1998–99 AC Fiorentina season

Fiorentina 1998–99 Giovanni Trapattoni Vittorio Cecchi Gori President Stadio Artemio Franchi Serie A 3rd Coppa Italia Runners-up UEFA Cup Second round (disqualified) Gabriel Batistuta (21) Gabriel Batistuta (26) _fiorentina9899h 660099 _fiorentina9899h 660099 _fiorentina9899h _fiorentina9899h _fiorentina9899h 660099 660099 660099 _fiorentina9899a FFFFFF _fiorentina9899a 660099 _fiorentina9899a _fiorentina9899a _fiorentina9899a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF _fiorentina9899t E41B17 _fiorentina9899t E41B17 _fiorentina9899t _fiorentina9899t _fiorentina9899t E41B17 E41B17 E41B17 1997–98 1999–2000 Associazione Calcio Fiorentina enjoyed its best season in the 1990s on the pitch, but was left wondering what might have been. Leading the domestic Serie A championship a long way into the season, Fiorentina's title charge fell to pieces, as it lost unnecessary points while eventual champions Milan and runners-up Lazio continued winning their matches. In the end, Fiorentina salvaged third place in the league, qualifying for the UEFA Champions League in 1999–2000. Its European adventure in 1998–99 however, ended early, when a handmade bomb was thrown at a linesman in the victory against Swiss side Grasshoppers. The linesman escaped serious injury, but Fiorentina were declared losers of the match, despite its victory on the pitch, and were thus thrown out of the tournament. However, it avoided further sanctions. Fiorentina also lost the Coppa Italia Final to Parma, marking another season without titles. Several players were impressive, with the trio Gabriel Batistuta, Rui Costa and Francesco Toldo being the players really standing out. The defensive line-up and the many goals conceded were the main reasons Fiorentina would not win the title. Players 1 GK ITA Francesco Toldo 2 DF CZE Tomáš Řepka 3 DF ITA Moreno Torricelli 4 DF ITA Stefano Bettarini 5 DF ITA Pasquale Padalino 6 DF ITA Aldo Firicano 7 MF ESP Guillermo Amor 8 MF ITA Emiliano Bigica 9 FW ARG Gabriel Batistuta 10 MF POR Rui Costa 11 FW BRA Edmundo 12 GK ITA Alessandro Zandonà 13 DF ITA Lorenzo Collacchioni 14 MF ITA Sandro Cois 15 DF ITA Roberto Mirri 16 FW ITA Carmine Esposito 17 MF GER Jörg Heinrich 19 DF ITA Giulio Falcone 20 MF ITA Domenico Morfeo 22 GK ITA Gianmatteo Mareggini 23 FW ITA Anselmo Robbiati 24 MF ITA Christian Amoroso 25 FW BEL Luís Oliveira 27 DF ITA Andrea Tarozzi FW ITA Francesco Flachi Transfers In Pos. Name from Type DF Moreno TorricelliJuventus MF Jorg HeinrichBorussia Dortmund FW Carmine EspositoEmpoli DF Tomas RepkaSparta Prague MF Guillermo Amor Barcelona Out Pos. Name To TypeFW Francesco Flachi Ancona GK Valerio FioriPiacenza DF Michele SerenaAtletico Madrid MF Stefan SchwarzValencia MF Andrei KanchelskisGlasgow Rangers MF Domenico MorfeoA.C. Milan loan Competitions Serie A 1998–99 Serie A League table FIO Results summary 13 4 0 36 10 3 4 10 19 31 25 July 2015 Competitive matches July 2015 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A Result W/W/W/W/L/W/L/W/L/W/D/W/W/D/W/L/W/W/W/D/L/D/D/W/L/W/L/D/L/L/W/L/D/D Position 1/1/1/1/1/1/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/2/2/2/2/2/2/3/3/3/3/4/3/3 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss Leader, UEFA Champions League Group stage 1st UEFA Champions League Group stage green2 UEFA Champions League Qualifying round green3 1999-2000 UEFA Cup blue2 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup #CCCCFF Competitive matches July 2015 Matches 1 12 September 1998 Fiorentina 2–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/1/FIOEMP Empoli Rui Costa 5Batistuta 60 Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence 34,343 Alfredo Trentalange W 2 20 September 1998 Vicenza 1–2 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/2/VICFIO Fiorentina Padalino 67 o.g. Batistuta 1Oliveira 71 