1998–99 AC Fiorentina season

Fiorentina
1998–99 season
President	Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Manager	Giovanni Trapattoni
Stadium	Stadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Second round ; (disqualified)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Gabriel Batistuta (21); All: ; Gabriel Batistuta (26)
	← 1999–2000 →

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
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

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 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

No. Pos. Nation Player

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 Torricelli
Juventus

MF
Jorg Heinrich
Borussia Dortmund

FW Carmine Esposito
Empoli F.C.

DF
Tomas Repka

Sparta Praha

MF Guillermo Amor FC Barcelona

Out

Pos. Name To Type

FW Francesco Flachi
Ancona Calcio

GK Valerio Fiori
Piacenza Calcio

DF Michele Serena
Atletico Madrid

MF Stefan Schwarz Valencia CF

MF Andrei Kanchelskis
Glasgow Rangers

MF Domenico Morfeo
A.C. Milan
loan

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1998–99 Serie A

League table

Pos Team
v
t
e
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation

1
Milan
(C) 34 20 10 4 59 34 +25 70 Qualification to Champions League group stage

2
Lazio
34 20 9 5 65 31 +34 69

3 Fiorentina 34 16 8 10 55 41 +14 56 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round^[1]

4 Parma 34 15 10 9 55 36 +19 55

5
Roma
34 15 9 10 69 49 +20 54^[a] 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).^[2]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ROM 7pts. JUV 5pts. UDI 4pts.

Results summary

Overall Home Away

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD

34 16 8 10 55 41 +14 56 13 4 0 36 10 +26 3 4 10 19 31 −12

Last updated: 25 July 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

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 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
Source:
1999-2000 UEFA Cup; = 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Matches

Empoli

12 September 1998 1
Empoli
Florence
Rui Costa 5'
Batistuta 60' Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 34,343
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Vicenza v Fiorentina

20 September 1998 2
Vicenza
1–2 Fiorentina Vicenza
Padalino 67' (o.g.) Report Batistuta 1'
Oliveira 71' Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Graziano Cesari

Milan v Fiorentina

26 September 1998 3
Milan
1–3 Fiorentina Milan
Bierhoff 70' (pen.) Report Batistuta 6', 46', 52' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Stefano Braschi

Fiorentina v Udinese
4 October 1998 4 Fiorentina 1–0 Udinese Florence
Edmundo 90+2' Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Stefano Braschi

Roma v Fiorentina

17 October 1998 5
Roma
2–1 Fiorentina Rome
Alenichev 89'
Totti 90+4' Report Batistuta 32' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Salernitana

25 October 1998 6
Salernitana
Florence
Edmundo 50', 89'
Batistuta 68', 90+2' Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Parma v Fiorentina

31 October 1998 7
Parma
2–0 Fiorentina Parma
Crespo 36', 52' Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Venezia

8 November 1998 8
Venezia
Florence
Padalino 23'
Batistuta 40', 65'
Rui Costa 64' (pen.) Report Schwoch 42' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Referee: Massimo De Santis

Piacenza v Fiorentina
15 November 1998 9 Piacenza 4–2 Fiorentina Piacenza

Piovani
90+4' Report Rui Costa 23' (pen.)
Edmundo 40' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Fiorentina v Internazionale
22 November 1998 10 Fiorentina 3–1 Internazionale Florence
Padalino 5'
Batistuta 16'
Heinrich 75' Report Djorkaeff 3' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Bari v Fiorentina

29 November 1998 11
Bari
0–0 Fiorentina Bari
Report Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Bologna

5 December 1998
Bologna
Florence
Batistuta 56' Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Stefano Braschi

Juventus

13 December 1998
Juventus
Florence
Batistuta 58' Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Stefano Farina

Perugia v Fiorentina

20 December 1998 14
Perugia
2–2 Fiorentina Perugia
Rapaić 1'
Nakata 90+5' (pen.) Report Robbiati 10'
Batistuta 74' Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Graziano Cesari

Sampdoria

6 January 1999 15
Sampdoria
Florence
Rui Costa 28' Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 36,223
Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Lazio v Fiorentina

10 January 1999 16
Lazio
2–0 Fiorentina Rome
Vieri 66'
Mihajlović 90' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Fiorentina v Cagliari
17 January 1999 17 Fiorentina 4–2 Cagliari Florence
Batistuta 7', 79', 89'
Edmundo 76' Report O'Neill 32'
De Patre 59' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 33,073
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Empoli v Fiorentina

24 January 1999 18
Empoli
0–3 Fiorentina Empoli
Report Heinrich 77'
Rui Costa 81'
Edmundo 83' Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Stefano Braschi

