1999–2000 Inter Milan season

Inter Milan
1999–2000 season
OwnerMassimo Moratti
PresidentMassimo Moratti
ManagerMarcello Lippi
StadiumSan Siro
Serie A4th
Coppa ItaliaRunner-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Christian Vieri (13)
All: Christian Vieri (18)

The 1999–2000 season was Inter Milan's 91st in existence and 84th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Season

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Following a poor previous season, Inter welcomed the arrival of Marcello Lippi on the bench.[1] Striker Christian Vieri was acquired from Lazio for €49,000,000 which broke the world transfer record at the time.[2][3] The other purchases were Di Biagio, Peruzzi, Blanc (France national team captain), Panucci, Jugović, and the winter window added Iván Córdoba and Seedorf.[4]

Vieri proved to be an excellent goalscorer, scoring five times in first the month of the league, bringing Inter to the top of the standings.[5] However, when autumn came, the side lost him and his partner, Ronaldo, to heavy injuries.[6] Inter was not able to retain their advantage: Lazio and Juventus surpassed them, leaving Lippi's side in fourth place. After the regular season, Inter beat Parma in a play-off awarding the last spot of the Champions League: Inter won 3–1, with two goals scored from Roberto Baggio in his last appearance for the side.[7] Inter also had the chance to win a trophy but failed, losing the final of the Coppa Italia to Lazio for a 2–1 aggregate.[8]

Squad

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Squad at end of season[9]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Angelo Peruzzi
2 DF Italy ITA Christian Panucci
3 DF Italy ITA Francesco Colonnese
4 DF Argentina ARG Javier Zanetti
5 DF France FRA Laurent Blanc
6 DF Italy ITA Michele Serena
7 MF Italy ITA Francesco Moriero
8 MF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Vladimir Jugović
9 FW Brazil BRA Ronaldo
10 FW Italy ITA Roberto Baggio
11 DF Italy ITA Salvatore Fresi
12 GK Italy ITA Giorgio Frezzolini
13 DF Croatia CRO Dario Šimić
14 MF Netherlands NED Clarence Seedorf
15 MF France FRA Benoît Cauet
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW Romania ROU Adrian Mutu
17 DF Ivory Coast CIV Cyril Domoraud
18 FW Chile CHI Iván Zamorano[note 1]
19 FW Italy ITA Nello Russo
20 FW Uruguay URU Álvaro Recoba
21 MF Italy ITA Carlo Raffaele Trezzi
22 GK Italy ITA Fabrizio Ferron
23 MF Italy ITA Luigi Di Biagio
25 DF Uruguay URU Martín Rivas
26 DF Colombia COL Iván Córdoba
28 MF Italy ITA Giuseppe Imburgia
30 MF Portugal POR Hugo Infante
31 DF Greece GRE Grigoris Georgatos
32 FW Italy ITA Christian Vieri

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF Portugal POR Paulo Sousa (to Parma)
14 MF France FRA Ousmane Dabo (to Parma)
16 FW Italy ITA Davide Sinigaglia (released)
20 MF Italy ITA Cristiano Zanetti (to Roma)
21 MF Italy ITA Andrea Pirlo (on loan to Reggina)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF France FRA Zoumana Camara (on loan to Bastia)
24 DF France FRA Mikaël Silvestre (to Manchester United)
27 DF Nigeria NGA Taribo West (to Milan)
30 DF Italy ITA Fabio Galante (to Torino)

Transfers

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Autumn

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In
Pos. Name from Type
FW Christian Vieri Lazio €46.48 million
GK Angelo Peruzzi Juventus €19.00 million
DF Christian Panucci Real Madrid €9.30 million
DF Laurent Blanc Olympique Marseille €6.00 million
MF Vladimir Jugović Atletico Madrid €2.00 million
MF Luigi Di Biagio Roma
GK Fabrizio Ferron Sampdoria
DF Grigorios Georgatos Olympiacos €7.00 million
MF Cyril Domoraud Olympique Marseille €7.00 million
GK Luca Anania -
DF Salvatore Fresi Salernitana loan ended
MF Ousmane Dabo Vicenza loan ended
FW Álvaro Recoba Venezia loan ended
GK Giorgio Frezzolini A.C. Milan loan ended
Out
Pos. Name To Type
DF Giuseppe Bergomi - retired
MF Ousmane Dabo Parma €15.49 million
GK Gianluca Pagliuca Bologna
DF Fabio Galante Torino
DF Mauro Milanese Perugia
DF Mikaël Silvestre Manchester United €5.70 million
DF Massimo Tarantino Bologna
MF Youri Djorkaeff Kaiserslautern €1.50 million
MF Diego Simeone Lazio €10.90 million
MF Zé Elias Bologna €0.750 million
MF Aron Winter Ajax €0.60 million
DF Gilberto Vasco da Gama
MF Cristiano Zanetti Roma €3.615 million co-ownership
DF Zoumana Camara Bastia loan
MF Andrea Pirlo Reggina loan
FW Nicola Ventola Bologna loan
FW Mohammed Kallon Reggina loan
GK Sébastien Frey Hellas Verona loan
GK Luca Anania Lecco loan
DF Matteo Ferrari Bari loan

