The 1999–2000 season was Inter Milan's 91st in existence and 84th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.
Season Following a poor previous season, Inter welcomed the arrival of Marcello Lippi on the bench. Striker Christian Vieri was acquired from Lazio for €49,000,000 which broke the world transfer record at the time. The other purchases were Di Biagio, Peruzzi, Blanc (France national team captain), Panucci, Jugović, and the winter window added Iván Córdoba and Seedorf.
Vieri proved to be an excellent goalscorer, scoring five times in first the month of the league, bringing Inter to the top of the standings. However, when autumn came, the side lost him and his partner, Ronaldo, to heavy injuries. Inter was not able to retain their advantage: Lazio and Juventus surpassed them, leaving Lippi's side in fourth place. After the regular season, Inter beat Parma in a play-off awarding the last spot of the Champions League: Inter won 3–1, with two goals scored from Roberto Baggio in his last appearance for the side. Inter also had the chance to win a trophy but failed, losing the final of the Coppa Italia to Lazio for a 2–1 aggregate.
Squad Squad at end of season1999–2000 Inter Milan
Left club during season
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type FW Christian Vieri Lazio €46.48 million GK Angelo Peruzzi Juventus €19.00 million DF Christian Panucci Real Madrid €9.30 million DF Laurent Blanc Marseille €6.00 million MF Vladimir Jugović Atletico Madrid €2.00 million MF Luigi Di Biagio Roma GK Fabrizio Ferron Sampdoria DF Grigorios Georgatos Olympiacos €7.00 million MF Cyril Domoraud Marseille €7.00 million GK Luca Anania - DF Salvatore Fresi Salernitana loan ended MF Ousmane Dabo Vicenza loan ended FW Álvaro Recoba Venezia loan ended GK Giorgio Frezzolini A.C. Milan loan ended
Out Pos. Name To Type DF Giuseppe Bergomi - retired GK Gianluca Pagliuca Bologna MF Youri Djorkaeff Kaiserslautern €1.50 million MF Diego Simeone Lazio €10.90 million MF Aron Winter Ajax €0.60 million MF Zé Elias Bologna €0.750 million MF Ousmane Dabo Parma €15.49 million DF Fabio Galante Torino DF Mauro Milanese Perugia DF Mikaël Silvestre Manchester United €5.70 million DF Massimo Tarantino Bologna DF Gilberto Vasco da Gama MF Cristiano Zanetti Roma co-ownership DF Zoumana Camara Bastia loan MF Andrea Pirlo Reggina loan FW Nicola Ventola Bologna loan FW Mohammed Kallon Reggina loan GK Sébastien Frey Hellas Verona loan GK Luca Anania Lecco loan DF Matteo Ferrari Bari loan
Winter In Pos. Name from Type MF Clarence Seedorf Real Madrid €24.01 million DF Iván Córdoba San Lorenzo €14.00 million FW Adrian Mutu Dinamo București €6.50 million DF Michele Serena Parma loan Out Pos. Name To Type DF Taribo West A.C. Milan €2.50 million MF Paulo Sousa Parma loan
Competitions Serie A
League table
Results by round
Matches
UEFA Champions League qualification
Inter Milan qualified to 2000–01 UEFA Champions League's third qualifying round, while Parma qualified to the 2000–01 UEFA Cup first round.
Coppa Italia
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Statistics
Appearances and goals As of 31 June 2001
Notes
References