Vicenza

31 January 1999 19
Vicenza
Florence
Falcone 36'
Torricelli 39'
Batistuta 83' Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Gennaro Borriello

Fiorentina v
Milan

7 February 1999 20 Fiorentina 0–0
Milan
Florence
Repka
Heinrich
Batistuta 89' Report Costacurta
Ambrosini Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Udinese v Fiorentina
14 February 1999 21 Udinese 1–0 Fiorentina Udine
Sosa 80' Report Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Roma

21 February 1999 22
Roma
Florence
Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 43,170
Referee: Gennaro Borriello

Salernitana v Fiorentina

28 February 1999 23
Salernitana
1–1 Fiorentina Salerno
Di Vaio 75' Report Torricelli 86' Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Parma

7 March 1999 24
Parma
Florence
Oliveira 42'
Rui Costa 55' (pen.) Report Stanić 64' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Venezia v Fiorentina

14 March 1999 25
Venezia
4–1 Fiorentina Venice
Recoba 18', 45+2', 90+1'
Miceli 42' Report Esposito 88' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 12,630
Referee: Domenico Messina

Fiorentina v Piacenza
21 March 1999 26 Fiorentina 2–1 Piacenza Florence
Batistuta 6'
Esposito 90+1' Report S. Inzaghi 71' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 33,400
Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Internazionale v Fiorentina
3 April 1999 27 Internazionale 2–0 Fiorentina Milan
Ronaldo 45' (pen.), 83' (pen.) Report Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Bari

11 April 1999 28
Bari
Florence
Rui Costa 41'
Padalino 72' Report Osmanovski 66'
Guerrero 89' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Bologna v Fiorentina

17 April 1999
Bologna
3–0 Fiorentina Bologna
Simutenkov 28'
Bettarini 62'
Kolyvanov 69' Report Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Graziano Cesari

Juventus v Fiorentina

25 April 1999
Juventus
2–1 Fiorentina Turin
Inzaghi 24'
Conte 87' Report Tacchinardi 85' (o.g.) Stadium:
Stadio delle Alpi

Attendance: 46,900
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Perugia

2 May 1999 31
Perugia
Florence
Batistuta 40'
Rui Costa 42', 67'
Edmundo 76' (pen.), 90+2' Report Firicano 78' (o.g.) Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Sampdoria v Fiorentina

9 May 1999 32
Sampdoria
3–2 Fiorentina Genoa
Montella 29', 51'
Palmieri 78' Report Rui Costa 20' (pen.)
Heinrich 41' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Roberto Bettin

Lazio

15 May 1999 33
Lazio
Florence
Batistuta 14' Report Vieri 27' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Cagliari v Fiorentina
23 May 1999 34 Cagliari 1–1 Fiorentina Cagliari
Muzzi 90+3' Report Zebina 40' (o.g.) Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Coppa Italia

Main article: 1998–99 Coppa Italia

Round of 32

Padova v Fiorentina
9 September 1998 1st Leg
Padova
86' Esposito Stadium: Stadio Euganeo
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

Fiorentina v Padova
23 September 1998 2nd Leg Fiorentina 2–0
(3–0
Firenze
Batistuta 68'
Rui Costa 81' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Referee: Pirrone

Eightfinals

Fiorentina v
Lecce

28 October 1998 1st Leg Fiorentina 1–0
Firenze
Batistuta 83' Stadium: Artemio Franchi
Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Lecce
v Fiorentina
10 November 1998 2nd Leg
Lecce
0–4
(0–5 agg.) Fiorentina Lecce
59' (rig) Rui Costa
60' Torricelli
80' Edmundo
87' Batistuta Stadium: Stadio Via del mare
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

Quarterfinals

Atalanta
v Fiorentina
2 December 1998 1st Leg
Atalanta
3–2 Fiorentina Bergamo
Torricelli 29' (aut)
Rossini 65'
Carrera 83' 8' (aut) Rustico
34' Edmundo Stadium:
Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Fiorentina v
Atalanta

28 January 1999 2nd Leg Fiorentina 1–0
(3
Firenze
Robbiati 9' Stadium: Artemio Franchi
Referee: Roberto Bettin

Semifinals

Bologna
v Fiorentina
18 February 1999 1st Leg
Bologna
0–2 Fiorentina Bologna
32' Esposito
65' Rui Costa Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Fiorentina v
Bologna

10 March 1999 2nd Leg Fiorentina 2–2
(4–2
Firenze
Cois 98'
Rui Costa 118' 18', 64' Binotto Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Referee: Gennaro Borriello

