1999–2000 A.C. Fiorentina season

Fiorentina

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Manager	Giovanni Trapattoni
Stadium	Stadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A	7th
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Second group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Gabriel Batistuta (23) All: Gabriel Batistuta (29)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

A.C. Fiorentina did not manage to repeat its near-miss season from 1998–99, and instead missed out on qualification to the Champions League, following an inconsistent season. Its topscorer Gabriel Batistuta finally gave up on clinching the Serie A title with Fiorentina, and switched to Roma in the summer, which caused controversy, since Roma was only sixth in the 1999–2000 season.

Fiorentina came close to advancing to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, but ultimately a draw at home against Bordeaux ensured that home wins against Manchester United and Valencia were not enough.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Francesco Toldo
• Giuseppe Taglialatela
• Gianmatteo Mareggini

Defenders

• Tomáš Řepka
• Moreno Torricelli
• Daniele Adani
• Pasquale Padalino
• Aldo Firicano
• Paul Okon
• Alessandro Pierini
• Andrea Tarozzi

Midfielders

• Guillermo Amor
• Rui Costa
• Fabio Rossitto
• Luigi Pagliuca
• Angelo Di Livio
• Jörg Heinrich
• Mauro Bressan
• Christian Amoroso

Attackers

• Predrag Mijatović
• Gabriel Batistuta
• Abel Balbo
• Enrico Chiesa
• Luís Oliveira
• Riccardo Taddei
• Georgios Vakouftsis

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lazio (C)	34	21	9	4	64	33	+31	72	2000–01 UEFA Champions League First group stage
2	Juventus	34	21	8	5	46	20	+26	71
3	Milan	34	16	13	5	65	40	+25	61	2000–01 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Internazionale	34	17	7	10	58	36	+22	58
5	Parma	34	16	10	8	52	37	+15	58	2000–01 UEFA Cup First round
6	Roma	34	14	12	8	57	34	+23	54
7	Fiorentina	34	13	12	9	48	38	+10	0511
8	Udinese	34	13	11	10	55	45	+10	50	2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
9	Verona	34	10	13	11	40	45	−5	43
10	Perugia	34	12	6	16	36	52	−16	42
11	Bologna	34	9	13	12	32	39	−7	40
12	Reggina	34	9	13	12	31	42	−11	40
13	Lecce	34	10	10	14	33	49	−16	40
14	Bari	34	10	9	15	34	48	−14	39
15	Torino (R)	34	8	12	14	35	47	−12	36	Relegation to Serie B
16	Venezia (R)	34	6	8	20	30	60	−30	26
17	Cagliari (R)	34	3	13	18	29	54	−25	22
18	Piacenza (R)	34	4	9	21	19	45	−26	21

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Fiorentina gained entry to the 2000-01 UEFA Cup as both 1999-00 Coppa Italia finalists qualified to the 2000-01 Champions League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

1 29 August 1999	Fiorentina	1–0	Bari	Florence
	Chiesa  48'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Livio Bazzoli

2 11 September 1999	Reggina	2–2	Fiorentina	Reggio Calabria
	Kallon  18' (pen.) Reggi  86'	Report	Firicano  33' Heinrich  41'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 24,696 Referee: Graziano Cesari

3 19 September 1999	Fiorentina	4–1	Verona	Florence
	Batistuta  17', 32', 81' Chiesa  47'	Report	Melis  69'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

4 26 September 1999	Udinese	1–1	Fiorentina	Udine
	Fiore  53'	Report	Batistuta  8'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti P.

5 3 October 1999	Fiorentina	1–3	Roma	Florence
	Batistuta  75'	Report	Cafu  17', 67' Tommasi  59'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Domenico Messina

6 16 October 1999	Fiorentina	0–2	Parma	Florence
		Report	Di Vaio  83' Boghossian  90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

7 24 October 1999	Piacenza	2–0	Fiorentina	Piacenza
	Cristallini  83' Di Napoli  88' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Diego Preschern

8 30 October 1999	Fiorentina	1–1	Torino	Florence
	Balbo  89'	Report	Sommense  34'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

9 6 November 1999	Cagliari	1–1	Fiorentina	Cagliari
	Mboma  54' (pen.)	Report	Di Livio  10'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Gennaro Borriello

10 20 November 1999	Fiorentina	1–0	Perugia	Florence
	Pierini  81'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

11 27 November 1999	Bologna	0–0	Fiorentina	Bologna
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

12 5 December 1999	Fiorentina	2–1	Milan	Florence
	Batistuta  21' Heinrich  42'	Report	Bierhoff  1'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Gennaro Borriello

13 12 December 1999	Lazio	2–0	Fiorentina	Rome
	Bokšić  15' Stanković  71'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Livio Bazzoli

14 19 December 1999	Fiorentina	1–1	Juventus	Florence
	Batistuta  20'	Report	Tudor  17'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Domenico Messina

15 6 January 2000	Lecce	0–0	Fiorentina	Lecce
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 10,428 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

16 9 January 2000	Fiorentina	2–1	Internazionale	Florence
	Batistuta  38' Adani  90+1'	Report	Recoba  71'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

