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1998–99 AC Fiorentina season

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Fiorentina
1998–99 season
PresidentVittorio Cecchi Gori
ManagerGiovanni Trapattoni
StadiumStadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A3rd
Coppa ItaliaRunners-up
UEFA CupSecond round
(disqualified)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gabriel Batistuta (21)

All:
Gabriel Batistuta (26)

Associazione Calcio Fiorentina enjoyed its best season in the 1990s on the pitch, but was left wondering what might have been. Leading the domestic Serie A championship a long way into the season, Fiorentina's title charge fell to pieces, as it lost unnecessary points while eventual champions Milan and runners-up Lazio continued winning their matches. In the end, Fiorentina salvaged third place in the league, qualifying for the UEFA Champions League in 1999–2000.

Its European adventure in 1998–99 however, ended early, when a handmade bomb was thrown at a linesman in the victory against Swiss side Grasshoppers. The linesman escaped serious injury, but Fiorentina were declared losers of the match, despite its victory on the pitch, and were thus thrown out of the tournament. However, it avoided further sanctions. Fiorentina also lost the Coppa Italia Final to Parma, marking another season without titles.

Several players were impressive, with the trio Gabriel Batistuta, Rui Costa and Francesco Toldo being the players really standing out. The defensive line-up and the many goals conceded were the main reasons Fiorentina would not win the title.

Players

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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 Francesco Toldo
2 DF Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Řepka
3 DF Italy ITA Moreno Torricelli
4 DF Italy ITA Stefano Bettarini
5 DF Italy ITA Pasquale Padalino
6 DF Italy ITA Aldo Firicano
7 MF Spain ESP Guillermo Amor
8 MF Italy ITA Emiliano Bigica
9 FW Argentina ARG Gabriel Batistuta
10 MF Portugal POR Rui Costa
11 FW Brazil BRA Edmundo
12 GK Italy ITA Alessandro Zandonà
13 DF Italy ITA Lorenzo Collacchioni
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Italy ITA Sandro Cois
15 DF Italy ITA Roberto Mirri
16 FW Italy ITA Carmine Esposito
17 MF Germany GER Jörg Heinrich
19 DF Italy ITA Giulio Falcone
20 MF Italy ITA Domenico Morfeo
22 GK Italy ITA Gianmatteo Mareggini
23 FW Italy ITA Anselmo Robbiati
24 MF Italy ITA Christian Amoroso
25 FW Belgium BEL Luís Oliveira
27 DF Italy ITA Andrea Tarozzi
FW Italy ITA Francesco Flachi

Transfers

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Competitions

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Serie A

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League table

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

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 16 8 10 55 41  +14 56 13 4 0 36 10  +26 3 4 10 19 31  −12

Last updated: 25 July 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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ResultWWWWLWLWLWDWWDWLWWWDLDDWLWLDLLWLDD
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Matches

