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1998–99 Inter Milan season

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Inter Milan
1998–99 season
OwnerMassimo Moratti
PresidentMassimo Moratti
ManagerLuigi Simoni
(until 30 November 1998)
Mircea Lucescu
(until 22 March 1999)
Luciano Castellini
(until 30 April 1999)
Roy Hodgson
Serie A8th
Coppa ItaliaSemi-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Ronaldo (14)
All: Ronaldo (15)
Average home league attendance68,459

The 1998–99 Inter Milan season was the club's 90th in existence and 83rd consecutive season in Serie A, the top flight of Italian football.

Season

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Inter continued its increasingly frustrating run without the league title, which was extended to ten years following a chaotic season. Head coach Luigi Simoni was fired when the side did not perform to the expected level, and the season saw a further three coaches trying to tame Inter without any success. Despite the chaos, the side managed to reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, where it lost to eventual champions Manchester United.

Another worry was the injury problems affecting star striker Ronaldo, who only played in 19 of the 34 league matches (although in those 19 games he scored 14 goals).

After the season, Inter signed Christian Vieri from Lazio for a world-record transfer fee of £32 million to help with goalscoring, while successful ex-Juventus coach Marcello Lippi was appointed in the hope he could end Inter's title drought.

Squad

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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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Gianluca Pagliuca
2 DF Italy ITA Giuseppe Bergomi (captain)
3 DF Italy ITA Francesco Colonnese
4 DF Argentina ARG Javier Zanetti
5 DF Italy ITA Fabio Galante
6 MF France FRA Youri Djorkaeff
7 DF Italy ITA Salvatore Fresi
8 MF Netherlands NED Aron Winter
9 FW Brazil BRA Ronaldo
10 FW Italy ITA Roberto Baggio
11 FW Italy ITA Nicola Ventola
13 MF Brazil BRA Zé Elias
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Argentina ARG Diego Simeone
15 MF France FRA Benoît Cauet
16 DF Nigeria NGA Taribo West
17 MF Italy ITA Francesco Moriero
18 FW Chile CHI Iván Zamorano[note 1]
19 MF Portugal POR Paulo Sousa
20 MF Brazil BRA Gilberto
21 MF Italy ITA Andrea Pirlo
22 GK France FRA Sebastien Frey
23 DF Croatia CRO Dario Šimić
24 DF France FRA Mikaël Silvestre
25 DF Italy ITA Mauro Milanese (on loan from Parma)

Transfers

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Autumn

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Out
Pos. Name To Type
GK Giorgio Frezzolini Cosenza, then Milan loan
DF Matteo Ferrari Lecce loan
DF Martín Rivas Perugia loan
DF Luigi Sartor Parma
DF Massimo Tarantino Bologna co-ownership
DF Salvatore Fresi Salernitana loan (November)
MF Cristiano Zanetti Cagliari loan (October)
MF Ousmane Dabo Vicenza loan (October)
FW Mohammed Kallon Cagliari loan
FW Gionatha Spinesi Bari co-ownership
FW Samuel Ipoua Toulouse
FW Nwankwo Kanu Arsenal (October)

Winter

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In
Pos. Name from Type
DF Gilberto Cruzeiro [3]
DF Dario Šimić Dinamo Zagreb
Out
Pos. Name To Type
GK Andrea Mazzantini Perugia
DF Luca Mezzano Perugia loan
FW Álvaro Recoba Venezia loan[4]

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
6 Udinese[a] 34 16 6 12 52 52 0 54 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
7 Juventus[b] 34 15 9 10 42 36 +6 54 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round[5]
8 Internazionale 34 13 7 14 59 54 +5 46
9 Bologna[c] 34 11 11 12 44 47 −3 44 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
10 Bari 34 9 15 10 39 44 −5 42[d]
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).[6]
Notes:
  1. ^ Udinese gained entry to the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup winning the UEFA Cup qualification match against Juventus
  2. ^ Juventus qualified to the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round.
  3. ^ Bologna gained entry to the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup winning the cup third place UEFA Cup qualification match against Internazionale
  4. ^ BAR 1–0 VEN, VEN 2–1 BAR

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultDWWWLLLDWLWDWWLWLWDWLLDLDLWLDLWLLW
Position6422246766655454555556678989998898