17 15 January 2000	Venezia	2–1	Fiorentina	Venice
	Volpi  12' Maniero  90+4'	Report	Batistuta  45+2'	Stadium: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo Attendance: 9,598 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

18 23 January 2000	Bari	1–0	Fiorentina	Bari
	Spinesi  84'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Domenico Messina

19 30 January 2000	Fiorentina	1–0	Reggina	Florence
	Batistuta  51'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

20 6 February 2000	Verona	2–2	Fiorentina	Verona
	Morfeo  45+5', 53'	Report	Batistuta  23' Rui Costa  69'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 16,085 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

21 13 February 2000	Fiorentina	1–1	Udinese	Florence
	Batistuta  72'	Report	Jørgensen  62'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

22 19 February 2000	Roma	4–0	Fiorentina	Rome
	Montella  6', 80', 90' Nakata  27'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 59,788 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

23 26 February 2000	Parma	0–4	Fiorentina	Parma
		Report	Balbo  22' Rui Costa  66', 75' Mijatović  85'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Stefano Farina

24 4 March 2000	Fiorentina	2–1	Piacenza	Florence
	Balbo  58' Rui Costa  83'	Report	Di Napoli  90'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Paolo Bertini

25 12 March 2000	Torino	1–0	Fiorentina	Turin
	Ferrante  20'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gennaro Borriello

26 18 March 2000	Fiorentina	2–0	Cagliari	Florence
	Batistuta  17' Mijatović  60'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Massimo De Santis

27 25 March 2000	Perugia	1–2	Fiorentina	Perugia
	Rapaić  15'	Report	Batistuta  8' Chiesa  69'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Stefano Cassarà

28 1 April 2000	Fiorentina	2–2	Bologna	Florence
	Batistuta  38', 89'	Report	Signori  12' K. Andersson  57'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

29 9 April 2000	Milan	1–1	Fiorentina	Milan
	Leonardo  76'	Report	Di Livio  71'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

30 15 April 2000	Fiorentina	3–3	Lazio	Florence
	Batistuta  25', 90+2' Chiesa  54'	Report	Nedvěd  27' Bokšić  31' Mihajlović  89' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

31 22 April 2000	Juventus	1–0	Fiorentina	Turin
	Del Piero  45+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

32 30 April 2000	Fiorentina	3–0	Lecce	Florence
	Tarozzi  41' Chiesa  43' Batistuta  83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

33 7 May 2000	Internazionale	0–4	Fiorentina	Milan
		Report	Chiesa  31', 46' Batistuta  70' Bressan  87'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65,616 Referee: Stefano Braschi

34 14 May 2000	Fiorentina	3–0	Venezia	Florence
	Batistuta  7', 19', 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Pierpaolo Rossi Pierpaolo

Top scorers

• Gabriel Batistuta 23
• Enrico Chiesa 7
• Rui Costa 4
• Abel Balbo 3

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

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Group stage

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Barcelona	6	4	2	0	19	9	+10	14
Fiorentina	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9
Arsenal	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	8
AIK	6	0	1	5	4	16	−12	1

1 14 September 1999	Fiorentina	0–0	Arsenal	Florence, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pierini  15' Di Livio  37' Toldo  80'	Report	Vieira  20' Keown  26' Šuker  51' Ljungberg  69'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 37,903 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

2 22 September 1999	Barcelona	4–2	Fiorentina	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Figo  7' Luis Enrique  10' Rivaldo  68' (pen.), 70'	Report	Mijatović  31' Batistuta  50' Padalino  68' Chiesa  79'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 79,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

3 29 September 1999	AIK	0–0	Fiorentina	Solna, Sweden
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Novaković  80'	Report	Batistuta  68' Bressan  68' Řepka  70'	Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 30,195 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

4 19 October 1999	Fiorentina	3–0	AIK	Florence, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Batistuta  5' Chiesa  32' Balbo  86'	Report	Brundin  81'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 15,280 Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

5 27 October 1999	Arsenal	0–1	Fiorentina	London, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Parlour  27' Petit  53' Adams  56'	Report	Batistuta  2',  75' Rossitto  53' Řepka  56' Rui Costa  75'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 73,256 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

6 2 November 1999	Fiorentina	3–3	Barcelona	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bressan  14' Adani  51' Balbo  56', 69'	Report	Figo  20' Rivaldo  43', 74'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 23,588 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Second group stage

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester United	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	13
Valencia	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10
Fiorentina	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8
Bordeaux	6	0	2	4	5	14	−9	2

1 23 November 1999	Fiorentina	2–0	Manchester United	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Batistuta  24',  77' Balbo  52'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

2 8 December 1999	Bordeaux	0–0	Fiorentina	Bordeaux, France
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stade du Parc Lescure

3 1 March 2000	Fiorentina	1–0	Valencia	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

4 7 March 2000	Valencia	2-0	Fiorentina	Valencia, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

5 15 March 2000	Manchester United	3-1	Fiorentina	Manchester, England
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Old Trafford

6 21 March 2000	Fiorentina	3-3	Bordeaux	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

References

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1999–2000 in Italian football Serie A Serie B Serie C1 Serie C2 Coppa Italia