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1999–2000 Athletic Bilbao season

The 1999–2000 season was the 99th season in Athletic Bilbao's history and their 69th consecutive season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football.

Athletic Bilbao
1999–2000 season
PresidentJosé María Arrate
Head coachLuis Fernández
StadiumSan Mamés
La Liga11th
Copa del ReySecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Joseba Etxeberria (10 goals)[1]
All:
Joseba Etxeberria (12 goals)

Season summary edit

1999–2000, the fourth season of Luis Fernández's tenure as head coach, was his least successful so far in terms of both league and cup results. It was the first La Liga campaign of the Frenchman's reign in which Athletic finished outside the top ten, placing 11th.[2] They also suffered an early exit from the Copa del Rey, losing in the second round to Rayo Vallecano.

Fernández left his post at the end of the season, and Real Zaragoza's Txetxu Rojo was appointed in his place. Rojo had had two previous spells at San Mamés – as a successful forward between 1965 and 1982, and as head coach in the latter part of the 1989–90 season.

Squad statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

[1][3][4]

No. Pos Nat Player Total La Liga Copa del Rey
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
3 MF   ESP Óscar Vales 7 0 5 0 2 0
4 DF   ESP Rafael Alkorta 26 1 24 1 2 0
5 MF   ESP Felipe Guréndez 37 0 31+3 0 2+1 0
6 MF   ESP Josu Urrutia 30 0 27+2 0 1 0
7 MF   ESP Andoni Imaz 16 0 5+8 0 3 0
8 MF   ESP Julen Guerrero 35 6 28+4 6 3 0
9 FW   ESP Santi Ezquerro 30 6 22+6 6 2 0
10 DF   ESP Aitor Larrazábal 27 4 22+4 4 1 0
11 DF   ESP Jesús María Lacruz 31 4 28+2 4 1 0
12 DF   ESP Carlos García 30 4 23+4 3 3 1
13 GK   ESP Imanol Etxeberria 26 0 26 0 0 0
14 MF   ESP José Mari 13 1 10+2 1 1 0
15 DF   ESP Patxi Ferreira 28 1 23+2 1 3 0
16 FW   ESP Sívori 15 0 2+11 0 1+1 0
17 FW   ESP Joseba Etxeberria 37 12 33+2 10 0+2 2
18 MF   ESP Bittor Alkiza 30 0 26+1 0 3 0
19 DF   ESP Mikel Lasa 4 0 3 0 1 0
20 FW   ESP Ismael Urzaiz 37 7 22+11 5 4 2
21 DF   ESP Iñigo Larrainzar 17 0 13+1 0 2+1 0
22 MF   ESP Javi González 26 0 5+17 0 2+2 0
23 MF   ESP Edu Alonso 26 0 10+13 0 2+1 0
24 DF   ESP Roberto Ríos 6 0 4+2 0 0 0
26 GK   ESP Iñaki Lafuente 18 0 12+2 0 4 0
28 MF   ESP Francisco Yeste 6 0 4+2 0 0 0
31 MF   ESP Tiko 20 1 8+9 1 1+2 0
35 FW   ESP David Asensio 1 0 1 0 0 0
36 FW   ESP David Karanka 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
37 DF   ESP Unai Expósito 2 0 1+1 0 0 0

Results edit

La Liga edit

Main article: 1999–2000 La Liga

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
9 Rayo Vallecano 38 15 7 16 51 53 −2 52 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
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[b]
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ ESP 0–0 RSO; RSO 1–0 ESP

See also edit

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Athletic Bilbao » Appearances Primera División 1999/2000". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  2. ^ "LaLiga 1999/2000 Table, Results, Fixtures - (Football/Spain)". flashscore.co.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Athletic Bilbao » Squad 1999/2000". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Athletic Bilbao » Appearances Copa del Rey 1999/2000". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
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