1998–99 Inter Milan season

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

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

Season

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

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

Autumn

Out
Pos. Name To Type
DFSalvatore FresiSalernitanaloan (November)
MFCristiano ZanettiCagliariloan (October)
MFOusmane DaboVicenzaloan (October)
FWNwankwo KanuArsenal(October)

Winter

In
Pos. Name from Type
DFGilbertoCruzeiro[3]
DFDario ŠimićDinamo Zagreb

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:
  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

Matches

13 September 1998 1Cagliari2–2InternazionaleCagliari
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 2Internazionale1–0PiacenzaMilan
20:30 CEST Ronaldo  66' (pen) Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 66,178
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
27 September 1998 3Empoli1–2InternazionaleEmpoli
16:00 CEST Carparelli  13' Report Ventola  37'
Bergomi  53'
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 13,464
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
4 October 1998 4Internazionale2–0PerugiaMilan
15:30 CEST Zamorano  11'
Djorkaeff  55'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 66,752
Referee: Stefano Farina
18 October 1998 5Internazionale3–5LazioMilan
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 6Juventus1–0InternazionaleTurin
20:30 CET Del Piero  87' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 58,459
Referee: Domenico Messina
1 November 1998 7Internazionale2–3BariMilan
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 8Milan2–2InternazionaleMilan
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 9Internazionale3–0SampdoriaMilan
14:30 CET Djorkaeff  6' (pen.), 17' (pen.)
Zamorano  80'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
22 November 1998 10Fiorentina3–1InternazionaleFlorence
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 11Internazionale2–1SalernitanaMilan
14:30 CET Simeone  76'
Zanetti  90'
Report Di Michele  43' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
6 December 1998 12Vicenza1–1InternazionaleVicenza
14:30 Luiso  21' (pen.) Report Silvestre  90' Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
Attendance: 17,379
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
13 December 1998 13Udinese0–1InternazionaleUdine
14:30 Report Ronaldo  88' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Domenico Messina
20 December 1998 14Internazionale4–1RomaMilan
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 15Parma1–0InternazionaleParma
14:30 Fuser  54' Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 29,964
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
10 January 1999 16Internazionale6–2VeneziaMilan
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 17Bologna2–0InternazionaleBologna
14:30 Signori  41' (pen.)
Bergomi  52' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Robert Boggi
24 January 1999 18Internazionale5–1CagliariMilan
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 19Piacenza0–0InternazionalePiacenza
14:30 CET Report Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Domenico Messina
7 February 1999 20Internazionale5–1EmpoliMilan
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 21Perugia2–1InternazionalePerugia
15:00 Kaviedes  19'
Rapaić  81'
Report Djorkaeff  90' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
21 February 1999 22Lazio1–0InternazionaleRome
15:00 Conceição  38' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Graziano Cesari
27 February 1999 23Internazionale0–0JuventusMilan
20:30 Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
7 March 1999 24Bari1–0InternazionaleBari
15:00 Osmanovski  43' Report Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
13 March 1999 25Internazionale2–2MilanMilan
20:30 N'Gotty  7' (o.g.)
Zanetti  77'
Report Leonardo  14', 52' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 79,540
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
21 March 1999 26Sampdoria4–0InternazionaleGenoa
16:00 Montella  12', 56' (pen.), 59'
Ortega  69'
Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
3 April 1999 27Internazionale2–0FiorentinaMilan
20:30 Ronaldo  45' (pen.), 84' (pen.) Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 74,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
11 April 1999 28Salernitana2–0InternazionaleSalerno
16:00 Di Michele  8'
Giampaolo  90'
Report Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Attendance: 34,787
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
18 April 1999 29Internazionale1–1VicenzaMilan
16:00 Ronaldo  42' (pen.) Report Beghetto  51' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
25 April 1999 30Internazionale1–3UdineseMilan
16:00 Zamorano  53' Report M. Amoroso  11' (pen.), 64'
Poggi  87'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
2 May 1999 31Roma4–5InternazionaleRome
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 32Internazionale1–3ParmaMilan
20:30 Ronaldo  25' Report Stanić  47'
Asprilla  49'
Fuser  62'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,700
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
16 May 1999 33Venezia3–1InternazionaleVenice
16:30 Volpi  1'
Frey  5' (o.g.)
Maniero  19'
Report Ronaldo  52' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo
Attendance: 12,137
Referee: Massimo De Santis
23 May 1999 34Internazionale3–1BolognaMilan
16:30 Ronaldo  8'
Šimić  87'
Ventola  89'
Report Simutenkov  88' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 62,705
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Coppa Italia

