1999–2000 Bundesliga Explained

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.

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 fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga.

Team changes to 1998–99

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.

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 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]

Team overview

ClubLocationGround[7] Capacity
BerlinOlympiastadion76,000
BielefeldStadion Alm26,600
BremenWeserstadion36,000
DortmundWestfalenstadion68,600
DuisburgWedaustadion30,128
Frankfurt am MainWaldstadion62,000
Freiburg im BreisgauDreisamstadion25,000
HamburgVolksparkstadion62,000
KaiserslauternFritz-Walter-Stadion41,500
LeverkusenBayArena22,500
MunichOlympiastadion63,000
MunichOlympiastadion63,000
RostockOstseestadion25,850
GelsenkirchenParkstadion70,000
StuttgartGottlieb-Daimler-Stadion53,700
UlmDonaustadion23,500
UnterhachingStadion am Sportpark11,300
WolfsburgVfL-Stadion am Elsterweg21,600
(*) Promoted from 2. Bundesliga.

League table

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Martin Max1860 Munich19
2 Ulf KirstenBayer Leverkusen17
3 Giovane ÉlberBayern Munich14
Ebbe SandSchalke 04
5 Marco BodeWerder Bremen13
Paulo SérgioBayern Munich
7 AíltonWerder Bremen12
Jonathan AkpoborieVfL Wolfsburg
Michael PreetzHertha BSC
10 Stefan BeinlichBayer Leverkusen11
Youri DjorkaeffKaiserslautern
Andrzej JuskowiakVfL Wolfsburg
Bruno LabbadiaArminia Bielefeld
Adel SellimiSC Freiburg

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schedule Round 1 . DFB . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120928202759/https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=321203 . 28 September 2012 .
  2. Web site: Archive 1999/2000 Round 34 . DFB . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120928202811/https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=320840 . 28 September 2012 .
  3. News: Ashdown . John . 2012-05-02 . When were the closest title races in Europe's top leagues? . 2024-02-24 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  4. Web site: May 20, 2020 . A helping hand from the neighbours - 20 years on . February 23, 2024 . FC Bayern Munich.
  5. Web site: 20 years ago: The drama of Unterhaching Bayer04.de . 2024-02-24 . Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fussball GmbH . en.
  6. Web site: Robert O'Connor . 2021-09-30 . The horror treble: remembering the worst collapse in European football . 2024-02-24 . fourfourtwo.com . en.
  7. Book: Grüne, Hardy. Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon. AGON Sportverlag. Kassel. 2001. 3-89784-147-9. de.