| Competition: | La Liga |
| Season: | 1999–2000 |
| Dates: | 21 August 1999 – 20 May 2000 |
| Winners: | Deportivo La Coruña 1st title |
| Relegated: | Betis Atlético Madrid Sevilla |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Real Madrid (First group stage, via UEFA Champions League) Deportivo La Coruña (First group stage) Barcelona (First group stage) Valencia (Third qualifying round) |
| Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Zaragoza (first round) Alavés (first round) Espanyol (first round, via Copa del Rey) Rayo Vallecano (qualifying round, via Fair Play) |
| Continentalcup3: | Intertoto Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Celta Vigo (third round) Mallorca (second round) |
| League Topscorer: | Salva (27 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Atlético Madrid 5–0 Real Oviedo (22 December 1999)[1] |
| Biggest Away Win: | Real Madrid 1–5 Zaragoza (4 December 1999)[2] Athletic Bilbao 0–4 Barcelona (11 March 2000)[3] Sevilla 0–4 Mallorca (7 May 2000)[4] |
| Highest Scoring: | Valencia 6–2 Real Oviedo (9 April 2000)[5] Celta Vigo 5–3 Real Oviedo (16 January 2000)[6] |
| Matches: | 380 |
| Total Goals: | 999 |
| Prevseason: | 1998–99 |
| Nextseason: | 2000–01 |
The 1999–2000 La Liga season, the 69th since its establishment, began on 21 August 1999 and ended on 20 May 2000. Deportivo La Coruña won their first league title with 69 points, the lowest for a champion since three points for a win was introduced in 1995.[7]
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Málaga, Numancia, Sevilla and Rayo Vallecano. Sevilla and Rayo Vallecano returned to the top flight after an absence of two years while Málaga CF and Numancia were promoted for the first time. However, since CD Málaga played in the 1989–90 La Liga, the city of Málaga returned to the top fight after an absence of nine years. They replaced Extremadura, Villarreal (both teams relegated after a season's presence), Tenerife (ending their top flight spell of eleven years) and Salamanca (ending their top flight spell of two years).
1999–2000 season was composed of the following clubs:
| Team | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 98,772 | |||
| 80,354 | |||
| 55,926 | |||
| 55,005 | |||
| 55,000 | |||
| 52,132 | |||
| 45,500 | |||
| 39,750 | |||
| 34,600 | |||
| 34,596 | |||
| 32,500 | |||
| 32,200 | |||
| 30,500 | |||
| 30,044 | |||
| 27,846 | |||
| 23,142 | |||
| 22,222 | |||
| 19,840 | |||
| 14,505 | |||
| 8,261 |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Position in table | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mallorca |  Mario Gómez | August 1999 |  Fernando Vázquez | September 1999 | 19th | ||
| Real Sociedad | Bernd Krauss | Sacked | 25 October 1999[8] | Javier Clemente | 26 October 1999[9] | 17th | |
| Real Madrid | John Toshack | Sacked | 17 November 1999[10] | Vicente del Bosque | 18 November 1999[11] | 8th | |
| Espanyol | Miguel Ángel Brindisi | Sacked | 17 January 2000[12] | Paco Flores | January 2000 | 17th | |
| Betis | Carlos Griguol | Sacked | January 2000 | Guus Hiddink | February 2000 | 16th | |
| Atlético Madrid |  Claudio Ranieri | Sacked | February 2000 | Radomir Antić | March 2000 | 17th | |
| Sevilla | Marcos Alonso Peña | Sacked | March 2000 | Juan Carlos Álvarez | March 2000 | 20th | |
| Betis | Guus Hiddink | Sacked | 2 May 2000 |  Faruk Hadžibegić | May 2000 | 18th | |
| Atlético Madrid | Radomir Antić | Sacked | May 2000 | Fernando Zambrano | May 2000 | 19th |
The season results are as follows:
Source: BDFutbol
Rayo Vallecano was the winner of the Fair-play award with 102 points,[13] moreover it was elected on 8 June 2000 in Brussels as one of the three entries by UEFA to enter UEFA Cup in the qualifying round by the same condition of Fair Play.
Alfonso Pérez, footballer[15]
