Competition: | Bundesliga |
Season: | 1999–2000 |
Dates: | 13 August 1999 – 20 May 2000 |
Winners: | Bayern Munich 15th Bundesliga title 16th German title |
Promoted: | Arminia Bielefeld Unterhaching Ulm |
Relegated: | Ulm Arminia Bielefeld Duisburg |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Bayern Munich Bayer Leverkusen Hamburg 1860 Munich |
Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Kaiserslautern Hertha BSC Werder Bremen (domestic cup finalists) |
Continentalcup3: | Intertoto Cup |
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Wolfsburg Stuttgart |
League Topscorer: | 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) |
Matches: | 306 |
Total Goals: | 885 |
Prevseason: | 1998–99 |
Nextseason: | 2000–01 |
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.
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 fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga.
1. FC Nürnberg, 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.
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 until 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.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Club | Location | Ground[7] | Capacity | |
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Berlin | Olympiastadion | 76,000 | ||
Bielefeld | Stadion Alm | 26,600 | ||
Bremen | Weserstadion | 36,000 | ||
Dortmund | Westfalenstadion | 68,600 | ||
Duisburg | Wedaustadion | 30,128 | ||
Frankfurt am Main | Waldstadion | 62,000 | ||
Freiburg im Breisgau | Dreisamstadion | 25,000 | ||
Hamburg | Volksparkstadion | 62,000 | ||
Kaiserslautern | Fritz-Walter-Stadion | 41,500 | ||
Leverkusen | BayArena | 22,500 | ||
Munich | Olympiastadion | 63,000 | ||
Munich | Olympiastadion | 63,000 | ||
Rostock | Ostseestadion | 25,850 | ||
Gelsenkirchen | Parkstadion | 70,000 | ||
Stuttgart | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion | 53,700 | ||
Ulm | Donaustadion | 23,500 | ||
Unterhaching | Stadion am Sportpark | 11,300 | ||
Wolfsburg | VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg | 21,600 |