1999–2000 Inter Milan season

Internazionale
1999–2000 season
Chairman	Massimo Moratti
Manager	Marcello Lippi
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Vieri (13); All: Vieri (18)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 91th in existence and 84th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Season

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 (French 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

Squad at end of season^[9]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Angelo Peruzzi
2	DF	ITA	Christian Panucci
3	DF	ITA	Francesco Colonnese
4	DF	ARG	Javier Zanetti
5	DF	FRA	Laurent Blanc
6	DF	ITA	Michele Serena
7	MF	ITA	Francesco Moriero
8	MF	YUG	Vladimir Jugović
9	FW	BRA	Ronaldo
10	FW	ITA	Roberto Baggio
11	DF	ITA	Salvatore Fresi
12	GK	ITA	Giorgio Frezzolini
13	DF	CRO	Dario Šimić
14	MF	NED	Clarence Seedorf
15	MF	FRA	Benoît Cauet


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	ROU	Adrian Mutu
17	DF	CIV	Cyril Domoraud
18	FW	CHI	Iván Zamorano
19	FW	ITA	Nello Russo
20	FW	URU	Álvaro Recoba
21	MF	ITA	Carlo Raffaele Trezzi
22	GK	ITA	Fabrizio Ferron
23	MF	ITA	Luigi Di Biagio
25	DF	URU	Martín Rivas
26	DF	COL	Iván Córdoba
28	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Imburgia
30	MF	POR	Hugo Infante
31	DF	GRE	Grigoris Georgatos
32	FW	ITA	Christian Vieri

Left club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	MF	POR	Paulo Sousa (to Parma)
14	MF	FRA	Ousmane Dabo (to Parma)
16	FW	ITA	Davide Sinigaglia (released)
20	MF	ITA	Cristiano Zanetti (to Roma)
21	MF	ITA	Andrea Pirlo (on loan to Reggina)


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

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Christian Vieri	S.S. 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	A.S. 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 Calcio	loan ended
FW	Álvaro Recoba	Venezia F.C.	loan ended
GK	Giorgio Frezzolini	A.C. Milan	loan ended

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Giuseppe Bergomi	-	retired
MF	Ousmane Dabo	Parma F.C.	€15.49 million
GK	Gianluca Pagliuca	Bologna F.C.
DF	Fabio Galante	Torino F.C.
DF	Mauro Milanese	Perugia Calcio
DF	Mikaël Silvestre	Manchester United	€5.70 million
DF	Massimo Tarantino	Bologna F.C.
MF	Youri Djorkaeff	1. FC Kaiserslautern	€1.50 million
MF	Diego Simeone	S.S. Lazio	€10.90 million
MF	Zé Elias	Bologna F.C.	€0.750 million
MF	Aron Winter	AFC Ajax	€0.60 million
DF	Gilberto	CR Vasco da Gama
MF	Cristiano Zanetti	A.S. Roma	€3.615 million co-ownership
DF	Zoumana Camara	SC Bastia	loan
MF	Andrea Pirlo	Reggina Calcio	loan
FW	Nicola Ventola	Bologna F.C.	loan
FW	Mohammed Kallon	Reggina Calcio	loan
GK	Sébastien Frey	Hellas Verona	loan
GK	Luca Anania	Lecco	loan
DF	Matteo Ferrari	A.S. Bari	loan

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Clarence Seedorf	Real Madrid	€24.01 million
DF	Iván Córdoba	San Lorenzo	€14.00 million
FW	Adrian Mutu	FC Dinamo București	€6.50 million
DF	Michele Serena	Parma F.C.	loan

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Taribo West	A.C. Milan	€2.50 million
MF	Paulo Sousa	Parma F.C.	loan

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

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:

^ Internazionale entered the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League after winning the UEFA Champions League qualification match against Parma.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	6	5	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	4	3	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	4	3	5	6	5	4	4	4

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, UEFA Champions League Groups stage; = UEFA Champions League Groups stage; = UEFA Champions League Qualifying round; = 2000–01 UEFA Cup; = 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup; = 2000–01 Serie B

Matches

29 August 1999 1	Inter	3–0	Hellas Verona	Milano
	Vieri 16', 53', 65'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

12 September 1999 2	Roma	0–0	Inter	Roma
		Report		Stadium: Olimpico

19 September 1999 3	Inter	5–1	Parma	Milano
	Zamorano 7', 63' Vieri 17' Moriero 38' Thuram 71' (o.g.)	Report	Crespo 14'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

26 September 1999 4	Torino	0–1	Inter
		Report	Vieri 76'

2 October 1999 5	Inter	2–1	Piacenza	Milano
	Panucci 14' Ronaldo 69'	Report	Dionigi 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

17 October 1999 6	Venezia	1–0	Inter
	Maniero 46'	Report

23 October 1999 7	Inter	1–2	Milan	Milano
	Ronaldo 20' (pen.)	Report	Shevchenko 28' Weah 89'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

30 October 1999 8	Inter	1–1	Lazio	Milano
	Zamorano 36'	Report	Pancaro 90'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

7 November 1999 9	Bologna	3–0	Inter
	K. Andersson 39', 70' Signori 78'	Report

21 November 1999 10	Inter	6–0	Lecce	Milano
	Georgatos 1' Zanetti 11' Jugović 37' Zamorano 45' Ronaldo 49' (pen.) Ronaldo 59' Recoba 65'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

28 November 1999 11	Reggina	0–1	Inter	Reggina
		Report	Recoba 89'

5 December 1999 12	Inter	3–0	Udinese	Milano
	Recoba 19' Vieri 57' Russo 90'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