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12 September 1998 1 Fiorentina 2–0 Empoli Florence
Rui Costa 5'
Batistuta 60'
Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 34,343
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
20 September 1998 2 Vicenza 1–2 Fiorentina Vicenza
Padalino 67' (o.g.) Report Batistuta 1'
Oliveira 71'
Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Graziano Cesari
26 September 1998 3 Milan 1–3 Fiorentina Milan
Bierhoff 70' (pen.) Report Batistuta 6', 46', 52' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Stefano Braschi
4 October 1998 4 Fiorentina 1–0 Udinese Florence
Edmundo 90+2' Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Stefano Braschi
17 October 1998 5 Roma 2–1 Fiorentina Rome
Alenichev 89'
Totti 90+4'
Report Batistuta 32' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
25 October 1998 6 Fiorentina 4–0 Salernitana Florence
Edmundo 50', 89'
Batistuta 68', 90+2'
Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
31 October 1998 7 Parma 2–0 Fiorentina Parma
Crespo 36', 52' Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
15 November 1998 9 Piacenza 4–2 Fiorentina Piacenza
Rastelli 12'
S. Inzaghi 29' (pen.)
Cristallini 59'
Piovani 90+4'
Report Rui Costa 23' (pen.)
Edmundo 40' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
22 November 1998 10 Fiorentina 3–1 Internazionale Florence
Padalino 5'
Batistuta 16'
Heinrich 75'
Report Djorkaeff 3' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
29 November 1998 11 Bari 0–0 Fiorentina Bari
Report Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
5 December 1998 12 Fiorentina 1–0 Bologna Florence
Batistuta 56' Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Stefano Braschi
13 December 1998 13 Fiorentina 1–0 Juventus Florence
Batistuta 58' Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Stefano Farina
20 December 1998 14 Perugia 2–2 Fiorentina Perugia
Rapaić 1'
Nakata 90+5' (pen.)
Report Robbiati 10'
Batistuta 74'
Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Graziano Cesari
6 January 1999 15 Fiorentina 1–0 Sampdoria Florence
Rui Costa 28' Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 36,223
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
10 January 1999 16 Lazio 2–0 Fiorentina Rome
Vieri 66'
Mihajlović 90'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
17 January 1999 17 Fiorentina 4–2 Cagliari Florence
Batistuta 7', 79', 89'
Edmundo 76'
Report O'Neill 32'
De Patre 59'
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 33,073
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
24 January 1999 18 Empoli 0–3 Fiorentina Empoli
Report Heinrich 77'
Rui Costa 81'
Edmundo 83'
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Stefano Braschi
31 January 1999 19 Fiorentina 3–0 Vicenza Florence
Falcone 36'
Torricelli 39'
Batistuta 83'
Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
7 February 1999 20 Fiorentina 0–0 Milan Florence
Repka Yellow card
Heinrich Yellow card
Batistuta red cross icon 89'
Report Yellow card Costacurta
Yellow card Ambrosini
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
14 February 1999 21 Udinese 1–0 Fiorentina Udine
Sosa 80' Report Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
21 February 1999 22 Fiorentina 0–0 Roma Florence
Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 43,170
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
28 February 1999 23 Salernitana 1–1 Fiorentina Salerno
Di Vaio 75' Report Torricelli 86' Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
7 March 1999 24 Fiorentina 2–1 Parma Florence
Oliveira 42'
Rui Costa 55' (pen.)
Report Stanić 64' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
14 March 1999 25 Venezia 4–1 Fiorentina Venice
Recoba 18', 45+2', 90+1'
Miceli 42'
Report Esposito 88' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 12,630
Referee: Domenico Messina
21 March 1999 26 Fiorentina 2–1 Piacenza Florence
Batistuta 6'
Esposito 90+1'
Report S. Inzaghi 71' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 33,400
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
11 April 1999 28 Fiorentina 2–2 Bari Florence
Rui Costa 41'
Padalino 72'
Report Osmanovski 66'
Guerrero 89'
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
17 April 1999 29 Bologna 3–0 Fiorentina Bologna
Simutenkov 28'
Bettarini 62'
Kolyvanov 69'
Report Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Graziano Cesari
25 April 1999 30 Juventus 2–1 Fiorentina Turin
Inzaghi 24'
Conte 87'
Report Tacchinardi 85' (o.g.) Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 46,900
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
2 May 1999 31 Fiorentina 5–1 Perugia Florence
Batistuta 40'
Rui Costa 42', 67'
Edmundo 76' (pen.), 90+2'
Report Firicano 78' (o.g.) Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
9 May 1999 32 Sampdoria 3–2 Fiorentina Genoa
Montella 29', 51'
Palmieri 78'
Report Rui Costa 20' (pen.)
Heinrich 41'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Roberto Bettin
15 May 1999 33 Fiorentina 1–1 Lazio Florence
Batistuta 14' Report Vieri 27' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
23 May 1999 34 Cagliari 1–1 Fiorentina Cagliari
Muzzi 90+3' Report Zebina 40' (o.g.) Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Coppa Italia

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Round of 32

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9 September 1998 1st Leg Padova 0–1 Fiorentina Padova
86' Esposito Stadium: Stadio Euganeo
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
23 September 1998 2nd Leg Fiorentina 2–0
(3–0 agg.)
Padova Firenze
Batistuta 68'
Rui Costa 81'
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Referee: Pirrone

Eightfinals

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28 October 1998 1st Leg Fiorentina 1–0 Lecce Firenze
Batistuta 83' Stadium: Artemio Franchi
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
10 November 1998 2nd Leg Lecce 0–4
(0–5 agg.)
Fiorentina Lecce
59' (rig) Rui Costa
60' Torricelli
80' Edmundo
87' Batistuta
Stadium: Stadio Via del mare
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

Quarterfinals

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2 December 1998 1st Leg Atalanta 3–2 Fiorentina Bergamo
Torricelli 29' (aut)
Rossini 65'
Carrera 83'
8' (aut) Rustico
34' Edmundo
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
28 January 1999 2nd Leg Fiorentina 1–0
(3a–3 agg.)
Atalanta Firenze
Robbiati 9' Stadium: Artemio Franchi
Referee: Roberto Bettin

