1998–99 S.S. Lazio season

Società Sportiva Lazio finished second in Serie A, and won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and Supercoppa Italiana.

Lazio

1998–99 season
Chairman	Sergio Cragnotti
Manager	Sven-Göran Eriksson
Stadium	Stadio Olimpico
Serie A	2nd
Supercoppa Italiana	Winners
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Marcelo Salas (15) All: Marcelo Salas (23)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season review

Lazio kicked off the 1998–99 season by defeating Juventus 2–1 to win the Supercoppa in the pre-season, and then set a searing pace in the league thanks to the lethal striking partnership of world transfer record signing Christian Vieri and Marcelo Salas. The pair of them together netted 27 goals, as Lazio led the way for most of the season. Twenty-year-old Yugoslav starlet Dejan Stanković also impressed by scoring on his league debut.

Milan peaked late during the season, while Lazio had a barren spell, which enabled Milan to make up the deficit. Lazio finally squandered the title lead in the penultimate match of the season, where it had to settle for a draw against Fiorentina away from home.

Following the season, Vieri left the club for Inter, accusing chairman Sergio Cragnotti of lying to him. The money from Vieri's transfer was used to bring Juan Sebastián Verón, Simone Inzaghi and Diego Simeone to Rome, moves that all proved essential when Lazio clinched the title in 2000, where those three found the net in the last game of the season.

Lazio's best moment of the 1998-99 season came when they beat Mallorca 2-1 at Villa Park in Birmingham in the 1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, following goals by Vieri and Pavel Nedvěd.

The most prolific players during the season was captain and centre-half Alessandro Nesta, free-kick specialist Siniša Mihajlović, winger Nedvěd, and the striker pairing of Vieri and Salas.

Players

Squad information

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	Luca Marchegiani
2	DF	ITA	Paolo Negro
3	DF	ITA	Stefano Lombardi
5	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Favalli
6	MF	ITA	Federico Crovari
7	MF	ITA	Attilio Lombardo
9	FW	CHI	Marcelo Salas
10	FW	ITA	Roberto Mancini
11	DF	YUG	Siniša Mihajlović
12	GK	ITA	Emanuele Concetti
13	DF	ITA	Alessandro Nesta
14	MF	POR	Sérgio Conceição
15	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Pancaro
16	MF	AUS	Paul Okon

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	SUI	Guerino Gottardi
18	MF	CZE	Pavel Nedvěd
19	FW	CRO	Alen Bokšić
20	MF	YUG	Dejan Stanković
21	MF	ESP	Iván de la Peña
22	GK	ITA	Marco Ballotta
24	DF	POR	Fernando Couto
25	MF	ARG	Matías Almeyda
26	MF	ITA	Roberto Baronio
29	MF	ITA	Giampiero Pinzi
31	MF	ITA	Valentino Sbaccanti
32	FW	ITA	Christian Vieri
33	DF	ITA	Stefano Di Fiordo

Transfers

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	CHI	Marcelo Salas from River Plate
11	DF	YUG	Siniša Mihajlović from Sampdoria
14	MF	POR	Sérgio Conceição from FC Porto
20	MF	YUG	Dejan Stanković from Crvena Zvezda
21	MF	ESP	Iván de la Peña from FC Barcelona
24	DF	POR	Fernando Couto from FC Barcelona
32	FW	ITA	Christian Vieri from Atletico Madrid

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ITA	Pierluigi Casiraghi to Chelsea FC
—	MF	YUG	Vladimir Jugovic to Atletico Madrid
—	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Signori to Bologna FC

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	MF	ITA	Dario Marcolin (on loan to Blackburn Rovers)
6	DF	ITA	Giovanni Lopez (to Napoli)
7	MF	ITA	Roberto Rambaudi (to Genoa)
8	FW	ITA	Igor Protti (on loan to Reggiana)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	ITA	Giorgio Venturin (to Atlético Madrid)
27	FW	ITA	Alessandro Iannuzzi (to Milan)
28	DF	ITA	Maurizio Domizzi (on loan to Livorno)
30	FW	ITA	Rosario Aquino (to Livorno)

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1998–99 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Milan (C)	34	20	10	4	59	34	+25	70	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Lazio	34	20	9	5	65	31	+34	69
3	Fiorentina	34	16	8	10	55	41	+14	56	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Parma	34	15	10	9	55	36	+19	55
5	Roma	34	15	9	10	69	49	+20	54[lower-alpha 1]	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).[2]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. ROM 7pts. JUV 5pts. UDI 4pts.

