1999–2000 Serie A

Serie A

Season	1999–2000
Champions	Lazio 2nd title
Relegated	Torino Venezia Cagliari Piacenza
Champions League	Lazio (First group stage) Juventus (First group stage) Milan (Third qualifying round) Internazionale (Third qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Parma (First round) Roma (First round) Fiorentina (First round, via Coppa Italia)
Intertoto Cup	Udinese (Third round)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	764 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andriy Shevchenko (24)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Serie A 1999-2000 team distribution

Serie A is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since the 1929–30 season.

Lazio won the title on the final day of the season under controversial circumstances. Juventus, the only other team left in contention on the day lost their match against Perugia on an almost flooded pitch. Juventus went on to lose the game 1–0 with a goal from Alessandro Calori while Lazio comfortably beat Reggina 3–0 at home at the Stadio Olimpico.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lazio (C)	34	21	9	4	64	33	+31	72	2000–01 UEFA Champions League First group stage
2	Juventus	34	21	8	5	46	20	+26	71
3	Milan	34	16	13	5	65	40	+25	61	2000–01 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Internazionale	34	17	7	10	58	36	+22	58
5	Parma	34	16	10	8	52	37	+15	58	2000–01 UEFA Cup First round
6	Roma	34	14	12	8	57	34	+23	54
7	Fiorentina	34	13	12	9	48	38	+10	0511
8	Udinese	34	13	11	10	55	45	+10	50	2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
9	Hellas Verona	34	10	13	11	40	45	−5	43
10	Perugia	34	12	6	16	36	52	−16	42
11	Bologna	34	9	13	12	32	39	−7	40
12	Reggina	34	9	13	12	31	42	−11	40
13	Lecce	34	10	10	14	33	49	−16	40
14	Bari	34	10	9	15	34	48	−14	39
15	Torino (R)	34	8	12	14	35	47	−12	36	Relegation to Serie B
16	Venezia (R)	34	6	8	20	30	60	−30	26
17	Cagliari (R)	34	3	13	18	29	54	−25	22
18	Piacenza (R)	34	4	9	21	19	45	−26	21

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Fiorentina gained entry to the 2000–01 UEFA Cup as both 1999–2000 Coppa Italia finalists qualified to the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away

