1999–2000 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season 1999–2000
Champions Bayern Munich
15th Bundesliga title
16th German title
Promoted Arminia Bielefeld
Unterhaching
Ulm
Relegated Ulm
Arminia Bielefeld
Duisburg
Champions League Bayern Munich
Bayer Leverkusen
Hamburg
1860 Munich
UEFA Cup Kaiserslautern
Hertha BSC
Werder Bremen (domestic cup finalists)
Intertoto Cup Wolfsburg
Stuttgart
Matches played 306
Goals scored 885 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer Martin Max (19)
Biggest home win seven games with a differential of +5 each (6–1 twice, 5–0 five times)
Biggest away win Ulm 1–9 Leverkusen (18 March 2000)
Highest scoring Ulm 1–9 Leverkusen (10 goals) (18 March 2000)

The 1999–2000 Bundesliga was the 37th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 13 August 1999[1] and ended on 20 May 2000.[2] FC Bayern Munich were the defending champions.

Competition modus

Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received three points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the least points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga.

Team changes to 1998–99

1. FC Nuremberg, VfL Bochum and Borussia Mönchengladbach were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by Arminia Bielefeld, SpVgg Unterhaching and SSV Ulm.

Season overview

Five matches before the end of the league, Bayer Leverkusen had 61 points and defending champions Bayern Munich was in 60. At the 30th fixture, Bayer 04 got 3 points ahead, and continued winning till the 33rd round. Before the final fixture start, Bayer had 73 points, with Bayern having 70. However, Leverkusen lost away to Unterhaching 2–0, and Bayern celebrated the championship winning against Werder Bremen 3–1 at home, due to their superior goal difference over Bayer 04.

Team overview

Club Location Ground[3] Capacity[3]
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 76,000
Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Stadion Alm 26,600
SV Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 36,000
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Westfalenstadion 68,600
MSV Duisburg Duisburg Wedaustadion 30,128
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main Waldstadion 62,000
SC Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau Dreisamstadion 25,000
Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 62,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 41,500
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Leverkusen BayArena 22,500
TSV 1860 Munich Munich Olympiastadion 63,000
FC Bayern Munich Munich Olympiastadion 63,000
F.C. Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 25,850
FC Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 53,700
SSV Ulm Ulm Donaustadion 23,500
SpVgg Unterhaching Unterhaching Stadion am Sportpark 11,300
VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg 21,600

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich 34 22 7 5 73 28+45 73 2000–01 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Bayer Leverkusen 34 21 10 3 74 36+38 73
3 Hamburger SV 34 16 11 7 63 39+24 59 2000–01 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 1860 Munich 34 14 11 9 55 48+7 53
5 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 15 5 14 54 595 50 2000–01 UEFA Cup First round
6 Hertha BSC 34 13 11 10 39 467 50
7 VfL Wolfsburg 34 12 13 9 51 587 49 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8 VfB Stuttgart 34 14 6 14 44 473 48 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
9 Werder Bremen 34 13 8 13 65 52+13 47 2000–01 UEFA Cup First round 1
10 SpVgg Unterhaching 34 12 8 14 40 422 44
11 Borussia Dortmund 34 9 13 12 41 38+3 40
12 SC Freiburg 34 10 10 14 45 505 40
13 Schalke 04 34 8 15 11 42 442 0392
14 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 12 5 17 42 442 0392,3
15 Hansa Rostock 34 8 14 12 44 6016 38
16 SSV Ulm 1846 34 9 8 17 36 6226 35 Relegation to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17 Arminia Bielefeld 34 7 9 18 40 6121 30
18 MSV Duisburg 34 4 10 20 37 7134 22

