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1999–2000 Aston Villa F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Aston Villa
season	1999–2000
manager	John Gregory
chairman	Doug Ellis
stadium	Villa Park
league	FA Premier League
league result	[6th](1999-2000-fa-premier-league)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	[Runners-up](1999-2000-fa-cup)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	[Semi-final](1999-2000-football-league-cup)
league topscorer	Dion Dublin (12)
season topscorer	Dion Dublin (16)
highest attendance	39,217 (vs. Liverpool, 2 October 1999; vs. Tottenham Hotspur, 29 December 1999; vs. Manchester United, 14 May 2000)
lowest attendance	23,885 (vs. Sheffield Wednesday, 18 December 1999)
average attendance	31,697
prevseason	[1998–99](1998-99-aston-villa-f-c-season)
nextseason	[2000–01](2000-01-aston-villa-f-c-season)

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)

The 1999–2000 English football season was Aston Villa's 8th season in the Premier League and their 12th consecutive season in the top division of English football.

Aston Villa matched their previous season's solid sixth-place finish. After starting the campaign brightly a run of nine matches without a win dragged Villa down to 15th. However, after that Villa rallied to go 12 matches unbeaten, and thereafter lost only two more games all season to finish sixth. Villa also reached the FA Cup final for the first time in 43 years, but their hopes of winning the famous trophy for the eighth time were ended by a 1–0 defeat at the hands of Chelsea, whose success was achieved in the last game at Wembley before the old stadium was rebuilt.

The season saw debuts for George Boateng (103), David James (67), Peter Enckelman (52), Benito Carbone (24), Najwan Ghrayib (5), and Neil Cutler (1).

Kit

Kit Supplier	Sponsor
[](2000-01-aston-villa-f-c-season-kit)	LDV Vans

Transfers

Transferred in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee
17 June 1999	GK	David James	Liverpool	£1,700,000
20 July 1999	LB	ISR Najwan Ghrayib	ISR Hapoel Haifa	£1,000,000
20 July 1999	DM	NED George Boateng	Coventry City	£4,500,000
20 October 1999	SS	ITA Benito Carbone	Sheffield Wednesday	£800,000
30 November 1999	GK	Neil Cutler	Chester City	Free transfer

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Loan End
6 January 2000	CF	ARG Gustavo Bartelt	ITA Roma	31 May 2000

Transferred out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee
1 July 1999	GK	Mark Bosnich	Manchester United	Free transfer
7 July 1999	CF	IRL Alan Lee	Burnley	£200,000
13 July 1999	CM	ITA Fabio Ferraresi	ITA Verona	Free transfer
22 July 1999	CB	Riccardo Scimeca	Nottingham Forest	£3,000,000
29 July 1999	RB	Simon Grayson	Blackburn Rovers	£750,000
24 September 1999	LB	WAL David Hughes	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer
27 September 1999	GK	Adam Rachel	Blackpool	Free transfer
29 October 1999	GK	Michael Oakes	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£500,000
20 January 2000	LB	Tommy Jaszczun	Blackpool	£50,000
10 February 2000	CF	Stan Collymore	Leicester City	Free transfer
14 March 2000	CB	SCO Colin Calderwood	Nottingham Forest	£70,000

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Loan End
19 July 1999	CF	Stan Collymore	Fulham	15 October 1999
3 August 1999	CF	JAM Darren Byfield	Northampton Town	12 September 1999
17 September 1999	CF	JAM Darren Byfield	Cambridge United	25 October 1999
10 December 1999	CF	SCO Neil Tarrant	SCO Ayr United	31 May 2000
7 March 2000	CF	JAM Darren Byfield	Blackpool	31 May 2000
13 March 2000	LB	Aaron Lescott	Lincoln City	13 April 2000