BAR

BOL

CAG

FIO

INT

JUV

LAZ

LCE

MIL

PAR

PER

PIA

REG

ROM

TOR

UDI

VEN

HEL

Bari

1–1

1–0

2–1

2–1

1–1

0–0

3–1

1–1

0–1

0–2

3–2

1–1

0–0

1–1

1–1

3–0

1–1

Bologna

1–0

1–0

0–0

3–0

0–2

2–3

2–0

2–3

1–0

2–1

0–0

0–1

1–0

0–0

2–1

1–1

0–0

Cagliari

2–3

2–2

1–1

0–2

0–1

0–0

0–0

0–0

2–3

2–1

3–0

0–1

1–0

1–1

0–3

1–1

0–1

Fiorentina

1–0

2–2

2–0

2–1

1–1

3–3

3–0

2–1

0–2

1–0

2–1

1–0

1–3

1–1

1–1

3–0

4–1

Internazionale

3–0

1–1

2–1

0–4

1–2

1–1

6–0

1–2

5–1

5–0

2–1

1–1

2–1

1–1

3–0

3–0

3–0

Juventus

2–0

2–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

0–1

1–0

3–1

1–0

3–0

1–0

1–1

2–1

3–2

4–1

1–0

1–0

Lazio

3–1

3–1

2–1

2–0

2–2

0–0

4–2

4–4

0–0

1–0

2–0

3–0

2–1

3–0

2–1

3–2

4–0

Lecce

1–0

1–1

2–1

0–0

1–0

2–0

0–1

2–2

0–0

0–1

0–1

2–1

0–0

2–1

1–0

2–1

2–1

Milan

4–1

4–0

2–2

1–1

1–2

2–0

2–1

2–2

2–1

3–1

1–0

2–2

2–2

2–0

4–0

3–0

3–3

Parma

2–1

1–1

3–1

0–4

1–1

1–1

1–2

4–1

1–0

1–2

1–0

3–0

2–0

4–1

0–0

3–1

3–0

Perugia

1–2

3–2

3–0

1–2

1–2

1–0

0–2

2–2

0–3

1–1

2–0

2–1

2–2

1–0

0–5

2–1

0–0

Piacenza

2–1

0–0

1–1

2–0

1–3

0–2

0–2

1–1

0–1

1–2

0–0

0–0

1–1

0–2

0–1

2–2

1–0

Reggina

1–0

1–0

1–1

2–2

0–1

0–2

0–0

2–1

1–2

2–2

1–1

1–0

0–4

2–1

0–0

1–0

1–1

Roma

3–1

2–0

2–2

4–0

0–0

0–1

4–1

3–2

1–1

0–0

3–1

2–1

0–2

1–0

1–1

5–0

3–1

Torino

3–1

2–1

1–1

1–0

0–1

0–0

2–4

1–2

2–2

2–2

0–1

2–1

2–1

1–1

0–1

2–1

0–3

Udinese

5–1

2–1

5–2

1–1

3–0

1–1

0–3

2–1

1–2

0–1

2–1

3–0

3–2

0–2

0–0

5–2

3–3

Venezia

0–1

0–1

3–0

2–1

1–0

0–4

2–0

0–0

1–0

0–2

1–2

0–0

2–0

1–3

2–2

1–1

2–2

Hellas Verona

0–1

0–0

2–0

2–2

1–2

2–0

1–0

2–0

0–0

4–3

2–0

1–0

1–1

2–2

0–1

2–2

1–0

Source: lega-calcio.it (Italian)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

UEFA Champions League qualification

Played on 23 May in Verona

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Internazionale	3–1	Parma

Internazionale qualified to 2000–01 UEFA Champions League's third qualifying round, while Parma qualified to the 2000–01 UEFA Cup first round.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Andriy Shevchenko	Milan	24
2	Gabriel Batistuta	Fiorentina	23
3	Hernán Crespo	Parma	22
4	Marco Ferrante	Torino	18
	Vincenzo Montella	Roma	18
6	Filippo Inzaghi	Juventus	15
	Cristiano Lucarelli	Lecce	15
	Giuseppe Signori	Bologna	15
9	Christian Vieri	Internazionale	13
10	Roberto Muzzi	Udinese	12
	Marco Delvecchio	Roma	12
	Marcelo Salas	Lazio	12
13	Oliver Bierhoff	Milan	11

Personnels and Sponsoring

Team	Head Coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bari	Eugenio Fascetti	Lotto	TELE +
Bologna	Francesco Guidolin	Macron	Granarolo
Fiorentina	Giovanni Trapattoni	Fila	Nintendo
Internazionale	Marcelo Lippi	Nike	Pirelli
Juventus	Carlo Ancelotti	Kappa	D+ Liberta Digitale
Lazio	Sven-Göran Eriksson	Puma	Cirio
Lecce	Alberto Cavasin	Asics	Banca 121 (Banca del Salento)
Milan	Alberto Zaccheroni	Adidas	Opel
Parma	Alberto Malesani	Champion	Parmalat
Perugia	Serse Cosmi	Galex	Daewoo
Piacenza	Luigi Simoni	Lotto	Copra
Roma	Fabio Capello	Kappa	INA Assitalia
Reggina	Franco Colomba	Asics	Caffe Mauro
Udinese	Luigi De Canio	Diadora	Telit
Venezia	Luciano Spalletti	Kelme	Emmezeta
Verona	Cesare Prandelli	Errea	Salumi Marsili

References and sources

• Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

External links

• it:Classifica calcio Serie A italiana 2000 - Italian version with pictures and info.
• [1] - All results on RSSSF Website.
• 1999/2000 Serie A Squads - (www.footballsquads.com)