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1999–2000 La Liga

69th season of La Liga

Field	Value
competition	La Liga
season	1999–2000
dates	21 August 1999 – 20 May 2000
winners	Deportivo La Coruña
1st title
relegated	Real Betis
Atlético Madrid
Sevilla
continentalcup1	[Champions League](2000-01-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Real Madrid
(as [Champions League](1999-2000-uefa-champions-league) winners)
Deportivo La Coruña
Barcelona
Valencia
continentalcup2	[UEFA Cup](2000-01-uefa-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Zaragoza
Alavés
Espanyol
(as [Copa del Rey](1999-2000-copa-del-rey) winners)
Rayo Vallecano
(via Fair Play)
continentalcup3	[Intertoto Cup](2000-uefa-intertoto-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Celta Vigo
Mallorca
league topscorer	Salva
(27 goals)
biggest home win	Atlético Madrid 5–0 Oviedo
(22 December 1999)
biggest away win	Real Madrid 1–5 Zaragoza
(4 December 1999)
Athletic Bilbao 0–4 Barcelona
(11 March 2000)
Sevilla 0–4 Mallorca
(7 May 2000)
highest scoring	Valencia 6–2 Oviedo
(9 April 2000)
Celta Vigo 5–3 Oviedo
(16 January 2000)
matches	380
total goals	999
prevseason	[1998–99](1998-99-la-liga)
nextseason	[2000–01](2000-01-la-liga)

1st title Atlético Madrid Sevilla (as Champions League winners) Deportivo La Coruña Barcelona Valencia Alavés Espanyol (as Copa del Rey winners) Rayo Vallecano (via Fair Play) Mallorca (27 goals) (22 December 1999) (4 December 1999) Athletic Bilbao 0–4 Barcelona (11 March 2000) Sevilla 0–4 Mallorca (7 May 2000) (9 April 2000) Celta Vigo 5–3 Oviedo (16 January 2000)

The 1999–2000 La Liga season, the 69th since its establishment. It began on 21 August 1999, and concluded on 20 May 2000. Deportivo La Coruña won a first La Liga title with 69 points, the lowest for a champion since the three points for a win rule was introduced in 1995.

Promotion and relegation

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season and the four 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).

Team information

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alavés	ESP Gonzalo Antón	ESP José Manuel Esnal	Luanvi	Guascor
Athletic Bilbao	ESP José María Arrate	FRA Luis Fernández	Adidas	none
Atlético Madrid	ESP Jesús Gil	ITA Claudio Ranieri	Reebok	none
Barcelona	ESP Josep Lluís Núñez	NED Louis van Gaal	Nike	none
Betis	ESP Manuel Ruiz de Lopera	ARG Carlos Griguol	Kappa	none
Celta	ESP Horacio Gómez Araujo	ESP Víctor Fernández	Umbro	Citroën
Deportivo	ESP Augusto César Lendoiro	ESP Javier Irureta	Adidas	Feiraco
Espanyol	ESP Daniel Sánchez Llibre	ARG Miguel Ángel Brindisi	John Smith	none
Málaga	ESP Fernando Puche	ESP Joaquín Peiró	Kelme	Unicaja
Mallorca	ESP Guillem Reynés	ESP Fernando Vázquez	Kelme	Spanair
Numancia	ESP Francisco Rubio	ESP Andoni Goikoetxea	Joma	Caja Duero
Oviedo	ESP Eugenio Prieto Álvarez	ESP Luis Aragonés	Erima	Asturias
Racing	ESP Miguel Ángel Díaz Díaz	PAR Gustavo Benítez	Austral	Cantabria
Rayo Vallecano	ESP Teresa Rivero	ESP Juande Ramos	Joma	Rumasa
Real Madrid	ESP Lorenzo Sanz	WAL John Toshack	Adidas	Teka
Real Sociedad	ESP Luis Uranga	AUT Bernd Krauss	Astore	Krafft
Sevilla	ESP Rafael Carrión	ESP Marcos Alonso	Umbro	SuperCable
Valencia	ESP Pedro Cortés	ARG Héctor Cúper	Luanvi	Terra Mítica
Valladolid	ESP Marcos Fernández	ESP Gregorio Manzano	Kelme	Caja España
Zaragoza	ESP Alfonso Soláns	ESP Chechu Rojo	Luanvi	Pikolin