Winter

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In
Pos. Name from Type
MF Clarence Seedorf Real Madrid €24.01 million
DF Iván Córdoba San Lorenzo €14.00 million
FW Adrian Mutu Dinamo București €6.50 million
DF Michele Serena Parma loan
Out
Pos. Name To Type
DF Taribo West A.C. Milan €2.50 million
MF Paulo Sousa Parma loan

Competitions

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Serie A

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Juventus 34 21 8 5 46 20 +26 71 Qualification to Champions League first group stage
3 Milan 34 16 13 5 65 40 +25 61 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round[10]
4 Internazionale[a] 34 17 7 10 58 36 +22 58
5 Parma 34 16 10 8 52 37 +15 58 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6 Roma 34 14 12 8 57 34 +23 54
Source: Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[11]
Notes:

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHA
ResultWDWWWLLDLWWWLLWLWWWDDWWWDDLDLLWWLW
Position1111123365445666643555433343565444

Matches

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29 August 1999 1 Inter 3–0 Hellas Verona Milan
Vieri 16', 53', 65' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 67,203
Referee: Stefano Braschi
12 September 1999 2 Roma 0–0 Inter Rome
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 73,260
Referee: Domenico Messina
19 September 1999 3 Inter 5–1 Parma Milan
Zamorano 7', 63'
Vieri 17'
Moriero 38'
Thuram 71' (o.g.)
Report Crespo 14' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 69,084
Referee: Massimo De Santis
26 September 1999 4 Torino 0–1 Inter Turin
Report Vieri 76' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Attendance: 40,452
Referee: Stefano Farina
2 October 1999 5 Inter 2–1 Piacenza Milan
Panucci 14'
Ronaldo 69'
Report Dionigi 81' (pen.) Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 69,448
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
17 October 1999 6 Venezia 1–0 Inter Venice
Maniero 46' Report Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 12,312
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
23 October 1999 7 Inter 1–2 Milan Milan
Ronaldo 20' (pen.) Report Shevchenko 28'
Weah 89'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 78,815
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
30 October 1999 8 Inter 1–1 Lazio Milan
Zamorano 36' Report Pancaro 90' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 76,161
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
7 November 1999 9 Bologna 3–0 Inter Bologna
K. Andersson 39', 70'
Signori 78'
Report Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 35,626
Referee: Graziano Cesari
21 November 1999 10 Inter 6–0 Lecce Milan
Georgatos 1'
Zanetti 11'
Jugović 37'
Zamorano 45'
Ronaldo 49' (pen.)
Ronaldo red cross icon 59'
Recoba 65'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 62,532
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
28 November 1999 11 Reggina 0–1 Inter Reggio Calabria
Report Recoba 89' Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo
Attendance: 27,272
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
5 December 1999 12 Inter 3–0 Udinese Milan
Recoba 19'
Vieri 57'
Russo 90'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 59,462
Referee: Pierpaolo Rossi
12 December 1999 13 Juventus 1–0 Inter Turin
F. Inzaghi 21' Report Stadium: Stadio Delle Alpi
Attendance: 51,905
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
18 December 1999 14 Bari 2–1 Inter Bari
Enyinnaya 6'
Cassano 87'
Report 12' Vieri Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Attendance: 35,401
Referee: Stefano Braschi
6 January 2000 15 Inter 5–0 Perugia Milan
Georgatos 17'
Seedorf 44'
Vieri 57'
Jugović 63'
Hilário 71' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 66,220
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
9 January 2000 16 Fiorentina 2–1 Inter Florence
Batistuta 37'
Adani 90'
Report Recoba 71' Stadium: Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 38,815
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
16 January 2000 17 Inter 2–1 Cagliari Milan
Šimić 3'
Moriero 82'
Report Oliveira 17' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 58,018
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
23 January 2000 18 Verona 1–2 Inter Verona
Laursen 34' Report Recoba 48'
R. Baggio 78'
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 33,099
Referee: Stefano Braschi
30 January 2000 19 Inter 2–1 Roma Milan
Vieri 8'
R. Baggio 42'
Report Aldair 33' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 67,875
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