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1As domestic cup winners FC Bayern Munich had qualified for UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup place belonging to the domestic cup winners was transferred to Werder Bremen.
2Head-to-head was used as a tie-breaker between Schalke 04 and Frankfurt.
3Eintracht Frankfurt were docked two points because of licensing irregularities.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away BSC BIE BREDORDUIFRAFREHAMKAILEVMUNM60ROSS04STUULMUHAWOL
Hertha BSC 20 11 03 21 10 00 21 01 00 11 11 52 21 11 30 21 00
Arminia Bielefeld 11 22 02 01 11 21 30 12 12 03 22 22 12 12 41 10 00
Werder Bremen 41 31 32 40 31 52 21 50 13 02 13 21 01 21 22 22 22
Borussia Dortmund 40 13 13 22 10 11 01 01 11 01 11 30 11 11 11 13 21
MSV Duisburg 00 03 01 22 23 12 11 22 00 12 30 22 11 13 00 20 23
Eintracht Frankfurt 40 21 10 11 22 20 30 01 12 12 31 00 02 01 21 30 40
SC Freiburg 01 11 21 11 30 23 02 21 00 12 30 50 21 02 20 43 11
Hamburger SV 51 50 00 11 61 10 20 21 02 00 20 10 31 30 12 30 22
1. FC Kaiserslautern 12 02 43 10 32 10 02 20 13 02 11 22 21 12 62 42 22
Bayer Leverkusen 31 41 32 31 30 41 11 22 31 20 11 11 32 10 41 21 41
Bayern Munich 31 21 31 11 41 41 61 22 22 41 12 41 41 01 40 10 50
1860 Munich 21 50 10 03 41 20 31 00 21 12 10 43 33 11 41 21 12
Hansa Rostock 01 21 11 10 31 31 11 33 42 11 03 00 10 14 21 11 11
Schalke 04 11 11 31 00 30 00 22 13 12 11 11 22 03 30 00 10 11
VfB Stuttgart 10 33 00 12 42 02 10 13 01 12 20 13 31 02 20 02 25
SSV Ulm 1846 01 20 21 01 03 30 11 12 31 19 01 30 11 11 11 10 20
SpVgg Unterhaching 11 20 10 10 20 10 10 11 12 20 02 11 11 31 20 10 11
VfL Wolfsburg 23 20 27 10 10 10 21 44 32 31 11 21 20 00 02 12 22

Source: www.dfb.de
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Germany Martin Max 1860 Munich 19
2 Germany Ulf Kirsten Bayer Leverkusen 17
3 Brazil Giovane Élber Bayern Munich 14
Denmark Ebbe Sand Schalke 04
5 Germany Marco Bode Werder Bremen 13
Brazil Paulo Sérgio Bayern Munich
7 Brazil Aílton Werder Bremen 12
Nigeria Jonathan Akpoborie VfL Wolfsburg
Germany Michael Preetz Hertha BSC
10 Germany Stefan Beinlich Bayer Leverkusen 11
France Youri Djorkaeff Kaiserslautern
Poland Andrzej Juskowiak VfL Wolfsburg
Germany Bruno Labbadia Arminia Bielefeld
Tunisia Adel Sellimi SC Freiburg

Champion squad

FC Bayern Munich
Goalkeepers: Oliver Kahn (27); Bernd Dreher (6); Stefan Wessels (2).

Defenders: Thomas Linke (27 / 1); Markus Babbel (26 / 1); Bixente Lizarazu France (22 / 1); Samuel Kuffour Ghana (18 / 2); Patrik Andersson Sweden (16); Lothar Matthäus (15 / 1).
Midfielders: Jens Jeremies (30 / 3); Paulo Sérgio Brazil (28 / 13); Stefan Effenberg (27 / 2); Michael Tarnat (26 / 1); Thorsten Fink (26); Mehmet Scholl (25 / 6); Michael Wiesinger (13 / 1); Thomas Strunz (9); Sławomir Wojciechowski Poland (3 / 1); Mario Basler (2); Andrew Sinkala Zambia (1).
Forwards: Hasan Salihamidžić Bosnia and Herzegovina (30 / 4); Roque Santa Cruz Paraguay (28 / 5); Giovane Élber Brazil (26 / 14); Carsten Jancker (23 / 9); Alexander Zickler (14 / 7).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld.

On the roster but have not played in a league game: David Jarolím Czech Republic.

Transferred out during the season: Lothar Matthäus (to MetroStars); Mario Basler (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern).

References

  1. "Schedule Round 1". DFB.
  2. "Archive 1999/2000 Round 34". DFB.
  3. 1 2 Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.

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