1998–99 SS Lazio season
# 1998–99 SS Lazio season

Società Sportiva Lazio finished second in Serie A, and won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and Supercoppa Italiana.

## Season review

Lazio kicked off the 1998–99 season by defeating Juventus 2–1 to win the Supercoppa in the pre-season, and then set a searing pace in the league thanks to the lethal striking partnership of world transfer record signing Christian Vieri and Marcelo Salas. The pair of them together netted 27 goals, as Lazio led the way for most of the season. Twenty-year-old Yugoslav starlet Dejan Stanković also impressed by scoring on his league debut.

Milan peaked late during the season, while Lazio had a barren spell, which enabled Milan to make up the deficit. Lazio finally squandered the title lead in the penultimate match of the season, where it had to settle for a draw against Fiorentina away from home.

Following the season, Vieri left the club for Inter, accusing chairman Sergio Cragnotti of lying to him. The money from Vieri's transfer was used to bring Juan Sebastián Verón, Simone Inzaghi and Diego Simeone to Rome, moves that all proved essential when Lazio clinched the title in 2000, where those three found the net in the last game of the season.

Lazio's best moment of the 1998-99 season came when they beat Mallorca 2-1 at Villa Park in Birmingham in the 1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, following goals by Vieri and Pavel Nedvěd.

The most prolific players during the season was captain and centre-half Alessandro Nesta, free-kick specialist Siniša Mihajlović, winger Nedvěd, and the striker pairing of Vieri and Salas.

## Players

### Squad information

    Squad at end of 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Luca Marchegiani |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Paolo Negro |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Stefano Lombardi |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Favalli |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Federico Crovari |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Attilio Lombardo |
| 9 | FW | CHI | Marcelo Salas |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Roberto Mancini |
| 11 | DF | YUG | Siniša Mihajlović |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Emanuele Concetti |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Nesta |
| 14 | MF | POR | Sérgio Conceição |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Pancaro |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Paul Okon |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | SUI | Guerino Gottardi |
| 18 | MF | CZE | Pavel Nedvěd |
| 19 | FW | CRO | Alen Bokšić |
| 20 | MF | YUG | Dejan Stanković |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Iván de la Peña |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Marco Ballotta |
| 24 | DF | POR | Fernando Couto |
| 25 | MF | ARG | Matías Almeyda |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Roberto Baronio |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Giampiero Pinzi |
| 31 | MF | ITA | Valentino Sbaccanti |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Christian Vieri |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Stefano Di Fiordo |

### Transfers

In :

| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| - | - | - | - |
| FW | Christian Vieri | Atletico Madrid | |
| FW | Marcelo Salas | River Plate | |
| MF | Iván de la Peña | FC Barcelona | |
| DF | Fernando Couto | FC Barcelona | |
| DF | Siniša Mihajlović | Sampdoria | |
| MF | Sérgio Conceição | FC Porto | |
| MF | Dejan Stanković | Crvena Zvezda | |
| DF | Stefano Lombardi | Genoa C.F.C. | |
| GK | Flavio Roma | Foggia Calcio | loan ended |
| MF | Roberto Baronio | Vicenza Calcio | loan ended |
| MF | Daniele Franceschini | Foggia Calcio | loan ended |
| MF | Marco Piovanelli | Piacenza Calcio | co-ownership ended |
| FW | Alessandro Iannuzzi | Lecce | loan ended |
| FW | Igor Protti | S.S.C. Napoli | loan ended |
| FW | Giuseppe Signori | Sampdoria | co-ownership ended |

Out :

| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| - | - | - | - |
| FW | Pierluigi Casiraghi | Chelsea F.C. | |
| DF | José Chamot | Atletico Madrid | |
| MF | Vladimir Jugović | Atletico Madrid | |
| MF | Diego Fuser | Parma F.C. | |
| DF | Alessandro Grandoni | Sampdoria | |
| MF | Daniele Franceschini | Chievo Verona | |
| MF | Mirko Laurentini | A.C. Siena | |
| MF | Marco Piovanelli | Genoa C.F.C. | |
| GK | Fernando Orsi | | retired |
| GK | Flavio Roma | Chievo Verona | loan |
| FW | Giuseppe Signori | Bologna F.C. | loan |

**Autumn**

In :

| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| - | - | - | - |

Out :

| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Giovanni Lopez | S.S.C. Napoli | |
| FW | Igor Protti | A.C. Reggiana | |
| FW | Roberto Rambaudi | Genoa C.F.C | |
| DF | Maurizio Domizzi | Livorno | loan |
| MF | Dario Marcolin | Blackburn Rovers | loan |

**Winter**

In :

| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Federico Crovari | A.C. Monza | |
| MF | Attilio Lombardo | Crystal Palace F.C. | |

Out :

| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| - | - | - | - |
| MF | Giorgio Venturin | Atletico Madrid | |
| FW | Alessandro Iannuzzi | A.C. Milan | |

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Dario Marcolin (on loan to Blackburn Rovers) |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Lopez (to Napoli) |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Roberto Rambaudi (to Genoa) |
| 8 | FW | ITA | Igor Protti (on loan to Reggiana) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Giorgio Venturin (to Atlético Madrid) |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Iannuzzi (to Milan) |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Maurizio Domizzi (on loan to Livorno) |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Rosario Aquino (to Livorno) |

## Competitions

### Serie A

**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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 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 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Roma | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 69 | 49 | +20 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |

* ↑ ROM 7pts. JUV 5pts. UDI 4pts.

## Statistics

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | Cup Winners' Cup | Cup Winners' Cup | Supercoppa | Supercoppa |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Marchegiani | 48 | -45 | 34 | -29 | 5 | -8 | 8 | -7 | 1 | -1 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Pancaro | 42 | 0 | 27+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | YUG | Mihajlovic | 44 | 9 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Nesta | 26 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Favalli | 34 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | POR | Conceicao | 44 | 7 | 32+1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | ARG | Almeyda | 35 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | YUG | Stankovic | 42 | 9 | 22+7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Mancini | 47 | 12 | 30+3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CHI | Salas | 43 | 24 | 29+1 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Vieri | 28 | 14 | 21+1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Ballotta | 5 | -3 | 0+3 | -2 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Negro | 28 | 3 | 20+1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | CZE | Nedved | 34 | 6 | 18+3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | POR | Couto | 36 | 2 | 12+10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Venturin | 26 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Lombardo | 20 | 2 | 7+7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | De la Peña | 23 | 1 | 4+11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Baronio | 14 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Lombardi | 11 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Okon | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Lopez | 9 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Ianuzzi | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ITA | Protti | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SUI | Gottardi | 22 | 0 | 0+13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | CRO | Boksic | 6 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Marcolin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Crovari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Concetti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Pinzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ITA | Sbaccanti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Di Fiordo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/allenatori_squadra/1998/1155/

### Goalscorers

* Marcelo Salas 15 (2)
* Christian Vieri 12
* Roberto Mancini 10
* Siniša Mihajlović 8 (1)
* Sérgio Conceição 5