Stadio Romeo Menti Vicenza 16,000 Graziano Cesari W 3 26 September 1998 Milan 1–3 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/3/MILFIO Fiorentina Bierhoff 70 pen. Batistuta 6 46 52 San Siro Milan 16,000 Stefano Braschi W 4 4 October 1998 Fiorentina 1–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/4/FIOUDI Udinese Edmundo 90+2 Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence 34,000 Stefano Braschi W 5 17 October 1998 Roma 2–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/5/ROMFIO Fiorentina Alenichev 89Totti 90+4 Batistuta 32 Stadio Olimpico Rome 62,000 Livio Bazzoli L 6 25 October 1998 Fiorentina 4–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/6/FIOSAL Salernitana Edmundo 50 89Batistuta 68 90+2 Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence 40,000 Alfredo Trentalange W 7 31 October 1998 Parma 2–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/7/PARFIO Fiorentina Crespo 36 52 Stadio Ennio Tardini Parma 30,000 Piero Ceccarini L 8 8 November 1998 Fiorentina 4–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/8/FIOVEN Venezia Padalino 23Batistuta 40 65Rui Costa 64 pen. Schwoch 42 pen. Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence Massimo De Santis W 9 15 November 1998 Piacenza 4–2 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/9/PIAFIO Fiorentina Rastelli 12S. Inzaghi 29 pen.Cristallini 59Piovani 90+4 Rui Costa 23 pen.Edmundo 40 pen. Stadio Leonardo Garilli Piacenza 16,000 Salvatore Racalbuto L 10 22 November 1998 Fiorentina 3–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/10/FIOINT Internazionale Padalino 5Batistuta 16Heinrich 75 Djorkaeff 3 pen. Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence 41,000 Pasquale Rodomonti W 11 29 November 1998 Bari 0–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/11/BARFIO Fiorentina Stadio San Nicola Bari 26,000 Piero Ceccarini D 12 5 December 1998 Fiorentina 1–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/12/FIOBOL Bologna Batistuta 56 Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence 32,000 Stefano Braschi W 13 13 December 1998 Fiorentina 1–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/13/FIOJUV Juventus Batistuta 58 Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence 40,000 Stefano Farina W 14 20 December 1998 Perugia 2–2 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/14/PERFIO Fiorentina Rapaić 1Nakata 90+5 pen. Robbiati 10Batistuta 74 Stadio Renato Curi Perugia 20,000 Graziano Cesari D 15 6 January 1999 Fiorentina 1–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/15/FIOSAM Sampdoria Rui Costa 28 Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence 36,223 Pierluigi Collina W 16 10 January 1999 Lazio 2–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/16/LAZFIO Fiorentina Vieri 66Mihajlović 90 Stadio Olimpico Rome 69,000 Livio Bazzoli L 17 17 January 1999 Fiorentina 4–2 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/17/FIOCAG Cagliari Batistuta 7 79 89Edmundo 76 O'Neill 32De Patre 59 Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence 33,073 Pasquale Rodomonti W 18 24 January 1999 Empoli 0–3 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/18/EMPFIO Fiorentina Heinrich 77Rui Costa 81Edmundo 83 Stadio Carlo Castellani Empoli 12,000 Stefano Braschi W 19 31 January 1999 Fiorentina 3–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/19/FIOVIC Vicenza Falcone 36Torricelli 39Batistuta 83 Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence 32,000 Gennaro Borriello W 20 7 February 1999 Fiorentina 0–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/20/FIOMIL Milan Repka Heinrich Batistuta 89' Costacurta Ambrosini Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence 42,000 Alfredo Trentalange D 21 14 February 1999 Udinese 1–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/21/UDIFIO Fiorentina Sosa 80 