1998–99 SS Lazio season

Società Sportiva Lazio finished second in Serie A, and won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and Supercoppa Italiana.

Lazio
1998–99 season
OwnerSergio Cragnotti
PresidentSergio Cragnotti
ManagerSven-Göran Eriksson
StadiumStadio Olimpico
Serie A2nd
Supercoppa ItalianaWinners
Coppa ItaliaQuarter-finals
UEFA Cup Winners' CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marcelo Salas (15)

All:
Marcelo Salas (24)

Season review

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Lazio kicked off the 1998–99 season by defeating Juventus 2–1 to win the Supercoppa in the pre-season, and then set a searing pace in the league thanks to the lethal striking partnership of world transfer record signing Christian Vieri and Marcelo Salas. The pair of them together netted 27 goals, as Lazio led the way for most of the season. Twenty-year-old Yugoslav starlet Dejan Stanković also impressed by scoring on his league debut.

Milan peaked late during the season, while Lazio had a barren spell, which enabled Milan to make up the deficit. Lazio finally squandered the title lead in the penultimate match of the season, where it had to settle for a draw against Fiorentina away from home.

Following the season, Vieri left the club for Inter, accusing chairman Sergio Cragnotti of lying to him. The money from Vieri's transfer was used to bring Juan Sebastián Verón, Simone Inzaghi and Diego Simeone to Rome, moves that all proved essential when Lazio clinched the title in 2000, where those three found the net in the last game of the season.

Lazio's best moment of the 1998-99 season came when they beat Mallorca 2-1 at Villa Park in Birmingham in the 1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, following goals by Vieri and Pavel Nedvěd.

The most prolific players during the season was captain and centre-half Alessandro Nesta, free-kick specialist Siniša Mihajlović, winger Nedvěd, and the striker pairing of Vieri and Salas.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Players

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Squad information

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Squad at end of season[1]

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   ITA Luca Marchegiani
2 DF   ITA Paolo Negro
3 DF   ITA Stefano Lombardi
5 DF   ITA Giuseppe Favalli
6 MF   ITA Federico Crovari
7 MF   ITA Attilio Lombardo
9 FW   CHI Marcelo Salas
10 FW   ITA Roberto Mancini
11 DF   YUG Siniša Mihajlović
12 GK   ITA Emanuele Concetti
13 DF   ITA Alessandro Nesta
14 MF   POR Sérgio Conceição
15 DF   ITA Giuseppe Pancaro
16 MF   AUS Paul Okon
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF   SUI Guerino Gottardi
18 MF   CZE Pavel Nedvěd
19 FW   CRO Alen Bokšić
20 MF   YUG Dejan Stanković
21 MF   ESP Iván de la Peña
22 GK   ITA Marco Ballotta
24 DF   POR Fernando Couto
25 MF   ARG Matías Almeyda
26 MF   ITA Roberto Baronio
29 MF   ITA Giampiero Pinzi
31 MF   ITA Valentino Sbaccanti
32 FW   ITA Christian Vieri
33 DF   ITA Stefano Di Fiordo

Transfers

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Autumn

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In
Pos. Name from Type

Winter

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Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 MF   ITA Dario Marcolin (on loan to Blackburn Rovers)
6 DF   ITA Giovanni Lopez (to Napoli)
7 MF   ITA Roberto Rambaudi (to Genoa)
8 FW   ITA Igor Protti (on loan to Reggiana)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF   ITA Giorgio Venturin (to Atlético Madrid)
27 FW   ITA Alessandro Iannuzzi (to Milan)
28 DF   ITA Maurizio Domizzi (on loan to Livorno)
30 FW   ITA Rosario Aquino (to Livorno)

Competitions

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Serie A

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Results by round

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GroundAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAH
ResultDDDWWDLWLLDWWWWWWWWWDWWWDWDLLWWWDW
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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Milan (C) 34 20 10 4 59 34 +25 70 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Lazio 34 20 9 5 65 31 +34 69
3 Fiorentina 34 16 8 10 55 41 +14 56 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round[2]
4 Parma 34 15 10 9 55 36 +19 55
5 Roma 34 15 9 10 69 49 +20 54[a] Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
Source: Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[3]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ ROM 7pts. JUV 5pts. UDI 4pts.

