1998–99 Inter Milan season

The 1998–99 Inter Milan season was the club's 90th in existence and 83rd consecutive season in Serie A, the top flight of Italian football.

Inter Milan
1998–99 season
OwnerMassimo Moratti
PresidentMassimo Moratti
ManagerLuigi Simoni
(until 30 November 1998)
Mircea Lucescu
(until 22 March 1999)
Luciano Castellini
(until 30 April 1999)
Roy Hodgson
Serie A8th
Coppa ItaliaSemi-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Ronaldo (14)
All: Ronaldo (15)
Average home league attendance68,459

Season edit

Inter continued its increasingly frustrating run without the league title, which was extended to ten years following a chaotic season. Head 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 with goalscoring, while successful ex-Juventus coach Marcello Lippi was appointed in the hope he could end Inter's title drought.

Squad edit

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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ITA Gianluca Pagliuca
2 DF   ITA Giuseppe Bergomi (captain)
3 DF   ITA Francesco Colonnese
4 DF   ARG Javier Zanetti
5 DF   ITA Fabio Galante
6 MF   FRA Youri Djorkaeff
7 DF   ITA Salvatore Fresi
8 MF   NED Aron Winter
9 FW   BRA Ronaldo
10 FW   ITA Roberto Baggio
11 FW   ITA Nicola Ventola
13 MF   BRA Zé Elias
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF   ARG Diego Simeone
15 MF   FRA Benoît Cauet
16 DF   NGA Taribo West
17 MF   ITA Francesco Moriero
18 FW   CHI Iván Zamorano
19 MF   POR Paulo Sousa
20 MF   BRA Gilberto
21 MF   ITA Andrea Pirlo
22 GK   FRA Sebastien Frey
23 DF   CRO Dario Šimić
24 DF   FRA Mikaël Silvestre
25 DF   ITA Mauro Milanese (on loan from Parma)

Transfers edit

Autumn edit

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

Winter edit

In
Pos. Name from Type
DF Gilberto Cruzeiro [3]
DF Dario Šimić Dinamo Zagreb
Out
Pos. Name To Type
GK Andrea Mazzantini Perugia
DF Luca Mezzano Perugia loan
FW Álvaro Recoba Venezia loan[4]

Competitions edit

Serie A edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Udinese[a] 34 16 6 12 52 52 0 54 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
7 Juventus[b] 34 15 9 10 42 36 +6 54 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round[5]
8 Internazionale 34 13 7 14 59 54 +5 46
9 Bologna[c] 34 11 11 12 44 47 −3 44 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
10 Bari 34 9 15 10 39 44 −5 42[d]
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).[6]
Notes:
  1. ^ Udinese gained entry to the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup winning the UEFA Cup qualification match against Juventus
  2. ^ Juventus qualified to the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round.
  3. ^ Bologna gained entry to the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup winning the cup third place UEFA Cup qualification match against Internazionale
  4. ^ BAR 1–0 VEN, VEN 2–1 BAR

Results by round edit

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GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultDWWWLLLDWLWDWWLWLWDWLLDLDLWLDLWLLW
Position6422246766655454555556678989998898

