1999–2000 La Liga

La Liga
Season1999–2000
Dates21 August 1999 – 20 May 2000
ChampionsDeportivo La Coruña
1st title
RelegatedReal Betis
Atlético Madrid
Sevilla
Champions LeagueReal Madrid
(as Champions League winners)
Deportivo La Coruña
Barcelona
Valencia
UEFA CupZaragoza
Alavés
Espanyol
(as Copa del Rey winners)
Rayo Vallecano
(via Fair Play)
Intertoto CupCelta Vigo
Mallorca
Matches played380
Goals scored999 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerSalva
(27 goals)
Biggest home winAtlético Madrid 5–0 Oviedo
(22 December 1999)[1]
Biggest away winReal Madrid 1–5 Zaragoza
(4 December 1999)[2]
Athletic Bilbao 0–4 Barcelona
(11 March 2000)[3]
Sevilla 0–4 Mallorca
(7 May 2000)[4]
Highest scoringValencia 6–2 Oviedo
(9 April 2000)[5]
Celta Vigo 5–3 Oviedo
(16 January 2000)[6]

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.[7]

Promotion and relegation

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

Clubs and locations

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Location of teams in La Liga 1999–2000

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 Argentina Mario Gómez August 1999 Spain Fernando Vázquez September 1999 19th
Real Sociedad Germany Bernd Krauss Sacked 25 October 1999[8] Spain Javier Clemente 26 October 1999[9] 17th
Real Madrid Wales John Toshack Sacked 17 November 1999[10] Spain Vicente del Bosque 18 November 1999[11] 8th
Espanyol Argentina Miguel Ángel Brindisi Sacked 17 January 2000[12] Spain Paco Flores January 2000 17th
Betis Argentina Carlos Griguol Sacked January 2000 Netherlands Guus Hiddink February 2000 16th
Atlético Madrid Italy Claudio Ranieri Sacked February 2000 Serbia and Montenegro Radomir Antić March 2000 17th
Sevilla Spain Marcos Alonso Peña Sacked March 2000 Spain Juan Carlos Álvarez March 2000 20th
Betis Netherlands Guus Hiddink Sacked 2 May 2000 Bosnia and Herzegovina Faruk Hadžibegić May 2000 18th
Atlético Madrid Serbia and Montenegro Radomir Antić Sacked May 2000 Spain Fernando Zambrano May 2000 19th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Deportivo La Coruña (C) 38 21 6 11 66 44 +22 69 Qualification for the Club World Cup[a]
2 Barcelona 38 19 7 12 70 46 +24 64[b] Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3 Valencia 38 18 10 10 59 39 +20 64[b] Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Zaragoza 38 16 15 7 60 40 +20 63 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[c]
5 Real Madrid 38 16 14 8 58 48 +10 62 Qualification for the Champions League group stage[c]
6 Alavés 38 17 10 11 41 37 +4 61 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
7 Celta Vigo 38 15 8 15 45 43 +2 53[d] Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8 Valladolid 38 14 11 13 36 44 −8 53[d]
9 Rayo Vallecano 38 15 7 16 51 53 −2 52 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[e]
10 Mallorca 38 14 9 15 52 45 +7 51 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
11 Athletic Bilbao 38 12 14 12 47 57 −10 50
12 Málaga 38 11 15 12 55 50 +5 48
13 Real Sociedad 38 11 14 13 42 49 −7 47[f]
14 Espanyol 38 12 11 15 51 48 +3 47[f] Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[g]
15 Racing Santander 38 10 16 12 52 50 +2 46
16 Oviedo 38 11 12 15 44 60 −16 45[h]
17 Numancia 38 11 12 15 47 59 −12 45[h]
18 Real Betis (R) 38 11 9 18 33 56 −23 42 Relegation to the Segunda División
19 Atlético Madrid (R) 38 9 11 18 48 64 −16 38
20 Sevilla (R) 38 5 13 20 42 67 −25 28
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Deportivo La Coruña also qualified for the Champions League group stage.
  2. ^ a b VAL 3–1 BAR; BAR 3–0 VAL
  3. ^ a b Real Madrid qualified directly for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League as holders. As a result, Zaragoza lost their spot in the UEFA Champions League and had to participate in the UEFA Cup.
  4. ^ a b VLD 3–3 CEL; CEL 1–1 VLD
  5. ^ Rayo Vallecano earned a spot in the qualifying round of the 2000–01 UEFA Cup as being elected by UEFA as one of the two best entries of UEFA Fair play.
  6. ^ a b ESP 0–0 RSO; RSO 1–0 ESP
  7. ^ Espanyol entered UEFA Cup as winners of 1999–2000 Copa del Rey.
  8. ^ a b ROV 1–0 NUM; NUM 1–1 ROV

Results

The season results are as follows:

Home \ Away ATH ATM FCB BET CEL ALV RCD ESP MCF MLL NUM RAC RVA RMA ROV RSO SFC VCF VLD ZAR
Athletic Bilbao 4–2 0–4 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2
Atlético Madrid 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–2
Barcelona 4–0 2–1 4–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–3 4–0 1–0 0–2 2–2 3–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 4–0 2–0
Betis 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–5 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0
Celta de Vigo 1–1 0–1 0–2 5–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–4 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 5–3 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1
Alavés 1–2 2–0 2–3 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–2
Deportivo La Coruña 2–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 4–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 3–2 5–2 3–1 2–0 5–2 2–0 2–0 2–2
Espanyol 0–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–3 0–0 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 5–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 1–1 1–1
Málaga 3–4 2–3 1–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–0
Mallorca 2–1 1–2 3–2 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–3 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1
Numancia 1–1 3–0 3–3 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–2
Racing Santander 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2
Rayo Vallecano 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–3 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–3 4–1 0–1
Real Madrid 3–1 1–3 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–4 0–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–3 0–1 1–5
Oviedo 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 4–2 0–0 1–1 1–0
Real Sociedad 4–1 4–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–5 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–1
Sevilla 0–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–2 0–0 0–4 4–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–0
Valencia 2–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 4–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 6–2 4–0 2–0 0–0 2–1
Valladolid 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–1 4–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1
Zaragoza 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 3–3 4–1 1–1 0–1 4–0 2–0 2–1 4–2 1–1
Source: LFP (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Overall

Awards and season statistics

Top goalscorers

Salva was the top goalscorer of the 1999–2000 season
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Spain Salva Racing Santander 27
2 Brazil Catanha Málaga 24
Netherlands Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Atlético Madrid
4 Netherlands Roy Makaay Deportivo La Coruña 22
5 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Savo Milošević Zaragoza 21
6 Spain Diego Tristán Mallorca 18
7 Spain Raúl Real Madrid 17
8 Netherlands Patrick Kluivert Barcelona 15
9 Spain Gaizka Mendieta Valencia 13
Spain Víctor Valladolid

Source: BDFutbol

Zamora Trophy

Player Club Goals against Matches Average
Argentina Martín Herrera Alavés
37
38
0.97

Fair Play award

Rayo Vallecano was the winner of the Fair-play award with 102 points,[13] 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.

Pedro Zaballa award

Alfonso Pérez, footballer[15]

See also

References

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