Lazio
1998–99 season
ChairmanSergio Cragnotti
ManagerSven-Göran Eriksson
StadiumStadio Olimpico
Serie A2nd
Supercoppa ItalianaWinners
Coppa ItaliaQuarter-finals
UEFA Cup Winners' CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marcelo Salas (15)

All:
Marcelo Salas (24)

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[1]

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

Transfers

Autumn

In
Pos. Name from Type

Winter

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

Competitions

Serie A

Results by round

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GroundAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAH
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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[2]
4 Parma 34 15 10 9 55 36 +19 55
5 Roma 34 15 9 10 69 49 +20 54[lower-alpha 1] 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).[3]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ROM 7pts. JUV 5pts. UDI 4pts.

Matches

13 September 1998 1 Piacenza 1–1 Lazio Piacenza
S. Inzaghi 87' Report Stanković 74'
Lombardi Red card 86'
Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Stefano Farina
20 September 1998 2 Lazio 0–0 Bari Rome
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
27 September 1998 3 Perugia 2–2 Lazio Perugia
Bucchi 4'
Nakata 65'
Olive Red card 74'
Report Couto 19'
R. Mancini Red card 65'
Mihajlović 72'
Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Stefano Farina
4 October 1998 4 Lazio 2–0 Cagliari Rome
Couto 45'
Stanković 69'
Report O'Neill Red card 51' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 42,826
Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi
18 October 1998 5 Internazionale 3–5 Lazio Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Winter 22'
Ventola 77', 90+6'
Simeone Red card 90+2'
Report Salas 1'
Conceição 36', 53'
R. Mancini 40'
Nedvěd 72', Red card 72'
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi
25 October 1998 6 Lazio 1–1 Vicenza Rome
R. Mancini 55' Report Schenardi 30' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
1 November 1998 7 Salernitana 1–0 Lazio Salerno
G. Tedesco 88' Report Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
8 November 1998 8 Lazio 4–1 Empoli Rome
Negro 22', 26'
Salas 30'
R. Mancini 63'
Report Carparelli 81' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 39,378
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
15 November 1998 9 Venezia 2–0 Lazio Venezia
Tuta 5'
Pedone 38'
Report Couto Red card 61' Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
22 November 1998 10 Milan 1–0 Lazio Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00) Leonardo 90+2' Report Stadium: Stadio San Siro
Attendance: 45,985
Referee: Stefano Farina
29 November 1998 11 Lazio 3–3 Roma Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00) R. Mancini 28', 56'
Salas 58' (pen.)
Report Delvecchio 25'
Petruzzi Red card 65'
Di Francesco 78'
Totti 81'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Stefano Farina
6 December 1998 12 Juventus 0–1 Lazio Turin
Report Salas 82' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 46,107
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
13 December 1998 13 Lazio 5–2 Sampdoria Rome
Mihajlović 29', 45', 52'
Stanković 82'
Salas 90+3'
Report Palmieri 37' (pen.), 56' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 49,676
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
20 December 1998 14 Lazio 3–1 Udinese Rome
R. Mancini 17'
Salas 55', 90+5'
Report Locatelli 5' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 41,749
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
6 January 1999 15 Bologna 0–1 Lazio Bologna
Report Vieri 77' Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 31,160
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
10 January 1999 16 Lazio 2–0 Fiorentina Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00) Vieri 66'
Mihajlović 90'
Report Padalino Red card 89' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 55,487
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
17 January 1999 17 Parma 1–3 Lazio Parma
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00) Crespo 54' Report Salas 51' (pen.)
R. Mancini 68'
Vieri 90+1'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 26,003
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
24 January 1999 18 Lazio 4–1 Piacenza Rome
Mihajlović 10'
Salas 59'
Stanković 78'
R. Mancini 81'
Report Buso 57'
Piovani Red card 84'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 46,934
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
31 January 1999 19 Bari 1–3 Lazio Bari
Knudsen 73' Report Lombardo 21'
Vieri 38', 87'
Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Attendance: 23,428
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
7 February 1999 20 Lazio 3–0 Perugia Rome
Vieri 42'
Salas 45+2', 76'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 49,798
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
14 February 1999 21 Cagliari 0–0 Lazio Cagliari
Report Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
21 February 1999 22 Lazio 1–0 Internazionale Rome
Conceição 39' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 66,756
Referee: Graziano Cesari
28 February 1999 23 Vicenza 1–2 Lazio Vicenza
Cardone 68' Report Conceição 48'
Salas soccer ball with red X 74'
Stanković Red card 82'
Dicara 90' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
7 March 1999 24 Lazio 6–1 Salernitana Rome
Negro 45'
Vieri 50'
Salas 60', 69'
Fresi 82' (o.g.)
Nesta 90'
Report Vannucchi 31' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 52,625
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
14 March 1999 25 Empoli 0–0 Lazio Empoli
Report Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Stefano Braschi
21 March 1999 26 Lazio 2–0 Venezia Rome
Conceição 8'
Mihajlović 14'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi
3 April 1999 27 Lazio 0–0 Milan Rome
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 63,875
Referee: Graziano Cesari
11 April 1999 28 Roma 3–1 Lazio Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Delvecchio 13', 43'
Paulo Sérgio Red card 70'
Totti 90'
Report Mihajlović Red card 70'
Vieri 79'
Nesta Red card 80'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 75,560
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
17 April 1999 29 Lazio 1–3 Juventus Rome
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) R. Mancini 56' Report Henry 34', 64'
Amoruso 45+3'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
25 April 1999 30 Sampdoria 0–1 Lazio Genoa
Ortega Red card 72' Report Vieri 60'
Almeyda Red card 66'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 16,885
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
2 May 1999 31 Udinese 0–3 Lazio Udine
Report Mihajlović 30' (pen.)
Vieri 48'
R. Mancini 58'
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 28,824
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
9 May 1999 32 Lazio 2–0 Bologna Rome
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Almeyda 50'
Vieri 89'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 57,507
Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi
15 May 1999 33 Fiorentina 1–1 Lazio Florence
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Batistuta 14'
Rui Costa soccer ball with red X 72'
Report Vieri 27' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 38,793
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
23 May 1999 34 Lazio 2–1 Parma Rome
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Salas 27', 76' Report Vanoli 54' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 73,967
Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Coppa Italia

