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
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type FW Oliver Bierhoff Udinese - MF Thomas Helveg Udinese - GK Jens Lehmann Schalke 04 MF Andres Guly Gimnasia LP - DF Roberto Ayala Napoli - MF Domenico MorfeoFiorentina loanMF Bruno N'GottyParis SG DF Luigi SalaBari - GK Christian Abbiati Monza FW Aliyu DattiRavenna MF Massimo Ambrosini Vicenza loan ended DF Francesco Coco Vicenza loan endedFW Luca Saudati Lecco loan ended Out Pos. Name To Type FW Patrick Kluivert Barcelona FW Dejan Savićević DF Marcel Desailly Chelsea FW Filippo ManieroVenezia - MF Giampiero Maini Bologna DF Steinar Nilsen SSC Napoli DF Dario Smoje Monza GK Gabriele Aldegani Como GK Massimo Taibi Veneza GK Simone Braglia Monza DF Daniele Daino SSC Napoli loan FW Luca Saudati Como loan
Winter In Pos. Name from Type GK Giorgio Frezzolini Inter Milan loan GK Dida Cruzeiro MF Federico Giunti Parma FW Alessandro Iannuzzi Lazio loan Out Pos. Name To Type GK Jens Lehmann Borussia Dortmund - DF André Cruz Standard Liege - DF Giuseppe Cardone Vicenza - GK Dida Lugano loan
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.
Competitions Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Round of 32
Round of 16
Statistics Players statistics
References