1999–2000 A.S. Roma season

The 1999–2000 season saw Associazione Sportiva Roma continue its long drought of titles, finishing a frustrating 6th place in Serie A.

Roma

1999–2000 season
President	Franco Sensi
Manager	Fabio Capello
Stadium	Stadio Olimpico
Serie A	6th
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Vincenzo Montella (18) All: Vincenzo Montella (21)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

New manager Fabio Capello did not make an immediate impact, and its position actually worsened with one spot, despite 18 goals from Sampdoria signing Vincenzo Montella. Reward for Capello's new 3–4–1–2 system would come in 2000–01, however, when summer signings Gabriel Batistuta, Walter Samuel and Emerson completed the thin squad of the 1999–2000 season, and Roma was able to claim the title. That seemed far away as city rivals Lazio celebrated the 2000 league title.

Players

Squad information

No.	Name	Nat	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Francesco Antonioli		GK	14 September 1969 (aged 30)
12	Cristiano Lupatelli		GK	21 June 1978 (aged 21)
25	Andrea Campagnolo		GK	17 June 1978 (aged 21)
Defenders
2	Cafu		RB	30 November 1965 (aged 29)
3	Zago		CB	14 March 1969 (aged 31)
6	Aldair		CB	30 November 1965 (aged 34)
19	Sergei Gurenko		CB	30 September 1972 (aged 27)
20	Amedeo Mangone		CB	12 July 1968 (aged 31)
23	Alessandro Rinaldi		CB	23 November 1974 (aged 25)
30	Fabio Petruzzi		CB	24 October 1970 (aged 29)
32	Vincent Candela		LB	24 October 1973 (aged 26)
Midfielders
4	Cristiano Zanetti		DM	14 April 1977 (aged 23)
5	Marcos Assunção		CM	25 July 1976 (aged 23)
8	Hidetoshi Nakata		CM	22 January 1977 (aged 23)
11	Eusebio Di Francesco		CM	8 September 1969 (aged 30)
13	Manuele Blasi		LM	17 August 1980 (aged 19)
17	Damiano Tommasi		DM	17 May 1974 (aged 26)
16	Ivan Tomić		CM	5 January 1976 (aged 24)
Strikers
7	Gustavo Bartelt		CF	2 September 1974 (aged 25)
9	Vincenzo Montella		CF	18 June 1974 (aged 25)
10	Francesco Totti (c)		FW	27 September 1976 (aged 23)
18	Paolo Poggi		CF	16 February 1971 (aged 29)
24	Marco Delvecchio		CF	7 April 1973 (aged 27)
27	Fábio Júnior		CF	20 November 1977 (aged 22)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position	First match	Last match
Serie A	Matchday 1	6th	29 August 1999	14 May 2000
Coppa Italia	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	1 December 1999	25 January 2000
UEFA Cup	First round	Fourth round	16 September 1999	9 March 2000

Last updated: 14 May 2000

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Internazionale[lower-alpha 1]	34	17	7	10	58	36	+22	58	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
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 2]	34	13	12	9	48	38	+10	51
8	Udinese	34	13	11	10	55	45	+10	50	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third 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).[1]
Notes:

1. Internazionale entered the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League after winning the UEFA Champions League qualification match against Parma.
2. 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	14	12	8	57	34	+23	54	10	5	2	34	14	+20	4	7	6	23	20	+3

Last updated: 14 May 2000.
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	A	H	A	H	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
Result	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	D

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2000. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

29 August 1999 1	Piacenza	1–1	Roma	Piacenza
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stroppa  82'	Report	Totti  14' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Referee: Pierluigi Collina

12 September 1999 2	Roma	0–0	Internazionale	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Domenico Messina

19 September 1999 3	Venezia	1–3	Roma	Venice
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Petković  58'	Report	Delvecchio  38', 45+2' Alenichev  71'	Stadium: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

26 September 1999 4	Roma	3–1	Perugia	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Montella  37' Assunção  47' Totti  83' (pen.)	Report	Olive  82'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Tarcisio Serena

3 October 1999 5	Fiorentina	1–3	Roma	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Batistuta  75'	Report	Cafu  17', 67' Tommasi  59'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Domenico Messina

17 October 1999 6	Roma	0–1	Juventus	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Zidane  50'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

24 October 1999 7	Torino	1–1	Roma	Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Scarchilli  21'	Report	Di Francesco  55'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

31 October 1999 8	Roma	2–2	Cagliari	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Montella  2' Zago  40'	Report	Oliveira  15' Mboma  85' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

7 November 1999 9	Reggina	0–4	Roma	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Oshadogan  4' (o.g.) Montella  28' (pen.) Fábio Júnior  39' Totti  45+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Referee: Stefano Braschi

21 November 1999 10	Roma	4–1	Lazio	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Delvecchio  7', 26' Montella  11', 31'	Report	Mihajlović  52' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Daniele Tombolini

28 November 1999 11	Udinese	0–2	Roma	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Montella  73', 87'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

5 December 1999 12	Roma	3–2	Lecce	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Totti  41' Candela  63', 86'	Report	Sesa  50' Pivotto  69'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Diego Preschern

12 December 1999 13	Bologna	1–0	Roma	Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Signori  25'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Pierluigi Collina