Matches edit

13 September 1998 1 Cagliari 2–2 Inter Milan Cagliari
16:00 CEST Kallon   31'
Muzzi   42'
Report Ventola   32'
Ventola  37'
Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Florenzo Treossi
20 September 1998 2 Inter Milan 1–0 Piacenza Milan
20:30 CEST Ronaldo   66' (pen) Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 66,178
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
27 September 1998 3 Empoli 1–2 Inter Milan Empoli
16:00 CEST Carparelli   13' Report Ventola   37'
Bergomi   53'
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 13,464
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
4 October 1998 4 Inter Milan 2–0 Perugia Milan
15:30 CEST Zamorano   11'
Djorkaeff   55'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 66,752
Referee: Stefano Farina
18 October 1998 5 Inter Milan 3–5 Lazio Milan
20:30 CEST Winter   22'
Ventola   77', 90'
Report Salas   2'
Nedvěd   29'
Conceição   36', 53'
Mancini   40'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Robert Boggi
25 October 1998 6 Juventus 1–0 Inter Milan Turin
20:30 CET Del Piero   87' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 58,459
Referee: Domenico Messina
1 November 1998 7 Inter Milan 2–3 Bari Milan
14:30 CET Ronaldo   81' (pen.)
Colonnese   90'
Report Zambrotta   46'
Masinga   74', 88'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Stefano Farina
8 November 1998 8 Milan 2–2 Inter Milan Milan
20:30 CET Weah   13'
Albertini   60' (pen.)
Report Ronaldo   7'
Moriero   48'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 80,814
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
15 November 1998 9 Inter Milan 3–0 Sampdoria Milan
14:30 CET Djorkaeff   6' (pen.), 17' (pen.)
Zamorano   80'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
22 November 1998 10 Fiorentina 3–1 Inter Milan Florence
14:30 CET Padalino   5'
Batistuta   16'
Heinrich   75'
Report Djorkaeff   3' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 40,873
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
29 November 1998 11 Inter Milan 2–1 Salernitana Milan
14:30 CET Simeone   76'
Zanetti   90'
Report Di Michele   43' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
6 December 1998 12 Vicenza 1–1 Inter Milan Vicenza
14:30 Luiso   21' (pen.) Report Silvestre   90' Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
Attendance: 17,379
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
13 December 1998 13 Udinese 0–1 Inter Milan Udine
14:30 Report Ronaldo   88' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Domenico Messina
20 December 1998 14 Inter Milan 4–1 Roma Milan
20:30 Cauet   58'
Zamorano   76'
R. Baggio   86'
Zanetti   88'
Report Paulo Sérgio   38' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 67,797
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
6 January 1999 15 Parma 1–0 Inter Milan Parma
14:30 Fuser   54' Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 29,964
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
10 January 1999 16 Inter Milan 6–2 Venezia Milan
14:30 Ronaldo   4' (pen.), 72'
R. Baggio   24'
Zamorano   29', 42', 47'
Report Maniero   20', 90' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 66,370
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
17 January 1999 17 Bologna 2–0 Inter Milan Bologna
14:30 Signori   41' (pen.)
Bergomi   52' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Robert Boggi
24 January 1999 18 Inter Milan 5–1 Cagliari Milan
14:30 R. Baggio   30', 78'
Šimić   60'
Simeone   67', 72'
Report Muzzi   3' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
31 January 1999 19 Piacenza 0–0 Inter Milan Piacenza
14:30 CET Report Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Domenico Messina
7 February 1999 20 Inter Milan 5–1 Empoli Milan
14:30 Baggio   7'
Simeone   17'
Djorkaeff   35' (pen.), 67', 90'
Report Carparelli   57' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,311
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
14 February 1999 21 Perugia 2–1 Inter Milan Perugia
15:00 Kaviedes   19'
Rapaić   81'
Report Djorkaeff   90' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
21 February 1999 22 Lazio 1–0 Inter Milan Rome
15:00 Conceição   38' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Graziano Cesari
27 February 1999 23 Inter Milan 0–0 Juventus Milan
20:30 Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
7 March 1999 24 Bari 1–0 Inter Milan Bari
15:00 Osmanovski   43' Report Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
13 March 1999 25 Inter Milan 2–2 Milan Milan
20:30 Ngotty   7' (o.g.)
Zanetti   77'
Report Leonardo   14', 52' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 79,540
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
21 March 1999 26 Sampdoria 4–0 Inter Milan Genoa
16:00 Montella   12', 56' (pen.), 59'
Ortega   69'
Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
3 April 1999 27 Inter Milan 2–0 Fiorentina Milan
20:30 Ronaldo   45' (pen.), 84' (pen.) Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 74,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
11 April 1999 28 Salernitana 2–0 Inter Milan Salerno
16:00 Di Michele   8'
Giampaolo   90'
Report Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Attendance: 34,787
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
18 April 1999 29 Inter Milan 1–1 Vicenza Milan
16:00 Ronaldo   42' (pen.) Report Beghetto   51' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
25 April 1999 30 Inter Milan 1–3 Udinese Milan
16:00 Zamorano   53' Report M. Amoroso   11' (pen.), 64'
Poggi   87'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
2 May 1999 31 Roma 4–5 Inter Milan Rome
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: Pierluigi Collina
9 May 1999 32 Inter Milan 1–3 Parma Milan
20:30 Ronaldo   25' Report Stanić   47'
Asprilla   49'
Fuser   62'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,700
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
16 May 1999 33 Venezia 3–1 Inter Milan Venice
16:30 Volpi   1'
Frey   5' (o.g.)
Maniero   19'
Report Ronaldo   52' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 12,137
Referee: Massimo De Santis
23 May 1999 34 Inter Milan 3–1 Bologna Milan
16:30 Ronaldo   8'
Šimić   87'
Ventola   89'
Report Simutenkov   88' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 62,705
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Coppa Italia edit

