1999–2000 Inter Milan season

The 1999–2000 season was Inter Milan's 91st in existence and 84th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Inter Milan

1999–2000 season
Owner	Massimo Moratti
President	Massimo Moratti
Manager	Marcello Lippi
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Christian Vieri (13) All: Christian Vieri (18)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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 (France 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. 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[note 1] 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. 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

Autumn

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

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Giuseppe Bergomi	-	retired
MF	Ousmane Dabo	Parma	€15.49 million
GK	Gianluca Pagliuca	Bologna
DF	Fabio Galante	Torino
DF	Mauro Milanese	Perugia
DF	Mikaël Silvestre	Manchester United	€5.70 million
DF	Massimo Tarantino	Bologna
MF	Youri Djorkaeff	Kaiserslautern	€1.50 million
MF	Diego Simeone	Lazio	€10.90 million
MF	Zé Elias	Bologna	€0.750 million
MF	Aron Winter	Ajax	€0.60 million
DF	Gilberto	Vasco da Gama
MF	Cristiano Zanetti	Roma	€3.615 million co-ownership
DF	Zoumana Camara	Bastia	loan
MF	Andrea Pirlo	Reggina	loan
FW	Nicola Ventola	Bologna	loan
FW	Mohammed Kallon	Reggina	loan
GK	Sébastien Frey	Hellas Verona	loan
GK	Luca Anania	Lecco	loan
DF	Matteo Ferrari	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	Dinamo București	€6.50 million
DF	Michele Serena	Parma	loan

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

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1999–2000 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

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:

1. 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

Inter v Hellas Verona

29 August 1999 1	Inter	3–0	Hellas Verona	Milan
	Vieri 16', 53', 65'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 67,203 Referee: Stefano Braschi

Roma v Inter

12 September 1999 2	Roma	0–0	Inter	Rome
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 73,260 Referee: Domenico Messina

Inter v Parma

19 September 1999 3	Inter	5–1	Parma	Milan
	Zamorano 7', 63' Vieri 17' Moriero 38' Thuram 71' (o.g.)	Report	Crespo 14'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 69,084 Referee: Massimo De Santis

Torino v Inter

26 September 1999 4	Torino	0–1	Inter	Turin
		Report	Vieri 76'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 40,452 Referee: Stefano Farina

Inter v Piacenza

2 October 1999 5	Inter	2–1	Piacenza	Milan
	Panucci 14' Ronaldo 69'	Report	Dionigi 81' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 69,448 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Venezia v Inter

17 October 1999 6	Venezia	1–0	Inter	Venice
	Maniero 46'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 12,312 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Inter v Milan

23 October 1999 7	Inter	1–2	Milan	Milan
	Ronaldo 20' (pen.)	Report	Shevchenko 28' Weah 89'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 78,815 Referee: Gennaro Borriello

Inter v Lazio

30 October 1999 8	Inter	1–1	Lazio	Milan
	Zamorano 36'	Report	Pancaro 90'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 76,161 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Bologna v Inter

7 November 1999 9	Bologna	3–0	Inter	Bologna
	K. Andersson 39', 70' Signori 78'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 35,626 Referee: Graziano Cesari

Inter v Lecce

21 November 1999 10	Inter	6–0	Lecce	Milan
	Georgatos 1' Zanetti 11' Jugović 37' Zamorano 45' Ronaldo 49' (pen.) Ronaldo 59' Recoba 65'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 62,532 Referee: Gennaro Borriello

Reggina v Inter

28 November 1999 11	Reggina	0–1	Inter	Reggio Calabria
		Report	Recoba 89'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 27,272 Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Inter v Udinese

5 December 1999 12	Inter	3–0	Udinese	Milan
	Recoba 19' Vieri 57' Russo 90'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 59,462 Referee: Pierpaolo Rossi

Juventus v Inter

12 December 1999 13	Juventus	1–0	Inter	Turin
	F. Inzaghi 21'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Delle Alpi Attendance: 51,905 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Bari v Inter

18 December 1999 14	Bari	2–1	Inter	Bari
	Enyinnaya 6' Cassano 87'	Report	12' Vieri	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 35,401 Referee: Stefano Braschi

Inter v Perugia

6 January 2000 15	Inter	5–0	Perugia	Milan
	Georgatos 17' Seedorf 44' Vieri 57' Jugović 63' Hilário 71' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 66,220 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Fiorentina v Inter

9 January 2000 16	Fiorentina	2–1	Inter	Florence
	Batistuta 37' Adani 90'	Report	Recoba 71'	Stadium: Artemio Franchi Attendance: 38,815 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Inter v Cagliari

16 January 2000 17	Inter	2–1	Cagliari	Milan
	Šimić 3' Moriero 82'	Report	Oliveira 17'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58,018 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Verona v Inter

23 January 2000 18	Verona	1–2	Inter	Verona
	Laursen 34'	Report	Recoba 48' R. Baggio 78'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 33,099 Referee: Stefano Braschi

