Associazione Sportiva Roma was left trailing in the wake of city rivals Lazio's resurgence to fight for domestic and international glory. In coach Zdeněk Zeman's second season at the reins, Roma finished fifth in the table, and just missed out on qualification for the final Champions League spot. Roma reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, but lost to Atlético Madrid.
Zeman employed an attacking 4–3–3 formation. Forwards Marco Delvecchio, Francesco Totti and Paulo Sérgio scored 42 league goals between them. As a team, Roma scored the most goals in Serie A, but poor defensive play led to them conceding 49 goals, the most of any of the top six teams.
Players
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type FW Fábio Júnior Cruzeiro €13.80 million MF Ivan Tomić Partizan FW Gustavo Bartelt Lanus MF Dmitri Alenichev Spartak Moscow €6.15 million DF Pierre Womé Lucchese GK Marvin Ficarra - MF Alessandro Frau Torres GK Giorgio Sterchele Bologna loan ended Out Pos. Name To Type FW Abel Balbo Parma DF Cristian Servidei Ternana DF Matteo Pivotto Chievo DF Stefano Fanucci Teramo MF Vágner Vasco da Gama MF Daniele Bordacconi Foggia MF Cristiano Scapolo Napoli DF Filippo Dal Moro Ternana loan MF Manuele Blasi Lecce loan GK Giorgio Sterchele Ternana loan
Competitions
Overall Competition Started round Final position First match Last match Serie A Matchday 1 5th 12 September 1998 23 May 1999 Coppa Italia Round of 32 Round of 16 9 September 1998 12 November 1998 UEFA Cup First round Quarter-finals 15 September 1998 16 March 1999 Last updated: 23 May 1999
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Second round
Round of 16
UEFA Cup
First round
Second round
Third round
Quarter-finals
Statistics Players statistics
Goalscorers Marco Delvecchio 18 Francesco Totti 12 (3) Paulo Sérgio 12 Eusebio Di Francesco 8 Carmine Gautieri 6
References