1998–99 Inter Milan season

Internazionale
1998–99 season
Chairman	Massimo Moratti
Manager	Luigi Simoni; (until 30 November 1998) ; Mircea Lucescu; (until 22 March 1999) ; Luciano Castellini; (until 30 April 1999) ; Roy Hodgson
Serie A	8th
Coppa Italia	Semifinals
Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Ronaldo (14); All: Ronaldo (15)
Average home league attendance	68,459

The 1998–99 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 90th in existence and 83th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

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[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	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)

Transfers

In[2]
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Sébastien Frey	Cannes	loan ended
GK	Giorgio Frezzolini	Fidelis Andria	loan ended
DF	Zoumana Camara	Saint-Etienne
DF	Matteo Ferrari	Genoa	loan ended
DF	Mikaël Silvestre	Rennes
MF	Ousmane Dabo	Rennes
MF	Andrea Pirlo	Brescia
MF	Cristiano Zanetti	Reggiana
FW	Roberto Baggio	Bologna
FW	Mohammed Kallon	Bologna	loan ended
FW	Alonso Piola	Internacional de Porto Alegre	loan ended
FW	Gionatha Spinesi	Castel di Sangro
FW	Nicola Ventola	Bari

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Giorgio Frezzolini	Cosenza/Milan	loan
DF	Matteo Ferrari	Lecce	loan
DF	Martín Rivas	Perugia	loan
DF	Luigi Sartor	Parma
DF	Massimo Tarantino	Bologna	co-ownership
FW	Mohammed Kallon	Cagliari	loan
FW	Gionatha Spinesi	Bari	co-ownership
FW	Samuel Ipoua	Toulouse

Autumn

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Salvatore Fresi	Salernitana	loan (November)
MF	Cristiano Zanetti	Cagliari Calcio	loan (October)
MF	Ousmane Dabo	Vicenza Calcio	loan (October)
FW	Nwankwo Kanu	Arsenal	(October)

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Gilberto	Cruzeiro	[3]
DF	Dario Šimić	Dinamo Zagreb

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Andrea Mazzantini	Perugia
DF	Zoumana Camara	Empoli	loan
DF	Luca Mezzano	Perugia	loan
FW	Álvaro Recoba	Venezia	loan[4]

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Udinese[lower-alpha 1]	34	16	6	12	52	52	0	54	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
7	Juventus[lower-alpha 2]	34	15	9	10	42	36	+6	54	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8	Internazionale	34	13	7	14	59	54	+5	46
9	Bologna[lower-alpha 3]	34	11	11	12	44	47	−3	44	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
10	Bari	34	9	15	10	39	44	−5	42[lower-alpha 4]

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]
Notes:

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 Internazionale
BAR 1-0 VEN, VEN 2-1 BAR

Matches

13 September 1998 1	Cagliari	2–2	Inter	Cagliari
16:00 CEST	Kallon 31' Muzzi 42'	Report	Ventola 32' Ventola 37'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Treossi

20 September 1998 2	Inter	1–0	Piacenza	Milano
20:30 CEST	Ronaldo 66' (pen)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 66,178 Referee: Pellegrino

27 September 1998 3	Empoli	1–2	Inter	Empoli
16:00 CEST	Carparelli 13'	Report	Ventola 37' Bergomi 53'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 13,464 Referee: Racalbuto

4 October 1998 4	Inter	2–0	Perugia	Milano
15:30 CEST	Zamorano 11' Djorkaeff 55'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 66,752 Referee: Farina

18 October 1998 5	Inter	3–5	Lazio	Milano
20:30 CEST	Winter 22' Ventola 77', 90'	Report	Salas 2' Nedvěd 29' Conceição 36', 53' Mancini 40'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Boggi

25 October 1998 6	Juventus	1–0	Inter	Torino
20:30 CET	Del Piero 87' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 58,459 Referee: Messina

1 November 1998 7	Inter	2–3	Bari	Milano
14:30 CET	Ronaldo 81' (pen.) Colonnese 90'	Report	Zambrotta 46' Masinga 74', 88'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Farina

8 November 1998 8	Milan	2–2	Inter	Milano
20:30 CET	Weah 13' Albertini 60' (pen.)	Report	Ronaldo 7' Moriero 48'	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 80,814 Referee: Tombolini

15 November 1998 9	Inter	3–0	Sampdoria	Milano
14:30 CET	Djorkaeff 6' (pen.), 17' (pen.) Zamorano 80'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Trentalange

22 November 1998 10	Fiorentina	3–1	Inter	Firenze
14:30 CET	Padalino 5' Batistuta 16' Heinrich 75'	Report	Djorkaeff 3' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 40,873 Referee: Rodomonti

29 November 1998 11	Inter	2–1	Salernitana	Milano
14:30 CET	Simeone 76' Zanetti 90'	Report	Di Michele 43'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Rodomonti

6 December 1998 12	Vicenza	1–1	Inter	Vicenza
14:30	Luiso 21' (pen.)	Report	Silvestre 90'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 17,379 Referee: Racalbuto

13 December 1998 13	Udinese	0–1	Inter	Udine
14:30		Report	Ronaldo 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Messina