19 December 1999 14	Parma	2–0	Roma	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Crespo  2' Torrisi  24'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

6 January 2000 15	Roma	3–1	Bari	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Montella  2', 29', 58' (pen.)	Report	Cassano  4'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Roberto Rosetti

9 January 2000 16	Milan	2–2	Roma	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bierhoff  38' José Mari  67'	Report	Delvecchio  8' Montella  57'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Livio Bazzoli

16 January 2000 17	Roma	3–1	Hellas Verona	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Montella  1' Apolloni  7' (o.g.) Totti  41'	Report	Salvetti  20'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Danilo Nucini

22 January 2000 18	Roma	2–1	Piacenza	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Francesco  47' Totti  75'	Report	Piovani  45+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

30 January 2000 19	Internazionale	2–1	Roma	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vieri  8' R. Baggio  42'	Report	Aldair  32'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

6 February 2000 20	Roma	5–0	Venezia	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Candela  9' Delvecchio  13', 61' Montella  41' N'Gotty  78' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Danilo Nucini

13 February 2000 21	Perugia	2–2	Roma	Perugia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Olive  55', 80'	Report	Nakata  24' Montella  42' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Referee: Gennaro Borriello

19 February 2000 22	Roma	4–0	Fiorentina	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Montella  6', 80', 90' Nakata  27'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

27 February 2000 23	Juventus	2–1	Roma	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Davids  31' Inzaghi  46'	Report	Delvecchio  38'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Stefano Braschi

5 March 2000 24	Roma	1–0	Torino	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Delvecchio  65'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Daniele Tombolini

12 March 2000 25	Cagliari	1–0	Roma	Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mboma  44'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

19 March 2000 26	Roma	0–2	Reggina	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Cozza  28' Cirillo  86'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Daniele Tombolini

25 March 2000 27	Lazio	2–1	Roma	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nedvěd  25' Verón  28'	Report	Montella  3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Domenico Messina

2 April 2000 28	Roma	1–1	Udinese	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nakata  39'	Report	Sosa  51'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Paolo Bertini

9 April 2000 29	Lecce	0–0	Roma	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Diego Preschern

16 April 2000 30	Roma	2–0	Bologna	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Montella  27' (pen.) Totti  60' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Angelo Bonfrisco

22 April 2000 31	Roma	0–0	Parma	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Roberto Rosetti

30 April 2000 32	Bari	0–0	Roma	Bari
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Daniele Tombolini

7 May 2000 33	Roma	1–1	Milan	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zago  11'	Report	Shevchenko  82' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

14 May 2000 34	Hellas Verona	2–2	Roma	Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Adaílton  13' Cammarata  56'	Report	Tommasi  8' Montella  44'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Referee: Stefano Braschi

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

1 December 1999 First leg	Roma	0–1	Piacenza	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)			Piovani  49'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 7,753 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

15 December 1999 Second leg	Piacenza	0–3 (a.e.t.) (1–3 agg.)	Roma	Piacenza
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)			Rinaldi  55' Di Francesco  113' Candela  118'	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Stefano Farina

Quarter-finals

12 January 2000 First leg	Roma	0–1	Cagliari	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)			Oliveira  22'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Diego Preschern

25 January 2000 Second leg	Cagliari	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	Roma	Cagliari
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	O'Neill  80'			Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Domenico Messina

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 1999 First leg	Roma	7–0	Vitória de Setúbal	Rome, Italy
21:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aldair  12' Montella  14' Alenichev  16', 55', 77' Assunção  40' Delvecchio  73' Cafu  88'	Report	Frechaut  34' Quim  38'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 23,013 Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

30 September 1999 Second leg	Vitória de Setúbal	1–0 (1–7 agg.)	Roma	Setúbal, Portugal
22:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Makinwa  77'	Report	Rinaldi  16' Alenichev  23' Zanetti  68'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Dieter Schoch (Switzerland)

Second round

21 October 1999 First leg	IFK Göteborg	0–2	Roma	Gothenburg, Sweden
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Svensson  68'	Report	Montella  36', 51'	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)

4 November 1999 Second leg	Roma	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	IFK Göteborg	Rome, Italy
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Assunção  52' Fábio Júnior  86'	Report	Mild  43' Svensson  68'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 9,767 Referee: Víctor Esquinas Torres (Spain)

Third round

25 November 1999 First leg	Roma	1–0	Newcastle United	Rome, Italy
21:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zago  25' Totti  50' (pen.),  89' Aldair  65'	Report	Shearer  68'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 45,655 Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

9 December 1999 Second leg	Newcastle United	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Roma	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
21:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lee  53' Glass  89'	Report	Delvecchio  29' Di Francesco  86' Zago  89'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 35,739 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

Fourth round

2 March 2000 First leg	Roma	0–0	Leeds United	Rome, Italy
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Radebe  62'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 37,726 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

9 March 2000 Second leg	Leeds United	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Roma	Leeds, England
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bridges  39' Håland  63' Kewell  67' Smith  89'	Report	Totti  23' Candela  39'  89' Delvecchio  59' Zago  89'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,149 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Statistics

Goalscorers

• Vincenzo Montella 18 (4)
• Marco Delvecchio 11
• Francesco Totti 7 (4)
• Vincent Candela 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.