1998–99 Juventus F.C. season

Juventus
1998–99 season
President Vittorio Chiusano
Manager Marcello Lippi
Carlo Ancelotti
Stadium Stadio delle Alpi
Serie A 7th
Supercoppa Italiana Runners-up
Coppa Italia Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Filippo Inzaghi (13)
All:
Filippo Inzaghi (20)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Juventus Football Club endured its worst domestic season since 1990–91, following a serious knee injury to superstar Alessandro Del Piero and a backlash for France's World Cup hero Zinedine Zidane. Contrary to the previous four seasons under the guidance of Marcello Lippi, Juventus' offense malfunctioned, and in February Lippi was let go by the club, with successful former Parma coach Carlo Ancelotti taking over.

With Ancelotti at the helm, Juve managed to salvage some respectability by reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League, where eventual champions Manchester United just got the better of the Italian champions. But following that narrow defeat, Juventus had to settle for the UEFA Cup the next season, due to a lowly seventh place in the league.

Players

Squad information

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

No. Position Player
1 Italy GK Angelo Peruzzi
2 Italy DF Ciro Ferrara
3 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia DF Zoran Mirković
4 Uruguay DF Paolo Montero
5 Italy MF Fabio Pecchia
6 Portugal DF Dimas
6 France FW Thierry Henry
7 Italy MF Angelo Di Livio
8 Italy MF Antonio Conte (captain)
9 Italy FW Filippo Inzaghi
10 Italy FW Alessandro Del Piero
11 Uruguay FW Daniel Fonseca
12 Italy GK Morgan De Sanctis
13 Italy DF Mark Iuliano
14 France MF Didier Deschamps
15 Italy DF Alessandro Birindelli
16 Italy FW Nicola Amoruso
17 Italy DF Gianluca Pessotto
No. Position Player
18 France MF Jocelyn Blanchard
19 Croatia DF Igor Tudor
20 Italy MF Alessio Tacchinardi
21 France MF Zinedine Zidane
22 Italy GK Michelangelo Rampulla
23 Italy MF Simone Perrotta
24 Uruguay FW Marcelo Zalayeta
25 Italy DF Massimo Paci
26 Netherlands MF Edgar Davids
27 Italy DF Massimiliano Marchio
28 Italy MF Luca Pellegrini
29 Italy MF Marco Rigoni
30 Italy MF Salvatore Papa
31 Italy DF Francesco Scardina
32 Italy MF Manuel Sinato
33 Italy GK Stefano Pergolizzi
34 Argentina FW Juan Esnáider

Competitions

Supercoppa Italiana

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 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League First group stage
2 Lazio 34 20 9 5 65 31+34 69
3 Fiorentina 34 16 8 10 55 41+14 56 1999–2000 UEFA 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 1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round
6 Udinese 34 16 6 12 52 520 54
7 Juventus 34 15 9 10 42 36+6 0541 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8 Internazionale 34 13 7 14 59 54+5 46
9 Bologna 34 11 11 12 44 473 0442 1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round
10 Bari 34 9 15 10 39 445 42
11 Venezia 34 11 9 14 38 457 42
12 Piacenza 34 11 8 15 48 491 41
13 Cagliari 34 11 8 15 49 501 41
14 Perugia 34 11 6 17 43 6118 0393 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
15 Salernitana (R) 34 10 8 16 37 5114 38 Relegation to Serie B
16 Sampdoria (R) 34 9 10 15 38 5517 37
17 Vicenza (R) 34 8 9 17 27 4720 33
18 Empoli (R) 34 4 10 20 26 6337 0224

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
1Udinese gained entry to the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup after tie-break against Juventus.
2Bologna gained entry to the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup after tie-break against Internazionale.
3 Perugia gained entry to the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup after the renounce of several teams.
4 2 points deducted.
(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

UEFA Cup Play-offs

Top Scorers

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Juventus 615075+28
Turkey Galatasaray 62228808
Norway Rosenborg 622278−18
Spain Athletic Bilbao 613256−16

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals

References

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