1999–2000 Valencia CF season

Valencia CF

1999–00 season
Manager	Héctor Cúper
La Liga	3rd
Champions League	Runners-up
Copa del Rey	Second round
Top goalscorer	Gaizka Mendieta (13)
Home colours Away colours
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During the 1999–2000 Spanish football season, Valencia competed in La Liga.

Season summary

Valencia CF emerged as a world football heavyweight after reaching the Champions League final. New coach Héctor Cúper focused heavily on making the defence invincible, although, despite the general perception of a much more defensive Valencia, they actually conceded the same amount of league goals as they had under previous coach Claudio Ranieri. Among the key players were playmaker Gaizka Mendieta (voted as the best midfielder in the Champions League), fellow midfielder Gerard, goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares, winger Javier Farinós and striker Claudio López, who was sold to Lazio at the end of the season. Lazio had been Valencia's opponents in the quarter-final of the Champions League, which resulted in a 5-2 victory for Valencia against the eventual Italian champions. Gerard was also sold, to the team that had nurtured him, Barcelona, for £15 million. Barcelona had been Valencia's opponents in the semi-finals, and had been crushed 4-1 away. A 2-1 defeat at the Camp Nou still saw Valencia progress to the final at Stade de France, where they came up against Real Madrid in the first ever all-Spanish final of the competition. Valencia's dreams were shattered by a clear 3-0 defeat.

Squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Santiago Cañizares 2 DF Mauricio Pellegrino 3 DF Joachim Björklund 5 DF Miroslav Đukić 6 MF Gaizka Mendieta 7 FW Claudio López 8 MF Javier Farinós 9 MF Óscar 10 MF Angulo 11 FW Adrian Ilie 13 GK Jorge Bartual 14 DF Gerard 15 DF Amedeo Carboni 16 DF Alain Roche 17 FW Juan Sánchez

No. Position Player 18 FW Kily González 19 FW Goran Vlaović 20 DF Jocelyn Angloma 21 MF Luis Milla 22 MF Gerardo 23 MF David Albelda 24 DF Daniel Fagiani 25 GK Andrés Palop 27 MF Curro Montoya 29 GK Jonathan 30 DF Manuel Cabezas 37 MF Alex Pascual 38 MF José Braulio DF Javier Navarro MF Jandro

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. Position Player 4 DF Francisco Camarasa (to Valencia B) 12 DF Miguel Ángel Soria López (on loan to Numancia)

No. Position Player 22 MF Dennis Serban (on loan to Villareal)

Results

La Liga

• Valencia-Racing Santander 1-2
• 0-1 Miroslav Đukić  22' (o.g.)
• 0-2 Salva  65'
• 1-2 Gaizka Mendieta  75'

• Espanyol-Valencia 3-2
• 1-0 Benítez  10'
• 2-0 Enrique de Lucas  13'
• 2-1 Gaizka Mendieta  46' (pen.)
• 3-1 Martín Posse  52'
• 3-2 Juan Sánchez  90'

• Valencia-Alavés 0-2
• 0-1 Magno  84'
• 0-2 Martín Astudillo  90'

• Betis-Valencia 1-0
• 1-0 Oli  26'

• Valencia-Valladolid 0-0

• Real Madrid-Valencia 2-3
• 0-1 Gaizka Mendieta  11' (pen.)
• 0-2 Gerard  23'
• 0-3 Claudio López  39'
• 1-3 Fernando Morientes  46'
• 2-3 Fernando Morientes  65'

• Valencia-Numancia 4-0
• 1-0 Adrian Ilie  30'
• 2-0 Adrian Ilie  51'
• 3-0 Javier Farinós  68'
• 4-0 Javier Farinós  89'

• Athletic Bilbao-Valencia 1-0
• 1-0 Ismael Urzaiz  9'

• Valencia-Deportivo 2-0
• 1-0 Kily González  27'
• 2-0 Gerard  86'