Final

Main article:
1999 Coppa Italia Final

Parma v Fiorentina
14 April 1999 1st Leg Parma 1–1 Fiorentina Parma
20:00 Crespo 16' 81' Batistuta Stadium:
Il Tardini
Attendance: 21,038
Referee: Domenico Messina

Fiorentina v Parma
5 May 1999 2nd Leg Fiorentina 2–2
(3–3
Firenze
20:00 Řepka 48'
Cois 62' 42' Crespo
71' Vanoli Stadium:
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 39,070
Referee: Stefano Braschi

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Cup

First round

Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Cup § First round

Fiorentina v Hajduk Split
15 September 1998 1st Leg Fiorentina 2–1 Hajduk Split Bari, Italy
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Esposito 49'
Edmundo 50', 81'
Heinrich 56'
Torricelli 73' Report Biliškov 30'
Brajković 32'
Skoko 38'
Vučko 44' Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Graham Barber (England)

Hajduk Split v Fiorentina
29 September 1998 2nd Leg Hajduk Split 0–0
(1–2 agg.) Fiorentina Split, Croatia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Biliškov 50'
Baturina 52' Report Cois 21'
Padalino 54'
Toldo 73' Stadium: Stadion Poljud
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Second round

Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Cup § Second round

Grasshopper v Fiorentina
20 October 1998 1st Leg Grasshopper 0–2 Fiorentina Zürich, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Esposito 12'
Comisetti 63'
Christ 67' Report Amoroso 1'
Batistuta 20'
Robbiati 48', 73'
Torricelli 64'
Padalino 87' Stadium: Hardturm
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Fiorentina v Grasshopper
3 November 1998 2nd Leg Fiorentina 0–3 (Awarded)
(2–3 agg.) Grasshopper Salerno, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Oliveira 12', 38'
Falcone 33' Report Cabanas 28'
Gren 30' Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)
Note: 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

Lazio v Fiorentina

20 August 1998 (1998-08-20) Cirio Cup
Lazio
1–0 Fiorentina Rome
Salas 45' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,000

Lazio

3 September 1998 (1998-09-03)
Lazio
Florence
Batistuta 14', 20' Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Note: The match lasted one 45-minute half

Fiorentina v Monaco
3 September 1998 (1998-09-03) Memorial Mario Cecchi Gori, #2 Fiorentina 0–1 Monaco Florence
Report Trezeguet 39' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Note: The match lasted one 45-minute half

Statistics

Players statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa UEFA

Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

1 GK ITA Toldo 47 -51 33 -39 10 -8 4 -4

3 DF ITA Torricelli 43 3 31 2 9 1 3 0

2 DF CZE Repka 44 2 31 0 9 2 4 0

5 DF ITA Padalino 35 3 28 3 5 0 2 0

17 DF GER Heinrich 46 3 33 3 9 0 4 0

24 MF ITA Amoroso 38 0 28 0 6 0 4 0

14 MF ITA Cois 32 1 22+1 0 7 1 2 0

10 MF POR Rui Costa 40 14 31 10 8 4 1 0

9 FW ARG Batistuta 41 26 28 21 9 4 4 1

11 FW BRA Edmundo 38 12 28 8 6 2 4 2

25 FW BEL Oliveira 39 2 27+3 2 8 0 1 0

22 GK ITA Mareggini 1 -2 1 -2 -0 0 -0 0

19 DF ITA Falcone 38 1 21+5 1 9 0 3 0

27 DF ITA Tarozzi 22 0 8+7 0 4 0 3 0

6 DF ITA Firicano 16 0 8+3 0 4 0 1 0

FW ITA Ficini 14 0 5+8 0 1 0 0 0

16 FW ITA Esposito 23 4 4+11 2 6 2 2 0

23 FW ITA Robbiati 29 3 3+19 1 6 1 1 1

7 MF ESP Amor 26 0 3+13 0 7 0 3 0

8 MF ITA Bigica 11 0 1+6 0 2 0 2 0

4 DF ITA Bettarini 7 0 0+2 0 4 0 1 0

20 MF ITA Morfeo 14 0 0+2 0 2 0 10

15 DF ITA Mirri 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 2 0

12 GK ITA Zandona 0 0 0 0

13 DF ITA Collacchioni 0 0 0 0

FW GRE Vakouftsis 0 0 0 0

MF ITA Stefani 0 0 0 0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/1998/1146/

Goalscorers

Gabriel Batistuta 27

Rui Costa 9 (3)

Edmundo 8

References

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.

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[table_hth_ROM0.56541404247536-2] ROM 7pts. JUV 5pts. UDI 4pts.

[1] UEFA Cup first round

[3] 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.

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