Stadio Friuli Udine 25,000 Piero Ceccarini L 22 21 February 1999 Fiorentina 0–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/22/FIOROM Roma Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence 43,170 Gennaro Borriello D 23 28 February 1999 Salernitana 1–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/23/SALFIO Fiorentina Di Vaio 75 Torricelli 86 Stadio Arechi Salerno 33,000 Fiorenzo Treossi D 24 7 March 1999 Fiorentina 2–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/24/FIOPAR Parma Oliveira 42Rui Costa 55 pen. Stanić 64 Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence 34,000 Pasquale Rodomonti W 25 14 March 1999 Venezia 4–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/25/VENFIO Fiorentina Recoba 18 45+2 90+1Miceli 42 Esposito 88 pen. Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Venice 12,630 Domenico Messina L 26 21 March 1999 Fiorentina 2–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/26/FIOPIA Piacenza Batistuta 6Esposito 90+1 S. Inzaghi 71 pen. Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence 33,400 Pierluigi Collina W 27 3 April 1999 Internazionale 2–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/27/INTFIO Fiorentina Ronaldo 45 pen. 83 pen. San Siro Milan Alfredo Trentalange L 28 11 April 1999 Fiorentina 2–2 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/28/FIOBAR Bari Rui Costa 41Padalino 72 Osmanovski 66Guerrero 89 Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence Pasquale Rodomonti D 29 17 April 1999 Bologna 3–0 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/29/BOLFIO Fiorentina Simutenkov 28Bettarini 62Kolyvanov 69 Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Bologna 28,000 Graziano Cesari L 30 25 April 1999 Juventus 2–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/30/JUVFIO Fiorentina Inzaghi 24Conte 87 Tacchinardi 85 o.g. Stadio delle Alpi Turin 46,900 Fiorenzo Treossi L 31 2 May 1999 Fiorentina 5–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/31/FIOPER Perugia Batistuta 40Rui Costa 42 67Edmundo 76 pen. 90+2 Firicano 78 o.g. Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence 35,000 Pasquale Rodomonti W 32 9 May 1999 Sampdoria 3–2 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/32/SAMFIO Fiorentina Montella 29 51Palmieri 78 Rui Costa 20 pen.Heinrich 41 Stadio Luigi Ferraris Genoa Roberto Bettin L 33 15 May 1999 Fiorentina 1–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/33/FIOLAZ Lazio Batistuta 14 Vieri 27 Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence 40,000 Fiorenzo Treossi D 34 23 May 1999 Cagliari 1–1 http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1998-99/UNICO/UNI/34/CAGFIO Fiorentina Muzzi 90+3 Zebina 40 o.g. Stadio Sant'Elia Cagliari Emilio Pellegrino D Coppa Italia 1998–99 Coppa Italia Round of 32 9 September 1998 1st Leg Padova Fiorentina 0–1 Padua Stadio Euganeo Cosimo Bolognino 86 Esposito W 23 September 1998 2nd Leg Fiorentina Padova 2–0 3–0 Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi Pirrone Batistuta 68Rui Costa 81 W Eightfinals 28 October 1998 1st Leg Fiorentina Lecce 1–0 Florence Artemio Franchi Livio Bazzoli Batistuta 83 W 10 November 1998 2nd Leg Lecce Fiorentina 0–4 0–5 Lecce Stadio Via del mare Cosimo Bolognino 59 rig Rui Costa60 Torricelli80 Edmundo87 Batistuta W Quarterfinals 2 December 1998 1st Leg Atalanta Fiorentina 3–2 Bergamo Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Alfredo Trentalange Torricelli 29 autRossini 65Carrera 83 8 aut Rustico34 Edmundo L 28 January 1999 2nd Leg Fiorentina Atalanta 1–0 3a–3 Florence Artemio Franchi Roberto Bettin Robbiati 9 W Semifinals 18 February 1999 1st Leg Bologna Fiorentina 0–2 Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Emilio Pellegrino 32 Esposito65 Rui Costa W 10 March 1999 2nd Leg Fiorentina Bologna 2–2 4–2 Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi