1998–99 Juventus FC season

The 1998–99 season was Juventus Football Club's 101st in existence and 97th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Juventus
1998–99 season
PresidentVittorio Chiusano
ManagerMarcello Lippi
(until 7 February 1999)
Carlo Ancelotti
StadiumStadio delle Alpi
Serie A7th
Coppa ItaliaQuarter-finals
Supercoppa ItalianaRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Filippo Inzaghi (13)

All:
Filippo Inzaghi (20)
Average home league attendance47,169[1]

Season summary edit

Juventus endured their worst domestic season since 1990–91, with superstar Alessandro Del Piero picking up a serious knee injury in the final minutes of a 2–2 draw with Udinese[2] on 8 November 1998. France's World Cup hero Zinedine Zidane was left with a big task to step up in Del Piero’s absence, a task he miserably failed. In an interview with L’equipe he described that season as «could not put one foot in front of the other». And he emphasized that it came as a result of him being too relaxed after having won the world cup.[3]

Unlike the preceding four seasons, under the guidance of Marcello Lippi, Juventus' attack malfunctioned. In December 1998, Lippi announced his intention to depart the following June to manage Inter. In February Lippi was let go by the club, with successful former Parma coach Carlo Ancelotti taking over.

With Ancelotti at the helm, Juve managed to salvage a little respectability by reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League, drawing the first-leg 1–1 at Old Trafford. Following the first-leg, playmaker Zidane limped off at half-time in Juve's home draw against Bologna on 12 April 1999. Eventual champions Manchester United then defeated Juventus 3–2 at Stadio delle Alpi in the second-leg of the semi-final.

Following that Champions League semi-final defeat, Juve's season ended poorly by their high standards, finishing a lowly seventh in Serie A. Juve had to settle for the relative ignominy of the UEFA Cup the next season.

Players edit

Squad information edit

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 Angelo Peruzzi
2 DF   ITA Ciro Ferrara
3 DF   YUG Zoran Mirković
4 DF   URU Paolo Montero
6 FW   FRA Thierry Henry
7 MF   ITA Angelo Di Livio
8 MF   ITA Antonio Conte (captain)
9 FW   ITA Filippo Inzaghi
10 FW   ITA Alessandro Del Piero
11 FW   URU Daniel Fonseca
12 GK   ITA Morgan De Sanctis
13 DF   ITA Mark Iuliano
14 MF   FRA Didier Deschamps
15 DF   ITA Alessandro Birindelli
16 FW   ITA Nicola Amoruso
17 DF   ITA Gianluca Pessotto
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF   FRA Jocelyn Blanchard
19 DF   CRO Igor Tudor
20 MF   ITA Alessio Tacchinardi
21 MF   FRA Zinedine Zidane
22 GK   ITA Michelangelo Rampulla
23 MF   ITA Simone Perrotta
25 DF   ITA Massimo Paci
26 MF   NED Edgar Davids
27 DF   ITA Massimiliano Marchio
28 MF   ITA Luca Pellegrini
29 MF   ITA Marco Rigoni
30 MF   ITA Salvatore Papa
31 DF   ITA Francesco Scardina
32 MF   ITA Manuel Sinato
33 GK   ITA Stefano Pergolizzi
34 FW   ARG Juan Esnáider

Transfers edit

Summer edit

Winter edit

Competitions edit

Supercoppa Italiana edit

29 August 1998 Juventus 1–2 Lazio Turin, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Del Piero   87' (pen.) Report Nedvěd   38'
Conceição   90+4'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Roberto Bettin

Serie A edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Roma 34 15 9 10 69 49 +20 54[a] Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6 Udinese[b] 34 16 6 12 52 52 0 54
7 Juventus[c] 34 15 9 10 42 36 +6 54 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round[4]
8 Internazionale 34 13 7 14 59 54 +5 46
9 Bologna[d] 34 11 11 12 44 47 −3 44 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
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:
  1. ^ ROM 7pts. JUV 5pts. UDI 4pts.
  2. ^ Udinese gained entry to the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup winning the UEFA Cup qualification match against Juventus
  3. ^ Juventus qualified to the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round.
  4. ^ Bologna gained entry to the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup winning the cup third place UEFA Cup qualification match against Internazionale

