1999–2000 A.S. Roma season

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)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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

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

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Francesco Antonioli		GK	(1969-09-14)September 14, 1969 (aged 30)
22	Cristiano Lupatelli		GK	(1978-06-21)June 21, 1978 (aged 21)
—	Andrea Campagnolo		GK	(1978-06-17)June 17, 1978 (aged 21)
Defenders
2	Cafu		RB	(1965-11-30)November 30, 1965 (aged 29)
3	Zago		CB	(1969-03-14)March 14, 1969 (aged 31)
6	Aldair		CB	(1965-11-30)November 30, 1965 (aged 34)
14	Sergei Gurenko		CB	(1972-09-30)September 30, 1972 (aged 27)
19	Walter Samuel		CB	(1978-03-23)March 23, 1978 (aged 22)
20	Amedeo Mangone		CB	(1968-07-12)July 12, 1968 (aged 31)
23	Alessandro Rinaldi		CB	(1974-11-23)November 23, 1974 (aged 25)
32	Vincent Candela		LB	(1973-10-24)October 24, 1973 (aged 26)
Midfielders
4	Cristiano Zanetti		DM	(1977-04-14)April 14, 1977 (aged 23)
5	Marcos Assunção		CM	(1976-07-25)July 25, 1976 (aged 23)
8	Hidetoshi Nakata		CM	(1977-01-22)January 22, 1977 (aged 23)
11	Eusebio Di Francesco		CM	(1969-09-08)September 8, 1969 (aged 30)
13	Manuele Blasi		LM	(1980-08-17)August 17, 1980 (aged 19)
17	Damiano Tommasi		DM	(1974-05-17)May 17, 1974 (aged 26)
23	Ivan Tomić		CM	(1976-01-05)January 5, 1976 (aged 24)
26	Ednilson		DM	(1982-09-25)September 25, 1982 (aged 26)
28	Dmitri Alenichev		AM	(1972-10-20)October 20, 1972 (aged 27)
Forwards
9	Vincenzo Montella		CF	(1974-06-18)June 18, 1974 (aged 25)
10	Francesco Totti (c)		FW	(1976-09-27)September 27, 1976 (aged 23)
18	Paolo Poggi		CF	(1971-02-16)February 16, 1971 (aged 29)
18	Lampros Choutos		CF	(1979-12-07)December 7, 1979 (aged 20)
24	Marco Delvecchio		CF	(1973-04-07)April 7, 1973 (aged 27)
27	Fábio Júnior		CF	(1977-11-20)November 20, 1977 (aged 22)
—	Gustavo Bartelt		CF	(1974-09-02)September 2, 1974 (aged 25)

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1999–2000 Serie A

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 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: 30 July 2015.
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

Last updated: 30 July 2015.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Piacenza v Roma

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

Roma v Internazionale

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

Venezia v Roma

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

Roma v Perugia

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

Fiorentina v Roma

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

Roma v Juventus

17 October 1999 6	Roma	0–1	Juventus	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Zidane  50'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Torino v Roma

24 October 1999 7	Torino	1–1	Roma	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Scarchilli  21'	Report	Di Francesco  55'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Roma v Cagliari

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

Reggina v Roma

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

Roma v Lazio

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

Udinese v Roma

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

Roma v Lecce

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

Bologna v Roma

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

Parma v Roma

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

Roma v Bari

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

Milan v Roma

9 January 2000 16	Milan	2–2	Roma	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bierhoff  38' José Mari  67'	Report	Delvecchio  8' Montella  57'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Roma v Hellas Verona

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

Roma v Piacenza

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

Internazionale v Roma

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

Roma v Venezia

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

Perugia v Roma

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

Roma v Fiorentina

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

Juventus v Roma

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

Roma v Torino

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

Cagliari v Roma

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

Roma v Reggina

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

Lazio v Roma

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

Roma v Udinese

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

Lecce v Roma

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

Roma v Bologna

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

Roma v Parma

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

Bari v Roma

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

Roma v Milan

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

Hellas Verona v Roma

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

Main article: 1999–2000 Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Roma v Piacenza

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

Piacenza v Roma

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 Referee: Stefano Farina

Quarter-finals

Roma v Cagliari

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

Cagliari v Roma

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 Referee: Domenico Messina

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Cup

First round

Roma v Vitória de Setúbal

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 Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

Vitória de Setúbal v Roma

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

IFK Göteborg v Roma

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)

Roma v IFK Göteborg

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

Roma v Newcastle United

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)

Newcastle United v Roma

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

Roma v Leeds United

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)

Leeds United v Roma

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