The 1999–2000 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 98th season of top-tier Italian football, the 68th in a round-robin tournament. It was contested by 18 teams.
By late March, Juventus topped the table by nine points over Lazio with only eight games remaining, but they lost to Milan, to Lazio at the Stadio delle Alpi, and to Hellas Verona, with Lazio only dropping two points, against Fiorentina. Lazio won the title on the final day of the season when Juventus lost their match against Perugia 1–0 on an almost flooded pitch, while Lazio comfortably beat Reggina 3–0 at home at the Stadio Olimpico.
Teams
Hellas Verona, Torino, Lecce and Reggina had been promoted from Serie B.
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Bari Eugenio Fascetti Lotto TELE+ Bologna Francesco Guidolin Diadora Granarolo Cagliari Renzo Ulivieri Biemme Pecorino Sardo Fiorentina Giovanni Trapattoni Fila Toyota Hellas Verona Cesare Prandelli Errea Salumi Marsili Internazionale Marcello Lippi Nike Pirelli Juventus Carlo Ancelotti Kappa D+ Lazio Sven-Göran Eriksson Puma Cirio Lecce Alberto Cavasin Asics Banca 121 Milan Alberto Zaccheroni Adidas Opel Parma Alberto Malesani Champion Parmalat Perugia Carlo Mazzone Galex Perugina Piacenza Maurizio Braghin Lotto Copra (H)/Gruppo DAC (A) Roma Fabio Capello Diadora INA Assitalia Reggina Franco Colomba Asics Caffè Mauro Torino Emiliano Mondonico Kelme SDA Express Courier Udinese Luigi De Canio Diadora Telit Venezia Francesco Oddo Kronos Emmezeta
League table
Results
UEFA Champions League qualification
Internazionale qualified to 2000–01 UEFA Champions League's third qualifying round, while Parma qualified to the 2000–01 UEFA Cup first round.
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Andriy ShevchenkoMilan242 Gabriel BatistutaFiorentina233 Hernán CrespoParma224 Marco FerranteTorino18 Vincenzo MontellaRoma6 Filippo InzaghiJuventus15 Cristiano LucarelliLecce Giuseppe SignoriBologna9 Christian VieriInternazionale1310 Roberto MuzziUdinese12 Marcelo SalasLazio
Attendances Source:
# Club Avg. attendance Highest 1 Internazionale 66,546 79,677 2 Roma 58,915 77,988 3 Milan 58,522 82,146 4 Lazio 51,956 74,076 5 Juventus 42,229 57,586 6 Fiorentina 35,683 39,855 7 Bologna 28,492 36,317 8 Reggina 24,158 27,272 9 Torino 21,857 47,344 10 Parma 20,938 29,748 11 Bari 20,802 45,000 12 Udinese 20,391 33,501 13 Lecce 19,278 35,017 14 Hellas Verona 18,141 43,521 15 Cagliari 16,934 25,541 16 Perugia 13,194 27,000 17 Piacenza 10,763 19,928 18 Venezia 9,545 12,312
References and sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Footnotes
External links
:it:Classifica calcio Serie A italiana 2000 – Italian version with pictures and info. Italy 1999/2000 – All results on RSSSF Website. 1999/2000 Serie A Squads – (www.footballsquads.com)