Round of 32

9 September 1998 Internazionale1–0CesenaMilan
20:30 CET Zamorano  27' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 23,772
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
24 September 1998 Cesena0–0InternazionaleCesena
20:30 CET Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 21,369
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Round of 16

28 October 1998 Internazionale1–0Castel di SangroMilan
20:30 CET Ventola  26' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
11 November 1998 Castel di Sangro1–1InternazionaleCastel di Sangro
20:30 CET Bernardi  76' Djorkaeff  79' (o.g.) Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Quarter-finals

3 December 1998 Lazio2–1InternazionaleRome
20:30 CET Salas  13' (pen.), 47' Report Djorkaeff  32' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
27 January 1999 Internazionale5–2LazioMilan
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

17 February 1999 Internazionale0–2ParmaMilan
20:30 CET Report Verón  76'
Balbo  90+6'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 15,053
Referee: Stefano Braschi
9 March 1999 Parma2–1InternazionaleParma
20:30 CET Chiesa  4'
Verón  36'
Report Zamorano  10' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 11,419
Referee: Massimo De Santis

UEFA Cup qualification

27 May 1999 Internazionale1–2BolognaMilan
Baggio  59' Andersson  7'
Paramatti  49'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 62,705
Referee: Robert Boggi
30 May 1999 Bologna2–1InternazionaleBologna
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

Second round

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

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

Quarter-finals

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

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 31 June 1999[8]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie ACoppa ItaliaChampions League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Gianluca Pagliuca 47031060100
22 GK Sébastien Frey 905+202000
Defenders
2 DF Giuseppe Bergomi 3712315090
3 DF Francesco Colonnese 40128+115060
4 DF Javier Zanetti 50434+23507+21
5 DF Fabio Galante 29116+103091
7 DF Salvatore Fresi 5010102+10
16 DF Taribo West 30020+303+1030
23 DF Dario Šimić 21218+122000
24 DF Mikaël Silvestre 31117+313+204+20
26 DF Mauro Milanese 1507+104030
27 DF Zoumana Camara 20002000
32 DF Luca Mezzano 20001+1000
Midfielders
6 MF Youri Djorkaeff 361417+886452
8 MF Aron Winter 42124+516070
13 MF Zé Elias 2315+902+312+20
14 MF Diego Simeone 4472857092
15 MF Benoît Cauet 46322+813+4191
17 MF Francesco Moriero 1826+511+213+10
19 MF Paulo Sousa 19010+204030
20 MF Gilberto 30200+1000
21 MF Andrea Pirlo 3205+1502+300+70
28 MF Cristiano Zanetti 20000+100+10
29 MF Ousmane Dabo 804+101+2000
Forwards
9 FW Ronaldo 281518+2141+1061
10 FW Roberto Baggio 351119+663+104+25
11 FW Nicola Ventola 371114+975+213+43
18 FW Iván Zamorano 381421+49327+33
20 FW Álvaro Recoba 400+10100+20
26 FW Davide Sinigaglia 100+100000
30 FW Nwankwo Kanu 20101000

Last updated: 31 June 1999
Source: Competitions

References

  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.
  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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. http://www.inter.it/en/archivio_partite

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