Gennaro Borriello Cois 98Rui Costa 118 18 64 Binotto D Final 1999 Coppa Italia Final 14 April 1999 20:00 1st Leg Parma 1–1 Fiorentina Crespo 16 81 Batistuta Il Tardini Parma Domenico Messina 21,038 D 5 May 1999 20:00 2nd Leg Fiorentina 2–2 3–3a Parma Řepka 48 Cois 62 42 Crespo 71 Vanoli Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence Stefano Braschi 39,070 D UEFA Cup 1998–99 UEFA Cup First round 1998–99 UEFA Cup#First round 1st Leg 15 September 1998 20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Fiorentina ITA 2–1 http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1998/matches/round=1203/match=55838/postmatch/lineups/index.html CRO Hajduk Split Esposito 49Edmundo 50 81Heinrich 56Torricelli 0 73 Biliškov 30Brajković 32Skoko 38Vučko 44 Stadio San Nicola Bari, Italy 6,000 Graham Barber (England) W 2nd Leg 29 September 1998 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Hajduk Split CRO 0–0 1–2 http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1998/matches/round=1203/match=55839/postmatch/lineups/index.html ITA Fiorentina Biliškov 50Baturina 52 Cois 21Padalino 54Toldo 73 Stadion Poljud Split, Croatia 35,000 Claude Colombo (France) D Second round 1998–99 UEFA Cup#Second round 1st Leg 20 October 1998 19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Grasshopper SUI 0–2 http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1998/matches/round=1204/match=55946/postmatch/lineups/index.html ITA Fiorentina Esposito 12Comisetti 63Christ 67 Amoroso 1Batistuta 20Robbiati 48, 73Torricelli 64Padalino 87 Hardturm Zürich, Switzerland Graham Poll (England) W 2nd Leg 3 November 1998 20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Fiorentina ITA 0–3 (Awarded) 2–3 http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1998/matches/round=1204/match=55947/postmatch/lineups/index.html SUI Grasshopper Oliveira 12 38Falcone 33 Cabanas 28Gren 30 Stadio Arechi Salerno, Italy Michel Piraux (Belgium) L The match was abandoned at halftime with the score 2–1 after an official was injured by a firework. Grasshopper were awarded a 3–0 win and advanced 3–2 on aggregate. Other matches and friendlies Cirio Cup 1998 8 20 y Lazio 1–0 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cirio-roma98.html Fiorentina Salas 45 pen. Stadio Olimpico Rome 35,000 L Memorial Mario Cecchi Gori, #1 1998 9 3 y Fiorentina 2–0 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mcgori.html#98 Lazio Batistuta 14 20 Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence W The match lasted one 45-minute half Memorial Mario Cecchi Gori, #2 1998 9 3 y Fiorentina 0–1 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mcgori.html#98 FRA Monaco Trezeguet 39 Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence L The match lasted one 45-minute half Statistics Players statistics Serie A Coppa UEFA 1 GK ITA Toldo 33 -39 10 -8 4 -4 3 DF ITA Torricelli 31 2 9 1 3 0 2 DF CZE Repka 31 0 9 2 4 0 5 DF ITA Padalino 28 3 5 0 2 0 17 DF GER Heinrich 33 3 9 0 4 0 24 MF ITA Amoroso 28 0 6 0 4 0 14 MF ITA Cois 22+1 0 7 1 2 0 10 MF POR Rui Costa 31 10 8 4 1 0 9 FW ARG Batistuta 28 21 9 4 4 1 11 FW BRA Edmundo 28 8 6 2 4 2 25 FW BEL Oliveira 27+3 2 8 0 1 0 22 GK ITA Mareggini 1 -2 -0 0 -0 0 19 DF ITA Falcone 21+5 1 9 0 3 0 27 DF ITA Tarozzi 8+7 0 4 0 3 0 6 DF ITA Firicano 8+3 0 4 0 1 0 FW ITA Ficini 5+8 0 1 0 0 0 16 FW ITA Esposito 4+11 2 6 2 2 0 23 FW ITA Robbiati 3+19 1 6 1 1 1 7 MF ESP Amor 3+13 0 7 0 3 0 8 MF ITA Bigica 1+6 0 2 0 2 0 4 DF ITA Bettarini 0+2 0 4 0 1 0 20 MF ITA Morfeo 0+2 0 2 0 10 15 DF ITA Mirri 0+1 0 0 0 2 0 12 GK ITA Zandona 0 0 13 DF ITA Collacchioni 0 0 FW GRE Vakouftsis 0 0 MF ITA Stefani 0 0 January 2022 http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/1998/1146/ Goalscorers ARG Gabriel Batistuta 27 POR Rui Costa 9 (3) BRA Edmundo 8 References Category:ACF Fiorentina seasons Fiorentina