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1999–2000 Bundesliga
37th season of the Bundesliga
37th season of the Bundesliga
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 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](2000-01-uefa-champions-league) |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Bayern Munich |
| Bayer Leverkusen | |
| Hamburg | |
| 1860 Munich | |
| continentalcup2 | [UEFA Cup](2000-01-uefa-cup) |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | [Kaiserslautern](1-fc-kaiserslautern) |
| Hertha BSC | |
| Werder Bremen ([domestic cup](1999-2000-dfb-pokal) finalists) | |
| continentalcup3 | [Intertoto Cup](2000-uefa-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](1998-99-bundesliga) |
| nextseason | [2000–01](2000-01-bundesliga) |
15th Bundesliga title 16th German title Unterhaching Ulm Arminia Bielefeld Duisburg Bayer Leverkusen Hamburg 1860 Munich Hertha BSC Werder Bremen (domestic cup finalists) Stuttgart The 1999–2000 Bundesliga was the 37th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 13 August 1999 and ended on 20 May 2000. 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.
Team overview
| Club | Location | last=Grüne | first=Hardy | title=Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon | publisher=AGON Sportverlag | location=Kassel | year=2001 | isbn=3-89784-147-9 | language=de}} | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin | Olympiastadion | 76,000 | ||||||||
| * | Bielefeld | Stadion Alm | 26,600 | |||||||
| Bremen | Weserstadion | 36,000 | ||||||||
| Dortmund | Westfalenstadion | 68,600 | ||||||||
| Duisburg | Wedaustadion | 30,128 | ||||||||
| Frankfurt am Main | Waldstadion | 62,000 | ||||||||
| Freiburg im Breisgau | Dreisamstadion | 25,000 | ||||||||
| Hamburg | Volksparkstadion | 62,000 | ||||||||
| Kaiserslautern | Fritz-Walter-Stadion | 41,500 | ||||||||
| Leverkusen | BayArena | 22,500 | ||||||||
| Munich | Olympiastadion | 63,000 | ||||||||
| Munich | Olympiastadion | 63,000 | ||||||||
| Rostock | Ostseestadion | 25,850 | ||||||||
| Gelsenkirchen | Parkstadion | 70,000 | ||||||||
| Stuttgart | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion | 53,700 | ||||||||
| * | Ulm | Donaustadion | 23,500 | |||||||
| * | Unterhaching | Stadion am Sportpark | 11,300 | |||||||
| Wolfsburg | VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg | 21,600 |
(*) Promoted from 2. Bundesliga.
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GER Martin Max | 1860 Munich | 19 |
| 2 | GER Ulf Kirsten | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 |
| 3 | BRA Giovane Élber | Bayern Munich | 14 |
| DEN Ebbe Sand | Schalke 04 | ||
| 5 | GER Marco Bode | Werder Bremen | 13 |
| BRA Paulo Sérgio | Bayern Munich | ||
| 7 | BRA Aílton | Werder Bremen | 12 |
| NGR Jonathan Akpoborie | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| GER Michael Preetz | Hertha BSC | ||
| 10 | GER Stefan Beinlich | Bayer Leverkusen | 11 |
| FRA Youri Djorkaeff | [Kaiserslautern](1-fc-kaiserslautern) | ||
| POL Andrzej Juskowiak | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| GER Bruno Labbadia | Arminia Bielefeld | ||
| TUN Adel Sellimi | SC Freiburg |
Attendances
Source:
| No. | Team | Attendance | Change | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 64,641 | -1,3% | 68,800 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 52,588 | -6,5% | 69,000 |
| 3 | Hertha BSC | 46,835 | -10,7% | 75,000 |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 41,934 | 72,1% | 53,800 |
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 40,543 | -6,9% | 62,109 |
| 6 | [1. FC Kaiserslautern](1-fc-kaiserslautern) | 40,224 | -2,0% | 41,500 |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 35,603 | 11,5% | 58,245 |
| 8 | [TSV 1860](1860-munchen) | 32,653 | 0,5% | 69,000 |
| 9 | VfB Stuttgart | 30,235 | -1,7% | 47,000 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 29,834 | 0,2% | 36,000 |
| 11 | SC Freiburg | 24,694 | 10,2% | 25,000 |
| 12 | Bayer Leverkusen | 22,471 | 0,1% | 22,500 |
| 13 | SSV Ulm | 21,711 | 93,7% | 23,793 |
| 14 | Arminia Bielefeld | 19,721 | 62,8% | 26,601 |
| 15 | VfL Wolfsburg | 17,196 | 2,9% | 21,400 |
| 16 | Hansa Rostock | 16,153 | 1,3% | 24,500 |
| 17 | MSV Duisburg | 15,115 | -12,7% | 30,112 |
| 18 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 9,576 | 158,0% | 11,300 |
References
References
- "Schedule Round 1". DFB.
- "Archive 1999/2000 Round 34". DFB.
- Ashdown, John. (2012-05-02). "When were the closest title races in Europe's top leagues?". The Guardian.
- (May 20, 2020). "A helping hand from the neighbours - 20 years on".
- "20 years ago: The drama of Unterhaching {{!}} Bayer04.de".
- (2021-09-30). "The horror treble: remembering the worst collapse in European football".
- Grüne, Hardy. (2001). "Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon". AGON Sportverlag.
- https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ger/aveger00.htm
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