1998–99 Ac Fiorentina Season
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.
| 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) | |||
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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
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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
League table
| Pos | Team | 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 |
| 4 | Parma | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 55 | |
| 5 | Roma | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 69 | 49 | +20 | 54 | 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).
(C) Champions
Notes:
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).
(C) Champions
Notes:
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, UEFA Champions League Group stage; = UEFA Champions League Group stage; = UEFA Champions League Qualifying round; = 1999-2000 UEFA Cup; = 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, UEFA Champions League Group stage; = UEFA Champions League Group stage; = UEFA Champions League Qualifying round; = 1999-2000 UEFA Cup; = 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Matches
| 12 September 1998 1 | Fiorentina | 2–0 | Empoli | Florence |
Rui Costa  5'Batistuta 60' | Report | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 34,343 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4 October 1998 4 | Fiorentina | 1–0 | Udinese | Florence |
| Edmundo 90+2' | Report | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Stefano Braschi |
| 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 |
| 25 October 1998 6 | Fiorentina | 4–0 | Salernitana | Florence |
| Edmundo 50', 89' Batistuta 68', 90+2' | Report | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange |
| 31 October 1998 7 | Parma | 2–0 | Fiorentina | Parma |
| Crespo 36', 52' | Report | Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Piero Ceccarini |
| 8 November 1998 8 | Fiorentina | 4–1 | Venezia | Florence |
| Padalino 23' Batistuta 40', 65'Rui Costa 64' (pen.) | Report | Schwoch 42' (pen.) | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Massimo De Santis |
| 15 November 1998 9 | Piacenza | 4–2 | Fiorentina | Piacenza |
| Rastelli 12' S. Inzaghi 29' (pen.)Cristallini 59'Piovani 90+4' | Report | Rui Costa 23' (pen.) Edmundo 40' (pen.) | Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto |
| 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 |
| 29 November 1998 11 | Bari | 0–0 | Fiorentina | Bari |
| Report | Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Piero Ceccarini |
| 5 December 1998 12 | Fiorentina | 1–0 | Bologna | Florence |
| Batistuta 56' | Report | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Stefano Braschi |
| 13 December 1998 13 | Fiorentina | 1–0 | Juventus | Florence |
| Batistuta 58' | Report | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Stefano Farina |
| 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 |
| 6 January 1999 15 | Fiorentina | 1–0 | Sampdoria | Florence |
| Rui Costa 28' | Report | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,223 Referee: Pierluigi Collina |
| 10 January 1999 16 | Lazio | 2–0 | Fiorentina | Rome |
| Vieri 66' Mihajlović 90' | Report | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Livio Bazzoli |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 31 January 1999 19 | Fiorentina | 3–0 | Vicenza | Florence |
| Falcone 36' Torricelli 39'Batistuta 83' | Report | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Gennaro Borriello |
| 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 |
| 14 February 1999 21 | Udinese | 1–0 | Fiorentina | Udine |
| Sosa 80' | Report | Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Piero Ceccarini |
| 21 February 1999 22 | Fiorentina | 0–0 | Roma | Florence |
| Report | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 43,170 Referee: Gennaro Borriello |
| 28 February 1999 23 | Salernitana | 1–1 | Fiorentina | Salerno |
| Di Vaio 75' | Report | Torricelli 86' | Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi |
| 7 March 1999 24 | Fiorentina | 2–1 | Parma | Florence |
| Oliveira 42' Rui Costa 55' (pen.) | Report | Stanić 64' | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 3 April 1999 27 | Internazionale | 2–0 | Fiorentina | Milan |
| Ronaldo 45' (pen.), 83' (pen.) | Report | Stadium: San Siro Referee: Alfredo Trentalange |
| 11 April 1999 28 | Fiorentina | 2–2 | Bari | Florence |
| Rui Costa 41' Padalino 72' | Report | Osmanovski 66' Guerrero 89' | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti |
| 17 April 1999 29 | Bologna | 3–0 | Fiorentina | Bologna |
| Simutenkov 28' Bettarini 62'Kolyvanov 69' | Report | Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Graziano Cesari |
| 25 April 1999 30 | Juventus | 2–1 | Fiorentina | Turin |
| Inzaghi 24' Conte 87' | Report | Tacchinardi 85' (o.g.) | Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 46,900 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi |
| 2 May 1999 31 | Fiorentina | 5–1 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 15 May 1999 33 | Fiorentina | 1–1 | Lazio | Florence |
| Batistuta 14' | Report | Vieri 27' | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi |
| 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
Round of 32
| 9 September 1998 1st Leg | Padova | 0–1 | Fiorentina | Padova |
| 86' Esposito | Stadium: Stadio Euganeo Referee: Cosimo Bolognino |
| 23 September 1998 2nd Leg | Fiorentina | 2–0 (3–0 agg.) | Padova | Firenze |
| Batistuta 68' Rui Costa 81' | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pirrone |
Eightfinals
| 28 October 1998 1st Leg | Fiorentina | 1–0 | Lecce | Firenze |
| Batistuta 83' | Stadium: Artemio Franchi Referee: Livio Bazzoli |
| 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
| 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 |
| 28 January 1999 2nd Leg | Fiorentina | 1–0 (3a–3 agg.) | Atalanta | Firenze |
| Robbiati 9' | Stadium: Artemio Franchi Referee: Roberto Bettin |
Semifinals
| 18 February 1999 1st Leg | Bologna | 0–2 | Fiorentina | Bologna |
| 32' Esposito 65' Rui Costa | Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Emilio Pellegrino |
| 10 March 1999 2nd Leg | Fiorentina | 2–2 (4–2 agg.) | Bologna | Firenze |
| Cois 98' Rui Costa 118' | 18', 64' Binotto | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Gennaro Borriello |
Final
| 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 |
| 5 May 1999 2nd Leg | Fiorentina | 2–2 (3–3a agg.) | Parma | Firenze |
| 20:00 | Řepka 48' Cois 62' | 42' Crespo 71' Vanoli | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 39,070 Referee: Stefano Braschi |
UEFA Cup
First round
v 
Hajduk Split
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) |
v 
Fiorentina
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
v Fiorentina
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) |
v 
Grasshopper
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
| 20 August 1998 Cirio Cup | Lazio | 1–0 | Fiorentina | Rome |
| Salas 45' (pen.) | Report | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,000 |
| 3 September 1998 Memorial Mario Cecchi Gori, #1 | Fiorentina | 2–0 | Lazio | Florence |
| Batistuta 14', 20' | Report | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi | ||
| Note: The match lasted one 45-minute half | ||||
Monaco
| 3 September 1998 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 | |||||
Goalscorers
Gabriel Batistuta 27
Rui Costa 9 (3)
Edmundo 8
References
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