1999–2000 Juventus F.C. season

Juventus

1999–2000 season
President	Vittorio Chiusano
Manager	Carlo Ancelotti
Stadium	Stadio delle Alpi
Serie A	2nd
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Filippo Inzaghi (15) All: Filippo Inzaghi (26)
Average home league attendance	42,127[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 1999–2000 season was Juventus Football Club's 102nd in existence and 98th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Season review[]

Juventus came close to adding to its collection of league titles, but in the end, a controversial refereeing decision denied them the title.

Juventus led 1–0 at home to Parma in their penultimate match. Parma made a huge effort to equalise, and thought they had got the desired goal when Fabio Cannavaro headed the ball into the back of the net during stoppage time. However, referee Massimo De Santis discovered a foul that was only apparent to him and, despite wild protest from the Parma players, the goal was disallowed.

On the last day of the season, title rivals Lazio beat Reggina by 3–0 at home, but Juventus unexpectedly ran into problems at Perugia, where the heavens opened at 0–0 in half-time. Referee Pierluigi Collina nonetheless decided to kick off the game, albeit half an hour too late. Nervous Laziali and players followed the Perugia–Juventus game via radio, hoping that Juventus would be defeated. A draw would mean a re-match between the sides to decide the title, while a win would give Juventus another scudetto. The Juventus players' efforts were in vain, since Alessandro Calori struck a half-volley into the back of the net with half an hour to go. With Juventus unable to reply, they lost the title in the final round of the season.

It was a bitter end to the season for the Turin club, who had led the table for most of the campaign and lost just one of their first 26 matches, only to collapse in the final 8 games (4 losses suffered in those games). To make matters worse, Juventus had endured a humiliating UEFA Cup run, being beaten 4–0 and eliminated in the round of 16 by Spanish club Celta Vigo. This was their earliest exit from European competitions since the 1987–88 UEFA Cup.

Players[]

Squad information[]

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  NED Edwin van der Sar 2 DF  ITA Ciro Ferrara 3 DF  SCG Zoran Mirković 4 DF  URU Paolo Montero 5 MF  NGA Sunday Oliseh 7 DF  ITA Gianluca Pessotto 8 MF  ITA Antonio Conte (captain) 9 FW  ITA Filippo Inzaghi 10 FW  ITA Alessandro Del Piero 11 FW  URU Daniel Fonseca 12 GK  ITA Michelangelo Rampulla 13 DF  ITA Mark Iuliano 14 MF  ITA Jonathan Bachini 15 DF  ITA Alessandro Birindelli

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  YUG Darko Kovačević 19 FW  ARG Juan Esnáider 20 MF  ITA Alessio Tacchinardi 21 MF  FRA Zinedine Zidane 22 GK  SWE Andreas Isaksson 23 DF  ITA Gianluca Zambrotta 24 MF  ITA Enzo Maresca 25 MF  ITA Simone Perrotta 26 MF  NED Edgar Davids 27 MF  ITA Marco Rigoni 28 DF  CRO Igor Tudor 34 GK  ITA Andrea D'Amico 34 GK  ITA Egi Mareta

Transfers[]

Competitions[]

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	Qualification to 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	Qualification to 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	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

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	21	8	5	46	20	+26	71	14	2	1	28	8	+20	7	6	4	18	12	+6

Results by round[]

Matches[]

Coppa Italia[]

Round of 16[]

Quarter-finals[]

UEFA Intertoto Cup[]

Third round[]

Semi-finals[]

Final[]

UEFA Cup[]

First round[]

Second round[]

Third round[]

Fourth round[]

Statistics[]

Players statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1999–2000 Serie A
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NED	Edwin van der Sar	32	-18	32	-18
13	DF	ITA	Mark Iuliano	32	0	32	0
2	DF	ITA	Ciro Ferrara	31	1	31	1
4	DF	URU	Paolo Montero	28	0	28	0
7	DF	ITA	Gianluca Pessotto	30	1	25+5	1
23	MF	ITA	Gianluca Zambrotta	32	1	24+8	1
20	MF	ITA	Alessio Tacchinardi	30	0	27+3	0
26	MF	NED	Edgar Davids	27	1	27	1
21	MF	FRA	Zinedine Zidane	32	4	32	4
9	FW	ITA	Filippo Inzaghi	33	15	32+1	15
10	FW	ITA	Alessandro Del Piero	34	9	34	9
12	GK	ITA	Michelangelo Rampulla	3	-1	2+1	-1
3	DF	SCG	Zoran Mirković	8	0	1+7	0
5	MF	NGA	Sunday Oliseh	8	0	2+6	0
8	MF	ITA	Antonio Conte	28	4	28	4
11	FW	URU	Daniel Fonseca	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ITA	Jonathan Bachini	6	0	2+4	0
15	DF	ITA	Alessandro Birindelli	22	0	4+18	0
18	FW	YUG	Darko Kovačević	26	6	3+23	6
19	FW	ARG	Juan Esnáider	6	0	1+5	0
28	DF	CRO	Igor Tudor	17	1	7+10	1
24	MF	ITA	Enzo Maresca	1	0	0+1	0
22	GK	SWE	Andreas Isaksson	0	0	0	0
25	MF	ITA	Simone Perrotta
27	FW	ITA	Marco Rigoni	0	0	0	0
34	GK	ITA	D'Amico	0	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Sculli

Goalscorers[]

Serie A[]

• Filippo Inzaghi 15
• Alessandro Del Piero 9 (8)
• Darko Kovačević 6
• Antonio Conte 4
• Zinedine Zidane 4

Coppa Italia[]

UEFA Intertoto Cup[]

UEFA Cup[]

References[]