Round of 32 edit

9 September 1998 Inter Milan 1–0 Cesena Milan
20:30 CET Zamorano   27' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 23,772
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
24 September 1998 Cesena 0–0 Inter Milan Cesena
20:30 CET Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 21,369
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Round of 16 edit

28 October 1998 Inter Milan 1–0 Castel di Sangro Milan
20:30 CET Ventola   26' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
11 November 1998 Castel di Sangro 1–1 Inter Milan Castel di Sangro
20:30 CET Bernardi   76' Djorkaeff   79' (o.g.) Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Quarter-finals edit

3 December 1998 Lazio 2–1 Inter Milan Rome
20:30 CET Salas   13' (pen.), 47' Report Djorkaeff   32' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
27 January 1999 Inter Milan 5–2 Lazio Milan
20:30 CET Cauet   13'
Djorkaeff   26', 69'
Zé Elias   74'
Moriero   90+3'
Report Vieri   10'
Lombardo   34'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 17,007
Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Semi-finals edit

17 February 1999 Inter Milan 0–2 Parma Milan
20:30 CET Report Verón   76'
Balbo   90+6'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 15,053
Referee: Stefano Braschi
9 March 1999 Parma 2–1 Inter Milan Parma
20:30 CET Chiesa   4'
Verón   36'
Report Zamorano   10' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 11,419
Referee: Massimo De Santis

UEFA Cup qualification edit

27 May 1999 Inter Milan 1–2 Bologna Milan
Baggio   59' Andersson   7'
Paramatti   49'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 62,705
Referee: Robert Boggi
30 May 1999 Bologna 2–1 Inter Milan Bologna
Signori   3'
Bettarini   41'
Ventola   90' Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Graziano Cesari

Coppa Italia 3rd place: Bologna

UEFA Champions League edit

Second round edit

12 August 1998 Inter Milan   4–0   Skonto Pisa
20:30 CEST Zamorano   6'
Simeone   10'
Ventola   20'
Baggio   59'
Report Stadium: Arena Garibaldi[7]
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
26 August 1998 Skonto   1–3
(1–7 agg.)
  Inter Milan Riga
20:30 CEST Miholaps   21' Zamorano   9'
Galante   53'
Djorkaeff   70'
Stadium: Skonto Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Georgios Bikas (Greece)