Semifinals

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18 February 1999 1st Leg Bologna 0–2 Fiorentina Bologna
32' Esposito
65' Rui Costa
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
10 March 1999 2nd Leg Fiorentina 2–2
(4–2 agg.)
Bologna Firenze
Cois 98'
Rui Costa 118'
18', 64' Binotto Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Referee: Gennaro Borriello

Final

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14 April 1999 1st Leg Parma 1–1 Fiorentina Parma
20:00 Crespo 16' 81' Batistuta Stadium: Il Tardini
Attendance: 21,038
Referee: Domenico Messina
5 May 1999 2nd Leg Fiorentina 2–2
(3–3a agg.)
Parma Firenze
20:00 Řepka 48'
Cois 62'
42' Crespo
71' Vanoli
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 39,070
Referee: Stefano Braschi

UEFA Cup

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First round

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15 September 1998 1st Leg Fiorentina Italy 2–1 Croatia Hajduk Split Bari, Italy
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Esposito Yellow card 49'
Edmundo 50', 81'
Heinrich Yellow card 56'
Torricelli Red card 73'
Report Biliškov Yellow card 30'
Brajković Yellow card 32'
Skoko Yellow card 38'
Vučko 44'
Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Graham Barber (England)
29 September 1998 2nd Leg Hajduk Split Croatia 0–0
(1–2 agg.)
Italy Fiorentina Split, Croatia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Biliškov Yellow card 50'
Baturina Yellow card 52'
Report Cois Yellow card 21'
Padalino Yellow card 54'
Toldo Yellow card 73'
Stadium: Stadion Poljud
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Second round

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3 November 1998 2nd Leg Fiorentina Italy 0–3 (Awarded)
(2–3 agg.)
Switzerland Grasshopper Salerno, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Oliveira 12', 38'
Falcone Yellow card 33'
Report Cabanas Yellow card 28'
Gren 30'
Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)
Note: The match was abandoned at halftime with the score 2–1 after an official was injured by a firework. Grasshopper were awarded a 3–0 win and advanced 3–2 on aggregate.

Other matches and friendlies

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20 August 1998 (1998-08-20) Cirio Cup 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 Fiorentina 2–0 Lazio Florence
Batistuta 14', 20' Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Note: The match lasted one 45-minute half
3 September 1998 (1998-09-03) Memorial Mario Cecchi Gori, #2 Fiorentina 0–1 France Monaco Florence
Report Trezeguet 39' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Note: The match lasted one 45-minute half

Statistics

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Players statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa UEFA
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Italy ITA Toldo 47 -51 33 -39 10 -8 4 -4
3 DF Italy ITA Torricelli 43 3 31 2 9 1 3 0
2 DF Czech Republic CZE Repka 44 2 31 0 9 2 4 0
5 DF Italy ITA Padalino 35 3 28 3 5 0 2 0
17 DF Germany GER Heinrich 46 3 33 3 9 0 4 0
24 MF Italy ITA Amoroso 38 0 28 0 6 0 4 0
14 MF Italy ITA Cois 32 1 22+1 0 7 1 2 0
10 MF Portugal POR Rui Costa 40 14 31 10 8 4 1 0
9 FW Argentina ARG Batistuta 41 26 28 21 9 4 4 1
11 FW Brazil BRA Edmundo 38 12 28 8 6 2 4 2
25 FW Belgium BEL Oliveira 39 2 27+3 2 8 0 1 0
22 GK Italy ITA Mareggini 1 -2 1 -2 -0 0 -0 0
19 DF Italy ITA Falcone 38 1 21+5 1 9 0 3 0
27 DF Italy ITA Tarozzi 22 0 8+7 0 4 0 3 0
6 DF Italy ITA Firicano 16 0 8+3 0 4 0 1 0
FW Italy ITA Ficini 14 0 5+8 0 1 0 0 0
16 FW Italy ITA Esposito 23 4 4+11 2 6 2 2 0
23 FW Italy ITA Robbiati 29 3 3+19 1 6 1 1 1
7 MF Spain ESP Amor 26 0 3+13 0 7 0 3 0
8 MF Italy ITA Bigica 11 0 1+6 0 2 0 2 0
4 DF Italy ITA Bettarini 7 0 0+2 0 4 0 1 0
20 MF Italy ITA Morfeo 14 0 0+2 0 2 0 10
15 DF Italy ITA Mirri 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 2 0
12 GK Italy ITA Zandona 0 0 0 0
13 DF Italy ITA Collacchioni 0 0 0 0
FW Greece GRE Vakouftsis 0 0 0 0
MF Italy ITA Stefani 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

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References

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  1. ^ Parma was consequently demoted to UEFA Cup first round
  2. ^ 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.