1998–99 A.C. Milan season

Milan
President	Silvio Berlusconi
Manager	Alberto Zaccheroni
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	1st
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Oliver Bierhoff (20); All: ; Oliver Bierhoff (20)

In the 1998–99 season, Associazione Calcio Milan returned to their previous winning ways under the guidance of new manager Alberto Zaccheroni. Hired from Udinese, Zaccheroni brought striker Oliver Bierhoff and right-wingback Thomas Helveg with him from his former club. He introduced Milan to his unorthodox 3–4–3 formation (in the latter half of the season modified to 3–4–1–2, to allow space for a creative attacking midfielder) in which Bierhoff was a perfect centre forward, scoring 20 goals in the league.

Milan had a marvelous second half of the season, in which they competed for the Serie A title with Lazio and Fiorentina. After seven straight wins in the last seven matches, Milan clinched the scudetto, becoming champions of Italy for the 16th time in their history.

Squad

Squad information

Squad no.	Name	Position
Goalkeepers
12	Christian Abbiati	GK
1	Sebastiano Rossi	GK
31	Giorgio Frezzolini	GK
Defenders
3	Paolo Maldini (Captain)	CB / LB
5	Alessandro Costacurta	CB / SW / LB / RB
14	Roberto Ayala	CB
25	Bruno N'Gotty	CB
17	Christian Ziege	LB / LM
2	Thomas Helveg	RB / RM
27	Francesco Coco	LB / LM
26	Luigi Sala	CB
19	Samir Beloufa	CB
Midfielders
4	Demetrio Albertini	CM / DM
18	Leonardo	AM / LW
10	Zvonimir Boban	AM / CM / LW / RW
24	Guly	LM / RM / AM
23	Massimo Ambrosini	CM / DM
7	Ibrahim Ba	RM / LM
21	Federico Giunti	CM / AM / DM
30	Domenico Morfeo	AM / LM / RM
8	Roberto Donadoni	RM / LM / CM
Forwards
20	Oliver Bierhoff	CF
9	George Weah	CF
11	Maurizio Ganz	CF
16	Mohammed Aliyu Datti	CF / SS
13	Alessandro Iannuzzi	CF

Left club during the season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	GER	Jens Lehmann
15	DF	BRA	André Cruz
21	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Cardone

Abbiati

Sala

Costacurta

Maldini

Guly

Helveg

Albertini

Boban

Leonardo

Bierhoff

Weah

Starting line-up since Zaccheroni adopted, at the end of the first half of the season, a formation with a trequartista. Earlier, he had used a 3-4-3.

Serie A

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	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Fiorentina	34	16	8	10	55	41	+14	56	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Parma	34	15	10	9	55	36	+19	55	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
5	Roma	34	15	9	10	69	49	+20	54[lower-alpha 1]	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).[1]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

ROM 7pts. JUV 5pts. UDI 4pts.

Matches

1	Milan	3–0	Bologna
	Cappioli 45' (o.g.) Bierhoff 51' (pen.) Leonardo 82'

2	Salernitana	1–2	Milan
	Breda 88'		Bierhoff 68' Leonardo 87'

3	Milan	1–3	Fiorentina
	Bierhoff 69' (pen.)		Batistuta 6, 46, 52'

4	Venezia	0–2	Milan
			Bierhoff 3' Leonardo 69'

5	Cagliari	1–0	Milan
	De Patre 19'

6	Milan	3–2	Roma
	Leonardo 45' Ziege 58' Weah 72'		Delvecchio 8, 69'

7	Piacenza	1–1	Milan
	S. Inzaghi 44'		Ganz 90 + 2'

8	Milan	2–2	Inter
	Weah 13' Albertini 90' (pen.)		Ronaldo 7' Moriero 48'

9

Bari

0–0

Milan

10	Milan	1–0	Lazio
	Leonardo 90'

11	Parma	4–0	Milan
	Chiesa 25' Crespo 36, 60' Boghossian 90'

12	Milan	3–0	Udinese
	Weah 22' Leonardo 41' Bierhoff 60'

13	Milan	1–0	Vicenza
	Weah 84'

14	Sampdoria	2–2	Milan
	Palmieri 58' Ortega 86'		Leonardo 39' Bierhoff 73'

15	Milan	1–1	Juventus
	Albertini 27' (pen.)		Fonseca 85'

16	Empoli	1–1	Milan
	Di Napoli 59'		Ziege 84'

17	Milan	2–1	Perugia
	Guly 37' Bierhoff 40'		Nakata 90' (pen.)

18	Bologna	2–3	Milan
	Signori 15, 44'		Guly 21' Magoni 52' (o.g.) N'Gotty 90'

19	Milan	3–2	Salernitana
	Bierhoff 3, 60' Weah 25'		Giampaolo 7' Del Grosso 14'

20

Fiorentina

0–0

Milan

21	Milan	2–1	Venezia
	Guly 39' Ganz 53'		Tuta 70'

22	Milan	1–0	Cagliari
	M. Villa 49' (o.g.)

23	Roma	1–0	Milan
	Paulo Sérgio 64'

24	Milan	1–0	Piacenza
	Bierhoff 43'

25	Inter	2–2	Milan
	N'Gotty 7' (o.g.) J. Zanetti 77'		Leonardo 14, 52'

26	Milan	2–2	Bari
	Bierhoff 42' Ganz 90'		Osmanovski 6, 80'

27

Lazio

0–0

Milan

28	Milan	2–1	Parma
	Maldini 59' Ganz 72'		Balbo 39'

29	Udinese	1–5	Milan
	Amoroso 58'		Boban 15, 37' Bierhoff 45, 60' Weah 63'

30	Vicenza	0–2	Milan
			Bierhoff 40' Leonardo 72'

31	Milan	3–2	Sampdoria
	Ambrosini 17' Leonardo 79' Castellini 90' (o.g.)		Montella 60' Franceschetti 86'

32	Juventus	0–2	Milan
			Weah 46, 62'

33	Milan	4–0	Empoli
	Bierhoff 32, 55, 60' Leonardo 88'

34	Perugia	1–2	Milan
	Nakata 79' (pen.)		Guly 11' Bierhoff 31'

Topscorers

References

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.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[table_hth_ROM0.40432873713054-1] ROM 7pts. JUV 5pts. UDI 4pts.

[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.