Matches

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13 September 1998 1 Cagliari 2–2 Inter Milan Cagliari
16:00 CEST Kallon 31'
Muzzi 42'
Report Ventola 32'
Ventola 37'
Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Florenzo Treossi
20 September 1998 2 Inter Milan 1–0 Piacenza Milan
20:30 CEST Ronaldo 66' (pen) Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 66,178
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
27 September 1998 3 Empoli 1–2 Inter Milan Empoli
16:00 CEST Carparelli 13' Report Ventola 37'
Bergomi 53'
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 13,464
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
4 October 1998 4 Inter Milan 2–0 Perugia Milan
15:30 CEST Zamorano 11'
Djorkaeff 55'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 66,752
Referee: Stefano Farina
18 October 1998 5 Inter Milan 3–5 Lazio Milan
20:30 CEST Winter 22'
Ventola 77', 90'
Report Salas 2'
Nedvěd 29'
Conceição 36', 53'
Mancini 40'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Robert Boggi
25 October 1998 6 Juventus 1–0 Inter Milan Turin
20:30 CET Del Piero 87' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 58,459
Referee: Domenico Messina
1 November 1998 7 Inter Milan 2–3 Bari Milan
14:30 CET Ronaldo 81' (pen.)
Colonnese 90'
Report Zambrotta 46'
Masinga 74', 88'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Stefano Farina
8 November 1998 8 Milan 2–2 Inter Milan Milan
20:30 CET Weah 13'
Albertini 60' (pen.)
Report Ronaldo 7'
Moriero 48'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 80,814
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
15 November 1998 9 Inter Milan 3–0 Sampdoria Milan
14:30 CET Djorkaeff 6' (pen.), 17' (pen.)
Zamorano 80'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
22 November 1998 10 Fiorentina 3–1 Inter Milan Florence
14:30 CET Padalino 5'
Batistuta 16'
Heinrich 75'
Report Djorkaeff 3' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 40,873
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
29 November 1998 11 Inter Milan 2–1 Salernitana Milan
14:30 CET Simeone 76'
Zanetti 90'
Report Di Michele 43' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
6 December 1998 12 Vicenza 1–1 Inter Milan Vicenza
14:30 Luiso 21' (pen.) Report Silvestre 90' Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
Attendance: 17,379
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
13 December 1998 13 Udinese 0–1 Inter Milan Udine
14:30 Report Ronaldo 88' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Domenico Messina
20 December 1998 14 Inter Milan 4–1 Roma Milan
20:30 Cauet 58'
Zamorano 76'
R. Baggio 86'
Zanetti 88'
Report Paulo Sérgio 38' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 67,797
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
6 January 1999 15 Parma 1–0 Inter Milan Parma
14:30 Fuser 54' Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 29,964
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
10 January 1999 16 Inter Milan 6–2 Venezia Milan
14:30 Ronaldo 4' (pen.), 72'
R. Baggio 24'
Zamorano 29', 42', 47'
Report Maniero 20', 90' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 66,370
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
17 January 1999 17 Bologna 2–0 Inter Milan Bologna
14:30 Signori 41' (pen.)
Bergomi 52' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Robert Boggi
24 January 1999 18 Inter Milan 5–1 Cagliari Milan
14:30 R. Baggio 30', 78'
Šimić 60'
Simeone 67', 72'
Report Muzzi 3' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
31 January 1999 19 Piacenza 0–0 Inter Milan Piacenza
14:30 CET Report Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Domenico Messina
7 February 1999 20 Inter Milan 5–1 Empoli Milan
14:30 Baggio 7'
Simeone 17'
Djorkaeff 35' (pen.), 67', 90'
Report Carparelli 57' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,311
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
14 February 1999 21 Perugia 2–1 Inter Milan Perugia
15:00 Kaviedes 19'
Rapaić 81'
Report Djorkaeff 90' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
21 February 1999 22 Lazio 1–0 Inter Milan Rome
15:00 Conceição 38' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Graziano Cesari
27 February 1999 23 Inter Milan 0–0 Juventus Milan
20:30 Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
7 March 1999 24 Bari 1–0 Inter Milan Bari
15:00 Osmanovski 43' Report Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
13 March 1999 25 Inter Milan 2–2 Milan Milan
20:30 Ngotty 7' (o.g.)
Zanetti 77'
Report Leonardo 14', 52' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 79,540
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
21 March 1999 26 Sampdoria 4–0 Inter Milan Genoa
16:00 Montella 12', 56' (pen.), 59'
Ortega 69'
Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
3 April 1999 27 Inter Milan 2–0 Fiorentina Milan
20:30 Ronaldo 45' (pen.), 84' (pen.) Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 74,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
11 April 1999 28 Salernitana 2–0 Inter Milan Salerno
16:00 Di Michele 8'
Giampaolo 90'
Report Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Attendance: 34,787
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
18 April 1999 29 Inter Milan 1–1 Vicenza Milan
16:00 Ronaldo 42' (pen.) Report Beghetto 51' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
25 April 1999 30 Inter Milan 1–3 Udinese Milan
16:00 Zamorano 53' Report M. Amoroso 11' (pen.), 64'
Poggi 87'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
2 May 1999 31 Roma 4–5 Inter Milan Rome
20:30 Totti 26' (pen.)
Paulo Sérgio 47'
Delvecchio 49'
Di Francesco 79'
Report Ronaldo 17', 56'
Zamorano 22', 35'
Simeone 87'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
9 May 1999 32 Inter Milan 1–3 Parma Milan
20:30 Ronaldo 25' Report Stanić 47'
Asprilla 49'
Fuser 62'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 65,700
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
16 May 1999 33 Venezia 3–1 Inter Milan Venice
16:30 Volpi 1'
Frey 5' (o.g.)
Maniero 19'
Report Ronaldo 52' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 12,137
Referee: Massimo De Santis
23 May 1999 34 Inter Milan 3–1 Bologna Milan
16:30 Ronaldo 8'
Šimić 87'
Ventola 89'
Report Simutenkov 88' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 62,705
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Coppa Italia