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 15 9 10 42 36  +6 54 10 4 3 25 16  +9 5 5 7 17 20  −3

Last updated: 23 May 1999.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round edit

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Matches edit

13 September 1998 1 Perugia 3–4 Juventus Perugia
Nakata   52', 59'
Bernardini   87' (pen.)
Report   22' Davids
  32' Tudor
  45'Pessotto
  48' Iuliano
  65' Fonseca
Stadium: Renato Curi
Attendance: 25,005
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
20 September 1998 2 Juventus 1–0 Cagliari Turin
Inzaghi   8' Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Domenico Messina
26 September 1998 3 Parma 1–0 Juventus Parma
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) D. Baggio   47' Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
4 October 1998 4 Juventus 1–0 Piacenza Turin
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Inzaghi   8' Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
18 October 1998 5 Vicenza 1–1 Juventus Vicenza
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Zauli   40' Report Del Piero   45' Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
1 November 1998 7 Juventus 2–0 Sampdoria Torino
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Inzaghi   44', 59'
Pessotto   54'
Report Stadium: delle Alpi
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
8 November 1998 8 Udinese 2–2 Juventus Udine
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Bachini   65'
Sosa   90+4'
Report   44' Zidane
  49' Inzaghi
  90' Del Piero
Stadium: Friuli
Referee: Graziano Cesari
15 November 1998 9 Roma 2–0 Juventus Roma
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Paulo Sérgio   45'
Candela   87'
Report   55' Edgar Davids
  59' Montero
Stadium: Olimpico
Referee: Stefano Braschi
22 November 1998 10 Juventus 0–0 Empoli Turin
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
29 November 1998 11 Bologna 3–0 Juventus Bologna
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Paramatti   3'
Signori   9'
Fontolan   28'
Report Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Referee: Graziano Cesari
6 December 1998 12 Juventus 0–1 Lazio Turin
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Salas   82' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
13 December 1998 13 Fiorentina 1–0 Juventus Firenze
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Batistuta   58' Report   46' Iuliano Stadium: Artemio Franchi
Referee: Stefano Farina
20 December 1998 14 Juventus 3–0 Salernitana Turin
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Inzaghi   20', 29', 87' Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
6 January 1999 15 Milan 1–1 Juventus Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Albertini   27' (pen.) Report Fonseca   85' Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Roberto Bettin
10 January 1999 16 Juventus 1–1 Bari Turin
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Davids   47' Report D. Andersson   76' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Stefano Farina
17 January 1999 17 Venezia 1–1 Juventus Venice
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Pedone   6' Report Fonseca   54' Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Referee: Massimo De Santis
24 January 1999 18 Juventus 2–1 Perugia Turin
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Fonseca   49'
Zidane   55'
Report Kaviedes   20' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
31 January 1999 19 Cagliari 1–0 Juventus Cagliari
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Berretta   17' Report Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
7 February 1999 20 Juventus 2–4 Parma Torino
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Tacchinardi   15'
Pessotto   16'
Fonseca   72'
Report   35', 40', 58' Crespo
  39'Chiesa
Stadium: delle Alpi
Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi
14 February 1999 21 Piacenza 0–2 Juventus Piacenza
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Manighetti   45+1' (o.g.)
Birindelli   90+5'
Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Referee: Domenico Messina
21 February 1999 22 Juventus 2–0 Vicenza Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Amoruso   11'
Conte   29'
Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
27 February 1999 23 Internazionale 0–0 Juventus Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
7 March 1999 24 Sampdoria 1–2 Juventus Genoa
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Ortega   64' Report Amoruso   74'
Inzaghi   90'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Stefano Farina
13 March 1999 25 Juventus 2–1 Udinese Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Fonseca   29'
Inzaghi   76'
Report Sosa   48' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
21 March 1999 26 Juventus 1–1 Roma Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Iuliano   72'
Montero   79'
Report   52' Delvecchio Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
3 April 1999 27 Empoli 1–0 Juventus Empoli
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Bianconi   26' Report Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
11 April 1999 28 Juventus 2–2 Bologna Turin
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Inzaghi   17'
Di Livio   81'
Report Kolyvanov   34'
Cappioli   52'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
17 April 1999 29 Lazio 1–3 Juventus Rome
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Mancini   56' Report Henry   34', 64'
Amoruso   45+3'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
25 April 1999 30 Juventus 2–1 Fiorentina Turin
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Inzaghi   24'
Conte   87'
Report Tacchinardi   85' (o.g.) Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
2 May 1999 31 Salernitana 1–0 Juventus Salerno
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Di Vaio   37' Report Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
9 May 1999 32 Juventus 0–2 Milan Turin
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ferrara   3' Report   46', 64' Weah Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Graziano Cesari
16 May 1999 33 Bari 0–1 Juventus Bari
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Conte   83' Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Referee: Robert Boggi
23 May 1999 34 Juventus 3–2 Venezia Turin
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Conte   12'
Inzaghi   45'
Henry   85'
Report Pedone   63'
Recoba   90'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Gennaro Borriello