• Málaga-Valencia 1-1
• 1-0 Edgar  27'
• 1-1 Claudio López  67'

• Mallorca-Valencia 1-1
• 1-0 Diego Tristán  50'

• Valencia-Barcelona 3-1
• 1-0 Claudio López  32'
• 2-0 Adrian Ilie  36'
• 2-1 Boudewijn Zenden  45'
• 3-1 Gerard  90'

• Real Oviedo-Valencia 0-0

• Valencia-Sevilla 2-0
• 1-0 Juan Sánchez  6'
• 2-0 Claudio López  70'

• Atlético Madrid-Valencia 1-2
• 0-1 Gaizka Mendieta  16'
• 1-1 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink  28'
• 1-2 Juan Sánchez  54'

• Valencia-Rayo Vallecano 3-1
• 1-0 Juan Sánchez  12'
• 1-1 Luis Cembranos  70'
• 2-1 Juan Sánchez  75'
• 3-1 Gaizka Mendieta  90'

• Real Sociedad-Valencia 0-0

• Valencia-Celta Vigo 1-1
• 1-0 Gerard  6'
• 1-1 Velasco  49'

• Real Zaragoza-Valencia 4-2
• 0-1 Gaizka Mendieta  24' (pen.)
• 1-1 Juanele  26'
• 2-1 Savo Milošević  32'
• 3-1 Vladislav Radimov  58'
• 3-2 Gaizka Mendieta  66'
• 4-2 Juanele  68'

• Racing Santander-Valencia 1-1
• 0-1 Gaizka Mendieta  34' (pen.)
• 1-1 Salva  90' (pen.)

• Valencia-Espanyol 1-2
• 0-1 Benítez  15'
• 1-1 Kily González  29'
• 1-2 Arteaga  52'

• Alavés-Valencia 0-1
• 0-1 Javier Farinós  70' (pen.)

• Valencia-Betis 3-1
• 1-0 Adrian Ilie  2'
• 1-1 Iulian Filipescu  60'
• 2-1 Gaizka Mendieta  82' (pen.)
• 3-1 Javier Farinós  83'

• Valladolid-Valencia 0-0

• Valencia-Real Madrid 1-1
• 1-0 Adrian Ilie  35'
• 1-1 Guti  59'

• Numancia-Valencia 1-2
• 0-1 Gaizka Mendieta  4'
• 0-2 Claudio López  60'
• 1-2 Miguel Ángel Soria  77'

• Valencia-Athletic Bilbao 2-0
• 1-0 Óscar  83'
• 2-0 Claudio López  86'

• Deportivo-Valencia 2-0
• 1-0 Fran  24'
• 2-0 Flávio Conceição  50'

• Valencia-Málaga 2-2
• 1-0 Angulo  51'
• 1-1 Catanha  62'
• 2-1 Angulo  67'
• 2-2 Catanha  90' (pen.)

• Valencia-Mallorca 1-0
• 1-0 Jocelyn Angloma  49'

• Barcelona-Valencia 3-0
• 1-0 Winston Bogarde  63'
• 2-0 Patrick Kluivert  68'
• 3-0 Patrick Kluivert  90'

• Valencia-Real Oviedo 6-2
• 1-0 Claudio López  18'
• 2-0 Frédéric Danjou  30' (o.g.)
• 3-0 Claudio López  50'
• 4-0 Angulo  58'
• 5-0 Javier Farinós  61' (pen.)
• 5-1 Viktor Onopko  65'
• 6-1 Óscar  83'
• 6-2 Roberto Pompei  85'

• Sevilla-Valencia 1-2
• 0-1 Gaizka Mendieta  70'
• 1-1 Jesuli  78'
• 1-2 Marcelo Zalayeta  90' (o.g.)