20 December 1998 14	Inter	4–1	Roma	Milano
20:30	Cauet 58' Zamorano 76' R. Baggio 86' Zanetti 88'	Report	Paulo Sérgio 38'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 67,797 Referee: Pellegrino

6 January 1999 15	Parma	1–0	Inter	Parma
14:30	Fuser 54'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 29,964 Referee: Trentalange

10 January 1999 16	Inter	6–2	Venezia	Milano
14:30	Ronaldo 4' (pen.), 72' R. Baggio 24' Zamorano 29', 42', 47'	Report	Maniero 20', 90'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 66,370 Referee: Borriello

17 January 1999 17	Bologna	2–0	Inter	Bologna
14:30	Signori 41' (pen.) Bergomi 52' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Boggi

24 January 1999 18	Inter	5–1	Cagliari	Milano
14:30	R. Baggio 30', 78' Šimić 60' Simeone 67', 72'	Report	Muzzi 3'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Trentalange

31 January 1999 19	Piacenza	0–0	Inter	Piacenza
14:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Messina

7 February 1999 20	Inter	5–1	Empoli	Milano
14:30	Baggio 7' Simeone 17' Djorkaeff 35' (pen.), 67', 90'	Report	Carparelli 57'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 65,311 Referee: Tombolini

14 February 1999 21	Perugia	2–1	Inter	Perugia
15:00	Kaviedes 19' Rapaić 81'	Report	Djorkaeff 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Racalbuto

21 February 1999 22	Lazio	1–0	Inter	Roma
15:00	Conceição 38'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Cesari

27 February 1999 23	Inter	0–0	Juventus	Milano
20:30		Report		Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Tombolini

7 March 1999 24	Bari	1–0	Inter	Bari
15:00	Osmanovski 43'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Trentalange

13 March 1999 25	Inter	2–2	Milan	Milano
20:30	N'Gotty 7' (o.g.) Zanetti 77'	Report	Leonardo 14', 52'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 79,540 Referee: Collina

21 March 1999 26	Sampdoria	4–0	Inter	Genova
16:00	Montella 12', 56' (pen.), 59' Ortega 69'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Tombolini

3 April 1999 27	Inter	2–0	Fiorentina	Milano
20:30	Ronaldo 45' (pen.), 84' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 74,000 Referee: Trentalange

11 April 1999 28	Salernitana	2–0	Inter	Salerno
16:00	Di Michele 8' Giampaolo 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 34,787 Referee: Ceccarini

18 April 1999 29	Inter	1–1	Vicenza	Milano
16:00	Ronaldo 42' (pen.)	Report	Beghetto 51'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Borriello

25 April 1999 30	Inter	1–3	Udinese	Milano
16:00	Zamorano 53'	Report	M. Amoroso 11' (pen.), 64' Poggi 87'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Racalbuto

2 May 1999 31	Roma	4–5	Inter	Roma
20:30	Totti 26' (pen.) Paulo Sérgio 47' Delvecchio 49' Di Francesco 79'	Report	Ronaldo 17', 56' Zamorano 22', 35' Simeone 87'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Collina

9 May 1999 32	Inter	1–3	Parma	Milano
20:30	Ronaldo 25'	Report	Stanić 47' Asprilla 49' Fuser 62'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 65,700 Referee: Racalbuto

16 May 1999 33	Venezia	3–1	Inter	Venezia
16:30	Volpi 1' Frey 5' (o.g.) Maniero 19'	Report	Ronaldo 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo Attendance: 12,137 Referee: De Santis

23 May 1999 34	Inter	3–1	Bologna	Milano
16:30	Ronaldo 8' Šimić 87' Ventola 89'	Report	Simutenkov 88'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 62,705 Referee: Rodomonti

Coppa Italia

Round of 32

9 September 1998	Inter	1-0	Cesena	Milano
20:30 CET	Zamorano 27'			Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 23,772 Referee: Trentalange

24 September 1998	Cesena	0-0	Inter	Cesena
20:30 CET				Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 21,369 Referee: Rodomonti

Eightfinals

28 October 1998	Inter	1-0	Castel di Sangro	Milano
20:30 CET	Ventola 26'			Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza

11 November 1998	Castel di Sangro	1-1	Inter
20:30 CET

Quarterfinals

3 December 1998	Lazio	2-1	Inter	Roma
20:30 CET	Salas 13' (pen), 47'	Report	32' Djorkaeff	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ceccarini

27 January 1999	Inter	5-2	Lazio	Milano
20:30 CET	Cauet 13' Djorkaeff 26', 69' Zé Elias 74' Moriero 93'	Report	10' Vieri 34' Lombardo	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 17,007 Referee: Ceccarini

Semifinals

17 February 1999	Inter	0-2	Parma	Milano
20:30 CET		Report	76' Verón 90+6' Balbo	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 15,053 Referee: Braschi

9 March 1999	Parma	2-1	Inter	Parma
20:30 CET	Chiesa 4' Verón 36'	Report	10' Zamorano	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 11,419 Referee: De Santis