6 February 2000 20 Parma 1–1 Inter Parma
Crespo 90' (pen.) Report 61' Vieri Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 28,815
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
13 February 2000 21 Inter 1–1 Torino Milan
Vieri 31' Report 20' Méndez Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 66,294
Referee: Massimo De Santis
20 February 2000 22 Piacenza 1–3 Inter Piacenza
Delli Carri 69' Report Blanc 20', 78'
Vieri 88'
Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Attendance: 15,247
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
27 February 2000 23 Inter 3–0 Venezia Milan
Vieri 41'
Zamorano 52'
Vieri red cross icon 58'
Recoba 83'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 60,093
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
5 March 2000 24 Milan 1–2 Inter Milan
Shevchenko 90' (pen.) Report 43' Zamorano
63' Di Biagio
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 80,736
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
11 March 2000 25 Lazio 2–2 Inter Roma
S. Inzaghi 82'
Pancaro 87'
Report 19' Recoba
79' Di Biagio
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 66,491
Referee: Stefano Braschi
18 March 2000 26 Inter 1–1 Bologna Milan
Recoba 83' Report 3' Paramatti Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 61,224
Referee: Graziano Cesari
25 March 2000 27 Lecce 1–0 Inter Lecce
Sesa 23' Report red cross icon 67'Vieri Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 28,847
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
2 April 2000 28 Inter 1–1 Reggina Milan
Recoba 13' Report Possanzini 81' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 67,300
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
8 April 2000 29 Udinese 3–0 Inter Udine
Sosa 6', 45', 68' Report Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 27,934
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
16 April 2000 30 Inter 1–2 Juventus Milan
Seedorf 83' Report Kovačević 54', 79' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 79,677
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
22 April 2000 31 Inter 3–0 Bari Milan
Cauet 24'
Blanc 33'
R. Baggio 51'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 58,009
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
30 April 2000 32 Perugia 1–2 Inter Perugia
Amoruso 77' Report Seedorf 28'
Recoba 65'
Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Attendance: 15,836
Referee: Stefano Farina
7 May 2000 33 Inter 0–4 Fiorentina Milan
Report Chiesa 31', 46'
Batistuta 71'
Bressan 87'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,616
Referee: Stefano Braschi
14 May 2000 34 Cagliari 0–2 Inter Cagliari
Report R. Baggio 74' (pen.)
Zamorano 87'
Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 15,726
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

UEFA Champions League qualification

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23 May 2000 Inter 3–1 Parma Verona
20:30 CEST Baggio 35', 73'
Zamorano 89'
Report Stanić 69' Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Graziano Cesari

Inter Milan qualified to 2000–01 UEFA Champions League's third qualifying round, while Parma qualified to the 2000–01 UEFA Cup first round.

Coppa Italia

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Round of 16

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1 December 1999 First leg Inter 2–1 Bologna Milan
20:30 CET Georgatos 9'
Zanetti 35'
80' Ventola Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 3,647
Referee: Tarcisio Serena
15 December 1999 Second leg Bologna 1–3
(2–5 agg.)
Inter Bologna
20:30 CET Ingesson 75' (pen) 41', 91' Vieri
86' Cauet
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 10,050
Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Quarterfinals

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12 January 2000 First leg Milan 2–3 Inter Milan
20:30 CET Ševčenko 44', 55' 28' Vieri
54' Mutu
69' Seedorf
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 32,645
Referee: Stefano Farina
27 January 2000 Second leg Inter 1–1
(4–3 agg.)
Milan Milan
20:30 CET Baggio 37' 35' Ševčenko Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 63,823
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Semifinals

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9 February 2000 First leg Cagliari 1–3 Inter Cagliari
20:30 CET Modesto 58' 49' Mutu
60', 90' Vieri
Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
16 February 2000 Second leg Inter 1–2
(4–3 agg.)
Cagliari Milan
20:30 CET Zamorano 10' 20' Sulcis
26' Corradi
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 8,491
Referee: Tarcisio Serena