Inter v Roma

30 January 2000 19	Inter	2–1	Roma	Milan
	Vieri 8' R. Baggio 42'	Report	Aldair 33'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 67,875 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Parma v Inter

6 February 2000 20	Parma	1–1	Inter	Parma
	Crespo 90' (pen.)	Report	61' Vieri	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 28,815 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Inter v Torino

13 February 2000 21	Inter	1–1	Torino	Milan
	Vieri 31'	Report	20' Méndez	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 66,294 Referee: Massimo De Santis

Piacenza v Inter

20 February 2000 22	Piacenza	1–3	Inter	Piacenza
	Delli Carri 69'	Report	Blanc 20', 78' Vieri 88'	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 15,247 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Inter v Venezia

27 February 2000 23	Inter	3–0	Venezia	Milan
	Vieri 41' Zamorano 52' Vieri 58' Recoba 83'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 60,093 Referee: Gennaro Borriello

Milan v Inter

5 March 2000 24	Milan	1–2	Inter	Milan
	Shevchenko 90' (pen.)	Report	43' Zamorano 63' Di Biagio	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 80,736 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Lazio v Inter

11 March 2000 25	Lazio	2–2	Inter	Roma
	S. Inzaghi 82' Pancaro 87'	Report	19' Recoba 79' Di Biagio	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 66,491 Referee: Stefano Braschi

Inter v Bologna

18 March 2000 26	Inter	1–1	Bologna	Milan
	Recoba 83'	Report	3' Paramatti	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 61,224 Referee: Graziano Cesari

Lecce v Inter

25 March 2000 27	Lecce	1–0	Inter	Lecce
	Sesa 23'	Report	67'Vieri	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 28,847 Referee: Gennaro Borriello

Inter v Reggina

2 April 2000 28	Inter	1–1	Reggina	Milan
	Recoba 13'	Report	Possanzini 81'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 67,300 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Udinese v Inter

8 April 2000 29	Udinese	3–0	Inter	Udine
	Sosa 6', 45', 68'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 27,934 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Inter v Juventus

16 April 2000 30	Inter	1–2	Juventus	Milan
	Seedorf 83'	Report	Kovačević 54', 79'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 79,677 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Inter v Bari

22 April 2000 31	Inter	3–0	Bari	Milan
	Cauet 24' Blanc 33' R. Baggio 51'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58,009 Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Perugia v Inter

30 April 2000 32	Perugia	1–2	Inter	Perugia
	Amoruso 77'	Report	Seedorf 28' Recoba 65'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 15,836 Referee: Stefano Farina

Inter v Fiorentina

7 May 2000 33	Inter	0–4	Fiorentina	Milan
		Report	Chiesa 31', 46' Batistuta 71' Bressan 87'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65,616 Referee: Stefano Braschi

Cagliari v Inter

14 May 2000 34	Cagliari	0–2	Inter	Cagliari
		Report	R. Baggio 74' (pen.) Zamorano 87'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 15,726 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

UEFA Champions League qualification

Inter v Parma

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

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

Coppa Italia

Main article: 1999–2000 Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Inter v Bologna

1 December 1999 First leg	Inter	2–1	Bologna	Milan
20:30 CET	Georgatos 9' Zanetti 35'		80' Ventola	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 3,647 Referee: Tarcisio Serena

Bologna v Inter

15 December 1999 Second leg	Bologna	1–3 (2–5 agg.)	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

Milan v Inter

12 January 2000 First leg	Milan	2–3	Inter	Milan
20:30 CET	Ševčenko 44', 55'		28' Vieri 54' Mutu 69' Seedorf	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 32,645 Referee: Stefano Farina

Inter v Milan

27 January 2000 Second leg	Inter	1–1 (4–3 agg.)	Milan	Milan
20:30 CET	Baggio 37'		35' Ševčenko	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 63,823 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Semifinals

Cagliari v Inter

9 February 2000 First leg	Cagliari	1–3	Inter	Cagliari
20:30 CET	Modesto 58'		49' Mutu 60', 90' Vieri	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Inter v Cagliari

16 February 2000 Second leg	Inter	1–2 (4–3 agg.)	Cagliari	Milan
20:30 CET	Zamorano 10'		20' Sulcis 26' Corradi	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 8,491 Referee: Tarcisio Serena

Finals

Main article: 2000 Coppa Italia Final

Lazio v Inter

12 April 2000 First leg	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

Inter v Lazio

18 May 2000 Second leg	Inter	0–0 (1–2 agg.)	Lazio	Milan
20:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: San Siro 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
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Peruzzi	37	-31	33	-31	4	0
4	DF	ARG	Zanetti	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/

Notes

1. Zamorano had "1+8" printed on the back of his shirt; however, the plus sign was only symbolic and his number was officially listed as 18.

References

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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.
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6. AA.VV. (November 24, 1999). "Lippi non sostituisce Ronaldo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
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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
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