1999–2000 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season	1999–2000
Dates	13 August 1999 – 20 May 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)
	← 1998–99 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

Location of teams in Bundesliga 1999–2000

Club	Location	Ground^[7]	Capacity^[7]
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
FC 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

(*) Promoted from 2. Bundesliga.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	22	7	5	73	28	+45	73	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Bayer Leverkusen	34	21	10	3	74	36	+38	73	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Hamburger SV	34	16	11	7	63	39	+24	59	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	1860 Munich	34	14	11	9	55	48	+7	53	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
5	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	15	5	14	54	59	−5	50	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Hertha BSC	34	13	11	10	39	46	−7	50	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
7	VfL Wolfsburg	34	12	13	9	51	58	−7	49	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8	VfB Stuttgart	34	14	6	14	44	47	−3	48	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
9	Werder Bremen	34	13	8	13	65	52	+13	47	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
10	SpVgg Unterhaching	34	12	8	14	40	42	−2	44
11	Borussia Dortmund	34	9	13	12	41	38	+3	40
12	SC Freiburg	34	10	10	14	45	50	−5	40
13	Schalke 04	34	8	15	11	42	44	−2	39^[b]
14	Eintracht Frankfurt^[c]	34	12	5	17	42	44	−2	39^[b]
15	Hansa Rostock	34	8	14	12	44	60	−16	38
16	SSV Ulm 1846 (R)	34	9	8	17	36	62	−26	35	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
17	Arminia Bielefeld (R)	34	7	9	18	40	61	−21	30
18	MSV Duisburg (R)	34	4	10	20	37	71	−34	22

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ As 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.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head was used as a tie-breaker between Schalke 04 and Frankfurt.
^ Eintracht Frankfurt were docked two points because of licensing irregularities.

Results

Home \ Away	BSC	DSC	SVW	BVB	DUI	SGE	SCF	HSV	FCK	B04	M60	FCB	ROS	S04	VFB	ULM	UNT	WOB
Hertha BSC	—	2–0	1–1	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	5–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–0
Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	—	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	2–2	0–3	2–2	1–2	1–2	4–1	1–0	0–0
Werder Bremen	4–1	3–1	—	3–2	4–0	3–1	5–2	2–1	5–0	1–3	1–3	0–2	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–2
Borussia Dortmund	4–0	1–3	1–3	—	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–1
MSV Duisburg	0–0	0–3	0–1	2–2	—	2–3	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	2–0	2–3
Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	—	2–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	3–0	4–0
SC Freiburg	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–3	—	0–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	5–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	4–3	1–1
Hamburger SV	5–1	5–0	0–0	1–1	6–1	1–0	2–0	—	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	2–2
1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–2	0–2	4–3	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–2	2–0	—	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	6–2	4–2	2–2
Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	4–1	3–2	3–1	3–0	4–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	—	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	4–1	2–1	4–1
1860 Munich	2–1	5–0	1–0	0–3	4–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	—	1–0	4–3	3–3	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–2
Bayern Munich	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	4–1	4–1	6–1	2–2	2–2	4–1	1–2	—	4–1	4–1	0–1	4–0	1–0	5–0
Hansa Rostock	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–3	4–2	1–1	0–0	0–3	—	1–0	1–4	2–1	1–1	1–1
Schalke 04	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	—	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–1
VfB Stuttgart	1–0	3–3	0–0	1–2	4–2	0–2	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–2	1–3	2–0	3–1	0–2	—	2–0	0–2	2–5
SSV Ulm	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–3	3–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–9	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	2–0
SpVgg Unterhaching	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	—	1–1
VfL Wolfsburg	2–3	2–0	2–7	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–4	3–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–2	2–2	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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

References

^ "Schedule Round 1". DFB. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012.
^ "Archive 1999/2000 Round 34". DFB. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012.
^ Ashdown, John (2 May 2012). "When were the closest title races in Europe's top leagues?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^ "A helping hand from the neighbours - 20 years on". FC Bayern Munich. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
^ "20 years ago: The drama of Unterhaching | Bayer04.de". Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fussball GmbH. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^ Robert O'Connor (30 September 2021). "The horror treble: remembering the worst collapse in European football". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.

External links

DFB Bundesliga archive 1999/2000

[table_note_res_SVW0.088307119481409-8] As 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.

[table_hth_S040.088307119481409-9] Head-to-head was used as a tie-breaker between Schalke 04 and Frankfurt.

[table_note_SGE0.088307119481409-10] Eintracht Frankfurt were docked two points because of licensing irregularities.

[1] "Schedule Round 1". DFB. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012.

[2] "Archive 1999/2000 Round 34". DFB. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012.

[3] Ashdown, John (2 May 2012). "When were the closest title races in Europe's top leagues?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

[4] "A helping hand from the neighbours - 20 years on". FC Bayern Munich. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

[5] "20 years ago: The drama of Unterhaching | Bayer04.de". Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fussball GmbH. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

[6] Robert O'Connor (30 September 2021). "The horror treble: remembering the worst collapse in European football". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

[Vereinslexikon-7] Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.

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