotta  46' Masinga  74', 88'

Milan v Inter

8	Milan	2–2	Inter
	Weah  13' Albertini  60' (pen.)		Ronaldo  7' Moriero  48'

Inter v Sampdoria

9	Inter	3–0	Sampdoria
	Djorkaeff  6' (pen.), 17' (pen.) Zamorano  80'

Fiorentina v Inter

10	Fiorentina	3–1	Inter
	Padalino  5' Batistuta  16' Heinrich  75'		Djorkaeff  3' (pen.)

Inter v Salernitana

11	Inter	2–1	Salernitana
	Simeone  76' Zanetti  90'		Di Michele  43'

Vicenza v Inter

12	Vicenza	1–1	Inter
	Luiso  21' (pen.)		Silvestre  90'

Udinese v Inter

13	Udinese	0–1	Inter
			Ronaldo  88' (pen.)

Inter v Roma

14	Inter	4–1	Roma
	Cauet  58' Zamorano  76' R. Baggio  86' Zanetti  88'		Paulo Sérgio  38'

Parma v Inter

15	Parma	1–0	Inter
	Fuser  54'

Inter v Venezia

16	Inter	6–2	Venezia
	Ronaldo  4' (pen.), 72' R. Baggio  24' Zamorano  29', 42', 47'		Maniero  20', 90'

Bologna v Inter

17	Bologna	2–0	Inter
	Signori  41' (pen.) Bergomi  52' (o.g.)

Inter v Cagliari

18	Inter	5–1	Cagliari
	R. Baggio  30', 78' Šimić  60' Simeone  67', 72'		Muzzi  3'

Piacenza v Inter

19	Piacenza	0–0	Inter

Inter v Empoli

20	Inter	5–1	Empoli
	Baggio  7' Simeone  17' Djorkaeff  35' (pen.), 67', 90'		Carparelli  57'

Perugia v Inter

21	Perugia	2–1	Inter
	Kaviedes  19' Rapaić  81'		Djorkaeff  90' (pen.)

Lazio v Inter

22	Lazio	1–0	Inter
	Conceição  38'

Inter v Juventus

23	Inter	0–0	Juventus

Bari v Inter

24	Bari	1–0	Inter
	Osmanovski  43'

Inter v Milan

25	Inter	2–2	Milan
	N'Gotty  7' (o.g.) Zanetti  77'		Leonardo  14', 52'

Sampdoria v Inter

26	Sampdoria	4–0	Inter
	Montella  12', 56' (pen.), 59' Ortega  69'

Inter v Fiorentina

27	Inter	2–0	Fiorentina
	Ronaldo  45' (pen.), 84' (pen.)

Salernitana v Inter

28	Salernitana	2–0	Inter
	Di Michele  8' Giampaolo  90'

Inter v Vicenza

29	Inter	1–1	Vicenza
	Ronaldo  42' (pen.)		Beghetto  51'

Inter v Udinese

30	Inter	1–3	Udinese
	Zamorano  53'		M. Amoroso  11' (pen.), 64' Poggi  87'

Roma v Inter

31	Roma	4–5	Inter
	Totti  26' (pen.) Paulo Sérgio  47' Delvecchio  49' Di Francesco  79'		Ronaldo  17', 56' Zamorano  22', 35' Simeone  87'

Inter v Parma

32	Inter	1–3	Parma
	Ronaldo  25'		Stanić  47' Asprilla  49' Fuser  62'

Venezia v Inter

33	Venezia	3–1	Inter
	Volpi  1' Frey  5' (o.g.) Maniero  19'		Ronaldo  52' (pen.)

Inter v Bologna

34	Inter	3–1	Bologna
	Ronaldo  8' Šimić  87' Ventola  89'		Simutenkov  88'

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 31 June 1999^[5]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Gianluca Pagliuca	47	0	31	0	6	0	10	0
22	GK		Sebastien Frey	9	0	5+2	0	2	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Giuseppe Bergomi	37	1	23	1	5	0	9	0
3	DF		Francesco Colonnese	40	1	28+1	1	5	0	6	0
4	DF		Javier Zanetti	50	4	34+2	3	5	0	7+2	1
5	DF		Fabio Galante	29	1	16+1	0	3	0	9	1
7	DF		Salvatore Fresi	5	0	1	0	1	0	2+1	0
16	DF		Taribo West	30	0	20+3	0	3+1	0	3	0
23	DF		Dario Šimić	21	2	18+1	2	2	0	0	0
24	DF		Mikaël Silvestre	31	1	17+3	1	3+2	0	4+2	0
26	DF		Mauro Milanese	15	0	7+1	0	4	0	3	0
?	DF		Zoumana Camara	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
?	DF		Luca Mezzano	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Youri Djorkaeff	36	14	17+8	8	6	4	5	2
8	MF		Aron Winter	42	1	24+5	1	6	0	7	0
13	MF		Zé Elias	23	1	5+9	0	2+3	1	2+2	0
14	MF		Diego Simeone	44	7	28	5	7	0	9	2
15	MF		Benoît Cauet	46	3	22+8	1	3+4	1	9	1
17	MF		Francesco Moriero	18	2	6+5	1	1+2	1	3+1	0
19	MF		Paulo Sousa	19	0	10+2	0	4	0	3	0
20	MF		Gilberto	3	0	2	0	0+1	0	0	0
21	MF		Andrea Pirlo	32	0	5+15	0	2+3	0	0+7	0
?	MF		Cristiano Zanetti	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
?	MF		Ousmane Dabo	8	0	4+1	0	1+2	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Ronaldo	28	15	18+2	14	1+1	0	6	1
10	FW		Roberto Baggio	35	11	19+6	6	3+1	0	4+2	5
11	FW		Nicola Ventola	37	11	14+9	7	5+2	1	3+4	3
18	FW		Iván Zamorano	38	14	21+4	9	3	2	7+3	3
20	FW		Álvaro Recoba	4	0	0+1	0	1	0	0+2	0
?	FW		Davide Sinigaglia	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
?	FW		Nwankwo Kanu	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0

Last updated: 31 June 1999
Source: Competitions

References

Sources

• - RSSSF Italy Championship 1998/99