1999–2000 Inter Milan season

Internazionale

1999–2000 season
President	Massimo Moratti
Head coach	Marcello Lippi
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Christian Vieri (13) All: Christian Vieri (18)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Internazionale once again failed to win the Serie A title, despite having bought Christian Vieri for a world record transfer fee in the summer of 1999. Juventus' highly regarded goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi and French national team captain Laurent Blanc arrived as well, while Álvaro Recoba was brought back after his success in Venezia during the spring. Both Vieri and Brazilian superstar Ronaldo had lots of injury problems, with the Brazilian being worst off, having ruptured his cruciate ligament in a comeback attempt against Lazio. New coach Marcello Lippi was put under increasing pressure, and when Inter missed out on Champions League qualification in the summer, he was sacked.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Angelo Peruzzi 2 DF Christian Panucci 3 DF Francesco Colonnese 4 DF Javier Zanetti 5 DF Laurent Blanc 6 DF Michele Serena 7 MF Francesco Moriero 8 MF Vladimir Jugović 9 FW Ronaldo 10 FW Roberto Baggio 11 DF Salvatore Fresi 12 GK Giorgio Frezzolini 13 DF Dario Šimić 14 MF Clarence Seedorf 15 MF Benoît Cauet

No. Position Player 16 FW Adrian Mutu 17 DF Cyril Domoraud 18 FW Iván Zamorano 19 FW Nello Russo 20 FW Álvaro Recoba 21 MF Carlo Raffaele Trezzi 22 GK Fabrizio Ferron 23 MF Luigi Di Biagio 25 DF Martín Rivas 26 DF Iván Córdoba 28 MF Giuseppe Imburgia 29 MF Antonio Guarino 31 DF Grigoris Georgatos 32 FW 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. Position Player 6 MF Paulo Sousa (to Parma) 14 MF Ousmane Dabo (to Parma) 16 FW Davide Sinigaglia (released) 20 MF Cristiano Zanetti (to Roma) 21 MF Andrea Pirlo (on loan to Reggina)

No. Position Player 24 DF Zoumana Camara (on loan to Bastia) 26 DF Mikaël Silvestre (to Manchester United) 27 DF Taribo West (to Milan) 30 DF 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

Results

Serie A

Inter v Verona

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

Inter v Parma

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

Torino v Inter

4	Torino	0–1	Inter
			Vieri  76'

Inter v Piacenza

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

Venezia v Inter

6	Venezia	1–0	Inter
	Maniero  46'

Inter v Milan

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

Inter v Lazio

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

Bologna v Inter

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

Inter v Lecce

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

Reggina v Inter

11	Reggina	0–1	Inter
			Recoba  89'

Inter v Udinese

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

Juventus v Inter

13	Juventus	1–0	Inter
	F. Inzaghi  21'

Bari v Inter

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

Inter v Perugia

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

Fiorentina v Inter

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

Inter v Cagliari

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

Verona v Inter

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

Inter v Roma

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

Parma v Inter

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

Inter v Torino

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

Piacenza v Inter

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

Inter v Venezia

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

Milan v Inter

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

Lazio v Inter

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

Inter v Bologna

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

Lecce v Inter

27	Lecce	1–0	Inter
	Sesa  23'

Inter v Reggina

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

Udinese v Inter

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

Inter v Juventus

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

Inter v Bari

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

Perugia v Inter

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

Inter v Fiorentina

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

Cagliari v Inter

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

Top Scorers

• Christian Vieri – 13
• Álvaro Recoba – 10
• Iván Zamorano – 7

References