1999–2000 A.C. Fiorentina season

Associazione Calcio Fiorentina did not manage to repeat its near-miss season from 1998–99, and instead missed out on qualification to the Champions League, following an inconsistent season. Its topscorer Gabriel Batistuta finally gave up on clinching the Serie A title with Fiorentina, and switched to Roma in the summer, a move which was greeted with controversy since Roma had only finished sixth in the 1999–2000 season.

Fiorentina

1999–2000 season
President	Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Manager	Giovanni Trapattoni
Stadium	Stadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A	7th
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Second group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Gabriel Batistuta (23) All: Gabriel Batistuta (29)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Fiorentina came close to advancing to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, but ultimately a draw at home against Bordeaux ensured that home wins against Manchester United and Valencia were not enough.

Players

Goalkeepers

• Francesco Toldo
• Giuseppe Taglialatela
• Gianmatteo Mareggini

Defenders

• Tomáš Řepka
• Moreno Torricelli
• Daniele Adani
• Pasquale Padalino
• Aldo Firicano
• Paul Okon
• Alessandro Pierini
• Andrea Tarozzi

Midfielders

• Guillermo Amor
• Rui Costa
• Fabio Rossitto
• Luigi Pagliuca
• Angelo Di Livio
• Jörg Heinrich
• Mauro Bressan
• Christian Amoroso

Forwards

• Predrag Mijatović
• Gabriel Batistuta
• Abel Balbo
• Enrico Chiesa
• Riccardo Taddei
• Georgios Vakouftsis

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
7	Fiorentina[lower-alpha 1]	34	13	12	9	48	38	+10	51
8	Udinese	34	13	11	10	55	45	+10	50	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
9	Hellas Verona	34	10	13	11	40	45	−5	43

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).[1]
Notes:

1. Fiorentina gained entry to the 2000–01 UEFA Cup as both 1999–2000 Coppa Italia finalists had qualified for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League.

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	13	12	9	48	38	+10	51	10	5	2	30	17	+13	3	7	7	18	21	−3

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	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	W

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

29 August 1999 1	Fiorentina	1–0	Bari	Florence
	Chiesa  48'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Livio Bazzoli

11 September 1999 2	Reggina	2–2	Fiorentina	Reggio Calabria
	Kallon  18' (pen.) Reggi  86'	Report	Firicano  33' Heinrich  41'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 24,696 Referee: Graziano Cesari

19 September 1999 3	Fiorentina	4–1	Hellas Verona	Florence
	Batistuta  17', 32', 81' Chiesa  47'	Report	Melis  69'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

26 September 1999 4	Udinese	1–1	Fiorentina	Udine
	Fiore  53'	Report	Batistuta  8'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

3 October 1999 5	Fiorentina	1–3	Roma	Florence
	Batistuta  75'	Report	Cafu  17', 67' Tommasi  59'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Domenico Messina

16 October 1999 6	Fiorentina	0–2	Parma	Florence
		Report	Di Vaio  83' Boghossian  90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

24 October 1999 7	Piacenza	2–0	Fiorentina	Piacenza
	Cristallini  83' Di Napoli  88' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Diego Preschern

30 October 1999 8	Fiorentina	1–1	Torino	Florence
	Balbo  89'	Report	Sommense  34'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

6 November 1999 9	Cagliari	1–1	Fiorentina	Cagliari
	Mboma  54' (pen.)	Report	Di Livio  10'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Gennaro Borriello

20 November 1999 10	Fiorentina	1–0	Perugia	Florence
	Pierini  81'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

27 November 1999 11	Bologna	0–0	Fiorentina	Bologna
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

5 December 1999 12	Fiorentina	2–1	Milan	Florence
	Batistuta  21' Heinrich  42'	Report	Bierhoff  1'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Gennaro Borriello

12 December 1999 13	Lazio	2–0	Fiorentina	Rome
	Bokšić  15' Stanković  71'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Livio Bazzoli

19 December 1999 14	Fiorentina	1–1	Juventus	Florence
	Batistuta  20'	Report	Tudor  17'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Domenico Messina

6 January 2000 15	Lecce	0–0	Fiorentina	Lecce
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 10,428 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

9 January 2000 16	Fiorentina	2–1	Internazionale	Florence
	Batistuta  38' Adani  90+1'	Report	Recoba  71'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

15 January 2000 17	Venezia	2–1	Fiorentina	Venice
	Volpi  12' Maniero  90+4'	Report	Batistuta  45+2'	Stadium: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo Attendance: 9,598 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

23 January 2000 18	Bari	1–0	Fiorentina	Bari
	Spinesi  84'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Domenico Messina

30 January 2000 19	Fiorentina	1–0	Reggina	Florence
	Batistuta  51'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

6 February 2000 20	Hellas Verona	2–2	Fiorentina	Verona
	Morfeo  45+5', 53'	Report	Batistuta  23' Rui Costa  69'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 16,085 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

13 February 2000 21	Fiorentina	1–1	Udinese	Florence
	Batistuta  72'	Report	Jørgensen  62'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

19 February 2000 22	Roma	4–0	Fiorentina	Rome
	Montella  6', 80', 90' Nakata  27'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 59,788 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

26 February 2000 23	Parma	0–4	Fiorentina	Parma
		Report	Balbo  22' Rui Costa  66', 75' Mijatović  85'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Stefano Farina

4 March 2000 24	Fiorentina	2–1	Piacenza	Florence
	Balbo  58' Rui Costa  83'	Report	Di Napoli  90'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Paolo Bertini

12 March 2000 25	Torino	1–0	Fiorentina	Turin
	Ferrante  20'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gennaro Borriello

18 March 2000 26	Fiorentina	2–0	Cagliari	Florence
	Batistuta  17' Mijatović  60'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Massimo De Santis