Matches

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13 September 1998 1 Piacenza 1–1 Lazio Piacenza
S. Inzaghi   87' Report Stanković   74'
Lombardi   86'
Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Stefano Farina
20 September 1998 2 Lazio 0–0 Bari Rome
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
27 September 1998 3 Perugia 2–2 Lazio Perugia
Bucchi   4'
Nakata   65'
Olive   74'
Report Couto   19'
R. Mancini   65'
Mihajlović   72'
Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Stefano Farina
4 October 1998 4 Lazio 2–0 Cagliari Rome
Couto   45'
Stanković   69'
Report O'Neill   51' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 42,826
Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi
18 October 1998 5 Internazionale 3–5 Lazio Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Winter   22'
Ventola   77', 90+6'
Simeone   90+2'
Report Salas   1'
Conceição   36', 53'
R. Mancini   40'
Nedvěd   72',   72'
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi
25 October 1998 6 Lazio 1–1 Vicenza Rome
R. Mancini   55' Report Schenardi   30' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
1 November 1998 7 Salernitana 1–0 Lazio Salerno
G. Tedesco   88' Report Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
8 November 1998 8 Lazio 4–1 Empoli Rome
Negro   22', 26'
Salas   30'
R. Mancini   63'
Report Carparelli   81' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 39,378
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
15 November 1998 9 Venezia 2–0 Lazio Venezia
Tuta   5'
Pedone   38'
Report Couto   61' Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
22 November 1998 10 Milan 1–0 Lazio Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00) Leonardo   90+2' Report Stadium: Stadio San Siro
Attendance: 45,985
Referee: Stefano Farina
29 November 1998 11 Lazio 3–3 Roma Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00) R. Mancini   28', 56'
Salas   58' (pen.)
Report Delvecchio   25'
Petruzzi   65'
Di Francesco   78'
Totti   81'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Stefano Farina
6 December 1998 12 Juventus 0–1 Lazio Turin
Report Salas   82' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 46,107
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
13 December 1998 13 Lazio 5–2 Sampdoria Rome
Mihajlović   29', 45', 52'
Stanković   82'
Salas   90+3'
Report Palmieri   37' (pen.), 56' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 49,676
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
20 December 1998 14 Lazio 3–1 Udinese Rome
R. Mancini   17'
Salas   55', 90+5'
Report Locatelli   5' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 41,749
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
6 January 1999 15 Bologna 0–1 Lazio Bologna
Report Vieri   77' Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 31,160
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
10 January 1999 16 Lazio 2–0 Fiorentina Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00) Vieri   66'
Mihajlović   90'
Report Padalino   89' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 55,487
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
17 January 1999 17 Parma 1–3 Lazio Parma
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00) Crespo   54' Report Salas   51' (pen.)
R. Mancini   68'
Vieri   90+1'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 26,003
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
24 January 1999 18 Lazio 4–1 Piacenza Rome
Mihajlović   10'
Salas   59'
Stanković   78'
R. Mancini   81'
Report Buso   57'
Piovani   84'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 46,934
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
31 January 1999 19 Bari 1–3 Lazio Bari
Knudsen   73' Report Lombardo   21'
Vieri   38', 87'
Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Attendance: 23,428
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
7 February 1999 20 Lazio 3–0 Perugia Rome
Vieri   42'
Salas   45+2', 76'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 49,798
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
14 February 1999 21 Cagliari 0–0 Lazio Cagliari
Report Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
21 February 1999 22 Lazio 1–0 Internazionale Rome
Conceição   39' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 66,756
Referee: Graziano Cesari
28 February 1999 23 Vicenza 1–2 Lazio Vicenza
Cardone   68' Report Conceição   48'
Salas   74'
Stanković   82'
Dicara   90' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
7 March 1999 24 Lazio 6–1 Salernitana Rome
Negro   45'
Vieri   50'
Salas   60', 69'
Fresi   82' (o.g.)
Nesta   90'
Report Vannucchi   31' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 52,625
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
14 March 1999 25 Empoli 0–0 Lazio Empoli
Report Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Stefano Braschi
21 March 1999 26 Lazio 2–0 Venezia Rome
Conceição   8'
Mihajlović   14'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi
3 April 1999 27 Lazio 0–0 Milan Rome
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 63,875
Referee: Graziano Cesari
11 April 1999 28 Roma 3–1 Lazio Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Delvecchio   13', 43'
Paulo Sérgio   70'
Totti   90'
Report Mihajlović   70'
Vieri   79'
Nesta   80'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 75,560
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
17 April 1999 29 Lazio 1–3 Juventus Rome
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) R. Mancini   56' Report Henry   34', 64'
Amoruso   45+3'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
25 April 1999 30 Sampdoria 0–1 Lazio Genoa
Ortega   72' Report Vieri   60'
Almeyda   66'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 16,885
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
2 May 1999 31 Udinese 0–3 Lazio Udine
Report Mihajlović   30' (pen.)
Vieri   48'
R. Mancini   58'
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 28,824
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
9 May 1999 32 Lazio 2–0 Bologna Rome
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Almeyda   50'
Vieri   89'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 57,507
Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi
15 May 1999 33 Fiorentina 1–1 Lazio Florence
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Batistuta   14'
Rui Costa   72'
Report Vieri   27' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 38,793
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
23 May 1999 34 Lazio 2–1 Parma Rome
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Salas   27', 76' Report Vanoli   54' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 73,967
Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Coppa Italia