Clubs and locations

1999–2000 season was composed of the following clubs:

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Barcelona	Camp Nou	98,772
Real Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	80,354
Espanyol	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	55,926
Atlético Madrid	Vicente Calderón	55,005
Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Real Betis	Manuel Ruiz de Lopera	52,132
Sevilla	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	45,500
Athletic Bilbao	San Mamés	39,750
Deportivo de La Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Real Zaragoza	La Romareda	34,596
Celta de Vigo	Estadio Balaídos	32,500
Real Sociedad	Anoeta	32,200
Real Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere	30,500
Málaga	La Rosaleda	30,044
Valladolid	José Zorrilla	27,846
Mallorca	Son Moix	23,142
Racing de Santander	El Sardinero	22,222
Alavés	Mendizorrotza	19,840
Rayo Vallecano	Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas	14,505
Numancia	Los Pajaritos	8,261

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Position in table
Mallorca	ARG Mario Gómez		August 1999	ESP Fernando Vázquez	September 1999	19th
Real Sociedad	GER Bernd Krauss	Sacked	25 October 1999	ESP Javier Clemente	26 October 1999	17th
Real Madrid	WAL John Toshack	Sacked	17 November 1999	ESP Vicente del Bosque	18 November 1999	8th
Espanyol	ARG Miguel Ángel Brindisi	Sacked	17 January 2000	ESP Paco Flores	January 2000	17th
Betis	ARG Carlos Griguol	Sacked	January 2000	NED Guus Hiddink	February 2000	16th
Atlético Madrid	ITA Claudio Ranieri	Sacked	February 2000	SCG Radomir Antić	March 2000	17th
Sevilla	ESP Marcos Alonso Peña	Sacked	March 2000	ESP Juan Carlos Álvarez	March 2000	20th
Betis	NED Guus Hiddink	Sacked	2 May 2000	BIH Faruk Hadžibegić	May 2000	18th
Atlético Madrid	SCG Radomir Antić	Sacked	May 2000	ESP Fernando Zambrano	May 2000	19th

League table

Results

The season results are as follows:

Overall

Most wins – Deportivo La Coruña (21)
Fewest wins – Sevilla (5)
Most draws – Racing Santander (16)
Fewest draws – Deportivo La Coruña (6)
Most losses – Sevilla (20)
Fewest losses – Zaragoza (7)
Most goals scored – Barcelona (70)
Fewest goals scored – Betis (33)
Most goals conceded – Sevilla (67)
Fewest goals conceded – Alavés (37)

Awards and season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	ESP Salva	Racing Santander	27
2	BRA Catanha	Málaga	24
NED Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Atlético Madrid
4	NED Roy Makaay	Deportivo La Coruña	22
5	FR Yugoslavia Savo Milošević	Zaragoza	21
6	ESP Diego Tristán	Mallorca	18
7	ESP Raúl	Real Madrid	17
8	NED Patrick Kluivert	Barcelona	15
9	ESP Gaizka Mendieta	Valencia	13
ESP Víctor	Valladolid

Source: BDFutbol

Zamora Trophy

Player	Club	Goals against	Matches	Average
ARG Martín Herrera	Alavés

Fair Play award

Rayo Vallecano was the winner of the Fair-play award with 102 points, 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.

Source: El Mundo Deportivo (newspaper archive, web)

Pedro Zaballa award

Alfonso Pérez, footballer

Attendances

Source:

#	Club	Avg. attendance	Highest
1	FC Barcelona	65,526	100,000
2	Real Madrid	59,316	80,000
3	Valencia CF	40,368	50,000
4	Real Betis	38,684	45,000
5	Atlético de Madrid	35,211	55,000
6	Athletic Club	34,474	40,000
7	Sevilla FC	29,353	43,000
8	Málaga CF	27,526	37,000
9	Deportivo de La Coruña	27,211	36,000
10	Real Sociedad	25,221	30,000
11	Celta de Vigo	22,711	30,000
12	Real Zaragoza	22,000	33,000
13	RCD Espanyol	18,900	33,400
14	Deportivo Alavés	17,158	19,000
15	RCD Mallorca	16,384	23,000
16	Racing de Santander	15,820	22,000
17	Real Valladolid	13,326	21,000
18	Real Oviedo	11,705	15,024
19	Rayo Vallecano	9,737	14,500
20	CD Numancia	9,042	10,000

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