1998–99 A.S. Roma season

Roma

1998–99 season
Chairman	Franco Sensi
Manager	Zdeněk Zeman
Serie A	5th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Marco Delvecchio (18) All: Marco Delvecchio (18)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

A.S. Roma was left trailing in the wake of city rivals Lazio's resurgence to fight for domestic and international glory. In coach Zdeněk Zeman's second season at the reign, Roma finished fifth in the table, and just missed out on qualification for the final Champions League spot. Roma reached the quarter finals of the UEFA Cup, but lost to Atlético Madrid.

Zeman employed an attacking 4-3-3 formation. Strikers Marco Delvecchio and Francesco Totti and substitute Paulo Sérgio scored 42 goals between them. As a team, Roma scored the most goals in Serie A, but poor defensive play led to them conceding 49 goals, the most of any of the top six teams.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• 1 Michael Konsel
• 12 Antonio Chimenti
• 22 Andrea Campagnolo

Defenders

• 2 Cafu
• 3 Zago
• 5 Vincent Candela
• 6 Aldair
• 13 Fabio Petruzzi
• 15 Pierre Womé
• 19 Marco Quadrini
• 21 Omari Tetradze
• Filippo Dal Moro

Midfielders

• 4 Luigi Di Biagio
• 8 Dmitri Alenichev
• 11 Eusebio Di Francesco
• 14 Carmine Gautieri
• 16 Ivan Tomić
• 17 Damiano Tommasi
• 23 Daniele Conti

Attackers

• 7 Paulo Sérgio
• 9 Gustavo Bartelt
• 10 Francesco Totti
• 18 Alessandro Frau
• 24 Marco Delvecchio
• 27 Fábio Júnior

Serie A

Matches

1	Roma	3–1	Salernitana
	Paulo Sérgio  47', 83' Totti  61'		Song  41'

2	Empoli	0–0	Roma

3	Roma	2–0	Venezia
	Delvecchio  1', 15'

4	Sampdoria	2–1	Roma
	Palmieri  61' Iacopino  69'		Delvecchio  26'

5	Roma	2–1	Fiorentina
	Alenichev  88' Totti  90'		Batistuta  32'

6	Milan	3–2	Roma
	Leonardo  45' Ziege  58' Weah  72'		Delvecchio  8', 69'

7	Roma	4–0	Udinese
	Di Francesco  44' Totti  52', 71' (pen.) Paulo Sérgio  62'

8	Bologna	1–1	Roma
	Signori  17'		Paulo Sérgio  15'

9	Roma	2–0	Juventus
	Paulo Sérgio  45' Candela  87'

10	Roma	1–1	Bari
	Totti  81' (pen.)		Masinga  76'

11	Lazio	3–3	Roma
	Mancini  28', 56' Salas  68' (pen.)		Delvecchio  25' Di Francesco  78' Totti  81'

12	Roma	5–1	Perugia
	Totti  61' Conti  63' Delvecchio  78', 80' Gautieri  90'		Rapaić  32'

13	Parma	1–1	Roma
	Fuser  38'		Gautieri  60'

14	Inter	4–1	Roma
	Cauet  58' Zamorano  76' R. Baggio  86' J. Zanetti  88'		Paulo Sérgio  38'

15	Roma	2–2	Piacenza
	Di Francesco  27' Tommasi  53'		Stroppa  38' Dal Moro  48' (o.g.)

16	Cagliari	4–3	Roma
	Muzzi  2', 64' O'Neill  45', 90'		Delvecchio  27', 41' Gautieri  81'

17	Roma	3–0	Vicenza
	Di Francesco  6' Delvecchio  44' Gautieri  79'

18	Salernitana	2–1	Roma
	Bernardini  11' (pen.) Giampaolo  53'		Di Biagio  82'

19	Roma	1–1	Empoli
	Paulo Sérgio  56'		Cerbone  90'

20	Venezia	3–1	Roma
	Recoba  1' Maniero  48' Ballarin  66'		Di Biagio  69'

21	Roma	3–1	Sampdoria
	Fábio Júnior  10' Paulo Sérgio  85', 88'		Lassissi  15'

22	Fiorentina	0–0	Roma

23	Roma	1–0	Milan
	Paulo Sérgio  64'

24	Udinese	2–1	Roma
	Jørgensen  84' Amoroso  88'		Fábio Júnior  24'

25	Roma	3–1	Bologna
	Delvecchio  10', 39' Gautieri  61'		K. Andersson  68'

26	Juventus	1–1	Roma
	Iuliano  72'		Delvecchio  52'

27	Bari	1–4	Roma
	Masinga  59'		Guerrero  12' (o.g.) Di Biagio  55' Cafu  79' Di Francesco  84'

28	Roma	3–1	Lazio
	Delvecchio  12', 43' Totti  90'		Vieri  78'

29	Perugia	3–2	Roma
	Tedesco  22' Petrachi  45' Rapaić  89'		Matrecano  23' (o.g.) Di Francesco  39'

30	Roma	1–0	Parma
	Totti  82'

31	Roma	4–5	Inter
	Totti  26' (pen.) Paulo Sérgio  47' Delvecchio  49' Di Francesco  79'		Ronaldo  17', 56' Zamorano  22', 35' Simeone  87'

32	Piacenza	2–0	Roma
	Stroppa  34' Statuto  81'

33	Roma	3–1	Cagliari
	Totti  16', 78' Di Francesco  34'		Mboma  46'

34	Vicenza	1–4	Roma
	Ambrosetti  34'		Paulo Sérgio  27' Delvecchio  62' Gautieri  78' Fábio Júnior  81'

Top Scorers

• Marco Delvecchio 18
• Francesco Totti 12 (3)
• Paulo Sérgio 12
• Eusebio Di Francesco 8
• Carmine Gautieri 6

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1998/99

Associazione Sportiva Roma seasons 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1944 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

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