1999–2000 Southampton F.C. season

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Southampton Football Club competed in the FA Premier League.

Southampton F.C.

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Rupert Lowe
Manager	Dave Jones (until 27 January) Glenn Hoddle (from 28 January)
Stadium	The Dell
Premiership	15th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	Marian Pahars (13)
Highest home attendance	15,257 vs West Ham United (5 February 2000, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	10,960 vs Manchester City (21 September 1999, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	15,132
Home colours

Season summary

Manager Dave Jones was given leave from his duties in January to concentrate on clearing his name in connection with child abuse charges, and former England boss Glenn Hoddle was appointed on a temporary basis. Hoddle did well to keep the Saints clear of relegation, and safety was achieved with a 15th-place finish and a respectable 44 points. As the new season approached, it was still unclear as to whether Jones would ever return to the club.

Matt Le Tissier scored a modest six goals during the season, but that was sufficient to bring his total number of Premier League goals to 100, making him the first midfielder to reach this milestone. Le Tissier reached the milestone in Southampton's 2–1 defeat to Sunderland on 1 April 2000 with a goal from the penalty spot.

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Everton	38	12	14	12	59	49	+10	50
14	Coventry City	38	12	8	18	47	54	−7	44
15	Southampton	38	12	8	18	45	62	−17	44
16	Derby County	38	9	11	18	44	57	−13	38
17	Bradford City	38	9	9	20	38	68	−30	36	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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	12	8	18	45	62	−17	44	8	4	7	26	22	+4	4	4	11	19	40	−21

Source: 1999-2000 FA Premier League table

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	W
Position	5	14	6	10	9	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	14	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

Source: 11v11.com: 1999-2000 Southampton results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Southampton's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Coventry City	A	1–0	19,915	Østenstad
11 August 1999	Leeds United	H	0–3	15,206
15 August 1999	Newcastle United	H	4–2	15,013	Kachloul (2), Pahars, M. Hughes
21 August 1999	Everton	A	1–4	31,755	Pahars
28 August 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–0	14,815	Kachloul, Oakley
11 September 1999	Middlesbrough	A	2–3	32,165	Kachloul, Pahars
18 September 1999	Arsenal	H	0–1	15,242
25 September 1999	Manchester United	A	3–3	55,249	Pahars, Le Tissier (2)
4 October 1999	Derby County	H	3–3	14,208	Pahars, Oakley, Ripley
16 October 1999	Leicester City	A	1–2	19,556	Pahars
23 October 1999	Liverpool	H	1–1	15,241	Soltvedt
30 October 1999	Wimbledon	A	1–1	15,754	Pahars
6 November 1999	Aston Villa	A	1–0	26,474	Richards
20 November 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	15,248
28 November 1999	Leeds United	A	0–1	39,288
4 December 1999	Coventry City	H	0–0	15,168
18 December 1999	Sunderland	A	0–2	40,860
26 December 1999	Chelsea	H	1–2	15,232	Davies
28 December 1999	Watford	A	2–3	18,459	Boa Morte, Davies
3 January 2000	Bradford City	H	1–0	15,027	Davies
16 January 2000	Newcastle United	A	0–5	35,623
22 January 2000	Everton	H	2–0	15,232	Tessem, Oakley
5 February 2000	West Ham United	H	2–1	15,257	Pahars, Charles (own goal)
12 February 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–0	23,470	Tessem
26 February 2000	Arsenal	A	1–3	38,044	Richards
4 March 2000	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	15,223	Pahars
8 March 2000	West Ham United	A	0–2	23,484
11 March 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–7	36,024	Tessem, Khalej
18 March 2000	Aston Villa	H	2–0	15,218	Davies (2)
25 March 2000	Chelsea	A	1–1	34,956	Tessem
1 April 2000	Sunderland	H	1–2	15,245	Le Tissier (pen)
8 April 2000	Bradford City	A	2–1	17,439	Windass (own goal), Pahars
15 April 2000	Watford	H	2–0	15,252	Davies, Pahars
22 April 2000	Manchester United	H	1–3	15,245	Pahars
24 April 2000	Derby County	A	0–2	29,403
29 April 2000	Leicester City	H	1–2	15,178	Kachloul
7 May 2000	Liverpool	A	0–0	44,015
14 May 2000	Wimbledon	H	2–0	15,249	Bridge, Pahars

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	13 December 1999	Ipswich Town	A	1–0	14,383	Richards
R4	8 January 2000	Aston Villa	A	0–1	25,025

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	15 September 1999	Manchester City	A	0–0	17,476
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Manchester City	H	4–3 (4-3 on agg)	10,960	Dodd (pen), Oakley (2), Richards
R3	13 October 1999	Liverpool	H	2–1	13,822	Richards, Soltvedt
R4	1 December 1999	Aston Villa	A	0–4	17,608

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	WAL	Paul Jones
2	DF	ENG	Jason Dodd
3	DF	ENG	John Beresford
4	MF	ENG	Chris Marsden
5	DF	NOR	Claus Lundekvam
6	DF	ENG	Dean Richards
7	MF	ENG	Matt Le Tissier (captain)
8	MF	ENG	Matt Oakley
10	FW	ENG	Kevin Davies
11	DF	ENG	David Howells
12	DF	ENG	Richard Dryden
13	GK	ENG	Neil Moss
14	MF	ENG	Stuart Ripley
15	DF	ENG	Francis Benali
16	FW	ENG	James Beattie
17	FW	LVA	Marian Pahars
18	DF	ENG	Wayne Bridge

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	POR	Dani Rodrigues
20	GK	ENG	Scott Bevan
21	FW	NOR	Jo Tessem
22	MF	WAL	David Hughes
24	DF	FRA	Patrick Colleter
25	DF	ENG	Garry Monk
26	MF	LVA	Imants Bleidelis
27	DF	MAR	Tahar El Khalej
28	MF	ENG	Kevin Gibbens
30	MF	MAR	Hassan Kachloul
31	FW	ENG	Shayne Bradley
32	MF	NOR	Trond Egil Soltvedt
33	MF	ENG	Adam Sims
34	DF	POR	Bruno Leal
35	FW	POR	Luís Boa Morte
37	DF	ENG	Phil Warner

Left club during season

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	WAL	Mark Hughes (to Everton)
10	FW	NOR	Egil Østenstad (to Blackburn Rovers)
21	MF	WAL	Andy Williams (to Swindon Town)
23	DF	ENG	Scott Hiley (to Portsmouth)
26	DF	SCO	Scott Marshall (to Brentford)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	FW	ENG	David Hirst (retired)
29	MF	POR	Marco Almeida (on loan from Sporting CP)
36	DF	ENG	Chris Collins (to Stevenage Borough)
—	DF	ENG	Stephen Jenkins (to Brentford)

Reserve squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	Brian Howard