UEFA Cup qualification edit

28 May 1999 First leg Udinese 0–0 Juventus Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Referee: Graziano Cesari
31 May 1999 Second leg Juventus 1–1
(1–1a agg.)
Udinese Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Inzaghi   23' (pen.) Poggi   71' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Stefano Braschi

Top Scorers edit

Coppa Italia edit

Second round edit

10 September 1998 First leg Ravenna 0–2 Juventus Ravenna
Report Di Livio   70'
Fonseca   83'
Stadium: Stadio Bruno Benelli
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
23 September 1998 Second leg Juventus 4–0
(6–0 agg.)
Ravenna Turin
Fonseca   35', 59'
Zalayeta   73', 78'
Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 583
Referee: Mucini

Round of 16 edit

27 October 1998 First leg Juventus 1–1 Venezia Turin
Amoruso   11' Report Luppi   73' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 561
Referee: Graziano Cesari
11 November 1998 Second leg Venezia 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–3a agg.)
Juventus Venice
Tuta   87'
Luppi   107' (pen.)
Report Fonseca   88' (pen.)
Ferrara   109'
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 11,101
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Quarter-finals edit

13 January 1999 First leg Juventus 1–2 Bologna Turin
Perrotta   13'
Inzaghi   90'
Report Boselli   74'
Ingesson   90' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Domenico Messina
26 January 1999 Second leg Bologna 0–1
(2a–2 agg.)
Juventus Bologna
Report Davids   78' Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

UEFA Champions League edit

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Juventus 6 1 5 0 7 5 +2 8 Advance to knockout stage
2   Galatasaray 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8
3   Rosenborg 6 2 2 2 7 8 −1 8
4   Athletic Bilbao 6 1 3 2 5 6 −1 6
Source: UEFA
16 September 1998 1 Juventus   2–2   Galatasaray Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Inzaghi   17'
Fonseca   19'
Peruzzi   32'
Di Livio   56'
Birindelli   69'
Deschamps   71'
Report Okan   2'
Şükür   44',   89'
Ümit   63'
Hagi   67'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 37,192
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
30 September 1998 2 Rosenborg   1–1   Juventus Trondheim, Norway
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Skammelsrud   69' (pen.)
Berg   74'
Report Birindelli   20'
Mirković   25'
Inzaghi   26'
Tacchinardi   62'
Stadium: Lerkendal stadion
Attendance: 15,385
Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)
21 October 1998 3 Athletic Bilbao   0–0   Juventus Bilbao, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Inzaghi   79' Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
4 November 1998 4 Juventus   1–1   Athletic Bilbao Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Davids   44'
Lasa   68' (o.g.)
Di Livio   79'
Tacchinardi   89'
Report Guerrero   26',   45'
Lasa   39'
Lacruz   85'  
Etxeberria   88'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 44,584
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
2 December 1998 5 Galatasaray   1–1   Juventus Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Tolunay   5'
Hakan   22'
Şükür   69'
Filipescu   90'
Suat   90'
Report Montero   15'
Conte   18'
Amoruso   78'
Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium
Attendance: 22,920
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
9 December 1998 6 Juventus   2–0   Rosenborg Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Inzaghi   16'
Amoruso   36'
Conte   68'
Report Hernes   79' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 7,174
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Knockout phase edit