• Valencia-Atlético Madrid 2-0
• 1-0 Claudio López  23'
• 2-0 Angulo  88'

• Rayo Vallecano-Valencia 1-3
• 0-1 Javier Farinós  11'
• 0-2 Gaizka Mendieta  36'
• 0-3 Óscar  82'
• 1-3 Bolo  86'

• Valencia-Real Sociedad 4-0
• 1-0 Angulo  18'
• 2-0 Claudio López  52'
• 3-0 Amedeo Carboni  79'
• 4-0 Gaizka Mendieta  89'

• Celta Vigo-Valencia 0-0

• Valencia-Real Zaragoza 2-1
• 0-1 Savo Milošević  5'
• 1-1 Gary Sundgren  59' (o.g.)
• 2-1 Claudio López  70'

Champions League

Third qualifying round

• Valencia 2-0 Hapoel Haifa
• Hapoel Haifa 0-2 Valencia

First group stage

Valencia v Rangers

14 September 1999	Valencia	2–0	Rangers	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Moore  55' (o.g.) Kily González  76'	Report		Attendance: 31,524 Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)

PSV Eindhoven v Valencia

22 September 1999	PSV Eindhoven	1–1	Valencia	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
	van Nistelrooy  72' (pen.)	Report	C. López  4'	Attendance: 26,500 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Bayern Munich v Valencia

29 September 1999	Bayern Munich	1–1	Valencia	Olympic Stadium, Munich
	Élber  6'	Report	G. López  80'	Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

Valencia v Bayern Munich

20 October 1999	Valencia	1–1	Bayern Munich	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Ilie  11'	Report	Effenberg  18' (pen.)	Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Rangers v Valencia

26 October 1999	Rangers	1–2	Valencia	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
	Moore  60'	Report	Mendieta  35' C. López  45'	Attendance: 50,063 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

Valencia v PSV Eindhoven

2 November 1999	Valencia	1–0	PSV Eindhoven	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	López  70'	Report		Attendance: 26,266 Referee: Graham Barber (England)

Second group stage

Valencia v Bordeaux

23 November 1999	Valencia	3–0	Bordeaux	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Farinós  60' Ilie  68' Kily González  90'			Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Manchester United v Valencia

8 December 1999	Manchester United	3–0	Valencia	Old Trafford, Manchester
	Keane  38' Solskjær  47' Scholes  70'			Attendance: 54,606 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Fiorentina v Valencia

1 March 2000	Fiorentina	1–0	Valencia	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
	Mijatović  20' (pen.)			Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Valencia v Fiorentina

7 March 2000	Valencia	2–0	Fiorentina	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Ilie  35' Mendieta  90+' (pen.)			Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Bordeaux v Valencia

15 March 2000	Bordeaux	1–4	Valencia	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
	Wiltord  54'		Đukić  41' Mendieta  47' (pen.) Kily González  72' Sánchez  90+'	Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

Valencia v Manchester United

21 March 2000	Valencia	0–0	Manchester United	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
				Attendance: 40,419 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Quarter-final

Valencia v Lazio

5 April 2000	Valencia	5–2	Lazio	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Angulo  2' G. López  4', 40', 80' C. López  90+1'		Inzaghi  28' Salas  87'	Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Lazio v Valencia

18 April 2000	Lazio	1–0	Valencia	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
	Verón  52'			Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Semi-final

Valencia v Barcelona

2 May 2000	Valencia	4–1	Barcelona	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Angulo  10', 43' Mendieta  47' (pen.) C. López  90+2'		Pellegrino  27' (o.g.)	Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Barcelona v Valencia

10 May 2000	Barcelona	2–1	Valencia	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	F. de Boer  78' Cocu  90+2'		Mendieta  69'	Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Final

Real Madrid v Valencia

24 May 2000	Real Madrid	3–0	Valencia	Stade de France, Paris
20:45	Morientes  39' McManaman  67' Raúl  75'			Attendance: 78,759 Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Top scorers

La Liga

• Gaizka Mendieta 13
• Claudio López 11
• Javier Farinós 6
• Juan Sánchez 5
• Angulo 5
• Adrian Ilie 5
• Óscar 4

Champions League

• Claudio López 5
• Gaizka Mendieta 5