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

£8,000,000

Income

£4,570,000

Balance

£3,430,000

Squad

First Team

#	Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Apps	Gls
1	David James	GK	ENG	Welwyn Garden City	Liverpool	17 June 1999	£1,700,000	-	-
13	Michael Oakes	GK	ENG	Northwich	Academy	1 July 1991		61	0
13*	Neil Cutler	GK	ENG	Perton	Chester City	30 November 1999	Free transfer	-	-
39	Peter Enckelman	GK	FIN	Turku	FIN TPS	1 February 1999	£200,000	0	0
40	Matthew Ghent	GK	ENG	Burton upon Trent	Academy	1 July 1997		0	0
2	Steve Watson	RB	ENG	North Shields	Newcastle United	15 October 1998	£4,000,000	30	0
3	Alan Wright	LB	ENG	Ashton-under-Lyne	Blackburn Rovers	10 March 1995	£1,000,000	199	3
4	Gareth Southgate (c)	CB	ENG	Watford	Crystal Palace	1 July 1995	£3,500,000	164	4
5	Ugo Ehiogu	CB	ENG	Hackney	West Bromwich Albion	12 July 1991	£40,000	255	14
15	Gareth Barry	LB	ENG	Hastings	Academy	1 January 1998		39	2
20	Najwan Ghrayib	LB	ISR	Nazareth	ISR Hapoel Haifa	20 July 1999	£1,000,000	-	-
23	David Hughes	LB	WAL	Wrexham	Academy	1 July 1996		7	0
24	Mark Delaney	RB	WAL	Haverfordwest	WAL Cardiff City	9 March 1999	£250,000	2	0
28	Tommy Jaszczun	CB	ENG	Kettering	Academy	1 July 1998		1	0
30	Jon Bewers	RB	ENG	Kettering	Academy	1 July 1999		-	-
31	Jlloyd Samuel	LB	TRI	San Fernando	Academy	1 January 1999		0	0
32	Aaron Lescott	CB	ENG	Birmingham	Academy	1 July 1998		1	0
34	Colin Calderwood	CB	SCO	Stranraer	Tottenham Hotspur	23 March 1999	£230,000	8	0
6	George Boateng	CM	NED	GHA Nkawkaw	Coventry City	20 July 1999	£4,500,000	-	-
7	Ian Taylor	CM	ENG	Birmingham	Sheffield Wednesday	21 December 1994	£1,000,000	178	22
8	Mark Draper	CM	ENG	Long Eaton	Leicester City	5 July 1995	£3,250,000	154	11
10	Paul Merson	AM	ENG	Harlesden	Middlesbrough	8 September 1998	£6,750,000	27	5
11	Alan Thompson	LM	ENG	Newcastle upon Tyne	Bolton Wanderers	5 June 1998	£4,500,000	28	2
17	Lee Hendrie	RM	ENG	Solihull	Academy	1 July 1995		71	6
26	Steve Stone	RM	ENG	Gateshead	Nottingham Forest	11 March 1999	£5,500,000	10	0
27	Michael Standing	AM	ENG	Shoreham-by-Sea	Academy	1 July 1998		0	0
38	John McGrath	CM	IRL	Limerick	Academy	1 July 1999		-	-
9	Dion Dublin	CF	ENG	Leicester	Coventry City	5 November 1998	£5,750,000	24	11
12	Julian Joachim	CF	ENG	Peterborough	Leicester City	24 February 1996	£1,890,000	100	28
14	Neil Tarrant	CF	SCO	ENG Darlington	SCO Ross County	28 April 1998	£250,000	-	-
18	Benito Carbone	SS	ITA	Bagnara Calabra	Sheffield Wednesday	20 October 1999	£800,000	-	-
19	Richard Walker	CF	ENG	Bloxwich	Academy	1 July 1997		1	0
21	Darren Byfield	CF	JAM	ENG Sutton Coldfield	Academy	1 July 1997		10	0
22	Darius Vassell	CF	ENG	Birmingham	Academy	1 January 1998		11	2
25	Gustavo Bartelt	CF	ARG	Buenos Aires	ITA Roma	6 January 2000	Loan	-	-
29	Stan Collymore	CF	ENG	Tittensor	Liverpool	13 May 1997	£7,000,000	61	15

*squad number was re-used following a players departure. Note: Stats and ages are correct as of July 1, 1999.