Second round

9 September 1998 First leg Lazio 2–1 Cosenza Rome
Salas 69', 80' (pen.) Riccio 59'
Paschetta Red card 64'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Franco Sirotti
23 September 1998 Second leg Cosenza 0–2
(1–4 agg.)
Lazio Cosenza
Parisi 15' (o.g.)
Stanković 86'
Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 24,149
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Round of 16

29 October 1998 First leg Lazio 3–1 Milan Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00) Mihajlović 28'
R. Mancini 71', 90+5'
Bierhoff 6'
Costacurta Red card 90+2'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 22,520
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
11 November 1998 Second leg Milan 1–1
(2–4 agg.)
Lazio Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00) Ganz 56' Salas 42'
Conceição Red card 81'
Stadium: Stadio San Siro
Attendance: 22,702
Referee: Stefano Braschi

Quarter-finals

3 December 1998 First leg Lazio 2–1 Internazionale Rome
Salas 12' (pen.), 46' Djorkaeff 32' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 22,564
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
27 January 1999 Second leg Internazionale 5–2
(6–4 agg.)
Lazio Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00) Cauet 13'
Djorkaeff 25', 69'
Zé Elias 84'
Moriero 90+3'
Vieri 10'
Lombardo 34'
Nesta Red card 87'
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 17,007
Referee: Piero Ceccarini

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

17 September 1998 First leg Lazio Italy 1–1 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Stanković Red card 2'
Nedvěd 37'
Report Celestini soccer ball with red X 3'
Douglas 54'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 22,659
Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)
1 October 1998 Second leg Lausanne-Sport Switzerland 2–2
(3–3a agg.)
Italy Lazio Lausanne, Switzerland
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Douglas 10'
Rehn 84'
Report Salas 7'
Conceição 26'
Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Second round

