1999–2000 Belgian First Division Explained

Competition:Belgian First Division
Season:1999–2000
Winners:Anderlecht
Relegated:Geel
Lommel
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Anderlecht
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Club Brugge
Gent
League Topscorer:Ole Martin Årst
Toni Brogno (30 each)
Matches:306
Total Goals:1032
Prevseason:1998–99
Nextseason:2000–01

The 1999–2000 season of the Jupiler League was held between August 6, 1999, and May 11, 2000. Sporting Anderlecht became champions.

Promoted teams

These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:

Relegated teams

These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:

Anderlecht's title success

Anderlecht became champions on April 21, 2000, after the defeat of rival Club Brugge at Herman Vanderpoortenstadion to Lierse 1-0 as, prior to these results, they were 7 points ahead of Brugge with 3 matches to go. The next day Anderlecht beat Racing Genk 4-1 and then Standard Liège 2-0.

Battle for Europe

Club Brugge and Gent qualified for the UEFA Cup.

The relegation dog fight

Charleroi avoided relegation with a controversial draw against Anderlecht on the last day of the season. Anderlecht were already champions and played with Enzo Scifo who had previously signed a deal with Charleroi. However, the result was irrelevant as Geel lost their last match to Club Brugge and were thus relegated with Lommel.

Final league table

Top goal scorers

ScorerGoalsTeam
Ole Martin Årst30Gent
Toni Brogno30Westerlo
Jan Koller20Anderlecht
David Paas19Harelbeke
Eric Van Meir15Lierse
Tomasz Radzinski14Anderlecht
Dante Brogno14Charleroi
Marcin Żewłakow14Mouscron
Pär Zetterberg14Anderlecht

See also

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