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Second round

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9 September 1998 First leg Lazio 2–1 Cosenza Rome
Salas   69', 80' (pen.) Riccio   59'
Paschetta   64'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Franco Sirotti
23 September 1998 Second leg Cosenza 0–2
(1–4 agg.)
Lazio Cosenza
Parisi   15' (o.g.)
Stanković   86'
Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 24,149
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Round of 16

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29 October 1998 First leg Lazio 3–1 Milan Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00) Mihajlović   28'
R. Mancini   71', 90+5'
Bierhoff   6'
Costacurta   90+2'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 22,520
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
11 November 1998 Second leg Milan 1–1
(2–4 agg.)
Lazio Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00) Ganz   56' Salas   42'
Conceição   81'
Stadium: Stadio San Siro
Attendance: 22,702
Referee: Stefano Braschi

Quarter-finals

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3 December 1998 First leg Lazio 2–1 Internazionale Rome
Salas   12' (pen.), 46' Djorkaeff   32' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 22,564
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
27 January 1999 Second leg Internazionale 5–2
(6–4 agg.)
Lazio Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00) Cauet   13'
Djorkaeff   25', 69'
Zé Elias   84'
Moriero   90+3'
Vieri   10'
Lombardo   34'
Nesta   87'
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 17,007
Referee: Piero Ceccarini

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

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First round

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17 September 1998 First leg Lazio   1–1   Lausanne-Sport Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Stanković   2'
Nedvěd   37'
Report Celestini   3'
Douglas   54'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 22,659
Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)
1 October 1998 Second leg Lausanne-Sport   2–2
(3–3a agg.)
  Lazio Lausanne, Switzerland
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Douglas   10'
Rehn   84'
Report Salas   7'
Conceição   26'
Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Second round

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22 October 1998 First leg Lazio   0–0   Partizan Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 24,966
Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)
5 November 1998 Second leg Partizan   2–3
(2–3 agg.)
  Lazio Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00) Krstajić   18'
Iliev   85'
Report Salas   43' (pen.), 76'
Stanković   67'
Stadium: Partizan Stadium
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

Quarter-finals

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4 March 1999 First leg Panionios   0–4   Lazio Athens, Greece
21:45 CEST (UTC+01:00) Report Stanković   3',   60'
Salas   14'
Nedvěd   63'
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 10,175
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
18 March 1999 Second leg Lazio   3–0
(7–0 agg.)
  Panionios Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00) Nedvěd   70'
Stanković   77'
de la Peña   82'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 20,488
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Semi-finals