22 October 1998 First leg Lazio Italy 0–0 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 24,966
Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)
5 November 1998 Second leg Partizan Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–3
(2–3 agg.)
Italy Lazio Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00) Krstajić 18'
Iliev 85'
Report Salas 43' (pen.), 76'
Stanković 67'
Stadium: Partizan Stadium
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

Quarter-finals

4 March 1999 First leg Panionios Greece 0–4 Italy Lazio Athens, Greece
21:45 CEST (UTC+01:00) Report Stanković 3', 60'
Salas 14'
Nedvěd 63'
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 10,175
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
18 March 1999 Second leg Lazio Italy 3–0
(7–0 agg.)
Greece Panionios Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00) Nedvěd 70'
Stanković 77'
de la Peña 82'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 20,488
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Semi-finals

8 April 1999 First leg Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 1–1 Italy Lazio Moscow, Russia
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Janashia 62' Report Bokšić 77' Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
22 April 1999 Second leg Lazio Italy 0–0
(1a–1 agg.)
Russia Lokomotiv Moscow Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 32,016
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Final

19 May 1999 Lazio Italy 2–1 Spain Mallorca Birmingham, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Vieri 7', Yellow card 39'
Mihajlović Yellow card 23'
Nedvěd 81'
Marchegiani Yellow card 90+1'
Report Dani 11'
Siviero Yellow card 54'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 33,021
Referee: Günther Benkö (Austria)

Supercoppa Italiana

29 August 1998 Juventus 1–2 Lazio Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) F. Inzaghi Red card 68'
Del Piero 87' (pen.)
(Report) Nedvěd 37'
Conceição 90+4'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Roberto Bettin

Other matches and friendlies

Pre-season
20 August 1998 (1998-08-20) Cirio Cup, #1 Lazio 1–0 Fiorentina Rome
Salas 45' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,000
3 September 1998 (1998-09-03) Memorial Mario Cecchi Gori, #1 Lazio 1–2 France Monaco Florence
Iannuzzi 4' Report Berthe 22'
Costinha 32'
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Note: The match lasted one 45-minute half
3 September 1998 (1998-09-03) Memorial Mario Cecchi Gori, #2 Fiorentina 2–0 Lazio Florence
Batistuta 14', 20' Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Note: The match lasted one 45-minute half
Post-season

Statistics

Players statistics

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie ACoppaCup
Winners'
Cup
Supercoppa
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Italy ITA Marchegiani 48-4534-295-88-71-1
15 DF Italy ITA Pancaro 42027+30408000
11 DF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Mihajlovic 449308419010
13 DF Italy ITA Nesta 261201204000
5 DF Italy ITA Favalli 34023+20405000
14 MF Portugal POR Conceicao 44732+15505111
25 MF Argentina ARG Almeyda 351251406000
20 MF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Stankovic 42922+74517410
10 FW Italy ITA Mancini 471230+310627010
9 FW Chile CHI Salas 432429+115656410
32 FW Italy ITA Vieri 281421+112214100
22 GK Italy ITA Ballotta 5-30+3-21-11000
2 DF Italy ITA Negro 28320+13403000
18 MF Czech Republic CZE Nedved 34618+31408411
24 DF Portugal POR Couto 36212+102508010
23 MF Italy ITA Venturin 26010+60504010
7 MF Italy ITA Lombardo 2027+71115000
21 MF Spain ESP De la Peña 2314+110304110
26 MF Italy ITA Baronio 1402+50304000
3 DF Italy ITA Lombardi 1102+20303010
16 MF Australia AUS Okon 503+20
6 DF Italy ITA Lopez 902+20202010
27 FW Italy ITA Ianuzzi 201+10000000
8 FW Italy ITA Protti 301+1010
17 DF Switzerland SUI Gottardi 2200+130305010
19 FW Croatia CRO Boksic 610+30003100
4 MF Italy ITA Marcolin 2000001010
6 MF Italy ITA Crovari 1000001000
12 GK Italy ITA Concetti 0000
29 MF Italy ITA Pinzi 0000
31 MF Italy ITA Sbaccanti 0000
33 DF Italy ITA Di Fiordo 0000

Goalscorers

References

  1. "FootballSquads - Lazio - 1998/99".
  2. Parma was consequently demoted to 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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