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Premier League

;Results summary

;Results by matchday

Results

Aston Villa's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Newcastle United	A	[1–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/414268.stm)	36,376	Joachim 75'
11 August 1999	Everton	H	[3–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/417700.stm)	30,337	Joachim 9', Dublin 57', Taylor 85'
16 August 1999	West Ham United	H	[2–2](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/422239.stm)	26,250	Dublin 5', 52'
21 August 1999	Chelsea	A	[0–1](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/426640.stm)	35,071
24 August 1999	Watford	A	[1–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/429306.stm)	19,161	Delaney 68'
28 August 1999	Middlesbrough	H	[1–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/432376.stm)	28,728	Dublin 5'
11 September 1999	Arsenal	A	1–3	38,093	Joachim 44'
18 September 1999	Bradford City	H	[1–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/450991.stm)	28,083	Dublin 71'
25 September 1999	Leicester City	A	[1–3](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/457489.stm)	19,917	Dublin 73'
2 October 1999	Liverpool	H	[0–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/463581.stm)	39,217
18 October 1999	Sunderland	A	[1–2](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/478883.stm)	41,045	Dublin 47'
23 October 1999	Wimbledon	H	[1–1](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/483262.stm)	27,160	Dublin 35'
30 October 1999	Manchester United	A	[0–3](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/495434.stm)	55,211
6 November 1999	Southampton	H	[0–1](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/507410.stm)	26,474
22 November 1999	Coventry City	A	[1–2](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/532718.stm)	20,184	Dublin 41'
27 November 1999	Everton	A	[0–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/539360.stm)	34,750
4 December 1999	Newcastle United	H	[0–1](https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/549796.stm)	34,531
18 December 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	H	[2–1](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/570983.stm)	23,885	Merson 69', Taylor 82'
26 December 1999	Derby County	A	[2–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/578695.stm)	33,222	Boateng 68', Taylor 78'
29 December 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	H	[1–1](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/582879.stm)	39,217	Taylor 75'
3 January 2000	Leeds United	A	[2–1](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/589436.stm)	40,027	Southgate 19', 62'
15 January 2000	West Ham United	A	[1–1](https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/604996.stm)	24,237	Taylor 24'
22 January 2000	Chelsea	H	[0–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/614711.stm)	33,704
5 February 2000	Watford	H	[4–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/631970.stm)	27,647	Stone 47', Merson 57', 59', Walker 81'
14 February 2000	Middlesbrough	A	[4–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/642993.stm)	31,571	Carbone 11', 65', Joachim 70', 75'
26 February 2000	Bradford City	A	[1–1](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/658004.stm)	18,276	Merson 38'
5 March 2000	Arsenal	H	[1–1](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/666879.stm)	36,930	Walker 62'
11 March 2000	Coventry City	H	[1–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/673886.stm)	33,177	Ehiogu 45'
15 March 2000	Liverpool	A	[0–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/678977.stm)	43,615
18 March 2000	Southampton	A	[0–2](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/682152.stm)	15,218
25 March 2000	Derby County	H	[2–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/690379.stm)	28,613	Carbone 40', Boateng 57'
5 April 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	A	[1–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/703169.stm)	18,136	Thompson 90'
9 April 2000	Leeds United	H	[1–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/707390.stm)	33,889	Joachim 39'
15 April 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	A	[4–2](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/714470.stm)	35,304	Dublin 62'(pen), 69' Carbone 70', Wright 74'
22 April 2000	Leicester City	H	[2–2](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/722790.stm)	31,229	Thompson 31', Merson 48'
29 April 2000	Sunderland	H	[1–1](https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/730455.stm)	33,949	Barry 60'
6 May 2000	Wimbledon	A	[2–2](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/738614.stm)	19,188	Hendrie 54', Dublin 74'
14 May 2000	Manchester United	H	[0–1](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/748079.stm)	39,217

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Darlington	H	[2–1](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_cup/560294.stm)	22,101	Carbone 43', Dublin 63'
R4	8 January 2000	Southampton	H	[1–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_cup/595467.stm)	25,025	Southgate 20'
R5	30 January 2000	Leeds United	H	[3–2](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_cup/624651.stm)	30,026	Carbone 32', 58', 69'
QF	20 February 2000	Everton	A	[2–1](https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_cup/649868.stm)	35,331	Stone 16', Carbone 45'
SF	2 April 2000	Bolton Wanderers	N	[0–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_cup/698834.stm) (won 4–1 on pens)	62,828
[F](2000-fa-cup-final)	20 May 2000	Chelsea	N	[0–1](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_cup/756784.stm)	78,217

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Chester City	A	[1–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/447654.stm)	4,364	Hendrie 77'
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Chester City	H	[5–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/454001.stm) (6–0 on agg)	22,613	Boateng 17', Taylor 31', Hendrie 46', 47', Thompson 50'
R3	13 October 1999	Manchester United	H	[3–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/474172.stm)	33,815	Joachim 18', Taylor 49', Stone 90'
R4	1 December 1999	Southampton	H	[4–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/545814.stm)	17,608	Watson 22', Joachim 66', Dublin 72', 90'
QF	11 January 2000	West Ham United	A	[3–1](https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/599465.stm)	25,592	Taylor 80', 118', Joachim 93'
SF 1st Leg	25 January 2000	Leicester City	H	[0–0](https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/618780.stm)	28,037
SF 2nd Leg	2 February 2000	Leicester City	A	[0–1](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/628901.stm) (0–1 on agg)	21,843

Players

First-team squad

:Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Reserve squad

:The following players spend most of the season playing for the reserves, and did not appear for the first team.

Under-19 squad

:The following players spent most of the season playing for the under-19 squad, but may have played for the U-17s and reserves.

Under-17 squad

:The following players spent most of the season playing for the under-17 squad, but may have played for the U-19s and reserves.

Other players

:The following players did not appear for any squad this season.

Statistics

Starting 11

Notes

References

(20 May 2000). "Chelsea claim FA Cup glory". BBC News.
"Aston Villa's Seasons".
"Aston Villa 1999-2000 Results - statto.com".
"FootballSquads - Aston Villa - 1999/00".
"Aston Villa Player Database".

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