Quarter-finals edit
3 March 1999 First leg Juventus   2–1   Olympiacos Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Mirković   33'
Inzaghi   38'
Zidane   56'
Conte   78'
Peruzzi   89'
Report Karapialis   67'
Niniadis   90+' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 33,871
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
17 March 1999 Second leg Olympiacos   1–1
(2–3 agg.)
  Juventus Athens, Greece
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Gogić   13'
Anatolakis   58'
Karapialis   60'
Report Di Livio   7'
Montero   11'
Davids   28'
Conte   53',   85'
Deschamps   90'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Semi-finals edit
7 April 1999 First leg Manchester United   1–1   Juventus Manchester, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Giggs   90+2' Report Conte   25'
Mirković   81'
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 54,487
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
21 April 1999 Second leg Juventus   2–3
(3–4 agg.)
  Manchester United Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Inzaghi   6', 11'
Davids   53'
Report Keane   24',   33'
Yorke   34'
Scholes   76'
Cole   83'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 60,806
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Statistics edit

Players statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ITA Peruzzi 33 0 25 0 0 0 8 0
13 DF   ITA Iuliano 32 1 18+2 1 4 0 8 0
19 DF   CRO Tudor 33 1 18+5 1 4 0 6 0
4 DF   URU Montero 33 0 22 0 2 0 9 0
17 DF   ITA Pessotto 32 1 15+4 1 5 0 8 0
7 MF   ITA Di Livio 45 2 28+5 1 4 1 8 0
14 MF   FRA Deschamps 39 0 26+3 0 1 0 9 0
26 MF   NED Davids 40 3 27 2 4 1 9 0
21 MF   FRA Zidane 39 2 24+1 2 4 0 10 0
9 FW   ITA Inzaghi 39 19 25+3 13 1 0 10 6
6 FW   FRA Henry 17 3 12+4 3 1 0
22 GK   ITA Rampulla 16 0 7 0 5 0 4 0
8 MF   ITA Conte 37 7 23+6 4 2 0 6 3
15 DF   ITA Birindelli 34 2 17+7 1 2 0 8 1
20 MF   ITA Tacchinardi 35 1 17+6 1 4 0 8 0
2 DF   ITA Ferrara 23 1 17+1 0 2 1 3 0
3 DF   YUG Mirkovic 28 1 13+6 0 5 0 4 1
16 FW   ITA Amoruso 28 6 12+8 3 3 1 5 2
11 FW   URU Fonseca 34 10 8+17 6 5 4 4 0
10 FW   ITA Del Piero 13 2 8 2 1 0 4 0
34 FW   ARG Esnaider 12 0 7+3 0 1 0 1 0
12 GK   ITA De Sanctis 4 0 2+1 0 1 0
18 MF   FRA Blanchard 21 0 2+10 0 6 0 3 0
23 MF   ITA Perrotta 12 1 1+4 0 6 1 1 0
25 DF   ITA Paci 0 0 0 0
27 DF   ITA Marchio 1 0 0 0 1 0
28 MF   ITA Pellegrini 0 0 0 0
29 MF   ITA Rigoni 6 0 0+1 0 5 0
30 MF   ITA Papa
31 DF   ITA Scardina
32 MF   ITA Sinato
33 GK   ITA Pergolizzi
MF   ITA Pecchia 2 0 0 0 2 0
DF   POR Dimas 3 0 0+1 0 2 0
FW   URU Zalayeta 3 2 0+1 0 1 2 1 0

References edit

  1. ^ "Serie A: Presenze (Spettatori abbonati/ gara)" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Campionato gia' finito per Del Piero infortunato" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. 10 November 1998. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Zidane sets up his second battle of wounded knee". The Guardian. 13 April 1999. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. ^ With consequent qualification to UEFA Cup first round
  5. ^ 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.