12 December 1999 13	Juventus	1–0	Inter	Torino
	F. Inzaghi 21'	Report		Stadium: Delle Alpi

18 December 1999 14	Bari	2–1	Inter	Bari
	Enyinnaya 6' Cassano 87'	Report	12' Vieri	Stadium: San Nicola

6 January 2000 15	Inter	5–0	Perugia	Milano
	Georgatos 17' Seedorf 44' Vieri 57' Jugović 63' Hilário 71' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

9 January 2000 16	Fiorentina	2–1	Inter	Firenze
	Batistuta 37' Adani 90'	Report	Recoba 71'	Stadium: Artemio Franchi

16 January 2000 17	Inter	2–1	Cagliari	Milano
	Šimić 3' Moriero 82'	Report	Oliveira 17'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

23 January 2000 18	Verona	1–2	Inter	Verona
	Laursen 34'	Report	Recoba 48' R. Baggio 78'

30 January 2000 19	Inter	2–1	Roma	Milano
	Vieri 8' R. Baggio 42'	Report	Aldair 33'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

6 February 2000 20	Parma	1–1	Inter	Parma
	Crespo 90' (pen.)	Report	61' Vieri	Stadium: Il Tardini

13 February 2000 21	Inter	1–1	Torino	Milano
	Vieri 31'	Report	20' Méndez	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

20 February 2000 22	Piacenza	1–3	Inter	Piacenza
	Delli Carri 69'	Report	Blanc 20', 78' Vieri 88'

27 February 2000 23	Inter	3–0	Venezia	Milano
	Vieri 41' Zamorano 52' Vieri 58' Recoba 83'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

5 March 2000 24	Milan	1–2	Inter	Milano
	Shevchenko 90' (pen.)	Report	43' Zamorano 63' Di Biagio	Stadium: San Siro

11 March 2000 25	Lazio	2–2	Inter	Roma
	S. Inzaghi 82' Pancaro 87'	Report	19' Recoba 79' Di Biagio	Stadium: Olimpico

18 March 2000 26	Inter	1–1	Bologna	Milano
	Recoba 83'	Report	3' Paramatti	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

25 March 2000 27	Lecce	1–0	Inter	Lecce
	Sesa 23'	Report	67'Vieri	Stadium: Via del Mare

2 April 2000 28	Inter	1–1	Reggina	Milano
	Recoba 13'	Report	Possanzini 81'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

8 April 2000 29	Udinese	3–0	Inter	Udine
	Sosa 6', 45', 68'	Report

16 April 2000 30	Inter	1–2	Juventus	Milano
	Seedorf 83'	Report	Kovačević 54', 79'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

22 April 2000 31	Inter	3–0	Bari	Milano
	Cauet 24' Blanc 33' R. Baggio 51'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

30 April 2000 32	Perugia	1–2	Inter
	Amoruso 77'	Report	Seedorf 28' Recoba 65'

7 May 2000 33	Inter	0–4	Fiorentina	Milano
		Report	Chiesa 31', 46' Batistuta 71' Bressan 87'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

14 May 2000 34	Cagliari	0–2	Inter
		Report	R. Baggio 74' (pen.) Zamorano 87'

UEFA Champions League qualification

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

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

Coppa Italia

Eightfinals

1 December 1999	Inter	2-1	Bologna FC	Milano
20:30 CET	Georgatos 9' Zanetti 35'		80' Ventola	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 3 647 Referee: Tarcisio Serena

15 December 1999	Bologna F.C.	1-3	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

12 January 2000 1	AC Milan	2-3	Inter	Milano
20:30 CET	Ševčenko 44', 55'		28' Vieri 54' Mutu 69' Seedorf	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 32 645 Referee: Stefano Farina

27 January 2000	Inter	1-1	AC Milan	Milano
20:30 CET	Baggio 37'		35' Ševčenko	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 63 823 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Semifinals

9 February 2000 1	Cagliari Calcio	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	Inter	1-2	Cagliari Calcio	Milano
20:30 CET	Zamorano 10'		20' Sulcis 26' Corradi	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 8 491 Referee: Tarcisio Serena

Finals

12 April 2000 1	SS Lazio	2-1	Inter	Roma
20:30 CEST	Nedvěd 40' Simeone 52'	Report	8' Seedorf 64' Ronaldo	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35 000 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

18 May 2000 2	Inter	0-0	SS Lazio	Milano
20:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 53.406 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Statistics


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

As of 31 June 2001^[12]

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

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1999/1164/

References

^ Luca Curino (June 14, 1999). "La rimpatriata di Lippi all' Inter". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
^ Giulio Cardone; Gianluca Moresco (June 8, 1999). "Vieri all' Inter per 100 miliardi". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 49.
^ Giulio Cardone; Gianluca Moresco (June 9, 1999). "VIERI L' Inter fa la follia del secolo". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 50.
^ Massimo Barchiesi (August 28, 1999). "Tifo impietoso è meglio andare via". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 1.
^ AA.VV. (August 30, 1999). "E non sono ancora al massimo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
^ AA.VV. (November 24, 1999). "Lippi non sostituisce Ronaldo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
^ AA.VV. (May 24, 2000). "Notte da Euro-Baggio". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
^ 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).
^ 1999–2000 Inter Milan^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Inter was consequently demoted to UEFA Cup first round
^ 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.
^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2001 (in Italian). Panini Group. 2000.

[table_note_INT0.83841665128172-11] Internazionale entered the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League after winning the UEFA Champions League qualification match against Parma.

[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

[12] 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.

[13] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2001 (in Italian). Panini Group. 2000.

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