Group phase edit

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
3   Spartak Moscow 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8
4   Sturm Graz 6 0 1 5 2 16 −14 1
Source: UEFA
16 September 1998 1 Real Madrid   2–0   Inter Milan Seville
20:30 CET Hierro   80' (pen.)
Seedorf   90'
Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium[8]
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
30 September 1998 2 Inter Milan   1–0   Sturm Graz Milan
20:45 CET Djorkaeff   90' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 24,791
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
21 October 1998 3 Inter Milan   2–1   Spartak Moscow Milan
20:45 CET Ventola   32'
Ronaldo   59'
Report Tsymbalar   65' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 44,199
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
4 November 1998 4 Spartak Moscow   1–1   Inter Milan Moscow
20:30 CET Tikhonov   68' Simeone   89' Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Urs Meier (Czech Republic)
25 November 1998 5 Inter Milan   3–1   Real Madrid Milan
20:45 CET Zamorano   51'
Baggio   86', 90'
Seedorf   57' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 77,820
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
9 December 1998 6 Sturm Graz   0–2   Inter Milan Graz
20:30 CET Zanetti   64'
Baggio   80'
Stadium: Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadion
Attendance: 12,685
Referee:   Jacek Granat

Quarter-finals edit

3 March 1999 Manchester United   2–0   Inter Milan Manchester
Yorke   7', 45' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 54,430
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
17 March 1999 Inter Milan   1–1   Manchester United Milan
Ventola   63' Scholes   88' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 79,528
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

As of 30 June 1999[9]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ITA Pagliuca 47 0 31 0 6 0 10 0
4 DF   ARG Zanetti J 50 4 34+2 3 5 0 7+2 1
3 DF   ITA Colonnese 40 1 28+1 1 5 0 6 0
2 DF   ITA Bergomi 37 1 23 1 5 0 9 0
24 DF   FRA Silvestre 31 1 17+3 1 3+2 0 4+2 0
8 MF   NED Winter 42 1 24+5 1 6 0 7 0
14 MF   ARG Simeone 44 7 28 5 7 0 9 2
15 MF   FRA Cauet 46 3 22+8 1 3+4 1 9 1
18 FW   CHI Zamorano 38 14 21+4 9 3 2 7+3 3
9 FW   BRA Ronaldo 28 15 18+2 14 1+1 0 6 1
10 FW   ITA Baggio 35 11 19+6 6 3+1 0 4+2 5
22 GK   FRA Frey 9 0 5+2 0 2 0 0 0
16 DF   NGA West 30 0 20+3 0 3+1 0 3 0
23 DF   CRO Simic 21 2 18+1 2 2 0 0 0
6 MF   FRA Djorkaeff 36 14 17+8 8 6 4 5 2
5 DF   ITA Galante 29 1 16+1 0 3 0 9 1
11 FW   ITA Ventola 37 11 14+9 7 5+2 1 3+4 3
19 MF   POR Paulo Sousa 19 0 10+2 0 4 0 3 0
25 DF   ITA Milanese 15 0 7+1 0 4 0 3 0
17 MF   ITA Moriero 18 2 6+5 1 1+2 1 3+1 0
13 MF   BRA Zé Elias 23 1 5+9 0 2+3 1 2+2 0
21 MF   ITA Pirlo 32 0 5+15 0 2+3 0 0+7 0
27 MF   FRA Dabo 8 0 4+1 0 1+2 0 0 0
20 MF   BRA Gilberto 3 0 2 0 0+1 0 0 0
7 DF   ITA Fresi 5 0 1 0 1 0 2+1 0
26 DF   FRA Camara 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
28 DF   ITA Mezzano 2 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0
23 MF   ITA Zanetti C 2 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
20 FW   URU Recoba 4 0 0+1 0 1 0 0+2 0
32 FW   ITA Sinigaglia 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW   NGA Kanu 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

Last updated: 30 June 1999
Source: Competitions

References edit

  1. ^ 1998–99 Inter Milan[permanent dead link]
  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.
  5. ^ With consequent qualification to UEFA Cup first round
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Played at Pisa due to field maintenance for the San Siro. "Champions League in agosto, l'Inter pensa a Reggio Emilia". La Gazzetta dello Sport. 9 June 1998.
  8. ^ Played in Seville due to a ban on matches at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium sanctioned by incidents in the 1998 UEFA Champions League semi-finals against Borussia Dortmund. "Porta crollata, due giornate al Real Madrid" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 6 April 1998. p. 40.
  9. ^ "Inter.it".

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