Leicester City

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Philip Smith
Manager	Martin O'Neill
Stadium	Filbert Street
Premiership	8th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Winners
Player of the Year	Gerry Taggart
Top goalscorer	Cottee (13)
Highest home attendance	22,170 vs Manchester United (18 Mar 2000, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	12,157 vs Hereford United (22 Dec 1999, FA Cup)
Average home league attendance	19,825
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Leicester City achieved their highest league finish in 24 years by coming eighth in the final table, as well as reaching their third League Cup final in four years. They triumphed for the second time under Martin O'Neill and the third time in their history, beating Tranmere Rovers 2–1 at Wembley. O'Neill then left the club after accepting the offer to manage Celtic.^[1] In came former England under 21 coach Peter Taylor as his successor.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Aston Villa	38	15	13	10	46	35	+11	58	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
7	Sunderland	38	16	10	12	57	56	+1	58
8	Leicester City	38	16	7	15	55	55	0	55	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
9	West Ham United	38	15	10	13	52	53	−1	55
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	15	8	15	57	49	+8	53

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	16	7	15	55	55	0	55	10	3	6	31	24	+7	6	4	9	24	31	−7

Results by round

Leicester City's score comes first^[2]

Win

Draw

Loss

^[52] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Tim Flowers 3 DF  JAM Frank Sinclair 4 DF  NIR Gerry Taggart 5 DF  ENG Steve Walsh 6 MF  TUR Muzzy Izzet 7 MF  NIR Neil Lennon 8 FW  ENG Stan Collymore 10 FW  ENG Darren Eadie 11 MF  ENG Steve Guppy 13 FW  ISL Arnar Gunnlaugsson 14 MF  WAL Robbie Savage 15 DF  ENG Phil Gilchrist 16 MF  SCO Stuart Campbell 18 DF  SCO Matt Elliott (captain) 19 DF  ENG Robert Ullathorne

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  ENG Ian Marshall 21 MF  ENG Graham Fenton 22 GK  GLP Pegguy Arphexad 24 DF  ENG Andrew Impey 25 MF  ENG Stuart Wilson 27 FW  ENG Tony Cottee 28 FW  ENG Lawrie Dudfield 29 MF  ENG Stefan Oakes 30 GK  ENG Michael Price 32 GK  ENG John Hodges 34 MF  ENG Danny Thomas 37 MF  GRE Theodoros Zagorakis 38 DF  ENG Tommy Goodwin 45 MF  NIR Tim McCann 46 DF  ENG Jordan Stewart

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  ENG Emile Heskey (to Liverpool) 16 MF  SCO Stuart Campbell (on loan to Birmingham City)

No. Pos. Nation Player 34 GK  NIR Alan Fettis (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 8 MF  ENG Scott Taylor (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 DF  ENG Guy Branston 17 FW  ARG Fernando Pasquinelli 23 MF  ENG Matt Piper

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 GK  ENG Matthew Nurse 33 MF  ENG Alex Mortimer 35 DF  ENG Carl Bacon

Players with squad numbers struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Leicester.

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Tim Flowers	29	0	2	0	5+1	0	36+1	0	1	0
3	DF	Frank Sinclair	34	0	3	0	7	0	44	0	9	1
4	DF	Gerry Taggart	30+1	6	5	0	7+1	1	42+2	7	7	1
5	DF	Steve Walsh	5+6	0	3+1	0	2+1	1	10+8	1	3	1
6	MF	Muzzy Izzet	32	8	2	1	6	1	40	10	4	0
7	MF	Neil Lennon	31	1	2	0	6	1	39	2	8	1
8	FW	Stan Collymore	6	4	0	0	0	0	6	4	1	0
9†	FW	Emile Heskey	23	7	4	0	8	1	35	8	8	0
10	FW	Darren Eadie	15+1	0	3	0	0	0	18+1	0	1	1
11	MF	Steve Guppy	29+1	2	2	0	5	0	36+1	2	2	0
13	FW	Arnar Gunnlaugsson	2	0	2+1	0	0+2	0	4+3	0	0	0
14	MF	Robbie Savage	35	1	5	0	7	0	47	1	6	0
15	DF	Phil Gilchrist	17+10	1	3	0	5+1	0	25+11	1	1	0
16	MF	Stuart Campbell	1+3	0	0+3	0	0+2	0	1+8	0	0	0
18	DF	Matt Elliott	37	6	5	2	6	3	48	11	3	0
20	FW	Ian Marshall	2+19	0	0+1	0	3+1	3	5+21	3	1	0
21	FW	Graham Fenton	1+1	0	0+3	0	0+4	1	1+8	1	1	0
22	GK	Pegguy Arphexad	9+2	0	3+1	0	3	0	15+3	0	0	0
24	MF	Andrew Impey	28+1	1	2+1	0	5+2	0	35+4	1	0	0
25	MF	Stuart Wilson	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0+2	0	0	0
27	FW	Tony Cottee	30+3	13	2	0	3	0	35+3	13	1	0
28	FW	Lawrie Dudfield	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
29	MF	Stefan Oakes	15+7	1	3	0	7	2	25+7	3	1	0
34	DF	Danny Thomas	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0
37	MF	Theodoros Zagorakis	6+11	1	4	0	3+4	0	13+15	1	2	0
38	DF	Tommy Goodwin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
46	DF	Jordan Stewart	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee	Notes
30 July 1999	GK	Tim Flowers	Blackburn Rovers	£1,100,000
10 August 1999	DF	Phil Gilchrist	Oxford United	£500,000	[53]
10 December 1999	MF	Darren Eadie	Norwich City	£3,000,000	[54]
10 February 2000	FW	Stan Collymore	Aston Villa	Free	[55]
23 March 2000	FW	Fernando Pasquinelli	Boca Juniors	Loan

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee	Notes
27 July 1999	GK	Kasey Keller	Rayo Vallecano	Free transfer
8 October 1999	MF	Scott Taylor	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free transfer
18 November 1999	DF	Guy Branston	Rotherham United	£50,000
10 March 2000	FW	Emile Heskey	Liverpool	£11,000,000	[56]

Transfers in: £4,600,000

Transfers out: £11,050,000

Total spending: £6,450,000