1999–2000 Inter Milan season

The 1999–2000 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 91th in existence and 84th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Internazionale

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Massimo Moratti
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Vieri (13) All: Vieri (18)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season

Following a poor previous season, Inter welcomed the arrival of Marcello Lippi on the bench.[1] Striker Christian Vieri was acquired from Lazio for €49,000,000 which broke the world transfer record at the time.[2][3] The other purchases were Di Biagio, Peruzzi, Blanc (French national team captain), Panucci, Jugović, and the winter window added Iván Córdoba and Seedorf.[4]

Vieri proved to be an excellent goalscorer, scoring five times in first the month of the league, bringing Inter to the top of the standings.[5] However, when autumn came, the side lost him and his partner, Ronaldo, to heavy injuries.[6] Inter was not able to retain their advantage: Lazio and Juventus surpassed them, leaving Lippi's side in fourth place. After the regular season, Inter beat Parma in a play-off awarding the last spot of the Champions League: Inter won 3–1, with two goals scored from Roberto Baggio in his last appearance for the side.[7] Inter also had the chance to win a trophy but failed, losing the final of the Coppa Italia to Lazio for a 2–1 aggregate.[8]

Squad

Squad at end of season[9]

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 Angelo Peruzzi 2 DF  ITA Christian Panucci 3 DF  ITA Francesco Colonnese 4 DF  ARG Javier Zanetti 5 DF  FRA Laurent Blanc 6 DF  ITA Michele Serena 7 MF  ITA Francesco Moriero 8 MF  YUG Vladimir Jugović 9 FW  BRA Ronaldo 10 FW  ITA Roberto Baggio 11 DF  ITA Salvatore Fresi 12 GK  ITA Giorgio Frezzolini 13 DF  CRO Dario Šimić 14 MF  NED Clarence Seedorf 15 MF  FRA Benoît Cauet

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  ROU Adrian Mutu 17 DF  CIV Cyril Domoraud 18 FW  CHI Iván Zamorano 19 FW  ITA Nello Russo 20 FW  URU Álvaro Recoba 21 MF  ITA Carlo Raffaele Trezzi 22 GK  ITA Fabrizio Ferron 23 MF  ITA Luigi Di Biagio 25 DF  URU Martín Rivas 26 DF  COL Iván Córdoba 28 MF  ITA Giuseppe Imburgia 30 MF  POR Hugo Infante 31 DF  GRE Grigoris Georgatos 32 FW  ITA Christian Vieri

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 6 MF  POR Paulo Sousa (to Parma) 14 MF  FRA Ousmane Dabo (to Parma) 16 FW  ITA Davide Sinigaglia (released) 20 MF  ITA Cristiano Zanetti (to Roma) 21 MF  ITA Andrea Pirlo (on loan to Reggina)

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  FRA Zoumana Camara (on loan to Bastia) 26 DF  FRA Mikaël Silvestre (to Manchester United) 27 DF  NGA Taribo West (to Milan) 30 DF  ITA Fabio Galante (to Torino)

Transfers

In

• Iván Córdoba – San Lorenzo, January, €16,000,000
• Christian Vieri – Lazio, 1999, £32,000,000
• Grigoris Georgatos – Olympiacos, 1999, €7,000,000
• Angelo Peruzzi – Juventus, 1999
• Fabrizio Ferron – Sampdoria, 1999
• Luigi Di Biagio – Roma, 1999
• Christian Panucci – Real Madrid, 1999
• Laurent Blanc – Marseille, 1999
• Cyril Domoraud – Marseille, 1999
• Vladimir Jugović – Atlético Madrid, 1999
• Clarence Seedorf – Real Madrid, 1999
• Michele Serena – Parma, 2000
• Adrian Mutu – Dinamo București, 2000

Out

• Mikaël Silvestre – Manchester United, 10 September, £4,000,000
• Cristiano Zanetti – Roma, 1999, £7,000,000
• Gianluca Pagliuca – Bologna, 1999
• Nicola Ventola – Bologna, 1999
• Giuseppe Bergomi – retired, 1999
• Fabio Galante – Torino, 1999
• Youri Djorkaeff – 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 1999
• Aron Winter – Ajax, 1999
• Zé Elias – Bologna, 1999
• Diego Simeone – Lazio, 1999
• Gilberto – Cruzeiro, 1999
• Ousmane Dabo – Parma, 1999
• Davide Sinigaglia – released
• Taribo West – Milan, 1999
• Fabio Galante – Torino, 1999
• Paulo Sousa – Parma, 2000

Loan out

• Andrea Pirlo – Reggina, 1999, loan
• Sébastien Frey – Verona, 1999, loan
• Zoumana Camara – Bastia, 1999, loan

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Juventus	34	21	8	5	46	20	+26	71	Qualification to Champions League first group stage
3	Milan	34	16	13	5	65	40	+25	61	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Internazionale[lower-alpha 1]	34	17	7	10	58	36	+22	58
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

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).[10]
Notes:

1. Internazionale entered the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League after winning the UEFA Champions League qualification match against Parma.

