1999–2000 Serie A Explained

Competition:Serie A
Season:1999–2000
Dates:28 August 1999 – 14 May 2000
Winners:Lazio
2nd title
Relegated:Torino
Venezia
Cagliari
Piacenza
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Lazio
Juventus
Milan
Internazionale
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Parma
Roma
Fiorentina
Continentalcup3:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Udinese
Perugia
League Topscorer:Andriy Shevchenko
(24 goals)
Matches:306
Total Goals:764
Prevseason:1998–99
Nextseason:2000–01

The 1999–2000 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 98th season of top-tier Italian football, the 68th in a round-robin tournament. It was contested by 18 teams.

By late March, Juventus topped the table by nine points over Lazio with only eight games remaining, but they lost to Milan, to Lazio at the Stadio delle Alpi, and to Hellas Verona, with Lazio only dropping two points, against Fiorentina.[1] Lazio won the title on the final day of the season when Juventus lost their match against Perugia 1–0 on an almost flooded pitch, while Lazio comfortably beat Reggina 3–0 at home at the Stadio Olimpico.[1] [2]

Teams

Hellas Verona, Torino, Lecce and Reggina had been promoted from Serie B.

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamHead coachKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Bari Eugenio FascettiLottoTELE+
Bologna Francesco GuidolinDiadoraGranarolo
Cagliari Renzo UlivieriBiemmePecorino Sardo
FiorentinaFila
Hellas Verona Cesare PrandelliErreaSalumi Marsili
Internazionale Marcello LippiNikePirelli
Juventus Carlo AncelottiKappaD+
Lazio Sven-Göran ErikssonPumaCirio
Lecce Alberto CavasinAsicsBanca 121
Milan Alberto ZaccheroniAdidasOpel
Parma Alberto MalesaniChampionParmalat
Perugia Carlo MazzoneGalexPerugina
Piacenza Maurizio BraginLottoCopra (H)/Gruppo DAC (A)
Roma Fabio CapelloDiadoraINA Assitalia
Reggina Franco ColombaAsicsCaffè Mauro
Torino Emiliano MondonicoKelmeSDA Express Courier
Udinese Luigi De CanioDiadoraTelit
Venezia Francesco OddoKronosEmmezeta

League table

UEFA Champions League qualification

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

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Andriy ShevchenkoMilan24
2 Gabriel BatistutaFiorentina23
3 Hernán CrespoParma22
4 Marco FerranteTorino18
Vincenzo MontellaRoma
6 Filippo InzaghiJuventus15
Cristiano LucarelliLecce
Giuseppe SignoriBologna
9 Christian VieriInternazionale13
10 Roberto MuzziUdinese12
Marcelo SalasLazio

References and sources

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Newman. Blair. How Sven-Goran Eriksson's Lazio won the great Serie A title race of 1999-2000. 25 February 2017. The Guardian. 30 March 2015.
  2. Web site: Typhoon Hagibis: When the weather changed a sporting result . Ben . Sutherland . BBC Sport . 9 October 2019 . 9 October 2019.