UEFA Cup qualification

27 May 1999	Inter	1-2	Bologna	Milano
	Baggio 59'		7' Andersson 49' Paramatti	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 62.705 Referee: Boggi

30 May 1999	Bologna	2-1	Inter	Bologna
	Signori 3' Bettarini 41'		90' Ventola	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 27.000 Referee: Cesari

Coppa Italia 3rd place: Bologna

UEFA Champions League

Second round

12 August 1998	Inter	4-0	Skonto Riga	Pisa
20:30 CEST	Zamorano 6' Simeone 10' Ventola 20' Baggio 59'	Report		Stadium: Arena Garibaldi[6] Attendance: 16.000 Referee: Stuchlik

26 August 1998	Skonto Riga	1-3 (1-7 agg.)	Inter	Riga
20:30 CEST	Miholaps 21'		9' Zamorano 53' Galante 70' Djorkaeff	Stadium: Skonto Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Bikas

Group phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Internazionale	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	13	Advance to knockout stage
2	Real Madrid	6	4	0	2	17	8	+9	12	Advance to knockout stage
3	Spartak Moscow	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8
4	Sturm Graz	6	0	1	5	2	16	−14	1

Source:

16 September 1998 1	Real Madrid	2-0	Inter	Sevilla
20:30 CET	Hierro 80' (pen) Seedorf 90'			Stadium: Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan[7] Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Dallas

30 September 1998 2	Inter	1-0	Sturm Graz	Milano
20:45 CET	Djorkaeff 90'			Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 24,791 Referee: Rune Pedersen

21 October 1998 3	Inter	2-1	Spartak Moscow	Milano
20:45 CET	Ventola 32' Ronaldo 59'	Report	65' Tsymbalar	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 44,199 Referee: Batta

4 November 1998 4	Spartak Moscow	1-1	Inter	Moscow
20:30 CET	Tikhonov 68'		89' Simeone	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Meier

25 November 1998 5	Inter	3-1	Real Madrid	Milano
20:45 CET	Zamorano 51' Baggio 86', 90'		57' Seedorf	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 77,820 Referee: Merk

9 December 1998 6	Sturm Graz	0-2	Inter	Graz
20:30 CET			64' Zanetti 80' Baggio	Stadium: Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadion Graz-Liebenau Attendance: 12,685 Referee: Granat

Quarterfinals

3 March 1999	Manchester United	2-0	Inter	Manchester
	Yorke 7', 45'			Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 54,430 Referee: Hellmut Krug

17 March 1999	Inter	1-1	Manchester United	Milano
	Ventola 63'		88' Scholes	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 79,528 Referee: Gilles Veissière

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 31 June 1999[8]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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
27	DF		Zoumana Camara	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
32	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
28	MF		Cristiano Zanetti	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
29	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
26	FW		Davide Sinigaglia	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW		Nwankwo Kanu	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0

Last updated: 31 June 1999
Source: Competitions

References

1998–99 Inter Milan
"Acquisti e cessioni dell'Inter 1998/99". storiainter.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
Bruno Bartolozzi (14 January 1999). "L'Inter apre a sinistra con Gilberto". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Carlo Laudisa (12 January 1999). "Recoba dice sì al Venezia, West ora vuole andarsene". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
Played at Pisa due to field maintenance for stadio Giuseppe Meazza. "Champions League in agosto, l'Inter pensa a Reggio Emilia". La Gazzetta dello Sport. 9 June 1998.
Played at Sevilla due to a ban on Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, sanctioned by incidents in 1998 UEFA Champions League semifinals against Borussia Dortmund. "Porta crollata, due giornate al Real Madrid" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 6 April 1998. p. 40.
http://www.inter.it/en/archivio_partite

Sources

- RSSSF Italy Championship 1998/99

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[table_note_UDI0.56858467709673-5] Udinese gained entry to the 1999-2000 UEFA Cup winning the UEFA Cup qualification match against Juventus

[table_note_JUV0.56858467709673-6] Juventus qualified to the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round.

[table_note_BOL0.56858467709673-7] Bologna gained entry to the 1999-2000 UEFA Cup winning the cup third place UEFA Cup qualification match against Internazionale

[table_hth_BAR0.56858467709673-8] BAR 1-0 VEN, VEN 2-1 BAR

[1] 1998–99 Inter Milan

[2] "Acquisti e cessioni dell'Inter 1998/99". storiainter.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2020-04-29.

[3] Bruno Bartolozzi (14 January 1999). "L'Inter apre a sinistra con Gilberto". La Gazzetta dello Sport.

[4] Carlo Laudisa (12 January 1999). "Recoba dice sì al Venezia, West ora vuole andarsene". La Gazzetta dello Sport.

[9] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[10] Played at Pisa due to field maintenance for stadio Giuseppe Meazza. "Champions League in agosto, l'Inter pensa a Reggio Emilia". La Gazzetta dello Sport. 9 June 1998.

[11] Played at Sevilla due to a ban on Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, sanctioned by incidents in 1998 UEFA Champions League semifinals against Borussia Dortmund. "Porta crollata, due giornate al Real Madrid" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 6 April 1998. p. 40.

[12] ttp://www.inter.it/en/archivio_partite