| Club: | Roma |
| Season: | 1998–99 |
| Manager: | Zdeněk Zeman |
| Chairman: | Franco Sensi |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | Stadio Olimpico |
| League: | Serie A |
| League Result: | 5th |
| Cup1: | Coppa Italia |
| Cup1 Result: | Round of 16 |
| Cup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| League Topscorer: | Marco Delvecchio (18) |
| Season Topscorer: | Marco Delvecchio (18) |
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| Prevseason: | 1997–98 |
| Nextseason: | 1999–2000 |
Associazione Sportiva Roma was left trailing in the wake of city rivals Lazio's resurgence to fight for domestic and international glory. In coach Zdeněk Zeman's second season at the reins, Roma finished fifth in the table, and just missed out on qualification for the final Champions League spot. Roma reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, but lost to Atlético Madrid.
Zeman employed an attacking 4–3–3 formation. Forwards Marco Delvecchio, Francesco Totti and Paulo Sérgio scored 42 league goals between them. As a team, Roma scored the most goals in Serie A, but poor defensive play led to them conceding 49 goals, the most of any of the top six teams.
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| width=3% | Pos. | width=32% | Name | width=30% | from | width=35% | Type |
| FW | Fábio Júnior | €13.80 million | |||||
| MF | Ivan Tomić | ||||||
| FW | Gustavo Bartelt | ||||||
| MF | Dmitri Alenichev | €6.15 million | |||||
| DF | Pierre Womé | Lucchese | |||||
| GK | Marvin Ficarra | - | |||||
| MF | Alessandro Frau | Torres | |||||
| GK | Giorgio Sterchele | loan ended | |||||
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| width=3% | Pos. | width=32% | Name | width=30% | To | width=35% | Type |
| FW | Abel Balbo | ||||||
| DF | Cristian Servidei | Ternana | |||||
| DF | Matteo Pivotto | ||||||
| DF | Stefano Fanucci | Teramo | |||||
| MF | Vágner | ||||||
| MF | Daniele Bordacconi | ||||||
| MF | Cristiano Scapolo | ||||||
| DF | Filippo Dal Moro | Ternana | loan | ||||
| MF | Manuele Blasi | loan | |||||
| GK | Giorgio Sterchele | Ternana | loan | ||||
| style=text-align:center; width:150px; | Competition | style=text-align:center; width:100px; | Started round | style=text-align:center; width:100px; | Final position | style=text-align:center; width:150px; | First match | style=text-align:center; width:140px; | Last match |
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| style=text-align:left; | Serie A | Matchday 1 | 5th | 12 September 1998 | 23 May 1999 | ||||
| style=text-align:left; | Coppa Italia | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 9 September 1998 | 12 November 1998 | ||||
| style=text-align:left; | UEFA Cup | First round | Quarter-finals | 15 September 1998 | 16 March 1999 |
See main article: article and 1998–99 Serie A.
See main article: article and 1998–99 Coppa Italia.
See main article: article and 1998–99 UEFA Cup.
Marco Delvecchio 18 Francesco Totti 12 (3)
Paulo Sérgio 12 Eusebio Di Francesco 8 Carmine Gautieri 6