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Round of 32

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9 September 1998 Inter Milan 1–0 Cesena Milan
20:30 CET Zamorano 27' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 23,772
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
24 September 1998 Cesena 0–0 Inter Milan Cesena
20:30 CET Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 21,369
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Round of 16

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28 October 1998 Inter Milan 1–0 Castel di Sangro Milan
20:30 CET Ventola 26' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
11 November 1998 Castel di Sangro 1–1 Inter Milan Castel di Sangro
20:30 CET Bernardi 76' Djorkaeff 79' (o.g.) Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Quarter-finals

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3 December 1998 Lazio 2–1 Inter Milan Rome
20:30 CET Salas 13' (pen.), 47' Report Djorkaeff 32' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
27 January 1999 Inter Milan 5–2 Lazio Milan
20:30 CET Cauet 13'
Djorkaeff 26', 69'
Zé Elias 74'
Moriero 90+3'
Report Vieri 10'
Lombardo 34'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 17,007
Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Semi-finals

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17 February 1999 Inter Milan 0–2 Parma Milan
20:30 CET Report Verón 76'
Balbo 90+6'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 15,053
Referee: Stefano Braschi
9 March 1999 Parma 2–1 Inter Milan Parma
20:30 CET Chiesa 4'
Verón 36'
Report Zamorano 10' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 11,419
Referee: Massimo De Santis

UEFA Cup qualification

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27 May 1999 Inter Milan 1–2 Bologna Milan
Baggio 59' Andersson 7'
Paramatti 49'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 62,705
Referee: Robert Boggi
30 May 1999 Bologna 2–1 Inter Milan Bologna
Signori 3'
Bettarini 41'
Ventola 90' Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Graziano Cesari

Coppa Italia 3rd place: Bologna

UEFA Champions League

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Second round

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12 August 1998 Inter Milan Italy 4–0 Latvia Skonto Pisa
20:30 CEST Zamorano 6'
Simeone 10'
Ventola 20'
Baggio 59'
Report Stadium: Arena Garibaldi[7]
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
26 August 1998 Skonto Latvia 1–3
(1–7 agg.)
Italy Inter Milan Riga
20:30 CEST Miholaps 21' Zamorano 9'
Galante 53'
Djorkaeff 70'
Stadium: Skonto Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Georgios Bikas (Greece)

Group phase

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification INT RMA SPM STM
1 Italy Internazionale 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13 Advance to knockout stage 3–1 2–1 1–0
2 Spain Real Madrid 6 4 0 2 17 8 +9 12 2–0 2–1 6–1
3 Russia Spartak Moscow 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8 1–1 2–1 0–0
4 Austria Sturm Graz 6 0 1 5 2 16 −14 1 0–2 1–5 0–2
Source: UEFA
16 September 1998 1 Real Madrid Spain 2–0 Italy Inter Milan Seville
20:30 CET Hierro 80' (pen.)
Seedorf 90'
Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium[8]
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
30 September 1998 2 Inter Milan Italy 1–0 Austria Sturm Graz Milan
20:45 CET Djorkaeff 90' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 24,791
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
21 October 1998 3 Inter Milan Italy 2–1 Russia Spartak Moscow Milan
20:45 CET Ventola 32'
Ronaldo 59'
Report Tsymbalar 65' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 44,199
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
4 November 1998 4 Spartak Moscow Russia 1–1 Italy Inter Milan Moscow
20:30 CET Tikhonov 68' Simeone 89' Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Urs Meier (Czech Republic)
25 November 1998 5 Inter Milan Italy 3–1 Spain Real Madrid Milan
20:45 CET Zamorano 51'
Baggio 86', 90'
Seedorf 57' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 77,820
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
9 December 1998 6 Sturm Graz Austria 0–2 Italy Inter Milan Graz
20:30 CET Zanetti 64'
Baggio 80'
Stadium: Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadion
Attendance: 12,685
Referee: Poland Jacek Granat