Matches

Piacenza v Lazio

13 September 1998 1	Piacenza	1–1	Lazio	Piacenza
	S. Inzaghi  87'	Report	Stanković  74' Lombardi  86'	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Stefano Farina

Lazio v Bari

20 September 1998 2	Lazio	0–0	Bari	Rome
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Gennaro Borriello

Perugia v Lazio

27 September 1998 3	Perugia	2–2	Lazio	Perugia
	Bucchi  4' Nakata  65' Olive  74'	Report	Couto  19' R. Mancini  65' Mihajlović  72'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Stefano Farina

Lazio v Cagliari

4 October 1998 4	Lazio	2–0	Cagliari	Rome
	Couto  45' Stanković  69'	Report	O'Neill  51'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 42,826 Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

Internazionale v Lazio

18 October 1998 5	Internazionale	3–5	Lazio	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Winter  22' Ventola  77', 90+6' Simeone  90+2'	Report	Salas  1' Conceição  36', 53' R. Mancini  40' Nedvěd  72',  72'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

Lazio v Vicenza

25 October 1998 6	Lazio	1–1	Vicenza	Rome
	R. Mancini  55'	Report	Schenardi  30'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Salernitana v Lazio

1 November 1998 7	Salernitana	1–0	Lazio	Salerno
	G. Tedesco  88'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Lazio v Empoli

8 November 1998 8	Lazio	4–1	Empoli	Rome
	Negro  22', 26' Salas  30' R. Mancini  63'	Report	Carparelli  81'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 39,378 Referee: Gennaro Borriello

Venezia v Lazio

15 November 1998 9	Venezia	2–0	Lazio	Venezia
	Tuta  5' Pedone  38'	Report	Couto  61'	Stadium: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

Milan v Lazio

22 November 1998 10	Milan	1–0	Lazio	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Leonardo  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 45,985 Referee: Stefano Farina

Lazio v Roma

29 November 1998 11	Lazio	3–3	Roma	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	R. Mancini  28', 56' Salas  58' (pen.)	Report	Delvecchio  25' Petruzzi  65' Di Francesco  78' Totti  81'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Stefano Farina

Juventus v Lazio

6 December 1998 12	Juventus	0–1	Lazio	Turin
		Report	Salas  82'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 46,107 Referee: Gennaro Borriello

Lazio v Sampdoria

13 December 1998 13	Lazio	5–2	Sampdoria	Rome
	Mihajlović  29', 45', 52' Stanković  82' Salas  90+3'	Report	Palmieri  37' (pen.), 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 49,676 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Lazio v Udinese

20 December 1998 14	Lazio	3–1	Udinese	Rome
	R. Mancini  17' Salas  55', 90+5'	Report	Locatelli  5'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 41,749 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Bologna v Lazio

6 January 1999 15	Bologna	0–1	Lazio	Bologna
		Report	Vieri  77'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 31,160 Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Lazio v Fiorentina

10 January 1999 16	Lazio	2–0	Fiorentina	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Vieri  66' Mihajlović  90'	Report	Padalino  89'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 55,487 Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Parma v Lazio

17 January 1999 17	Parma	1–3	Lazio	Parma
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Crespo  54'	Report	Salas  51' (pen.) R. Mancini  68' Vieri  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 26,003 Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Lazio v Piacenza

24 January 1999 18	Lazio	4–1	Piacenza	Rome
	Mihajlović  10' Salas  59' Stanković  78' R. Mancini  81'	Report	Buso  57' Piovani  84'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 46,934 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Bari v Lazio

31 January 1999 19	Bari	1–3	Lazio	Bari
	Knudsen  73'	Report	Lombardo  21' Vieri  38', 87'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 23,428 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Lazio v Perugia

7 February 1999 20	Lazio	3–0	Perugia	Rome
	Vieri  42' Salas  45+2', 76'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 49,798 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

Cagliari v Lazio

14 February 1999 21	Cagliari	0–0	Lazio	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Lazio v Internazionale

21 February 1999 22	Lazio	1–0	Internazionale	Rome
	Conceição  39'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 66,756 Referee: Graziano Cesari

Vicenza v Lazio

28 February 1999 23	Vicenza	1–2	Lazio	Vicenza
	Cardone  68'	Report	Conceição  48' Salas 74' Stanković  82' Dicara  90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Lazio v Salernitana

7 March 1999 24	Lazio	6–1	Salernitana	Rome
	Negro  45' Vieri  50' Salas  60', 69' Fresi  82' (o.g.) Nesta  90'	Report	Vannucchi  31'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 52,625 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

Empoli v Lazio

14 March 1999 25	Empoli	0–0	Lazio	Empoli
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Stefano Braschi

Lazio v Venezia

21 March 1999 26	Lazio	2–0	Venezia	Rome
	Conceição  8' Mihajlović  14'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

Lazio v Milan

3 April 1999 27	Lazio	0–0	Milan	Rome
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 63,875 Referee: Graziano Cesari

Roma v Lazio

11 April 1999 28	Roma	3–1	Lazio	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Delvecchio  13', 43' Paulo Sérgio  70' Totti  90'	Report	Mihajlović  70' Vieri  79' Nesta  80'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 75,560 Referee: Gennaro Borriello

