The 1999–2000 Bundesliga was the 37th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 13 August 1999[1] and ended on 20 May 2000.[2] FC Bayern Munich were the defending champions.

Bundesliga
Season1999–2000
Dates13 August 1999 – 20 May 2000
ChampionsBayern Munich
15th Bundesliga title
16th German title
PromotedArminia Bielefeld
Unterhaching
Ulm
RelegatedUlm
Arminia Bielefeld
Duisburg
Champions LeagueBayern Munich
Bayer Leverkusen
Hamburg
1860 Munich
UEFA CupKaiserslautern
Hertha BSC
Werder Bremen (domestic cup finalists)
Intertoto CupWolfsburg
Stuttgart
Matches played306
Goals scored885 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerMartin Max (19)
Biggest home winseven games with a differential of +5 each (6–1 twice, 5–0 five times)
Biggest away winUlm 1–9 Leverkusen (18 March 2000)
Highest scoringUlm 1–9 Leverkusen (10 goals) (18 March 2000)

Competition modus

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Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received three points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga.

Team changes to 1998–99

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1. FC Nürnberg, VfL Bochum and Borussia Mönchengladbach were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by Arminia Bielefeld, SpVgg Unterhaching and SSV Ulm.

Season overview

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Five matches before the end of the league, Bayer Leverkusen had 61 points and defending champions Bayern Munich was in 60. At the 30th fixture, Bayer 04 got 3 points ahead, and continued winning until the 33rd round. Before the final fixture start, Bayer had 73 points, with Bayern having 70. However, Leverkusen lost away to Unterhaching 2–0, and Bayern celebrated the championship winning against Werder Bremen 3–1 at home, due to their superior goal difference over Bayer 04.[3][4][5][6]

Team overview

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Club Location Ground[7] Capacity[7]
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 76,000
Arminia Bielefeld* Bielefeld Stadion Alm 26,600
SV Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 36,000
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Westfalenstadion 68,600
MSV Duisburg Duisburg Wedaustadion 30,128
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main Waldstadion 62,000
SC Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau Dreisamstadion 25,000
Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 62,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 41,500
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Leverkusen BayArena 22,500
TSV 1860 Munich Munich Olympiastadion 63,000
FC Bayern Munich Munich Olympiastadion 63,000
FC Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 25,850
FC Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 53,700
SSV Ulm* Ulm Donaustadion 23,500
SpVgg Unterhaching* Unterhaching Stadion am Sportpark 11,300
VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg 21,600

(*) Promoted from 2. Bundesliga.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (C) 34 22 7 5 73 28 +45 73 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Bayer Leverkusen 34 21 10 3 74 36 +38 73
3 Hamburger SV 34 16 11 7 63 39 +24 59 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 1860 Munich 34 14 11 9 55 48 +7 53
5 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 15 5 14 54 59 −5 50 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6 Hertha BSC 34 13 11 10 39 46 −7 50
7 VfL Wolfsburg 34 12 13 9 51 58 −7 49 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8 VfB Stuttgart 34 14 6 14 44 47 −3 48 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
9 Werder Bremen 34 13 8 13 65 52 +13 47 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
10 SpVgg Unterhaching 34 12 8 14 40 42 −2 44
11 Borussia Dortmund 34 9 13 12 41 38 +3 40
12 SC Freiburg 34 10 10 14 45 50 −5 40
13 Schalke 04 34 8 15 11 42 44 −2 39[b]
14 Eintracht Frankfurt[c] 34 12 5 17 42 44 −2 39[b]
15 Hansa Rostock 34 8 14 12 44 60 −16 38
16 SSV Ulm 1846 (R) 34 9 8 17 36 62 −26 35 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
17 Arminia Bielefeld (R) 34 7 9 18 40 61 −21 30
18 MSV Duisburg (R) 34 4 10 20 37 71 −34 22
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ As domestic cup winners FC Bayern Munich had qualified for UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup place belonging to the domestic cup winners was transferred to Werder Bremen.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head was used as a tie-breaker between Schalke 04 and Frankfurt.
  3. ^ Eintracht Frankfurt were docked two points because of licensing irregularities.

Results

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Home \ Away BSC DSC SVW BVB DUI SGE SCF HSV FCK B04 M60 FCB ROS S04 VFB ULM UNT WOB
Hertha BSC 2–0 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 5–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0
Arminia Bielefeld 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–3 2–2 1–2 1–2 4–1 1–0 0–0
Werder Bremen 4–1 3–1 3–2 4–0 3–1 5–2 2–1 5–0 1–3 1–3 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–2
Borussia Dortmund 4–0 1–3 1–3 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–1
MSV Duisburg 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–2 2–3 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–0 2–3
Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 4–0
SC Freiburg 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–3 0–2 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 5–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 4–3 1–1
Hamburger SV 5–1 5–0 0–0 1–1 6–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–2
1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–2 0–2 4–3 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 6–2 4–2 2–2
Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 4–1 3–2 3–1 3–0 4–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 4–1 2–1 4–1
1860 Munich 2–1 5–0 1–0 0–3 4–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 4–3 3–3 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–2
Bayern Munich 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 4–1 4–1 6–1 2–2 2–2 4–1 1–2 4–1 4–1 0–1 4–0 1–0 5–0
Hansa Rostock 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 3–3 4–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–4 2–1 1–1 1–1
Schalke 04 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
VfB Stuttgart 1–0 3–3 0–0 1–2 4–2 0–2 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 1–3 2–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–5
SSV Ulm 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–3 3–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–9 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0
SpVgg Unterhaching 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–1
VfL Wolfsburg 2–3 2–0 2–7 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–4 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–2
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Martin Max 1860 Munich 19
2   Ulf Kirsten Bayer Leverkusen 17
3   Giovane Élber Bayern Munich 14
  Ebbe Sand Schalke 04
5   Marco Bode Werder Bremen 13
  Paulo Sérgio Bayern Munich
7   Aílton Werder Bremen 12
  Jonathan Akpoborie VfL Wolfsburg
  Michael Preetz Hertha BSC
10   Stefan Beinlich Bayer Leverkusen 11
  Youri Djorkaeff Kaiserslautern
  Andrzej Juskowiak VfL Wolfsburg
  Bruno Labbadia Arminia Bielefeld
  Adel Sellimi SC Freiburg

References

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  1. ^ "Schedule Round 1". DFB. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Archive 1999/2000 Round 34". DFB. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012.
  3. ^ Ashdown, John (2 May 2012). "When were the closest title races in Europe's top leagues?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  4. ^ "A helping hand from the neighbours - 20 years on". FC Bayern Munich. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  5. ^ "20 years ago: The drama of Unterhaching | Bayer04.de". Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fussball GmbH. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  6. ^ Robert O'Connor (30 September 2021). "The horror treble: remembering the worst collapse in European football". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  7. ^ a b Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.
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