1998–99 Bologna F.C. 1909 season

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[1]

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

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
31 MF Oscar Magoni (to Napoli)

Results

Serie A
Main article: 1998–99 Serie A
17 January 1999 17Bologna2–0InterBologna
14:30 Signori  41' (pen.)
Bergomi  52' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Boggi
23 May 1999 34Inter3–1BolognaMilano
16:30 Ronaldo  8'
Šimić  87'
Ventola  89'		 Report Simutenkov  88' Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 62,705
Referee: Rodomonti

UEFA Cup qualification
Main article: 1998–99 Serie A § UEFA Cup qualification
27 May 1999 Inter1–2BolognaMilano
Baggio  59'  7' Andersson
 49' Paramatti		 Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 62.705
Referee: Boggi
30 May 1999 Bologna2–1InterBologna
Signori  3'
Bettarini  41'		  90' Ventola Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 27.000
Referee: Cesari

Coppa Italia
Main article: 1998–99 Coppa Italia

Intertoto Cup

Third round
18 July 1998 (1998-07-18) Bologna 2–0 Naţional BucureștiStadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
Paramatti  4'
Ingesson  38'		 Report Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)
25 July 1998 (1998-07-25) Naţional București 3–1 BolognaStadionul Cotroceni, Bucharest
Pigulea  28', 71'
Pârlog  45'		 Report Kolyvanov  15' (pen.) Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)

Bologna 3–3 Naţional București on aggregate. Bologna won on away goals rule.

Semi-finals
29 July 1998 (1998-07-29) Bologna 3–1 SampdoriaStadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
20:35 Andersson  1'
Paramatti  31'
Kolyvanov  90'		 Report Palmieri  17' Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Juan Fernández Marin (Spain)
5 August 1998 (1998-08-05) Sampdoria 1–0 BolognaStadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
20:45 Palmieri  27' Report UEFA Report 2 Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

Bologna won 3–2 on aggregate.

Finals
11 August 1998 (1998-08-11) Bologna 1–0 Ruch ChorzówStadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
20:45 Kolyvanov  45' Report Attendance: 5,866
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)
25 August 1998 (1998-08-25) Ruch Chorzów 0–2 BolognaStadion Ruchu, Chorzów
16:00 Report Kolyvanov  60' (pen.)
Signori  90'		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Bologna won 3–0 on aggregate.

UEFA Cup

First round
15 September 1998 Sporting CP 0–2 BolognaEstádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
22:30 (CET) Report Nervo  16'
Eriberto  90'		 Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)
29 September 1998 Bologna 2–1 Sporting CPStadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
16:00 (CET) Nervo  78'
Signori  90'		 Report Leandro Machado  65' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)

Bologna won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second round
20 October 1998 Bologna 2–1 Slavia PragueStadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
17:00 (CET) Signori  51'
Ingesson  85'		 Report Dostálek  67' Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)
3 November 1998 Slavia Prague 0–2 BolognaStadion Eden, Prague
16:30 (CET) Report Signori  80'
Cappioli  85'		 Attendance: 8,827
Referee: Georgios Bikas (Greece)

Bologna won 4–1 on aggregate.

Third round
24 November 1998 Bologna 4–1 Real BetisStadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
18:30 (CET) Fontolan  25', 74'
Kolyvanov  52'
Eriberto  59'		 Report Benjamín  63' Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
8 December 1998 Real Betis 1–0 BolognaEstadio Benito Villamarín, Seville
19:00 (CET) Oli  4' Report Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia)

Bologna won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
2 March 1999 Bologna 3–0 LyonStadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
17:30 (CET) Signori  8', 49'
Binotto  55'		 Report Attendance: 19,550
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)
16 March 1999 Lyon 2–0 BolognaStade de Gerland, Lyon
20:30 (CET) Caveglia  16'
Job  39'		 Report Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

Bologna won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals
6 April 1999 Marseille 0–0 BolognaStade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45 (CET) Report Attendance: 57,300
Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)
20 April 1999 Bologna 1–1 MarseilleStadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
19:30 (CET) Paramatti  18' Report Blanc  86' (pen.) Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/italy/1998-1999/seriea/bologna.htm

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