Lazio v Juventus

17 April 1999 29	Lazio	1–3	Juventus	Rome
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	R. Mancini  56'	Report	Henry  34', 64' Amoruso  45+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Sampdoria v Lazio

25 April 1999 30	Sampdoria	0–1	Lazio	Genoa
	Ortega  72'	Report	Vieri  60' Almeyda  66'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 16,885 Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Udinese v Lazio

2 May 1999 31	Udinese	0–3	Lazio	Udine
		Report	Mihajlović  30' (pen.) Vieri  48' R. Mancini  58'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 28,824 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Lazio v Bologna

9 May 1999 32	Lazio	2–0	Bologna	Rome
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Almeyda  50' Vieri  89'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 57,507 Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

Fiorentina v Lazio

15 May 1999 33	Fiorentina	1–1	Lazio	Florence
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Batistuta  14' Rui Costa 72'	Report	Vieri  27'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 38,793 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Lazio v Parma

23 May 1999 34	Lazio	2–1	Parma	Rome
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Salas  27', 76'	Report	Vanoli  54'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 73,967 Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Coppa Italia

Main article: 1998–99 Coppa Italia

Second round

Lazio v Cosenza

9 September 1998 First leg	Lazio	2–1	Cosenza	Rome
	Salas  69', 80' (pen.)		Riccio  59' Paschetta  64'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Franco Sirotti

Cosenza v Lazio

23 September 1998 Second leg	Cosenza	0–2	Lazio	Cosenza
			Parisi  15' (o.g.) Stanković  86'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 24,149 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Round of 16

Lazio v Milan

29 October 1998 First leg	Lazio	3–1	Milan	Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Mihajlović  28' R. Mancini  71', 90+5'		Bierhoff  6' Costacurta  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 22,520 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Milan v Lazio

11 November 1998 Second leg	Milan	1–1	Lazio	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Ganz  56'		Salas  42' Conceição  81'	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 22,702 Referee: Stefano Braschi

Quarter-finals

Lazio v Internazionale

3 December 1998 First leg	Lazio	2–1	Internazionale	Rome
	Salas  12' (pen.), 46'		Djorkaeff  32'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 22,564 Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Internazionale v Lazio

27 January 1999 Second leg	Internazionale	5–2	Lazio	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Cauet  13' Djorkaeff  25', 69' Zé Elias  84' Moriero  90+3'		Vieri  10' Lombardo  34' Nesta  87'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 17,007 Referee: Piero Ceccarini

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Lazio v Lausanne-Sport

17 September 1998 First leg	Lazio	1–1	Lausanne-Sport	Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stanković  2' Nedvěd  37'	Report	Celestini 3' Douglas  54'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 22,659 Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)

Lausanne-Sport v Lazio

1 October 1998 Second leg	Lausanne-Sport	2–2	Lazio	Lausanne, Switzerland
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Douglas  10' Rehn  84'	Report	Salas  7' Conceição  26'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Second round

Lazio v Partizan

22 October 1998 First leg	Lazio	0–0	Partizan	Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 24,966 Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

Partizan v Lazio

5 November 1998 Second leg	Partizan	2–3	Lazio	Belgrade, Serbia
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Krstajić  18' Iliev  85'	Report	Salas  43' (pen.), 76' Stanković  67'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

Quarter-finals

Panionios v Lazio

4 March 1999 First leg	Panionios	0–4	Lazio	Athens, Greece
21:45 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Stanković  3',  60' Salas  14' Nedvěd  63'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 10,175 Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Lazio v Panionios

18 March 1999 Second leg	Lazio	3–0	Panionios	Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Nedvěd  70' Stanković  77' de la Peña  82'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 20,488 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Semi-finals

Lokomotiv Moscow v Lazio

8 April 1999 First leg	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	Lazio	Moscow, Russia
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Janashia  62'	Report	Bokšić  77'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Lazio v Lokomotiv Moscow

22 April 1999 Second leg	Lazio	0–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,016 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Final

Main article: 1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final

Lazio v Mallorca

19 May 1999	Lazio	2–1	Mallorca	Birmingham, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vieri  7',  39' Mihajlović  23' Nedvěd  81' Marchegiani  90+1'	Report	Dani  11' Siviero  54'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,021 Referee: Günther Benkö (Austria)

Supercoppa Italiana

Main article: 1998 Supercoppa Italiana

Juventus v Lazio

29 August 1998	Juventus	1–2	Lazio	Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	F. Inzaghi  68' Del Piero  87' (pen.)	(Report)	Nedvěd  37' Conceição  90+4'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Roberto Bettin

Statistics

Goalscorers

• Marcelo Salas 15 (2)
• Christian Vieri 12
• Roberto Mancini 10
• Siniša Mihajlović 8 (1)
• Sérgio Conceição 5

References

1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/italy/1998-1999/seriea/lazio.htm
2. 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.