Matches

1	Inter	3–0	Verona
	Vieri  16', 53', 65'

2

Roma

0–0

Inter

3	Inter	5–1	Parma
	Zamorano  7', 63' Vieri  17' Moriero  38' Thuram  71' (o.g.)		Crespo  14'

4	Torino	0–1	Inter
			Vieri  76'

5	Inter	2–1	Piacenza
	Panucci  14' Ronaldo  69'		Dionigi  81' (pen.)

6	Venezia	1–0	Inter
	Maniero  46'

7	Inter	1–2	Milan
	Ronaldo  20' (pen.)		Shevchenko  28' Weah  89'

8	Inter	1–1	Lazio
	Zamorano  36'		Pancaro  90'

9	Bologna	3–0	Inter
	K. Andersson  39', 70' Signori  78'

10	Inter	6–0	Lecce
	Georgatos  1' Zanetti  11' Jugović  37' Zamorano  45' Ronaldo  49' (pen.) Recoba  65'

11	Reggina	0–1	Inter
			Recoba  89'

12	Inter	3–0	Udinese
	Recoba  19' Vieri  57' Russo  90'

13	Juventus	1–0	Inter
	F. Inzaghi  21'

14	Bari	2–1	Inter
	Enyinnaya  6' Cassano  87'		Vieri  12'

15	Inter	5–0	Perugia
	Georgatos  17' Seedorf  44' Vieri  57' Jugović  63' Hilário  71' (o.g.)

16	Fiorentina	2–1	Inter
	Batistuta  37' Adani  90'		Recoba  71'

17	Inter	2–1	Cagliari
	Šimić  3' Moriero  82'		Oliveira  17'

18	Verona	1–2	Inter
	Laursen  34'		Recoba  48' R. Baggio  78'

19	Inter	2–1	Roma
	Vieri  8' R. Baggio  42'		Aldair  33'

20	Parma	1–1	Inter
	Crespo  90' (pen.)		Vieri  61'

21	Inter	1–1	Torino
	Vieri  31'		Méndez  20'

22	Piacenza	1–3	Inter
	Delli Carri  69'		Blanc  20', 78' Vieri  88'

23	Inter	3–0	Venezia
	Vieri  41' Zamorano  52' Recoba  83'

24	Milan	1–2	Inter
	Shevchenko  90' (pen.)		Zamorano  43' Di Biagio  63'

25	Lazio	2–2	Inter
	S. Inzaghi  82' Pancaro  87'		Recoba  19' Di Biagio  79'

26	Inter	1–1	Bologna
	Recoba  83'		Paramatti  3'

27	Lecce	1–0	Inter
	Sesa  23'

28	Inter	1–1	Reggina
	Recoba  13'		Possanzini  81'

29	Udinese	3–0	Inter
	Sosa  6', 45', 68'

30	Inter	1–2	Juventus
	Seedorf  83'		Kovačević  54', 79'

31	Inter	3–0	Bari
	Cauet  24' Blanc  33' R. Baggio  51'

32	Perugia	1–2	Inter
	Amoruso  77'		Seedorf  28' Recoba  65'

33	Inter	0–4	Fiorentina
			Chiesa  31', 46' Batistuta  71' Bressan  87'

34	Cagliari	0–2	Inter
			R. Baggio  74' (pen.) Zamorano  87'

Statistics

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	17	7	10	58	36	+22	58	10	4	3	41	16	+25	7	3	7	17	20	−3

Last updated: 14 May 2000.
Source: Competitive matches

Appearances and goals

As of 31 June 2001[11]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Angelo Peruzzi	37	-31	33	-31	4	0
12	GK		Fabrizio Ferron	8	-6	1+3	-6	4	0
Defenders
2	DF		Christian Panucci	31	1	26	1	4+1	0
3	DF		Francesco Colonnese	11	0	2+5	0	1+3	0
4	DF		Javier Zanetti	42	2	34	1	7+1	1
5	DF		Laurent Blanc	41	3	34	3	7	0
6	DF		Michele Serena	14	0	5+5	0	4	0
11	DF		Salvatore Fresi	13	0	8+1	0	3+1	0
13	DF		Dario Šimić	23	1	19	1	4	0
17	DF		Cyril Domoraud	7	0	2+4	0	1	0
26	DF		Iván Córdoba	24	0	19	0	5	0
31	DF		Grigoris Georgatos	34	3	24+4	2	4+2	1
Midfielders
6	MF		Paulo Sousa	10	0	8+2	0	0	0
7	MF		Francesco Moriero	21	2	14+3	2	3+1	0
8	MF		Vladimir Jugović	21	2	10+7	2	2+2	0
14	MF		Ousmane Dabo	10	0	3+5	0	1+1	0
14	MF		Clarence Seedorf	25	5	19+1	3	5	2
15	MF		Benoît Cauet	36	2	20+9	1	7	1
23	MF		Luigi Di Biagio	36	3	23+6	2	6+1	1
Forwards
9	FW		Ronaldo	8	3	5+2	3	0+1	0
10	FW		Roberto Baggio	23	4	7+11	4	4+1	0
16	FW		Adrian Mutu	14	2	3+7	0	2+2	2
18	FW		Iván Zamorano	35	8	22+8	7	3+2	1
19	FW		Nello Russo	2	1	0+1	1	0+1	0
20	FW		Álvaro Recoba	33	10	17+10	10	4+2	0
32	FW		Christian Vieri	24	18	16+3	13	3+2	5

Last updated: 31 June 2000
Source: Competitions

References

1. Luca Curino (June 14, 1999). "La rimpatriata di Lippi all' Inter". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
2. Giulio Cardone; Gianluca Moresco (June 8, 1999). "Vieri all' Inter per 100 miliardi". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 49.
3. Giulio Cardone; Gianluca Moresco (June 9, 1999). "VIERI L' Inter fa la follia del secolo". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 50.
4. Massimo Barchiesi (August 28, 1999). "Tifo impietoso è meglio andare via". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 1.
5. AA.VV. (August 30, 1999). "E non sono ancora al massimo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
6. AA.VV. (November 24, 1999). "Lippi non sostituisce Ronaldo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
7. AA.VV. (May 24, 2000). "Notte da Euro-Baggio". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
8. Tony Formosa (June 26, 2000). "Inter, Lippi partecipa alla riunione del settore medico Poi spazia a tutto campo su campionato ed Europeo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
9. 1999–2000 Inter Milan
10. 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.
11. Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2001 (in Italian). Panini Group. 2000.