1999–2000 F.C. Internazionale Milano season

Internazionale

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Massimo Moratti
Manager	Marcello Lippi
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Final
Top goalscorer	Christian Vieri (13)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

F.C. Internazionale Milano once again failed to win the Serie A title, despite having bought Christian Vieri for a world record transfer fee in the summer of 1999. Juventus' highly regarded goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi and French national team captain Laurent Blanc arrived as well, while Álvaro Recoba was brought back after his success in Venezia during the spring. Both Vieri and Brazilian superstar Ronaldo had lots of injury problems, with the Brazilian being worst off, having ruptured his cruciate ligament in a comeback attempt against Lazio. New coach Marcello Lippi was put under increasing pressure, and when Inter missed out on Champions League qualification in the summer, he was sacked.

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. Position Player 1 GK Angelo Peruzzi 2 DF Michele Serena 3 DF Francesco Colonnese 4 DF Javier Zanetti 6 DF Laurent Blanc 6 DF Christian Panucci 7 MF Francesco Moriero 8 MF Vladimir Jugović 9 FW Ronaldo 10 FW Roberto Baggio 11 MF Clarence Seedorf 12 GK Giorgio Frezzolini 13 DF Dario Šimić 14 DF Salvatore Fresi 15 MF Benoît Cauet

No. Position Player 16 FW Adrian Mutu 17 DF Cyril Domoraud 18 FW Iván Zamorano 19 FW Nello Russo 20 FW Álvaro Recoba 21 MF Carlo Raffaele Trezzi 22 GK Fabrizio Ferron 23 MF Luigi Di Biagio 25 DF Martín Rivas 26 DF Ivan Cordoba 28 MF Giuseppe Imburgia 29 MF Antonio Guarino 31 DF Grigoris Georgatos 32 FW Christian Vieri

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. Position Player 6 MF Paulo Sousa (to Parma) 14 MF Ousmane Dabo (to Parma) 16 FW Davide Sinigaglia (released) 20 MF Cristiano Zanetti (to Roma) 21 MF Andrea Pirlo (on loan to Reggina)

No. Position Player 24 DF Zoumana Camara (on loan to Bastia) 26 DF Mikaël Silvestre (to Manchester United) 27 DF Taribo West (to Milan) 30 DF Fabio Galante (to Torino)

Transfers

In

• Iván Córdoba - San Lorenzo, January, €16,000,000
• Christian Vieri - Lazio, 1999, £32,000,000
• Grigoris Georgatos - Olympiacos, 1999, €7,000,000
• Angelo Peruzzi - Juventus, 1999
• Fabrizio Ferron - Sampdoria, 1999
• Luigi Di Biagio - Roma, 1999
• Christian Panucci - Real Madrid, 1999
• Laurent Blanc - Olympique de Marseille, 1999
• Cyril Domoraud - Olympique de Marseille, 1999
• Vladimir Jugović - Atlético Madrid, 1999
• Clarence Seedorf - Real Madrid, 1999
• Michele Serena - Parma, 2000
• Adrian Mutu - Dinamo București, 2000

Out

• Mikaël Silvestre - Manchester United, 10 September, £4,000,000
• Cristiano Zanetti - Roma, 1999, ₤7,000,000,000
• Gianluca Pagliuca - Bologna, 1999
• Nicola Ventola - Bologna, 1999
• Giuseppe Bergomi - retired, 1999
• Fabio Galante - Torino, 1999
• Youri Djorkaeff - Kaiserslautern, 1999
• Aron Winter - Ajax, 1999
• Zé Elias - Bologna, 1999
• Diego Simeone - Lazio, 1999
• Gilberto - Cruzeiro, 1999
• Ousmane Dabo - Parma, 1999
• Davide Sinigaglia - released
• Taribo West - Milan, 1999
• Fabio Galante - Torino, 1999
• Paulo Sousa - Parma, 2000

Loan out

• Andrea Pirlo - Reggina, 1999, loan
• Sébastien Frey - Verona, 1999, loan
• Zoumana Camara - Bastia, 1999, loan

Results

Serie A

1	Inter	3–0	Verona
	Vieri  16, 53, 65'

2	Roma	0–0	Inter

3	Inter	5–1	Parma
	Zamorano  7, 63' Vieri  17' Moriero  38' Thuram  71' (o.g.)		Crespo  14'

4	Torino	0–1	Inter
			Vieri  76'

5	Inter	2–1	Piacenza
	Panucci  14' Ronaldo  69'		Dionigi  81' (pen.)

6	Venezia	1–0	Inter
	Maniero  46'

7	Inter	1–2	Milan
	Ronaldo  20' (pen.)		Shevchenko  28' Weah  89'

8	Inter	1–1	Lazio
	Zamorano  36'		Pancaro  90'

9	Bologna	3–0	Inter
	K. Andersson  39, 70' Signori  78'

10	Inter	6–0	Lecce
	Georgatos  1' Zanetti  11' Jugović  37' Zamorano  45' Ronaldo  49' (pen.) Recoba  65'

11	Reggina	0–1	Inter
			Recoba  89'

12	Inter	3–0	Udinese
	Recoba  19' Vieri  57' Russo  90'

13	Juventus	1–0	Inter
	F. Inzaghi  21'

14	Bari	2–1	Inter
	Enyinnaya  6' Cassano  87'		Vieri  12'

15	Inter	5–0	Perugia
	Georgatos  17' Seedorf  44' Vieri  57' Jugović  63' Hilário  71' (o.g.)

16	Fiorentina	2–1	Inter
	Batistuta  37' Adani  90'		Recoba  71'

17	Inter	2–1	Cagliari
	Šimić  3' Moriero  82'		Luís Oliveira  17'

18	Verona	1–2	Inter
	Laursen  34'		Recoba  48' R. Baggio  78'

19	Inter	2–1	Roma
	Vieri  8' R. Baggio  42'		Aldair  33'

20	Parma	1–1	Inter
	Crespo  90' (pen.)		Vieri  61'

21	Inter	1–1	Torino
	Vieri  31'		Méndez  20'

22	Piacenza	1–3	Inter
	Delli Carri  69'		Blanc  20, 78' Vieri  88'

23	Inter	3–0	Venezia
	Vieri  41' Zamorano  52' Recoba  83'

24	Milan	1–2	Inter
	Shevchenko  90' (pen.)		Zamorano  43' Di Biagio  63'

25	Lazio	2–2	Inter
	S. Inzaghi  82' Pancaro  87'		Recoba  19' Di Biagio  79'

26	Inter	1–1	Bologna
	Recoba  83'		Paramatti  3'

27	Lecce	1–0	Inter
	Sesa  23'

28	Inter	1–1	Reggina
	Recoba  13'		Possanzini  81'

29	Udinese	3–0	Inter
	Sosa  6, 45, 68'

30	Inter	1–2	Juventus
	Seedorf  83'		Kovačević  54, 79'

31	Inter	3–0	Bari
	Cauet  24' Blanc  33' R. Baggio  51'

32	Perugia	1–2	Inter
	Amoruso  77'		Seedorf  28' Recoba  65'

33	Inter	0–4	Fiorentina
			Chiesa  31, 46' Batistuta  71' Bressan  87'

34	Cagliari	0–2	Inter
			R. Baggio  74' (pen.) Zamorano  87'

Top Scorers

• Christian Vieri 13
• Álvaro Recoba 10
• Iván Zamorano 7

References

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