Quarter-finals

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3 March 1999 Manchester United England 2–0 Italy Inter Milan Manchester
Yorke 7', 45' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 54,430
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
17 March 1999 Inter Milan Italy 1–1 England Manchester United Milan
Ventola 63' Scholes 88' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 79,528
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of 30 June 1999[9]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Italy ITA Pagliuca 47 0 31 0 6 0 10 0
4 DF Argentina ARG Zanetti J 50 4 34+2 3 5 0 7+2 1
3 DF Italy ITA Colonnese 40 1 28+1 1 5 0 6 0
2 DF Italy ITA Bergomi 37 1 23 1 5 0 9 0
24 DF France FRA Silvestre 31 1 17+3 1 3+2 0 4+2 0
8 MF Netherlands NED Winter 42 1 24+5 1 6 0 7 0
14 MF Argentina ARG Simeone 44 7 28 5 7 0 9 2
15 MF France FRA Cauet 46 3 22+8 1 3+4 1 9 1
18 FW Chile CHI Zamorano 38 14 21+4 9 3 2 7+3 3
9 FW Brazil BRA Ronaldo 28 15 18+2 14 1+1 0 6 1
10 FW Italy ITA Baggio 35 11 19+6 6 3+1 0 4+2 5
22 GK France FRA Frey 9 0 5+2 0 2 0 0 0
16 DF Nigeria NGA West 30 0 20+3 0 3+1 0 3 0
23 DF Croatia CRO Simic 21 2 18+1 2 2 0 0 0
6 MF France FRA Djorkaeff 36 14 17+8 8 6 4 5 2
5 DF Italy ITA Galante 29 1 16+1 0 3 0 9 1
11 FW Italy ITA Ventola 37 11 14+9 7 5+2 1 3+4 3
19 MF Portugal POR Paulo Sousa 19 0 10+2 0 4 0 3 0
25 DF Italy ITA Milanese 15 0 7+1 0 4 0 3 0
17 MF Italy ITA Moriero 18 2 6+5 1 1+2 1 3+1 0
13 MF Brazil BRA Zé Elias 23 1 5+9 0 2+3 1 2+2 0
21 MF Italy ITA Pirlo 32 0 5+15 0 2+3 0 0+7 0
27 MF France FRA Dabo 8 0 4+1 0 1+2 0 0 0
20 MF Brazil BRA Gilberto 3 0 2 0 0+1 0 0 0
7 DF Italy ITA Fresi 5 0 1 0 1 0 2+1 0
26 DF France FRA Camara 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
28 DF Italy ITA Mezzano 2 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0
23 MF Italy ITA Zanetti C 2 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
20 FW Uruguay URU Recoba 4 0 0+1 0 1 0 0+2 0
32 FW Italy ITA Sinigaglia 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Nigeria NGA Kanu 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

Last updated: 30 June 1999
Source: Competitions

Notes

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  1. ^ Zamorano had "1+8" printed on the back of his shirt; however, the plus sign was only symbolic and his number was officially listed as 18.

References

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  1. ^ 1998–99 Inter Milan[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Acquisti e cessioni dell'Inter 1998/99". storiainter.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  3. ^ Bruno Bartolozzi (14 January 1999). "L'Inter apre a sinistra con Gilberto". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
  4. ^ Carlo Laudisa (12 January 1999). "Recoba dice sì al Venezia, West ora vuole andarsene". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
  5. ^ With consequent qualification to UEFA Cup first round
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Played at Pisa due to field maintenance for the San Siro. "Champions League in agosto, l'Inter pensa a Reggio Emilia". La Gazzetta dello Sport. 9 June 1998.
  8. ^ Played in Seville due to a ban on matches at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium sanctioned by incidents in the 1998 UEFA Champions League semi-finals against Borussia Dortmund. "Porta crollata, due giornate al Real Madrid" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 6 April 1998. p. 40.
  9. ^ "Inter.it".

Sources

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