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)

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

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers


Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1999–2000 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+10 511
8 Udinese 34 13 11 10 55 45+10 50 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
9 Verona 34 10 13 11 40 455 43
10 Perugia 34 12 6 16 36 5216 42
11 Bologna 34 9 13 12 32 397 40
12 Reggina 34 9 13 12 31 4211 40
13 Lecce 34 10 10 14 33 4916 40
14 Bari 34 10 9 15 34 4814 39
15 Torino (R) 34 8 12 14 35 4712 36 Relegation to Serie B
16 Venezia (R) 34 6 8 20 30 6030 26
17 Cagliari (R) 34 3 13 18 29 5425 22
18 Piacenza (R) 34 4 9 21 19 4526 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

Top scorers

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Group stage

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain Barcelona 6420199+1014
Italy Fiorentina 623197+29
England Arsenal 62229908
Sweden AIK 6015416121

Second group stage

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Manchester United 6411104+613
Spain Valencia 631295+410
Italy Fiorentina 62227818
France Bordeaux 602451492

References