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8 April 1999 First leg Lokomotiv Moscow   1–1   Lazio Moscow, Russia
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Janashia   62' Report Bokšić   77' Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
22 April 1999 Second leg Lazio   0–0
(1a–1 agg.)
  Lokomotiv Moscow Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 32,016
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Final

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19 May 1999 Lazio   2–1   Mallorca Birmingham, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Vieri   7',   39'
Mihajlović   23'
Nedvěd   81'
Marchegiani   90+1'
Report Dani   11'
Siviero   54'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 33,021
Referee: Günther Benkö (Austria)

Supercoppa Italiana

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29 August 1998 Juventus 1–2 Lazio Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) F. Inzaghi   68'
Del Piero   87' (pen.)
(Report) Nedvěd   37'
Conceição   90+4'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Roberto Bettin

Other matches and friendlies

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Pre-season
20 August 1998 (1998-08-20) Cirio Cup, #1 Lazio 1–0 Fiorentina Rome
Salas   45' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,000
3 September 1998 (1998-09-03) Memorial Mario Cecchi Gori, #1 Lazio 1–2   Monaco Florence
Iannuzzi   4' Report Berthe   22'
Costinha   32'
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Note: The match lasted one 45-minute half
3 September 1998 (1998-09-03) Memorial Mario Cecchi Gori, #2 Fiorentina 2–0 Lazio Florence
Batistuta   14', 20' Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Note: The match lasted one 45-minute half
Post-season
27 May 1999 (1999-05-27) Cirio Cup, #2 Universidad de Chile   1–1
(5–4 p)
  Lazio Santiago, Chile
González   49' Report Salas   27' Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile)
Penalties
González  
Tello  
Aros  
Vargas  
Rodríguez  
  de la Peña
  Baronio
  Couto
  Negro
  Mihajlović

Statistics

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Players statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Cup
Winners'
Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ITA Marchegiani 47 -44 34 -29 5 -8 8 -7
15 DF   ITA Pancaro 42 0 27+3 0 4 0 8 0
11 DF   YUG Mihajlovic 43 9 30 8 4 1 9 0
13 DF   ITA Nesta 26 1 20 1 2 0 4 0
5 DF   ITA Favalli 34 0 23+2 0 4 0 5 0
14 MF   POR Conceicao 43 6 32+1 5 5 0 5 1
25 MF   ARG Almeyda 35 1 25 1 4 0 6 0
20 MF   YUG Stankovic 41 9 22+7 4 5 1 7 4
10 FW   ITA Mancini 46 12 30+3 10 6 2 7 0
9 FW   CHI Salas 42 24 29+1 15 6 5 6 4
32 FW   ITA Vieri 28 14 21+1 12 2 1 4 1
22 GK   ITA Ballotta 5 -3 0+3 -2 1 -1 1 0
2 DF   ITA Negro 28 3 20+1 3 4 0 3 0
18 MF   CZE Nedved 33 5 18+3 1 4 0 8 4
24 DF   POR Couto 35 2 12+10 2 5 0 8 0
23 MF   ITA Venturin 25 0 10+6 0 5 0 4 0
7 MF   ITA Lombardo 20 2 7+7 1 1 1 5 0
21 MF   ESP De la Peña 22 1 4+11 0 3 0 4 1
26 MF   ITA Baronio 14 0 2+5 0 3 0 4 0
3 DF   ITA Lombardi 10 0 2+2 0 3 0 3 0
16 MF   AUS Okon 5 0 3+2 0
6 DF   ITA Lopez 8 0 2+2 0 2 0 2 0
27 FW   ITA Ianuzzi 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
8 FW   ITA Protti 3 0 1+1 0 1 0
17 DF   SUI Gottardi 21 0 0+13 0 3 0 5 0
19 FW   CRO Boksic 6 1 0+3 0 0 0 3 1
4 MF   ITA Marcolin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 MF   ITA Crovari 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 GK   ITA Concetti 0 0 0 0
29 MF   ITA Pinzi 0 0 0 0
31 MF   ITA Sbaccanti 0 0 0 0
33 DF   ITA Di Fiordo 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

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References

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  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Lazio - 1998/99".
  2. ^ Parma was consequently demoted to UEFA Cup first round
  3. ^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. – Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.