Finals

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12 April 2000 First leg Lazio 2–1 Inter Roma
20:30 CEST Nedvěd 40'
Simeone 52'
Report 8' Seedorf
red cross icon 64' Ronaldo
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
18 May 2000 Second leg Inter 0–0
(1–2 agg.)
Lazio Milan
20:30 CEST Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 53,406
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Statistics

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 17 7 10 58 36  +22 58 10 4 3 41 16  +25 7 3 7 17 20  −3

Last updated: 14 May 2000.
Source: Competitive matches

Appearances and goals

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As of 31 June 2001[12]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Italy ITA Peruzzi 37 -31 33 -31 4 0
4 DF Argentina ARG Zanetti 42 2 34 1 7+1 1
5 DF France FRA Blanc 41 3 34 3 7 0
2 DF Italy ITA Panucci 31 1 26 1 4+1 0
31 DF Greece GRE Georgatos 34 3 24+4 2 4+2 1
15 MF France FRA Cauet 36 2 20+9 1 7 1
23 MF Italy ITA Di Biagio 36 3 23+6 2 6+1 1
14 MF Netherlands NED Seedorf 25 5 19+1 3 5 2
18 FW Chile CHI Zamorano 35 8 22+8 7 3+2 1
32 FW Italy ITA Vieri 24 18 16+3 13 3+2 5
20 FW Uruguay URU Recoba 33 10 17+10 10 4+2 0
12 GK Italy ITA Ferron 8 -6 1+3 -6 4 0
13 DF Croatia CRO Simic 23 1 19 1 4 0
21 DF Colombia COL Cordoba 24 0 19 0 5 0
7 MF Italy ITA Moriero 21 2 14+3 2 3+1 0
8 MF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Jugovic 21 2 10+7 2 2+2 0
6 MF Portugal POR Paulo Sousa 10 0 8+2 0 0 0
11 DF Italy ITA Fresi 13 0 8+1 0 3+1 0
10 FW Italy ITA Baggio 23 4 7+11 4 4+1 0
6 DF Italy ITA Serena 14 0 5+5 0 4 0
9 FW Brazil BRA Ronaldo 8 3 5+2 3 0+1 0
16 FW Romania ROU Mutu 14 2 3+7 0 2+2 2
14 MF France FRA Dabo 10 0 3+5 0 1+1 0
3 DF Italy ITA Colonnese 11 0 2+5 0 1+3 0
17 DF Ivory Coast CIV Domoraud 7 0 2+4 0 1 0
19 FW Italy ITA Russo 2 1 0+1 1 0+1 0
25 DF Uruguay URU Rivas 0 0 0 0
12 GK Italy ITA Frezzolini 0 0 0 0
27 DF Nigeria NGA West 0 0 0 0
29 DF Italy ITA Lizzori 0 0 0 0
33 MF Italy ITA Passiglia 0 0 0 0
24 DF France FRA Silvestre 0 0 0 0
16 FW Italy ITA Sinigaglia 0 0 0 0
26 MF Italy ITA Trezzi 0 0 0 0

Notes

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  1. ^ Zamorano had "1+8" printed on the back of his shirt; however, the plus sign was only symbolic and his number was officially listed as 18.

References

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  1. ^ Luca Curino (June 14, 1999). "La rimpatriata di Lippi all' Inter". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
  2. ^ Giulio Cardone; Gianluca Moresco (June 8, 1999). "Vieri all' Inter per 100 miliardi". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 49.
  3. ^ Giulio Cardone; Gianluca Moresco (June 9, 1999). "VIERI L' Inter fa la follia del secolo". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 50.
  4. ^ Massimo Barchiesi (August 28, 1999). "Tifo impietoso è meglio andare via". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 1.
  5. ^ AA.VV. (August 30, 1999). "E non sono ancora al massimo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
  6. ^ AA.VV. (November 24, 1999). "Lippi non sostituisce Ronaldo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
  7. ^ AA.VV. (May 24, 2000). "Notte da Euro-Baggio". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
  8. ^ Tony Formosa (June 26, 2000). "Inter, Lippi partecipa alla riunione del settore medico Poi spazia a tutto campo su campionato ed Europeo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
  9. ^ 1999–2000 Inter Milan[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ Inter was consequently demoted to UEFA Cup first round
  11. ^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. – Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  12. ^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2001 (in Italian). Panini Group. 2000.