25 March 2000 27	Perugia	1–2	Fiorentina	Perugia
	Rapaić  15'	Report	Batistuta  8' Chiesa  69'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Stefano Cassarà

1 April 2000 28	Fiorentina	2–2	Bologna	Florence
	Batistuta  38', 89'	Report	Signori  12' Andersson  57'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

9 April 2000 29	Milan	1–1	Fiorentina	Milan
	Leonardo  76'	Report	Di Livio  71'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

15 April 2000 30	Fiorentina	3–3	Lazio	Florence
	Batistuta  25', 90+2' Chiesa  54'	Report	Nedvěd  27' Bokšić  31' Mihajlović  89' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

22 April 2000 31	Juventus	1–0	Fiorentina	Turin
	Del Piero  45+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

30 April 2000 32	Fiorentina	3–0	Lecce	Florence
	Tarozzi  41' Chiesa  43' Batistuta  83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

7 May 2000 33	Internazionale	0–4	Fiorentina	Milan
		Report	Chiesa  31', 46' Batistuta  70' Bressan  87'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65,616 Referee: Stefano Braschi

14 May 2000 34	Fiorentina	3–0	Venezia	Florence
	Batistuta  7', 19', 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Pierpaolo Rossi

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

1 December 1999 First leg	Perugia	1–0	Fiorentina	Perugia
	Milanese  4'			Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi

12 December 1999 Second leg	Fiorentina	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Perugia	Florence
	Bressan  1' Chiesa  12'			Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

Quarter-finals

18 January 2000 First leg	Venezia	0–0	Fiorentina	Venice
				Stadium: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo

26 January 2000 Second leg	Fiorentina	1–1 (1–1a agg.)	Venezia	Florence
	Adani  62'		Berg  84'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

11 August 1999 First leg	Fiorentina	3–1	Widzew Łódź	Florence, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Adani  17',  86' Řepka  22' Di Livio  27' Cois  51',  57' Rui Costa  89'	Report	Pawlak  2' Kiełbowicz  7' Kaczmarczyk  12' Stolarczyk  19' Adani  73' (o.g.) Olszewski  80'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 30,601 Referee: David Elleray (England)

25 August 1999 Second leg	Widzew Łódź	0–2 (1–5 agg.)	Fiorentina	Łódź, Poland
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kiełbowicz  2'	Report	Cois  6',  67' Chiesa  39' Padalino  85'	Stadium: Stadion Widzewa Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	19	9	+10	14	Advance to second group stage
2	Fiorentina	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9
3	Arsenal	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	AIK	6	0	1	5	4	16	−12	1

Source: UEFA

14 September 1999 1	Fiorentina	0–0	Arsenal	Florence, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pierini  15' Di Livio  37' Toldo  80'	Report	Vieira  20' Keown  26' Šuker  51' Ljungberg  69'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 37,903 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

22 September 1999 2	Barcelona	4–2	Fiorentina	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Figo  7' Luis Enrique  10' Rivaldo  68' (pen.), 70'	Report	Mijatović  31' Batistuta  50' Padalino  68' Chiesa  79'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 79,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

29 September 1999 3	AIK	0–0	Fiorentina	Solna, Sweden
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Novaković  80'	Report	Batistuta  68' Bressan  68' Řepka  70'	Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 30,195 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

19 October 1999 4	Fiorentina	3–0	AIK	Florence, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Batistuta  5' Chiesa  32' Balbo  86'	Report	Brundin  81'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 15,280 Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

27 October 1999 5	Arsenal	0–1	Fiorentina	London, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Parlour  27' Petit  53' Adams  56'	Report	Batistuta  2',  75' Rossitto  53' Řepka  56' Rui Costa  75'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 73,256 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

2 November 1999 6	Fiorentina	3–3	Barcelona	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bressan  14' Adani  51' Balbo  56', 69'	Report	Figo  20' Rivaldo  43', 74'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 23,588 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Second group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manchester United	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	13	Advance to knockout stage
2	Valencia	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10
3	Fiorentina	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8
4	Bordeaux	6	0	2	4	5	14	−9	2

Source: UEFA

23 November 1999 1	Fiorentina	2–0	Manchester United	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Batistuta  24',  77' Balbo  52'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,002 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

8 December 1999 2	Bordeaux	0–0	Fiorentina	Bordeaux, France
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Firicano  43' Rui Costa  77' Torricelli  88'	Stadium: Stade du Parc Lescure Attendance: 21,987 Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

1 March 2000 3	Fiorentina	1–0	Valencia	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mijatović  19' (pen.) Cois  28' Toldo  45' Batistuta  90'	Report	López  59'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

7 March 2000 4	Valencia	2–0	Fiorentina	Valencia, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	López  27' Ilie  35',  77' Pellegrino  88' Mendieta  90' (pen.)	Report	Cois  31' Amoroso  59' Tarozzi  89'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

15 March 2000 5	Manchester United	3–1	Fiorentina	Manchester, England
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cole  20' Keane  33' Beckham  37' Yorke  70'	Report	Batistuta  16' Torricelli  39' Rossitto  61' Adani  68' Pierini  77'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 59,926 Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

21 March 2000 6	Fiorentina	3–3	Bordeaux	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Řepka  45' Chiesa  47' (pen.) Batistuta  61' Rui Costa  64' Pierini  77'	Report	Wiltord  5' Alicarte  46' Bonnissel  61' Zanotti  87' Batlles  90' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 14,239 Referee: Dieter Schoch (Switzerland)

Statistics

Goalscorers

• Gabriel Batistuta 23
• Enrico Chiesa 7
• Rui Costa 4
• Abel Balbo 3

References

1. 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.